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Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... night I ate the most delicious mushroom of my life." (5) Just like temptation. Todd Marinovich was a quarterback on the Southern Cal football team. Those who remember his story know that Todd's father so wanted him to be a superb athlete that he was ... Richard Lederer collects funny signs. Some of these are simply the result of people in foreign countries having difficulty translating into English. He says that at the entrance to a hotel swimming pool on the French Riviera there is a sign that reads like this: ...

2. The One in Whom We Glory

John 12:12-19

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... hijackers seized the plane. Taking the GTE phone from the seat, Todd managed to reach a supervisor on the ground. She relayed the rest of the story, convincing Todd they were on their way to a Washington, D.C. target. Todd asked her to join him in praying the Lord's Prayer ... s forever? Does time always expire? Is there a warranty that never runs out? Two of the longest words in the English language are ‘Never' and ‘Forever'. A little boy, who had just learned to tie his shoes began crying loudly. When ...

3. An Understated Masterpiece

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Thomas Long

... almost everyone who has spent any time at all in a school has had at least one like it. The place was a high school English class. The subject was modern drama, and the exercise was a class reading of the script of Frank Gilroy’s "The Subject Was Roses." ... Every time we sing "Amazing Grace" we can also sing "This is a new teaching!" Since New Year’s Day 1984, the family of Sam Todd has been looking for him in vain. A seminary student, Sam left a New Year’s party in New York City, wandered off into the ...

4. Crowned With Victory

John 14:15-31

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... . No second rate opinion or hearsay was accepted. He had to know from his own personal experience. G. K. Chesterton, the English journalist, wrote: "If a dozen men tell me that they have climbed the Matterhorn, I am satisfied that the summit is ... new life beyond our fondest dreams and dearest hopes. Let me tell you a beautiful story which describes our Easter victory. When John Todd was six years old, his father and mother died and the children were divided among the relatives. John went to live with ...

5. I Am Christ's

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in Christ, he becomes a new person altogether -- the past is finished and gone, everything has become fresh and new." And The New English Bible translates it: "When anyone is united to Christ, there is a new world; the old order has gone, and a new order ... 's speeches and anecdotes, like the one about when Lincoln first danced with Mary Todd. After the dance, Lincoln said to her, "I wanted to dance with you in the worst way." Mary Todd said, "And you did!" When he is out in public, Harry Hahn is especially ...

6. Attics, Basements, Closets

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the first English gentlemen (according to Maurice Keen, Origins of the English Gentleman: Heraldry, Chivalry and Gentility in Medieval England, c. 1300-c.1500; Arcadia; December 2002). Yet this first English gentleman ... ' words, "Sin is the refusal to let God be God. Repentance is letting God be God in our lives." (God of Surprises [London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1985], 73.) The psalmist in today's penitential psalm has the stairway propped up into his attic, the lights all on in his basement, the doors ...

7. A Mystifying Question

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... able to meet those needs if we trust Him. An interesting story is told about writer Michael Crichton who was revising a screenplay at a posh English hotel by cutting apart and taping back together pieces of the script. To get the long pieces of tape he needed, he ran pieces of tape ... , (Wheaton: Victor Books, 1985). 2. From a sermon by Wayne Leavor 3. Don Emmitte 4. Floyd and Pauline Todd, GOOD MORNING, LORD, (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1973). 5. Cliffe Knechtle, GIVE ME AN ANSWER, (Downer’ ...

8. A Friend In High Places

Hebrews 7:11-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Their language, however, was far from primitive. Many of the Indians had as many words in their vocabulary as their English and French exploiters. Some of their words were much more picturesque, too. For example, "friend" to the Indians was "one ... PROBLEM (New York: Hyperion, 1996), pp. 21-22. 2. Charles R. Swindoll, HOPE AGAIN (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1996), p. 121. 3. Todd Outcalt, THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE (Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1998), p. 30. 4. From the Internet. ...

9. God Help the Fish

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... regret because of those choices. In the 1800s, poet John Greenleaf Whittier wrote one of his most quoted poems in the English language. The poem was titled, “Maud Muller.” You’ve never heard of it? Actually, not many people remember this sorrowful ... are invited to a new life in the new year. Surrender your life to Christ today. 1. ktodd@vci.net (Keith Todd) Sermon_Fodder-owner@onelist.com. 2. Wayne Dyer, Wisdom of the Ages (New York: Quill, 1998), pp. 149-150. 3. Ibid., pp ...

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