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John 9:1-12

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King Duncan

... in her bag. "I don't know anything about it," she said, "but it's all we have." Half a hour later the third stranger appeared, he was a French doctor. The doctor treated William and instructed him to get some rest. After a few hours the doctor was gone, and he never told them his name. As you can imagine it was a long day for William. Would he live? Would he have his eyesight? These were the questions he pondered that day. The next morning his eyesight was fully restored and so was his energy. In fact his ...

2. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

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Daniel J. Estes

... . Upset by their false accusations that he is guilty of sin, Job utters a powerful imprecation, or curse, against them. Job wants God to treat them as wicked men deserving divine judgment. All three of the friends have called Job wicked, so now he turns the tables on them and ... long for God’s justice, we must put our case in God’s hands. Literature: “A Job of the Plains,” by William Humphrey. This short story is based on the story of Job, though it is certainly not identical to it in its philosophical ...

3. There's Something about Con Men

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... with a problem, a serious problem. We feel for him. But the truth of the matter is that many of us have a little of William John Cavendish within us. Our lives are dominated by fear, fear of what other people will think of us, fear of rejection, fear of making a ... 54 and immediately began to lament about company politics, and how he had given his life and soul to AT&T only to be treated with no respect. He grew extremely fearful. He said, “What company would want to hire a person at my age?” Bob, Jim’s ...

4. Big Fish

John 21:1-14

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King Duncan

... is amazing how easy it is to succeed if you do what Jesus wants you to do. Be honest. Work hard. Treat people the way you would want to be treated. Be reliable. Don’t promise more than you can deliver. Show up on time. Return phone calls. Make a quality product ... 2003 Tim Burton motion picture, Big Fish. It’s a strange film about a man who told tall tales--fish tales. His son William wants to know what his father was really like, but he finds it difficult to separate fact from fiction, the tales he told ...

5. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

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Daniel J. Estes

... has depended, but he does not retaliate against them. Poetry: “Invictus,” by William Ernest Henley. This often-cited stoic poem (1888) by English poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) provides a great contrast to Job’s attitude ... feeling. Although Job does indeed have issues with his friends, his overriding complaint is against God (7:7–21), whom he thinks has not treated him rightly. Throughout the remainder of the book, Job more and more will turn away from the friends to address God, and by the ...

6. A Most Unlikely Evangelist

John 4:1-26

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King Duncan

... things rarely happened in that day and time in that particular culture. It reminds me of a scene that former Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas once described. He was visiting a part of the Moslem world that segregates women much like in Judea 2,000 ... of Jesus' acceptance on this woman was enormous. Never before had she been treated by a man like this. The men she had known had used her and abused her. They certainly did not treat her like a "special lady." This Samaritan woman probably didn't like ...

7. In Search of Heroes

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... However he did better than that. By the time fire department rescuers arrived, he had pulled the girl to safety. Both were treated for shock but the little girl was spared. On April 12, 1989, Ray Blankenship was awarded the Coast Guard’s Silver ... the world. The heroes in Christ’s galleries are not the Hildas of the world, but persons like Albert Schweitzer, Mother Teresa, William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (4) This is the kind of hero Christ is calling ...

8. Chapter III

Exodus 20:1-21

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Frank H. Seilhamer

... his mother with, "The teaching machine doesn’t like me!" How refreshing it is, then to come across people such as William Shakespeare, who can stand up and take responsibility for reaping what he sows. How refreshing indeed, to listen as he has ... of most of the troubles that surround us. To blame it on him when we suffer, die suddenly or fail is to misuse his name and treat him as though he is nothing better than a fall-guy. A third misuse of God’s name that this Commandment entails is the living of ...

9. Job Is for Real

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

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Donna Schaper

... eggs in the dirt and lets them hatch on the ground, forgetting that a foot may crush them or sharp teeth crack them open. She treats her children cruelly, as if they were not her own. For God deprived her of wisdom and left her with little sense. And yet ... far away, so unified. Or maybe it is with the artist who did Scarface. Do any of you know this painting? It is by Elizabeth Williams and I have only seen it once. But I will never forget it. She is asked to paint a woman who has been enormously disfigured ...

