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Romans 8:18-27, Isaiah 44:6-23, Genesis 28:10-22, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... than nothing at all. The grim sower. Death is pictured as the grim reaper, a hooded skeleton figure, with scythe in hand. This parable pictures the Devil as the grim sower, who covertly plants weed seeds where there ought to be wheat. The evil is a facsimile of the good. Evil is often pictured as a wart-faced monster. Actually, evil often puts on a glamorous face. The word in Jesus' parable that is interpreted weed should actually be tare. The tare was the bearded darnel plant. In its immature stages it ...

2. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... pen[cil]); notebook and pen(cil) for JANE, which is beside her on the table or on a smaller table nearby; coffee pot containing brown liquid preferred by cast (cold tea, real coffee); four coffee mugs, spoons, creamer and sugar bowl or reasonable facsimile. A tray of "goodies" may be on a smaller table nearby to serve during optional breaks. Costumes Everyday casual clothes in season. JANE might wear an apron if it seems in character. Choice of dress may help create an atmosphere (hectic Christmas season ...

3. Proper 21

Mark 9:38-41, Esther 7:1-10, Esther 9:18-32, James 5:13-20, Mark 9:42-50

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... Didn't Jesus rebuke the disciples for wanting to forbid the outsiders from ministering in Jesus' name? Though the generic Christian might be composed of pretty much the same stuff, keep in mind that he or she is a copy of brand name, a facsimile of the real McCoy. Outline: 1. Discuss the differentiation between generic and brand name medicines. 2. Use this analogy for followers of Christ, inside and outside the institutional church. 3. We can work together with those who hold basically our same beliefs and ...

4. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... based on that principle. Second, the Commandments assume that man was made for communal living. That is, that you and I were fashioned by God not to live alone or in isolation from each other. An animal, if cut off from its own, can grow up to be a reasonable facsimile of its kind. That is not so with a man. To reach our full personhood we must live with other men, and, in the living, learn from one another some of the basic lessons of what it means to be human. To live together demands that we must observe ...

5. Chapter II

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... like the deity who fashions him. The Hebrew term translated "likeness," is demuth. Demuth can describe a painting drawn on a flat surface, or occasionally, refer to a shadow or outline of a person or object. It is not a term used to describe something made as a facsimile. Its main thrust is to tell us that something of the essence or qualities possessed by God are going to be built into the man. Taken together, these Hebrew words are saying that God made the man to be as much like himself as a man can be ...

6. Your Undivided Attention, Please

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... , is reported to have said, "Wir sind alle Bettler, das ist wahr." It seems more pointed and descriptive in his language than it does in ours: "We are all beggars, that is true." But what is worse, as beggars at the mansion gates of heaven, we are often reasonable facsimiles of the beggar at the rich man’s gate. Each day God gives us food and clothing, shelter and whatever else we need, the necessities of life and for a few of us a luxury or two. He surrounds us with a family of loved ones and a faithful ...

7. “Bad Form” and Bad Jesus

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... “commitment card” that every civil rights worker had to sign before he or she could march in the demonstrations or be a part of the sit-ins. [Ideally, this would be the time to pass out these cards to every person present . . you could do a facsimile of the card, as outlined below.] Martin Luther King Jr. came up with a 10 Commandments card to keep his civil rights workers from doing “Bad Jesus” at a time when even one “Bad Jesus” could bring down the whole movement. So here is what each person ...

8. Bad Form and Bad Jesus

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

9. Good News about Faith

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... a 14‑year‑old boy by the name of Robert White wrote to President John F. Kennedy’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, requesting the President’s autograph. Within a few weeks Evelyn Lincoln honored the boy’s request by sending him a facsimile of Kennedy’s signature in the mail. That began a relationship of correspondence that lasted 33 years. Impressed with White’s passion for presidential history, Mrs. Lincoln gave him thousands of documents and mementos. She saved whatever could be saved ...

