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2776. Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock

Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

... heartburn) and an esophageal hernia. My doctor tells be I shouldn’t lift anything heavy, but he doesn’t offer a definition of "heavy." I have also been advised by clergy colleagues of the necessity of avoiding a malady that is common to many ministers. "Stop thinking that you are somehow responsible for everything and everybody. You didn’t create all the problems in the world (regardless to what some of your church members may think). Why do you think you can solve them? You’re not Jesus, you’re ...

2777. God With Us

Matthew 1:18-25

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... down here as a baby? (response) But he is God and he is supposed to be everywhere. How is he now a little baby, babies can’t go anywhere? (response) Give them time to develop their thoughts. Christmas is a wonderful time. It reminds us that God left heaven and stopped being everywhere and became one of us. You see when God is up in heaven it’s hard to talk to him and when he is everywhere it’s hard to see him but when he becomes a boy and he is our brother then we can talk to him ...

2778. Teacher

John 1:35-42

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... God is our heavenly Father and that the Holy Spirit is alive in our hearts. His teachings are so high--they're higher than One million trillion! Hold up your surprise sign. That's pretty high isn't it? (response) You see, Jesus knows so much that we can never stop learning from him. So remember when you need a teacher, Jesus can count higher than a one million trillion and he can teach you to count as high as the heavens.

2779. The Sound of Weeping

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... day, years ago, a little procession could be seen on that Bethany road. Jesus is among them, riding a donkey. The people seem bright and happy as they march along in the morning sun. They round a bend in the road and the city comes into view. The procession stops; so does the talking. The sudden silence is soon broken by the sound of someone crying. If is the cry of a man - the deeply-moving sound of a man weeping. That man is Jesus. Once before, we have been told "Jesus wept." (John 11:35) His weeping then ...

2780. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... without blemish, and so acceptable to God. The inspector made a point of finding some blemish, and the pilgrims then had to pay "the inside price" for an acceptable animal. The whole affair was a huge racket, yet no one could do anything to stop it. Into this situation came Jesus of Nazareth. He was angry that worshipers were being exploited, taken advantage of. He unfastened the cages and freed the animals, then turned over the tables of the exchangers, loudly scattering the money in all directions. "You ...

2781. The Dripping of Water

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... , even though you don't really understand what is happening and will happen, I love you, and my love can restore, refresh, and cleanse you." Surely Judas had a struggle to stand up to such a moving appeal. The sound of dripping water should cause all of us to stop and look at ourselves in relationship to Jesus. Simply by being who he was, he always and inevitably shows us what we are. I've never been to Rome, but I've read about the art galleries in the Vatican. Paintings by the world's master artists are ...

2782. The Shouting of the Crowd

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... difficult lessons we all have to learn, and one of the most difficult prayers we all have to pray, is to keep from making judgments. We are so judgmental that we make statements about one another, formulate opinions, direct ridicule toward each other without stopping to try to understand. Some years ago I heard a minister relate an experience that taught him never to make prejudgments. He was a Methodist and had just been assigned a new church. Trying to get to know his congregation, he decided to visit ...

2783. The Clop, Clop, Clop of a Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... , week after week. He told him about his own injuries and his difficulties adjusting. Gradually, Noel was able to help him overcome his bitterness and anger, and to glimpse the possibilities of hope. He left the hospital before Noel did. On his way out, he stopped by Noel's room to tell him about his plans to go home, get married, and start a career. He had learned how to handle his handicap both physically and emotionally. The hospital staff had helped him physically; Noel had helped him emotionally. The ...

2784. The Sound of Everlasting Joy

Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... that day. He was fascinated by the idea of sounds, especially the way we have attempted to hear some sounds of the passion over the past six Sundays, and how the sound of everlasting joy can be heard on Easter day. My conversation with that reporter made me stop and think about some of the unusual sounds that are heard in an Easter worship service - sounds that we do not hear on other Sundays. Today we hear the sound of trumpets and trombones, and we don't usually have brass instruments; the drums, too, are ...

2785. It Dawned on Me

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... to be practical! There was no way out! No way out! That's how I felt about my job. After I agreed to do it, I had all kinds of doubts, but nobody knew them. Nobody. I didn't like what I was doing, but there was no way to stop. No place to go. No way out. If I quit, the Jews wouldn't accept me. Certainly the Romans would have no place for a quitter. So, you see, there was no way out. Yet, one day this prophet named Jesus, about whom everyone was talking, passed by my tax ...

2786. Vacillation - Pontius Pilate

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... strength. I know he spoke of love because there was melody in his voice; and I know he spoke of strength because there were armies in his gestures. And he was tender, though even my husband could not have spoken with such authority. When he saw me passing by, he stopped speaking for a moment and looked kindly upon me. I was humbled, and in my soul I knew I had passed by a god." After that day, his image visited my privacy when I would not be visited by man or woman; and his eyes searched my soul when my ...

2787. The Christian's Tears of Failure

Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... to be loyal by denying that he even knew Jesus, let alone that he was one of his followers. It may help us to know that life has its failures, and that even the greatest and most successful people have experienced one failure after another. Have you ever stopped to consider Jesus' failures? As far as we know, he failed to persuade Nicodemus to be born anew. He failed to win a rich young ruler to be a disciple. When he called Judas Iscariot to be a disciple, he had high hopes for him, but Judas was one ...

2788. I Cried All the Way Home

John 16:17-33

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... : "I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice." If there is no prospect of seeing each other or Christ again, the situation is hopeless. When we say "Goodbye" forever, we can truly weep with the words: "Alas, alas." On his way to Jerusalem, St. Paul stopped in Ephesus to bid them farewell. He told them that he would not be permitted to return and that this would be the last time they would see him. The elders walked him to the ship. Before boarding, they knelt down and prayed together. They all wept ...

