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226. Marked In An Empty Tomb -- The Cross Is Still There

Sermon

George Bass

... School, but “her father would always point out the ‘fantasies’ in the various Bible stories in those Sunday sessions.” She didn’t realize that she was an atheist until she was an adult: “I was sorting mail at my job at the post office and saw a copy of the magazine, American Atheist, and I said, ‘So that’s what I am.’ ” She believes that if she would ever wind up before the judgment seat of God, she’ll have two questions: “I’ll ask how come (this deity) gave me a brain to think ...

227. Marked For Mission

Sermon

George Bass

... most intriguing. Neither Chinese guide had been to a Christian worship service; they had never heard the gospel, and when they did hear the good news about Jesus they were curious, if not captivated, by it. They asked questions and received answers, were given copies of the Bible and Luther’s Small Catechism. When they were offered a cash gratuity at the end of the tour, they asked -- of course, they weren’t supposed to take “tips,” -- that it be given to the Shanghai Community Church, where they ...

228. It's Performance That Counts

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... we can know for sure that we are “doing” it? What are “these words of mine” upon which we are to build the structures of our lives? Unfortunately, the answers are not neatly packaged in a box we can pull off the shelf and assemble. Neither can I copy it on a small piece of paper and give it to you so that you might take it home and magnetize it to your refrigerator door. However, at the risk of reducing this “doing the will of God” stuff to a simple, compact memorization phrase, I believe one ...

229. Doing Our Homework

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... It is the religious establishment versus God’s new way of being in the world. The Pharisees, you will remember, were the traditionalists, the sticklers for the law. Everything had to be done by the book. Now, it seemed to them, this Jesus did not even own a copy of the book, let alone know its contents. He appeared to have no knowledge of the law, for there was certainly no evidence in his life, his actions or his motives to suggest even a limited acquaintance with the book. Jesus was, in the view of the ...

230. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... people trying to gain the credentials to get a good job, keep a good job, and improve in a job. We put our heads and minds in focus and try to independently get our best grades. To work with others in the midst of a test would be cheating. To copy the work of another would be plagiarism at best and stealing at worst. Yet the irony of the situation is this. Regardless of your credentials, your life will rise or fall depending on how you get along with other people. Three weeks after you have been on a job ...

231. An Overwhelming Promise

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it,” says the living Lord. God keeps his promises, not just to people like David and Isaiah, but to us as well. “For Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf,” says Hebrews. God’s promises did not end in the Old Testament. Because of Jesus, we no longer have to send a priest into the Holy Place to make ...

232. The Water Gate And The Word Proclaimed

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... . First let us look at Ezra's sermon on rebuilding people. Proclaiming The Word At The Water Gate Ezra had led an expedition of the Jews back to Jerusalem from Babylon. Rumor had it that this priest of the Most High God had in his possession a copy of the Scriptures. The day came when a large wooden pulpit was erected near the Water Gate in Jerusalem and Ezra dramatically mounted this pulpit and read from the Scriptures (probably the first five books of what we Christians call the Old Testament). We pick up ...

233. The Recovery Of Reverence

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... property or for justice. Clearly, the author of this ancient book had the Ten Commandments in mind as the grand design for human life intended by our Creator. Today, lots of people question the value of these ancient commandments. In fact in the city of Pittsburgh, a copy of the Ten Commandments is engraved on a wall in the city zoo where many rare birds are housed. This has caused more than a few people to comment that the Ten Commandments in our time are strictly for the birds! But reverence for God is ...

234. A Second-place Finish

John 1:29-34

Sermon

John Jamison

... just where the Essenes came from orignially, but most agree that they had come to Qumran to get away from the "corruption" they believed was taking place in the temple in Jerusalem. You could say they were religious fanatics, who spent the days and nights copying scripture and writing scrolls about how one day God was going to send his Messiah and flush that filth right out of Jerusalem. Since many of them were unmarried, it was common for them to "adopt" homeless children, and raise and teach them to ...

235. Three Days To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Helen Keller

... , in the vast chambers of the Metropolitan Museum, is unfolded before me the spirit of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as expressed in their art. I know well through my hands the sculptured gods and goddesses of the ancient Nile-land. I have a few copies of Parthenon friezes, and I have sensed the rhythmic beauty of charging Athenian warriors. Apollos and Venuses and the winged victory of Samothrace are friends of my finger tips. The gnarled, bearded features of Homer are dear to me, for he, too, knew blindness ...

236. The Tinsel Time Machine

Drama

Edward Long

... my husband and I - remembered? Do people hate us because we had no room in the inn? TINA: Maybe a few people. But I think most people realize this humble birthplace identifies Jesus with the most common things or people. Your little stable is copied and painted and written about a great deal ... But we must go. Goodbye! (LENNY and TOM wave and say goodbye). INNKEEPER & WIFE: (They smile, relieved). Shalom, good friends! (They exit). (The lights go out, flicker, go out again, and the machine shuts off; the ...

237. "On A Hill Far Away"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... of resurrection. Because God turns our world upside down, because God saves us when we are most weak and most in need, we can put our faith in the one who was crucified for us, knowing he has "entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf." In the Old Testament, the people had to come to God through an intermediary, through a human priest. But now, because God turns our world upside down and brings salvation ...

238. Revised Edition

Psalm 71:1-24

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... and we couldn't talk with her like we wanted to talk with her, and we couldn't know everything she was thinking. Yet, a book never really dies. It may get lost, it may sit on the shelves for years. It may even be destroyed, but somewhere another copy of it lives on. That is the kind of faith that Benjamin Franklin had when he wrote his own epitaph. Pastor Albert P. Stauderman, in his book Let Me illustrate, quotes what he wrote: "The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; like the Cover of an old Book, Its Contents ...

