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2476. A Formula For Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... human services director now, in Lake City. I love my job and Lake City is a great place to raise children." Victor had a great big smile on his face, "Oh Scotty, that's great, I'm so happy for you!" "Dr. Pagenkopf," Scotty continued soberly, "I didn't necessarily stop to see you today to tell you what I am doing professionally. Oh, I did want to tell you that too, but I really came to see you today because I read in the alumni newsletter that today is your last day. And I just wanted to tell you that ...

2477. The Compassionate Highway

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... what the cause, is a miracle - then and now! The crippled limp is caused by the accidental crushing of bones or by some deep psychic trauma. But the curing of a crippled leg is a miracle - then and now. A body declared dead, whether from a heart stopped or a fevered coma, and then restored to life is miracle enough for any age. A life rejected and scorned and spit upon and told "you ain't worth nothing," is brought to wholeness with word of divine forgiveness and acceptance. That is a miracle whether on ...

2478. The M And M Factor

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... feet disturbed his hideaway. And as the voices came closer so did the foot-falls. It sounded as if an army were coming - an army looking for him, he was sure. But before he could run away, the grain around him was parted by an angry crowd who stopped a few feet from him and began shouting. Crouching very still, Caleb shared in an unexpected encounter between Jesus of Nazareth and the religious leaders of his day. Caleb didn't really mean to be part of it. He was caught in the midst of it. Life just moved ...

2479. Have You Confronted Christ?

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... done!" He turned to look out upon the full olive grove of 57 trees. Each one had received his careful work, talents learned through the years and taught to him by Jacob, his father. But as he looked toward the roadside near the orchard his heart stopped. There, walking into his orchard was an army of people, a larger crowd than he had ever seen. They filled the spaces between the trees. One young child actually swung from an olive branch, nearly breaking it off, Simon was certain! The crowd filled the lower ...

2480. Pathway To God's Kingdom

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... the crops that came from his work. But one day the ordinary routine of farming in Jacob's village was broken. It was broken when the Rabbi came along the path from the Great Sea, from Nazareth although Jacob had not known a Nazareth existed. The Rabbi stopped at Jacob's field to talk and to teach. Jacob remembered that moment for the rest of his life. Others remembered it, too. Years later they remembered Jesus' seed-teaching in terms of the growing of God's kingdom upon earth. The divine in life grows. The ...

2481. Listen

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Charles Curley

... were thought to be inept or corrupt, and often both. There was a lack of vision about the future of the people. Because those in leadership seemed helpless, hopeless and corrupt, God looked outside the tents of power to find new leadership with vision. Now I should stop and say that if this is beginning to sound like a commentary on American political life in the 90s, it is not; though when I read the book of Samuel I sometimes think I'm reading the morning paper. This is simply the sad tale of any ...

2482. As Mortals See

1 Samuel 15:1-35

Sermon

Charles Curley

... king-maker. And they looked good to Samuel too. Samuel liked what he saw when he looked at Jesse's boys - liked what he saw well enough that he was all ready to pick the eldest, Eliab (handsome, strong and tall), and proclaim him king. But God broke in and stopped Samuel saying, it's not Eliab and it's not Abinadab or Shammah, nor any of the other four, good as they look, "for the Lord does not see as mortals see." And there we get our first hint about Saul: we have been looking at Saul as we want ...

2483. Shepherd Of The People

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 6-16

Sermon

Charles Curley

... the competition; do we live in a world that's all that different? We don't have many shepherds or many kings, but our world has many needs and many wants. It is so easy to become forgetful or overwhelmed or depressed about it all. It is so easy to stop caring. To live the life of the shepherd is to live a life that cares and tries to make this a better world. To live a life that cares most of the time, or even some of the time, is not any easier these days than it was in David ...

2484. Pleased To Reconcile

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... only in the personal sphere of individual integrity and relationships with other people. He is king of the whole universe, and therefore, that lordship must be acknowledged and confessed in our relationships to the earth itself. We have to stop seeing ourselves as owners and begin confessing that we are stewards of the creation. So we will exercise that stewardship conscientiously, repenting of our wasteful and polluting behavior, husbanding the earth's resources instead of exploiting them for the single ...

