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Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... But don't get the idea it's only a problem here in affluent America. Ron Blue tells the story of visiting a small rural village in Africa. He asked a native there what was the biggest problem facing his village, and ... hammered the bumper and in a split second the airbags exploded, the door locks popped up, and the doors flew open. [6] You may have your money invested in Blue chip stocks; you may have your cash in a state of the art vault, in a government-backed bank, or you may have it invested in the finest ...

2. Good News for Widows

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Actually this may be the most significant spiritual battle taking place in our consumer-driven culture. But the battle is not ours alone. This battle takes place wherever there are people. Financial counselor, Ron Blue, tells of confronting that battle in an unexpected place. While visiting a small village in rural Africa, Ron asked a local leader what the biggest problem facing his community was. He expected to hear the man speak of lack of medical care or food or education, but the local leader said ...

3. Right on the Money!

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Let's suppose that you have dinner in a restaurant an bill is $20. You pay for it with your credit card. Then if you pay just the minimum amount each month on that debt, that dinner will cost you more than $50. That is poor stewardship. Financial analyst Ron Blue tells about a man who bought a Rolex watch. He made a down payment of $200, then put the rest his credit card. His intention, like so many Americans, was to pay the minimum each month. Before he was through, he had paid for that Rolex at least ...

4. Two Small Coins

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But that’s rarely true. Proportionally, most affluent families give very little to the church. Few of us give what we ought, but proportionally, in most churches, lower income people give more than higher income people. In his seminars, financial counselor Ron Blue gives this staggering statistic: "If all Christians were reduced to a welfare income," he says, "and they tithed on that amount, the church would double its receipts." The average church member gives only 2.5 percent of his income to the ...

5. Way Down In Egypt's Land

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... tree and realized that it was from the dead branch he had felt such an urgency to remove. That branch might have killed her. Amid the rubble Ron wondered, "Had God been trying to warn me all along about the tree?" (1) Does God speak through dreams? We’ve already seen how he spoke to ... , "Grandpa, why is today called Christmas?" The child’s question came like a peal of thunder. "Out of the blue it fell crashing into the dining room just as though, indeed, the roof might be collapsing." Did the little girl ...

6. Said the Night Wind….

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... and ends up in Fort Worth, Texas. He lives on the streets, homeless. And it’s about Ron, who becomes a successful art dealer and very wealthy. The two become friends due to “Miss Debbie,” who hears the cries of the ... see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colours of the rainbow, so pretty ...

7. I’m At the End of My Rope

2 Kings 4:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... So that raises the question. What do you do when you don't know what to do? One of the greatest Bible teachers I ever heard, Dr. Ron Dunn, who sadly went to be with the Lord last year, had an insight into the Scripture that was matched by very few preachers. During a ... These ties are cheap, and if I were you I would buy one while I can." The man said, "I don't care if they're a blue-light special, I'm not buying your stupid tie, and I don't know what you're doing out here in the middle of the desert selling ...

8. The Love of the Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... congregation who were under the age of three years. It was a cradle roll. The little boy lambs were connected by blue ribbons, and the little girl lambs were connected by pink ribbons. As a little boy, this church executive remembers standing there, ... The Divine Shepherd lay down his life for His sheep. If that doesn’t take your breath away, what will? I like the way writer Ron Hutchcraft puts it in one of his devotionals. He tells the story of one of the most famous race horses of all time, Seabiscuit. ...

9. Roll Call

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... the response was, "Presente!" During the service at least twenty names were called out and each time the same response: "Presente!" Ron DelBene, the pastor leading this group of Christians did not understand what was happening until he heard the name Oscar ... Peter. "I didn't think I was supposed to," she responded. "This is a state school, isn't it?" "Yes," said David, his blue eyes brimming, "but you wear a cross." Her grandmother's words surged to the surface of her memory. "Never forget what this cross ...

10. Day People

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... during their own sermon. It hasn’t happened to me . . . yet. At least Schieffer had an excuse. He had worked all night. Pastor Ron Mehl tells about an associate pastor who was eager to make a good first impression at his new church. The night before his ... Ever since the 1960s there has been a battle going on in our society. We read constantly about Red and Blue states. Conservatives and liberals. Moral absolutes and moral relativity. Christianity and humanism. “Born-again” and mainline. Pro-life and pro ...

