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2676. Our Father Who Art In Heaven

Matthew 6:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: the flag (a Christian flag or the American flag) Can you think of something that belongs to all of us? When I get up in the morning and look out of the window, I see a heaven and a sun, or some clouds that belong to us all. It is our sun and our heaven. Is there anything that you can think of that belongs to us all? (Let them answer.) Some things belong to you and to me, and some things belong to us all. This means that you have your own teeth, your own clothes, your own house, and your own father ...

2677. Star Miracle

Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 60:1-22, Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

Today's society is a star-saturated society, or should we say star-crazy society? Since we seem to know all about our Earth and face no more earthly frontiers, we have turned our attention to extra-terrestrial bodies. We are interested in the stars: their size, temperature, and whether life exists on them. In 1989 Time magazine had a feature article on the sun, an "ordinary" star 96 million miles from Earth, 865,000 miles in diameter, with a temperature of 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. For 3-and-a-half ...

2678. Proper 9

Galatians 6:11-18, Galatians 6:1-10, 1 Kings 21:1-29, Isaiah 66:1-24, Psalm 66:1-20, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon Aid

George Bass

THEOLOGICAL CLUE In 1992, the festival of St. James the Elder will occur on Saturday, July 25th, while the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost will fall on Sunday, July 26th (Thus, in 1993, the feast of St. James the Elder, will be on a Sunday). He is the brother of John, the "beloved disciple," and he was the first of the disciples to be martyred and the only one whose death was recorded in the Bible. Acts 12:2 mentions Herod's persecution of the church, and how he killed James with the sword (and arrested ...

2679. Good News!

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

From your childhood, think of some good news which came to you suddenly. Maybe it was the announcement of a new baby in the family, or a new puppy. Maybe it was the announcement of a vacation or your first trip to Disneyland. Get in touch with the feeling of good news. That's especially helpful when there is so much bad news around. We certainly hear enough bad news these days. Newspapers, television, and radio bombard us daily with news like: "Pam Am Jet Down;" "258 People Killed;" "Bomb Suspected;" "1 , ...

2680. Our Living Hope

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

Not every question requires an answer. Sometimes the hope is that there will be no answer. Questioning can be "posturing," that is, taking a position rather than soliciting information. By the questions raised, information is given as well as asked. Often playing to the audience of listeners or bystanders, questions are intended to manipulate others while vindicating the posture of the speaker. One needs only to listen to a congressional hearing or a political debate to watch masters of an art most of us ...

2681. Lent 1

Sermon

Betty Lynn Schwab

Lent 1 Minister: "The Lord spoke to Moses: ... you shall set up the tabernacle ... And the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle" (Exodus 40:1, 2, 34). "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the people of Israel saying: ... lasting seven days, there shall be the festival of tabernacles" (Leviticus 23:33f). Youth: Why do we have this decoration in our sanctuary today? Reader 1: This is a model of the tabernacle, booth or temporary hut built by each Jewish family in Jesus' time for Sukkot or the ...

2682. Commitment

John 19:17-27

Drama

Martha L. Leach

Characters: Ruth John Theme: Commitment Narrator: Commitment is the attribute of this Holy Season which will be the focal point of this evening's worship. Someone once said, "God does not ask about our ability or our inability, but about our availability." Ruth and John are two personalities from the Scriptures who were available when God needed them and who were committed to the needs of those around them. John is returning to his home after witnessing Jesus' crucifixion. Ruth: Sir, I've been watching ...

2683. The Rights of an Apostle

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Johnny Dean

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense." Hopefully none of you have actually heard these words spoken to you directly but maybe you've heard them on a TV show or in a movie. They are called the Miranda Rights. A police officer will recite these magical words ...

2684. Making a House Into a Home

Joshua 24:15

Children's Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

Objects needed: A toy house, some furnishings, and the items mentioned below. I brought one of Mauri's toy houses with me today so we can talk a bit about making a house into a home. There are lots of people who think that to make a house into a nice home, you have to start with an $100,000 house ... and then put into it ... (Put toy furniture into the house) fancy furniture: nice beds, toys, etc.; two televisions; expensive car in the garage...every convenience you can think of. But those things really ...

2685. Is It Well With Your Family? (Mother's Day)

2 Kings 4:8-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

[Read up to verse 26b and end with "Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?"] I am going to read a quote to you first and then tell you who said it: A small child waits, with impatience, the arrival home of a parent. She wishes to relate some sandbox experience. She is excited to share the thrill that she has known that day. The time comes; the parent arrives. Beaten down by the stresses of the workplace the parent often replies: “Not now, honey, I’m busy, go watch ...

2686. The Witness and the Witnesses

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Easter ends and the season of Pentecost begins with the singing of an old and much beloved hymn: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire And lighten with celestial fire; Thou the anointing Spirit art Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dullness of our blinded sight. Finally, we pray: Teach us to know the Father, Son, And thee, of both, to be but One; That through the ages all along This may be our endless song ...

2687. The Second Sunday of Easter

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Kendall K. McCabe

The Protestant probably thinks of a dimly-lit church with rows of curtain-draped boxes along the side or at the rear. The lone individual slips into one, kneels, and begins to whisper to an unknown hearer on the other side of the partition, "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned." Then, thinks the Protestant, after mumbling through a catalog of misdemeanors, the Catholic penitent is assigned some token duty, such as saying a few prayers, and then is free to go and do those same things all over again. And, ...

2688. A Moment of Brightness

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Dean Lueking

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them and his face shone like the sun and his garments became white as light. (Matthew 17:1-2) In these words the evangelist Matthew tells us of a transcendent moment in the ministry of our Lord. Where It Occurred It is noteworthy that Jesus went to a quiet place of welcome remoteness, and that he took with him the three disciples closest to him. The ...