239. So You Want to go to Bethlehem, Do You?

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Johnny Dean

Not too long ago, our family made a journey. It was a long journey, and it took the better part of a day to get there and the better part of another day to get back. It was a tiring journey, but it was well worth everything we had to endure to get there. "There" was home, and "there" was a place where we were surrounded by the love of family members, some of whom we had not seen in more years than we care to count. And when we came back, we were not the same people we were before the journey. We felt ...

240. Epiphanies and Training Wheels

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Johnny Dean

It was a hot, muggy Friday evening, the last night of Vacation Bible School, and I stood in the parking lot of the church, cooking fish that my father-in-law and I had caught for the big celebration dinner scheduled to begin in just a short time. I didn’t notice the young man who had come up behind me until he spoke. "You the preacher?" he asked. After checking to see if he was armed and dangerous and determining that, from the look of him, he was neither, I said, "Guilty as charged. What can I do for you ...

241. Been Fishin' Lately?

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

As members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), we are part of a denomination with a great, but somewhat awkward name. I think it’s a great name because it expresses, in no uncertain terms, who we are and WHOSE we are. We are Christians, and as such we are disciples, or followers, of Christ. We acknowledge that we have received help and leadership from people such as Thomas and Alexander Campbell, Barton W. Stone, and Walter Scott. But we’re not THEIR disciples. We are Disciples of Christ. But ...

242. Don't That Just Beat All?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

Of all the wonderful gifts that God has given us, one of the greatest is friendship. It certainly makes my own personal “Top Ten” list. When we’re going through some emotional or physical trial of life, friends can help to reassure us that God is there with us, and we don’t have to face any obstacle life throws in our path alone. I remember my two best friends from my high school days - Larry and Freddy. We were “The Three Musketeers” in those days. Wherever you saw one of us, the other two were not far ...

243. Oh, Lord, It's Hard To Be Humble

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... don’t get it. Now understand that the tax collector is NOT a good person. Jesus doesn’t say that. The tax collector is a sinner, a man who has been dishonest and sometimes cruel. His breast-beating humility is not a virtue we ought to copy. But his realistic assessment of his own wretchedness, his acknowledgment of his shortcomings and his need for forgiveness is. Neither the Pharisee nor the tax collector is the hero of this parable. There is no hero here. Jesus does not end this parable with "Go and ...

244. Which Jesus Do You See?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

... individualistic life. What the Buddhist does to the Christ figure is strip him of his divinity, make him into a mere man, and transform him into a figure like Buddha. It is common, in Buddhist circles to regard Jesus as an emanation, a partial and inferior copy, a "truth body" [dharmakaya] they would say, of the Buddha. The Dalai Lama, who resides in India, and is a kind of "Pope" figure for Buddhist is viewed as the vice-regent of the Buddha and the reincarnation of the previous Dalai Lama. He says that ...

245. The Dripping of Water

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... art galleries in the Vatican. Paintings by the world's master artists are there. From time to time, a group of art students goes to the galleries, each with his or her own easel and paints. They sit before those great pieces of art, making copies with painstaking care. Some of the students possess real ability, and, when taken out of the gallery, the pictures they paint have merit. When you set their paintings side by side with the works of the master artists, however, the differences are obvious. Take a ...

246. Does Love Make You Sorry?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... that we do not call wrongdoing a sin. A parent looked at her son's report card on which the teacher indicated that he was very adept in the creative use of visual aids for learning. She called the teacher to find out what that meant. The teacher explained, "He copies from the kid in the next seat." It may also be that we have no consciousness of sin because we rationalize our wrongs to be good. Here is one case: He who drinks gets drunk.He who gets drunk goes to sleep.He who goes to sleep does not sin ...

247. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Larry Powell

... THE WILL OF GOD Thirty-five years ago Leslie Weatherhead preached a special series of five sermons to his congregation which later were published under the title, "The Will of God." In this little book, which has sold over a half-million copies, Weatherhead tactfully reprimands those who stubbornly insist that everything that happens is "the will of God." Although he did not state it in these terms, thinking people must make allowances for accidents, human choice, and the chain reaction of circumstances. To ...

248. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... where I was piling brush. About the middle of the morning, I heard voices coming up the hill. There was no car in sight, and I not only wondered who they were, but how they got there. I turned to greet two smiling faces who proceeded to present me with copies of "Awake!" and "The Watchtower." They made their witness and found their way back down the hill. They had walked at least two and a half miles on a cold winter's day in the name of their religion. I admire that, and although I do not believe as they ...

249. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... write out the letters of our first awkward words? Oh, I suppose it is possible to teach another to write on the strength of sheer teaching skills and techniques alone, but love and patience warm the lesson. The coldest schoolmaster can teach us to copy words upon a page, but the patient, loving manner impresses words upon our hearts. Love knows how to wait and is patient. It is kind enough to allow time. Jealousy is the hallmark of possessiveness. Where impatience says "my," jealousy says "mine." Jealousy ...

250. Be Nice!

Matthew 10:1-42

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... Aim: Teach the children courtesy and hospitality. Props: A Pitcher of ice cold water and enough cups for all the children and participants. You will need to adult participants sitting close to the front. Write out what the participants are to say or give them a copy of the children's sermon. We shall call them John and Susan. Lesson: [As you greet the children pour yourself a drink of water and begin drinking.] Good Morning. (response) Take a drink. Boy this water sure is good. Look at all the people here ...

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