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1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... heartwarming, something that will bring someone else joy. For joy has a way of boomeranging and giving the person who gives it more joy than the one who receives it. Joy is the natural emotion of the Christian. We dare not let it slip away. A man named Scott Walker tells about a tragedy that came into his life and how, by the grace of God, he was able to turn it into a triumph. Holding a flashlight in his hand, he wearily watched the flood waters of Hurricane Hugo rush through the basement of his family's ...

2. A Man Named Useful

Philemon 1:8-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... she said. (1) There are parts of our lives that all of us would like to rewind. If driving around the block in reverse would expunge our record, we would all go out to the parking lot and rev up our engines. But something more than that was needed. Scott Walker, writing in the publication Daily Guideposts, tells about a friend of his named Eddie Dwyer. For nearly four decades Eddie served as a professor of New Testament at Baylor University. His students loved him. Eddie Dwyer died in 2006 at age ninety two ...

3. A Great High Priest

Hebrews 4:12-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... PRODROMOS, the guide, the forerunner. That is the word Hebrews uses to describe Christ. He is the one who has gone before us scouting the way. He is the one who leads us safely into the harbor. This was brought home to me, in a beautiful way, by Scott Walker in his book, LIFE RAILS. He tells the true story of James Pierson, a friend of his who was a soldier during the Second World War. Pierson was in charge of a reconnaissance team that was sent out to survey enemy lines. On one particular mission they had ...

4. Opening Up Heaven

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... are indeed children of God. 1. TARBELL'S TEACHER'S GUIDE, Vol. 82, (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell, 1986). 2. Herb Miller, EVANGELISM'S OPEN SECRETS, (St. Louis: CBP Press,1984). 3. (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell, 1987). 4. Emil Brunner, OUR FAITH, page 111112 5. Scott Walker, LIFE RAILS, (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1987).

5. When Good People Pray

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... well pleased.” 1. Morgan Phillips, https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-woman-texting-father-every-day-response. 2. (St. Louis: CBP Press). 3. Contributed. Source unknown. 4. Emil Brunner, Our Faith, pp. 111-112. 5. Tarbell’s Teacher’s Guide, Vol. 82, (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell). 6. Scott Walker, Life Rails (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press).

6. Watchers, Walkers And Worshipers

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... are but creatures who owe Him our adoration and worship. Watching for God's hand in the world is good, but it's not enough. Walking in the Way is good, but it's not enough either. Christ calls us to be watchers and walkers and worshipers. 1. Scott Morton, "The Best-Kept Secrets of Family Life," Discipleship Journal, Issue 77, 1993, pp. 103-104 2. James L. Henderschedt, The Light in the Lantern, (San Jose: Resource Publications, Inc., 1991), pp. 120-123. 3. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup ...

7. The Call of the Cross

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

... people in Jesus Christ. In his book, Ambition: The Secret Passion, Joseph Epstein, editor of The American Scholar, discusses the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and points out that he went from early success to a second phase where he sold himself out to Hollywood, drank too ... just before Christmas (1981). He and his companion were depressed when they left the theatre; the true story of Coalhouse Walker, Jr., the black pianist who was not only frustrated in his attempts to get justice but was annihilated by the ...

8. Propriety in Worship

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... Connor (“The Non-Pauline Character of 1 Corinthians 11:2–16” JBL 95 [1976], pp. 615–21), who critiques Walker and argues for Pauline authorship. 11:2 Conzelmann (1 Corinthians, p. 182) wisely points to the “content of the ... so Christ rules man and man rules woman. However, the use of kephalē to mean ruler is not a native Greek idiom. Liddell and Scott [Greek-English Lexicon] do not give the meaning “ruler” as a sub-category within the metaphorical usages of the word. The Hebrew word for ...

9. The Secret to Happiness

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... .htm. 4. Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus (Harper. Kindle Edition). 5. Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy, and Science (Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition). 6. Philip D. Yancey, The Bible Jesus Read (Waterville, ME: Walker, Large Print, 1999), pp. 309-310. 7. “Interview with Gallaudet University President I. King Jordan” by Chet Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, Ability, Magazine. 8. “Feel Good Friday: Woman helps homeless man build a new life” by Shamar Walters and ...

10. Hold the Candy

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Mary Austin

... with disabilities have a lot to teach the rest of us, the athletes need to slow down for the people with walkers, and the teachers needed to appreciate the musicians. Paul is addressing the whole community of the church in this passage. It ... with romance, but the daily choices we make…the ways we act…the repeated way we choose to organize our lives for someone else. As Scott Peck said in the classic book The Road Less Traveled, love is work. “Love is not a feeling,” he says. He added, “keeping an ...

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