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1. Life Is What Happens When You've Made Other Plans

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Dr. Robert E. Lair

... -- Walter Scott -- Sir Walter Scott after knighthood. A young man who wanted to be a teacher failed completely. He said after being dismissed from his position, "I don't know what will become of me and I don't much care." The young man never fully recovered from his disappointment. He entered the Episcopal ministry. He served many congregations in Philadelphia and Boston. His name was Phillips Brooks. Of all the letters he received in his life, the one that he cherished most was from a tailor in a small ...

2. Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... He told of those who risked, and sometimes gave, their lives as they helped develop the country. The young man heard Bishop Brooks tell of those who gave their lives that others might have liberty to study the Bible and obey God. These stories thrilled ... and said, "Show him your tooth, Tommy." A couple of months ago in the Winter Olympics, we saw one of our fleet speed-skaters, Scott Jantsen, slip and fall not once but on two different occasions. You won't find his name among the medal winners. And you didn' ...

3. It's All In The Blood

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... people. The blood of the lambs washes down the temple steps and into a channel that carries it straight to the Brook Kidron. Jesus has just finished praying his final earthly prayer. He and his disciples are heading towards a private garden in ... , Jesus my Savior. . ." and fades out slowly.] 1. Maury Stout, Pentecostal Evangel, March 28, 1993, p. 6. 2. "To Die For" by Scott Bowerman, PREACHING Magazine, Jan./ Feb. 2000, p. 32. Cited in Max Lucado's, JUST LIKE JESUS, (Waco: Word, 1997), 60-63. William Richard ...

4. Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sermon

William G. Carter

... his property. He wiped it all out, grass included. Then he trucked in a lot of top soil and spread it around. With the best Scotts Premium tall fescue he could buy, he reseeded the entire yard. Guess what? The grass came up. It was beautiful. The weeds came back. ... do.” A number of years ago, columnist David Brooks interviewed a young politician named Barack Obama. It was a genial conversation, and Brooks discerned that Mr. Obama read a lot of books. Suddenly Brooks asked out of the blue, “Have you ever ...

5. Remember...

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... portion of Moses’ words to his people: “For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, ... wearing when they last saw her. Of course, they’d never really seen her to begin with. They had been blinded,” says Scott Hoezee, “by ingratitude.” (3) I wonder if some of us have been blinded by ingratitude. “When you have eaten and are satisfied ...

6. Rules For A Happy Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... opportunities, and feelings of failure later on. How much wiser to hang in there. What about the couple rushing into marriage? Scott Peck spoke a warning word when he said that sex is nature's way of trapping people into marriage. Not a ... proud of ourselves if the world knew? Hear the words of a man whose reputation is certainly known to every preaching minister, Phillips Brooks. "It is an awful hour when the first necessity of hiding anything comes. The whole life is different thenceforth. When there are ...

7. Jesus Prays For Us

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... us to one another and to God are eternal. Nothing will ever break them. Not even death will snatch us from Him or from those we love. 1. Harold S. Kushner, WHEN ALL YOU'VE EVER WANTED ISN'T ENOUGH (New York: Summit Books, 1986). 2. Jeff Scott Cook, ELEMENTS OF SPEECHWRITING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING (New York: Collier Books, 1991). 3. Contributed. Source: Keith L. Brooks, ILLUSTRATIONS FOR PREACHERS AND SPEAKERS, Zondervan Books 4. Carol Kent, SPEAK UP WITH CONFIDENCE (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1987).

8. An Incredible Encounter

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... this wrestling match. He could get hurt or killed. Jacob could have run away, escaped, or hid in the nearby rocks of the brook Jabbok. But Jacob plunges ahead. Jacob is neither cowardly, nor shallow. He puts himself into it with all he's got. Neil Simon ... was deaf, as was Thomas Edison. Charles Dickens was lame, so was Handel; Homer was blind; Plato was a hunchback; Sir Walter Scott was paralyzed. One musician was so nearsighted he couldn't read the musical score. So he memorized not only his part, but ...

9. Let Us Never Lack for Humility

Luke 18:9-14

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

Let's say that at some point in his life, Chip Brewster was the smartest math whiz in his class and the fastest running back on the football team at Hardy High School in Rapid Brook, Nebraska. He was the best of the best and felt mighty good about himself as a result. What he didn't know is that he seemed to be a big fish only because the pond he was in was so small. So one day he graduated high school and went on to study at the University of Michigan. Suddenly Chip met up with math geniuses who were so ...

10. The Tenth Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

Broiled FishLuke 24:36-43 Worship Focus A platter with a whole broiled fish fillet or a baked whole fish would be ideal. Someone in the congregation may have a mounted or wooden fish as a wall decoration, and that would be easier to take care of. A piece of comb honey, though not in the newer translations, would pick up the line from Ezra Pound's poem. A Litany For The Tenth Meal Leader: Gracious God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise you for the glorious resurrection of the Christ, our Savior. ...

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