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John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... clear. Tillman had been shot by his own men. It was accidental, but this brave young man was killed by friendly fire. Dr. Stephens goes on to say, “It often happens in combat, but in day‑to‑day life it shouldn’t be that common. Unfortunately, it ... cup—his body broken, his blood shed. Bishop N.T. Wright reminds us, when Jesus wanted us to understand the cross, he didn’t give us a theory or a theology, he gave us a meal. As Bishop Wright says: “We break bread and drink wine together, telling the ...

2. A Life to Die For

Acts 6:8-15; Acts 7:54-8:1

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... who have modeled for us lives worth living. Here, in this place and pulpit, we remember Dr. Runkel, Dr. Thomas, Dr. Wright and Charlie Beynon. But more important than the pulpiteers are the countless people who have filled the pews and the community with ... wives, sons and daughters, those who have lived and died. We are all connected, growing out of their lives, rooted in the past. Stephen's sermon (which you will need to read in its entirety) traces God's movement through the past and connects it with the ...

3. The Sword of the Lord

Hebrews 4:12-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... cured, storms quieted down and went to sleep like little babies, dead men came back to life. The power of this book is absolutely awesome! It has convicting power. When Stephen preached the word of God, the Bible says in Acts 7:54 that, "When they heard these things they were cut to the heart." It has converting power. We ... Gospels, No Christ" (The Jesus Seminar), Christianity Today, April 25, 1994. 6 Rusty Wright and Linda Raney Wright, Secrets of Successful Humor, pp. 45-46. 7 Kent Hughes, Hebrews, p. 121.

4. Flying High

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... Think what an impoverished world this would be without those people who chose to fly higher than most of us care to fly. Physicist Stephen Hawking died last year at age 76. Hawking was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years to the day after the death ... created and sacrificed to improve the world, to make a difference. They showed Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart, Frank Lloyd Wright, Maria Callas, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr., Jim Henson, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Mahatma Gandhi and on and ...

5. Light For Our Lives

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Thomas Eakins, a famous painter and sculptor . . . And that group of clouds over there gives me the impressions of the stoning of Stephen . . . I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side." Lucy responds, "Uh, huh, That's very good . . . .What do you see ... would have dreamed that the age of air travel would be born in Kitty Hawk, a place nobody ever heard of until the Wright brothers made it famous. Or who would have guessed that the character of Abraham Lincoln would have come out of a log cabin ...

6. How To Be Truly Wealthy

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... that all his wealth was not making him happy. Monaghan began selling off his “stuff”: three houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Detroit Tigers baseball team, and thirty vintage automobiles--one of which was a $13 million Bugatti. He was quoted as saying ... . Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk (Riverhead, 1997), quoted in Context, April 15, 1998, 2. Homiletics, June 1999. 6. Stephen Arterburn, Winning at Work Without Losing at Love (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994), p. 141. 7. Yancey, Philip ...

7. Move Life from Duty to Destiny

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... here the essential continuity between himself and the Spirit that will come upon the disciples in Acts. In Acts 6:10 Stephen is described as speaking with wisdom under the power of the Holy Spirit in such a way that his speechless opponents ... that we need to know about the future: it will be filled with Christ’s presence, and fulfilled with Christ’s promises. Bishop N.T. Wright writes in his recent book on Paul: A Fresh Perspective (2006) that the Spirit is a gift of God from the future and that our ...

8. Not Because of Israel's Righteousness

Deuteronomy 9:1-6

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

Not because of Israel’s Righteousness: The warnings against false assumptions continue. Moses has already demolished any idea of national chauvinism arising from Israel’s election (7:6–10) and also any economic arrogance arising from their future prosperity (8:17f.). In this chapter he targets what is perhaps the most pernicious and perennial distortion of all—moral self-righteousness in the interpretation of military conflict. Together, these three challenges penetrate deeply to the evergreen sources of ...

9. The Golden Calf

Deuteronomy 9:7-29

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright