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Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... that absorbs and scrubs and breaks down all those pollutants. The sun then heats the sea and brings out of it, pure clean water vapor forming clouds, which brings rain back to the land. You have this continuous cycle of cleansing and renewing, but in the new ... to look at the world He is going to restore and He is going to say, “It’s all good” and here is why. Dr. Adrian Rogers was on an airplane one time and he went up to get a newspaper. While he was there he met another man, very well dressed, very ...

2. The Underlying Mercy

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... to the press and those who gathered to support him following the crushing loss. By all reports, this was a solid, loving, faith-filled family. According to a neighbor who talked to Mr. Rogers, as the water rose in the car, the parents tried to keep the children calm by praying and singing hymns. She described the Rogers as "an amazing family."1 When Rogers spoke to the press, he stated his deep grief, but along with that he said: "God is God, and I am not," and "I am here by the grace of God." I understand ...

3. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... first. "I grew up in the ghetto. I did not have a positive opinion of police officers. Policemen were siccing police dogs and water hoses on people," he says. "And I really had a hard time putting myself in that role. So I was not excited ... was from an episode that aired in 1969, in which Rogers had been resting his feet in a plastic pool on a hot day. "He invited me to come over and to rest my feet in the water with him," Clemmons recalls. "The icon Fred Rogers not only was showing my brown skin in the tub ...

4. Samaria and Our Spiritual Journey

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... village women -- their scorn and condemnation drove her from the village well, and she came out there to this well to draw water. There she met Jesus. For one time in her life, this woman with a tangled and tired and tinged history, found Someone ... , could hear Scripture being read and have an experience of the love of God she would remember 75 or more years later! Sincerely, Richard Rogers Well, that’s the way it is -- and that’s the way it will always be in our spiritual journey. Wherever we are, God ...

5. The Ten Commandments #10: No Covetousness

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... man was wanting to know how the country could get rid of it. Will thought for a minute and said, "That's easy...boil the water in the harbor." But the questioner persisted. "That's a great idea, but how do we do that?" Rogers responded, "Hey, I am a concept man. You will have to work out the details for yourself." I confess to feeling a bit like Will Rogers in preaching on "You shall not covet," especially at Christmas. For a capitalist society which has built itself into one of the most powerful economic ...

6. Looking For Happiness In All The Wrong Places

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... I would be happy. If only I had this...if only I could find that.... Looking for happiness in all the wrong places. Will Rogers said that now and then he grew tired of the same old surroundings. Then he would wish for a new place to live and work ... IS TO CENTER OUR LIVES IN GOD. Jesus said to the woman at the well, "Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give will never thirst..." (RSV) And that's true. THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD ARE GOD'S ...

7. Family Values

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... and its values might be, Jesus wrecks it all. Jesus' words are like answering the doorbell and getting a bucket of ice water in the face. Reports coming to Jesus' family make them think he might be losing his mind. Jesus has been performing remarkable ... he wondered out loud if she ever thought about the people who would wear the shoes she made. The values of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood came right through that television screen into our family room. That woman making sneakers became my neighbor as well as the ...

8. Broken Hydrants

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... type of person: "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is in the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the ... And without that sharing we cannot continue to thrive ” regardless of how vivid our experience of faith might be. Dale Evans Rogers, wife of Roy Rogers, is a classic example of the power of such sharing. At one point in her life Dale Evans was drowning in ...

9. Samaria and Our Spiritual Journey

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Bible students have long reflected upon that. The well must have been a half mile from Sychar, and there must have been a water well in the village itself, We may well conclude from what we know about the story that this woman was so much a ... Scripture being read and have and experience of the love of God she would remember 75 or more years later! Psalm 27:10. Sincerely, Richard Rogers Well, that’s the way it is - and that’s the way it will always be in our spiritual journey, wherever we are, God is ...

10. Glorious Surprises

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

Did you notice an article in the Commercial Appeal last week about a young man from Costa Rica? Roger Madrigal longed to represent his country in the Olympic white-water competition. But due to lack of funds, it seemed to be an impossible dream. Roger happened to meet a Memphis couple, George and Ginny Steffens, who are members of Christ Church. The Steffens were touched by his situation. Along with some of their friends, they raised enough money to bring him to the Olympic qualifying event last month in ...

11. How to Hug

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... only one who is disturbed by these figures? Are we sliding with increasing momentum down the slippery slope of moral relativity into the murky waters of a world with no moral order? Love does not negate the Law, but fulfills it. God gave us certain rules for living our ... . He said that greatly increased his faith in God. Freddy’s full name was Fred Rogers. Remember him? Fred Rogers, as in Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. The fact that this elderly widow took him in and kept him safe from the bullies was one reason ...

12. An Unusual Legacy

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... these words: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of ... his leadership to move his kingdom along. We can’t be David, or Abraham Lincoln, or Dorothy Day or Shirley Chisholm. But we can he Roger. Or Shirley. For we, too, are a part of God’s plan for his world. 3. Relationship/Covenant Yea, does not my house stand ...

13. Nobody Wants To Make Cold Calls

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Ms. Davis tells of sitting near a swimming pool one day and hearing a commotion. A head was bobbing in and out of the deepest water. Ms. Davis saw a man rush to the edge of the pool and heard him yell, "Hold your breath! Hold your breath!" Then a young ... man's final words shook every fiber of his emotional being. "You almost waited too long," he said. (2) Those words haunted Roger Shelton. They ought to haunt us. "You almost waited too long." There are people in our community who are in desperate straits. ...

