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Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

Have you ever been crippled by something that happened to you? At age seventeen, Joni Eareckson, dove into the Chesapeake Bay, hit the rocks, and was paralyzed for life. She lives in a wheelchair today. Physically, she is still crippled by the accident, but she has overcome the excruciating mental and spiritual pain of her situation. Faith in Jesus Christ made a major difference in her life. Ron ...

27. Now Stand Up Straight!

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

Some of you give me books that you would like me to read, which I am very happy to do. It usually takes me some time to get to them, so sometimes I save them to take on planes with me. If it is near the summertime, I save them to take with me on my summer vacation. Sometimes, I am embarrassed to confess, by the time I get around to reading the book, I can't remember who it was who gave it to me. ...

28. A Crippling Spirit

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

I want to encourage you to do something. If you have never read Victor Hugo’s memorable novel the “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” pick up a copy and read it. Hugo uses an interesting literary technique in the story. The reader is allowed to see the basic decency and humanity of Quasimodo, the hunchback, while the crowd sees him only as a monstrous freak. The story, in its essence, is part tragedy, and ...

29. Proper 16

Psalm 71:1-6, Isaiah 58:9b-14, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 13:10-17, Hebrews 12:18-29

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

Call To Worship Leader: It’s a good morning! Welcome to this place where our souls can rest and praise God. People: We are thankful for life and we are seeking security and happiness. Leader: We have called to God many times and the Holy One has sustained us and restored us to hopefulness. People: We are standing straight and tall! With our minds and bodies, we thank God for divine goodness among ...

30. A Bent Over Woman

Luke 13:10-17

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Richard A. Jensen

The woman with the battered face. Several years back that battered face was splashed all over the media. The woman's name was Hedda Nussbaum. She came to public attention as a dramatic witness for the prosecution in the death of her adopted daughter, Lisa. Hedda Nussbaum was a vulnerable person already in her early years. She says that when she was a child, "I just went where I was taken." She ju...

31. Life Is Supposed to be Enjoyable

Luke 13:10-17

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Richard Patt

When Jesus healed this hunchbacked woman, a perfectly good deed caused contention. In our own lives, we can have such an experience. There is, for instance, the proverbial mother of the bride, who takes a wonderfully fine day, such as her daughter's wedding, and turns it into a tension-filled day preceded by months of laborious planning and followed by months of regret and fatigue for everyone els...

32. A Touch of the Master's Hand

Luke 13:10-17

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It was not only the physical condition of this woman that was restored on that Sabbath day. Many scholars point to this text as the place where Jesus restored the dignity of all women. Jesus argues that this crippled woman is of more importance to God than livestock because she is a daughter of Abraham. And so, with the touch of his hand he not only restores her health but her place in the communi...

33. A Revolution in Seven Verses

Luke 13:10-17

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Mickey Anders

Walter Wink, in his book Engaging the Powers, suggests that Jesus' action represented a revolution happening in seven short verses. In this short story, Jesus tries to wake people up to the kind of life God wants for them. He often talks about the Kingdom of God where people have equal worth and all of life has dignity. But in the latter part of his ministry, he begins to act this out. In the mids...

34. Shame on You!

Luke 13:10-17

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John P. Jewell

I was waiting my turn to see the emergency room doctor when a young mother came through the doors with her child, maybe three or four years old. The little girl was crying and the woman who, I took to be the child's mother, was holding a bloody handkerchief over the little girl's mouth. She looked around frantically for someone to help and rushed to the desk and said, "My daughter's been hurt and ...

35. Living in a Plastic Bubble

Luke 13:10-17

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Mark Trotter

I feel as though I live in a plastic bubble. It surrounds me, but it cannot be seen. I see everyone around me, I hear them speak. Behind their words, they hide from me. They look at me and think they know me. But they don't see my bubble, they don't look long enough to see it. I try to talk with them, to share myself, but my words return, unlistened to. And nobody hears. I move through the days i...

36. Rules and Routine

Luke 13:10-17

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Any classroom teacher, especially one with a large number of students, will quickly confirm the importance of rules and regulations in keeping a classroom running smoothly and even in keeping the students happy. Everyone likes to know how the people around them are going to behave and when things are going to happen. There is real safety in knowing the people around you will honor the rules. Th...

37. Sabbath Rest

Luke 13:10-17

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Laurence Veinott

There is a story told of a wagon train on its way from St. Louis to Oregon. Its members were devout Christians, so the whole group observed the habit of stopping for the Sabbath day. Winter was approaching quickly, however, and some among the group began to panic in fear that they wouldn't reach their destination before the heavy snows. Consequently, several members proposed to the rest of the gro...