2789. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... , excessively brutal, once struck him in the head with a rifle butt. Following the war, my friend had the occasion to administer the Sacrament of Holy Communion to a group of Japanese Christians. As he made his way down the chancel serving, he stopped abruptly. Kneeling before him was the man who had struck him some years before. They looked into each other's eyes, each recognizing the other. And then, in a moment which transcended them both, they embraced! Hate was no longer in their experience because ...

2790. Help Me See

John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... wouldn't listen). Sometimes we make mistakes because we don't understand we are doing the wrong thing and we need to open our eyes and look at what we're doing. And sometimes we make mistakes hold up the glass because we will not listen and we need to stop and open ours ears and listen carefully to what our parents are telling us. I didn't listen to you and I made the milk too chocolaty. Let's remember to use the eyes and the ears God has given us.

2791. The Fruits of Good Soilir

Ephesians 5:8-9

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... did this morning was go to my garden, I dug down in the ground underneath the dirt and I pulled up this banana." Some child will either challenge you or have a strange look on his/her face because you said the banana came from in your garden. Don't stop, just keep talking "Then, I went to my flowers, and reached inside and picked an apple from the flowers. Then I went to a bush and got an orange." By now the children should be catching on that what you are saying is incorrect. Acknowledge the looks on their ...

2792. My Sheep Hear My Voice

John 10:1-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... would be a familiar common phrase within their home but instruct them not to say their child's name. If you have children who will be present record your spouse's voice or your own. Between each recording leave an ample amount of space so you can stop between recordings--about three seconds. You need to remember the parent's and the order of the recordings. Lesson: Good Morning! (response) Hold up the tape recorder. What is this? (response) That's right; it is a tape recorder. And look there is a tape in it ...

2793. Follow Me

Matthew 9:9-13

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... follow. God Loves you and he loves me! (Children Follow.) After you have circled the sanctuary, sit down. The children should follow your lead. When Jesus first met his disciples he looked at them and said, "Follow me." Then they Got up and they followed him. And they never stopped following him. He was their leader. That is what I am going to ask you to do for the rest of your life. I want you to play follow the leader. Everything Jesus does and everything Jesus says, I want you to do and say. If you will ...

2794. A House Or A Home?

Joshua 24:1-27

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... we should follow the example of Robert. Robert was the next-door neighbor of Pastor Johnson. Almost every day the two of them would return home from work about the same time. Pastor Johnson noticed a curious thing. Many days before going into his home, Robert would stop at a willow tree in his front yard and touch its limbs with both hands. Then he would enter the house with a smile to hug his wife and children. One day the pastor asked him about that ritual, and Robert explained. "Oh, that's my trouble ...

2795. When a Member of the Family Dies

John 11:17-37

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... rain on a city street. He would stand on one bare foot as he pressed the other one against his leg to keep it warm. Every few minutes he would call out: "Morning papers! Morning papers!" A businessman, wearing a warm coat and holding an umbrella over his head, stopped by to purchase a paper. Seeing the young boy soaked and shivering, he said, "This winter weather is pretty rough on you, isn't it? I don't see how you endure it!" Looking up with a cheery smile, the youngster replied, "I don't mind too much ...

2796. Desire Peace

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... submission of nature, but its replacement with a new form, a nature not subject to decay, destruction, and turmoil. The new creation is inevitable ... and it is peaceful. There is, in Peter, and you ... and me, something which yearns for that time, beyond this earth's death. But STOP! The prophet Amos cries to us from the pages of the Old Testament a perplexing warning: Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness and not light. Amos 5:18 Amos waves the ...

2797. Peacemaking - Active, Not Passive

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... of explosive power stored up in the nuclear arsenals of the Soviet Union and America (in fact more than several hundred pounds of explosive for each human being on the face of the earth). And Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers." Only intentional peacemakers will stop such insanity. In doing so, we will count the cost of the sword which separates God's means of peacemaking from the military method. If we are to be peacemakers, the Bible tells us that we must center on Christ. "He who loves (fatherland ...

2798. Peace as Shalom

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

Scripture: Psalm 72:1-71 Peter 3:8-18Isaiah 9:2-7Luke 10:1-12 Text: "Peace be to this house." (Luke 10:5) Our bus pulled off the highway onto an overpass, where it stopped. The road up from Lod airport, near Tel Aviv, had displayed to us the remnants of the wars of Israel. Shelled-out tanks and armored personnel carriers were preserved where they had fallen, as memorials to the men who had fought and died there. Now our eyes were turned eastward, ...

2799. Peace Through Sacrifice

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... attainable because it starts within us.• Peace is desirable because we all need justice.• Peacemaking does not just happen, it is intentional.• Peace is Shalom, God's tough love.• Peace is receivable when we confess our anger, fear, and grief, when we stop worshiping the false god named Security,and when we gain a world view, such as God has, which sees beyond our short-sighted human barriers. Today's step on the Sevenfold Path is the sixth, which suggests that peace comes through sacrifice. First ...

2800. Parable of the Crabgrass

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... to pull up all of the bad crab grass. There is so much crabgrass in this world, it would take a zillion years to pull it up and you might pull up the good grass with it. So I have a suggestion for you and for your mom and dad: Stop trying. There’s too much of it and it will just keep coming back anyway! That’s also true for people. There are so many crabby people and so many crabby things going on in this world it would take a lifetime to try and get rid of them. So ...

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