2485. Tough Faith In Tough Times

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... do not experience the power of God in our lives, it is probably due more to our failure to pray persistently than it is to God's reluctance to answer. When we don't get the answer we expect when we expect it, the temptation is to stop praying and start asking why. That is not faith; it is not faithful living. And the end of our gospel lesson drives this point home. For after affirming God's willingness to hear our prayers and vindicate his people, Jesus poses this very poignant question, "Nevertheless, when ...

2486. A Thorn In The Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:10b

Children's Sermon

... from all over the land to watch her race because she was so fast. One day while she was racing she accidentally ran through a thorn bush. A few of the thorns scraped her and some were stuck in her feet. The thorns really hurt. The thorns forced her to stop her race. In fact, she wasn't able to race ever again. Because she couldn't run as fast as she used to something wonderful happened to her. As she ran slower she began to notice things around her that she never noticed before. She was able to see more ...

2487. A Gift That Won 't Wear Out

2 Corinthians 4:18

Children's Sermon

... 's nice to have a promise or a guarantee like that, isn't it. But it's too bad that things that we receive sometimes break. It would be better if we never needed such a promise in the first place. Unfortunately almost everything in our life can break or stop working. Even our bodies do sometimes, don't they. But the Bible makes a special promise to us. It says that God has something saved up for us that will not just last for a little while. It will last forever. What do you suppose that is? (Talk about it ...

2488. Where's The Treasure?

Luke 1:5-25, Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Thomas Long

... a mother and her little girl being taken to a gas chamber at Auschwitz. The girl, who is walking in front of her mother, does not know where she is going. The mother, who walks behind, does know, but there is nothing, absolutely nothing, the mother can do to stop this tragedy. In her helplessness, she performs the only act of love left to her. She places her hand over her little girl's eyes so, at least, she will not have to see the horror which faces her. When people see this picture in the museum, they do ...

2489. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... the school bus arrives to make some plans. (With emphasis) Some PEACEFUL ... SIMPLE ... ENJOYABLE ones. (CAROL and MAY also get ready to leave. JANE stands back as hostess, holding one's coat or whatever seems natural and appropriate.) CAROL: Me, too. And I'm going to stop and pick up a notebook, too. (Turning to JANE) Thanks for the idea, Jane. MAY: Well, busy times ahead, ladies. We won't meet like this until after the holidays, but I expect we'll all have some praise reports of a peaceful and joyful ...

2490. Lent 2

Mk 8:31-38 · Rom 4:13-25; 8:31-39 · Gen 17:1-7, 15-16; 22:1-18 · Ps 22

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... Of Madison County confronts us with the importance of our covenants. The character Francesca is a middle-aged farm wife who decides to stay home while the rest of the family heads off to the state fair for a few days. A photographer for National Geographic stops by to seek directions to the famed covered bridges in the county. She invites him to dinner. He regales her with stimulating accounts of his world travels and she is irresistibly swept off her feet by this charming rolling-stone of a man. They enjoy ...

2491. Advent 1

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... , there are two responses, one passive and one active. The passive response can be called WAITING, the active response, WATCHING. To understand the difference between the two, picture the people in a nursing home. Some are waiting: waiting for someone to stop by, waiting for someone to break the loneliness of their existence, to bring joy and love into their lives. But nobody comes, or only infrequently does a visitor appear. The waiter becomes passive. Then there are the watchers. They know that someone ...

2492. Ascension Day

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53, Mark 16:1-20, Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... and ascend into the very presence of God. You will recall that every time Clark Kent transformed himself into Superman, he would go into a telephone booth and strip off his ordinary business suit, revealing his official Superman costume. He could only stop locomotives and lift skyscrapers when he was properly clothed in the outfit that revealed his true identity. As Christians, we can do no mighty deed unless we are properly clothed with the Spirit of God, which discloses our true spiritual selves and ...

