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    The Promise

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 8, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 6,149 views

    The message of the prophets show us: 1. God has a plan. 2. God has a hopeful plan. 3. God has a complete plan.

    A little over two years ago, on March 26, 2000, Seattle’s famed Kingdome was demolished. It was the home of the Seattle Seahawks, Mariners, and at times, the SuperSonics. But a Maryland-based company called Controlled Demolition Incorporated (CDI) was hired to do the job of imploding the 25,000 ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Fulfillment

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 15, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 6,887 views

    Jesus Christ came to 1. The sinful. 2. The poor and sick. 3. The Faithful.

    Last week we spoke about the prophecies that brought hope to the minds and hearts of God’s people — those who were anticipating the arrival of God’s Messiah into the world. Those prophesies created such longing, such expectancy and such a desire to see what God was going to do in the world that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Kingdom Living

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 6, 2002
    based on 118 ratings
     | 29,518 views

    Kingdom living means: 1. We live with an awareness of the kingdom. 2. We understand that the kingdom is within. 3. We experience the blessing of his reign. 4. We are a part of a subversive movement. 5. We wait for it expectantly.

    Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon begin their book Resident Aliens with a story from their youth: “Sometime between 1960 and 1980, an old, inadequately conceived world ended, and a fresh, new world began. . . . When and how did we change? Although it may sound trivial, one of us is tempted ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Doers Of The Word

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 3, 2006
    based on 20 ratings
     | 8,695 views

    Doers of the Word of God hear with their 1. Wills engaged. 2. Minds engaged. 3. Hands and Feet engaged.

    Max Lucado writes: “For some, Jesus is a good luck charm. The ‘Rabbit’s Foot Redeemer.’ Pocket-sized. Handy. Easily packaged. Easily understood. Easily diagramed. You can put his picture on your wall or you can stick it in your wallet as insurance. You can frame him. Dangle him from your ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Is God Fair?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 10, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 11,768 views

    To answer the question, we also have to ask: 1. Is God just? 2. Is God impartial? 3. Is God fair?

    Life is not fair. Most of us understand that. It was not fair that some children died at birth or had crippling diseases, and I have been allowed to live and enjoy good health. It was not fair that some were born with cerebral palsy and I was able to grasp difficult concepts and get passing ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Got A Ticket?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 2, 2006
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,914 views

    Objections to "Ticket Theology": 1. It trivializes the Christian life. 2. It misses the point of the Christian life. 3. It reduces the Christian life to a formula.

    A man in Kiev, Ukraine wanted to be a modern day Daniel. He went to the zoo in Kiev earlier this month and lowered himself by a rope into a den of lions. The lion enclosure is on an isolated “animal island” surrounded by thick concrete blocks to protect people from the lions. The zoo was packed ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Ho-Hum

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 2, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,678 views

    We are lost in the swamp of compromise, because: 1. We value security over significance. 2. We value what is easy over what takes effort. 3. We value the material over the spiritual. 4. We value mediocrity over excellence.

    John Steinbeck, winner of the Nobel Prize, decided to travel around the country he loved in order to explore and enjoy it more deeply. He was also planning on writing about his experiences in a book, but he was surprised that very few people encouraged him to go. Some even said that it was too ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Trusting God In Difficult Times

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 2, 2006
    based on 30 ratings
     | 64,944 views

    The beliefs we must commit ourselves to when facing suffering are: 1. God is good, even when life is bad. 2. God can redeem the evil that comes into our lives. 3. We must do the right thing, even when it does not seem to pay off.

    Those of you who have seen the classic movie Fiddler on the Roof remember the scene where Tevye, the main character, is walking on a dusty road, pulling both a milk cart and a lame horse. He says: “Ah, dear God, was that necessary? Did you have to make him lame just before the Sabbath? That ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Trusting God With Everything

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 19, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 14,415 views

    Trusting God results in: 1. the ability to give. 2. the ability to be thankful. 3. the blessing of God.

    Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.” So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Distraction

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 5, 2006
    based on 56 ratings
     | 37,174 views

    You need to move from: 1. Pragmatism to passion. 2. Being fractured to being focused. 3. Wandering to living life on purpose.

    Men are notorious for being distracted. Most of us could qualify for having ADD — Attention Deficit Disorder. In fact, I heard about a guy who was so distracted over one thing and another that he had to have his wife tell him almost everything. One day his wife came into the room and said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Christmas And Culture

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 83 ratings
     | 34,663 views

    1. Christmas informs the culture. 2. Christmas transforms the culture. 3. Christmas forms a new culture.

    Christmas is about God breaking through at surprising times, and showing up in unusual places in the world. You never know when, where, or how God is going to show up. The Bible is full of stories of how God broke into the world at the very time that people thought he was nowhere to be found. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Whose Is It?

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 29, 2006
    based on 30 ratings
     | 10,096 views

    1. The world belongs to God. 2. All we have belongs to God. 3. Our lives belong to God.

    It is said that Bishop Edwin Hughes once delivered a sermon on “God’s Ownership” of all that we have. In his congregation there was a very wealthy parishioner who took offense at his message. That week he called and asked the Bishop to come over to his home for lunch. During their visit, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Looking For Pennies

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 19, 2001
    based on 26 ratings
     | 4,893 views

    Looking for Pennies (story from Annie Dillard) is important because: 1. The created world is a window into the heart of God. 2. The created world provides opportunities to praise the goodness of God. 3. The created world is a source of joy for thankful

    Annie Dillard, in her wonderful Pulitzer Prize winning book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, tells a story about pennies. It was in her chapter entitled “Seeing” that I read her wonderful childhood story. I will let her tell it in her own words: “When I was six or seven years old, growing up in ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Mary's Song

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 9, 2001
    based on 411 ratings
     | 34,721 views

    Mary’s Song talks about: 1. Forgiveness 2. Victory and 3. Covenant

    Many people have been waiting since last January for the mystery to be revealed. The Internet has been abuzz about it. Variously called “Ginger” or just plain “It,” entrepreneur Dean Kamen, a college dropout, has been claiming that his invention, the Segway Human Transporter, will transform the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Best Of Times In The Worst Of Times

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 121 ratings
     | 25,001 views

    In a bad-news, good-news world, we need to remember that God’s good news 1. Is greater than the world’s bad news. 2. Transforms the world’s bad news. 3. Will do away with the world’s bad news.

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist