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Amos 8:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... win the game of dodgeGod. You can't dodge God. Amos was an unlikely candidate to deliver this message. In fact, one day Amos had to decide himself whether to rise up and be a man of God to the dodgeGod culture of his day. Anyone remember that hymn by William P. Merrill "Rise up, O men of God?" "Rise up, O men of God, Have done with lesser things. Give heart and soul and mind and strength To serve the king of kings." One day Amos had to decide whether he was done with lesser things himself and was willing to ...

2. Washing Away The Junk

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... . I belong to Christ. 1. Mark Victor Hansen & Barbara Nichols with Patty Hansen, OUT OF THE BLUE: DELIGHT COMES INTO OUR LIVES (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996), 3032. 2. THE DISCIPLE. Cited in THE UNITED CHURCH OBSERVER, October 1995, p. 55. 3. Merrill C. Tenney, NEW TESTAMENT TIMES (Grand Rapids, Mich.: William 4. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1965), 182. 5. Bruce Larson, THE COMMUNICATOR'S COMMENTARYLUKE (Word, Inc., 1983), 73. 6. Max Anders, Jesus, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995 ...

3. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

The societal limits which impinge on our world also affect our personal existence in profound ways. Nowhere is this more critical than in our own dreams and visions. Dreams and visions are important in life. Every action we take in life was designed by someone. Every piece of clothing, every building, every hymn book, every chair, every light fixture, and every automobile existed first in someone's vision. Someone had to have the idea or the dream to turn out the product. The same holds true for the way we ...

4. The Power of One Passion and One Prayer

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... had that same mindset? How could God use us if we joined together with one passion and one prayer? Stephen Covey and Rebecca Merrill, in their book First Things First, ask their readers, “What is the one activity that you know if you did superbly well and ... . Cole, https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-52-one-thing-necessary-luke-1038-42. 6. Dr. William H. Willimon, What’s Right with the Church (Harper & Row, 1985), p. 112, cited in St. Paul’s Letters to the Philippians by The Reverend Eric S. ...

5. The World According to Paul

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... be in another profession. Young Owen, who not only believes in God but also knows himself to be on a mission from God, bewilders Merrill. Tiny Owen has a clear vision of God's purpose and of his own role in that purpose. Owen and John are improbable friends ... of Thessalonica, which abound on the internet. 4. John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1989), p. 13. 5. Anonymous, "The Perfect Church," http://www.joyfulministry.com/perfect.doc [accessed June 1, 2006]. 6 ...

6. I'm Listening

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... whispering within the soul of you. It is also important that we take time to listen to one another, particularly in the family. Mark Merrill writes about family relationships. He was writing about multi‑tasking. We’ve all had to adapt to the technology of this world. He says ... Rev. Dr. William Carl, III, http://day1.org/1119-having_trouble_sleeping_through_the_night. 3. http://myfamilyminute.com/dailyemail/signup/index.php 4. The Communicator’s Commentary: Luke (Waco: Word Books, 1983), p. 143. [ORIGINAL ...

7. Have You Been Pruned?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

Writer Henry Mitchell visited a region in California that is home to some of the world’s finest vineyards. His eye was caught by rows of vines that had just been pruned. It was depressing. All that was left of the once beautiful grapevines were rows of ugly-looking stumps and a few “runners” stretching from each of those stumps. “It looks disastrous,” Mitchell remarked to his guide. “Don’t worry, the guide replied. “We do that for three years to every vine [we cut it back] before it’s allowed to [yield] ...

8. The Problem With Miracles In Our Time

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

William J. Carl

... yet charted (Ralph Sockman, 20 Centuries of Great Preaching, vol. 10, edited by Clyde E. Fant Jr. and William M. Pinson Jr., Waco, Texas, Word Books, 1971, p. 176).” But more than that, they are acts of God in this sense: “… history is the arena where ... causes lie “solely within the will of God,” and only faith can recognize this (Keller, op. cit. p. 21). Even the skeptical, doubting Reverend Lewis Merrill in John Irving’s, A Prayer for Owen Meany, understood when he said that miracles don’t ...

9. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... and whispering within the soul of you. It is also important that we take time to listen to one another, particularly in the family. Mark Merrill writes about family relationships. He was writing about multi‑tasking. We’ve all had to adapt to the technology of this world. He says that ... Rev. Dr. William Carl, III, http://day1.org/1119-having_trouble_sleeping_through_the_night. 3. http://myfamilyminute.com/dailyemail/signup/index.php 4. The Communicator’s Commentary: Luke (Waco: Word Books, 1983), p. 143. ...

10. A Cup Of Cold Water

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... Faly 1995, p. 41. 3. John Wimber and Kevin Springer, POWER POINTS (New York: Harper San Francisco, 1991), p. 189. 4. Gary B. Swanson, Frisbees and Guerillas," LIGHT AND LIFE, July 1994, pp. 14-15. 5. Doug Peterson, MANY ARE CALLED, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992). 6. Terry Helwig, DAILY GUIDEPOSTS, 1991, (Carmel, New York: Guideposts, 1990), p. 334. 7. From an article by Glenn Collins in the NEW YORK TIMES, September 12, 1983. Rewritten and contributed by Merrill Williams, Manhattan, KS ...

11. The Pitfalls Of Practicing Piety

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... I are not unlike those religious leaders; we find ways to parade our piety before others in many different ways. Take the example William Styron draws for us in his book, Lie Down in Darkness. Helen Loftis, divorced from her alcoholic husband and alienated from her ... to your service. In Jesus' precious name. Amen. 1. Styron, William. Lie Down in Darkness. A Signet Book. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. 1951. p. 261. 2. Thielicke, Helmut. Life Can Begin Again. Fortress Press. Philadelphia, 1963. pp. 82-83.

12. The Work of An Evangelist

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

Do we need to remind ourselves of what the work of an evangelist is? An evangelist is one who shares in word, deed and sign the good news of Jesus Christ – the good news that redeems us from sin, makes us whole, and transforms us into participants in God’s Kingdom enterprise. I like the way Paul expresses the work of God in our lives – Col. 1:13-14: “God has rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the Kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the ...

13. First Sunday In Christmastide

John 15:1-17

Bulletin Aid

David M. Oliver

... beyond. We ask these things in the name and spirit of Christ, who makes life purposeful, powerful, joyful, and ever-green. Amen. 1. Corl, Heth H. Lectionary Worship Aids: Revised for Use with the Common Consensus Lectionary, Series B. Lima, OH: CSS Publishing, 1984, p. 114. Used with permission. 2. Ibid. Used with permission. 3. Vine, W. E., Merrill F. Unger, and William White, Jr. Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985, pp. 1-2.

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