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2726. Jesus? Where?

Luke 4:14-30

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... answer. Playing Time: 3 minutes Setting: Church Props: None Costumes: Clothes appropriate for church. Time: The present Cast: Ollie -- a bit slow, Frank -- his friend Jill -- Frank's friend (ALL THREE ARE ENTERING THE SANCTUARY) JILL: I really feel the Lord's presence today. FRANK: Me, too. JILL: It feels good to be where Jesus is. OLLIE: Where? JILL: Frank, I told you! FRANK: (TO JILL) Never mind. (TO OLLIE) Where's what, Ollie? OLLIE: Where's Jesus? JILL: (TO FRANK) Why did you have to bring him ...

2727. Noah

Luke 12:22-34

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... good has Yllis ever done for you? GERHON: She didn't choose my mother as a sacrifice this year. NOAH: How would you feel if your mother was chosen? GERHON: Angry ... at first. Then, I suppose, resigned to it ... grateful, I guess, that I was honored ... ... . MRS. HAM: A picnic, what fun. MRS. SHEM: Everything's ready. Let's go. (THEY ALL PREPARE TO LEAVE) HAM: (HOLDING UP HANDS TO FEEL RAIN) Oh, oh. Something's happening. MRS. NOAH: Water's coming down. NOAH: That's rain. MRS. NOAH: Well, let's have our picnic ...

2728. Noah

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... get to choose \nanything you want to do today. \nHAM: Yeah, Dad, what is it?\nNOAH: Well, I'd like to go on a picnic again.\nMRS. HAM: A picnic, what fun.\nMRS. SHEM: Everything's ready. Let's go. (THEY ALL PREPARE TO \nLEAVE) \nHAM: (HOLDING UP HANDS TO FEEL RAIN) Oh, oh. Something's \nhappening. \nMRS. NOAH: Water's coming down.\nNOAH: That's rain.\nMRS. NOAH: Well, let's have our picnic in the ark, then. It'll \nbe just like that day 300 years ago when we went to the zoo. \nNOAH: Okay, let's go.\nMRS ...

2729. Which Way To Jesus?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... another Greek-speaking disciple by the name of Andrew, and the two of them were able to usher the Greeks into the presence of Jesus. That is a good model for us, also. When one feels too timid to introduce someone to Jesus, it is a good idea to bring someone else along to help one over the rough spots. The timid person will feel more comfortable in the presence of someone who can serve as an alter ego. We Wish To See Jesus The Greeks who approached the disciple made the request in a polite form: "Sir, we ...

2730. The Agony And The Ecstasy Of The Family

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... thought he was crazy. They thought he had gone "over the edge" and had become a religious fanatic. They thought he was crazy because of what he was doing -- preaching about the kingdom of God, healing, and debating with powerful officials. You can feel the agony of the conflict as you hear the story of how family members decided among themselves to "put him away quietly" before he did any more damage to himself and them. In the family conflict there was misunderstanding, miscommunication, and misjudgment ...

2731. The Compassionate Healings

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... help. He sought that help from Jesus. "Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him. 'My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed' " (Mark 5:22-23). You can feel the passion in the plea. You can also feel the passion in the response. Jairus had servants. He was rich. He was the man in authority. People in authority do not normally come begging to anyone. We would not be surprised if Jairus approached Jesus like this: "I met one of your ...

2732. The Taught Can

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... the real issue: "Who do you say that I am?" Peter, as always, had his hand up. Did some of the others have that thwarted feeling? "You always call on Peter. I had my hand up first." They had all learned the correct answer: "You are the Messiah." Whether they ... faith save you? ... Faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead" (James 2:14-17). Well, we don't need James to make us feel guilty. We can do that for ourselves. But can we do more than that? What was the first thing Jesus said we must do if we wish ...

2733. The Fear Of Taking The Plunge

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Richard Patt

... were moving to a more remote area of the state. Immediately others in the group objected, sounding as though they feared for the couple's well-being. These were the questions they asked: How can you give up the familiarity of this town? How do you know you'll ever feel at home in the new place? Can you stand to be away from your friends? Will you find a house there as nice as the one you live in now? Will you adjust to new doctors and dentists and will such people even be accessible to you in that remote ...

