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251. The Girl Who Was Too Smart to Learn

Luke 2:25

Children's Sermon

... learn. As soon as she knew a little bit about something, she figured she "knew it all" and had nothing else to learn. She didn’t want to keep growing. She was content to stay where she was. By contrast, the Bible tells us about someone named Simeon who never stopped learning and growing. Simeon was an old man when Jesus was born; but he wasn’t too old to see something new in life. He wasn’t too old to be led by faith in search of something more. Simeon had heard about the birth of God’s Son, and ...

252. Do You Believe In Easter?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ’ last command is our first order of business: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations." (Matthew 28:19) The Early Church did it well. Acts 5:42 tells us that "day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ." Who is going to discover the risen Christ because of you? Bobby Bowden, the great football coach of Florida State University, was in town last week for the Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast. He told a ...

253. The Blessing Of Bondage

Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , freedom from fear of death, and above all, freedom from the terrors of the judgment day. A teen-age boy told his parents he was going to run away from home. "Listen," he said, "I’m leaving home. There is nothing you can do to stop me. I want excitement, adventure, beautiful women, money, and fun. I’ll never find it here, so I’m leaving. Just don’t try to stop me!" As he headed for the door, his father leaped up and ran toward him. "Dad," the boy said firmly, "you heard what I said. Don’t try to ...

254. "Two Men in White Suits"

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... to make it without any money?" The answer is, "While driving through Columbus, my fuel pump broke. I had no tools in the car. I stopped and bought a new one and with my bare hands I was able to change it. It took all my dollars away and I need ... time you see the Prudential ad on television or the next time you hear of a child having to go to the principal’s office, you stop for a moment and think about the words of Jesus as he describes that experience. As those things happen to us, Jesus will come and ...

255. He Bore Our Sins

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... over and give ourselves to God." Wesley only preached what Jesus exemplified during his visible ministry of his thirty three years in our midst. There is no record of Jesus ever refusing anyone (regardless of the wretchedness of the past) if only that person stopped making excuses once he or she had been touched and warmed by the spirit of Christ. "Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 6:2) During Jesus’ ministry, thieves came to him, and he took them ...

256. The Forgiven and the Forgiving

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... world. Jesus faced adultery, cheating, stealing, hatred, murder - all of it, and he said to struggling persons, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more." While the Pharisees were nit-picking, Jesus was loving, and forgiving, and changing the world. When will we stop adding sin to sin, hate to hate, and death to death, and start adding love to love, goodness to goodness, and life to life. That is the spirit that Jesus let loose in our world. That is what gratitude is all about, loving others because ...

257. We Want Freedom

Matthew 4:1-11

Illustration

Barbara Brokhoff

... conscience, freedom from fear of death, and above all, freedom from the terrors of the judgment day. A teen-age boy told his parents he was going to run away from home. "Listen," he said, "I'm leaving home. There is nothing you can do to stop me. I want excitement, adventure, beautiful women, money, and fun. I'll never find it here, so I'm leaving. Just don't try to stop me!" As he headed for the door, his father leaped up and ran toward him. "Dad," the boy said firmly, "you heard what I said. Don't try to ...

258. Pilgrim Living in a Vagabond World

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... really got down to the business of practicing public and private morality in all areas of life, instead of exempting areas they make exceptions of, the social climate of this nation would be transformed in six months. Let me repeat it: Good things happen when good people stop wailing and start walking. Permit me to tell you another story - and you can read this in your Bible in chapter 7 of 1 Kings. It was about 900 B.C., and the city of Samaria was surrounded by the Syrian armies. The siege having gone on ...

259. Trumpets in Church on Easter, The Very Idea!

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... it five times with a piece of old conveyer chain, spelling out the name "Jesus" and I ordered the floods to draw back. Then I knelt down at the water’s edge. I waited for the waves I had created to die down, for the specks of coal dust to stop moving about. It seemed to be taking too long. Why was it that the coal dust, instead of settling down, was now running together as it pulled by a little current? I picked out one speck and followed it. Could it be my imagination? No, that speck of dust was ...