14. Making Compassion a Verb

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... man without pity is barren and will bring forth nothing...." Good people feel the pain of others, and they weep. Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry ... he says to himself. "(Go ahead), utter the words that for years have never ceased echoing through my nights ... 'O young woman, throw yourself into the water again so that I may have a second chance of saving both of us!' " When we fail to act in behalf of someone in distress, ...

15. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... the monks said, "Can I help you?" "I need to cross this stream." The monk picked her up, put her on his shoulders, carried her through the water, then put her down on the other side. He and his companion went on to the monastery in silence. That night the one said to the other, " ... this world than meets the eye, or the microscope! 3. For a convenient summary of consensual teaching, see Roger Olson, The Mosaic of Christian Belief (Downer’s Grove, ILL: IVP, 2002), Chapter 7, “Creation: Good and Fallen,” ...

16. The Real Thirst Quencher

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... .K., let’s see how old you really are. The Sons of the Pioneers sang in motion pictures with which famous cowboy star and his equally famous wife? Somebody tell me. That’s right. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Some of you who are younger are shaking your heads asking, “Who?” The theme of “Cool Water” is very close to that of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of The Ancient Mariner.” Remember that golden oldie from your school days? After he slew the albatross, the mariner was stuck aboard a ship ...

17. What's in a Name?

Isaiah 43:1-7

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... ultimatum: no name change meant no movie contract or no recording contract. Leonard Slye thus became cowboy Roy Rogers, while Betty Joan Perske changed her name to Lauren Bacall. We knew Frances Gumm as Judy Garland. Actor Kirk ... self, and a raising up of a different self to new life. You become a new creation in Christ. However, you do not emerge from the waters of baptism as a mature Christian. You are always in process, growing and maturing in the faith. Celebrating the baptism of our Lord, we hear God' ...

18. Reality Maps And Rolling Stones

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... curious garment, questioned Juan at length, and then gave his verdict. Juan was declared guilty of wearing a cape through which water would not pass. Juan was obviously interfering with the Will of God, who sent the rain "to drench the just and ... said, would ever be able to run the mile in less than four minutes. Then in 1954 a medical student by the name of Roger Bannister did the impossible. He broke the barrier. Today every worldclass runner can run the mile in less than four minutes. A stone had been ...

19. When What's Lost Is Found

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... rock. After installing a trap at a downstream manhole, they flushed the pipe by sending a high pressure stream of water down the sewer pipe. Then one of the crew crawled down into the manhole and fished the diamond ring out ... all, our coins are worth so little. We can't imagine anyone going to such lengths to find a single coin. Baptist pastor Adrian Rogers once offered an interesting perspective on this story. Remember that Jesus begins the story by saying, "What woman having TEN silver coins, if she loses ...

20. How To Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... If you use a waterbed as a home plate while wearing baseball shoes, it does not leak. It explodes. A king-size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2,000 sq. ft. house almost 4 inches deep. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "œuh-oh," it is ... to be critical? Again, my guess is that this is what these parents experienced when they were growing up. Communication specialist Roger Ailes tells an interesting story about one of America's consummate showmen, a man known to the world simply as Liberace. ...

21. Gratitude Takes Practice

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in an ole yonder tree, twad-dle-ee ah dee dee dah dee dee dee." (Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller, copyright 1985 by Tree Publishing Company, Inc. and Roger Miller Music, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203) So, that's a learning for us. There is a ... 99 years old, and I am going to amaze you. I'll climb to the top of that tower and dive into this teeny, tiny tub of water. Are you ready?" "Oh, no don't do it!" gasped members of the audience. "Okay," said the little old man. "Next show at 10 o'clock." He ...

22. Poison Control

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 25). Christians are not immunized against all the poisons of the world when they rise up out of baptismal waters (indeed those very waters might carry toxins of their own – as the Roman Catholic church is confronting as we write this!). We' ... to imagine. Ending #1: One of my favorite preachers, Dr. James Harnish from Tampa, Florida, tells of a parishioner early in his ministry named Roger. Roger was a farmer who didn't have a lot of book-learning, but displayed a lot of life-learning. "I'll never forget the ...

23. Focus on the Finish

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James Merritt

... keeps you from the best thing. For example: Some people like to fish. I heard a man say one time: "The reason 2/3 of the earth is water, and 1/3 is land is because the Lord expects us to fish about 2/3 of the time." Now there is nothing wrong with fishing, but if ... is, you are to take your eyes off of everything else except the goal. Years ago I saw a race between Roger Bannister, the man who first ran a sub-four-minute mile, and an Australian. They were running a challenge race. The Australian was leading the entire ...

24. Help For Troubled Hearts

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... to find a passage through South America. When he finally found his way through the raging seas of the Atlantic to the great body of water that lay beyond this new continent, he named it "Pacific" or "peaceful." And he and his men lifted their heads and gave thanks to God ... calm man on the playing field. He tells about a time when they were playing in Detroit. Kubek was on second base and Roger was at bat. Suddenly Maris stepped out of the batter’s box and seemed to be staring at the upper deck in right ...

25. Beginning Again

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

Two men are leaning against the office water cooler. One says to the other, "Say, you look depressed. What are you thinking about?" "My future," his friend ... trapped for 26 hours in the rubble of 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 and watching television. Friends and family worry that ...

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