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226. All Things Hidden Will Be Revealed

Drama

Karren Boehr

... in the Spirit of God. Shame on you both! You were not concerned about humbleness and being servants. You wanted power, your own way. God said let there be no division among you, but be made complete, in the same mind, in the same judgment. Did you wait eagerly for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ? For no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let that person become foolish ...

227. To Jericho

Drama

Karren Boehr

... their talents and gifts under the wise guidance of anointed leadership. Setting: The Children of Israel are ready to enter the Promised Land Characters:MOSES: Older man, wise with much authority, weary JOSHUA: Younger man, anxious about the job before him, eager Costumes: Biblical dress Props: A box to sit on Scene: Moses and Joshua are discussing the change of leadership (Characters enter from left talking, approach center stage. It is obvious that they enjoy one another's company) MOSES: (Gestures all ...

228. Sometimes It's Simple

Luke 3:1-20

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Charles H. Bayer

... explain just how -- because it is in the Bible -- Noah must have gotten all those critters in that boat, or how Jonah really was swallowed up by a great fish. Storytelling is the way profoundly religious men and women have always communicated the truth to eager common people. But there is another way to put the eternal in ordinary words. Certain ethical commands don't need overly complex explanations. There are a few things which are right on the face of them, and no convoluted system is necessary to make ...

229. Life Insurance Available -- Free, But Not Cheap

John 10:22-42

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... minds go. Why can't we be like children? Ever see a child accept a gift? No hedging there -- eyes light up as if a thousand lights had been turned on in the head; smiles stretch farther than the limitations of face and ears would seem to allow; eager hands reach out and acceptance is immediate and real and wonderful. No complications. No internal wrestling. No guilt. Maybe we can take a lesson there as we hear the good news offered to us. You know, after reading the gospel lesson from John 10 over and over ...

230. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

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Larry R. Kalajainen

... face, and he asks the stewardess, "Are there any air bags on this plane?" She replies, "There are a couple of congressmen up in first class." By the time the presidential election campaign wound down to its final hours, most of us were eagerly looking forward to a little relief from listening to the air bags. All those speeches that said nothing. All those hours of prime-time television advertising. Really the whole thing could have been carried out much more efficiently. Each of the candidates could have ...

231. Grapes Of Wrath Or Grace?

1 Kings 21:1-29

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Barbara Brokhoff

... children, and later asked them about it to see how much they understood. The topic that day was that God is eternal. She tried to be as simple with her explanation as possible, but when she later questioned them about what they had learned, one little girl eagerly raised her hand to say, "God is a turtle!" Well, God is eternal, not a turtle, and God is your friend, not your enemy, and God wants to forgive you, not punish you -- but repentance is the key. The preacher speaking God's truth is not your enemy ...

232. When Life Seems Out Of Control

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... with his military advisors to flee Jerusalem for their own safety. A civil war broke out between the two sides. Everything seemed out of control. It was a deadly conflict between the fractured sides. David, who earlier was reluctant to go to battle, was eager to lead his troops, but his trusted advisor, Joab, urged him to remain safe. They could not afford to lose their king in battle, Joab explained, because then Absalom would be king. David listened to his advisors and was willing to remain behind. David ...

233. Silly Love Songs

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... up, thinking she heard the voice of her beloved. She hurriedly scans the horizon searching, and suddenly she sees him. "Look," she exclaims to no one in particular, "he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills." There is excitement in her voice as she eagerly awaits the young man she is in love with. There is something about being young and in love. When the young man arrives at her house, he gazes at the young woman through the lattice and calls to her. "Arise, my love, my fair one, and ...

234. The Christmas Sign

Isaiah 7:1-25

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Paul E. Robinson

... as to what was wrapped in those swaddling cloths? Could they have had a clue what was going on in that humble setting where mother shook from the cold and shock of childbirth and father, exhausted from seeking shelter, looked warily out of the stable, not eager to welcome anyone else into their family ... one more was fully enough for the time being. Mary and Joseph, too, were looking for a sign. A sign that what they had experienced over the last nine months really was something of God. A sign that they ...

235. Proper 22

Luke 17:1-10, Lamentations 1:1-22, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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John R. Brokhoff

... can do for you a. Perform wonders in your life vv. 3, 4. b. Motivate you to serve with no desire for reward vv. 7-10. 2. A little is a lot! (17:5-6). Need: Here is an eye-opener for some! Like the disciples, many of us are eager for a larger portion of faith the faith to guide people aright, faith to forgive, faith to serve just for the privilege. As we face the tough issues of life, we cry out for more faith. No one can honestly say, "I have all the faith in the world." If ...

236. Proper 27

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Luke 20:27-40

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John R. Brokhoff

... ask for prayer v. 1. Speed and triumph of the Word. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 "The Lord is just in all his ways." (v. 17a) Prayer Of The Day: "Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people to seek more eagerly the help you offer, that, at the last, they may enjoy the fruit of salvation." Hymn Of The Day: "I Know That My Redeemer Lives!"

237. How Blest Are Those Who Know Their Need Of God

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... engenders the free response of faith, love, trust and gratitude. And when that promise becomes part of us, an integral part of our identity, a working assumption underlying and undergirding our every act; when the promised future is something we can count on and eagerly await, knowing that its advent is utterly independent of our success or failure, then the very way we look at and think about and plan for and live our lives is fundamentally altered, and we become new beings, now, in this present moment. We ...

238. Whispering The Lyrics

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Thomas Long

... the woman began to repeat the words silently with her lips. "This is my body, for you," the woman was now quietly speaking the words along with the minister, the Spirit whispering the lyrics in her ear. When the bread and the wine were offered, the woman eagerly, hungrily, took them in her hands -- the gifts of God for this daughter of God. In his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, Oliver Sacks tells the story of Jimmie, a former sailor, now a patient in a nursing home, whose severe neurological ...

