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    Learning To Worship

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 14, 2001
    based on 135 ratings
     | 9,241 views

    We learn to worship when we have a vision of who God is, understand who we are in relation to him, and learn to love him.

    I once read the story of Fritz Kreisler, the master violinist, who discovered that an Englishman had acquired a rare Stradivarius violin. After a long search for the man, he traveled to his home and offered to buy the instrument. However, the Englishman told Kreisler that the instrument ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    In Search Of A Relationship With Others

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 29, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,125 views

    We learn to have a relationship with others: 1. When we live out the love of God. 2. We understand that we are one. 3. We grow in our relationship with God.

    Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of Billy Graham, has written a story which she calls “The Mender.” She writes: “He had built for himself a great house on one of the Caribbean islands. It is a thing to behold. Tall rusty iron columns, collected and resurrected with an ingenious homemade device. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Homecoming

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 1, 2002
    based on 109 ratings
     | 33,686 views

    It is interesting to try and identify with the three characters in the story: 1. The prodigal. 2. The older son. 3. The father.

    I realize that I have recently preached on this passage of scripture, but I feel compelled to speak on it again. The reason is that while on vacation I picked up Henri Nouwen’s excellent book entitled: The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming. It is one of those books that pulls you ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Someone's Knocking

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 8, 2002
    based on 80 ratings
     | 8,163 views

    When we read Rev. 3:20 we need to ask: 1. To whom is he speaking? 2. What is his purpose? 3. What should be our response?

    I recently finished reading Dallas Willard’s book The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives. Willard is the kind of writer that leaves you saying, "That makes so much sense." But I was struck by an illustration he used toward the end of the book regarding William Holman ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Second Coming Of Christ And The Last Battle Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 17, 2002
    based on 86 ratings
     | 13,816 views

    At the second coming: 1. Christ will return with great power. 2. Christ will return with great glory. 3. Christ will return with great people.

    Ray Bakke tells a story which happened during World War II: “I knew an old Glasgow professor named MacDonald who, along with a Scottish chaplain, had bailed out of an airplane behind German lines. They were put in a prison camp. A high wire fence separated the Americans from the British, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A New Heaven And A New Earth: The Way It Was Meant To Be Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 3, 2002
    based on 467 ratings
     | 96,475 views

    Heaven is: 1. Real 2. Right 3. Relational 4. Rewarding 5. Residence of God

    The Bible is full of wonderful promises, but perhaps the most wonderful of all is this: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). There are many things we do not know about what heaven will be like, because it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Experiencing The Joy Of Worship

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 13, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 6,627 views

    1. We need to get in touch with our Creator. 2. We need to get in touch with eternity. 3. We need to get in touch with hope.

    Someone has written about the difference in worship styles in story form, using a bit of humor: “An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city church. He came home and his wife asked him how it was. ‘Well,’ said the farmer, ‘It was good. They did something ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Crucified Will

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 30, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,457 views

    When it comes to dying to ourselves: 1. Jesus is our example. 2. Willfulness is our problem. 3. Crucifixion is the answer.

    In Luke 20:17-18 Jesus tells one of his most mysterious parables. He begins by quoting Psalm 118:22: “The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone.” And then he says, “Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” What a strange ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Value Of A Woman Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 12, 2002
    based on 347 ratings
     | 144,929 views

    1. A woman’s place is in the home (NOT the approach you might think). 2 A woman’s place is in the world. 3. A woman’s place is in the church.

    When I was growing up we watched family sitcoms like “Ozzie and Harriet,” “Leave it to Beaver,” or “Father Knows Best.” When my girls were growing up it was “The Brady Bunch” and “The Cosbys.” Gender roles were pretty clear, and parents were pretty much in charge of the home. Now a genre of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Can I Have Doubts And Still Be A Christian? Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 26, 2002
    based on 259 ratings
     | 35,736 views

    When it comes to doubt, we need to see that: 1. Doubts can build faith. 2. We will never have all the answers. 3. A cynical spirit leads us away from God.

    Philip Yancey in his book, Disappointment with God, tells of a letter he received from a woman who was struggling with life and her faith in God. He says, “A young mother wrote that her joy had turned to bitterness and grief when she delivered a daughter with spina bifida, a birth defect that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Coming King

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 3, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 9,971 views

    This parable of Jesus tells us to: 1. Be Alert. 2. Be Prepared. 3. Be Filled.

    I can still remember the excitement and confusion in the 1980’s which surrounded the publication of a booklet by Edgar Whisenant, a former NASA engineer, entitled 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988. He sent his book out free to people all over the United States. There must have been ...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
     | 4,799 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
     | 34,452 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
     | 24,644 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

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    Healing The Blind Man

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 27, 2001
    based on 147 ratings
     | 22,515 views

    Jesus Christ rewards those who are: 1. Persistent with him. 2. Passionate about him. 3. Pursuing him.

    Do you ever feel like life is passing you by? That is how Bartimaeus felt. He had been sitting on the sidelines of life. He was begging because he was blind and had no way of making a living for himself. He could not go on a trip as the people with Jesus were doing. The whole crowd was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist