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Maxie Dunnam

... think, however, that no particular music speaks of life in the raw as does country music. One of my favorite country singers is Don Williams. He has a marvelous voice, and he sings a lot of wonderful songs about relationships. One of my favorites is: It's good ... on a drinking binge again. He never reached home. He died an alcoholic death on the way. His life was a tragedy. But Edgar Allan Poe, who leaves you the richer for his literature, was pouring out his heart and looking for a key person in his life. He ...

2. In Awe of Christ

Luke 9:28-36

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King Duncan

... that we, too, might awaken and respond to his call as did those men who accompanied him to the mountain 2,000 years ago. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiB2K_BAyAk. 2. David Allan Hubbard, Beyond Futility (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.), pp. 39-40. 3. Contributed. Source: C. William Mosley, Emphasis, Nov./Dec. 2000, p. 15. 4. Self-Esteem: The New Reformation (Word Books). 5. Harold C. Warlick, Jr., Conquering Loneliness (Word Books). 6. George E. Sweazey, The Church as Evangelist (San ...

3. Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... ending that the audience chose. The audience always chose death for the bad guy. It's a good thing human nature is so predictable. William Castle was counting on it. You see, he only filmed one ending to his movie, not two. He was so sure that the audience ... that Jesus told about, and get busy being the shrewd, effective disciples Jesus has called us to be. 1. Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, The Hollywood Walk of Shame (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1993), pp. 80-81. 2. Scriptures in this sermon are from the ...

4. A Reason For Living

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... is a carrot." To many in our society today, there is no real point to life. We are all accidents in the evolutionary chain. Life has no meaning. Allan Bloom wrote a best-selling book, The Closing of the American Mind. In it, he observed that many American college students today are reluctant to hold any ... p. 47. 4. PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, July/August 1995, p. 19 5. Howard G. Hendricks, William D. Hendricks, LIVING BY THE BOOK (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991). 6. LIVING OUT THE BOOK OF ACTS (Dallas: Word Publishing, ...

5. Drinking From His Cup

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the price of greatness. Remember, however, that greatness always comes through service. 1. Bernie Smith, THE JOY OF TRIVIA (New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1986). 2. Tim McCarver, OH, BABY, I LOVE IT!, (New York: Villard Books, 1987). 3. Gary Ingrid, QUALITY FRIENDSHIP, (Chicago: Moody Press, 1981). 4. A. L. Williams, ALL YOU CAN DO IS ALL YOU CAN DO....(Nashville: Oliver Nelson, 1989). 5 ...

6. Joy to the World

Luke 2:8-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... might conquer the entire world. Very few people were thinking about babies that year, but maybe they should have. In 1809 William Gladstone was born, who was destined to become the greatest Prime Minister that England ever produced. In 1809 Alfred Lord Tennyson ... day greatly affect the literary world in an unbelievable way. In 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes was born, and not far away Edgar Allan Poe, two of the greatest novelists in history. In 1809 Charles Darwin was born, a man who would grow to live in infamy ...

7. A Modest Birth

Luke 1:1-20

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Brett Blair

... was flowing freely. Nobody then cared about babies. But the world was overlooking some terribly significant births. For example, William Gladstone was born that year. He was destined to become one of England's finest statesman. That same year, Alfred ... a marked manner. On the American continent, Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. And not far away in Boston, Edgar Allan Poe began his eventful, albeit tragic, life. It was also in that same year that a physician named Darwin and his wife ...

8. God Is No Gentleman

Luke 1:67-80

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

There is a lovely and true story of Edward of Windsor, when, as Prince of Wales, he went to India. He was the son of the Supreme power, the King of England, and to the outcaste people, almost divine. As he drew near the Delhi Gate on one of his journeys, 25,000 outcastes awaited his coming. They only expected to see a car flash past, and with luck, to catch a glimpse of him. But Edward, Prince of Wales, stopped the car, stepped out, and heard a spokesman for the sixty million outcastes beg that they might ...

9. The Teacher

Mark 1:21-28

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Will Willimon

Do you know Sybil Vann? Elizabeth Tripp? Mary Wilds? You ought to. They are very powerful people. And I know that many of you are here because you want power. Sybil Vann, Elizabeth Tripp, Mary Wilds could teach you power mongers a thing or two about it. Last week, buying aspirin at supermarket, I almost reached for a bottle of expensive aspirin, then I remembered what Elizabeth Tripp taught us in her science class: ''People, aspirin is aspirin. It's that simple. The only difference in aspirin is in the ...

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