MICHAEL'S WEEKLY PODCAST
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Preaching magazine's Michael Duduit visits with Steve Wende, senior pastor of Houston's First United Methodist Church, on the challenges and opportunities of preaching in a downtown church in a major city.
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SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS
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How a bookseller helped win the war.
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The news recently told the story of a man in Indiana who was killed less than seven hours after getting married. His name was Riley Knight. After leaving his wedding reception, he saw a car that had slid off the road with...
By J. Michael Shannon
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A $1 bill and a $20 bill were being retired by the Federal Reserve Bank. They got to talking to each other about their lives. The $20 talked about its many travels. He said, "I've been to Las Vegas, Atlantic City, restaurants...
By J. Michael Shannon
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In December 2013, National Public Radio reported on a little-known fact about the Cold War. When the Cold War ended, a western specialist went to Russia looking for stockpiles of uranium. He found a warehouse, unlocked, with...
By J. Michael Shannon
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According to Ripley's Believe It or Not, a man named Gregory Kloen turned a garbage dumpster into a small apartment that he keeps in Brooklyn, New York. There is sleeping space, a kitchenette, a flower box on the outside...
By J. Michael Shannon
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A 2013 Gallup Poll showed a decline in the trust factor for ministers. Only 47 percent of respondents expressed trust in the integrity of clergy. In the past, clergy have ranked near the top. On the other hand, ministers...
By J. Michael Shannon
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In her book The Singing Sands, Josephine Tey described how different people developed different ideas of heaven. To some, it was the land of beautiful women. To others, it was the land of forgetfulness. To others, it was...
By J. Michael Shannon
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"NBC Nightly News" carried the story of the retirement of an unusual volunteer at Pittsburg Children's Hospital. His name is Albert Lexie. Lexie shined shoes there two days a week, but there is a lot more to the story. Lexie...
By J. Michael Shannon
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The Cherokee Indians kept a fire burning on their sacred mound near Bryson City, North Carolina. People came from miles around to get the fire and take it home with them. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Easter service...
By J. Michael Shannon
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Richard Sherman, along with his late brother Robert, was a prolific song writer for the Walt Disney Company and wrote songs for more than 25 Disney movies. The siblings wrote many of the studio's most popular songs. The recent...
By J. Michael Shannon
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