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John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... they closed their windows tight and put the plugs in their sinks, to stop spiders and scorpions coming in. “Well,” asks the Rev. Dr. Griffith, “how well do you think I slept that night?” He goes on to say that . . . “he didn’t sleep a wink . . . he had ... grave.” Of course, it cost most of them their lives. One of those who gave their lives was a man name Thomas. Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the other disciples on that Easter Sunday evening when Jesus made ...

2. Sitting At God's Table

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... for a job at an upscale restaurant in L.A. as a waiter. He was hired. He didn't really want the job. What he wanted was the uniform. That night Griffith appeared at the banquet wearing a tuxedo which was really a waiter's uniform and had a great time. The next morning he returned the uniform to the restaurant apologetically, ... (Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1997), 2329. 2. Denis Rainey, The Tribute (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994), p. 59-61. 3. The Associated Press

3. Come and See

John 1:43-51

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... .” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” And that invitation, that friendship, changed his life. Amen. 1. Socrates, Quoted in Leonard Griffith, The Eternal Legacy from an Upper Room, (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), p. 137. 2. Quoted by C. Thomas Hilton, “Known By Our Friends,” The Clergy Journal, April, 1992, p. 14. 3. Judith Martin, “Energetic Grandma Needs to Change Focus,” Fort Myers News-Press, March 15, 1990. 4. Leonard ...

4. Have You Gone Far Enough?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... here. Jesus Christ was a real man, nothing more, nothing less. He was born, he lived, he died. That's all. Yet upon a closer investigation of the evidence surrounding the life of Christ, one is most uncomfortable in settling here. British scholar W. H. Griffith Thomas wrote, "The testimony to the present work of Jesus Christ is no less real today than it has been in the past. In the case of all other great names of world history, the inevitable and invariable experience has been that the particular man is ...

5. Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi

Acts 16:11-15

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... least a highly embellished account of what really happened (cf., e.g., 5:17ff.; 12:7ff.; the Testament of Joseph 8:4; the Acts of Thomas 154ff.; Euripides, Bacchae 443ff., 586ff.; Epictetus, Lectures 2.6.26). Haenchen complains that Luke has told the story “with the full array of Hellenistic narrative ... in public affairs (cf. 17:4, 12; see W. W. Tarn and G. T. Griffith, Hellenistic Civilization, pp. 98f.; W. D. Thomas, “The Place of Women in the Church at Philippi,” ExpT 83 (1971–72), pp. 117–20).

6. First the Bad News...

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... , The Point After (Grand Rapids: Daybreak Books, Zondervan Publishing House). 7. George F. Regas, Kiss Yourself and Hug the World (Waco: Word, 1987). 8. Zig Ziglar, Better Than Good (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2006), p. 33. 9. God’s cure for worry © 2006 – Robert Griffith, Orange Baptist Church. http://www.orangebaptistchurch.org.au/sermons/sermon_documents/Gods%20Cure%20for%20Worry.pdf. 10. “Good News about Suffering” by Jeffrey Dillinger. 11. http://whitehallchurchofchrist.com/sermons/good ...

7. Grace The New Fashioned Way

Ephesians 2:1-10

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King Duncan

... beyond those feelings of humility and compassion into a life of mission and service and ministry. We have been saved by grace. Now we are called to go in the name and spirit of Christ to save a sick and dying world. 1. C. Thomas Hilton 2. Stan McCready 3. Eugene Brice 4. John Van Druten, I REMEMBER MAMA, in EIGHT AMERICAN ETHNIC PLAYS, ed. Francis Griffith and Joseph Mersand (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974), pp. 120121 cited in George F. Regas, KISS YOURSELF AND HUG THE WORLD, (Waco: Word, 1987).

8. Behold The Man Who Took The Victory

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

One Sunday a man was riding a subway in New York. Suddenly another man and his children got on the subway. They were making all kinds of noise, yelling, throwing things, and running around the car. What had been a peaceful group of people reading their papers and minding their own business was interrupted by all this madness. The father of these children had sat down by this other man who was already on the subway. Finally, this man told the father that his children were bothering a lot of people. The ...

9. Behold The Man Who Takes Away Sin

John 1:29-34

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

G. K. Chesterton was once asked the question, "Why did you join the church so late in life?" He answered, "To get rid of my sins."1 That is a wonderful answer. It is still the solution for so many of the world's problems and the problems of people everywhere. So many of us know that there is something wrong, something which must be set right at some point along the way. And we want someone to set things right. Yet, many times we have the feeling that we cannot break through, cannot make the connection, ...

Think yourself empty, read yourself full, write yourself clear, pray yourself keen.

W. H. Griffith Thomas

We cannot make up for failure in our devotional life by redoubling energy in service. We shall never take people beyond our own spiritual attainment.

W. H. Griffith Thomas

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