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2526. The Wish

Hebrews 11:1

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... some reason, I had my heart set on having a white rabbit. "However, the house we lived in wasn't ours. We rented it from the people who owned it. They had reluctantly agreed to let us have a cat, but a rabbit was out of the question because they thought it might mess up the house, and there was no place inside or outside to put a rabbit cage. "Now, before I go any farther with this story, I need to know if any of you have ever heard of 'Brownies.' " Several children raise their hands. I nod to Jennifer ...

2527. When Hope Is Gone

Luke 7:11-17

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... Well," I continue, "since this is just a toy spider, I can have it be whatever type of spider I want it to be. And I thought of the black widow because I wanted to ask you why it's called a widow. Does anyone know what a widow is?" Just when I think ... just as Jesus met her on the road and restored her future, Jesus can come into our lives too and give us hope for life where we thought there was none." Prayer: "God, thank you for the gift of your only son, Jesus, whom you sent to all of us in this world. Help us ...

2528. The Guy In The Ditch

Luke 10:36-37

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... side of the road. Next a Levite came along. He also saw the bleeding man lying in the ditch, and, like the priest, the Levite avoided the guy and passed on. "Now, in their defense, I have to say that the priest and the Levite were only doing what they thought was right. In their culture, a person who was bleeding was considered unclean. It would have been a very serious thing for either of them to have touched the guy in the ditch -- and they would have had to touch him in order to help him. So, they weren ...

2529. The Poor In Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John A. Terry

... Or, trust me, you won't have a chance! The opposite of the poor in spirit are the proud in spirit. There is the pride of Peter who, blowing his own trumpet, said to Jesus, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away." He thought himself rich in his own power and determination. Soon Jesus was arrested and Peter began to follow Jesus at a distance, hanging back. When a woman said to him, "You were with Jesus, the Galilean," Peter, Mr. I-will-never-fall-away, said, "I do not know what you ...

2530. The Pure In Heart

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

John A. Terry

... by the shores of Lake Erie, I did not know what I was in for. Other times I had walked along the rocky ocean shore. I had thought of tide pools as things to step over until I went with a group of trained and inquisitive third graders. Knowing what to look for, they could ... was constantly troubled by those who put on a show of their goodness, but whose hearts were filled with evil thoughts and desires. A characteristic of the pure in heart is sincerity. "Sincerity" comes from the Latin and literally means " ...

2531. The Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

John A. Terry

... a London taxi driver by the name of Herbert Hodge who had come to Chicago for a visit. This man had suffered and seen all the horrors of the battles of London. As the newspaper columnist said, he had cause to want revenge. Yet when asked what he thought should be done to the Germans, he said simply, "Treat them like brothers, but take away their guns."(3) Our choices have been stated quite plainly that we can have peace or we can have revenge, but we cannot have both. For those who choose the way of making ...

2532. God, The Son

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... : Words! Words! Words! Like I said, words don't always do the job. Everyone is trying to emphasize something important to them, for whatever reason. Me, too. Jerry: How do you know which way to speak is best? Marshall: Experience. I grew up as a Nazarite. Jerry: I thought you said you were from near Jerusalem. Marshall: A Nazarite is not someone from Nazareth. A Nazarite is someone set aside by his or her parents for God. My hair was not to be cut. I was not to eat grapes or drink wine, and I was devoted ...

2533. Paul, The Great Missionary

Philippians 1:1-11

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... Spirit? Do you feel kindness and compassion for one another? I urge you, then, make me completely happy by having the same thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and body. Don't do anything from selfish ambition, or from a cheap ... things are going to turn out for me. And I trust in the Lord that I myself will be able to come to you soon. "I have thought it necessary to send you our brother Epaphroditus, who had worked and fought by my side, and who has served as your messenger in helping me. ...