10. William Booth and His Hallelujah Army

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... them down" was first "Here’s to good old whiskey." Booth is quoted as saying, "Why should the devil have all the best tunes?" It is inspiring to read about the lives of Catherine and William Booth. They lived out their Christianity. A consistency existed between what they said they believed at church and how they lived and treated each other at home. It is easy to give "mixed signals" to those with whom we share our home. And yet, all the attributes we admire in Jesus on Sunday we ought to practice on ...

11. Proper 22

Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, Lamentations 1:1-22, Psalm 137:1-9

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William E. Keeney

... Jesus' other teachings that our relationship to God is love which bestows infinite worth on persons. God is not a slave master who treats people as property or objects. While they are creatures and not fully equal with the creator, God confers value and worth upon persons. God ... what she felt commanded to be done for the poor of Calcutta and elsewhere. 3. Against Slavery. A. William Wilberforce (1759-1833) of England early came under Christian influence. He became increasingly active in various social welfare ...

12. A Father’s Friend

2 Samuel 9:1-13

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... we face in a big, impersonal society which treats people as things and things as people. George Orwell’s Big Brother relished treating people as numbers whose names were not important. Sometimes we treat Dad as if he were a machine; a ... ’s garden behind the garage. Back in the 1890s, tragedy had sounded a death knell to a family in Big Bend River, near Spokane, Washington. William Jackson Smart had just buried his wife. She had left him with five small boys and a baby girl to raise. In the spring of ...

13. Waiting

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

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Thomas D. Peterson

... and invisible. But, are they different? Are not all examples we give blessed with the opportunity to be life-giving? William James wrote, Were one asked to characterize the life of religion in the broadest and most general terms possible, one ... news at work. So it is that faith in God’s overarching order becomes part of the daily context of how I treat you, and you treat me, and we treat the world around us. The evolving outcome of God’s order we call the Kingdom. Though fulfilled in Jesus, we yet work ...

14. Get off the Throne and Learn Wisdom

Matthew 7:1-6

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Phil Thrailkill

... is judgment. Relating to this God is not static but dynamic on both sides. Both now and ultimately, God treats me as I treat others. Grace welcomed is blessing; grace resisted is already judgment. God cares that much about us learning to ... with God. Let me know how it works. I need the help. You see, I have a log in my eye. 1. Edited from Terrie Williams, The Personal Touch (Warner Books, 1994). 2. The Weekly Standard, Nov. 25, 1996. 3. Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun. 4. PreachingToday.com search ...

15. Have You Been Pruned?

John 15:1-8

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King Duncan

... Make certain that you do not allow them to infect you. Be loving toward them, pray for them, treat them the way you would like to be treated. But understand that they are misguided in their mischief. God knows their heart. God knows the kind ... cause me to bear more fruit to your glory?” will find a source of strength they never dreamed possible. In one of Bishop William Willimon’s recent books he tells a sensitive and beautiful story about a young couple who understood the meaning of God’s pruning in ...

16. Good Reasons For Not Cheating

Matthew 5:17-20

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King Duncan

... you would want them to treat you. Give of your best in everything you do. Remember the price paid for our sins. Once there was a man who was so busy climbing the ladder of success, he forgot to watch his step. I hope that's not our story. Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and the Pharisees, you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. 1. Source Unknown. 2. Melanie Brown, PH.D., ATTAINING PERSONAL GREATNESS, (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1987). 3. Philip Yancey, DISAPPOINTMENT ...

