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Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... the words of that little chorus of the sixties, “the Lord of us love has come to us, we want to pass it on.” 1. http://www.glamorati.com/celebrity/2008/10-examples-of-people-who-are-famous-for-being-famous/ 2. Gilbert Brim, Ambition (New York: Basic Books, 1992). 3, The Sir Winston Method (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. , 1991), pp. 24-25. 4. http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/c-thansesn.php. 5. Rev. Jeren Rowell, http://www.nph.com/nphweb/html/pmol/pastissues/Lent%202009/webmay24.htm.

2. Pastor, Don't Talk About That!

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... troubling. It seems that what many of you really don’t want me to talk about is what we used to call, sin. William R. Burrows, the managing editor of Orbis Books once wrote something that drew a hearty “Amen” from many pastors. “Preaching on sin,” he ... something great and beautiful. It would be sad if we settled for squalid lives when we were created for splendor. Dr. Gilbert W. Bowen tells about Howard Arnold Walter and his friend Burgess. Both fresh out of Princeton, they spent their first year ...

3. The Key That Unlocks the Door to Spiritual Power

Mark 14:36

Sermon

James Merritt

... will of God for your life, you will never have real spiritual power. One of the greatest Christians who ever lived was William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army. Someone asked him one time, "What is the secret of your great power with God?" William Booth said, "It is simple. I never say no to the Lord." The door to spiritual power will be as brass to ... in His molding not one single choice be mine; let me answer unrepining Father, not my will, but Thine. 1 Martin Gilbert, Churchill: A Life, pp. 663-664.

4. Mirror, Mirror ON The Wall . . .!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... We are!" Right now God is still working on us.\n Have you ever seen that famous unfinished portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart? It hangs in a Boston museum, but copies of it are familiar to every school child. The picture is considered a ... us to "put on the new nature, which is being renewed ... after the image of its creator" (Colossians 3:10). If you had William Shakespeare inside you, you could write some fine plays. If Winston Churchill could live in you, what speeches you could make! If ...

5. The Poor In Spirit

Sermon

John A. Terry

... is: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." More common advice today is expressed in Ruddigore, a Gilbert and Sullivan opera: If you wish in the world to advanceYour merits you're bound to enhanceYou must stir it and stump it, ... In this blessing, the inheritance is the kingdom of heaven. Charles Allen (in God's Psychiatry) tells the story of Frederick William IV of Prussia visiting a school and asking the children some questions. Pointing to the stone in his ring, the flower ...

6. The Poor In Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John A. Terry

... beatitudes is: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." More common advice today is expressed in Ruddigore, a Gilbert and Sullivan opera: If you wish in the world to advance Your merits you're bound to enhance You must stir it and stump ... this blessing, the inheritance is the kingdom of heaven. Charles Allen (in God's Psychiatry) tells the story of Frederick William IV of Prussia visiting a school and asking the children some questions. Pointing to the stone in his ring, the ...

7. Drastic Surgery

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... , No. 10. Great Books edition, Vol. 33, pp. 71-80. 3. Igal Mossinsohn. Judas, pp. 8-9 (translated from the Hebrew by Jules Harlow). New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1963. 4. William Barclay. The Gospel Of Mark, p. 239. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1954, 1956. 5. Albert Camus. The Stranger, p. 142 (translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert). New York: Vintage Books, 1946. 6. James Baldwin. No Name in The Street, pp. 9-10. New York: The Dial Press, 1972. 7. John Richard Green. A Short History Of The ...

8. RIDE ON! RIDE ON!

Matthew 21:18-22

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John W. Rilling

... upon millions of people have come and gone, "and the place thereof knows them no more." Christianity is firmly rooted in history. Gilbert Murray in his profound book, "Five States of Greek Religion" points out that the ancient Greek religion of Homer and the gods ... Kate, Jesus is a back number." Is he? On Palm Sunday in the year he was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple broadcast to the British people and its armed forces what Palm Sunday means. The cathedral was sandbagged to protect it ...

9. Playing The Comparison Game

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... when your neighbor's house got struck by lightening because he got the new satellite dish?" (2) It's hard not to compare what we have with what our neighbor has. Gilbert Brim wrote a weighty book with the simple title, Ambition. In it he demonstrated how defeating this game of comparison is. He tells about a man who sold his business for ... . Cited in "Value Judgements," by Laura B. Randolph, EBONY, May 1996, p. 22. 8. "Trading Places" by William Plummer and Lyndon Stambler, PEOPLE, Nov. 30, 1998, pp. 196-198.

10. Where Love Comes From

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... There are many people in the world who simply don’t know how to love. That’s because they have never really been loved themselves. Dr. William Willimon tells about a friend who spent much of his life in an orphanage. His mother took him there as a little boy. She let ... in the Rose Garden Arena in Portland. At the beginning of the game, a local girl, thirteen-year-old Natalie Gilbert walked to mid-court to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Natalie did fine at first, but somewhere around “the twilight ...

11. Extreme Humility

John 13:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.” 1. William B. Irvine, On Desire: Why We Want What We Want (Kindle Edition). 2. Gilbert Brim, Ambition (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), p. 78. 3. Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998). 4. Alan Carr, http://www.sermonnotebook.org/new%20testament/John%2013_1-5_12-17.htm. 5. Paul H. Friesen, http ...

12. A Blessing Behind Locked Doors

John 20:19-23

Sermon

William G. Carter

Every Sunday morning, the people of a church in the Pacific Northwest say, "Peace be with you." They begin the worship service with a hymn of praise. The people confess their sins together, and hear of God's forgiveness. Then they are invited to turn to others around them and pass the peace. It has become an exuberant moment in an otherwise sober occasion. Friends leave their pews to embrace one another. Newcomers are warmly welcomed with a kind word or a hug. Nobody thought much about the weekly ritual ...

13. The Gracious Dream

Genesis 28:10-17

Sermon

Will Willimon

We were having this Bible study on the book of Acts, eighth chapter, I think, where Philip is visited by an angel. And someone spoke up, "Angels, angels. What are we to do with all these Bible stories about angels? I've never seen an angel. Nobody I know has ever seen an angel. Can stories about angels be relevant to modem people?" Her question touched my recent experience. I told her about it. Just the day before, a student had made an early morning appointment with me. I knew her somewhat vaguely. "After ...

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