2734. Sabotaging The Sabath

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Richard Patt

... during the day, or when she would want to go out and enjoy the backyard, she had to turn down such opportunities because she didn't know how to get all the locks and bolts open! She ended up being a daytime prisoner, all in the name of feeling "secure." One doesn't even want to think of what might have happened if there had ever been a fire in the house. Her children had good intentions but carried them too far. The sabbath, too, needs to be guarded, but the religious leaders of Jesus' day carried things ...

2735. How to Rise above Discouragement

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... the Divine in prayer and humility. Or in the words of yesteryear's skeptic, Thomas Huxley, we need to say with him, "The longer I live, the more obvious it is to me that the most sacred act of a man's life is to say and to feel, 'I believe.' " That's what Harry Emerson Fosdick, the famous preacher of Riverside Church, New York City, had to do. Called to pastor and build that big church backed by the Rockefeller family and fortune, Fosdick eventually had a nervous breakdown. "It was," said Fosdick, "the most ...

2736. Arise! Shine! For Your Light Has Come

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... sense said, "You are fools to have made this long journey at the behest of a star, no one here knows anything about it." So now they must go on to Bethlehem, but what will they find there? Still, Luther says, "Faith pays no regard to what it sees and feels, but clings only to the word."1 So they left the temple and went to the cow stall. They thought they would find a king in pomp and circumstance, and instead they found a baby in a barn. Still, they discerned God's work. They knelt down and worshipped him ...

2737. The Silence Broken, The Bride Restored

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... it was a reaction, a reaching out to God, the beginning of communication. No longer was Israel living numbly under a false rule, feeling nothing. Israel remembered the special covenantal relationship it had with Yahweh and began to lament: "How long, O Lord? Will you be ... God in the midst of a modern, scientific, self-sufficient world, we also sense the silence of God when we do not feel so self-sufficient, when we are helpless in our suffering. Shusaku Endo speaks of that absent God in his novel Silence, ...

2738. Living By The Calendar Instead Of The Clock (New Year's)

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... a Catholic nun who had a little sign in her office that read, "Today I will not should on myself." We need to read it daily with her. Terry Hershey has a note on a mirror in his bathroom which reads, "Dear Terry, I know being in control makes you feel better, but I can handle it. Thanks anyway. Love, God." A popular coffee mug says, "Who nominated you Messiah today?" How hard it is for us to hear the hymn, "When the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet." Only living by the calendar instead of the ...

2739. Tiny Town: Promised Power

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Tony Everett

... ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days." What about you, O sister and brother in Christ? Do you ever perceive yourselves as weak, helpless, and surrounded by pressures and powers beyond your control? Do you ever feel like a tiny, insignificant speck on the landscape of life around you? Do you ever feel as if you are, in the words of ELCA Bishop H. George Anderson, "Nothing more than an itch on the Body of Christ"? I know that I do. We need a word from God. Where is God in all this ...

2740. Gifts: Rejected And Exchanged, Accepted And Shared

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Tony Everett

... Christmas. After Thanksgiving we begin gift buying in earnest. After Christmas, we begin the exchanging and bargain hunting frenzy. What happened with the gifts you chose to give? How were they received? What did that feel like for you? What happened to the gifts you received? How did you react? What did that feel like? The Christmas season is all about giving and receiving gifts. It's easy to allow ourselves to become so caught up in the choosing and wrapping, the unwrapping and exchanging that we miss one ...

2741. A Double Dose

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... time with Elijah, and having witnessed the challenges to his ministry, he had to have absolute confidence and assurance that he was doing the right thing. The commission would then be more than a verbal caveat, more than a laying on of hands. Elisha had to feel in his heart and soul that the commission for his leadership would be consummated. What better way than a double dose of the prophet's spirit? In our journey of faith we sometimes need the affirmation and confirmation, the laying on of hands and the ...

