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2926. Easter 4

John 10:22-42, Psalm 23:1-6

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

CALL TO WORSHIP (responsively)The Lord has prepared a table before us in his house and we are invited to dwell in the house of the LORD our whole life long. PRAYER OF CONFESSION God our Savior, you have promised us eternal life for following the good Shepherd, your Son Jesus Christ. In the confidence that you will not let us perish, we ... head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long.

2927. Lent 3

Luke 13:1-9, Psalm 63:1-11

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... that because we survive and others meet untimely death, that we are more virtuous than they. Whether our lives are long or short may they be truly fruitful through the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of order, ... in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth ...

2928. For Pentecost Sunday

Acts 2:1-21

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

Call to Worship Sing to the Eternal One as long as you live; praise your God while you have any breath. Prayer of Confession Universal Spirit, Human Spirit, Eternal Spirit, we confess our ... may the LORD rejoice in his works -- who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD! (Psalm ...

2929. Father's Day

Psalm 78:1-72

Sermon

Brett Blair

... gets quite a bang out of it when we all go to church with her on that day." 2. You should see the long line of materials the Methodist Publishing house (or your own church’s publishing house) puts out for Mother's Day bulletins (3 types ... : you can go, but its certainly unimportant to me. That is the message that gets scripted on the child. Allow me to get out a long held frustration just a moment. I get so weary hearing from different men that they had too much religion shoved down their throat when they ...

2930. When God Asks The Unreasonable

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... fit his son, Paul. That didn't mean much until the newspaper ran the police artist's rendering of an eyewitness who saw a man running from the location of one of the fires. That drawing looked like his son, Paul. The Kellers worried, thought and prayed long and hard. They concluded that they would go to the police with their suspicions. They did so because they were afraid that if they confronted their son and he was guilty, he would run. As it turned out their son was the serial arsonist. Think about how ...

2931. The Baptist's Prophecy

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... the picture of a friendly member of the forest service in Wisconsin, who is freeing a duck frozen onto the ice, by chopping out its feet with a hand axe. It calls to mind the spare, cruel story Thomas McGonigle told me about herring gulls frozen on ice off Long Island. When his father was young, he used to walk out on Great South Bay, which had frozen over, and frozen the gulls to it. Some of the gulls were already dead. He would take a hunk of driftwood and brain the living gulls; then, with a steel knife ...

2932. Whispering The Lyrics

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Thomas Long

Stashed away in a drawer somewhere around my house, now nearly forgotten, is a batch of old 45 rpm records from the '50s and early '60s. Worn and scratchy, long since outmoded by the flashy digital technology of compact discs, these primitive vinyls were once the jewels of a great treasure trove. Elvis' grinding out "Hound Dog," Buddy Holly and the Crickets' hiccuping "Peggy Sue," Chuck Berry's joyful hot licks in "Maybellene," the Coasters' slapstick tour de force "Charlie ...

2933. Facing Up To Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Thomas Long

... , the one with whom I am well pleased." That's who he is. "You are my beloved Son. You are the heir to the identity and mission of my people. You are my prophet, my priest, my anointed, my suffering servant. You are the one I am sending down the long and painful road to Jerusalem. You are the one I am calling to drink the bitter cup of sacrifice. You are the one I am delivering into the hands of those who will kill you. You are the one I am sending to bear the cross for the salvation of ...

2934. Too Soon, Monsieurs, Too Soon?

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... with oil?" "Because it will be a sign that death is not the last word about me, a sign that I belong to Christ, a sign that in the power of God I am already healed." So, around her bedside gathered her minister and a few others from the church. Long ago, when she was an infant, another minister had prayed over her, laid his hand upon her head and said the ancient words, "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." Now, prayer was offered for her anew, hands were ...

2935. What A Friend He Had In Judas

Matthew 26:47-56

Sermon

Thomas Long

... we have in Jesus." Not in Matthew. When someone calls somebody else "friend" in Matthew, it has a kind of "Okay, Buster, back off" flavor. For example, in the parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), when the workers who have worked all day long begin to grumble about their wages, a provoked vineyard owner looks one of them straight in the eye and retorts, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong." Or again, in the parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matthew 22:1-14), when one of the guests is found ...

2936. Lust - To Discipline The Eye And The Heart

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... off your arm, remove that person from your eyesight, put some distance between you and that person. In place of seeing and being with this other person, spend more time with your wife or husband. You may even want to do something you haven't done in a long time -- take your wife or husband out on a date! Another approach is to get realistic: appearances, as we all know, can be deceiving. If you really knew some of the most beautiful people in the world you would find that they are not perfect and that they ...

2937. How Unexpected Can Christmas Be?

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... this: Outlandish ads and outlet malls do not determine the time or the content or the nature of what is at the heart of this celebration. It is not Christmas until God says it is Christmas. The first Christmas happened to coincide with the coming of the Lord. God longs for that to be at the heart of our celebration again. Most of us have tried the commercial side of this holiday and found it to be wanting. We too want our Christmas to coincide with the coming of the Lord. We want that Light to shine into ...

2938. Speak For Yourself!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... not have been any charges filed, but the girl who caused the wreck that killed the innocent people always will have to contend with those memories. The man may have lost control only once, but the memory of his open hand on his wife's face will haunt him as long as he lives. It is hard to put our pasts behind us. Some bad things are well known and the news makes the rounds all too quickly. Some bad things are words and deeds and thoughts known only to us. The fact that our mistakes are lesser known does not ...

