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226. The Children

Drama

William Grimbol

... . You know what a leper is. JOHN: I wasn't sure. Okay! So now I know. JULIE: He cures lepers. Sure he does. JENA: My father is quite educated, as you know ... KEITH: As you let everyone know. JENA: ... and he says that Jesus is just using all kinds of tricks, magic, and that kind of thing, to try and get a big following. JULIE: What do you think? (To KAREN) You haven't said a word. CHRIS: She never does. KAREN: I think he is nice. KEITH: Nice? JULIE: Nice. JENA: That is it? Nice! JULIE: That is all you ...

227. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... to pine trees). Or for persistent, severe cases, there was the more scientific exercise of having a trusted member of the family hold your head while Mama mopped your throat with a cotton swab. I always considered that particular remedy to surely be a trick of the devil. Maladies of one form or another afflict us all. However, the Bible tells us that there is a universal affliction which is common to humankind. Psychologists sometimes refer to it as a "guilt complex"; sociologists discuss it in terms of ...

228. The Innkeeper Speaks

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... ." "No ... not defeated," he said, "triumphant! He lives now at the right hand of God. I tell you, he lives! There is no one more alive than the risen Christ!" He went on to say that we shall all live again! That death is nothing more than an illusion, a trick of the Adversary to convince us that we are mere mortals. No, because the Messiah lives, we, too, shall live, throughout the eternal ages to come! I wish I could believe him. For me it is too good to be true. I say I wish I could believe him. But ...

229. Mary Of Nazareth

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ephesians 1:15-23

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... the dead with his voice. He did many miracles with his divine voice alone. Thousands of people saw him do miracles and heard his preaching. However, the religious Pharisees began to get more and more jealous of him and his popularity. From time to time, they tried to trick Christ or tried to catch him to harm him, but he always managed to escape. At this same time, John was doing his ministry. He was soon brutally murdered by Herod. I couldn't believe such a good man could be killed so fast and so easily ...

230. Drawing Nearer

James 4:8

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To show how God draws near when we draw near. Props: A pitcher of water, a large bowl, and a comb. Lesson: Would you like to see a neat trick? (yes!) Who believes that I can make pouring water move without even touching it? (response) This is something that's really neat. And it's so neat that you can even do it at home in your sink. Bring out your pitcher of water and the large bowl. What I' ...

231. Some Illusions (Symbols) Are Better Than Others

Acts 14:8-20

Sermon

Carl Jech

... listening to Barnabas and Pauls' explanation of what real faith is all about. Doug Henning prefers to be described as an illusionist rather than as a magician. His "philosophy of magic" is that the purpose of magic is to create a sense of wonder. The trick that produces the amazement or wonder may simply be an illusion, a total "fake-out." But however it is produced, the sense of wonder itself is real! He wants his audiences to enjoy the illusions. But, more important, he wants to help people develop their ...

232. Save Us From the World-Savers

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Carl Jech

... reversed: Christians reject Jews and Judaism in both subtle and heavy-handed ways. When "Jews for Jesus" tells Jewish people that they can "accept Christ" and still remain Jewish, are they really respecting the integrity of Judaism, or are they actually trying to trick Jews into thinking that they can accept Christ without becoming Christians - without giving up Judaism as a faith commitment? We will come back to this question. Most of us have probably asked or been asked at one time or another: "What about ...

233. The Ambiguity of Life, Deciding for Christ

John 10:22-42

Sermon

Carl Jech

... Matthew's Gospel, Jesus reminds us to lay up treasures in heaven, "for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." The playwrite Tennessee Williams put it another way: "Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence." But perhaps the Spiritual still says it best: "And when I come to die, give me Jesus!" Of course, Fanny Crosby's gospel song "Blessed Assurance! Jesus is mine!" also makes the same point beautifully (and the song made a wonderful ...

234. The Lion Who Learned About God

Dan 6:21-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... courage, but also for protecting him. It was later that the man said that his name was Daniel. Daniel told Rehoboam, "Some men were jealous of me because the King seemed to favor me and rewarded me for my work. One day they plotted to get rid of me by tricking the king. They asked the king to sign a law that said that everyone had to pray to the King for thirty days, and to no one else. The King didn't know that I prayed to my God and he agreed. No one could break the law after the ...

235. Whatever He Says - Do It!

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... people involved that produced the miracle. In the play, The Lark, Joan of Arc is being tried by the hierarchy of the Roman Church. At one place in the trial she says, "I say to you that true miracles are not performed by gypsies in the village square - tricks! True miracles are created by men when they use the intelligence and the courage that God gives them." And the prosecutor for the hierarchy says: "Do you mean to tell us - US! - that the miracle of God on earth is man, man who is naught but evil and ...

236. Speak From Personal Experience

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... Needless to say, we all sat up and paid attention. Speak from experience: They can't refute it! It was because he spoke from his own experience that an ordinary blind man who had been healed by Jesus could literally confound the Pharisees who sought to trick him. He refused to get bogged down in their theological controversy and spoke instead from the reality of his own experience. The Pharisees were trying to get this man to say that Jesus was a sinner motivated by evil forces. So for the second time they ...

237. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... is asking a question on the nature of the law. The stage is set by Luke with these words: “Behold a lawyer stood up to put him to the test.” Well, it's not the first time and probably won’t be the last time that a lawyer phrased a trick question. It was the kind of question in which any kind of an answer would pose still further problems. It was a test question: “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life.” Now right away we know that this man was a Pharisee, because the Pharisees believed in ...

238. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

... yourself up. Why is this pastor trying so hard to save this church? Many of us wouldn’t do this. A lot of ministers and laymen would say simply: Go on and nail up the doors. I mean I’ve had it. WE have used everything in our bay of tricks. We have had revivals, and speakers, and music groups, and drama, and contemporary worship. We have tried everything and still this church is as dead as 4:00. I have just had it. Go on and close the church up. And some of us who are not that radical sometimes ...

239. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

240. Christ Has Set Us Free

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... run through the scales and then to drill and to drill and to drill. Only by working at the piano is the artist free to play the piano. When we first moved to St. Paul, 1-94 wasn’t finished between the Twin Cities. As a newcomer it was a trick for me to find my way out of downtown St. Paul. To get to downtown Minneapolis and back was not a sure thing. That sounds silly to you who’ve lived here all your life. But now, like you,I can start any place in the seven county metro area ...

241. The Call of the Cross

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

... press paid little attention to the first reports but "as reports spread, as many as 30,000 Yugoslav Christians flocked to the area" in the hope of seeing the Madonna. Then the government became alarmed, called the vision "a publicity trick" by the church, expelled eleven people from the party, jailed at least five people, including two Serbian Orthodox priests and a Catholic priest whose parish included Citluk, "for spreading hostile propaganda." But the girls insisted that they had seen the Madonna ...

242. The Sermon on the Level

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

... ’s a quality sometimes admired with awe in those rare folk like Mother Theresa, but as for us in our cash-centered culture, no thanks! A diet can be good for the physique, and fasting can be a spiritual experience, but hunger isn’t in our bag of tricks. To mourn will be the lot of everyone occasionally, but there’s nothing like a laugh to lift the spirit, and we need a little laughter now, if you don’t mind. And then this fourth curve for good measure, "Blessed are you when men hate you, and exclude ...

243. Believing is Seeing

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... to offer. The lust for power, honor, glory that has been the character of people everywhere has not been lost within her pale. We struggle to achieve greatness, put in our bids in not-so-subtle ways for seats of honor in the Kingdom. There are dirty-tricks campaigns that scatter victims on their way. Impatient with the impact of the Gospel, we try to make the Kingdom come on our terms, not on Christ’s, by power plays instead of meekness movements. The mission is contemporized to make folks feel good about ...

244. The Sign in the Subway

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... went to that sinful city there would be no hope of his reform. She prayed earnestly that God would not allow him to go to Italy. She did all she could to prevent it, even so far as to follow him on the early part of the journey, until he tricked her and went on with the journey. It was in Milan that he came under the influence of Saint Ambrose and put his reluctant feet on the first step of the ladder that led to baptism, to Holy Orders and to sainthood. His mother’s ultimate prayers for him were ...

245. Don't Try So Hard!

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

... by-word for success in this department very often is, "Don't try so hard!" Play it cool, and the person of your dreams may just come wandering up the path to you. The truth of the matter is, of course, that most girls are chasing some boy. The feminine trick is that the boy actually believes he's chasing the girl. Today, at the risk of abusing and misusing the idea, let's be bold to say these words with Jesus anyway: "The man who wants to save his own life will lose it; but the man who loses his ...

246. Jumping to Conclusions

1 Corinthians 4:5

Children's Sermon

... letter to the Corinthians that God had told him to tell others that they should never jump to a conclusion about someone, as to whether he is good or bad? Our first impressions of some people might not be correct. Sometimes our hearts and our minds play funny tricks on us just like our eyes. Do you know what I mean? Never say you dislike someone after just meeting him the first time. You never can tell but what the person whom you think you dislike may turn out to be your best friend. What we should always ...

247. Cross Purposes

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... to breakfast Sunday morning in a white suit, the only suit he brought with him. Accidentally, he spilled some tomato juice on his suit. Since he could not get the suit cleaned on short notice, he decided he would cover the spot with talcum powder. It seemed to do the trick until the evening service when he had to put more powder on the spot. But the next day he sent the suit to the cleaner's to get the spot removed once and for all. The blood of Jesus does not superficially cover up our sins, but his blood ...

248. If Only We Would Accept Responsibility ...

Ezekiel 33:1-20

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... . Since the fruit was given to him and he had not sought it, Eve was responsible for his sin. Eve was not without her defense. The serpent was responsible for her disobedience. The Lord asked her, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it." (Genesis 3:13, TEV) Like the transient and the burglar, these representatives of humankind were shifting responsibility for their actions somewhere else. It was God’s fault. It was Eve’s fault. It was the snake’s fault. This early ...

249. Nervous Hands

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

... live on that street. I knew that street perfectly well, but at night it was different. The street was lined with large oak trees whose limbs hung over the street. About every third of a block there was a street light. The street light played all kinds of tricks as it shone through the limbs of the trees. The street that I was walking down was a street that I knew, but in the darkness it could be scary. I could hear dogs bark, see movement in the bushes, detect lights flickering across the pavement. In the ...

250. Hunger, Health, and Happiness

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

... was enough for survival. It would keep them alive a little longer. One day Aba Abin went to the center of the village, and he could not believe his eyes. There was a large truck, and there were people dispensing food. It was not a hallucination. It was not a trick. It was not a sick joke. It was real. There was food! He ran home for a container and went back to the large truck. He was given food and promised more in the days to come. The promise was fulfilled. Three times a week Aba Abin and other people ...

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