2534. Jesus Heals A Paralytic

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... of the scribes. "The scribes accused him of blasphemy," we might say, "thinking in their heads that blasphemy is that activity which crosses the line between Creator and creation." We could go on speculating on their thoughts. The point is simply that we can get said what blasphemy is all about without interrupting the flow of the story or leaving the story behind for a few minutes. This is an important task to master in the storytelling art. Forgiveness of sins strikes very close to the heart ...

2535. John the Baptist Beheaded

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... carpenter's son. They were offended by him! In 6:14ff. we hear that King Herod has heard of Jesus. This occasions a kind of summary of the kinds of answers that were being given to the question of Jesus' identity. Some thought John the Baptist had risen from the dead (6:14). Others thought he was like one of the prophets, Elijah perhaps (6:15). Interestingly enough, the characters in Mark's story never do seem to quite "get it" with Jesus' identity. God declares who Jesus is (1:11; 9:7). The demons know who ...

2536. The Servant of All's Second Prediction

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:33-37

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... help my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24). There is more nuance in Mark's story telling here than in the many other Markan stories where faith and unbelief are starkly opposed realities. Faith and unbelief live in all of us at the same time. Surely this paradoxical thought comes closer to the reality of our heart's response to Jesus than does a simple either/or. Today's text contains the second of Jesus' "passion/resurrection" predictions. We have discussed these three predictions (8:30; 9:30-31; 10:32-34) in chapter ...

2537. Hard Steps

John 6:60

Children's Sermon

... preschool. Some of you don't go to school at all yet. Since it's almost time for school, I brought my blackboard because I thought you might need to practice a little. Let's look at this math problem. (Start doing the math problem out loud quickly.) Would anyone like ... said there is only one rule - love God, love your neighbor and love yourself. That sounds easy, but some of Jesus' friends thought it was way too hard. So they turned around and went home. They could have stayed and learned how to love, but ...

2538. The Angry Jar

Ephesians 4:31

Children's Sermon

... says to put away bitterness, anger, wrangling, slander and malice. Do you know what those words mean? (Response) I know you've heard of anger before. Wrangling is a funny word that means arguing. Do any of you argue? (Response) I thought so. The other words all mean different ways for acting nasty to others. I thought maybe we could put all that anger and arguing away in this canning jar, put the lid on, boil it and wait for it to pop. Then we would have all that angry stuff sealed up in this jar and we ...

2539. Choosing Your Spirituality

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... a bit critical. Speaking of styles of spirituality, let me tell you a story. A burglar entered an affluent home one night. As he entered the hall, he heard a voice, which he quickly concluded was a parrot: “Jesus will get you!” The burglar slowed down until he thought, “Why, I don’t believe in Jesus, so I don’t have to worry.” Again he heard the parrot, “Jesus will get you!” As he moved down the long hallway toward what he believed was the library and where he would likely find the safe, he ...

2540. Bread of Unwavering Commitment (Bread of Life V)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... , reached into the fire, pulled out a flaming ember, and laid it down by itself on the hearth. He still said nothing. Both men sat in silence and watched the glowing ember lose its glow and turn slowly into a crusty, black lump. After some moments of thoughtful silence, the man turned to his pastor and said, “I get the message, my friend, I see what you mean; I’ll be back next Sunday.” And he was. Commitment begins with decision, but commitment is never a once-in-a-lifetime decision. And so, Point Two ...

2541. What’s Going on at Your House?

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... . And so he said, “Who is my family, anyway? I’ll tell you. Any one who does what God wants him or her to do, that one is a member of my family my brother, my sister and my mother.” What’s going on at your house? I have two thoughts. One, there comes a time when shakeup is a necessity. Shakeup is not likely to be a conscious choice, but it becomes the unavoidable end result of a series of choices and events. Shakeup may happen in the normal course of events, like a change from one political party ...

