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Luke 19:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... said, 'Brother Ephraim, suppose you tell us what the Lord has done for you.' Uncle Ephraim arose with his bent and distorted body, and said, 'Brother, He has mighty nigh ruint me.' Mr. President, that's about what Senator McCarthy has done to the Senate." (Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Humor of a Country Lawyer (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1983]). One of the things that separates a human from a Neanderthal is a sense of humor, the ability to make jokes, to find the laughing matter of life, and to smile in the midst ...

2. Jesus and Judgment

Romans 2:11-16

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Bill Bouknight

... business benefit, that will look rather shabby in God's view. God sees both deed and motivation. The late Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina used to tell about an experience he had in high school. In those days one of his teachers required that each student ... I have more understanding than all my teachers.” The rest of the class laughed heartily, but the teacher was not pleased. She made Sam stay in after school and memorize a lengthy poem. When he protested that the verse he had quoted was indeed in the Bible, she ...

3. Destined For Greatness

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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King Duncan

... as his children through Jesus Christ . . ." It's a dangerous doctrine, but to a certain extent it is true. God has blessed us, but only for one reason-- that we might be a blessing to others. Unto whom much is given, much is required. 1. Sen. Sam Ervin, HUMOR OF A COUNTRY LAWYER (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983), pp. 82-83. 2. Baptism in Britain, Vol. 24, No. 7, April 4, 1980, CHRISTIANITY TODAY. 3. ETERNITY, October 1977, Page 12. 4. Jim Bakker, I WAS WRONG (Nashville: Thomas Nelson ...

4. The Godness Of God

Exodus 3:1-22

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Ex-Senator Sam Ervin tells about a man known as the most ignorant man of Burke County, North Carolina. When he was asked if he knew what county he lived in, he said, "Nope." Did he know the name of his state? "Nope." Then he was asked whether he had ever heard of Jesus ...

5. A Most Disagreeable Man

Jonah 3:1-10

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King Duncan

Have you ever known anyone with a thoroughly disagreeable attitude? There are some people who, if opportunity were to knock, would complain about the racket. They would re-write the twenty-third psalm to read like this, "My cup runneth over, what a mess." Senator Sam Ervin told about a man in his home state who did not agree with anybody about anything. The man found that cabbage didn't agree with him, the Senator says, and from that day forward wouldn't eat anything else. Jonah, the Old Testament prophet ...

6. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

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Donald B. Strobe

... And ever in goodwill is my delight. So we may well ask, “A new commandment? New in what way?” A cynic might reply: “It is new in that it has been so rarely used!” Of Jesus’ commandment in that Upper Room might be said what Senator Sam Ervin said about the infamous Watergate co-conspirators: “These gentlemen have such a high regard for truth that they use it very sparingly.” We Christians seem to have had such a high regard for Jesus’ commandment to love one another, that we have used it very ...

7. The Lord's Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done

Matthew 6:5-15

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Eric Ritz

... . Do not ever trade the Kingdom of God for the human-made variety. Since this past year has been an election year, please listen closely to the following illustration I am going to share with you today. The late Senator from North Carolina, Sam Ervin, who became nationally known during the Watergate trial, tells the story of a minister who somehow wound up by mistake at a Democratic Party Convention. They were meeting to select delegates and a candidate. It was a festive, banner-waving occasion. Instead of ...

8. A Great And Wonderful New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

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King Duncan

... . John W. Keith, Oak Ridge, TN 2. Jim & Doris Morentz, MINISTER'S ANNUAL PREACHING IN 1989 (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988). 3. LAUGH CONNECTIONS, Vol. No. 3 Summer, 1991, P.4 4. Les Giblin, CONFIDENCE AND POWER (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1956). 5. Joseph B. Clower, Jr. Cited in Sam J. Ervin, Jr., HUMOR OF A COUNTRY LAWYER, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983).

9. Entitlements

Luke 16:19-31

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King Duncan

... 's Commentary: Luke (Dallas: Word, Inc., 1983), 236-237. 3. Rick Pitino and Bill Reynolds Success Is a Choice : Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life, 1997. 4. Leonard R.N. Ashley, The Amazing World of Superstition . . . (New York: Bell Publishing Co., 1988). 5. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Humor of a Country Lawyer (Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1983). 6. Nell Mohney, "We Can Often Find Hell in the Here and Now," Kingsport TimesNews, March 24, 1995, p. 10D. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley.

Faith is not a storm cellar to which men and women can flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is, instead, an inner force that gives them the strength to face those storms and their consequences with serenity of spirit.

Sam J. Ervin

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