260. Family, Family, Who’s Got the Family

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... yourselves. SUSAN: Mommy, Mommy! Make her give me my doll! BARBARA: [she now has the necklace and lipstick; thrusts doll at Susan] Take your old doll! Moth-errrr! This - this MONSTER has been in my room again messing in my things! Can’t you stop her? SUSAN: [she retreats behind Grandmother’s chair, seeking an ally] It’s a mess already. BARBARA: [threatening] It’s MY mess and you stay out! [examines lipstick] Look at my new lipstick! Look how she’s blunted the end! [wailing] Moth-errrr! MOTHER ...

261. SURVIVAL IN THE RAT RACE

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... some place, that they are accomplishing some goal, that they are getting ahead of the other rats. But all they are doing is making the wheel spin faster and faster and faster. In order, then, to stay in the same place, they have to run faster. Goal? Do we ever stop long enough to discover what our goal is, or if there is one at all? How often we are like the military officer who was being flown from one tiny island in the Pacific to another. After a while, he wandered up to the pilot’s cabin and asked ...

262. Are Your Tears Too Late?

Luke 19:41

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... bottle and I call this MY TOO LATE BOTTLE. I cry and other people cry when it’s too late. You know what I mean? Has your mother or father ever told you to stop what you were doing or someone was going to get hurt? Did you stop? Did you get hurt? Did you cry? Well, that’s the way Jesus feels when he tells us to stop doing wrong things. Only, when we commit our sins, we not only hurt ourselves, but we hurt Jesus as well. We hurt him so badly that one day he had to hang on a ...

263. When The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... came: It was to show us that God is love. This was a hard sell. People are always inclined to see God as stern Judge, cosmic cop, wrathful Ruler. But not as loving Lord. Jesus came to wrap God's loving arms around this hurting world. I often stop at a certain restaurant in town which has a first-class aquarium. It contains a glorious assortment of tropical fish with colors so extraordinary that only God's personal coloring set could have decorated them. It takes a lot of work to run an aquarium. The owner ...

264. The Best Way to Help Someone

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... be helpful to other people. But that may be as easy as it sounds. Let me illustrate. A man got on a train one Friday in London, bound for the town Rosedale. When the conductor came by and pick up his ticket, said, "Sir, this train doesn't stop in Rosedale on Fridays." ~ passenger protested, saying, "But I've got to get to Rosedale tonight." They had somewhat of an argument right there in the aisle. The beleaguered passenger said, "I wonder if you would go talk with the engineer and ask him if he would make ...

265. Five Minutes After Death

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

Robert Allen

... . Apparently, as a practical joke, someone removed the barriers where a bridge was to be built over the Trinity River. The first driver that came along was able to slam on his brakes and stop his car just before he went over the edge of the cliff and down into the river. The man who stopped his car saw another car coming; he jumped out of his car and tried to flag it down to stop them before they went over the edge. But, the four girls must have been frightened when they saw the man trying to get them to ...

266. The Suffering Servant

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... day this Jesus took our Scribes and Pharisees to task. Called them hypocrites and frauds. Said they were fit only for hell. He has even attacked the validity of the Temple, the worship itself, and the priesthood. Annas: I didn’t realize that. Yes, he must be stopped, and stopped now. I didn’t know he was such a problem. Caiaphas: I have been studying our Law to find some charge against him. I have sent out men to entrap him, but he always manages to slip away. He must be banished or exiled or something ...

267. A New Temple Shall Arise

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... the temple that day. Human beings came to do something about their relation to God. They came to make a sacrifice to put themselves right with God. And Jesus put a stop to it. People came to the holy place to do a holy thing and Jesus put a stop to it. Listen carefully: Jesus of Nazareth put a stop that day to human religious activity. Jesus of Nazareth put a stop to every human form of trying to do something to make our lives right with God. "What will you put in the place of our temple?" the Jews of Jesus ...