239. Too Soon, Monsieurs, Too Soon?

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... we hear the lead singer (Freberg affecting a very bad French accent) rehearsing his background chorus, "When eh gav' yew the sig-uh-nal, you will sahng 'si bon, si bon.' So wait, monsieurs, for the sig-uh-nal." But when the recording begins, the eager but tempo-impaired chorus will not wait for the signal; throughout the whole song, they jump the gun, always hilariously intoning their "si bon, si bon" a beat or a measure too early. "Too soon, monsieurs, too soon," the frustrated vocalist repeatedly cries in ...

240. Loving Jesus, Hating The Church

John 9:35-41

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Thomas Long

... Christianity and a lot less 'Churchianity.'" There is a serious problem, however, with this view. The problem is Jesus. Jesus will not cooperate with any neat schemes that pit true Christian experience against doctrine and church. To be sure, the religious leaders are eager to force their theological straitjacket on the healed man. They want to make sure that Jesus hasn't colored with his crayons outside the accepted doctrinal lines. Even so, when Jesus comes to the man after he has been tossed out of the ...

241. Greed - Putting Things In Their Proper Perspective

Matthew 6:25-34

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R. Curtis Fussell

... because they have come to believe that in order to be happy you have to buy. As the bumper sticker says, they are "born to shop." They have to have, and yet they never have enough. The miser represents another kind of greed. The miser is eager to have by saving. Have you ever known someone who could never throw anything away? I have some familiarity with this one firsthand; just come and see my basement. Perhaps you know someone who saves everything: aluminum foil from packages, newspapers, odds and ends of ...

242. Advent 3

James 5:7-12, Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... pulled off I-80 at an all night restaurant near Omaha, Nebraska. The waitress had just served him his grub when a trio of Hell's Angels-type guys wearing leather jackets and chains swaggered into the establishment. They quickly surrounded the driver. Eager to provoke a fight, one biker took the trucker's hamburger, another captured his french fries, and the third stole his drink. The truck driver calmly rose, proceeded to the cash register where he paid for his meal. The waitress watched as he quietly ...

243. Proper 10

Genesis 25:19-34, Isaiah 55:1-13, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... television ever since I was a child, not a few years ago. Miss Jean asks the children to help her tell the gospel story by having them send in drawings. She tacks up the drawings on a story board and uses them to tell her story. The children are eager to listen because they can see themselves in Miss Jean's story, which is really God's story. This is not unlike the method of Jesus. He looked about for stories and then related them to the kingdom of God. They weren't particularly important stories. In fact ...

244. Thanksgiving

Lk 17:11-19 · 1 Tim 2:1-4 · Phil 4:6-20 · 2 Cor 9:6-15 · Deut 8:1-18 · Ps 65

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... God? WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 65 (C, L) -- "Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion" (v. 1). Prayer Of The Day: God of grace, you have blessed us beyond our knowing with gifts great and small. Give us but one thing more, a grateful heart, eager to return thanks for your continued bounties. In Jesus' name. Amen.

245. Paul, The Great Missionary

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... is anxious to see you all, and is very upset because you heard that he was sick. Indeed he was sick, and almost died. But God had pity on him, and not only on him but on me, too, and spared me even greater sorrow. I am all the more eager, then, to send him to you, so that you will be glad again when you see him, and my own sorrow will disappear. Receive him, then, with all joy, as a brother in the Lord. Show respect to all such men as he, because he risked his life and nearly ...

246. A Little Book Of Comfort

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... god Usen had created for each Apache. The religion of Islam depicts heaven as a marvelous garden filled with wonderful food, drink, and companions. The heavenly home is so graphically described in the Quran and in other Muslim literature that many Muslims are quite eager to die in order to achieve this paradise. Life after death is one of the most ancient and persistent hopes of the human race, yet it is such an uncharted experience that some believe it may be a testimony to the power of wishful thinking ...

247. Time Taken, Life Restored

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

William G. Carter

... than Jesus spun around and said, "Who touched me?" Apparently he didn't let anybody get healed anonymously, much less this anonymous woman. "Who touched me?" Jesus said. He stood there, looking for her, scanning the crowd. He looked at every face: some of them eager, some curious, some confused. He kept looking until he saw her. And her anonymous touch became a conversation face-to-face. She told him what she'd done. He said, "Daughter, faith has made you well. Go in peace. Be healed of your disease." It ...

248. When We Feel God Has Moved And Left No Forwarding Address

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... which she always maintained had led many of her friends to declare that she possessed that perfect faith in God which results in simple trust. A few days before her death her pastor stood by her bedside. As he made conversation about ordinary things, a look of eager longing came into her eyes. "Tell me," she pleaded, "where is God now that I need God the most?" Like Job, she was faced with the challenge of how to remain faithful when it seemed that God had moved and left no forwarding address. To be sure ...

249. Hate Evil

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... that they would change their lives, clean up their acts and take loyalty oaths and make commitments never to sin against God again. However, that would not work. If people were motivated only by fear and self-interest, the problem would persist. No matter how eager the people would be for change and protection, the motivations would still be from the same old self. The people would have to look outside themselves for the help. God dramatized that for the people by having Moses make a model of the very thing ...

250. The Sponge And Wine

Mark 14:1--15:47

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... , "I did the best I could for him." We all like to be able to say that when we say our farewells to our friends or dear ones. It Was Our Best Whoever it was that offered the sour wine to our Lord undoubtedly did it out of sympathy and eagerness to do something for Jesus. Luther did not think much of that. He thought poorly of the idea of someone helping in this manner. For Luther it was an insult that someone would offer the Savior sour wine, or vinegar, in that moment when the Savior was exhausted from his ...

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