2742. God's Going To Bring His Children Home

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

James McLemore

... God had conceived and brought forth was acting childishly, and turning its back on God. So God had to find somebody who could understand what God felt and could describe, in a manner that these kings and priests, judges and farmers could understand, that God feels hurt and pain, just like a man feels hurt and pain. And so God gave these words to Hosea: "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and I called my Son out of Egypt, but the more I called the more he ran from me." This nation, this America, is ...

2743. Lent 4

Psalm 32:1-11, Joshua 5:1-12, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... . The Loving Father Image. A. Martin Luther had a very severe father. It is reported that his father whipped him because he stole a nut. That probably conditioned his early understanding of God the Father. He tried all kinds of religious exercises to rid himself of feeling guilt and to gain acceptance by God. None of them gave him satisfaction. It was when he came to the realization that he was justified by faith, accepted by the grace of God rather than because of his own frantic efforts to win God's favor ...

2744. The Results Of Resurrection

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... . What a trenchant word -- Peace. Peace in the biblical sense is a condition of being whole and complete. It is much more than a mere absence of conflict. Those disciples were whole again, because the Master was back. You and I may experience this feeling of wholeness by accepting this result of Jesus' resurrection. We will never have Jesus standing in our homes. We do, however, have opportunity to be heir to the legacy of the peace which can come only through God. A misconception rampant today is that ...

2745. Rich Toward God

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

John G. Lynn

... . The gospel wants us to be rich toward God. What does that mean? The gospel is not advocating poverty, destitution, annoyance, or aggravation. Human nature is advocate enough of such feelings. The gospel promotes abundance, overflow and motion toward God. The young boy in today's gospel wants to aggravate his brother and sell himself short. That kind of activity leads no one to abundance. No rivers will overflow their banks with this boy. He will have his one-third or ...

2746. Ashamed To Beg

Luke 16:1-15

Illustration

John G. Lynn

... couldn't speak what she really felt. She rarely asserted where she wanted to go or what she wanted to do. She later said, "I just wasn't Sandra with him." So she terminated her social, dating relationship with this man. Once she did, she began to feel like herself again. Her friends told her, "You're more like the old Sandra now." Across the same town, in another office, a young man sat at his desk for eight years, struggling to manage his office work force. Outside he was a friendly, generous person. In ...

2747. Confession

Job 42:1-6

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... him to be ludicrous and unwarranted. But at no time did God ever chastise him for speaking his mind. It was those moments of desertion and abandonment and the absence of God's presence that most of his hearers and readers identify with Job. This is the universal feeling of those who have walked the path of faith. Who has not felt at some time in life forsaken by God? How many times have you prayed and felt, saw, and sensed nothing? There have been those times when heaven seems like brass and God has turned ...

2748. God Remembers

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... a remarkable response to her by saying, "Go in peace; the God of Israel grant the petition you have made to him." But Eli had no idea what the child who resulted from this vow would mean to his own priestly family. Hannah left the temple much encouraged and feeling as though her prayer was going to make a difference. She was no longer sad, because she had placed her future in the hands of God. In due time Hannah bore a son and she named him Samuel. When he was weaned she brought the infant Samuel to the ...

2749. Thankful Living

Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... Alexander's hymn is so appropriate, All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. There have been times in the history of the church when Christians sought to escape from the world, feeling that physical and fleshly things were tainted and sinful. There is not the slightest evidence of this in the creation account in Genesis. The Bible tells us how God cares for and rejoices in God's creation. In Matthew 6, God feeds the birds; a ...

2750. Friendship? Yes, Please!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... for some time. Her name was Adihambo Otineo, which means "Beautiful Dawn." I asked her once if she liked it better here in the United States or back home in Africa. She grew quiet for some time. Her face worked with emotion. And finally she spoke with deep feeling. "I think I like it better in Kenya," she confided. "Here in the United States people are very busy and wealthy. And instead of giving you themselves they give you things. But in Kenya we are very poor. And we have nothing to give to one another ...

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