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1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... words, "Your Servant, Tom Kepler." (story recalled by Leonard Budd, "Kerygma", April 9, 1989, Church of the Savior, Cleveland, Ohio). The fruit of Thomas Kepler was known. Paul is telling us in the first verses of his hymn of love that if the fruit of Christ's ... . The pastor who told that story was Walker Railey. What irony! Walker was the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Dallas, and his name was on national news for days a couple of years ago. Walker rose to the pinnacle of success -- Senior ...

2. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Hell!

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... him to be, to know the kind of life he could have had if he had listened to the voice of God. The great writer, Thomas Carlisle, was haunted by the memory of his neglect of his sick wife. She had been confined for some months with a lingering illness, and ... tension. It''s one of those things that you push back inside you but you know that it makes you the worse for it." Arthur Walker was experiencing his little bit of hell out of the guilt that was gnawing away at his soul. So was Kathleen Spiker. She was a ...

3. Watchers, Walkers And Worshipers

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... , because we need to be on the lookout for God's activity in our world. Take the case of a gentleman named Michael Thomas. He was driving to a business appointment one day, and he was in a hurry as well as annoyed with traffic. He was ... our lives and in our world. So, in a very positive way, there are times when we need to be watchers. But we also need to be walkers. Watching is good as far as it goes, but more is needed. Weeks before Peter healed the man at the temple, the disciples were hiding behind locked ...

4. Bad News, Good News

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... to study depression among the Kaluli of New Guinea, he couldn't find any. Or how do you explain this? The anthropologist Phillip Walker has studied the bones of more than 4,000 children from hundreds of preindustrial cultures, dating back to 4,000 B.C. He has ... bread in the Lord's Supper. There Christ is revealed. 1. John C. Maxwell, DEVELOPING THE LEADERS AROUND YOU (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers), p. 71. 2. TIME, August 28, 1995, pp. 52-57. 3. Anthony de Mello, TAKING FLIGHT (New York: ...

5. Pontifex

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... continued to practice medicine, but because female doctors were not trusted she had difficulty getting patients. She was also very involved in the abolitionist, feminist, and prohibition movements. On the recommendation of General William Tecumseh and General George Henry Thomas, Mary Edwards Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor. She received the award for her willingness to treat soldiers on the field of battle, but even more so for the courage of crossing enemy lines to ad- minister medical care. We ...

6. Mind Games

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... days! Now there is something most of you probably missed in seeing that video. You thought the focus was on Hershel Walker, but the key to what you just saw was the offensive line. Not even Hershel Walker, the greatest college running back who ever lived, who happened to play for the greatest college football team, at the ... 's Digest, July, 1988, p. 101. 6. Inspiring Quotations, compiled by Albert M. Wells, Jr., (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988), p. 133. 7. Max Lucado, Just Like Jesus, p. 118.

7. A Reminder to God...and to Us

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... of his car, Willie just kept “praising God” with a song he learned in Sunday school. It was a song by Hezekiah Walker titled “Every Praise.” While he was singing, Willie said, his kidnapper yelled expletives at him. “He told me, shut up you [ ... when anybody makes a promise and sticks by it. Some of us are still inspired by the promise that the late actor Danny Thomas once made. It occurred during his early years in show business when he was suffering setback after setback. During one of his darkest ...

8. How To Be Truly Wealthy

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... It challenges us to look at what will bring real satisfaction in life. THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH OUR STRIVING; IT’S WHAT WE’RE STRIVING AFTER. Thomas D. Lea tells of reading about a recipe book that had been recalled. It was recalled because they made a mistake in one of the recipes. In ... steeped in apathy and despair, had its start in Paris during a time of great prosperity and peace too. Author Walker Percy clears up the mystery when he points out that hard times often bring out the best in people, like ...

