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MICHAEL'S WEEKLY PODCAST
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Chris Seay is a church planter, pastor of Ecclesia in Houston, and author of the new book The Gospel According to Jesus. In this podcast, Michael visits with Chris about the importance of clearly articulating the gospel in our own context, as well as the place of Scripture in preaching.
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SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS
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During a Christian conference, I worked late on the worship PowerPoint slides. Please note the "D" and "F" keys are next to each other on the keyboard and spell checkers do not catch wrong words used in the correct context.
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It was graduation day, and everybody's going to get their diploma but David.
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In a recent issue of his One Minute Uplift newsletter, Rick Ezell writes: "The pages of history are lined with individuals encountering negative setbacks only to make something positive out of them. They are better for it....
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My first grader got some new boots she had been wanting for school. The teacher noticed she had gotten her boots and said, “Laura, I see you got new boots. Where did you get them?”
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Richard Fairchild tells this story of Leslie Weatherhead, a well-known preacher of a previous generation: “Once, when he was a high school student, he had a very difficult examination, but he had discovered that verse, 'And...
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According to the wire service reports, there is a place in Australia that has become a favorite spot for those who want to commit suicide. It is a rocky cliff near Sydney Harbor called The Gap. For nearly 50 years, a man...
By J. Michael Shannon
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A little boy was invited to a birthday party in the neighborhood. His mother said, “Be sure to thank the mother when you leave.” When he returned, his mother asked him if he had thanked the mother who hosted the party.
By J. Michael Shannon
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The original seal of the state of Georgia depicted a mulberry leaf, a silk worm and a cocoon. The seal bore these Latin phras sibi sed allis,"not for us but for others.” Not a bad slogan for the church.
By J. Michael Shannon
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You can imagine how foolish I felt clutching my little bag of dollar popcorn and my cup of soda. I did not know the riches that were actually mine. Many Christians do not know the riches that are available to them in Christ.
By J. Michael Shannon
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Erich Fromm is reported to have said, “Who will tell whether one happy moment of love, or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air is not worth all the suffering and effort which life...
By J. Michael Shannon
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