17. Job Presents Evidence against the Retribution Principle

Job 12:1--14:22

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Daniel J. Estes

... of withdrawal by God is often prompted by divine wrath against sin (Isa. 59:2; Jer. 33:5; Mic. 3:4), Job thinks that God is treating him as a guilty enemy. In addition to hiding from Job, God seems to attack him as well (cf. Job 7:12; 10:16). 13:26 ... me shall roll, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul. Quote: William Shakespeare. The words of Shakespeare (1564–1616) in Macbeth (1611), spoken by a despairing Macbeth, bear striking resemblance to Job’s view of ...

18. Which Mask Will You Wear?

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... celebration known as All Saints’ Day. It was intended to be a “hallow(ed) e’en.” Our tradition in which we think of ghosts and trick‑or‑treating comes from Celtic beliefs. The Celts believed that the souls of the departed roamed the earth one night in the fall. Since it was a time of ... /series_a_hypocricy_of_the_pharisees.htm. 6. Daily Guideposts, 1991 (Carmel, New York: Guideposts, 1990), p. 285. 7. Dr. William P. Barker, Ed., Tarbell’s Teacher’s Guide (Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Co., 1990).

19. Historic: The Declaration of Independence

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... sacred Honor. The signers of the Declaration represented the new states as follows: New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton Massachusetts: John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry Rhode Island: Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery Connecticut: Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott New York: William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris New Jersey: Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John ...

20. A Lesson Learned from a Snake

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... elegant English lady. In the midst of her brilliant transformation, Eliza falls in love with Henry Higgins, but he treats her only with disdain. Towards the end of the play, she expresses her complaint to their mutual friend, Colonel ... be that he saw in Jesus such love, such purity, such honor that he was suddenly aware of how sordid his life was in comparison. William Barclay once told of an event that occurred while riding a train from Glasgow to London. While riding south across the Yorkshire moors, he saw ...

21. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

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Richard Hoefler

... can see him wriggling out of those swaddling clothes, working himself finally free of them. By birth he was predisposed to treat Gentiles as outsiders. The Gentile woman was an outsider. He finally came to see the Gentile in need to be the ... my students pointed out, "To call a policeman a ‘little piggy’ would not soften the sting of the insult. It might even increase it." William Taylor seems closer to the truth when he writes, "Surely this was a mode of speech well calculated to destroy all hope in the ...

22. Room For Questions

Matthew 11:2-11

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William B. Kincaid, III

... Lance prayerfully listened to Peterson and all his hopes and fears, questions and feelings. Years later Peterson would write, "He let me be. He didn't mess with my soul. He treated me with dignity. I felt a large roominess in his company -- a spiritual roominess, room to move around, room to be free."1 Questions aren't bad, but not allowing ... swim in the vastness of the pool. 1. Eugene H. Peterson, Under the Unpredictable Plant (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992,) p. 186.

23. In Control

Mark 13:1-31

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James W. Robinson

... relation to God and the world which he has given us to occupy, care for, and enjoy? He is the head of the household, but we have treated his property with disdain and disrespect. He granted us "dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and ... and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1951), p. 17. 4. The "prominent religious leader" was William Miller, whose followers were called "Millerites." Their movement developed into two respected churches, The Seventh Day ...

24. Religion and Politics

Isaiah 1:1-31

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David E. Leininger

... the most dramatic changes of heart on the part of any major voting bloc ever.(4) Interesting. Religion and politics. No doubt we will be treated to more and more of both as we move toward November. But what about this "line between church and state?" As you may have ... must be discussed. If we fail to do it, God says our worship is worthless. My bedside reading lately has been William Sloane Coffin's Credo, a collection of some of the more remarkable writings of this passionate, prophetic pastor whose life ...

25. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

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King Duncan

... things to the mindset of a pre-scientific world. Perhaps it is because we have been exposed to so much human evil in our century. William Barclay tells of a traveler in Soviet Georgia in the days before the Second World War. She was taken to see a very humble old woman ... Colorful former football coach John Madden says that some professional football players won't have an injury treated when anybody else is around for that reason. Quarterback Kenny Stabler was like that, he says. So was the legendary Jim Brown ...

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