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Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... --a true adventure in living--then Jesus says to you, "Follow me." 1. James E. Kiefer, http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/56.html 2. Christopher Carrier, "From Darkness to Light," May 2000, pp. 101-106. 3. Lee Strobel, the Case for Faith (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House, 2000), pp ... on The World Christian Movement, ed. R. Winter and S. Hawthorne (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1981), p. 814. 6. Luis Palau, Answers to Life's Most Perplexing Problems (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Books, 1998), pp ...

2. I Shall Rise Again!

I Corinthians 15:19-26 · Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... of a gravestone from the old cathedral. On the stone was the inscription RESURGAM, which means, “I shall rise again.” (1) Sir Christopher Wren was so moved that the words “I shall rise again” should appear on that stone strictly by chance, that he had ... hearts were heavy with grief. I was reading recently about a member of Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet, William Seward. On Easter morning, 1865, William Seward lay in his bed, horribly wounded, shattered from having been in a horrible carriage accident. He ...

3. What Makes A Family?

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... you woke up and faced reality, did you go through a major depression? Did you ever want to die or pull the plug?" Christopher Reeve answered, "No. Four days after the injury, I came to, and first realized my situation. Dana and I were alone in the ... out. They are also heavy laden with guilt. In March 1986, PARENTS MAGAZINE ran a feature article by freelance writer Terry Williams, in which she asked fifty mothers what they would do differently if given another opportunity to raise their children. Here is ...

4. Light For A New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... he wanted her to be. A week later, this woman remembered an article she had read about an organization called "The Christophers." Their motto had made a deep impression on her: "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness ... it for the publicity or the glory. He just admired the legacy, and believed that it was worth preserving. We don't know when William Morris died. But when Hamp Alexander Owens died in 1948, his obituary stated that he was "the keeper of the Saluda fire." The fire itself ...

5. One Came Back

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... the debt they owe. Every one of us ought to spend our lives saying, "Thank you, Lord, thank you, thank you." We recently celebrated the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America. 1992 marked the 500th year after the 1492 of Columbus sailing the ocean blue. Some question whether or not Columbus was the first to ... Rather with Peter Wyden, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991), pp. 250-251. 5. Zvi Dor-Ner, COLUMBUS AND THE AGE OF DISCOVERY (New York: William Morrow, 1991), pg. 45.

6. Surprise in a Graveyard

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... -easter-resurrection-33346.asp. 2. Dr. Daniel Lioy, International Bible Lesson Commentary (Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2008), p. 270. 3. Change the World: Recovering the Message and Mission of Jesus. 4. Edward Bennett Williams, quoted in Christopher Buckley, “The Case for Edward Bennett Williams,” Washington Post, November 3, 1991, X1. (Wharton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2005, pp. 341-342). 5. This is an argument most notably advanced years ago by Roy A. Burkhart. 6. Modern Messages from Great ...

7. Any Friendly Bears Out There?

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you, and I love you." Those words gave Christopher Reeves the strength to go on. (7) There are times in life when all of us wonder where we will find the strength to go on. Maybe ... The Good Life (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1993), pp. 74-76. 4. John Whitcomb and Claire Whitcomb. Great American Anecdotes (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993), p. 33. 5. The Futurist. 6. The New Republic (July 19 & 26, 1999). Cited at tim ...

8. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... longer concerned with issues of personal morality and responsibility. The evidence frequently offered is the President of the United States. William Jefferson Clinton is the very model of the modern liberal."3 He then sites an article written by the ... is true, and whose words will still be reverberating around the walls of eternity when heaven and earth have passed away. 1 Christopher Dawson, Progress and Religion (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1960), p. 181. 2 John Underwood, "How Nasty Do We Wanna Be? ...

9. Seeing the End from the Beginning

Numbers 13:1-2, 17-33

Sermon

James Merritt

... had to see before he could sail.2 By any measuring stick this appeared to be mission impossible. So the question is raised: How could Christopher Columbus see it, and why did he try to do it? Well, the answer is: His vision was God-given. Listen to what he ... and wholly to God's vision for us, any dream can come true. 1. George Barna, The Power of Vision, p.28. 2. Pat Williams, Oh for the Magic, p. 110. 3. Gleaned from John Maxwell, Developing the Leader Within You, pp. 108-109. 4 Peter Marshall, The Light ...

