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Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... had no money with which to buy food. So he sold his shiny, steel sword blade and made himself another sword blade of wood. He kept his sword in its sheath so no one could tell. That night the disguised king visited the cobbler again. The cobbler ... I can't walk." That letter was signed: 13 and happy and grateful for life. (2) Thankfulness has little to do with people's circumstances. Pastor Ron DelBene tells about a particularly hectic week at his church. On one particular day he got up at 5:00 a.m. to make it ...

2. A Costly Cross

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... has ever been devised. A crude structure of wood shaped like a T with no top piece against which the head could rest was laid on the ground. The condemned man was forced to lie upon this piece of wood and stretch out his arms on the crossbeam ... prison terms. Hutchcraft asked, “Tony, how did you ever get out of all that? How’d you end up doing so well?” His answer blew Ron Hutchcraft away. With tears in his eyes he said, “One of those friends who died was my best friend. See, there was a gang fight one ...

3. He Is Risen!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Master comforted that heartbroken pastor, and he hasn't been back to that cemetery since. He knows now that the cemetery is not Ron's home. Ron is alive because his Redeemer is alive! (1) You and I are here in this place and at this time because we ... He just hung on. The tractor kept moving until it came to the end of the field where it went up a slight incline into the woods. When it ran into a tree trunk it stopped, the big wheels spinning into the soft dirt. It took him about ten minutes before he could ...

4. Not Your Lips, but Your Life

Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... fact that people were judging me by what someone else with my name was doing. By his behavior he gave people the wrong impression of this Ron Dunn! I am afraid that is the reason the world has such a distorted view of Christ; it has judged Him by what others with His ... . Lots of poor people in this town. Electricity is off, they got no heat. I got my pickup outside, my chain‑saw and my wood ax. I'm going out to cut some firewood from those trees to help those poor people. Who's going with me?” And then ...

5. Christmas Is Love

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... present tense, though. Christ is love. We sing, “Love was born at Christmas,” and we know this is what Christmas is all about. Ron Mehl tells the story of a grandfather who is trying to comfort his little grandson, Jeffy. Jeffy has done something wrong; his punishment ... heels going home that evening. He was too scared to see the results of this wish. But when he rounded the corner in the woods, he didn’t see the fine castle he shared with his wife. In its place, there was a small cave, and inside that ...

6. The Cost of Commitment

Genesis 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... setback as further evidence that my belief was correct.” One thing that gave his life meaning was his job building custom furniture in a wood shop. One day, Victor spotted a man walking down the street carrying an elegant Queen Anne chair. He recognized it instantly as a valuable ... by Victor Fried. Reprinted by permission of Victor Fried. ©1998 Victor Fried. Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Ron Camacho, Chicken Soup For the Country Soul (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1998, pp. 130-133 ...

7. Yada, Yada, Yada

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Then she stops . . . backs up . . . stands still . . . watches. “Young Ray stops crying. He listens. He hears, behind him, the water on the wood stove whistling to a boil. He hears, outside, the wind pass like a hand through cornstalks. He hears the thud of horse hooves on ... killed and three others were critically injured. Many citizens assisted police in solving this heinous crime. Among these was trucker Ron Lantz, a resident of Ludlow, KY. Lanz was listening to a radio show when he heard a description of ...

8. Moving Day

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... takes place in the 30's in Savannah, Georgia, which involved golf legends Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen and a local hero Rannulph Junah. As a teenager Junah was fast becoming a Tiger Woods. But then World War 1 came along. Junah was the only one in his company to survive. Deeply wounded and scarred, Junah lost interest in golf and life in general. He wastes his ... 1997 2. Parables, Etc. (Saratoga Press, P.O. Box 8, Platteville, CO, 80651; 970-785-2990), September 1989 3. Parables submitted by Ron Alberston

9. What's Wrong With Laughing?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... desperately poor, she had brought only one outfit for the entire week, a worn and frayed print dress. During her first few days at camp, Tracy made a decision to receive Jesus as her Savior. Toward the end of the week, Ron Davis and Tracy were talking together as they walked in the woods. "Tracy," Davis said, "If you could have anything you wanted, anything at all, what would you wish for?" Tracy was silent for a moment, giving the question a lot of thought. "Well," she said at last, "I guess I would wish ...

10. Yesterday, Today, and Forever

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... , electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt and guys wearing earrings. For us, time-sharing meant togetherness, not computers or condominiums; a "chip" meant a piece of wood; hardware meant hardware and software wasn't even a word. In 1940, "Made in Japan" meant junk and the term "making out" referred to how you did ... on the spot.1 1. Charlotte's story is told in the book she typed: Jesus Christ, The Liberator, by Ron Lavin and Bill Grimmer, M.D., (Lima, Ohio: CSS Publishing Co., 1974).