9. Called to Be Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... garden for prayer. Later, as the service was being conducted in a private house, Hosier sat quietly as the white minister, John Walker, preached. At the conclusion of that sermon, Hosier took his place behind the chair where he had been sitting. Very quietly he ... abides in them. 1. Charlotte Elliott, "Just As I Am, Without One Plea" in The Book of Hymns, number 119. 2. Warren Thomas Smith, Harry Hosier: Circuit Rider (Nashville: The Upper Room, 1981), p. 29. 3. Ibid., pp. 50-51. 4. John Telford, ed., The ...

10. From Timid To Terrific

2 Timothy 1:6-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... well-aimed. Mel has always stuttered very badly, except when he sings. He tells about the time he and songwriter Wayne Walker were asleep in a motel on the ground floor. A friend of theirs named Johnny Paycheck, another country singer, needed ... you shake with fear when you were hanging onto that rock?" The sailor answered with a sigh of relief, "Yes, but the rock didn’t." Thomas Carlyle once said that "the first duty for a man is still that of subduing fear." Some of us have been putting the first duty ...

11. Nothing Is Impossible With God

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... plan. She saw the vision, she accepted the promise, and she was included in God's plans. That could be the story of every person who seeks to follow Jesus. Evangelist Alan Walker once told about a girl who had a rich and lovely voice. She was singing in the choir of a church in East London. Her fame spread until one Christmas she was ... pp. 17-18 4. dgaufaaa@iohk.com (Dave Aufrance) 5. Richard Exley. Deliver Me (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998), pp. 151-152. 6. Alan Walker, "The Road to New Life."

12. Positive Living

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... attributes you will find your life transformed. You will have not only the form of godliness, but also the Spirit of godliness as well. Evangelist Alan Walker once told about a girl who had a rich and lovely voice. She was singing in the choir of a church in East London. She ... org/sermons/archives/2008%2002-06.htm. 4. Robert A. Schuller, Getting Through What You’re Going Through (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1986), pp. 181-182. 5. The Jokesmith, Marlborough, MA: www.Jokesmith.com, Volume XXIV number 4, ...

13. The Secret to Happiness

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... wrote this letter in code. Eventually, all the members of the mining party died, including Thomas Beale. And guess what? No one has ever been able to crack the code in Thomas Beale’s letter, and since none of the others miners divulged their secret, his treasure ... 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 ...

14. Issachar

Genesis 49:1-28

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... in his clothes in order to get back to his work without loss of time - Audubon painted for as many as sixteen hours a day. Thomas Edison lived for weeks in his workshop, taking short naps under a table. John Wesley made it a rule to rise at four each ... us." "The John Birch Society will act for us." "Rome will pray for us." "Paul Tillich will write for us." Rollin Walker of Ohio Wesleyan delighted in saying, "Amos cried, ‘The lion hath roared ... who can but prophesy?’ Many modern clergymen preach as ...

15. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... the idea that God seeks out sinners and takes full responsibility for their salvation did not originate with him. Thomas Aquinas writes of the doctrine. Indeed, long before Calvin was a gleam in his father's eye, Augustine spoke ... do not want is what I do. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this ... death (Romans 7:19, 24)?" Like a tightrope walker balancing precariously over the abyss, we fear falling and dare not look down. We concentrate so hard on each step that we miss the scenery. There ...

16. God Is a Mystery

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

... that Jesus was kind to Zacchaeus because he saw in him the same serious doubts that he had seen in his disciple, Thomas. One of the zealots in the crowd even suggested that Jesus was encouraged when he saw Zacchaeus because he recognized in him ... about the mystery of God and its effect upon us. It is good to try to hear them. Will Barrett is the main character of Walker Percy’s novel, The Second Coming, and throughout the book Will struggles to "nail down" God. He finds it impossible to live with a God ...

17. Grace The New Fashioned Way

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... lives in service to others. It is not enough to feel humility and compassion. It is time for us to take up a cross! Dan Walker in his book, Energy in the Pew, points this out about the purpose of faith. "Reviewing the gospels recently," he said, "I was astounded at ... 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 ...