38. Born to Greatness

Luke 13:10-17

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Editor James S. Hewett

There was a certain man who went through the forest seeking any bird of interest he might find. He caught a young eagle, brought it home and put it among the fowls and ducks and turkeys, and gave it chicken food to eat even though it was the king of birds. Five years later, a naturalist came to see him and, after passing through the garden, said ‘That bird is an Eagle, not a chicken.' ‘Yes' said...

39. Sickness Rearranges Priorities

Luke 13:10-17

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Brett Blair

In 1971, in Plano Texas, a woman by the name of Linda gave birth to a boy she named Lance. She did what many mother's do with boys. She molded his temperament by involving him in a variety of sports. He soon showed an aptitude as an athlete and by the age of 13 his skills were confirmed when he won the Iron Kids Triathlon—a combination of swimming, biking and running. Three years later at the tend...

40. A Crippling Spirit - Sermon Starter

Luke 13:10-17

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Brett Blair

I want to encourage you to do something. If you have never read Victor Hugo's memorable novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, pick up a copy and read it. Hugo uses an interesting literary technique in the story. The reader is allowed to see the basic decency and humanity of Quasimodo, the hunchback, while the crowd sees him only as a monstrous freak. The story, in its essence, is part tragedy, and p...

41. Everyone’s a Critic

Lk 13:10-17

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King Duncan

One night at Birdland, the legendary jazz bar, Cab Calloway was introducing a promising young saxophone player. As the sax player finished his set, a self-appointed jazz critic came over to the young player and said, in front of Cab, "You aren't that good, man. All you can do is play like Charlie Parker." Cab took the young man's sax and handed it over to the critic. "Here," he said, "you play it...

42. What's a Human Book?

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

Have you ever wanted to trade lives with someone else for a day or two? I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Freaky Friday series of movies. The first one came out in 1976. Since then, three more versions of the movie have been made. Freaky Friday is about a mother and daughter who wake up one morning to discover they have magically traded lives. For one day, mother and daughter get a rare op...

43. Disabled

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

It is no longer politically correct to use the word “crippled.” We are now supposed to say “disabled.” I get it, but the Bible was not written in (or to) twenty-first-century people. So please forgive me as I proceed to “kick against the goads” for a while. Our scripture lesson for today begins with a woman “who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years.” This passage poses a double dose o...

44. Bent Out of Shape

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Today’s scripture is about a woman who had been “disabled by a spirit” for eighteen years. She was bent over and couldn’t stand up straight. Jesus straightened her out! He also straightened out the synagogue leader and his cohort of objectors. They were “put to shame.” The story reads like an interesting allegorical switch, in which a woman no doubt bent under a burden of shame heaped upon her b...

45. You Can't Please Everybody

Luke 13:10-17

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: Bring a box of toothpicks Today's scripture tells the story of Jesus healing a woman on the Sabbath. She was bent over and couldn't stand up straight. She had been this way for 18 years. Jesus was teaching in the church when he saw this woman and he healed her. How do you think she felt when she realized she could stand up straight? She was so happy she praised God and thanked Him! How do...

46. No Excuse

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

But the leader of the synagogue, indignant be- cause Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.” Luke 13:14 When my brother, Brian’s kids were little, he used to coach football. Well, coaching may be too strong a word. These were nine and ten-year-olds and Brian used to s...

47. To Be Set Free

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Have you ever felt “weighed down” by something in your life? Diana Nyad’s failed first attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida in 1978 weighed heavily upon her spirit. She had undergone a lot of trauma in her life, and this defeat felt like another hard knock. Shame had haunted her for many years. But swimming had felt healing to her. The water calmed and focused her. Now, she felt, she had failed ye...

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26. Cured Cripples and Crabby Critics

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

27. Now Stand Up Straight!

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

28. A Crippling Spirit

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

29. Proper 16

Psalm 71:1-6, Isaiah 58:9b-14, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 13:10-17, Hebrews 12:18-29

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

30. A Bent Over Woman

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

31. Life Is Supposed to be Enjoyable

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Richard Patt

32. A Touch of the Master's Hand

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

33. A Revolution in Seven Verses

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Mickey Anders

34. Shame on You!

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

John P. Jewell

35. Living in a Plastic Bubble

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Mark Trotter

36. Rules and Routine

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

37. Sabbath Rest

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Laurence Veinott

38. Born to Greatness

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

39. Sickness Rearranges Priorities

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Brett Blair

40. A Crippling Spirit - Sermon Starter

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Brett Blair

41. Everyone’s a Critic

Lk 13:10-17

Illustration

King Duncan

42. What's a Human Book?

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

43. Disabled

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

44. Bent Out of Shape

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

45. You Can't Please Everybody

Luke 13:10-17

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

46. No Excuse

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

47. To Be Set Free

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

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