2542. Giving with Open Hands

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... . A very stately usher, after receiving his offering from the congregation would stand at the back of the aisle awaiting the end of the offertory. Reaching in his watch pocket, he would pull out a dime, hold it a moment over the plate, and then drop it in. The pastor thought that for a man of substance to give in this way was to give with the back of his hand. The pastor later learned that the man gave generously by check. The dime was not a back-of-the-hand gift but a symbolic act of not returning a plate ...

2543. Winners Losers

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... , a dignified and elegant old gentleman, rose slowly on his elbows; and, with all the dignity at his command said, “Sir, I want you to know I can stop smoking any time I want to.” The reply was unexpected and bore no relevance to my request. I have thought a lot about what he said. This gentleman had lied to himself. Oh, yes, he had continued. No matter what presented itself to him, he had a response that justified his behavior even if it had nothing to do with the facts or the opinions of others. “I ...

2544. Adam’s Prime Rib

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... man.” Seek those relationships between women and men that are brought by God. Adam’s enthusiastic reaction to his new partner indicated that he felt that God had hit the bull’s eye in fashioning his companion. This woman, whom God brought to Adam, might be thought of as Adam’s “prime rib.” She was better for him than a prime rib dinner. In fact, she was the best thing God ever gave Adam. Adam said, “She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Woman means literally “from ...

2545. Stooping Is a Divine Posture

Isaiah 23:1-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... a long stalk of grass and asked each goose to hold it at opposite ends so that he could cling to it by his mouth in the middle. As the three were flying south, a man below noticed this extraordinary arrangement. With great admiration he shouted up, “Who thought of your unusual mode of transportation?” The frog was so puffed up by the compliment that he opened his mouth to say, “I did!” With that he lost his hold and plummeted to his death. The moral is that when you have a good thing going, don’t ...

2546. Listen

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Charles Curley

... lives. How that new vision worked out for the people and nation of Israel (its ups and downs, successes and failures), we will discover later, for the lectionary stays with the books of Samuel for the next seven weeks. But for now, let me end with this thought. We know and recognize that it is our proper function and duty in life to teach our children - else how will they learn? But consider this, is it not also our function and our duty to learn from our children? What can we learn in these times, when ...

2547. As Mortals See

1 Samuel 15:1-35

Sermon

Charles Curley

... was set for the appearance of David (which is what this sermon is supposed to be about in the first place). But David, in this chapter 16, is a non-entity. David is a nobody who doesn't even speak on his own behalf, who's not even well enough thought of to be called in from the fields for Samuel's visit, who shows no particular competence or promise for the future that anyone can see, including his own father Jesse. David is such a non-entity that we are forced (based on a reading of this chapter alone) to ...

2548. Jesus, Who Are You?

John 6:42

Children's Sermon

... that you knew who I was you might still ask me, "Who are you?" (Take off the mask.) The reason I brought my mask is that it reminds me of this morning's lesson. In the lesson people thought they knew who Jesus was. But, they were beginning to ask him questions. They wanted to know who he really was. People saw Jesus as a man. People saw Jesus as the son of Joseph and Mary. People also saw Jesus doing many great things to help people. Because of ...

2549. What's Coming Out?

Mark 7:20

Children's Sermon

... warned us about that. He once said that what comes out of a person makes him or her unclean. We can let good and loving words and thoughts come out of us, or we can let ugly, hateful ones come out. God doesn't stop the bad things from coming out of us. He ... answers. Explain to your child that just as the food inside makes its presence known to others, so the good and bad thoughts, wishes, and feelings inside of us will come out eventually. Point out that he could not tell what was inside you by looking ...

2550. Eating Living Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... made one in his flesh. CONTENT Precis (John 6:51-58) Jesus uses the symbol of the living bread that gives eternal life and relates it to his sacrifice of life for the world. In response to a furious debate among the Jews who are horrified at the thought of cannibalism, Jesus uses words similar to those in the institution of the Eucharist. He proceeds to assert a unity between those who eat of his flesh and drink of his blood. He makes a further connection between himself and the living God who sent him and ...

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