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The Harried Homemaker: Christ Speaks to the Problem of Compulsive Busyness - Luke 10:38-42 - Feb 25, 2001 - 117
Let's begin with a series of "what-if" questions. Suppose that the folks from Publishers Clearinghouse pulled up in front of your home. Out of the van comes the camera crew and a man with a microphone. If he said, "I've got some good news for you. Do you mind if I come in?" what would you do?Or let' ... More
The Lawyer Who Wanted a Loophole: Christ Speaks to the Problem of Religious Hypocrisy - Luke 10:25-37 - Jan 21, 2001 - 113
It was just after 3:00 a.m. when the young woman pulled her red Fiat into a parking space near her apartment. She got out of the car, locked it, and began the 100-foot walk to her front door. She never made it. Spotting a man standing in her path, she veered away, heading for a police call box. She ... More
Martha's Vineyard - I Corinthians 12:28; Romans 12:7 - Apr 29, 1990 - 569
I first met Bill Petch twelve years ago this summer. I was fresh out of seminary and starting my first pastorate. It happened that my church was like most churches pastored by men right out of seminary—small and struggling. When I arrived on the scene, there were about 50 people left in a c ... More
No Crib for a Bed: The God of Every Circumstance - Galatians 4:4 - Dec 7, 2003 - 199
"And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn" (Luke 2:7 KJV).While doing some preparation for this message, I ran across a sermon title that stuck in my mind. Someone preached on this text usin ... More
Dice in the Prayer Meeting: Making Tough Decisions with God's Help - Acts 1:21-26 - May 3, 1998 - 640
4 … 9 … 30 … 34 … 48 … 8. Do you know what those numbers mean? Frank and Shirley Capaci of Streamwood know because those numbers won them $104 million this week in the largest lottery in American history. On Tuesday and Wednesday millions of people in 20 states ... More
The Gift that Never Grows Old - Romans 12:8 - Apr 8, 1990 - 570
Some of you have heard this story, but it bears repeating. About 16 years ago some researchers decided to find out if seminarians really were Good Samaritans. In order to conduct their experiment, they enlisted 40 volun-teers from a major American seminary. They divided the volunteers into two gro ... More
God’s Medicine for a Sick World - Romans 13:8-10 - Jan 7, 2007 - 725
“Love is the medicine for the sickness of the world.” So said noted psychiatrist Dr. Karl Meninger. He summarized his therapeutic approach this way: “Love cures. It cures those who give it and it cures those who receive it." Love truly is good medicine. It has been said that ... More