11. Where's the Magic?

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... good. A woman named Edna Butterfield tells about her husband, Ron, who once taught a class of mentally impaired teenagers. Looking at his students’ capabilities rather than their limitations, Ron taught them all kinds of marvelous things. He got ... believing. The story is told of a lazy boy who went with his mother and aunt on a blueberry-picking hike into the woods. The boy carried the smallest pail possible. While the others worked hard at picking berries, he lolled about, chasing a butterfly and playing ...

12. The Expectant Parents--And An Unexpected Baby

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... we discover unexpected power and unexpected peace and we even live like this unexpected person. Thanks be to God! 1. Ron D. Williams, "First Church Informer," First United Methodist Church, Millington, Tennessee, June 22, 1994. 2. R. Alan Culpepper, "The Gospel ... God. But he is my son, too. He has his mother's eyes, but he has his father's hands. Those tiny hands are destined for the wood and nails of the carpenter's trade. I am committed to his destiny, this son of ours. But I don't yet know what part I am ...

13. Proper 19

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7, Psalm 51:1-19, Exodus 32:1-33:6, Hosea 4:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16, 1 Timothy 1:12-20

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... the prodigal son was two parables originally) - parables, I happened to look at the water-color that a former student, now pastor, Ron Bock, gave to me; it is of a shepherd surrounded by his sheep, who is gazing at a bright star in the ... to save the lost. The size of that shepherd reminded me that many of the olive wood carvings of the Good Shepherd, with a sheep draped around his shoulders, are often larger than the other wood figures in many of the nativity creches made and sold in Israel. 1. The good news ...

14. Resurrection

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... a 14-inch toy submarine upon which Marmaduke Wetherell, Spurling’s stepfather, attached a long neck and a small head fashioned from plastic wood. The two floated the model out into the shallows and made the photograph. Wilson became the front man for the deception. (2) To ... 5. Pat Williams with David Wimbish, Secrets from the Mountain (Grand Rapids: Fleming H. Revell, 2001), p. 54. 6. Rev. Ron Luchies (http://www.crcna.org/pages/luchies_luk7.cfm. 7. http://www.day1.net/index.phps 8. Richard Lischer, Open ...

15. The Dynamics of Being a Dad

Ephesians 6:1-4, Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... father who has disgraced our family by stealing from his company and has now ended up in jail?” By contrast, I think of Ron Reagan standing in a California sunset saying goodbye to his father—a president who confessed his faith in Christ at age 12 and ... he’d spit and curse and rail at him. If a son hit a home run, E.J. would say, “Your grandma could have put the wood on that one. The wind practically carried it out of the field.” One day against Freeport, a long, long fly ball was hit toward the ...

16. St. Jim, Your Halo Is Tipped

Sermon

Ron Lavin

1. The sermon for the festival of St. James, the Elder, Apostle is included in this volume for two reasons. First of all, a saint's day affords a good opportunity to look at the story of a person's life. Second, this sermon weaves together three stories: James, Elijah and Jimmy. It is a proclamatory sermon in a three-story mode. The same kind of approach can be taken on any saint's day. Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. "Teacher," they said, "There is something we want you to do for ...

17. Nobody - Simon of Cyrene

Sermon

Ron Lavin

My purpose is to ask you to look again at the way of the cross and to examine the anemic thing that has come to be called Christianity. Perhaps we can see these things from a different perspective. I speak to you from my time - nearly 2,000 years ago. Yet what I have to say to you will have a contemporary ring to it for those who have ears to hear. I speak here about the way of the cross. That is always a timely subject. My name as given in the Gospel of Mark is Simon of Cyrene (Mark 15:21). My name as ...

18. That Carpenter Is God

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Ron Lavin

"... A thorn was given me in the flesh ..." 2 Corinthians 12:7, RSV Paul had a problem. We don’t know what the problem was. We only know that Paul called it his "thorn in the flesh." A thorn. Paul spoke of his limited humanity, his suffering, his weakness, his problem in terms of a thorn. How about your problems? A thorn. Perhaps it was a sickness which Paul experienced. Some say it was epilepsy. Do you have a physical adversity which can help you turn in a deeper way to God and find grace to sustain you? ...

19. Chocolate Cake, Flooded Waters, and Baptism

Genesis 9:8-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

There was a man, let's call him Rod, who was a fine woodworker. He made cabinets, tables, and mantels for family, friends, and fellow church members. One day his pastor asked him to come to his house and reconstruct a cabinet over his new refrigerator. The new refrigerator was taller than the old one. Rod agreed. When he came to do the work his pastor and his pastor's wife were not at home. They had given him a key to get in. Why not? Rod was the former president of the congregation, a man to be trusted, a ...

20. Standing in the Forecastle

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Ron Love

Bob Keeshan entertained children for years as the jovial Captain Kangaroo. The television show Captain Kangaroo ran on CBS for nearly thirty years, from October 1955 until December 1984, making it one of the longest-running nationally broadcasted children’s television programs. In Keeshan’s autobiography Growing Up Happy, he shared the moment when he realized life would be marvelous. Shortly after the Second World War, Keeshan, an eighteen-year-old Marine, was on board the troopship USS Rockbridge Ranger ...

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