2493. Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:16-18, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Bulletin Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... own eyes, announced that he was leaving the room but would return in a few minutes. Out in the hallway, the father sobbed. Some years later, the family was driving home from the shopping center when the subject of the comic books came up. "What made you stop stealing?" asked the mother. "The spanking your father gave you?" "No," he responded, "it is because when he stepped out of the room I could hear him crying." We may not be moved to repentance by our Father's punishments or threats, but knowing how our ...

2494. The Baptism Of Our Lord

Mk 1:4-11 · Act 19:1-7 · Acts 10:34-38 · Isa 42:1-9 · Gen 1:1-5 · Ps 29

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the boy to hold tightly to the fourth finger as a way of reminding him that he belonged to the Lord. "The Lord is my Shepherd." One morning the parents entered their son's hospital room to find his hands clasped above his head. He had stopped breathing. Then they noticed. Their son was holding tightly the fourth finger. "The Lord is my Shepherd." He had died with the reassurance that the Lord was "his" shepherd. In the same way our baptism reminds us, especially when the devil tries to steal our assurance ...

2495. Easter 7

John 17:6-19, Acts 1:12-26, 1 John 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... protect his disciples through the power of his name (v. 11). There is also power in the name of Jesus, when we come to know and serve the One represented by that name. The name of Jesus is not magic, like in some vampire movie, when the fiend is stopped by the mere sight of the cross. No, there is power when we enter into a personal relationship with the God we come to know in Jesus' name. When we lift up the name of Jesus in genuine prayer, praise and thanksgiving, we are empowered for life and ministry ...

2496. Epiphany 4

1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Deuteronomy 18:14-22, Mark 1:21-28

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... meat offered to idols was a moral issue for the apostolic church. Gambling presents a contemporary issue that lifts up the same principle. It can be argued that for millions of people gambling is harmless fun. They know how much they are willing to lose and stop when they reach that limit. They have control over their gambling. But let's say that a church member sees a leader in the church gambling. He thinks, "Well, it's all right" and proceeds to roll the dice. This person, however, has little internal ...

2497. Epiphany 6

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Leviticus 13:1-46, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... ends and through the middle. He ran so fast that he scored touchdown upon touchdown. The problem was that he was so intent on his running that he didn't halt after reaching the goal line and so they placed a sign at the end of the field that read "Stop, Forrest!" His girl friend, his only friend, Jenny, went away and then his mother died. After a time, he started running. At first he was just going to run to town but when he got there he decided to run across the county, then the state and then the country ...

2498. Proper 17

James 1:19-27, Song of Songs 2:1-17, Mark 7:1-23

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... circuit breaker does what its name implies, it severs the circuit. This keeps the appliance and possibly the lives of those in the house from getting burned up. After the precipitous stock market crash of 1987, the Federal Trade Commission designed a circuit breaker to stop the program trading when the action got too hot. They feared a meltdown. James enjoins that Christians should be quick to hear, but slow to speak and slow to anger (v. 19). What we need is a spiritual circuit breaker that kicks in every ...

2499. Proper 18

Mark 7:24-30, Mark 7:31-37, Proverbs 22:1-16, James 2:1-13

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... in the deaf man's ears and touched the man's tongue with his spittle. Immediately he could speak plainly. Jesus told them to keep it under wraps so as not to create a sensation, but the tongues of those who witnessed this miracle could not be stopped. The majority of Christians have a speech impediment when it comes to declaring the wonderful works of God. The problem is that we are deaf to the Word of God. Without listening we cannot clearly proclaim the good news of Christ. The Jesus touch. You've heard ...

2500. 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

... who came to a wicked village in order to save it from destruction. Night and day he walked the streets preaching against vice and corruption. At first, the people listened to the stranger and smiled condescendingly. After a short time, they stopped listening; he no longer was able to even entertain them. The thieves went on stealing, the corrupt officials kept taking bribes, spouses kept on cheating on their spouses, and the children continued being disobedient to their parents. One day, a youth, puzzled ...

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