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Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... That’s why this opening verse about setting his face toward Jerusalem is so important to understand. CBS News journalist Scott Pelley once interviewed a man named Dean Chabot, a former neo-Nazi. Chabot had spent years preaching hatred and violence ... ’t you wish sometimes that God would grab your head and turn your focus back toward Him? Remember what the race car instructor said to Tony: “. . . you must focus on where you want to go.” I think that’s what Jesus was doing in this passage in Luke 9. He ...

2. They'll Know We Are Christians by Our...

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... and even teaches seminars on the topic of approachability. And it all started with a simple name tag: “Hi, my name is Scott.” (4) What if Jesus’ love was “tattooed” on our actions, attitudes and priorities? What if everything we said, did or thought ... . Finally, being one in Christ means we are to become advocates for one another and for all God’s children. Author Tony Campolo tells of the time when Mother Teresa visited a town in Pennsylvania, not far from Philadelphia. The directors of the ...

3. Healed By The Great Physician

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... had together. We talked and laughed. We even sang hymns with each other. It was a glorious time.” She paused, and then added something really profound. She said, “Tony, he wasn’t cured, but he was healed.” (5) (1) From “Healing,” a sermon by William E. Swing, published in I am the Lord Who Heals You, G. Scott Morris, Editor, (Abingdon: Nashville, 2004), pp. 53-54. (2) Moore, James W., Standing on the Promises, (Dimensions for Living: Nashville, 1995), p. 63. (3) Stewart, James S., Heralds of ...

4. Light For A New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... standing beside her, her eyes filled with tears. She reached her hand out toward me and struggled to speak, 'Tony,' she said, 'because of you, we all have hope!'" (5) Tony Melendez is letting his light shine. And that's your job and mine. God's light has shone into ... you, and his glory will appear over you." That is God's promise to us and our promise to the world. 1. Marcia Scott, THE FUNNIES MAILING LIST. 2. Nell W. Mohney, DON'T PUT A PERIOD WHERE GOD PUT A COMMA (Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1993), ...

5. Your Wake-up Call

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... in life suddenly and dramatically changed. Chad was now focused on becoming the best Navy SEAL possible in order to honor his mentor, Scott Helvenston. Most of us would think that’s a lofty and worthwhile goal. Chad trained hard, made it into the SEAL team, and ... , https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1579775-annoying-songs-for-my-son-to-wake-up-to.html. 3. Tony Llewellyn, Hot Sermon Illustrations. Aussie Worship. Kindle Edition. 4. https://www.thelist.com/82466/bucket-list-stories-guaranteed- ...

6. A Perfect World

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... Kingdom will come ” a world in which people will live in peace and harmony together and Christ Jesus will reign over all. Tony Campolo tells of sitting in front of a television set in a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland. He was between airplanes on his ... tale" he has heard in 23 years on the force. The police investigated and later that day, Greene, 33, and her boyfriend, Christoper Scott Davis, 21, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit first degree murder. (3) A perfect world? No, not yet. We live ...

7. The Lord's Prayer: Deliver us from Evil

Matthew 6:5-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... not preaching on the most pleasant or popular subject, but I think we would all agree that it is necessary to do so. Dr. M. Scott Peck has shared with us the insight that EVIL is the word LIVE spelled backwards. So Evil, in the sense that Dr. Peck shares, ... ask them the horsepower for this certain model. Three words came back: "More than adequate." Like the pastor and college students in Tony Compolo''s Mission Project, we learn that the name of Jesus is "more than adequate." LASTLY, DO NOT LET EVIL FRIGHTEN ...

8. Singing in the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... told a delightful story concerning his friend's daughter. This girl had an incredible outlook on life. Tony tells: A friend of mine has an adorable four-year-old daughter. She is bright and talkative. If ... weather the storms we have and will have to face in life. First, we must accept the reality that there will be storms in our lives. Dr. M. Scott Peck begins his best-selling book, The Road Less Traveled, with three words-- "life is difficult." Healthy people do not deny the storms of life, they seek the ...

9. Same Table, Different Chairs

John 15:11-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... way I can, while we remain simply friends. II. In My Heart A. There's a movie titled "In Her Shoes" starring Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz and Shirley MacLaine. It's pretty much strictly a chick-flick about family, sibling rivalry, growing up and discovering ... for a nickel, too. My little brother Scott always opted for the ride, while my brother Glen always bought baseball cards, which meant he had something to take home with him after the trip to the grocery store. Scott would get mad when the ride was ...

