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Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... outcomes. He simply “goes with the flow.” Roger is not the norm. Most of us have a bit more trouble adapting. To want to control our lives is a human characteristic. To have strong opinions, to want things the way we want them, to be devastated when things change without our consent –this is part of the human spirit. In today’s scripture, we again encounter the feisty Simon Peter. If you remember, last week, we read that Jesus bestowed the name Peter (stone or rock) on his disciple Simon, because ...

2. Jesus and the Ferris Wheels

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. Incredibly, the tenants seized the landowner’s servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. The landowner was stunned. He sent more servants to collect the fruit, and the tenants treated them the same way ... incident, writes, “I knew I wasn’t a Christian because if I had been a Christian I would have stood up for my friend Roger. Even if they ridiculed me for doing it, I would have been his friend. I knew [then] that I didn’t know Jesus.” ( ...

3. Reality Maps And Rolling Stones

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... had been rolled away. Death had been conquered. Jesus' teachings had been validated. Nothing again would ever be the same. The lives of those who followed Jesus would now have extraordinary meaning and purpose and energy because the stone had been rolled away. Roger Kruger, a pastor in Little Rock, Arkansas tells of a farmer he knows who once had the opportunity to go fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. This farmer had never been out on a body of water any bigger than a small lake where he sometimes fished, so ...

4. Running For Joy

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... hand of the throne of God." The writer of Hebrews calls Jesus "the pioneer and perfecter of our faith . . ." In other words, like Roger Bannister, Jesus ran the race before us. Jesus showed us what is possible. And Jesus paved the way for us to experience a glorious ... spot where it had fallen. Within a short time, the nut burst open: its roots reached in between the crevices of the stones of the bell tower and began to push them apart; its shoots pressed up toward the sky. These shoots soon rose above the ...

5. The Most Important Question

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... Jesus with children all around him. He was smiling and looked like the nicest man in the universe. He looked like a divine Mister Rogers. He taught us to be kind to one another and to love everyone. I was comforted by the picture. Yet, as I got older ... The Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?” The Jews answered, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you, but for blasphemy, ...

6. Glorious Surprises

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... on the other end of the line. These were tears of joy. After a flurry of Spanish, Roger responded in English, "Thank you, thank you! God bless you. God bless you!" That was for Roger a glorious surprise, a wonderful gift. God likes to bestow that kind of gift on his children ... been married there. From that spot one can see many miles of blue-ridged peaks. At the front of the chapel, etched in stone, is this poem by an anonymous author: "You can only see a little of the ocean, A few miles distant from the ...

7. All You Need To Know About Heaven

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... stressed to find descriptive adjectives awesome enough. He wrote of streets of solid gold, city walls adorned with every kind of precious stone, twelve gates of pearls. The place was radiant with the glory of God. Compared to heaven, Tiffany's resembles a K-Mart blue ... is awesome! Let me close with a true story from a book entitled "Moments for Mothers." The Rogers family was a strong Christian unit. Mr. Rogers took seriously his role as spiritual leader. Often at supper the family would have a Bible quiz ...

8. The Golden Gift

Drama

... into a dog kennel, but the dog bit me and drove me away. Finally, I went to the square where I lay down on a stone bench. A good woman showed me your house and said, "Knock there." What is this place? Are you an auberge? I have money. I am ... way to see your sister? JEAN: While I was living in the galleys, news reached me that she was living in Grenoble with her youngest child Roger. She was employed as a folder and stitcher at a book bindery. That was 10 years ago. I hope she is still there. BISHOP: You have ...

9. The Last Laugh

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . Who woulda thunk it? With all that, you would figure that folks would take every opportunity possible to get a good knee-slapper going. But we know better. Calvin Coolidge had a reputation as one of those old stone faces. When Will Rogers was about to be introduced to him, a friend bet the humorist that he could not get the president to laugh within two minutes, but Rogers said, "No problem, I'll get a laugh out of him in twenty seconds." The introduction was performed: "Mr. President, this is Mr. Will ...

