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John Williams Iii
Contributing sermons since May 4, 2001
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The Crown Without A Cross? (May 7, 2023).
Contributed on May 5, 2023
It was only after the resurrection that Peter understood the cross and what that it because there is no crown without a cross!
THE CROWN WITHOUT A CROSS? Text: 1 Peter 2:20 – 25 1 Peter 2:20 - 25 (19) For it is a credit to you if, being aware of God, you endure pain while suffering unjustly. (20) If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do right and suffer for ...read more
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The Peculiar People (April 30 2023)
Contributed on Apr 27, 2023
Peter is telling us is that we should not let the things of this world, nor the people of this world distract us from the business of the Gospel! Today we want to talk about provocateurs, peculiar people and our priesthood.
THE PECULIAR PEOPLE Text:1 Peter 2:9-16 1 Peter 2: 1 - 10: Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted ...read more
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You Can’t Unscramble An Egg (Lent 1 February 26. 2023)
Contributed on Apr 25, 2023
Why did Adam and Eve fall? Was it because they both took a bite of the forbidden fruit? Of course they did. All it took was a bite for them to lose their mostly unrestricted place in the Garden of Eden. The fruit of tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the restricted part of the garden.
YOU CAN’T UNSCRAMBLE AN EGG Text: Genesis 2: 15 - 17 and 3: 1 - 6 Genesis 2:15-17 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. (16) And the LORD God commanded the man, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; ...read more
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Easter Lenses (Third Sunday Of Easter , April 23, 2023)
Contributed on Apr 20, 2023
Peter gives us the good news that this world is not our home! ... Peter tells us how to use our Easter lenses as exiles. Today we will examine reverent fear, obedience and love.
EASTER LENSES Text: I Peter 1:17 – 23 1 Peter 1:17-23 If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. (18) You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ...read more
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The Guarded Inheritance (Second Sunday Of Easter 2023)
Contributed on Apr 15, 2023
We have a living hope, a guaranteed inheritance and the understanding that we are studying for what some call “finals” --- their final exam when they will receive the goal of their faith namely eternal life.
THE GUARDED INHERITANCE Text: 1 Peter 1:3 – 9 1 Peter 1:3 - 9: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (4) and into an inheritance that is ...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