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Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

If any of you are Will Ferrell fans, you may be familiar with the 2006 film, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Ferrell plays the role of Ricky Bobby, a dimwitted daredevil who is also the most successful driver on the NASCAR circuit. In typical Will Farrell fashion, Ricky Bobby is morally and ethically bankrupt. The only things that matter to Ricky Bobby are winning races and self-indulgence. But Ricky Bobby is religious, after a fashion. He even prays when it suits his desires. In one scene he ...

2. In Life Nothing Works but the Impossible

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a kind of “baby God.” But that is not what Matthew’s gospel tells us. God’s saving power worked through the word-made-flesh, the divine-made-human, even as that “human” part was still being formed. Maybe that great theologian Will Ferrell, playing the crazy Nascar driver in “Talladega Nights” had it right when he insisted on always praying to “the dear little baby Jesus” instead of to some triumphant risen Lord. That “little baby Jesus” was the complete and miraculous incarnation of ...

3. Driven to Complete

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... infinite knowledge of God, asks questions of us. He doesn’t ask because he is ignorant. Jesus asks us questions so we will be honest with ourselves. Sometimes when you say something out loud, you realize how crazy it is. So Jesus asked his disciples, “ ... be the greatest, Jesus says, then go where The Greatest would go. Many years ago an eleven-year-old boy named Trevor Ferrell saw a news report on the problem of homelessness in Philadelphia, his hometown. Trevor was so concerned about the idea of people ...

4. A Piggy Pudding

Matthew 8:28-34

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Lori Wagner

... to Those Who Worship Idols and Eat Pig as Spoken By Isaiah (Isaiah 65) The Warning to Idol Worshipers (Hosea 4) On that Day I Will Banish Idols from the Land (Zechariah 13) Jesus’ Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15) Jesus Exorcises Demons for a Man from Gerasene and ... animal. The original wild boar, of which many roamed the areas of Bashan and Galilee still in Jesus’ time was a ferrel animal, quite vicious. The Canaanites in fact worshiped the boar and used it in their idol sacrifices, long before the ...

5. The Ultimate Solution For Sin

Mark 9:38-50

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King Duncan

... feeding it--a little at a time without thinking through the consequences. "It says something about our times," writes Willard D. Ferrell, "that we rarely use the word SINFUL except to describe a really good dessert." Let's talk about "sin" for just ... in as broad a constituency as possible. Jesus has the biggest tent of all. If you are not against him, you are for him. All who will may come. Jesus was the most tolerant man who ever lived. But there were limits. Listen to Mark 9: 42: "And if anyone causes one ...

6. The Ladder from Our House

Genesis 28:10-19a

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Stan Purdum

... heard about Jesus. That Jesus knew this astonished Nathanael, but Jesus then startled him even more. Jesus referred to the Old Testament story of Jacob's dream and then said to Nathanael, "... You will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man." In other words, Jesus was saying, "I can do more for you than read your heart. I ... to God. Amen. 1. William Barclay, John, Vol. 1, Daily Study Bible Series, p. 94. 2. Thanks to Dr. Charles Ferrell for this illustration.

7. Does It Make A Difference Who Jesus Is?

Matthew 16:13-20

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King Duncan

... is important in how we think about ourselves. Years ago, Brennan Manning related a story about a priest from Detroit named Edward Ferrell who went on a two-week summer vacation to Ireland. His one living uncle was about to celebrate his eightieth birthday. On the ... YOU ARE TRYING TO LIVE OUT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Jesus not only shows us what God is like, Jesus shows us what we will be like if we take the title, Christian, seriously. Jesus is the standard by which we live our lives. The state highway department ...

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