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John Williams Iii
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
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God's Haven For The Hapless (Father's Day Sermon 2026 Version)
Contributed on Jun 20, 2026
How often do we hear more stories about sin than we do redemption? It is the redemption stories that prove that Gods love and how He can mold us if we will let Him.
GOD’S HAVEN FOR THE HAPLESS Text: Isaiah 64:8 Isaiah 64:8 Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand (NIV). Lou Holtz once said Win is an acronym for “What’s important now? …. The WIN strategy is applicable in times of ...read more
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Anchored (2026 Version)
Contributed on May 22, 2026
This is a Baccalaureate sermon for graduates that also addresses Pentecost Sunday.
ANCHORED Text: John 15:14 -17 John 15:14-17 You are my friends if you do what I command you. (15) I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from ...read more
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Faith, Rewards And Duty (October 5, 2025 Version)
Contributed on Sep 30, 2025
This passage of scripture presents us with three things, faith, rewards and duty. If we forget about the sin warning that Jesus gives to us in this scripture, then our ingredients for true discipleship will be incomplete.
FAITH, REWARDS AND DUTY Text: Luke 17:(1-4) 5 – 10 Luke 17:5-10 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" (6) The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in ...read more
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The Trampled Triumphant (An Ash Wednesday Sermon)
Contributed on Mar 5, 2025
The beginning illustration is a about a fern that won't grow because of its soil. Like the fern in the soil of hardened clay, we need a new beginning in the soil of God's grace!
THE TRAMPLED TRIUMPHANT Text: II Corinthians 5:20b – 6:10 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (21) For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that ...read more
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Anger Is A Threat To Self-Control (12th Sunday After Pentecost 2024)
Contributed on Aug 8, 2024
One of those weapons that Satan has used very well through all generations is “fits of anger” (see Galatians 5:20 ESV). I once read a sentence sermon that went like this: "He who angers you controls you".
ANGER IS A THREAT TO SELF-CONTROL Text: Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Ephesians 4:25-32 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. (26) Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, ...read more
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As Someone (Dr. Waights G. Henry, Jr.) Put It: ...
Contributed on Aug 24, 2009
As someone (Dr. Waights G. Henry, Jr.) put it: “The past remains with us. For good or ill what we are is a result of what we have done.” To illustrate this point let us consider an example from the life of the Duke of Windsor. Someone asked him if they could show film taken from various segments ...read more
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The Rich Man And The Poor Carpenter
Contributed on Aug 24, 2009
THE RICH MAN AND THE POOR CARPENTER One day a good, rich man noticed the miserable conditions in which a certain poor carpenter lived. He decided to help the poor man and commissioned him to build a beautiful house. He told the carpenter, "I want this house to be ideal. Use only the best ...read more
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Color Of The View
Contributed on Aug 17, 2009
COLOR OF THE VIEW "There is a house in New England where the owner designed a unique feature. The owner of the house often took visitors to the tower and would ask them to look through one of the windows. Each of the four windows was different. The red-tinted window could make it look like a ...read more
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Have You Ever Experienced The Power Of Healing ...
Contributed on Feb 3, 2009
Have you ever experienced the power of healing words that were either spoken to you or that you spoke to another? We must admit that there are also times when our actions speak louder than words. “Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once told about a contest he was asked to judge. The ...read more
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Why Is This Touching So Important? "Dr. ...
Contributed on Feb 3, 2009
Why is this touching so important? “Dr. Brandt points out that as late as 1920, the death rate among infants in some founding hospitals in America approached 100 percent. Then Dr. Fritz Talbot of Boston brought over from Germany an unscientific sounding concept of “tender loving care.” ...read more