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2701. Psalm 121

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

... you.” After reading those words Betty said she did try again and with God’s help she was able to get up. Betty went on to say that she had been a member of both the Methodist and Christian churches and always thought they were nice churches, but that she’d always thought, “there’s something more, there’s something bigger than just being a church member. She said I never felt fully fulfilled, but now she said, I feel more fulfilled than I’ve ever felt in my life. I believe that something more ...

2702. Is He Really Coming?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... time soon. We may even begin to wonder whether he is going to come at all. In any case, is this anything that we need to be concerned about? What difference does it make to us when - or if - Jesus returns? The writers of the Bible thought it was important. The return of Jesus to earth is referred to in the New Testament more often than almost any other Christian teaching. Someone has calculated that one in every 25 verses refers to this subject. The frequency of mention indicates that Christ's return was ...

2703. How Soon Is "Soon"?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... that it won't be any time "soon." Maybe he won't come at all. There were such skeptics even when the second epistle of Peter was written. "Where is the promise of his coming?" they asked. Today too many have given up waiting and don't give a thought to the Second Coming. But Jesus repeatedly warned that we should be ready and waiting for his return. When will that be? Does it make any sense to talk of it as being "soon"? God's Perspective When Jesus said he would return quickly, he was speaking from God ...

2704. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... could be multiplied a hundred times - yea, hundreds of times. Money can buy us what we want, provided we can live with what we want. It can never buy us what we need. Judas sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver in order to get what he thought he wanted. The coins represent his misplaced priority. I often wonder how Judas spent the rest of that Thursday night and the early hours of that Friday morning. Was he alone, counting his money, congratulating himself that he was forcing Jesus to act like his kind of ...

2705. The Shouting of the Crowd

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... shouting at the circus, the state fair, the legislature, and even at church. We've heard shouting on the playground, in the office, in the stoc_esermonsk exchange, and even at home. The sound of people shouting is not unusual to any of us. Have you ever thought of the sound of people shouting as one of those sounds of the passion? Have you ever associated shouting with the events marking the last week of Jesus' earthly life? When we use our ears instead of our eyes, we can hear some very distinctive sounds ...

2706. The Outsider

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... some time, but he hadn't dared to speak the word. Then someone who loved him said, "You can't stay here. For if you touch us or we touch you, we too will have leprosy. Go away to a cave outside town." He thought to himself, "You mean that no one will ever touch me again?" He thought to himself, "I would rather die." Jesus touched him. God does that kind of thing. He did it with Naamon, the stubborn commander, who was told by the prophet Elisha, "Go to the river Jordan and dip in the waters and you will ...

2707. Nobody - Simon of Cyrene

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... for a mere splinter from the genuine Cross of the Son of God, but that day, nobody wanted it. Nobody. I didn't want it either. I too was a Jew. I too was here in the Holy City for Passover. I too raged at the thought of being made unclean by the pagan cross. Nobody thought of that. Nobody. The officer spotted me. I looked like a black smudge on a newly washed white robe. I was selected for the greatest honor a man could have. The crowd didn't know it. The soldiers didn't know it. I didn't ...

2708. Does Love Make You Sorry?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... story of a nameless prostitute who loved Jesus and of a "good" man, Simon by name, who did not really love Jesus. At least he thought enough of Jesus to invite him to his home for dinner. During the meal, a woman of the streets slips in uninvited and begins to ... with her. Simon was offended by the prostitute's attention to Jesus, but he was tactful enough not to say anything about it. He thought to himself, "If Jesus were a true prophet, he would know she is a sinner and would not allow her to touch him." ...

2709. Tears on Easter?

John 20:10-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... . Life does not come after death but out of death. Weakness comes first and strength flows from weakness. Sorrow precedes joy; Easter follows Good Friday. The principle is illustrated by Mary Magdalene in our Easter text. When she came to the tomb, she wept because she thought that someone had stolen the body of Jesus. But her tears of sorrow turned into tears of joy as she recognized the risen Savior when he said to her, "Mary." She came to an empty tomb - out of death came the victory of life. Colleen ...

