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2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... gossipy Mrs. Young. Gossips have always been with us, and, sadly, they always will. Sometime back a woman named Cheryl Elaine Williams wrote a devotional for The Upper Room. In it she told about a secret memento of her great aunt that ... flowers, under a sky as blue as one of God’s own dreams, and I opened the door to my house and stood there a minute. Then I hung my head and said, ‘I quit.’ Then I swore and said, ‘All right. You can come in.’ This was the beautiful moment of my conversion.” This ...

2. Where's George?

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... with each other. Janie's last words to her father had been, "I hate you!" All this time, she had wanted forgiveness. After reassuring Janie, Sue hung up and began to pray. If only God would allow Mr. Williams and his daughter to reconcile! Her heart was so burdened by her phone conversation that Sue felt an urgent need to return to Mr. Williams' room. She found him unconscious, suffering from another heart attack. Within seconds, Sue's code 99 alerted the staff, and doctors and nurses filled the room ...

3. Worry Wart or Winning Warrior

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... told how a young man in his church congregation heard this story and followed the same advice. Every night before he went to bed, he hung a woman''s bikini over the foot of the bed and prayed, "God, now fill this with a woman." (1) Now that is a ... and disillusioned with life, but they chose to handle each new day with the power of God. That same choice is ours today. Dr. William James of New York City''s Columbia University would often say: "The essence of being a genius is to know what to overlook." Jesus ...

4. The Honor Of A Limp

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

... that what he does and says matters in a significant way, both for himself and for those to whom he is accountable. William Muehl, a professor of ethics at Yale Divinity School, tells this story about the importance of our lives. "One December afternoon many ... ve had times when you were ready to throw in the towel, but you didn't. You hung on,determined to make it through, to make something of your life. You just hung on by your fingernails because that's what life demands, that's what God demands. Winston ...

5. 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 ... the finest storyteller who ever lived. His stories have had an indelible effect on western civilization. But it is so easy to get hung up on the idea that we are reading Sacred Scripture, the Holy Bible, the Word of God that we overlook the fact that ...

6. After the Parade

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... something which they had caught from him. The courage of Jesus was contagious. Edward Hughes Pruden once told of a picture which hung over the mantel in his study. It was Hofmann’s picture of the boy Jesus at age twelve in the temple at ... man was truly a hero. Later, the bridge the plane hit on its way into the icy water was renamed. Today it is the “Arland D. Williams Jr. Memorial Bridge.” (2) “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friend . . .” That’s what ...

7. The Law and the Promise

Galatians 3:15-25, Galatians 3:1-14

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... righteous) will live (by faith) 3:12 (the man who follows the law) will live (by the law) 3:13 cursed is everyone (who is hung from a tree) The semantic effect of the chiastic arrangement of the scriptural quotations is to move from speaking of the law’s curse on ... as at the beginning of the sentence God should be understood as subject of the passive verb “it was added” (cf. Williams, Galatians, p. 98). God directed the giving of the law to be through angels. Most commentators take both Paul’s ...

8. Faith or Observance of the Law

Galatians 3:1-14, Galatians 3:15-25

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

9. Hunger, Health, and Happiness

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

... killing his parents and himself. At times he thought this would be the most merciful way to cope with approaching starvation. He hung on. Every day he went out into the village where he had been reared and where he had many, many friends, and, with ... ask for an opportunjly to talk. Vijah had never seen the man, who introduced himself as William, but he looked friendly enough and Vijah invited him into his home. William explained that he was headquartered in a neighboring tribe and that he was there to offer ...

10. Big Fish

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Europeans, he spoke both languages. If he discovered that the people he called could not speak either language, he hung up. That evening he got three appointments for the next day from these names. Then he took the telephone directory ... familiar with a 2003 Tim Burton motion picture, Big Fish. It’s a strange film about a man who told tall tales--fish tales. His son William wants to know what his father was really like, but he finds it difficult to separate fact from fiction, the tales he told from the life ...

11. Your Wake-up Call

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... program, Scott, his mentor, was captured in Fallujah, Iraq. He and three other SEALs were murdered, and their bodies were hung from a bridge over the Euphrates River. Their fate was broadcast by television news stations around the world. Chad’s ... and peace and fulfillment. No other goal will satisfy your life in the same way. And that brings us back to the story of Chad Williams, our Navy SEAL who thought he would find success in a military career with one of the most elite special forces teams in the ...

12. Thou Shalt Not Judge - True or False?

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... She said, "Is Mike there?" The woman said, "He's in the shower." She said, "Would you please tell him his girlfriend called," and hung up. When he didn't return the call, she dialed again. This time a man answered. He said, "This is Mike." The girl ... brother you will confront him when he is wrong, and allow him to suffer the consequences of his wrong doing. Dr. William Bennett in his brilliant book, The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals, makes this tremendous statement: ...

13. Job Is for Real

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... are to enjoy, not destroy. During the conversation that Job and God have, Job is consistently diminished, made to look small and hung out to dry. God continues. Did you deck the ostrich with wings, with elegant plumes and feathers? She lays her eggs in ... so far away, so unified. Or maybe it is with the artist who did Scarface. Do any of you know this painting? It is by Elizabeth Williams and I have only seen it once. But I will never forget it. She is asked to paint a woman who has been enormously disfigured ...

