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Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the whole idea of Becoming Ensnared. (Watch: Up Clip) If you haven't seen it, The basic story is about the adventures of Carl and Russell. Carl Fredricksen is a 78-year-old man, stuck in the past and stuck in his house which he has been ordered to vacate by ... old alike. This table, this banquet of Grace is offered to all. Jesus, the son of God is host and we are the invited and honored guests. While we will only receive a small piece of bread and a little wine, this table of Grace is an all you eat buffet ...

2. Altar Your Witness

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... person with whom they're talking for not having the same beliefs the have. Or we're afraid we're going to be treated like Carl treated Russell in our opening clip. In Romans 10:9-15 (NRSV) the Apostle Paul writes [9] if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe ... , remembering and especially what it means to live life "With Honors." There's a very telling and touching scene in the movie that deals with remembering. (Watch Clip from "With Honors") You know, there are a lot of stones and rocks ...

3. Gaining A Gratitude Attitude

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... Do we have any idea how fortunate we are? And yet we whine, we complain, we act as if somehow life has mistreated us. David Russell, a pastor in Union City, Tennessee tells about Nathan, a precocious three-year-old in his church. Nathan's parents were trying to introduce ... see uplifting movies, read uplifting books, listen to uplifting music. "Whatever is true," says St. Paul, "whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if ...

4. It's All In the Perspective

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" - Psalm 8:3-4 Are you familiar with the name Russell Schweikart? One of our astronauts, he flew on Apollo IX. After he returned to earth from his magnificent space adventure, he wrote, [You see] the ... all a matter of perspective, is it not? Truth be told, our lives are lived on the basis of our perspectives. The graduates that we honor at this time of year have a perspective that can no doubt be described as on top of the world. And why not? They ...

5. Sermon on the Mount: Giving, Prayer, and Fasting

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... others? How might this help them refocus on the only reward that is important: belonging to the kingdom and the King and having the honor that this affords? 2. Jesus’ disciples are given a pattern for prayer that centers on a longing for the coming of God’s reign ... and focus on the kingdom’s arrival. It is the essential ingredient of the church’s life of prayer. Quote: Walter Russell Bowie. Bowie (1882–1969) was the rector of parishes in Virginia and New York, a faculty member at Union Seminary and ...

6. The Scarlet Letter

Exodus 20:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... about adultery. "Infidelity tells a child, ‘Your mother is not worth much, and your father is a liar and a cheat. Furthermore, honor is not nearly as important as pleasure. In fact, my child, my own satisfaction is more important than you.'"[9] Adultery is ... Bruce, History of the English Bible, (New York: Oxford, 1978), p. 108. [2] Michael Medvid, Hollywood vs. America, p. 117. [3] Russell Chandler, Racing Toward 2001, p. 96. [4] David A. Seamands, God's Blueprint for Living, p. 100. [5] Dr. James Dobson ...

7. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... carried out in every sphere. What we are praying for is simply more of what we have already seen in Jesus, because he was the only who always honored his Father’s name; he was the one who showed us what the kingdom looked like, and he was the one who always did the Father’s ... Mt. 6:5-15. 10. For a fresh treatment by a first class Christian intellectual historian, see Jeffrey Burton Russell, Paradise Mislaid (Oxford University Press, 2006). 11. The U.M. Articles of Religion, Article I—Of Faith in the ...

8. Blessed Are The Believers

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... spectacular like that? We can sympathize with British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell who was once asked what he would say if after death he found himself confronted by God. Russell replied, "I shall say to Him, `Why did you make the ... are exposed, whether it comes from a preacher, a politician, a professor, a news publication or a TV pundit. God does not honor gullibility. Nevertheless, we will never make much progress in life until that moment when we take our stand, until we resolve in our ...

9. Believing Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... like that? We can sympathize with British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell who was once asked what he would say if after death he found himself confronted by God. Russell replied, “I shall say to Him, ‘Why did you make the evidence ... Bishop Pike was dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Ever the radical, he held a worship service honoring Sigmund Freud in 1945, six years after Freud’s death. “But Freud was an atheist!” people protested. Came Pike’s reply: “He ...

10. Blessed Are Those Who Believe

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s there? We can sympathize with British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell who was once asked what he would say if after death he found himself confronted by God. Russell replied, “I shall say to Him, ‘Why did you make the evidence ... we are exposed, whether it comes from a preacher, a politician, a professor, a news publication or a TV pundit. God does not honor gullibility. Nevertheless, we will never make much progress in life until that moment when we take our stand, until we resolve in ...

11. Why Doesn’t God Prove Himself To Doubters?

2 Peter 1:16-21

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... all of our doubts and silence skeptics and cynics. When British philosopher Bertrand Russell was asked what he would say if, after death, he found himself confronted by God, Russell replied, “I would say, `Why didn’t you prove yourself to those who ... stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; ...

12. Pretenders

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... so their name would be read out over the airways. They gave more to the University than to their church, because the University would give them honored seats at the ball game or would name a building after them. And when they prayed they did it loudly so that everyone in the ... American Eccentrics (New York: Facts on File Publications, 1984), pp. 119-120. 5. Gough, Russell W. Character Is Destiny (Rocklin, CA: Forum, 1998), pp. 25-27. 6. "Mysterious Echoes of Gunshots" by Terry Mattingly, Good News Nov./ Dec. 1999 ...

13. Vetted

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... give up Tank in order to do it, I am glad to have done so. He was my example of service and of love. I hope I honored him by my service to my country and comrades. All right, that’s enough. I deploy this evening and have to drop this letter off at ... person of Jesus. Jesus is victorious, and in Him, so are we! Let’s sing together --“Standing on the Promises of God” by Russell Kelso Carter, written in 1886: 1 Standing on the promises of Christ my king, through eternal ages let his praises ring; glory in ...

