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2851. Members Of A New Family

Acts 10:23b-48

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... tests to prove themselves. (Hold up Indian headband.) Do you know what it is? (Let them answer.) That's right. This is an Indian headband. Would someone like to try it on? (Put it on one of the children.) If you had been a young Indian boy who lived a long time ago, you would have had to do all kinds of brave things to prove that you were a real man. If you passed all the tests, you became a full-fledged member of the Indian tribe. What do you suppose Indian boys had to do to prove themselves, boys ...

2852. A Light In The Darkness

Matthew 5:14-16

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... I was in college, I worked as a summer missionary at a camp in the mountains. We did all sorts of neat things. We went canoeing, hiking, and camping, but the neatest thing we did was caving. We wore hard hats to protect our heads and we wore long pants and long-sleeve shirts because it's cold inside a cave even when it's summertime on the outside. Most important of all, we each carried a flashlight. (Turn on flashlight and shine the light on the floor.) As we made our way inside a cave, we would turn on ...

2853. Being Ready

Matthew 24:36-44

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... cares for us and loves us. If we're not ready for him, we might miss out on everything Jesus has for us. We never know what's going to happen to us, but we need to be ready to face whatever comes our way. We can't wait too long to get ready or it may be too late. Don't wait too long to get ready! Let's pray for one another this week. God bless you.

2854. Thanks, Dad

Exodus 20:1-21

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... decided to go on a hike. This hike started out at the top of a mountain and wound around and around down the mountainside. It was a long way down, but going down wasn't so bad. As a little girl, however, I didn't remember that if I went all the way down, ... crashed down and exploded all over us. We could feel the cool spray on our faces. It was quite a sight but I was tired after that long hike down and I really didn't care about waterfalls. After a while, my dad said it was time to head back to the top. Back ...

2855. Be Wise In The Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... of view of the mind. The consequence is that we are less of a person than we might be if we gave proper balance between the heart and the intellect in our daily living and ministry. A pastor had the opportunity to attend a week-long conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in April 1992. The conference coincided with the 500th commemoration of Columbus' coming to America, and in particular his arrival in the Caribbean Islands. On Sunday 350 people attending the conference were assigned one of ten buses taking ...

2856. Week Five Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... life pleasant, fulfilling, something we look forward to each day when we awake. Since life is satisfying we do all we can to avoid death. This is only natural and right. God gave us the wonderful gift of our lives. We should use it to its fullest for as long as God gives us to enjoy this existence. Physical death is something that we do a good job of avoiding. We steer clear of problems; we don't take any unnecessary risks. There is another kind of deadness, that which keeps us from being all that we want ...

2857. The Sixth Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... and Pharisees, "Is it lawful to cure people on the sabbath, or not?" But they were silent. So Jesus took him and healed him, and sent him away. Everyone knew the answer. The law allowed emergency care on the Sabbath if there was immediate danger of death, but a long-term illness must wait for a workday. The Pharisees weren't there to find answers; they were there to find an accusation. Jesus gave them what they were looking for.Then he said to them, "If one of you has a child or an ox that has fallen into ...

2858. Climbing Rainbows Through The Rain

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... direction we are likely to miss a word of eternal truth. Let us say that you decide this must be taken as literal truth. In doing so, let us say that you find a way to harmonize internal inconsistencies by ironing out matters of how many animals and how long the flood. Let us even say you find remains of the ark in a glacial valley atop Mount Ararat. In and of itself, what have you accomplished? What difference would it make in your life? Would it make any difference in our world? On the other hand, what ...

2859. Life's Loose Threads and The Tie That Binds

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... his sight unimpaired -- slowly surveying the landscape. With the staff firmly grasped in one hand, the other shades his eyes in order to behold the breathtaking view. While in the desert, he had actually dreamt of this scene from time to time. But now, at long last, the frayed scraps of all those fleeting visions are finally pieced together, billowing out before him like a patchwork quilt. Embroidered, here and there, is the rugged stitch of a mountain or gentle seam of a valley. Much as one might caution a ...

2860. Signs Of Christ's Return

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... to the Branch Davidian group led by David Koresh, whom she believed to be a great, loving, and godly man. Mona said that she liked Laurie very much and would love for her to join her church, where she believed Laurie would find what she longed for -- acceptance, love and purpose in life. Acceptance, love and purpose is exactly what Laurie thought she found when she met David Koresh. His penetrating eyes and the conviction in his voice impressed Laurie as she listened to him. He was calling her to follow ...

2861. The Truth Will Make You Free

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... forward. Then in complete seriousness the pastor asked the students if they promised to continue in Jesus' word. Did they promise to worship regularly and receive holy communion; pray and read the Bible often; and serve Jesus Christ through word and deed their whole life long? Chris found himself answering, "I do, and I ask God to help and guide me." It was as if the promise of God that had been inscribed on his heart at his baptism encouraged him to say the words. With the confirmation promises made, the ...

2862. The Truth Will Make You Free

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

2863. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 13:17--14:31, Psalm 114:1-8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... into the future. How do we deal with the need for institutions, both sacred and secular, to be forgiven, especially if the parties to the cause of the grievance are long gone and present members have no sense of personal guilt? 7. Conditions for Forgiveness · Does forgiveness require certain conditions for it to be fulfilled? Forgiveness has two sides: the person needing forgiveness and the person offering forgiveness. Can we really forgive another unless the other person repents of the action ...

