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Sermon title:  "Where Are the Nine?" Summary: We should be like the one who thanked Jesus, instead of like the nine who did not (see Luke 17:11-19). Preacher: Howard Boone Frank, Jr. Date: 1994-02-20am Congregation: Byron Church of Christ Click here to hear the sermon You can hear other sermons by HB Frank on . . . WordPress iTunes Internet Archive " And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?" Luke 17:17 ASV

Paris Reidhead (1919-1992) "In over fifty years of Bible teaching and preaching 'Ten Shekels and a Shirt' is the only message that I feel constrained to explain how it came to be preached. "During a Bethany Fellowship Summer Conference in the mid sixties I was preparing to speak at the Tuesday morning Bible hour. Upon returning to my room after breakfast to meditate and pray about the message for that morning hour, I felt strangely impressed that I could not deliver the message that had been prepared for the session. Instead, I felt that there was some other message that was needed which I was to bring. "After prayer, the message that came to mind was one on which I had begun preparation for the ministry at the church in New York City of which I was pastor at that time. My notes were not with me, but were in a file folder in my study. An empty envelope was on the desk in my room, on the back of which I wrote the scripture texts to be used and one or two id...

Preacher: Jesus Location: Galilee Text: Matthew 5-7 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of  heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: ...