11. The Bloodline of Christ

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... novel, The Da Vinci Code, became one of the most widely read books of all time. The 2006 Ron Howard Hollywood movie starring Tom Hanks only made the novel all the more popular. Why such a blockbuster for ... to make a different world. When the space shuttle is orbiting planet Earth, the landscape of this beautiful planet is plainly visible. The oceans swirl blue, mountain ranges rear up brown and white, rain forests create great green swaths. But there is one human construction that is visible with the naked ...

12. The Danger of Being Religious

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... a bang. His wife heard the noise of his fall and called to him through the kitchen door, "Henry, did you break mother’s blue pitcher?" In pain he responded, "No, I didn’t, but I will." Thereupon there was heard another crash! It is like a teenager calling ... this is not the truth. Then there is in our day the Church of Scientology, which was founded by a science-fiction author, Ron Hubbard, in 1950. It is a religion of psycho-therapy and self-improvement by mind manipulation. It is taught that each person ...

13. Beaten And Bloody, But Fortunate Nonetheless

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... side. Undoubtedly the priest and the Levite had reasons for passing this man by. Self- giving love is so rare in this world. Ron Lee Davis tells about a friend of his named Bob Osborne. Bob is comanager of the First Presbyterian Thrift Shop in Fresno, California. ... very life depended on its wing, only a life of limitation and frustration lay ahead. The possibility of soaring into the blue was gone forever. The words of the song were set to music by Peter Bilhorn, a popular American singing evangelist. On ...

14. A Mountain Too High To Climb

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... displays one and says, "Here she is. She is standing on a crescent moon. She is wearing a crown. She has rings on her fingers. She has on a blue robe embroidered with gold." "That does sound like a different Mary from the Mary of the Song," the priest says. "Do you think the picture has betrayed the ... GOD OF WEAKNESS, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Books, 1988), pp. 99-100. 6. Ron Luciano and David Fisher, REMEMBRANCE OF SWINGS PAST, (Toronto: Bantam Books). 7. THE PRESENCE, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers ...

15. Waiting for God

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... hole right through our window!” Bill knew who was coming that morning. And he expected to see that cloud of dust and the familiar blue and white ‘54 Ford station wagon roll up at any moment. He had no desire to play outside or even move from that chair. ... lives of those God has called to be His people. And one day the risen Christ will return to reign over all. 1. Ron Mehl, What God Whispers in the Night, 2000. 2. Steven Mosley, Secrets of the Mustard Seed (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2002), pp. 75- ...

16. The Seven Delightful Blessings of the Word of God in the Believer's Life

Psalm 119:169-176

Sermon

Michael Milton

... Word of God but you have left the Word. The psalmist says that he has gone astray like a lost sheep, but then there is an imperative, “Seek your servant.” He knows the nature of God is to seek us when we go astray. One of my favorite blue grass songs is by Ron Block says, “I’m not holding on to Jesus, He’s holding on to me.”[1] Maybe you are that lost lamb. Maybe grief has made you loosen you grip. Maybe confusion about God or His will in your life has made you stop holding on. Maybe there ...

17. WaterFire Disciples

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Start the Fire" Play The Doors song: "Light My Fire" Writer Doris Lessing refers to a voltage with each person, a thousand volts of energy for love or hate, for life or death. Psychologist James Hillman talks of a "blue fire" within us that haunts and hounds us. Canadian theologian Ron Rolheiser, a member of a religious congregation called the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, refers to a "holy longing" within each person that shapes our dreams and desires. "If you want to get warm you must stand near ...

18. Go Meditate!

Revelation 19:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the meaning of God's love. The kind of mediation to which God calls his disciples is reflected in this story by homiletics professor Ron Allen. "When I was about eight," he writes, "I was with some neighborhood kids. We were building a dam across a drainage ditch down ... while doling out discipline. It always trusts God to protect our children when we cannot. It always perseveres, through blue nail polish, burps and other bodily functions, rolled eyes and crossed arms, messy rooms and sleep-overs. Love never ...

19. What Do I Do - When I Don't Know What To Do?

2 Kings 4:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... to do. Let me tell you what I mean. One of the greatest Bible teachers that I ever heard in my life was a man named Dr. Ron Dunn, who sadly, several years ago went to be with the Lord. He had an insight into the scripture that I believe was matched by very few ... said, "These ties are cheap and if I were you I'd buy one while I can." The man said, "I don't care if they are a blue-light special. I'm not buying your stupid ties and I don't know what you are doing out here in the middle of the desert selling ...