2864. The Holy Spirit As The Dove Of Peace

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... able on occasion to reflect on the ultimate paradox of war. One such incident was when he wrote in his journal at the time of the allied invasion of France, "An arresting sight in one French village were the crucifixes located on the top of long poles at each corner of the intersection. They were used by the signal corps as supplementary telephone poles. I could not help but think of the incongruity between the crosses and the lethal messages that passed over the wires." In war we always make some appeal ...

2865. The Church With Nothing

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Thomas Long

... every church is finally this way; every church, no matter what it says about itself in the newspaper, if it is left to its own devices, if it draws only upon its own resources, is nothing. No liturgical mascara, no programmatic cosmetic, can conceal for long the fact that, apart from the presence of the risen Christ, the church is an empty place. Take the matter of worship leadership. Worship leaders either know that mystery resides at the core of worship, or they don't -- and congregations can tell the ...

2866. Confidence To Spare

Psalm 27:1-6, 13-14

Sermon

Robert G. McCreight

... chance that Mabel Yark would celebrate her 100th birthday. In fact, she is enjoying good health in the 101st year of her life! Confidence. I submit to you that the attitude of confidence is a good reason that Mabel has done so well for so long. Confidence in many ways is STRENGTH. It's the state of mind that operates on firm footing, and consistently "leans into something." Confidence grows out of the courage to be and the desire to become. Confidence enables a person to take initiative. And as Mabel Yark ...

2867. Behold The Man Who Taught By The Sea

Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... University, published The Contemporary Christ. At the end of that book he wrote about how we think of Christ as belonging to first century Palestine. But then we discover him walking with us and we hear what he says. We hear him speak the homely things of his long-ago world and we know these are "the things by which our world must live if it would escape the abyss."5 His words still draw us to him. His teaching contained a call. That is a second striking thing about the teaching of Jesus. Mark states, "Then ...

2868. The Bread Of Life

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... : the one who comes down from heaven at the end of time, according to Old Testament prophecy.When Jesus calls himself the Son of Man he is saying that he is God's long-promised Savior. Then he speaks not only of eating his flesh or eating the bread but also of drinking his blood, which is a clear reference to the Eucharist. Long before the church had articulated any elaborate doctrine of the presence of Christ in the bread and wine, Jesus made it clear that as we eat the bread and drink the wine, we receive ...

2869. Stop Being Afraid

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... God. Even if we seem totally abandoned, even if our prayers don't seem to be answered, even if everything seems hopeless, God knows and God cares. If that's the case, we can stop being afraid. Not being afraid isn't something that we can accomplish. As long as we think it is, we will still be afraid -- of other people, of death, of circumstances (real or imagined). But as Jesus reveals it, we can stop being afraid because of a promise -- a promise that God who watches over even the commonest of birds will ...

2870. Professor Of Paradox

Matthew 13:47-52, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... up in the sun to inspect it. The people came closer and they could see that it was a gold nugget. The old man then went back to stirring. He stirred and stirred for a long time and then again he became excited, pulled something out of the bowl, washed it off and held another gold nugget in his hand. This went on for a long time: the old man stirring and stirring and every once in awhile, excitedly retrieving gold nuggets from the bowl. Finally, when he had a half-dozen gold nuggets lined up next to him, the ...

2871. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... , you bring the light of sight. You open the eyes of the Pharisees to their own unseeing hearts. You tell your disciples that for as long as you are in the world, you are the light of the world. Your judgment awakens the world so "those who do not see may ... reference, see John 11:4. "We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.4 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."5 The writer of John refers to light/dark and day imagery. See John 1:4 ...

2872. Demon-Possessed Child

Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... parent's faith. (See other relevant and parallel cross-references in Section Five of this chapter.) Why did it take you so long to respond to this woman? Jesus: You may be discerning only one miracle in this story. Asker: The healing of the ... to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you ( ...

2873. Adam And Jesus See Temptation

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25, Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... me; it wasn't my idea in the first place." There were other ways in which Adam's head and brain were getting him into trouble. He could see new connections and possibilities. Not only did bananas satisfy his hunger; they tasted good. He got into eating them long after his hunger was satisfied. Bang! He was hooked on another of the Seven Deadly Sins -- Gluttony. He went downhill so fast after that it was pitiful. He not only lost the farm, but was kicked way into the next county and told never to come back ...

2874. Seeing The Whole Person

John 4:1-26

Sermon

David Belgum

... several more semesters before they got the point and could see others with a clearer vision. How Did Jesus See The Samaritan Woman? Jesus begins the conversation in a remarkably simple and straightforward manner. Nothing about "Please," "You can understand how thirsty I am since I've walked a long way," or "If it's not too much bother, I'd appreciate it if you'd be so kind as to give me a drink since I have neither cup nor bucket." No, it is not even a polite request, but just a bald-faced command: "Give me ...

2875. Brainstorms

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... it. If you removed the national flag, even on the best-argued theological grounds, you would be unemployed on very short notice. Who, really, is our God? Can Love Go Too Far? Hosea loved Gomer. Whatever she had been and however she treated him, he loved her, longed to have her back, searched for her everywhere, finally found her in a brothel and took her home as his loved and forgiven wife. He was the laughing-stoc_esermonsk of the town. But it occurred to him that this was how God was dealing with Israel ...

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