2939. And Then Came The Angel

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... or divorce, but when we begin to weigh all the factors, Joseph's decision was a very difficult one. It doesn't say how long it took Joseph to reach his decision or how many people he asked for advice, but Matthew does say that Joseph decided to divorce ... , these angels sound like the very presence of God. Most of us can't escape difficult decisions and situations for very long at a time. The decisions range from family matters to financial ones; from health concerns to career choices; from deciding what ...

2940. Baptism In Three Movements

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... happens when we are baptized. What we should be prepared for is that our journey of faith, much like Jesus' journey, continues to unfold long after our baptism as we try to discern what our baptism means in our daily living. We can begin to understand more about our ... the body of Jesus Christ. This incorporation came about as a result of a love that was determined to draw us in. And long after the act of baptism, that love holds us together without ranking us as more or less important, allows us to disagree ...

2941. Prayer And Compassion Fatigue

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... were so shaky that sometimes it took four months or more for the next flour barrel to come. Every day her mother would go to the barrel and scoop out flour but never look in to see how much was left. She never ran out of flour, no matter how long it took for the next flour barrel to arrive. The world is full of stories like that, so I don't doubt that Jesus could have miraculously multiplied the loaves and the fish. I am also intrigued by another theory, however. That is the one that suggests that people in ...

2942. Why Do We Ignore Warning Signs?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... t harshly oppress the poor people of their country, their own families and the families of those who hire them will suffer. They also do not quaver with fear when they hear the prophecy of Martin Luther King, Jr., who said, "The arc of history is a long, long arc, but it bends toward justice." Scholars are not sure exactly when in the first century A.D. Matthew wrote his gospel, but the theories tend to converge on a time right before or right after the Romans attacked and destroyed Jerusalem in the year 70 ...

2943. Advent 3

James 5:7-12, Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... and impatience of the entire group: "Would you please give that baby to its mother!" After a brief pause came the reply, "I'm sorry, I'm doing the best I can. The mother of my child lays in a casket in the car to our rear." There was a long, awkward silence. Finally, the man who voiced the complaint got up and went to the bereft father to offer his apology. Then, he took the infant in his arms and in loving patience cared for her through the night. If John the Baptist were a modern day truck driver, this ...

2944. Baptism of The Lord

Mt 3:13-17 ·Acts 10:34-48 · Is 42:1-9

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... my sake and the sake of the gospel will find it." Prison Ministry. Chuck Colson discovered not only Christ in prison, he also found his mission there. Colson's ministry recognizes that those locked behind bars were confined in a prison of another sort long before they were incarcerated -- a prison of spiritual darkness. Colson believes that no person can be spiritually free until he or she is free in Christ. The prisoner labors to free other prisoners. We see this same principle at work in this text. Isaiah ...

2945. Christ The King

Ephesians 1:15-23, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... cut loose from authority structures. Since the death of communism, the eastern block has experienced a painful vacuum of authority and power. Such a society is ripe for those who would be king. In Russia, a right-wing extremist by the name of Vladmir Zhirinovsky longs for the day when he can assert the might of Russia against all its foes. His party captured a surprisingly large percentage of the vote in the last election. In early October 1994, 1,000 monarchists gathered in the ancient hall of the nobility ...

2946. Adam And Eve And God

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

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... up suddenly. "We're late. We better get back to work or God will be angry with us. Eve, come on, let's go." "You smell! How long since you took a bath?" Eve asks. "Why are you so critical all of a sudden?" "I just noticed, that's all. You don't have ... leather garments that are far more adequate and comfortable-looking than the leafy things they had on in Act three. Adam breaks the long silence. "What is going to happen here?" "Nothing," God replies. "Even if you come back, it will still look like work to you ...

2947. Good Friday

John 18:1-11, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Genesis 22:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Hebrews 10:1-18, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... and cultures. The sign placed on his cross read "King of the Jews" in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. His life and death has universal significance. The sign was in Hebrew, the language of the people of God's promises. He is the fulfillment of humankind's religious longings. The sign was also in Latin, the language of the ruling Romans. All authority to rule comes through him. He is king of the rulers of the earth. Finally, the sign was in Greek, the language of culture and learning. He is the source of divine ...

2948. Lent 3

John 4:1-26, Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-11, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42, Isaiah 42:18-25

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... heart failure is to try to please everyone. Better to turn to the Lord, the Rock from which the water of life flows. "Is the Lord with us or not?" (v. 7). The sin of the Israelites was not that they complained they had no water; no one can live long without it. Their offense was that they challenged the Lord to prove that he was really with them by providing it. They looked at the Lord like he was a circus performer, whose role it was to satisfy the audience. The Potter was put in the untenable position of ...

2949. Proper 23

Exodus 32:1-33:6, Isaiah 25:1-12, Matthew 22:1-14, Philippians 4:1-9

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... of sick and needy people are lifted up to the Lord every Sunday. These are not just members of the congregation but friends, family, neighbors and others. Probably 30 or 40 people are prayed for. Some members complain that this makes the services too long. "Imagine," said the pastor, "some folks think that we pray too much. What an indictment to make against your church." A visitor to the church told an evangelism caller: "Your intercessions show that you really are a caring church, which believes in the ...

2950. Proper 24

Exodus 33:12-23, Isaiah 45:1-7, Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... crowded the restaurant. The men sported beards, white shirts and suspenders; the women were covered with white bonnets and long dresses. They were a group of Old Mennonites. Their dress derives from religious convictions, which regard the outside ... Persian king, to free his people from bondage (v. 4). This was true even though Cyrus didn't know the Lord. God knew each one of us long before we knew him. God can even enlist heathens to do his will because he is Lord of all creation. Yet his aim is that we know ...

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