2710. T.G.I.F

John 1:43-51

Sermon

William Luoma

... paraments should be removed, as well as flowers. Some churches customarily cover the main cross in the chancel with a thin dark veil on this day. Good Friday Hymn: "In the Cross of Christ I Glory" Invocation: Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! In the name of the triune God. Amen (Psalm 139:23-24, RSV) (An invitation to God's people to confess their sins.) Friends in Christ: From the time we are born ...

2711. Encounters With Christ VI: Jesus and Caiaphas

Matthew 26:57-68

Sermon

James W. Moore

... a question, he would not give his own personal opinion. He would say, “I’ll go look it up”… and then he would quote someone or some tradition. Not so with Jesus… if you ask Him a question, He would tell a parable or tell you what He thought. Sometimes, He would even say, “You have heard the tradition, you have heard that it was said of old, but now I say to you something new.” Now this really threatened the religious leaders and they shouted, “Now you just wait a minute. Where did you get ...

2712. Encounters With Christ VII (Easter): Jesus & Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... in a borrowed grave… · And then on Easter Sunday morning, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb. The stone which had been covering the opening to the grave had been rolled away. She looked inside. She was startled to see that his body was gone. She thought someone had broken into the grave and stolen the body. She was crushed, heart-broken, devastated… “They crucified Him… and now they have taken His body away. How could they be so cruel?” she cried. But then, she heard a noise behind her. She turned ...

2713. Being Cool!

Mark 6:14-29

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... me if I wanted to be cool I would have to learn how to ride a... hold up the skateboard (skateboard) At thirteen my friends said that if I wanted to be cool I had to wear... put on the glasses (sunglasses) Not just any sunglasses but Gucci sunglasses. I thought I looked pretty cool in them and they did help protect my eyes but I wondered why I needed to wear glasses to make my friends think that I was cool. But I wore them anyway because all my friends were wearing them. Well, when I was fourteen my friends ...

2714. The Innkeeper Speaks

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

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... It was he, himself, who told me. He came by my inn on one of his visits and asked if he could see my stable. I thought that was rather an odd request. His mother had told him that was the place of his birth. I could not believe that this remarkable ... his kindness and his words of wisdom. I had never heard anyone speak quite like he spoke. I heard the religious authorities in Jerusalem thought him to be a rabble-rouser. But I really think they were afraid of him. They were sure he was inciting a rebellion ...

2715. Pruning Season

Luke 13:1-9

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... staring placidly into space. The LANDOWNER and the HEAD GARDENER enter and walk slowly around the TREE staring at it thoughtfully. The HEAD GARDENER is carrying pruning shears. After a moment, they take their stools.] OWNER: So, what do you think? ... or the fire. Which will it be? I don't have all day. TREE: (Reluctantly) Well, when you put it that way ... H.G.: I thought you would see the light. Now just hold still ... (Starts in with the shears) TREE: Oooh! Ow! That smarts! Careful, that part is ticklish. ...

2716. Foreshadowing

John 12:1-11

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... to do something rash. JESUS: You're right. He will do something rash. But not just yet. LAZARUS: Did you know he's been pilfering the money from the group funds? JESUS: Yes, I know. I'm afraid Judas is not in control of the money. LAZARUS: (Confused) But I thought he was in control of the money. JESUS: No. The money's in control of him. Judas has one god too many in his life. LAZARUS: Then why did you trust him with it? Wouldn't it have been wiser to let someone else handle it? Someone who could better ...

2717. Listening To God

John 8:31-41

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... me. LEE: That's right, Pat. There are some tests you can take to determine your own particular spiritual gift. Once you know that, the rest is easy. PAT: Is it? LEE: Absolutely! As Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." PAT: I thought he was talking about knowing that he was the Christ. LEE: That's part of it. But also knowing where he intends each of us to fit into God's greater plan. As Jesus said, "As for you, you should do what you have heard from the Father." PAT ...

