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2951. The Shepherd King

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

... to ride on freight trains and asking him where he was going. "Leavenworth," the "kid" answered, and Eiseley remarked, "You’re damn near home." A long conversation took place between them as the train made its way toward the South. When the train came to a stop, they separated briefly, but the youth returned and they managed to get into a box car on another train heading toward Kansas City. It was then that Eiseley learned why the youth had been in Rochester, Minnesota, not New York; he had been to visit ...

2952. Tuning to a Distant Signal

Psalm 96:1

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Staff

... sound the way it should. A frequent listener to a radio station in California, he wrote the station concerning his problem, asking these good people at a certain hour and minute on a certain day to strike the right note for him. This they did: stopping everything else, silencing all other sounds for a moment, they struck that note. In his shepherd's hut in the distant mountains, the shepherd heard that sound, and from that single note he put his instrument into tune again. This is the hour of worship ...

2953. Confirming Our Relationship

Isaiah 6:8

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Staff

... boy enter the church auditorium, sit quietly before the altar for awhile, and then quietly leave. Always it was about the same time of day, shortly following the dismissal of school, and obviously the lad, carrying his books, was on his way home when he made his daily stop. One day the minister approached the boy, told him he had observed what he was doing and that he was pleased to see him doing this. Then the minister asked, "What do you do when you come? Do you pray, or what?" After a moment of thought ...

2954. Getting Off the Go-Round

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... and even, mostly straight, with only a few gentle curves. After driving many miles, they finally observed that all the curves went the same way, all to the left, and that they seemed to be passing similar places over and over again. At last Dr. Buttrick stopped the car, got out, and began an exploration of the area. Having seen no road signs for a long time, they had no idea where they were. To their great embarrassment, Dr. Buttrick's exploration revealed that in the darkness they had somehow gotten off ...

2955. Scrape Away the Barnacles

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... extreme care, we can let barnacles grow on us. Our minds and spirits can become encrusted with an undergrowth of parasites which put a heavy drag upon us, so that our ship rides heavy and low, no longer light and free. Most of us, every now and then, need to stop and scrape away the barnacles. We need to shuck off the things that weigh us down and hold us back; we need to trim ship for better sailing. There is no better place to do this than at the altars of worship on the Lord's Day morning. When we ...

2956. For Those On The Outside

Luke 8:40-56

Sermon

... , middle-aged or older, ever thought we would walk down an American street as we would Calcutta, indifferent to desperation because we are so hardened to it?"2 One of the most important messages of this passage is that Jesus did not just walk on by without stopping. Although almost everyone else in that crowd probably regarded this woman as unimportant, to Jesus she was a human being who was in need. In this moment, Jesus took himself out of the crowd and our Lord gave himself to her as if she were the only ...

2957. A Joyful New Beginning

John 20:1-9

Sermon

... for his congestive heart failure had triggered a stroke. His left side and vocal cords became paralyzed and pleurisy set into his body. He lay for weeks in pain and misery connected to life-support machines in the hospital. At one point his heart stopped beating altogether, but just as he lost consciousness, his heart was thumped back into action once again by the doctors. At another time when he was relatively clear-headed, Mr. Hook asked his physician to discontinue life-support services, or to show him ...

2958. What To Do When Everyone's Doing It

Judges 6:1-40

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... sharpener was gone. Somebody had taken the rest of the mechanism. There were four holes in the cabinet and the outline of where the pencil sharpener had been. The whole room was mesmerized. Mr. Leitze put his head down on the desk and started crying. When he did not stop, one of the girls ran and got the principal. The principal came rushing into the room. "For God's sake, Leitze, what did you expect them to do?" he roared. I'm more realistic than W. T. Leitze. I don't expect massive change. But I do have ...

2959. Living Life The Easy Way

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... friends and put in the same place in order to beg for money. This poor man had to fight life for 40 years. Along came these happy, healthy men, so the cripple held out his hand, pleading, "Money. Money. Please give me some money." Peter and John stopped in their tracks and looked at him. Peter finally spoke. "Silver and gold we have none. We haven't any money." Obviously that wasn't very encouraging to the cripple. Peter would have relieved this man's poverty if he could. "But," he said, "we have something ...

2960. Real Strength

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... donate to charity in her little town in New Mexico. This little girl had a huge smile on her face as she limped along. She kept going, with the huge torch wobbling in her two hands. She became wringing wet with perspiration and slowed almost to a stop several times. As she walked, a strange thing happened. Instead of being five deep along the roadside, the crowd became 10 deep and 20 deep and 30 deep. They had banners saying, "Run Amy Run. Run Amy Run." And people started to cheer. Her whole school turned ...

2961. The Cracking Point

Mark 12:1-12

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... respondents said they prescribed tranquilizers. The patients are ill and suffering real pain. They may even die prematurely. But essentially a problem that begins when lifestyles and relationships reach a cracking point moves from one bodily system to another until it stops at some particular organ with nowhere else to go. Then it becomes defective and the doctor can practice "end organ medicine."1 Everybody has a cracking point. And God can identify with that. God has a "cracking point," too. There have ...

2962. Don't Give Up Too Soon!

Acts 15:36-41

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... what I thought of Amsterdam. At last we walked up the huge steps to the Rijksmuseum. We went through room after room of beautiful paintings. Nice paintings. Old paintings. Boring paintings. Yawn! Then we came to a room with some huge Rembrandt paintings. I stopped in amazement at the difference in quality. The great painter left out no aspect of the human experience. In addition to the beauty and symmetry of the human body, he faithfully and meticulously painted the moles, the tiny scars, the dirt under the ...