14. Windows Of Wonder

Sermon

James Angell

I feel life is so small unless it has windows into other worlds.- Bertrand Russell "Windows On The World" is the name of a classy restaurant atop the World Trade Tower in New York. It has ... one, sufficiently long enough to allow worshippers to see and feel the action involved, its latent emotional power - rather than settling for a two-sentence "passing reference." Honor the Bible's own treasury of illustrations. But don't be confined to them. Today's world is a different one from the Bible's typically ...

15. It's All in the Perspective

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" You are familiar with the name Russell Schweikert? One of our astronauts. He flew on Apollo XI. After he returned to earth from his magnificent space adventure, he wrote, "[You ... a matter of perspective, is it not? Truth be told, our lives are lived on the basis of our perspectives. The graduates that we honor today have a perspective that can no doubt be described as on top of the world. And why not? They are celebrating a significant ...

16. What's Wrong With Laughing?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... I read about a young man who has a healthy understanding of the place of material wealth. For thirteen-year-old Joey Russell, his most prized possession used to be a 1912 postcard of the original Titanic, signed by an actual survivor of the ship' ... ) That's the way to use wealth--use it to brighten people's lives. There is nothing wrong with obtaining great wealth honorably. Wealthy people have more opportunities for doing good. Wealthy people have more influence in society. Wealth can be a blessing, not a ...

17. Wanted: A Lasting Marriage. Only Good Chemists, Bad mathematicians, Expert Soul-O-Flexors Need Apply

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... divorce statistics have skyrocketed (today's divorces are initiated as often by wives as by husbands, reveals Jan Jarboe Russell in "What Really Makes Marriage Last," Good Housekeeping, 1996, 98-99, 144), as divorce proceedings and grounds have shifted ... church needs to join in this study and celebration seriously examining what long-lasting Christian marriages seem to have in common and honoring all those couples who have managed to "make it last" while keeping the spirit of love and joy alive in their ...

18. Deciding To Excel In Everything

II Corinthians 8:1-7, 11-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

James Russell Lowell wrote: “Life is a leaf of paper white Whereon each of us may write A line or two, and then comes night. Greatly ... in our day and time? We can let prayer determine every action that we take. Let us devote ourselves to the will of God. Let every prayer request that is made in this congregation have the honor of being remembered. We can keep our word, we really can. One of the greatest promises that you can make to somebody else is that “I will remember you in my prayers.” I say today ...

19. Riddles and Metaphors

Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... and compare Jer. 32:40; 50:5; and Isa. 55:3–5). In this new relationship the Lord will not only restore Jerusalem, but honor and exalt her as well. Samaria and Sodom, her erstwhile sisters, will now become her daughters, though “not on the basis of my covenant ... , “Prophets and Pornography: Female Sexual Imagery in Hosea,” in Feminist Interpretation of the Bible [ed. L. M. Russell; Philadelphia: Westminster, 1985], pp. 86–88; see also F. Van Dijk-Hemmes, “The Metaphorization of Woman in Prophetic ...

20. Greatness, Real Greatness

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Editor James S. Hewett

... accolade of greatness. It has been said that that nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men and women-not just those whom it honors, but also the "anonymous" great, the citizens who, in their little bailiwicks, live exemplary lives—the kind it would be wonderful if all of us lived. These are the persons James Russell Lowell had in mind when he wrote: The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the Many ...

21. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the wedding by invitation. He did not barge in on the party, for he was not a party-crasher. He was wanted. His presence would honor the occasion. Apparently he was not a wet blanket at the time when there was laughter, fun and fellowship accompanied by good eats and ... thinking for a moment, the lad answered, "If you're having a wedding, make sure Jesus is there!" Shortage of Water or Wine? Russell Hoy won the 1988 Pinocchio Award for the best lie. He wrote that last summer's drought was so bad that a Roman ...

22. Even God Called Time Out

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

James Weekley

... relegated, the old horrors will come back upon us again." With the Sabbath it is not so much that God wants us to honor him any less, as it is that he wants us to get our act together. The greatest construction project ever undertaken was supervised ... His love serves as the ultimate lubricant for morality. It gets us over the most difficult humps and around the sharpest of corners. James Russell Lowell adds, "I take great comfort in God, I think he is considerably amused at us many times, but he loves us, and ...

23. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... Dietrich inherited some of his lofty idealism from his grandmother who, although in her ninetieth year, refused to honor picket lines set up around the stores of Jewish merchants for the purpose of discouraging patronization. She would not ... ," but trusting in God’s grace to overcome his errors if his actions were erroneous. In his martyrdom he epitomized the spirit of James Russell Lowell’s hymn: Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, For the good ...

24. Preparing For An Unknowable Future

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Although the end of the world did not follow, the Great Fire of London did, in 1666. In 1874 Charles Taze Russell, founder of the sect that became Jehovah's Witnesses, concluded that the Second Coming had already taken place. He declared that ... proved to be the carriers of the disease. Today both ducks and the sheep are in abundance, for which Christy Wilson was signally honored by the king himself. (6) As we prepare for this unknowable future many of us are ignoring our most precious resource, the presence ...

25. Jesus and the Baptists

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... 11). John was in prison for his strong preaching against the sins of the mighty, and word reached Jesus of his plight. And Jesus honored John. “Truly I say to you, among those born of women, there has arisen no one greater than he.” Now, if none is ... with, because others may be influenced by our example. We must identify ourselves with some worthy causes in life. As poet James Russell Lowell told us: “Once to every man and nation/Comes the moment to decide/ In the strife of truth with falsehood/ For the ...

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