10. The Joyful Mystery of the Trinity

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... power. (3) The teachings of Jesus were just as dramatic in the spiritual realm as Einstein's were in the scientific. Historian Kenneth Scott Latourette reminds us, "As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by his effect on history, Jesus is the most influential ... we do have the song: "Holy, Holy, Holy...God in three persons, blessed Trinity." 1. Tony Bland. 2. UNITY OF LIFE (New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1969). 3. Dan Emmitte. 4. Jamie Buckingham, POWER FOR LIVING (Arthur S. ...

11. Passage To New Life

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... US WITH THE REALITY OF DEATH. That's not a very happy thought, is it? We don't like to think about dying. Yet, as Scott Peck says in his book, Further Along the Road Less Traveled, the willingness to confront our own mortality is a sign of emotional and ... into the light of God's love. 1. Jimmy Carter, Turning Point, (New York: Times Books, 1992), pp. 183-184. 2. Tony Campolo, How to Rescue the Earth Without Worshiping Nature, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992, pp. 189-190. 3. Leo Buscaglia, " ...

12. When the Doctors Can't Help You

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... do and you are no better? It happens, doesn’t it? Even today it happens. The whole world was saddened last winter when Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died in a medical clinic in Mexico. What was she doing in Mexico? It’s simple ... can talk? Yes, you can talk to Jesus, but sometimes it is helpful to have a human being to whom we can unload our troubles. Tony Campolo tells of going to a funeral home to pay his respects to the family of an acquaintance. By mistake he ended up in the ...

13. A Difficult Day to Follow Jesus

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... healthier response for all concerned than a lifetime of anger and resentment. Anger and resentment take an enormous toll. Dr. M. Scott Peck, a psychiatrist, says in his book The Road Less Traveled, that unless we are able to at least move toward ... to us by the God of Grace.” A man who has shown us the capacity to forgive is Nelson Mandela of South Africa. Pastor Tony Campolo has a friend who knows Mandela quite well. One day this friend asked Mandela about his ability to forgive. He said, “Mr. Mandela, ...

14. A Class Act

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John Berendt

... the Pieces When Somebody Breaks Your Heart." Five years later, Mercer got in touch to say he'd written the song and that Tony Bennett would record it. Today, if you look at the label on any recording of "I Wanna Be Around," you'll notice that ... tie and tails so he could die "like a gentleman." That same year, 1912, Capt, Lawrence Oates became so frostbitten and lame on Robert Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. Rather than delay the others in their desperate trek back from the Pole, he went to ...

15. The Speed Bump On the Road to Bethlehem

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

In the movie Life Or Something Like It,[1] every day at the corner of Fourth and Sanders in downtown Seattle, homeless Prophet Jack (played perfectly by Tony Shaloub) would scramble onto his crate,thrust his arms into the air, arch his back, throw back his head, gaze into the sky, and then prophesy: "I see ... All humankind (even you and I) will see God's salvation." Jesus. 1. Life Or Something Like It, Regency Enterprises, 2002, directed by Stephen Herek, screenplay by John Scott Shepherd and Dana Stevens.

16. Made for Joy

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” 1. http://preceptaustin.org/philippians_illustrations_4.htm 2. Rev. Scott W. Alexander, http://www.rruuc.org/index.php?id=191&sermon=070722. 3. John Ortberg, If You Want to Walk on Water ... Dr. Benjamin Reaves, http://www.csec.org/csec/sermon/reaves_4807.htm. 8. Tony Evans’ Book Of Illustrations (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2009). 9. Tarbell’s KJV & NRSV Lesson Commentary (Colorado Springs: Cook Communications ...

17. A Sure Path to the NFL

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Harvard University Press, 1987), 9. Cited by Rev. Joe Evan, http://day1.org/3039-its_coming. 4. “Three Stories of Gratitude and Powerful Love” by Scott Isay From the book Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps, Published in Reader’s ... . 6. Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew. Cited at https://www.tonycooke.org/funeral-resources/goinghome_stories/ Tony Cooke Ministries. 7. “Trent Shelton: How Failure Inspired Him to Find a New Purpose” by Trent Shelton ...

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