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2701. The Suffering Servant

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... let them finish the job. Caiaphas: It will not be easy to persuade Pilate to go along with such a plot. Annas: We will apply pressure to Pilate. He wants to be out of Judea as much as we want him out. He knows that if trouble begins, he will stay here and never get out. He’ll do what we want him to do just to avoid trouble. He is too ambitious for his own good. Caiaphas: Yes, but the problem will be getting Jesus at an opportune time to arrest him. He is always in the public places and ...

2702. Jesus Christ, the Truth

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... looks at the other woman.) Good morning, Ruth; glad to see you. Procula: Pilate, it is good to see you in such good spirits, considering all that is on your mind. I have been worrying about you. Pilate: Ruth, you may go now. Procula: No, I would like her to stay; she may be of help to you concerning this Jesus. Pilate: All right, but I don’t think you two need to worry about this. It is an affair of state. (He says this broadly.) What would they think of me in Rome if they knew I had to rely ...

2703. Stewards and Our Bodies

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... our humanity. We get sick and die because we are imperfect and finite. There is a ministry of healing. The Psalmists wrote a song to be sung at temple, "He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He fills my life with good things, so I stay young and strong like an eagle" (Psalm 103). If there’s any person who has a divine commission to practice a vocation as a ministry, it’s one in the health professions. In Jesus’ ministry, he demonstrated God’s desire for healing to take place for those ...

2704. Resurrection: From Burn-Out to New Vision

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... sleep forever. Or, if you haven’t reached that extreme, you may have fantasized about being sick. Maybe you have thought how nice it would be to have some kind of painless illness that was nevertheless so serious that your physician would order you to go to the hospital and stay in bed until she tells you that you can get up. We see another symptom of burn-out when Elijah says, "Lord, take my life; for I am no better than my ancestor." What he means is that on a scale of ten his self-esteem is at minus ...

2705. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... that slavery. He claimed sonship. Rosa Parks did not give up her bus seat to a white man because her skin was black and his was white. Rosa Parks was a daughter of God. Nor did the 2,000 marchers on Pettus Bridge choose to stay home that Sunday afternoon and read the newspaper. Today there are Christians in South Africa - white and black - who are reading their Bibles, and learning the resurrection message anew. Others in Central America are discovering in Christ power to achieve freedom from slavery that ...

2706. A Man Whose Dreams Came True

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... 3. _________ had Joseph sold as a slave (37:26, 27) 4. _________ Joseph’s master in Egypt (37:36) 5. _________ in prison with Joseph (40:2-4) 6. _________ in prison with Joseph (40:2-4) 7. _________ Egyptian name given to Joseph (41:45) 8. _________ stayed home when brothers first went to buy grain (42:4) 9. _________ kept in Egypt by Joseph (42:24) 10. ________ Joseph’s cup was in his sack (44:12) 11. ________ offered his life for Benjamin (43:9) 12. ________ Joseph’s father (37:3) 13. ________ where ...

2707. A Man Who Wanted to Burn a City

Luke 9:46-50

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... that’s what Jesus had in mind (Mark 9:38-40). A while later, Jesus sent some disciples ahead to a Samaritan village, that they might find a place to spend the night. When the Samaritans learned that a group of Jews was planning to stay overnight in their village, they said, "Nothing doing." The disciples were flatly and firmly refused. John was furious. His temper exploded. "Lord," he exclaimed, "why don’t we call down fire from heaven and burn this inhospitable city, just like Elijah did?" (see 2 Kings ...

2708. A Man With a Scalpel and a Pen

Acts 16:6-10

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... he had a vision of a man of ____, pleading for help. (Acts 16:6-9) 8-11. Luke (indicated by the pronoun, "we") left ________ with Paul, sailing by way of ________ and _________ to the city of __________. (Acts 16:10-12) 12-14. They and their party stayed in the home of a woman named _________, who was a seller of _________ and had come from the city of _________. (Acts 16:14, 15) 15-17. On their way to Jerusalem, Luke and Paul came to ________ where they visited with _________, the evangelist, who had four ...