10. The Greatest News Of All

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... on the Christmas story. It has a good number of speaking parts but, except for the Reporter and Bureau Chief, all are relatively short, making them easy roles for younger children. The only fixed set pieces are a desk and chair downstage right. A phone and some facsimile of a computer should sit on the desk (you can make a pretty real-looking laptop out of a shoebox and some black spray paint). Some simple stage lighting should be used, if at all possible. (As the play starts, the Narrator moves up to the ...

11. Sneak Preview

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... a social call, Dupin had gone to his apartment. He had hired a man to fire off a musket at an agreed upon time. When the letter thief ran to the window to see what the commotion was about, Dupin retrieved the stolen letter, replacing it with a facsimile. The letter was where Dupin had spied it on a previous visit: right out in plain sight. The thief had marked the letter up a bit, torn the envelope, put a few smudges on it, so that it looked like an ordinary letter to the unobservant eye. Dupin recognized ...

12. Don’t Be Childish, Do Be Child-like

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... kids still play with pint-sized pots and pans, play-doctor kits and miniature tool sets. Some of us are even old enough to remember playing with perhaps the worst child-oriented product ever invented — candy cigarettes. Does anyone remember those? These were facsimile red-tipped replicas that let us “smoke” just like grown-ups. Gives you the shivers now, doesn’t it? The hard truth is children want to imitate and emulate the adults around them whatever those behaviors might be. That is why being an ...

13. A Dramatic Rendering Of 1 Kings 19:1-15

1 Kings 19:1-8

Drama

Julia Ross Strope

7 Readers King Ahab Jezebel messenger/servant Elijah servant/friend angel God’s voice (offstage whisper) Props lapel microphones or cordless mics are helpful paper and pen for Jezebel’s letter to Elijah facsimile of tree food tray with loaf of bread, carafe of water and glass cave entrance Costumes Jezebel in seductive contemporary outfit; Ahab in handsome suit and tie; Elijah in khaki slacks and long-sleeve white turtleneck shirt carrying a jacket; servants in blue jeans and black T-shirts (Jezebel is ...

14. The Word According to Superman

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

(Growing Strong in the Season of Lent, Lent 2) There is an absurd story that comes out of World War II. An American soldier in Tunisia lost his bayonet. Rather than face the consequences of admitting he had lost this important weapon, he carved an excellent facsimile out of wood and placed it in the scabbard at his side. For weeks he went about his duties carrying this fake bayonet. He was safe from getting into trouble as long as his deception went undetected. However, one day the much dreaded order came ...

15. Submission to Rulers and Masters

1 Peter 2:13-25

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... . This throws vivid light on Peter’s use of the word. The disciple must not only follow, but so completely copy the example of Jesus Christ from A to Z that it means reproducing every stroke of every letter of the Lord’s character, thus making a facsimile of the Master. Peter echoes the thought again in 4:1. The apostolic fathers took up Peter’s use of the word. Clement of Rome speaks of Paul’s departure from this world as a notable hypogrammos (pattern) of patient endurance (1 Clement 5.7), and of ...

16. “When I Awake, I Will Be Satisfied with Seeing Your Likeness”

Psalm 17:1-15

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... actions (Heb. 4:16). Yet, so confident is he in the grace of moral innocence that he also copies the words of Moses (Num. 10:35) to his own profile, requesting God’s intervention (Ps. 17:13). It is a bold move, but God issues his facsimiles of grace in every age, based on his self-revelation in the wonderful deeds of salvation history. Based on this and many other psalms, it falls within the bounds of permissibility to review one’s moral demeanor before God, so long as one acknowledges oneself, in ...

17. Patience

Matthew 11:2-11 · James 5:7-10

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Christmas, right this very minute," that's the song we want to sing, not "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." Then, by Christmas, we are sick of Christmas. But we haven't really had Christmas. We've had some self-generated, commercially-induced, Christmas on demand facsimile, but not Christmas. You have to wait for real Christmas. We are so impatient, I think, because patience is a virtue which goes against the grain of modern mentality. The main project of the modern age is to take control of our lives, to shape ...

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