20. On the Road with the Little Children

Luke 18:15-17

Sermon

James W. Moore

... … are they smiling right now? Story #3. A veterinarian was called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy, Shane were all very attached to Belker. He had been their family pet for years, (He was a ... the old farm from him happened to be crossing a small stream on the property. Suddenly there was a bright flash of blue and red light from the stream’s bottom. He bent down, picket up an unusual looking stone. It was a good-sized ...

21. Why Are You So Afraid?

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... Carolina, and spent a few days sightseeing. Gwendolyn says she will never forget the afternoon they spent at Grandfather Mountain, the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains. They were told that if they dared cross a long suspension bridge called Mile‑High Swinging Bridge, they could stand on a rocky ... ©1978 by Guideposts, Carmel, NY 10512. Cited in Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Ron Camacho, Chicken Soup For the Country Soul (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1998), pp. 157-161.

22. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

... she looks or thinks differently. We’ve got a problem in the church today. I love something that theologian and church prophet Leonard Sweet said years ago: “The church loves blue hair . . . until it walks through its doors on a 16-year-old kid.” (3) I’m sure that you’ve noticed that most churches today are graying. Where are ... P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996), p. 85. 6. The Funnies, andychaps_the funnies subscribe@egroups.com. 7. Ron Lee Davis with James D. Denney, Mistreated (Portland: Multnomah, 1989).

23. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... she looks or thinks differently. We’ve got a problem in the church today. I love something that theologian and church prophet Leonard Sweet said years ago: “The church loves blue hair . . . until it walks through its doors on a 16-year-old kid.” (3) I’m sure that you’ve noticed that most churches today are graying. Where are ... P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996), p. 85. 6. The Funnies, andychaps_the?funnies?subscribe@egroups.com. 7. Ron Lee Davis with James D. Denney, Mistreated (Portland: Multnomah, 1989).

24. More Than Just Image

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... negative perceptions of their opponent’s policies or personalities or lifestyles. But Bush had a secret weapon: a marketing whiz named Ron Harris. Harris used his creative skills in a number of political ads to make Bob Dole look bad. In one ... slight halo of light around his head. Another commercial featured some of Bush’s best quotes—helpfully outlined in presidential blue—against some of Dole’s worst quotes framed in a foreboding black background. The crowds in Dole’s photos also looked ...

25. Then He Went Home

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Ron Lavin

Sometimes when we go home, things seem strange. For example, if we have been away a long time, things aren’t the same when we get home. Sometimes home looks better when we arrive after being away a long time; sometimes things look worse; usually things look different. We gain a different perspective, having moved to a new area, or just having taken a vacation. Sometimes the relatives back home don’t understand us. That happened to Jesus in his town of Nazareth.1 Jesus had launched his ministry from ...

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1. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

James Merritt

2. Good News for Widows

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

3. Right on the Money!

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

4. Two Small Coins

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

5. Way Down In Egypt's Land

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

6. Said the Night Wind….

Sermon

Mike Ripski

7. I’m At the End of My Rope

2 Kings 4:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

8. The Love of the Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

9. Roll Call

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

10. Day People

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

11. The Bloodline of Christ

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

12. The Danger of Being Religious

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

13. Beaten And Bloody, But Fortunate Nonetheless

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

14. A Mountain Too High To Climb

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

15. Waiting for God

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

16. The Seven Delightful Blessings of the Word of God in the Believer's Life

Psalm 119:169-176

Sermon

Michael Milton

17. WaterFire Disciples

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

18. Go Meditate!

Revelation 19:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

19. What Do I Do - When I Don't Know What To Do?

2 Kings 4:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

20. On the Road with the Little Children

Luke 18:15-17

Sermon

James W. Moore

21. Why Are You So Afraid?

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

22. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

23. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... she looks or thinks differently. We’ve got a problem in the church today. I love something that theologian and church prophet Leonard Sweet said years ago: “The church loves blue hair . . . until it walks through its doors on a 16-year-old kid.” (3) I’m sure that you’ve noticed that most churches today are graying. Where are ... P. Putnam’s Sons, 1996), p. 85. 6. The Funnies, andychaps_the?funnies?subscribe@egroups.com. 7. Ron Lee Davis with James D. Denney, Mistreated (Portland: Multnomah, 1989).

24. More Than Just Image

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

25. Then He Went Home

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Ron Lavin

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