2709. A Citizen of Three Worlds

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... 6-11) _______ _______ (13:11) 4. Paul stoned and left for dead (14:8-19) _______ _______ (16:1) 5. evil spirit cast from slave-girl (16:12-18) _______ _______ (16:14) 6. an altar "to the Unknown God" (17:22, 23) _______ _______ (17:34) 7. Paul stayed with fellow tentmakers (18:1-3) _______ _______ (18:2) 8. great bonfire of magic books (19:1, 19) _______ _______ (19:28) 9. youth slept while Paul preached (20:6-12) _______ _______ (20:9) 10. Romans saved Paul from Jewish mob (21:31-33) _______ _______ (23:26 ...

2710. Saint Francis of Assisi: a Faith for Every Day

Psalm 145:9 · Proverbs 12:10

Children's Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... St. Francis, without any protection or weapons, went out and tamed the animal, and now artists even draw pictures of that same wolf lying at St. Francis’ feet like a gentle lamb. There’s another story that tells of all the birds coming to the house and staying there all night the night that Francis died. The story goes that the birds sang because they wanted the people to know that their very best friend had died, and that his life was a beautiful story, just as beautiful as their songs. I hope you can ...

2711. William Booth and His Hallelujah Army

1 Thessalonians 4:16

Children's Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... part of the Christian church. It worried him that more wealthy Christians didn’t seem to invite the very poor into their churches. Mr. Booth was also concerned that if very poor people came into the wealthy’s churches, the poor wouldn’t be comfortable and stay very long. This stripe that goes on a soldier’s arm tells us that William Booth organized Christians like an army. He saw us Christians as God’s fighting force against the bad, evil, and ugly in the world. Today people who belong to William ...

2712. What Do You See?

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Thomas Long

... being interviewed on a radio talk program. The interviewer was an opinionated fundamentalist whose biases were quite strong. It became clear during the interview that he felt that the church ought to stick to the business of preaching the old-time gospel and stay away from meddlesome activities like shelters for homeless people. "Now just tell me," he jeered at one point, "where is Jesus in all this?" For a moment the pastor considered silently how to respond, then said calmly, "You just have to be there ...

2713. The Easter Story Is Our Story

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... clothes neatly stacked. His intuition, it seems, told him that Jesus had risen from the tomb. The Beloved Disciple saw it all and believed. That is all that the gospel writer tells us. Peter and the Beloved Disciple then returned to the place they were staying in Jerusalem. Mary Magdalene was still there. She stood weeping outside the tomb. Finally, she, too, got up the courage to enter the tomb. Two angels greeted her. They sat, one at the place where Jesus’ head had lain, one at the place where his ...

2714. Wait and Witness

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... Peter straining forward. "Can we go now, Jesus? Are you finished with us? We’re ready. Can we get going with the business of your kingdom?" And Jesus said, "No! You can’t go yet. First you’ve got to wait. First you must receive the power of God. Stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high." The disciples did as Jesus asked. They waited in Jerusalem. They waited in the temple. They awaited the promise and power of God. And their waiting was not in vain. For that part of the story we ...

2715. A Cup Running Over

John 11:17-37

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... his good friends Mary and Martha of Bethany, brought the kind of news we all dread to hear: "Lord, he whom you love is ill" (John 11:3). The message referred to their brother, Lazarus. Jesus seemed to receive the news calmly. Instead of rushing off, "he stayed two days longer in the place where he was" (John 11:6b). Finally, he said to his disciples, "Let us go back," and told them bluntly, "Lazarus is dead." With that, they set out for Bethany, which was virtually a suburb of Jerusalem, and, by then, enemy ...

2716. The Remnant Year

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... we come once more to our text. In it God is working his saving power on the faithful remnant of his people. The process has been going on for a long time. Whenever the least of all the people kept the faith, whenever a tag-end of inspiration stayed vital, whenever assurance came forth in works, he saved his remnant and by his grace made out of it a new garment. Out of the remnants of covenant faithfulness he created a new people, endowed with new life. The Gospel shines through our text, as Jeremiah lifts ...

