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Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Erskine White

... 19, 1943, this defenseless sharecropper was taken from his cell, strapped into the chair and electrocuted. The judge in the case has said that he never had any doubts about his decision. He became a United States Senator and a strong advocate of the death penalty. His name: Strom Thurmond. But Solomon Blatt was not so sure. Forty years later, he had not forgotten that case. "I still worry about it," he was quoted as saying. "If I was wrong, I hope I will be forgiven for what I did. If I was right, I hope I ...

2. The Preacher Was A Bigot

Jonah 3:1-10

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David E. Leininger

... . By scraping the scab off the wound of America's racist past as he did last fall he has reminded the country of what it preferred to forget or even to pretend never occurred. Thanks to Lott's fond remembrance of the racist presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrats in 1948, which cost him the leadership of the Senate, we are keenly aware of what it is we celebrate today. This is one Martin Luther King Day when no one should feel compelled to question whether such a holiday is justified.(2 ...

3. What's in a Name?

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

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David E. Leininger

... out. Ask Essie Mae Washington-Williams. Or should we say Essie Mae Thurmond? We heard about her a couple of weeks ago as the story broke that the late Senator Strom Thurmond, who rose to national prominence on a platform of absolute racial segregation, ... nothing can separate you from that love of God in Christ Jesus...ever. Amen! 1. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/17/thurmond.paternity 2. "Harassed 'Saddam' Seeks New Name," Reuters, 1/5/04, via internet 3. Jack Good, "Naming Names," The Christian Century, 12/27 ...

4. God's Not Done With Us Yet!

Genesis 17:1-27

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David E. Leininger

... mom to get run off by the jealous Sarah once more. As the Genesis story has it, Sarah finally dies at the age of 127; Abraham marries again (at around 140 years of age) and has another half-dozen kids. An ACTIVE senior citizen, eh? (Better than Strom Thurmond.) Amazing. He finally dies at the age of 175, "old and full of years." I love the story of Abraham because I learn some incredibly important truths from it. First, I learn that God chooses and uses real people, imperfect people. Sell your wife to the ...

5. Preparing For The Second Part Of Life

James 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... must lead us to action. And when we step out in faith, our actions will be blessed. "Doers who act," James writes, "will be blessed in their doing." Bob McAlister was a man who had plans for his life. At twenty-three he was an attache to Senator Strom Thurmond. He would accompany the Senator on the floor of the Senate and when he met with the President at the White House. After a while Bob took up a career in broadcasting. He worked twelve hours a day to make a name for himself. He married, but it soon ...

6. When The Going Gets Tough

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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King Duncan

... Ruth Rothfarb died at age 96after a 27year career as a marathon runner that she began when her husband died. "I had to do something," she said. "I wasn't going to sit around doing nothing." The list goes on: Bob Hope, 95, still performing. Sen. Strom Thurmond, RS.C., 96, still legislating. And, for that matter, George Dawson of Dallas, Texas, who just ended 99 years of illiteracy and learned to read. Seems he was finally bored of fishing. Now John Glennall 77 years of himheads back into space. (1) No, aging ...

7. The True Story of the Magi

Matthew 1:1-17

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John Jamison

... need a star today. Significant News Milosevic Idi Amin Saddam Tony Blair, UN, War space shuttle Columbia Suicide bombers Iran Earthquake SARS Mad Cow Disease East Coast Blackouts California Wild Fires Spam (20 Billion in lost productivity) Deaths Strom Thurmond Johnny Cash June Carter Cash Donald O’Conner John Ritter Bob Hope Mr. Fred Rodgers David Bloom Buddy Ebsen Buddy Hackett Art Carney Charles Bronson David Brinkley Maurice Gibb Althea Gibson Katherine Hepburn Robert Palmer Johnny Paycheck Greogory ...

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