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Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... for more than three years had not felt drawn to the Christian life because of him. He said he found slight envies in his heart at the greater success of other young ministers. He felt vaguely jealous when they attracted more notice than he did. (5) You get the idea. W. E. Sangster was one of the great Christian leaders of his time, but he knew deep in his heart that he was not everything that Christ meant for him to be. He was a sinner, just as you and I are sinners. He made bad choices just as you and I ...

2. You Can Be Happy

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... must be made. Happiness is not simply an option we exercise. People who buy self-help books on how to be happy are going to be disappointed. Happiness begins with a touch, a touch of the Master's hand. W. E. Sangster was once asked if he would find time to cheer up a young man who was recuperating from a nervous breakdown. Sangster promised to do his best. He sought the young man out and began to try to help him, but it was hard work. "This is a gray world," the young man said. "I see no purpose in it. It ...

3. Report of a Secret Meeting

John 3:1-21

Sermon

George Bass

... we can discover a reflection of God’s satisfaction in knowing that the death of Christ was not in vain. But all of that doesn’t make contemplation of Christ’s cross - and facing up to his death - any easier. The renowned English preacher, W. E. Sangster, once said, "I never go to Aber Fall in North Wales, without feeling the pathos of something that occurred there three years ago. A brilliant young lawyer, of whom I knew, was climbing the mountain near Aber Falls with a friend. His friend noticed ...

4. Unnoticed at Your Own Party

Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:2-11, James 5:7-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... is a gift straight from the heart of God. To everyone who opens that gift--who receives that gift and makes that gift his or her own--there is given an attitude and an ability to persevere that the world simply cannot know. 1. W.E. Sangster, The Craft of Sermon Illustration (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House). 2. From a sermon by John Piper, http://www.soundofgrace.com/piper87/jp870034.htm. 3. http://www.marvinumc.com/main.php?sort=&return_id=400&return_name=Sermons%20?%20Michael%20Dent&resource=1013. 4. Bruce ...

5. Advent 4. Won't You Let Him Into Your Christmas?

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... SAW THE CHRIST-CHILD. You may say: How could they miss Him? There was that “Bright Star” in the sky. But, most everybody else did miss Him. Most people ignored the star and the baby, but not the Shepherds. They came to see the Christ-Child. W. E. Sangster, the noted British minister and writer, once told a true and poignant story about being invited to a party one day to celebrate a wedding. He arrived late. He really did not know anyone there except the friend who had invited him. Everyone seemed in ...

6. Come On Down

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... of us truly to prepare for the coming of Christ, there must always be confession and repentance. Confession is a clearing house for the church to seek the mercy of God. True confession washes away the arrogance of thinking that we can save ourselves. W. E. Sangster, in his book The Pure in Heart, relates the story of an evangelistic preaching mission held in York near the end of the nineteenth century. One night at the conclusion of the sermon several people responded to the invitation. In the group that ...

7. The Illusion Of Neutrality

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... , but sickeningly tepid. Therefore they made God sick! "So, because you are lukewarm," says the writer, "and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth (Revelation 3:16)." One of Britain's great preachers, W. E. Sangster, went with his son to a cricket match between Surrey and Sussex. Before the start of the game, Dr. Sangster'said to his little son, "Now, my boy, let's have none of your nonsense about 'May the best team win.' I don't want the best team to win. I want Surrey to win!" Much later ...

8. By Faith

1 Peter 1:3-9

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... enjoys everlasting life. It is believing that this too shall pass. It is in all things giving thanks for the goodness of God. W.E. Sangster was one of Methodism's finest preachers of the 20th century. Late in his life, Dr. Sangster suffered from muscular atrophy, a disease that gradually left him unable to speak and eventually unable to swallow. On the Easter before his death, Dr. Sangster wrote this to his daughter, “It is terrible to wake up Easter morning and have no voice to shout – He is risen! But ...