2717. Who Knows?

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... current. "Who knows?" is not a flippant or sophomoric question which defends our willfulness. "Who knows?" is an affirmation of the limits by which we must live and the forever new limits which God’s Word provides us out of our faithfulness. In "Who knows?" we stay gladly where we are, glorifying and praising God for his marvelous works toward us. We surrender ourselves gladly to living against the wall in the Word so that, in his time, walls may fall away and his current can pick us up and lift us high ...

2718. A Streak of Common Sense

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... done for. A new long-range consequence had come to pass. Now we have to ask whether the two little pigs showed genuine common sense or not? Coming to the brick house the wolf calls out, is refused entrance, blows as hard as he can, but the brick house stays safe. Furious, the wolf comes down the chimney only to land in a kettle of boiling water set there for just such an emergency. This little pig achieved the long-range consequence of his common sense - safety. Along the way he paid the price of the daily ...

2719. The Two Most Important Questions A Christian Can Answer

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . In his autobiography he relates a childhood incident that seems trivial in itself, but, seen in the light of what he eventually became, it was probably the turning point in his life that made him the great man he was. One day his parents told him to stay home and weed the turnip patch while they were gone. He had just begun when some friends came along and persuaded him to go fishing with them, promising to help him weed the garden when they got back. But, as every fisherman knows, it's practically ...

2720. Epiphany 5

Mark 1:35-39, Mark 1:29-34, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Job 6:1-7:21

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... his characteristic viewpoint on miracles in this story about Jesus’ healing of Peter’s mother-in-law and others in Capernaum, namely, that, however important, they are so subordinate to the Gospel message that Jesus isolates himself after them and resists pressure to stay and do more, all in order that he might fulfill his main mission: preaching throughout Galilee. Call to Worship Leader: Sisters and brothers in Christ, our Master went about doing good. People: NOT FOR ITS OWN SAKE, BUT ONLY AS A SIGN ...

2721. Bell-Bottoms that Scared the Devil

Luke 6:37-38

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , like fight, tell lies, cheat, steal and all sorts of things. The people also believed that the evil spirits made them sick, unhappy, and very poor. Now the evil spirits were everywhere, but the one place that the people wanted to make sure that the evil spirits didn’t stay in was the beautiful temple. For a long time they wondered what to do, and then one day a priest thought of how to keep the evil spirits out of the temple. Do you know what he did? (See what kinds of answers you get.) Let me tell you ...

2722. Christmas Carols · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Luke 2:1-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... it. A printer’s mistake and a singer’s matching of a poem with some other music brought the hymn into being. Sometimes we don’t understand why certain things happen. It doesn’t seem right. We wish that things were different than they are, but for some reason they stay that way. It may be for the best. It was for one Christmas Carol and we are all glad that it happened that way. I want you to sing the first verse with me and listen to the words that Charles Wesley wrote about the angels. Then we will ...

2723. The Gift

Drama

Esther Lense

... is the sixth gift of Christmas - worship. The pre-school, kindergarten, first, and second grade children now group themselves around the chancel steps. The first and second graders sing The Little Jesus Came to Town. All the children turn to face the Holy Family after this song, but stay in their places. LUKE: My name is Luke. I never lived and walked with Jesus, like some of my friends did, but I learned about him, and I loved him, and I wanted to worship him as the Son of God. And in my book I fold how ...

2724. The Most Beautiful Word

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... Moines, Iowa. We talk about THE Savior. We don’t talk about MY Savior. And, give us credit, we do a wonderful job - until that dark night of the soul, when all at once our skeletons will no longer fit in the closet, when our black memories will no longer stay buried at the bottom of our minds, when the fears and the guilts begin to gang up on us and gnaw at our very guts, when we find ourselves assailed by lostness and anxieties that we never knew, when each passing year seems like the cold, damp wind of ...

2725. Which Self Are You?

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... once, "It seems like I was a man trying to climb out of a muddy, clinging swamp, and every time I just about reached the solid bank, someone would come along, put his foot in my face and push me back into the mud. And so, finally, I decided to stay in the swamp. And what the hell, I have a lot of company." Yes, he decided to sit in the mud, but he could never quite forget that he wasn’t a mud turtle. And no matter how many mud turtles there were, he didn’t belong in the mud ...

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