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Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... eternal life? Not a hard question. The lawyer already knows the answer. You already know the answer. Love God. Love your neighbor. But to live the answer? Now that's another question. And Jesus answers that question with the Good Samaritan parable, a "God for Dummies" guide for all who know the right answer but need to be taken slowly through what it means step-by-step to live that answer. Want eternal life? Remember this: Eternal Life isn't just an eternity. Jesus calls his disciples to live "Eternal Life ...

2. Living The Faith For Dummies

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... were Jesus telling the story, He would conclude by saying something to the effect: "And that's the basics of Living the Faith Dummies, now go do likewise." I haven't been able to chase down the source of this quote, but Someone wrote, "The parable of ... s Mine Is Ours, I'll Share It A. But the attitude we're supposed to have, the attitude taught in this "Living the Faith for Dummies" lesson is simple. "What's mine is yours, I'll share it." "A certain woman's husband is a tractor-trailer driver and he dreads ...

3. I Wish Life Came With An Eraser!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... say, "I am that," we will not seek the only place where that eraser is available. "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation." If we are to be different, we will require help from the outside. Nicodemus might have published the book, Rebirth for Dummies. Remember Nicodemus? Jesus spoke to the Pharisee who came to him by night of being born from above, reborn. Nicodemus, wondering how a grown person could be born again, needed a primer on what that meant. Jesus was holding forth the offer of God's eraser ...

4. The Kingdom of God Is Like… a Joke!

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Steven Burt

... that there is indeed a far, far better way, a more excellent way -- that the Kingdom of God isn’t far off, that the Kingdom is a present as well as a potential reality. He’s set it up, like the joke about the dummy who said “no”… but he hasn’t gotten the dummies to say “no” yet, to fall in and find themselves confronted with a new reality, with a present Kingdom of God. Now remember… the lawyer’s original question was: “Who is my neighbor?” It looked as if we were going to figure out ...

5. "Head" Lines

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... But this absurd headline is a perfect description of today's Bible passage. A head seeking arms. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of books on the market today under the title "So-an-so for Dummies." Golf for Dummies. Investing for Dummies. Philosophy for Dummies. If you have ever consulted one of these books, you've learned that they are not for dummies at all. They are for bright, earnest people who lack knowledge in a specific area. If I were to re-title the book of Ephesians, I would call it Church for ...

6. "Head" Lines

Ephesians 1:11-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... absurd headline is a perfect description of today’s Bible passage. A head seeking arms. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of books on the market today under the title “So-an-so for Dummies.” Golf for Dummies. Investing for Dummies. Philosophy for Dummies. If you have ever consulted one of these books, you’ve learned that they are not for dummies at all. They are for bright, earnest people who lack knowledge in a specific area. If I were to re-title the book of Ephesians, I would call it Church for ...

7. Do I Matter?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... job to job because he knew he could not really amount to much. But when Victor was 32 years old, something marvelous happened - he applied for a job that demanded that all applicants take an IQ test. Needless to say, Victor was terrified. "Dummy." Well, he took the test and scored 162...genius. Immediately, people began to say, "Victor, you are brilliant!" And Victor came to believe it. Victor Serbriakov became a very successful businessman and the president of Mensa, the club for people of particularly ...

8. The Savior Life Diet

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... . I found cookbooks for Christmas. And, it's only August! I found Visible Vegetables, The Terrific Pacific Cookbook, Glorious Garlic, 50 Ways with Fish, 365 More Receipts for Chicken, Cooking for Dummies, Dad's Own Cookbook: Everything Your Mother Never Taught You, to name only a few. (It was interesting to me that Cooking for Dummies and Dad's Own Cookbook were really near each other on the bookshelves!) The bookstore didn't have quite as many diet books. But, there was a fair number of titles, including ...

9. Unfinished Journeys

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... to play with the hand he had been dealt, even though they weren't the cards he wanted. He started reading the book on ventriloquism and found that he liked it. Eventually, he got a wooden dummy and began practicing with it. The boy who wanted to be a photographer was named Edgar Bergen, and along with his dummy, Charley McCarthy, they became one of the most famous ventriloquist acts in the world. The apostle Paul was someone who knew all about unfinished journeys. At one point in his life, he felt he had ...

10. Less Talk, More Action

1 John 3:18

Children's Sermon

... Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a friend with me today. You can help me make my friend talk. What would you like my friend to say? (Let them give suggestions.) Say hello to the boys and girls. (Make the puppet or dummy talk. If you change your voice, the children's eyes will most likely be on the puppet.) Hello, boys and girls. Tell the children why you are here. I came to tell you about how to love. How to love? How can you do that? I can talk to them ...

11. If You Had But One Request

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Here I felt that I was altogether born again and had entered paradise itself through open gates." How Get Wisdom? Now that we know that wisdom is our deepest need, how do we get it? This is an urgent question because we don’t want to keep saying to ourselves, "Dummy!" Wisdom is a gift of God. In fact, wisdom is God. Just as God is love or truth, God is wisdom. Thus, only he can give wisdom as he gives himself to us. A Psalmist declares, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." If we would have ...

12. Heavenly Bread and Earthly Bread

John 6:51-58

Illustration

Alex Gondola

13. Aha! An Epiphany!

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Johns Hopkins University. As a surgeon he was chosen to separate several sets of what are popularly known as Siamese twins. (2) Clarence Evinrude one afternoon saw the need for a motor for a rowboat. At age 11, Benjamin Carson realized that he was no dummy. One more quick story. In 1927, at age thirty-two, a young man named Buckminster Fuller was standing on the shores of Lake Michigan. He was intent on committing suicide by throwing himself into the freezing waters of that great lake. His first child had ...

