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John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... differently when Jesus came to be baptized. He could have ignored Jesus, put him down, shut him out. You've seen such things happen, haven't you? But John the Baptist was a big man ” big enough to be supportive of someone who might turn out to be his rival. John Sculley, former head of Apple Computer tells about his first encounter with Tom Watson, the man who made IBM into one of the world's great corporations. Sculley left Pepsi Cola to take the presidency of Apple. It was not an easy transition. During ...

2. Moving On Up

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... greater football quarterback, Tom Brady or Peyton Manning? Among golfers you might ask, how would Jack Nicolaus have done against Tiger Woods? To go back a few years, how about Magic Johnson and Larry Bird? I was reading recently about a Larry Bird fan ... business--get a reputation for service. When Thomas J. Watson Sr. started IBM, he laid out the three core values of the company. Those values were excellent products and services, excellent customer service, and respect for the individual. Watson wanted IBM ...

3. Faith In Conflict

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... side. There is a terrible price to be paid when we choose wrongly. Several years after inventing radar, Sir Robert Watson Watt was arrested in Canada for speeding--in a radar trap. Afterwards he wrote this poem: Pity Sir Robert Watson Watt, /strange target of his radar plot, And this, with others I could mention, /A victim of his own invention. We become a victim of our ... 4. NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER, 12-10-99, pp. 3-4, PROJECT H.O.M.E.--Broken Lives Are Mended in North Philadelphia Program" by Tom Roberts.

4. Grace in the Midst of Weakness

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... us from God's service. But the truth is that failure, more than anything else, is what prepares us to receive God's gift of grace. Ortberg recounts the moment some years ago when a junior executive at IBM went out on a limb in a risky venture and lost the company over ten million dollars. He was called into the office of Tom Watson, Sr., the legendary founder and CEO of IBM. The young man knew what was coming, so he cut right to the chase. "I guess you've called me in for my resignation. Here it ...

5. God and Hurricanes

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... act like a giant weed-eater swirling away huge chunks of coastal Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas...including my little house. Not a happy prospect. As the storm drew nearer, a Sheila Watson of Charleston, SC wrote to friends on the internet with a prayer request ... 2. Sheila Watson, via Ecunet, "Sermonshop 1999 09 21," #42, 9/15/99 3. Ezekiel 13:13 4. Psalm 148:8 5. Genesis 6-9 6. Quoted by Charles Henderson, http://christianity.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm 7. NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, 9/ ...

6. Finishing Strong

Nehemiah 9:38--10:39

Sermon

James Merritt

... a set of core values. He quotes Tom Watson, Jr., the former chief executive of IBM about the importance of following a guiding set of principles: "I believe that any organization in order to survive and achieve success must have a ... their daughters for our sons." (Nehemiah 10:30, NKJV) For years and years, believing Jews had been marrying unbelieving pagans and Gentiles. It was a great problem. Why? It was causing many of them to compromise their belief and some of them even to desert their faith. If you are ...

7. The Blind See!

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s disease at the age of 21. He has spent much of his adult life in a wheelchair, only able to communicate through a computer program. Yet Stephen Hawking is today known world-wide for his great intellect. But there are many well-known people who have had to deal with being disadvantaged. Actor Tom Cruise, movie producer Steven Spielberg, and the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, all had dyslexia. Actress Emma Watson, one of the stars of the Harry Potter movie series, singer Justin Timberlake, and Microsoft ...

8. I Can Make It By Myself . . .

1 Corinthians 12:12-31, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... can't quiet your mind, and you need someone to talk to? Why are we afraid to need one another? A little poem says it well: Dick needs Jane and Jack needs Jill and Tom is Jerry's chum. Need we mention Mutt and Jeff and Tweedles Dee and Dum? Sherlock Holmes and Watson were as thick as any thieves, And don't forget that Adam was a bosom friend of Eve's. Like ham and eggs or curds and whey, good friends go well together, They're salt and pepper, fish and chips, and stars "˜n' stripes forever. Yes, friendship ...

9. I'm On a Mission from God!

Jonah 1:1-17

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... that day. But there have been many wonderful Presbyterians in space -- like John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin and Sally Ride, whose sister is a Presbyterian clergywoman." "I’m proud of the fact that Presbyterian men and women have had a lot to do with business in this country. A few years back we lost two of our best when Sam Walton, president of Wal-Mart, died in Arkansas and Tom Watson, president of IBM, died in New York City. Both were Presbyterian elders who gave heavily to mission, and we miss them. They ...

10. The Young And The Restless

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... is when they feel the heat. And that's sad. There are two kinds of change--the kind that is thrust on us--losing a job, having a health crisis, etc.--and the kind we choose. We cannot avoid the changes that are thrust on us. They happen. They will always ... . 1. Copyright 2000 Reuters Limited. 2. Ada Petrova and Peter Watson, THE DEATH OF HITLER: THE FULL STORY WITH NEW EVIDENCE FROM SECRET RUSSIAN ARCHIVES (New York: W. W. Norton, 1995), p.16. 3. Tom R. Kovach, SATURDAY EVENING POST, May/June 2001, p. 27. ...

11. Finding Answers to Family Feuds

Genesis 25: 21-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Brothers’ comedy act. For thousands of people, it is the plaintive cry of pain from the wounds of the heart that run all the way through adulthood. There was a triangle set up in this family system. Rebecca sides with Jacob, Isaac sides with Esau. Why don’t the two adults ever talk to one another? The good thing about the Bible is it just tells it like it is. Tom Watson Jr., who for many years was the CEO of IBM writes, I always felt like the black sheep in my family. My brother lived up to what my Dad ...

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