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Robert P. Hines
Years ago Art Linkletter had a portion of his show dedicated to showing us that kids will sometimes say the most unusual things. In a similar way, Allen Funt's Candid Camera showed us that people of all ages will sometimes do the strangest things. Well, the people of God have also been caught doing the strangest, most unusual things. Abraham left his homeland and familiar surroundings to go to a...
2. Invest In The Future
Jeremiah 32:1-44
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Thomas G. Rogers
Cynthia stood before a church group in a neighboring town. She had been invited to share the story of her faith in her successful struggle against death. She stood before the group with a candle in one hand and a pocket lighter in the other. She began, "Three years ago I went to the hospital for a series of tests and I was told that I had malignant cancer. I was also told that, although it was pos...
3. Quarterback 101
Jeremiah 32:1-44
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Leonard Sweet
Any fans here this morning lucky enough to have your favorite baseball team in a division play-off? Anyone want to predict who's going to play in the World Series? (Customize your opening interactive to your own setting. If you don't want to make this an interactive moment, you can redo in narrative form.) For you it's still baseball season. For the rest of us, our days of summer are done and it's...
4. Sold!
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15
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Chrysanne Timm
As we conclude several weeks of readings in the book of the prophet Jeremiah and next week look at the companion text from the book of Lamentations, a common thread begins to emerge. It is the thread of grief. Jeremiah has been called by God to a truly thankless job — that of accompanying the people of his homeland into a time of loss and grief. Because of decades of idolatry and treaties wit...
5. What a Deal: Investing in Hope
Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15
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Lee Ann Dunlap
What is the most ludicrous business deal you ever got into (or out of) just in time? In the tiny town of Flushing, Ohio, amidst the coalfields of Belmont County, stands a brick building which used to house the Citizens' National Bank. Like a lot of community financial institutions of its day, this bank specialized in small loans made to local farmers, sheepherders, and working-class folks in the ...
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Mark Ellingsen
The weekend is shot (almost). Tomorrow it is back to the “real” world, back to the grind, at least for most of us. Where will God be in all that? Be honest with me: Do you feel God’s Presence on the job, as you go through the usual Monday routine? Is God directing you as you attend to your e-mail, run through your voice mail, review the reports, or check your assignment? Let us be frank with each...
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