2718. Monologue: Hagar

Genesis 16:1-16

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... Sarah's maid. She was Abraham's wife and had no children. She was old and although she desperately wanted to have children, she thought she would live the rest of her life being barren. She told her husband to have relations with me and if I conceived, that ... then. I didn't care about myself, or the baby, or whether I lived or died; I just wanted to run away from the terrible situation. I thought I might try to make it back to Egypt where I am from. I stopped by a small spring along the way. I didn't know ...

2719. Monologue: Rahab

Joshua 2:1-24

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... of honor. I waited for them to be true to their word, and I had told my family to wait for them. You have never known fear as I knew it then, waiting to face death or life. During the day of destruction, Jericho was totally destroyed as I thought it would be. The men did save me. They were true. They were honest. Everyone in Jericho believed that they could be unharmed or untouched by anyone because of our strong, secure walls. There is no such thing as security in the world. You and your family are only ...

2720. Monologue: Hannah

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... have a child more than anything else. You probably would say that I should have let the wish for a child go since my husband did not hold it against me and because our marriage was firmly intact without a child. But, I did not. I was deeply hurt. I thought that perhaps I had committed some sin that I was not aware of which prohibited me from having a child. I wondered what I had done wrong with my life that God had withheld this blessing from me. To make matters worse, the more I cried about not having a ...

2721. It's What's Inside That Matters

Mark 7:1-23

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... sure you don't want any? (response) If any of the kids pick up on what's going on let them drink form the jar. You thought I was trying to get you to drink mud didn't you? Look inside the jar. (response) You see. It's only dirty on the outside ... the jar and look inside: That doesn't make us dirty on the inside. How do we get dirty on the inside? (response) Jesus said bad thoughts, stealing, lying, and saying things that are not true about other people make us dirty on the inside. So, it's ok to have dirty skin ...

2722. Love Everyone

Luke 10:25-37

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... was about to start and he didn't want to miss it.Then what would you know another friend, a girl who lived down the street, was riding her bike down that road and when she saw the boy all beaten up she thought to herself, "Well, that's a shame. That poor boy is in trouble." She thought about it and she said to herself, "I would stop and help but I don't have enough room on my bike to carry him." And she passed him by. Then a Mexican boy who spoke Spanish (You may choose to use a ...

2723. Coming on the Clouds of Glory

Matthew 26:47-56

Drama

Joe Barone

... the breastplate with the names of the tribes of Israel on it. I'm the one who represents the people. There was a time when I thought we wouldn't have to kill this Jesus. The world is full of what you'd call small-time messiahs. The world is full of ... this Jesus. Herod, Nero and Domitian, they've all killed Christians. I'm an old, old man now. I've lived way longer than I ever thought I'd live, and I'm still surprised that people will give up their lives for Jesus. I know that letter they passed around, the ...

2724. Compelled to Carry

Matthew 27:11-26

Drama

Joe Barone

... to turn away, I had carried his cross. As I looked at him there on the cross I had helped him carry, I couldn't help but think, "This is an innocent man. This man has done nothing." At first it was just a little thought, planted by his suffering, hardly a conscious thought at all. But then ... as he cried, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me," I shared the feeling, and I wept. "He is calling Elijah," they said. "Let Elijah come and save him." And they gave him vinegary wine to revive him and prolong ...

2725. Encounter with a Stranger

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Robert Allen

... live?" I asked. "I travel a lot," he said. "Most nights the stars are my roof and the earth is my bed." "Haven't you ever thought of settling down and having a home?" "I tried it once," he said, "but it didn't work out. I just wasn't happy settled in ... say in his sermon, "The happiest days of my life were spent in the arms of another man's wife -- my mother." The young preacher thought the quotation would add drama and force to his sermon the next Sunday, so he tried it. He said, "The happiest days of my life ...

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