14. Winners and Losers

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... to buy his slaves back and set them free. The Mercantile Agency may have labeled him a loser, but, I suspect, that God labeled William Henry Brisbane as an extraordinary winner. (3) Think about that story for a moment in the light of today’s text from the Gospel ... somebody stomped you, you were “out,” and the child who still had a plump, glistening balloon when everybody else’s hung limp and tattered would have the winner’s glory. The teacher gave the signal, and the children leapt ferociously on ...

15. When We Feel God Has Moved And Left No Forwarding Address

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... . They said, "By the Rivers of Babylon -- there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung our harps. For there our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion ... Job, we have to keep on seeking God. For faith has been defined in the New Testament as a conviction of a thing not seen. William Hinson relates the experience of seeing a baby owl in his front lawn as he went out to get the morning paper. He said ...

16. Only the Abba Knows

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... 11:11-32) That is what the “Abba” is like...what God is like. And that is what we must never forget. As the Archbishop of Canterbury William Temple once said, “God is like Christ, and in Him is no unChristlikeness at all.” That I firmly believe. And that is why I simply cannot swallow ... the kind of Friend that we have. The One who judges us is the same One who hung on a cross for us. He rose again on the third day, and now invites us to join Him at the heavenly banquet spread out before us by a Heavenly ...

17. Nothing Great Happens Without It

Luke 14: 25-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... of Georgia signers, Lyman Hall and Button Gwinnett, were destroyed as were the homes of William Ellery, George Clymer, William Floyd, and William Hooper. The plantations of Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton, and Thomas Heyward were burned to the ... until they saw him. Livingston came to the platform with a tread of a man who had already walked 11,000 miles. That left arm hung uselessly at his side. His body was emaciated; his skin a dark brown from 16 years in the African sun; his face wrinkled from the ...

18. This Is the Day!

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... the face of adversity, adopt this same behavior. He calls it the posture of defeat chin down, head dropped, shoulders slumped, arms hung limply. This posture, he notes, is often visible as players leave the field in the later stages of a game when things ... declare together.] “This is the day that the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it!” 1. Cited by Pat Williams, A Lifetime of Success (Grand Rapids. MI: Fleming H. Revell, 2000), pp. 108-109. 2. Where Is God When It Hurts? (Grand Rapids: ...

19. God Has the Last Word

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... primal and unstoppable was the shark. Perhaps after seeing the movie, you were one of many who thought twice before wading into the ocean. Williams took two simple notes and struck at the depths of people’s emotions. In fact, I would venture to say that for most ... , they have spat upon you and whipped you ... Yes Lord, they have driven nails into you and pierced your side ... Yes Lord, they have hung you on a cross and put you in a tomb ... Yes Lord, is it dawn? ... Yes Is your tomb empty? ... Yes Is that ...

20. Please Pass the Resurrection Biscuits

Luke 24:35-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... writes about Christ’s crucifixion in a beautifully poetic manner: “He looked around the hill and foresaw a scene. Three figures hung on three crosses. Arms spread. Heads fallen forward. They moaned with the wind. Men clad in religion stood off to ... brought about by the iniquity of us all. Can you deal with that? Can you believe that God really cares about us that much? Bishop William Willimon tells of once visiting a man with only a couple of days left to live. He asked the man whether he was fearful. To ...

21. When God Is Silent

Psalm 35:1-28

Sermon

Erskine White

... I cry by day, but Thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest" (22:2). Even Jesus felt that God was absent as He hung on the cross to die: "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" (Mark 15:34). So, too, have great Christians through the ages testified from their ... inheritance of faith, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen 1. Helmut Thielicke, The Silence of God, (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1962). 2. Charles Allen and Helen Steiner Rice, The Prayerful Heart, (Fleming H ...

22. Night Fighters

Sermon

James Bjorge

... one of his most formidable weapons. He tries to load us down with tomorrow’s troubles so we will be quitters today. William Carey belonged to that noble order of night fighters. When the call came for him to go to India, every obstacle seemed ... would not have started at all. When at last he arrived in India, death took one of his children. His wife lost her mind. Carey hung on. After a life of service and accomplishment, he was talking to his nephew about the possibility of his life story being written. He ...

23. Surprised By Christmas

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... the while, however, babies were being born. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edgar Allen Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Felix Mendelssohn, William E. Gladstone, destined to become one of England's finest statesman, Charles Darwin, and a young unpromising ... a midnight clear there was a Child's cry, a blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We haven't forgotten that night down the centuries. We celebrate it with stars hung on the Christmas tree and the cry of bells and gifts. Especially with ...

24. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (i)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... at the whole. 3. We don't look to the Bible to close a discussion, but to open one. I like the way William Sloane Coffin put it: "It is a mistake to sharpen our minds by narrowing them...God leads with alight rein, giving us our ... Bible never points to itself; it points to God. It is not concerned about words, but about The Word, the Living Word. So, let's don't get hung up on the wrong issues. If it's true, as I believe it is, because it is the clear and authoritative witness of scripture -- if it's true ...

25. Faithful Fathers Fortify Families

Deuteronomy 6:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... We've got people up in arms because they won't allow the Ten Commandments to be hung in the school room, and yet how many of you parents have the Ten Commandments hung in your own home? People are up in arms because their kids can't pray at school ... a bit of sad psychology when dads are called anything but dad or "the old man" by their children. When Spock, Freud, Dewey and William James have conspired to make dad a minor stockholder on the home's board of directors; when women's rights, civil rights, people's ...

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