14. Invictus

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... his career Taylor was 115-103, with a 2.77 earned run average. Taylor was devastating on the mound because of his unorthodox corkscrew delivery. His best pitch was a destructive drop ball. Luther Haden Taylor was known by his teammates and the public as Dummy Taylor, because he was a deaf and mute. Taylor could not hear and he could not speak. In the early 1900s deaf and mute individuals were routinely called dumb, and this great baseball player was no exception. Growing up Taylor attended the Kansas School ...

15. The Rich Fool

Luke 12:13-21

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... said, "Thy Soul." Thou art my Soul. SOUL: ... "Man." Soul Man! He's taking me. But it's got to do with you, too. MAN: He said he was just taking you! SOUL: He's taking you, too. Fool! MAN: He did not say me. He said you! SOUL: You dummy! I'm part o' you! MAN: Thou art not. I have not seen you before this day. SOUL: Well, whose fault is that? MAN: Not mine, I assure you. SOUL: I been here, Man. I been here. You just never wanted to kick it with me. MAN: Get away from ...

16. Our Jealous Husband

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... first coin straight in the bottom of the wrap, the subsequent 49 pennies didn't fit. When you've helped stack chairs at church on a movable rack, have you ever had the misfortune of lining up several chairs but then finding out they are sliding backwards because some dummy didn't place the inaugural one in correctly? Now the rack is all messed up. That's how God feels about the Ten Commandments. The first one is the pinnacle of all and must be obeyed if the other nine are to be in alignment. No other gods ...

17. The More I Understand, The Less I Know

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... from SOUTHERN Galilee. We misunderstand the meaning just as Nicodemus did (maybe even more so). We are a nation of high achievers, do-it-yourselfers, pragmatics. What do we have to DO? Is there a technique that produces the best results? Is there a "Christianity for Dummies" book I can buy and read about it? Is there a web site I can visit that has illustrated directions? Is there a fresh wind of the spirit blowing anywhere today? I remember growing up in the South, in cotton country, in the summer, before ...

18. In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... swaying, enveloping. "And God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.' " If you have a problem, make smaller problems out of it. Divide and conquer. Take it a little at a time. God was no dummy! Firmament. That's a dome. Above the spherical roof He made was half the swirling waters. The other half swelled at His feet as He stood admiring His handiwork. "I've divided it, but the mess is still there. I hope I haven't goofed up the children's ...

19. Jacob And The Night Wrestler

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... the stream.Everyone would think I slipped and fell when I tried toford, or that I was caught in a flash flood. But I'd befree! God: Hey, idiot, I've got a stone for you! Jacob: Watch what you're doing. That almost hit me. God: Better duck, dummy, because here comes anotherone. You want to drown yourself, you're going to need morerocks than that. Jacob: Where the stranger came from I don't know buthe began pelting me with all kinds of rocks and stones. Andwas calling me names and belittling me in every way ...

20. God, The Son

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... baptized! What better way to prepare for the coming of the Messiah, the Son of God? A whole nation shaping up, and waiting to let God be their king! Jerry: Uh, Marshall, that's fairly vague. Marshall: No, it's not. A typical sermon would be like this: Hey, you dummies, what do you want? To stay out of hell? Is that why you came? What are you scared of? You believe in God, right? You show that off once in a while. I've seen you doing your religious bit, but you're still scared. You can't live with ...

21. Jacob And The Night Wrestler

Genesis 32:22-32

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... stream. Everyone would think I slipped and fell when I tried to ford, or that I was caught in a flash flood. But I'd be free. God: Hey, idiot, I've got a stone for you! Jacob: Watch what you're doing. That almost hit me. God: Better duck, dummy, because here comes another one. You want to drown yourself, you're going to need more rocks than that. Jacob: Where the stranger came from I don't know but he began pelting me with all kinds of rocks and stones. And was calling me names and belittling me in ...

22. God, The Son

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

23. Changing The Rules

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... of the holster and start taking pot shots at stop signs and street lights. I just stood there with my stupid mouth swung wide open in disbelief. I couldn't believe what Jimmy was doing and I should have taken off home then running full speed ahead. But like a dummy I just stood there and gawked dumbfounded! And let him go on shooting at car tires and then he started to knock out windshields. You've gotta hand it to him. Jimmy is nuts! That's when the police showed up and put the handcuffs on both of us. And ...

24. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... she's so excited and glad to be with everyone! MARCY: So's Uncle Charlie. But he gets so obnoxious, he ends up fighting with half the family or taunting the kids 'til they cry. (ALL agree and murmur to each other about the problem.) CAROL: They aren't dummies, you know. They hear the snide remarks behind their backs and feel the rejection when people leave the room. MAY: Okay, so what was that better nature? What did you do? CAROL: First I asked the Lord to shine through me and help me greet Aunt Del with a ...

25. A Word Of Encouragement!

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... God? Oh, yes, it's easy enough to see why these leaders of the synagogue asked for an encouraging word. There are a host of calamity mongers around who say, "It's no use" - "It's a hopeless situation" - "It will never work" - "You're a failure" - "Dummy! How could you be so stupid!" Some people just naturally bring discouragement; like the Scot who said to another Scot, "What a fine day! It's a rare and bonnie morn!" The other replied, "Yes, but we'll suffer for it!" I often think of the wonderful people ...

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