10. The Beginning of the End

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

... like that happened to Jesus when he intended to visit a Samaritan village many centuries ago. There were no rocks or stones - no threats to break Jesus’ bones - but the rejection was just as positive and shocking. But there was a totally different ... and before the appeal came two names: "Mr. Roger Blough and Mr. Albert Haggarty, honorary co-chairpersons." Blough was superintendent of schools in Hawley in the late 1920s; Haggarty was the principal. Roger Blough gave up teaching and administration to enter ...

11. The Role of an Angel

John 20:10-18

Sermon

George Bass

... Mary turned and ran to them as fast as she could and told Peter what must have been her first thought when she saw that the stone had been removed from the mouth of the tomb, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have ... years ago, Robert T. Smith, a featured columnist for the Minneapolis Tribune, wrote the story of a man by the name of Peter M. Rogers. Quite by accident, when he was twenty-seven years of age, a doctor friend, who was collecting for the cancer fund, noticed a ...

12. Mercy Me!

Romans 14:1--15:13, Luke 6:27-36, Luke 6:37-42, Luke 6:43-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ones we inflict upon ourselves with our insistence on judging and critiquing our neighbors –and by neighbors, I mean that in a very Mr. Rogers kind of way! Jesus was a lover of mercy because God is a merciful God. We are called to be lovers and livers ... our heart. Jesus, the great healer, the great remover of burdens –He is the only one with the power to remove those stubborn stones lodged within our hearts. Jesus is the great surgeon of the soul. Here we have another sign about who Jesus is: surgeon of ...

13. Believe

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the most fantastic moment of life, when new avenues begin to appear. The law was clear. Mary was pregnant and by law deserved to be stoned. Joseph loved her; he wanted to put her away privately. That’s the logic of this story. But this is not about logic. It ... the door to new possibilities to God’s working in our lives. Joseph knew that every problem is laced with a possibility. Will Rogers wanted to become a circus cowboy. He finally got an opportunity to perform on stage in New York City. But Will got ...

14. Happiness Full Stop

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... wife and her daughters could travel safely down the mountain. With only a chisel and his two hands, Liu carved 6,000 steps in stone down the side of the mountain. It took him 57 years to complete this project. Imagine how tedious and exhausting this work must ... me. How tragic if we cannot forgive and accept those who love us, even as Christ has forgiven and accepted us. Pastor Roger L. Ray writes of visiting a statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, called Christ of the Ozarks. From a distance, the huge statue ...

15. No Plastic Easter

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... we knew that there was nowhere we could ever go where He would not be with us, and if we were absolutely certain that He still moves stones in the lives of those who trust Him, we could face anything this world might send our way. Easter means that life has meaning. Second, it ... p. 68. 2. From a sermon by the Rev. Johnny Dean. 3. Do's and Taboos of Humor Around the World by Roger E. Axtell, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1999, p. 13. 4. Adventist Review, August 31, 2000, http://www.adventistreview.org/. 5 ...

16. Envy - Where Is The Grass Greener?

Gn 4:1-26, Mt 20:1-16, Philip 4:10-20

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... at the airport in a fancy rented car. Then Robert drove Larry to the mansion. Indeed it was a magnificent house, made of grey stone with a tree-lined driveway. They drove up to the front door, walked into the house, found the den and refrigerator. Suddenly, though, ... causes in all kinds of places. My money would help people. But Roger doesn't do any of that, he's so greedy and selfish." Envy reduces us to assassinating someone's character. Roger may have more money, but we can argue that we are morally ...

17. Balaam and His Talking Donkey

Numbers 22:21-41

Sermon

Don Yocom

... Christ. John the Baptist said, "Repent!" When his critics pointed out that they were descendants of Abraham, John told them that wasn’t enough. God could produce children of Abraham from desert stones, he claimed! Pride of ancestry is not salvation. Reminds me of what Will Rogers said about people always talking about their ancestors coming to America on the Mayflower. Rogers said, "My folks didn’t come over on the Mayflower, they met it!" Of Indian ancestry, there has been no finer American than Will ...

