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Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... lives we have always lived. Fear produces sleepless nights as we worry about events over which we have no control. Author Zig Ziglar in his book, Better Than Good, tells about the 2002 Winter Olympic Games when sixteen‑year‑old Sarah Hughes skated her way to a gold medal. Sarah stepped on the ice, says Zig, not believing she had a chance of winning any medal, so she just skated with reckless abandon, unconcerned about the live audience, the television audience, or for that matter, the judges. She just ...

2. By Faith

Hebrews 11:1-40

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... Abraham) in v. 12 and obviate the problem in the Genesis account that Sarah lacks faith (see especially Gen. 18:12–15). Hughes’s interesting suggestion that Sarah be understood as the subject and that the verb be taken as “establishing ... son,” see Mark 1:11; 9:7; 12:6, and parallels.) Isaac, of course, was not Abraham’s only son—but he was the only son of Sarah and the only son of the so-called line of promise as the next verse unequivocally points out. He was therefore the unique son. James (2:21f ...

3. Seize the Now

Philippians 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... written by Jay Rayner, the food critic for The Guardian newspaper in the UK. Back in May 2019, Jay received a letter from a reader named Hugh Paton. Hugh had just received a diagnosis of terminal cancer. He thought that the advice to “eat, drink and be merry” might be the best way to spend ... -long-to-live? 2. “Fed by grit and the Prayer Book” by Sarah Meyrick, Churchtimes.co.uk, November 23, 2017. https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/24-november/features/features/fed-by-grit-and-the-prayer-book. 3. Today ...

4. The Lenten License to Steal, Drink, Lie and Swear

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... his life was unable to attain the fulfillment of what God had promised and prepared for him. Abraham and Sarah remained childless. That is why there are so many Christians who believe IN God, who believe IN Christ, but ... Hughes. Before he died in 2006, he left behind a little “Wisdom for Living” daily devotional book based on the book of Proverbs. (Selwyn Hughes, Wisdom for Living [Surrey, UK, 2010]). While Hughes’ focus is on Proverbs, his advice easily encompasses the whole of scripture. What Hughes ...

5. The Young And The Restless

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... the same movies over and over again. Even the smallest changes were threatening to Hitler. (2) It has been said that Howard Hughes--do you remember him with his grossly long toe and fingernails?--used to watch the same movie--an old movie called Ice ... and resilience. If you read the rest of the story in Genesis, you will discover that Abraham was not an ideal husband. He put Sarah at risk more than once. Still, it is obvious that she loved him and stuck by him. In 1937, Margot Fonteyn and Roberto Arias fell ...

6. Melchizedek the Priest

Hebrews 7:1-10, Hebrews 7:11-28

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... way, relating Salem to the Hebrew šālôm (“peace”). See Philo, Allegorical Interpretation, 3.79. Philo also describes Sarah as “without mother” (same word used by our author to describe Melchizedek) since no record of her mother is ... the author of Hebrews about the obsolescence of the levitical priesthood, or else they found it unacceptable. See the discussion in Hughes, pp. 260ff. Perfection again refers to completeness in the sense of arriving at the intended goal. Although the root is prominent ...

7. The Legitimacy and Superiority of Christ’s Priesthood

Hebrews 7:11-28, Hebrews 7:1-10

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

8. Who Am I?

Matthew 3:13-17 · Isaiah 42:1-2

Sermon

Will Willimon

... and some of the elders came by and they got to talking about us, what we would become when we grew up. 'Now Sarah,' they said. 'Sarah is going to be a teacher. She is good with the books. Jonathan is a carpenter. He can make anything he likes.'" '"What ... pastors or priests doesn't change the call of every Christian, each in his or her own place, to be a minister of Jesus. Carolyn Hughes tells of a woman named Jill who was trying to decide what she ought to do with her life. She thought about going to seminary ...

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