10. For Better, For Worse

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... you for the long haul, no matter what. You are still you and I am still me, and I love you.” (8) Later Christopher Reeve wrote in his autobiography that those words saved his life. That is commitment. Let me give you another glimpse of commitment. This comes ... commitment! Dr. Bill Bouknight, Christ UMC, 4488 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN 38117. Copyright in progress. www.cumcmemphis.org (1) Bennett, William J., The Broken Hearth, (Doubleday: New York, 2001), p. 13. (2) Ibid., pp. 77, 79. (3) Ibid., pp. 80-81. ( ...

11. When the Golden Rule Isn't Enough - Mother's Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... times not to sit on that wall. But would you listen to me? Noooo!” Christopher Columbus’ mother: “I don’t care what you’ve discovered, Christopher. You still could have written!” Michelangelo’s mother: “Mike, can’t you paint on ... may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you . . .” As William Makepeace Thackeray once said, “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of children.”] Let’s begin here: We love because God ...

12. The Reversal of the Deuteronomic Curses and Blessings: Replacing Law with Faith

Romans 9:30--10:21

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... the gospel but also every people group. Winter founded the U.S. Center for World Mission and, soon after, the William Carey International University without financial backing at the time and only one hundred dollars to begin. Winter said, “We were ... an interest in His dear Son.”5 Anyone who believes on and confesses the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved. Biography: Christopher Hitchens and Peter Hitchens are brothers: one is an atheist, the other a Christian. After Peter regained his Christian faith, he ...

13. Piercing A Hole In The Darkness

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

King Duncan

... is God. God is sovereign, ultimate, all-powerful, all-knowing, and holy, holy, holy. Though we cannot explain God, most of us say with Christopher Morley: "I had a thousand questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled and didn't seem to matter." Does ... numerous hymns of faith. His faith almost always commingled with a desperate sense of despair. Yet witnesses claim that on his deathbed, William Cowper found great peace and joy as he exclaimed, "I am not shut out of Heaven after all." (6) This is the ...

14. Whatever Happened to those Mansions?

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... by the word “mansion” today. English words change their meaning. It is said that when someone first viewed Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, he said that it was “awful” and “artificial.” What he ... for myself to know.” “If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?” said our Lord. William Temple spoke of Jesus as the guide or interpreter who goes with us on a journey, but then goes ahead of us to make sure that everything ...

15. Have You Been Pruned?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... with the tree fall on the unsuspecting shade-lover. The result is severe rashes and blistering of the skin. (2) Christopher Columbus encountered this tree and called it the Tree of Death. You don’t want to have anything to do with ... and 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 a ...

16. Proper 22

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

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... Thankful for Criticism. Mother Teresa has received some severe criticism in recent years. It came both in a Vanity Fair article by Christopher Hitchens and in The Door, a magazine of a Texas-based religious order. She had received major gifts from Charles Keating, who ... doing 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 and ...

17. The Joy of Being a Caring Person

Mt 25:31-46 · Lk 16:19-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... leper turned into the face of Christ. It is an interesting legend, but if is also deeply true; and, to St. Francis, if was most real. William Barclay tells another story of Martin of Tours, a Roman soldier who was a Christian, a real Christian. The day was cold. It was mid-winter. ... everyone fighting his counterpart for that extra advantage, which in the long run is no advantage at all. Christopher Frye paints a tragic world picture: "Those fabulous wings, unused, folded in the heart." And Martin Luther adds ...

18. When The Recession Reaches Your House

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... costs nowadays. I read somewhere that it costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World. Businesses seem to be following the example of an ... to abandon our fears and trust God. Such faith may get harder for us the older we get. In an issue of THE UPPER ROOM William Willimon tells about taking his four-year-old son to the local YMCA to take swimming lessons. He had some misgivings about this. He wondered ...

19. Managing Your Anger

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... your anger. Above all, says St. Paul, following the example of his Lord, "Do not repay anyone evil for evil." 1. Jeffrey Zaslow. TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1990), p. 266. 2. Charles R. Swindoll, THREE STEPS FORWARD/TWO STEPS BACK (New York: Bantam Books Inc., 1980), p. 76. 3. Christopher L. Coppernoll, SOUL 2 SOUL (Nashville: Word Publishing, 1998), pp. 6-7. 4. "Take That!" PEOPLE, Dec.29, 1997-Jan.5, 1998. 5. Nona Louise Dunbar, "Personal Glimpses," READER'S DIGEST ...

