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Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... roads linked distant settlements in a web of trade and worship. During this time, some of the greatest buildings ever constructed rose while Europe foundered in the Dark Ages; a time some call "the thousand years without a bath." But at one point, ... of that great system. "A durable community is one that balances growth with efficiency and refuses to be seduced by greed and power." Stuart writes, and adds that greed "is not a badge of honor. It is the signature of a dying society." Isaiah wanted his people ...

2. How A Christian Grieves

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him . . .” (NIV) Dying is an important ... Old Farmer’s Almanac, edited by Judson D. Hale, Sr., (New York: Random House, 1995), p. 179. 3. Marshall, Eric, and Hample, Stuart. Children’s Letters to God (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966). 4. U.S. News & World Report, June 22, 1992, p. 26. 5. The ...

3. The Compassionate Christ

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Sunday dinners on the grounds. One of my favorites was a little ditty that went like this: Your roses may have thorns, but don't forget, Your thorns may have some roses too. The Lord of great compassion loves you yet, And He will never fail to see you ... too good to keep. How could a healed man hide it? The very site of him in the marketplace would be a testimony to the miracle. So Stuart Hamblin says, “It is no secret, what God can do, What He's done for others, He'll do for you. With arms wide open, He'll ...

4. The Nearness Of A Faraway God

Isaiah 40:12-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... thunder,Thy power throughout the universe displayed,Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee,How great Thou art, How great Thou art!(Stuart K. Hine) The man who wrote that gospel song stretched his mind and expanded his vision until he had at least some conception ... God Isaiah spoke about. Isaiah asked, "To whom would you liken God, or what likeness would you compare Him with?" and Jesus rose up to say, "Those who have seen Me have seen the Father" (John 14:9). Or, as Paul said in Philippians: even though ...

5. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... design in all of this?" What happened to the dream? They believed in the sun when all they saw was a mushroom cloud that rose six miles high in only eight minutes. They believed in love when they could not feel it, and they believed in God when ... Wouldn't we truly be better off with Jesus around talking or at least placing a few person-to-person telephone calls? James Stuart of Edinburgh used to say that Jesus had to leave in order that our religion would be spiritualized. Apparently Jesus wanted a religion ...

6. Formula For A Glowing Face

Romans 12:9-21

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King Duncan

... he recalls the look of enmity on his host's face. The king puts it like this: "I saw his heart in his face." Gilbert Stuart took one look at Talleyrand, the French ambassador, and said, "If that man isn't a scoundrel, God doesn't write a legible hand." A ... on my face." The doctor's filled the soldier's heart full of resolve, and holding the fading life in his body until the sun rose in all of its splendor. Eventually the last star winked out, the day dawned, and the soldier lived. (3) Hope can do that for a ...

7. Things That Cannot be Taken Away

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... and then vanishes." From the day we are born, as someone said, we begin our journey to the grave. In his book Spirit Life, D. Stuart Briscoe put it in a memorable way. He writes, "When I moved to the United States, I was impressed with the number of total strangers ... who love the Lord. Paul said, "If in this life only we have hope, we are of all men most to be pitied." Christ Jesus rose from the dead and he has prepared a place for his people in heaven. He will take us home. Love is the third anchor. Love ...

8. Where Love Comes From

John 13:31-38

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King Duncan

... though to make matters worse, his wife delivered twins! But then something miraculous happened. Suddenly Borsch discovered he loved Matthew and Stuart with the same love with which he loved Benjamin, without taking any love from Benjamin. “This was a strange new arithmetic ... here it is. The Portland Trail Blazers were playing the Dallas Mavericks in front of twenty thousand people in the Rose Garden Arena in Portland. At the beginning of the game, a local girl, thirteen-year-old Natalie Gilbert walked to ...

9. What a Way to Start a Church!

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... upon them when they least expected it. The fact is, the God of Pentecost is the same God who came at Christmas and rose on Easter morn and who keeps appearing unexpectedly in our lives. This story is not only about starting a church but starting anew ... . There was the charismatic who loved Jesus and none of us loved Jesus quite enough for him. And, finally, there was Jeb Stuart Magruder, former White House aide and Watergate defendant, who had spent his time in prison and was still wrestling with the guilt ...

10. The Wrong Right

Illustration

Many years ago, Christian professor Stuart Blackie of the University of Edinburgh was listening to his students as they presented oral readings. When one young man rose to begin his recitation, he held his book in the wrong hand. The professor thundered, "Take your book in your right hand, and be seated!" At this harsh rebuke, the student held up his right arm. He didn't have a right hand! The other students shifted uneasily in their ...

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