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Psalm 100:1-5, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ephesians 1:15-23, Matthew 25:31-46

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William E. Keeney

... the grace and compassion to identify with the need of the persons. 3. Mad with Love for God and Men · The following is from Kagawa by William Axling. Kagawa took his friends by sudden surprise when at the age of twenty-one he took a straight header into the depths of the Shinkawa ... makes them permanent victims. Both parties then receive some healing in the process. 1. William Axling, Kagawa, (New York: Harper and Brothers) in Kirby Page, Living Abundantly, (New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1994), p. 382f.

2. In the Wilderness of Temptation

Mark 1:9-15

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... clocks was keeping a different time. Some of them were keeping regular time, some were a little slow or a little fast. I saw Kirby Stewart's and it was stuck on the time of her birth while others were going extremely fast. It was odd so I asked ... walked where we walk everyday. And because of that, we can be strengthened to say, "NO!" in the face of our temptations. Dr. William Hinson in his bood, RESHAPING THE INNER YOU, tells about an amusing article that appeared in his local paper. Over the past several ...

3. Behold The Man Who Tried To Be King

Matthew 21:1-10

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... gather in his name. But we must remember that sometimes our attachments can be weak, our commitments shallow, and our interest fleeting. Archbishop William Temple was staying in someone's home overnight. He was about to go down for breakfast when he heard the lady of the ... . Spain, How To Stay Alive As Long As You Live, Dimensions For Living, Nashville, 1992, p. 135. 5. Wallace W. Kirby, Emphasis, op. cit., p. 15. 6. Edwin McNeill Poteat, "Palm Sunday And Monday," Over The Sea, The Sky, Harper & Brothers, ...

4. Needed: Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:1-10

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King Duncan

... Foundation For Reconciliation, p. 55. 3. Maxie D. Dunnam. The Communicator's Commentary, Vol. 8 (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1982), p.173. 4. Amitai Etzioni. The Spirit of Community (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), pp. 105-106. 5. William Axling, Kagawa (New York: Harper and Brothers) cited in Kirby Page, Living Abundantly, (New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1994), p. 382f. 6. Brian M. Fagan. The Journey from Eden (London: Thames & Hudson, 1990), p. 9. 7. James W. Moore, Standing on The Promises or Sitting on The ...

5. On Having "The Right Stuff"

Luke 14:25-35

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Wallace H. Kirby

"The right stuff" describes the qualities of character, competence, and temperament possessed by the early astronauts. They had "the right stuff" for the job and all of us admired them for this. In terms of American history, they are kin to those sturdy folk who first settled this nation, as well as those who later broke out of the confines of the eastern seaboard and courageously headed into the western wilderness. Some years ago there was a book about these latter heroes titled Men to Match My Mountains ...

6. Museum or Mission?

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

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Wallace H. Kirby

An inner city church, located in an area of the downtown where there were few residents, was forced to a decision. A large corporation was offering them a great deal of money for their site, on which the corporation wanted to put a parking lot. The money would enable the church to move to another part of the inner city where they would find many more people to serve. Even though this was exciting to some of the congregation, other members were resistant to the idea. They pointed out that the church was the ...

7. If Only We Would Confess ...

Ezekiel 18:1-32

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Wallace H. Kirby

Someone had slipped a church bulletin under the study door. When I spotted it after the morning worship service and saw some notations on it, I assumed that the writer had jotted down an announcement or a date to be included in the newsletter that was to go to press Monday morning. Reading the note scrawled across the ritual, I knew it was meant, not for the newsletter, but for me. "Garbage!" the note read. "This is garbage and we will not tolerate any more of it." That note of judgment was not aimed at ...

8. What Is Your Mercy Quotient?

Luke 6:17-26

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Wallace H. Kirby

My father was in the theatre business when was growing up, so names like Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer were household words in our family. They were the big studios in Hollywood, the big movie producers. In my father’s office, hanging on a side wall over a bookcase, was a huge picture, probably twenty-four by thirty-six inches. It was taken about 1943 and the caption reads: "Louis B. Mayer and His Stars." Sitting in rows of chairs, on tiers, are a host ...

9. Do I Dare Be Different?

Matthew 5:10; 10:1-42

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Wallace H. Kirby

William Inge was one of England’s most outstanding preachers. At the beginning of this century, because of his insight and forthrightness, he was either greatly admired or bitterly disliked. After the First World War he was speaking at a public gathering, and in his speech, he urged that realism instead of revenge be his country’s guide in its treatment of a defeated Germany. Three days later, Dr. Inge received a letter which rebuked him for what he had said, and then added: "I have been praying for your ...

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