18. The First Easter Sermon

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... heard. When it was over, the quartet sat down. No one could think of anything to say. But the silence was broken when Roger Shelton drawled, "You know, that's what I DREAD about dying!" (1) Have you ever noticed that most people dread dying? It seems ... day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. What she found there changed the world forever. The stone had been rolled away. His body was gone! So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and ...

19. Beginning Again

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... believers. In the book of Acts, chapter 7, we read of the execution of Stephen, a young man who was arrested and stoned to death by the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council, because he preached so boldly about Jesus as the Messiah. Chapter 7, verse ... the Trade Center, Genelle prayed fervently to God. She knows that he saved her. After her release from the hospital, she and Roger married. They regularly attend church now. Genelle has not returned to work yet; she spends most of her time reading her Bible ...

20. A Church Fueled By Prayer

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... some people here today who fear that their prayers have the same problem as Dr. Nichols' speech--that they are directed at Someone who is stone-deaf. We speak, but we fear that God is not listening. What a shame. For PRAYER IS THE KEY TO A RENEWED LIFE. Evangelist Gypsy ... , Zondervan Publishing, 1982). 2. John Foxe, CHRISTIAN MARTYRS OF THE WORLD, (Moody Press) cited in Roger T. Campbell, A Place to Hide, (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1983). 3. PATHS TO POWER, (Christian Publications, pp. 3-4). 4. TIME ...

21. On Your Mark, Get Set . . .

Mark 13:1-8, 32-33

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in front of a black-and-white television to watch the rocket launch and listen to the commentary. This was Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Commander Cody come to life on the very screen before us. This wasn't a serialized story with ... the Temple. But his awe struck comments were met by a very strange prophetic utterance from Jesus: "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down." The Disciples were on their Mark now. He'd gotten their attention. They knew ...

22. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... is an open door to evil. Journalist Hunter Thompson, longtime contributor to Rolling Stone magazine, committed suicide last year at age 67. His addiction to drugs and ... then," wrote Myers, "that the Yankees, unable to restrain themselves longer, burst from behind the stone wall, and flung themselves upon their former enemies ... not in mortal combat, but re- ... anger. 5 4:26-27. 6. Sondi Wright, “He Was Full Spectrum,” Rolling Stone, March 2005, 52. 7 . Max Lucado, The Applause of Heaven (Waco, TX: Word, 1996 ...

23. A Time of Grief

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... people, life comes to a grinding halt with the death of a spouse. Frances Jerz, sixty-five, lost her husband. She told columnist Roger Simon of the Chicago Sun-Times that even after three years, she still cries. Mr. Jerz had been a machine operator and was ... Sunday Mrs. Jerz gets dressed up like he’s there in the house with her. Her daughter drives her to the cemetery. She touches the stone and she feels like he’s close to her. “That crypt’s got the most lipstick on it,” she says. “I kiss it every ...

24. Zechariah I: Stuck Like a Dope With a Thing Called Hope

Zechariah 9:14-17

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... this passage, I always see Nellie Forbush. Remember her? She is the "cock-eyed optimist" from Rogers and Hammerstein's classic musical "South Pacific." She sings the exuberant song of Advent: "I'm ... death. One of my favorite pieces of public art is at Stone Mountain in Georgia, but it is not the huge carvings of the confederate heroes on Stone Mountain which impress me. It's a small statue in a little garden around the side of the mountain of stone. There you will find a memorial to the ordinary foot soldiers ...

25. Celebration As Worship

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... sanctuary of Shiloh, and to bring it to Jerusalem. The contents of the Ark are believed to have been the two tablets of stone on which were recorded the Law (which was considered the basis of the covenant between Yahweh and Israel). It was housed in the ... my skin may wrinkle, may I never find myself yawning at life. - Toyohiko Kagawa* (*As quoted in A Running Commentary, by Roger Prescott, CSS Publishing Company, 1983, p. 21.) Celebration of life is worship. King David knew how to do that! Conclusion We ...

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