9. An Old Plan For New People

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Larry Powell

... to be consumated through a new son, Isaac. And you shall call his name Isaac ... I will establish my covenant with him. (17:19) The word "covenant" appears thirteen times in Genesis 17:1-21. The reference is unmistakably to a "new" and "everlasting" covenant. W. E. Sangster has told of a group of missionaries who came upon a primitive tribe in a remote part of the world who worshiped the moon. The missionaries inquired as to why they worshiped the moon instead of the sun. The reply was made, "Because the ...

10. Do This And Live!

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... already owe a tremendous debta debt that can only be repaid by finding others who are also unworthy and unloving and perhaps unloveable and passing on to them what we have received. The great preacher Rev. Dr. W.E. Sangster was once asked what impressed him the most on his extensive world travels. Dr. Sangster replied that the greatest impression was that he had not seen one single Atheist ™s Home for Orphan children, or any example of an Agnostic Hospital for the Poor and Indigent. On the other hand, in ...

11. Finishing Strong

Philippians 3:12-14

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Early in World War II, things were going badly for England. To make matters worse, her coal miners went out on strike. Prime Minister Winston Churchill called on a Methodist preacher, W.E. Sangster, one of the most respected men in the country, to invite the coal miners to meet in the largest auditorium that could be found. Sangster offered the invocation and then called on Mr. Churchill to speak. The Prime Minister said, “Men of England, your country needs coal. Hitler says he is going to cross the ...

12. Minute Accounting

Matthew 12:22-37

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... that is pure and clean, and may be as words set on our lips by God himself. Then we shall not have to fear the evidence they give in at the judgment, for they will be words of righteous and redeeming influence. 1. W. E. Sangster. The Craft Of Sermon Illustration, p. 42. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press (copyright 1950 by W. L. Jenkins). 2. Quoted by William Barclay in The Gospel Of Matthew, Vol. II, p. 52. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1957, 1958. 3. William Shakespeare. Hamlet, Act III, Scene 3.

13. What Would Jesus Say About Me?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... question. The real question is what do you long for? What is your deepest heart's desire? Our deepest desire is to know God and to enjoy him forever. The philosopher, Pascal, said: “At the core of our human identity there is a God-shaped vacuum." W.E. Sangster said: “Right at the core of our being there is a hunger for something hard to define and almost embarrassing to confess, but which still remains when this world has given us its finest things and every tangible fear has been driven away." We want ...

14. From Tears To Triumph

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... a Christian, but I do not believe in the resurrection." Without the resurrection there would be no Christian community today! That is the blessed truth that we have gathered here this morning to affirm. HE IS ALIVE! That great and committed preacher W.E. Sangster found that he had an incurable disease that caused progressive muscular atrophy. His muscles would gradually waste away. His voice would fail. His throat would become unable to swallow. On Easter morning just a few weeks before his death, he wrote ...

15. East of Eden or Home

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

A friend of W. E. Sangster, the great English Methodist preacher, was stopped by a tramp one day. “Excuse me, sir,” said the tramp. “I know I have no business to stop you. If I am caught begging I’ll be the guest of his Majesty for a bit. I guess I’m not much to ...

16. On Keeping Quiet about Easter

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Thank God not all of those first Christians kept quiet about Easter. If they had, we wouldn’t be here this morning. And we would have no help or hope in this world. Or in the next. W.E. Sangster was a great Methodist preacher in England during the first half of this century. One day Dr. Sangster began to notice some uneasiness in his throat and a dragging in his leg. When he went to the doctor, he found that he had an incurable disease that caused progressive muscular atrophy. His muscles would gradually ...

17. Let the Son Shine In

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... world has been moving toward that light. That is not to say that there is not a whole lot of what our grandparents called “backsliding” going on. Our direction as Christians often seems to be three steps forward and two steps back. British Methodist preacher W.E. Sangster once said that “The scene is so frosty and our gait is so wobbly that most of us look more like penguins than pilgrims.” But the Light has come. Each year more and more people are beginning to see the light. Phillips Brooks put it ...

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