268. By Thunder

Mark 1:14-20

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... of men." The Messiah wouldn't say "fishers of men." Men wouldn't just get up and leave their father to do all the work. The Messiah wouldn't ask people to leave their work. MIRIAMNE: Fishers of men. Fishers of men. ZEBEDEE: Will you please stop saying that. MIRIAMNE: Fishers of men. ZEBEDEE: Stop it! All right, fishers of men. Hmm. What if he is the Messiah? I guess the Messiah could do anything he wanted to do. If he wants to teach my boys to be fishers of men he couldn't have picked better men to do it ...

269. You Were Saying?

Drama

Dave Marsh

Director's Notes: This is a very easy drama to perform as there is only one line. In this drama, the 3 people need to stop being so busy that they can hear God. Most every Christian agrees that daily Bible study is essential to building a better relationship with the Lord. Even if you believe that, perhaps you are like me. If you don't schedule a particular time of day of reading God's ...

270. The Remote (A Drama about Obeying Your Parents)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... , your humble daughter, to read a poem I wrote about how wonderful you are! Beth: Uh, sure. Diane: Mother, mother, how great you are. You are so wonderful, a shining star. You are my mother, oh yes, my mother! There is no other, my mother… Beth: Stop! (Beth presses the remote and Diane freezes.) Mother is getting ill! This isn’t what I wanted. I don’t want some sort of sweetening-sick zombie-daughter. I just want her to obey me. Hmmm, okay, last try. (presses some buttons – Diane goes back to where ...

271. Think About It (A Drama about Diffusing Criticism)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... and where the latest in-line skates are, and how many home runs Mark McGuire and who’s leading in the Winston cup race and … Beth: STOP! (Dave freezes in position) Dear Lord, I know that you really love Dave. He doesn’t see the big picture. He doesn’t know. Please ... she’s so frustrated) Dave: Now think about this. The kids turn 40 and their yelling at their kids and…. Beth: STOP! (Dave freezes) Takes a deep breath and is ready to pray…. Susan: (Enters) Excuse me. I hope I’m not interrupting ...

272. The Nightmare before Christmas

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... year. But the good news I bring to you today is that the nightmares WILL end - they always do. Nations around the globe are beginning to get financial houses in order. Relief and rebuilding efforts are underway in Central America. The bombing in Baghdad has stopped; it soon will in Washington. Since the outcome in the Senate is as much a foregone conclusion as the vote in the House, perhaps cooler heads will prevail, a bipartisan resolution of censure will be adopted, and a months-long trial will be avoided ...

273. The Good Samaritan: A New Look at an Old Story

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... fellow, we are not forced to identify with him because in a story that begins with a tragedy, helpers are sure to arrive. If we will identify with anyone, we will wait for our helper/hero. Hallelujah! Who comes along but a priest. If anyone could be expected to stop and help it would be a priest. But wait. The priest is not only not coming over to help; he is passing by on the other side. No reason is given. Some have suggested that, as a priest, he could fear ritual defilement with a corpse, but truth is ...

274. Are We On Speaking Terms With The Almighty?

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... or I'm going to walk out and you know where I'll go. These verses here ” -if they're from you to me ” -make them work fast." Now many of us might be appalled by Jack's in-your-face type of prayer, but it worked! Jack has stopped drinking, rebuilt his marriage, has two children, and has learned to run his shop smoothly. All thanks to an unlikely prayer. (3) Like many who are trapped by substance abuse, Jack knew that his only hope was not his own will power, his own virtue, his own good intentions. Jack ...

275. Swimming With The Sharks

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... were ignorant and poverty-stricken. But there was a village called Shimmabuke which was different. Its streets and homes were spotlessly clean. Its citizens were friendly and polite. Why was this village so different from the others? Thirty years before, a missionary stopped at Shimmabuke on his way to Japan. He won two men to Christ, Shosei Kina and his brother Mojon, and gave them a Bible. Through them the entire village became Christian and village life was transformed. (5) That is our ministry. When ...

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