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One of my best friends... -- 1 Samuel 8:4-11 (12-15) 16-20 (11:14-15) -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
One of my best friends held the head high school basketball coaching position for two years.
C.S. Lewis writes in the... -- 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
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Some people will give up... -- 1 Samuel 8:4-11 (12-15) 16-20 (11:14-15) -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Some people will give up their freedom for security. But we were born into insecurity.
I remember as a teenager... -- 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15) -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
I remember as a teenager saving my allowance so that I could buy a wool sweater -- one just like my
While laws may differ depending... -- Mark 2:23-28 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
While laws may differ depending on cultural or geographic contexts, they are usually intended to pro
While society is often caught... -- Mark 2:23-28 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
While society is often caught up in rules and regulations, God is concerned with matters of the hear
Anyone who has read the... -- Mark 2:23-28 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Anyone who has read the book or seen the movie version of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, st
A comic strip showed a... -- Mark 3:20-35 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
A comic strip showed a waiter bringing a pizza to a man's table.
There is a story about... -- Mark 3:20-35 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
There is a story about a man who took a tour of an extraordinary art exhibition, which included seve
When I was in seminary... -- 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
When I was in seminary I worked with a pastor who taught me so much about the ministry and the churc
Jesus' family and friends refuse... -- Mark 3:20-35 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Jesus' family and friends refuse to see him in any way but the conventional relationships of blood t
In the twilight of his... -- 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
In the twilight of his career, Mickey Mantle could no longer run as fast, hit quite as well or play
A certain carpenter hated to... -- 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
A certain carpenter hated to dress up. He didn't even own a suit. Then his wife died.
Pretty is as pretty does... -- 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
"Pretty is as pretty does," generations of children have been told.
Paul's words about looking to... -- 2 Corinthians 4:13--5:1 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Paul's words about looking to things unseen are out of step with a culture that understands identity
Our front porch was close... -- 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Our front porch was close to the sidewalk, and our neighbors would often saunter across the street t
We were staying at a... -- 2 Corinthians 4:13--5:1 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
We were staying at a beautiful bed and breakfast in Cape May, New Jersey.
Horace has been bedridden now... -- 2 Corinthians 4:13--5:1 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Horace has been bedridden now for over a year.
Butchart Gardens, near Victoria, British... -- Genesis 3:(1-7) 8-21 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Butchart Gardens, near Victoria, British Columbia, is a living masterpiece, delighting visitors wit
Have you ever heard the... -- Genesis 3:(1-7) 8-21 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Have you ever heard the phrase, "Shaq attack?" This is a phrase in reference to the powerful dunk sh
Her Sunday school class had... -- Genesis 3:(1-7) 8-21 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
Her Sunday school class had been studying the story of Adam and Eve.
There is a story about... -- Deuteronomy 5:12-15 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
There is a story about a traveler from Italy who arrived at the French town of Chartres to see the g
The film and book Chariots... -- Deuteronomy 5:12-15 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1994
The film and book Chariots of Fire, recreates the story of Olympic runners Harold Abrahams and Eric
This Scripture probably comes close... -- Mark 3:20-25 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1991
This Scripture probably comes close to eliciting one universal response.
During the turbulent 1960s, at... -- Mark 3:20-35 -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1991
During the turbulent 1960s, at the height of the segregation storm, the parents of a first-grader se

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Have You Confronted Christ? -- Mark 3:20-35 -- Leonard H. Budd -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1993
Simon bar Jacob - Simon, son of Jacob - had just finished the pruning of his olive trees, ending wit
The Way Of The King -- 1 Samuel 8:4-11 (12-15) 16-20 (11:14-15) -- Charles Curley -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1993
This sermon is built around a question, a question which I am not even going to try to answer.
Music as Prescription -- 1 Samuel 16:14-23 -- Robert A. Noblett -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1990
Let's suppose you have been feeling distressed and fatigued of late and this has manifested itself i
Our Time Will Come! -- 1 Samuel 16:14-23 -- Donald Zelle -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1987
"This offer is good for a limited time only." These words, spoken hastily or put into small print, a
Tilted Haloes -- Mark 3:20-35 -- James Weekley -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B -- 1987
There is an old rhyme we sing around the campfire each summer in the North Carolina mountains.
The Agony And Ecstasy Of Family -- Mark 3:20-35 -- Ron Lavin -- Proper 5 | Ordinary Time 10 - B
Jesus experienced conflict in his family.

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The Immediate Word

Mary Austin
Christopher Keating
Dean Feldmeyer
Thomas Willadsen
George Reed
Katy Stenta
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For November 16, 2025:

Emphasis Preaching Journal

David Coffin
Another natural disaster has flattened a number of coastal communities. Despite the weather and major television station warnings, and government disaster preparations, the dystopian destruction nightmare of Luke 21 has decimated another community. Also, it is reasonable to believe that this is not the last year for hurricanes, Tsunami’s, wildfires, mudslides and tornados. They will occur again. However, as weary citizens are interviewed in one group of people with the background of homes in rubble and streets still draining flood waters, they will not leave. This is their home.
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Isaiah 65:17-25 and Isaiah 12

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John E. Sumwalt
“The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the LORD. (v. 25)

A week after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, country singer Toby Keith — who died Feb. 5, 2024 — wrote a patriotic ballad titled “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.” It was filled with populist fighting rhetoric that matched the mood of a nation shaken by the shocking death and destruction of that day.

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Object: A blood pressure monitor. It is actually called a sphygmomanometer, and is pronounced “sfig·mow·muh·naa’·muh·tr”.

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The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Prayers usually include these concerns and may follow this sequence:

The Church of Christ

Creation, human society, the Sovereign and those in authority

The local community

Those who suffer

The communion of saints


These responses may be used:


Lord, in your mercy
Hear our prayer
Lord, hear us.
Lord, graciously hear us.

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Stephen P. McCutchan
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
-- Isaiah 12:3

John W. Clarke
No reading of Luke is complete without coming to realize that Luke is concerned that the world understands that Jesus is the hope of the world and that any teaching that leads away from that fact is a false teaching. No matter what, no matter when, Jesus will be there to give us life.

Scott Suskovic
Whoever does not work should not eat!
-- 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NLT)

Wow! Kind of takes your breath away, doesn't it? Not a lot of ambiguity in that rule. "You don't work, you don't eat." For a religion based on grace, it seems a bit unyielding.

Mark Ellingson
Freedom is such a lovely word, a compelling image. What is freedom? How would you define it? What does it mean to you? Webster's New World Dictionary defines freedom as being exempt from control or from arbitrary restrictions. Freedom is said to be the ability to choose or determine one's own actions.

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