2689. Not Blind but Seeing

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Dean Lueking

A memorable line from Robert Burns offers a good beginning in hearing the word of Christ to us today: "O what power the Giftie gie’ us that we see ourselves as others see us ..." The ninth chapter of John’s Gospel is about seeing, not only as others see us but seeing as God sees us. It is one of the most dramatic chapters in the New Testament, as the Savior calls out to us not to be blind, but seeing. Trying To See What Can’t Be Seen It all begins with a question to Jesus from the disciples as they saw a ...

2690. Proper 15

Lk 12:49-56 · Jer 20:7-13; 23:23-29; 38:4-10

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

THE LESSONS Jeremiah 20:7-13 For preaching Yahweh's message of doom, Jeremiah is persecuted but is confident of victory. Jeremiah expresses his inner turmoil as a prophet. True to God's Word, he preaches doom and destruction for the nation at the hands of the Babylonians as God's judgment upon their sins of idolatry and wickedness. For telling the truth of what is coming, he is ridiculed and thrown into stocks; friends wait to catch him in a word of treason. Because he loves his people, he is hurt by their ...

2691. PROPER 29

Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Bulletin Aid

First Lesson: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Theme: God is a shepherd to his people Call to Worship Pastor: God is aware that his people often feel lost like sheep who have no shepherd. People: We cannot live without divine guidance to lead us through life. Pastor: God loves all his people, and promises to lead us like a shepherd who loves his sheep. People: We trust in God to keep us under his protective love! Collect Gracious Father, who cares for your children like a faithful shepherd: Be near us in all our ...

2692. The Family Reunion

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

Glenn L. Borreson

Today my mother's side of the family is having a reunion in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. It's an annual event. Sometimes we attend. This year we won't. For a preacher and family it's always this question: will we spend one of our four free weekends during the year at a family reunion where you don't know half the people and the other half, which you do know, you wish you didn't! Truthfully, that's not how I feel about family reunions. Mostly I enjoy them. But Erma Bombeck might describe these events as ...

2693. Seventh Sunday of Easter

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

Bulletin Aid

First Lesson: Acts 1:6-14 Theme: Prayer Call to Worship Pastor: After Jesus' ascension, the Apostles often gathered to pray together in expectation of the Holy Spirit. People: Prayer is God's way of opening our hearts to his love and power. Pastor: We are strengthened when we pray together, because it unites us with God our Father, and binds us together as brothers and sisters in Christ. People: May God move us to be a praying congregation, open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Collect Heavenly ...

2694. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Various Authors

Therefore, if any [are] in Christ, [they are] new creation[s]; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. (v. 17) John Bishop tells of a London slum child whose major refuge was his Roman Catholic day school. In the course of things, his school was visited by a physician who did medical examinations for the students. As the skinny little fellow left the doctor’s room, one of the nuns asked, "Well, Jimmy, what did the doctor say to you?" Jimmy answered, "He took one look at me and said, ‘What a ...

2695. Submission

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Pete Maravich and Lily Laskin had something in common aside from the fact that they both died one day apart. They both gave themselves to that which they considered important. People who keep up with harps and harpists say that Lily Laskin, the French harpist, took the harp out of the living room and made it a featured solo instrument on concert stages all over the world. She died on January 4, 1988, at the age of ninety-four. Upon her death, she was credited with popularizing the harp and reviving many ...

2696. God's Best Gift In The Worst Times (Sermon Series No. 2)

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

On Hampton Plantation in coastal South Carolina there used to live an elderly sharecropper, illiterate but very wise. One of his favorite sayings was this: If you ain’t in trouble, your prayers ain’t got no suction.” The Bible declares that our extremity is God’s opportunity. God is most likely to be found at your wit’s end, just when you need Him most, when you have run out of answers and almost out of hope. Consider the great prophets of the Old Testament: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah. ...

2697. God and the Weather

Matthew 5:45; 16:2-3 · Psalm 18:7-11; 46:1-3, 11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

Imagine for a moment that you are a person who has a great deal of difficulty in sustaining a conversation once you have met a person. After initial introductions, you draw a blank. It wouldn’t surprise me a bit that if in 99% of these situations what you end up talking about is the weather. "Sure is hot today, isn’t it?" "Think it’s going to rain? Sure looks like it." "These weather forecasters, you can never trust them! They said yesterday there was only 10% chance of showers and our picnic was rained on ...

2698. Blinding Specks

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

It is not uncommon for someone to be temporarily blinded or at least to have his or her vision impaired by the presence of a small foreign object in an eye. A large object is not required to cause this problem; a mere speck will do it. One’s eye becomes irritated; it hurts; tears begin to form, and one’s vision becomes clouded, all because of that speck. We can all empathize with one having this experience, for we have had it, too. We know what it is to be blinded by a speck in our eye. Jesus had something ...

2699. God's Best Gift in the Worst Times

Micah 5:1-4, Micah 5:5-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

On Hampton Plantation in coastal South Carolina there used to live an elderly sharecropper, illiterate but very wise. One of his favorite sayings was this: If you ain't in trouble, your prayers ain't got no suction." The Bible declares that our extremity is God's opportunity. God is most likely to be found at your wit's end, just when you need Him most, when you have run out of answers and almost out of hope. Consider the great prophets of the Old Testament: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Hosea, and Isaiah. ...

2700. A Terrific Trade

2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

My sister Martha is three years older than I and has always been considerably smarter. This put me at a disadvantage. Teachers in school would compare my work to Martha's and wonder if I came from the same litter. When I was four or five and Martha was seven or eight, she sometimes took advantage of my financial ignorance. I would have a dime and she would have a nickel. Showing me that the nickel was clearly larger than the dime, she would suggest a trade. I would gladly do so, wondering how my sister ...

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