20. When The Economy Goes South

1 Kings 17:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... costs nowadays. I read somewhere that it costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World. Businesses seem to be following the example of an ... to abandon our fears and trust God. Such faith may get harder for us the older we get. In an issue of The Upper Room William Willimon tells about taking his four-year-old son to the local YMCA for swimming lessons. He had some misgivings about this. He wondered how ...

21. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... you care for them?" (Psalm 8:3-4) What, indeed? H.L. Mencken said that man was "a sick fly on a dizzy wheel." Christopher Morley once defined man as "an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing." But Jesus knew better. He knew what genius did the assembling, and ... the appointed day come and go without anything special happening. In the 19th century an American religious leader named William Miller (1782-1849) calculated that Christ would return in the year 1843. When that date proved wrong, he re-calculated ...

22. When Imagination Replaces Memory

Isaiah 42:18-25

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... historians that nearly as many Americans fought for Britain as fought against Britain.1 And consider our wonderful memories of Christopher Columbus. When he arrived in the New World he frequently hanged thirteen Indians at a time in honor of the ... old patterns of reality and permit us to begin anew. So be it. 1. Richard Shenkman, Legends, Lies, and Myths (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988), p. 84. 2. Winona Laduke, "We Are Still Here," Sojourners (October, 1991), p. 12. 3. Harold Cooke Phillips ...

23. A Thankful Heart

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Erskine White

... let us become so familiar with friends and family and loved ones that we take their thoughtfulness for granted. Help us to notice and give thanks each day for the many people who bless our lives. Through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen 1. This story appears in Christopher Idle, Stories of Our Favorite Hymns, (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1980), p. 19. See also Albert C. Ronander and Ethel K. Porter, Guide to the Pilgrim Hymnal, (United Church Press, Philadelphia, 1966), p. 27.

24. It Is Really Something New by Dr. Frank Bateman Stanger

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... judge the world remotely. God’s purposes will be fulfilled at that day when he will judge the world in justice. Christoph Blumhardt, influential German pastor who ministered a century ago and whose eschatology was refreshingly confident, wrote: "Jesus is already victor. He ... an influential man, he received Jesus Christ into the center of his life. The other believer named is Damaris, a woman. William Barclay in his commentary suggests that she must have been "a woman of the street," for only this type of ...

25. How Do You Like Yourself?

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... because we don’t want to, and there are a lot of people who don’t want to think. It’s a terribly frightening process for them. Christopher Morely tells in one of his stories that in a city of six million people, only 2,350,000 of them ended the day any further ... in a single day. Ten thousand man-years were lost, swept away, wiped out, squandered, wasted! In his youth, William Gillette studied stenography. Every evening he used to practice his shorthand by taking down the conversations that went on in ...

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1. Ready For A Change

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

2. I Shall Rise Again!

I Corinthians 15:19-26 · Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

3. What Makes A Family?

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

4. Light For A New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

5. One Came Back

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

6. Surprise in a Graveyard

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

7. Any Friendly Bears Out There?

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

8. Confronting a Christless Culture

2 Timothy 3:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

9. Seeing the End from the Beginning

Numbers 13:1-2, 17-33

Sermon

James Merritt

10. For Better, For Worse

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

11. When the Golden Rule Isn't Enough - Mother's Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

12. The Reversal of the Deuteronomic Curses and Blessings: Replacing Law with Faith

Romans 9:30--10:21

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

13. Piercing A Hole In The Darkness

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

King Duncan

14. Whatever Happened to those Mansions?

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

15. Have You Been Pruned?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

16. Proper 22

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

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

17. The Joy of Being a Caring Person

Mt 25:31-46 · Lk 16:19-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

18. When The Recession Reaches Your House

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

King Duncan

19. Managing Your Anger

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

20. When The Economy Goes South

1 Kings 17:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... costs nowadays. I read somewhere that it costs more to buy a new car today in the United States than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to and from the New World. Businesses seem to be following the example of an ... to abandon our fears and trust God. Such faith may get harder for us the older we get. In an issue of The Upper Room William Willimon tells about taking his four-year-old son to the local YMCA for swimming lessons. He had some misgivings about this. He wondered how ...

21. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

22. When Imagination Replaces Memory

Isaiah 42:18-25

Sermon

Harold Warlick

23. A Thankful Heart

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Erskine White