2963. The Christian Life Children

Luke 18:15-17

Bulletin Aid

Leader: The people were bringing their babies to have them blessed by Jesus. The disciples tried to stop them, but Jesus said, "Let the little children come unto me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." Congregation: Remind us, Lord, how valuable our children are. We can hinder them by being needlessly strict or overpermissive, by neglecting them while we ...

2964. The Most Important Decision

Mark 8:34

Children's Sermon

... . There is only one Jesus. Jesus is our Lord and everyone who wants to follow God must follow him. There is no other choice. We are not going to elect God. But we must all follow him. Jesus even said that if we want to follow him, we must first stop trying to be our own boss and give our life to him. That is how we become Christians. We are followers of Jesus, and Jesus comes first. Jesus even comes first before us. We can't do the things that we want and still do the other things that Jesus ...

2965. Room for Differences

Mark 9:39

Children's Sermon

... have so many different churches. But Jesus said that the important thing is that everyone follow him, and that they do not speak bad about him. As long as people are doing good because they believe in Jesus, then Jesus said that they should not be stopped. Maybe you wish that everyone thought the way that you think about Jesus. Maybe I wish that everyone would think my way, but Jesus said that we should not get upset about things like that. We should praise God because so many people feel good about Jesus ...

2966. Making Our Love Increase

Luke 1:46

Children's Sermon

... larger and easier to read or see. Mary said that her soul was magnified. It was larger than before. Not only was it larger, but her love for God and the wonderful things that he was able to do was also larger for everyone else to see. Mary could not stop talking or praising God for the wonderful things that had happened to her. I wish that we could magnify all of our souls. All of us know something about God, and we think that he is great for the things that he has done for us, but how do we ...

2967. I'm Sorry

Luke 3:3

Children's Sermon

... them answer.) I brought along something to show you. I am ready to spank anyone with this paddle who thinks they should be spanked for something or many things that they have done and have never been caught. How many of you think this is a good idea? You can stop worrying. This is it. I will give you one big spanking, and we will tell your folks that this one was the one in place of all the little ones that you should have had. Then we can start all over. How many of you think that this is a ...

2968. Guarding Us from Evil

John 17:12

Children's Sermon

... of the school guard.) How many of you hope to wear this some day? A lot of you. What does someone do when they wear this at your school? (Let them answer.) That's right, they stand on the corner or at the place where children cross the street and stop the cars so that children can cross safely. That is a very important job because it makes it safe for the children to walk to school. One of the names used to describe this person who wears this is a traffic guard or a school guard. To guard someone means ...

2969. The Foolish Farmer

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

... everywhere, and they correctly answered, "Yes." In an effort to get the matter closer to their own personal living, he named actual situations. Is God in the church? Yes. Is God in the home? Yes. On the street? Yes. Is God in the city prison? Silence. That one had them stopped. Finally one boy came up with as good an answer as I’ve heard. "Yes, God is there, but those fellows don’t know it." That was this man’s trouble, wasn’t it? God was in his life, but he didn’t know it. God was in his fruits ...

2970. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

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Brett Blair

... by Thursday September 13th all of the sporting events that weekend had been cancelled. One of the NFL athletes was asked about playing on Sunday. He said, "Why? Who wants to play? I have a family and my heart just wouldn't be in it." A TV journalist stopped a woman on the streets and asked about her business. She said, "I'm not interested in making money any more. My family and my relationships are the most important things in life." The Late Show with David Letterman, as you may well know, is produced in ...

2971. The Master Has Come - And Is Moved With Compassion

Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

... a well-known poet named Tagore. One morning his servant was late coming to work. Tagore became more angry by the minute as he waited for him to arrive. Finally, the servant came in and began his duties. Tagore had already decided to fire him. He said, "Stop what you are doing and get out. You are fired." The man kept sweeping and said, "My little girl died last night." This incident points up one of the great needs in the world today - the need for compassion. Compassion has been defined as "sorrow for the ...

2972. The Master Has Come - To Build His Church

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

... their dead bodies. Don’t bet against God. Jesus said not even the powers of death would defeat his church. At the theology school at Emory University named for Bishop Warren A. Candler, there is a statue of the bishop. When I was a student I would often stop and look at it, and think about the words on the inscription, "A master among men whose master was Christ." The church has a Master. III The church has a mission. That is the third thing to remember. A church with a message and a Master always has ...

2973. The Master Has Come - To Face Jerusalem

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... for Jesus, I don’t know why he did it." But we do know why he did it. Centuries ago, on the island of Formosa, there was a ruler named Goho. He was a forward-thinking man who convinced the savage tribes under his rule to stop human sacrifices. Instead, they began using various animals for their sacrifices, animals which they believed would bring a good harvest. But one year the crops failed and the people became afraid. They thought the gods must be angry. Once again they demanded a human sacrifice. Goho ...

2974. At Table With The Lord

Drama

... tinged with scarlet, and the red began to cover the black clouds as blood gushes from a wound. The wind began to moan and the earth to shake. I turned to run in terror, but suddenly Jesus appeared. Narrator: Peace, be still. Mary Magdalene: And the wind stopped, and the earth became still. Narrator: Look up, Mary. Mary Magdalene: And I turned my eyes once again to heaven and watched in wonder as the clouds changed color, from black to red. Red. Huge quilted masses of red, thick and fluffy. I turned to him ...

2975. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Various Authors

... is cheap. If thousands die through violence and millions through neglect and malnutrition, life must indeed put a cheap price on us. And it’s such a big world; how can we seem to have any worth when we are one in four billion? If one of us stops breathing, how much difference does it make in the totality of things? Then, too, there’s the distortion in our human values: if scoundrels grow rich peddling dope while nurses are paid modestly for saving lives, then what is the value of a human being? Mind you ...

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