18. Opening Up Heaven

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... you, take me, lead me by the hand through the dark, terrifying world.'" (4) "Let inward prayer be your last act before you fall asleep and the first act when you awake," Thomas Kelly wrote. "And in time you will find as did Brother Lawrence, that `those who have the gale of the Holy Spirit go forward even in sleep.'" What happens when we pray ... ). 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).

19. The Paraclete Is Not a Bird

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... me songs in the night." At the end of this service we are going to sing another hymn, "Come Ye Disconsolate," written by Thomas Moore, an Irishman, back in the 19th century. It combines beautifully two images that were read to us today: the image of the ... Tennessean who writes stories about growing up in that part of the country a generation ago. He told a story about Miss Caroline Walker, who was a music teacher. She had been doing it for as long as anybody could remember. She was something of a legend ...

20. What Would Jesus Say About War?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the 4th century, after Christians had abandoned their pacifist stance, and revised in the Middle Ages by St. Thomas Aquinas, these principles continue to instruct morally sensitive people concerning war. In essence they are contained in ... the children of God (Matthew 5:9). Peace- makers are not necessarily peace wishers or peace hopers. They may not even be peace walkers, or peace speakers or peace announcers, but Jesus calls us to the business of peacemaking. Jesus is surely weeping over our world today ...

21. Holy, Holy, Holy

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... I repeat, "It is good, Lord." I meet people — fellow hikers, neighbors, and tourists. When I hike Mount Harney, I join 80,000 climbers, walkers, and hikers, who go up every year. I say, "It is good, Lord." I see the sun, the ferns, the moss, and the blue ... out of us. A pastor who followed me in my first parish, Pastor Charles Mountain, wrote this song to the tune of St. Thomas, SM. ["I Love Thy Kingdom"]: With sighs too deep for words, the Spirit in us prays; what human tongues cannot express th' indwelling ...

22. Pastor, Don't Talk About That!

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... year teaching at Waseta University, Japan. One day they set out on a walking tour of Japan. It is said that Japan is a walker’s paradise in cherry blossom time. But the culture was different than young Walter had ever experienced and the temptations to cast off ... by Mary Chambers. 4. Pat Williams, Who Wants to Be a Champion? (West Monroe, La: Howard Publishing Company, 2005). 5. Thomas H. Naylor, William H. Willimon, and Magdalena R. Naylor, The Search For Meaning (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994), p. 10. 6 ...

23. A Child of the Resurrection

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... who loves us and made us to spend eternity with Him. 1. SillyBuddies.com News, August 18, 2003. From:cathie@sillygirl.com (Cathie Walker). 2. Reader’s Digest, Sept. 2005, p. 108. 3. The Preacher’s Outline and Sermon Bible: Luke by Leadership Ministries Worldwide (1996: Chattanooga, ... Epitaphs” by Stacy Conradt, July 30, 2015, http://mentalfloss.com/article/66298/29-unforgettable-epitaphs. 8. Shawn Thomas, https://shawnethomas.com/2015/10/26/this-is-my-story-the-gerasene-demoniac-mark-51-20-sermon/. ...

24. We're On the Move Now!

Sermon

Ronald Love

... come. It was a lonely road that Jesus walked to Jerusalem; the disciples questioned him, Peter denied him, Thomas doubted, and one — Judas Iscariot — even betrayed him; the Sadducees challenged his theology, the Pharisees queried his motives, ... and criticized, Abraham Lincoln still insisted on signing the Emancipation Proclamation. Defiant, the president answered his adversaries, “I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” We must go forward, if ever so slow. However small our steps, we must advance ...

25. The Road To Samaria

John 4:5-42

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

When I was growing up we had a joke in our family about my father's shortcuts. Whenever we were off on a trip somewhere he always knew a quicker way to get there, or back home. I remember one time when I was about 10 years old we were on the way home one night. My father decided to take one of his shortcuts. He made a turn to the left, went around a curve, took the first right, then back to the left, and we wound up in the middle of a cornfield. At one point in his ministry Jesus was in the area of Judea. ...

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