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3051. GARBAGE BAGS AND SIN

1 Peter 2:24a

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... something that you will not like. That's right, I am going to let you see something that even makes some people sick. I hope that none of you get sick, but if you feel a little bit different you can go back to your seat whenever you want ... why garbage is so bad, but there are not very many people who like the looks of garbage. I have something else with me this morning that I hope you recognize. [Hold up a garbage sack or bag.] That's right, a garbage bag. We are going to take our garbage and put it into the ...

3052. Warnings from the Bible

1 Corinthians 10:11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... can't read do you look at the pictures and have someone read the funnies to you? I thought so. I have brought some pictures and stories with me that I cut out of our newspaper during the last couple of days to share with you this morning and I hope that you understand them. I want you take a good look at all of them and then tell me about some of the things that you have seen. [Let them answer - automobile wrecks, drugs, crime, and other stories about bad things that have happened.] Why do you think they ...

3053. Remember the Good Signs

Galatians 5:25-6:10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... we want selfishness and sadness, war and hate, then all we have to do is live that way and it will happen. The teachings of Jesus are ones of blessing to everyone. We want our people to be like the ones on this side of the aisle where there is hope and goodness. We don't want our people to be like the other side where there is disappointment and failure. Remember the good signs and forget the bad and live with Christ in joy and ...

3054. Roots are Beginnings

Ephesians 3:17

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... a Christian grows, becomes firm in his faith and helps others to grow. He does all of this by being like a root. Now you may not always be able to see your love or the love of others, but a good root is there beneath the surface growing. I hope that all of you are good roots. I hope that you are expanding and reaching out with new ways to grow. Make sure that you are being surrounded by love and your Christian growth is assured.

3055. A Follower has a Mark

Philippians 3:17

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... you do, then you know that they want to be Christians also. We make a mark in our mind, we remember them and invite them to church, to share in our prayers and to do the things that Christians do together. I hope you will remember what it is like to be a follower of another, and I especially hope you will follow the teachings of Jesus so that everyone in the world will know that you are a Christian. Note that the King James uses the "mark" image in verse 17: Be followers together of me, and mark them which ...

3056. Star Miracle

Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 60:1-22, Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... to Jerusalem? This new baby was not just another king. Herod referred to the child as the "Christ." (Greek Christ equals Hebrew Messiah. Both words mean "the anointed one.") The wise men had the insight to know that this was the fulfillment of the world's hope - the messiah had come. Troubled (v. 3) - Herod and all of Jerusalem were troubled by the wise men's question, where was the Christ born? They came to Jerusalem, but where in the city? Apparently, the government and people of the city had not seen nor ...

3057. What's a Good God Doing In a World Like This?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

James Weekley

... warts. In spite of that, it serves forth a goodness that nothing else can match. God's goodness is vastly larger than our little planet in the upper end of the milky way galaxy. His radiating power comes to scatter our mists of discouragement. His hopeful goodness comes to redirect our potentials, to fire our gifts toward a common good. Believe that! God's goods are always on a roll. Too frequently we associate Pentecost with God as Actor ... we as spectator. With or without us, his greatest show on earth ...

3058. Tilted Haloes

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

James Weekley

... left us a legacy of mental discipline and spiritual commitment. Before he finished his eighty-eight years, this man, who arose every morning at four, would travel a quarter of a million miles on horseback and deliver 40,000 sermons. His urgent message of hope was taken so seriously that his lay preachers on the American frontier labored sixteen hours a day through sleet and heat. Sixty percent of them never lived to see their twenty-ninth birthday. Wesley's generation was one which may be characterized by ...

3059. The Love Of Evil

Psalm 52:1-9

Sermon

Erskine White

... The question has been pondered through the ages and we should be asking it tonight as we begin the forty day period of Lent. For some people, the answer to evil lies in education. They figure that people do bad things because of ignorance and so they put their hope in "getting the facts." They argue that if we just had the facts - if we could clearly see what is right and what is wrong - then most of us would choose what is right. If people just had the facts, they would stop smoking, wear their seat belts ...

3060. A Whale Of A Tale

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Erskine White

... are they mere abstractions, like "menacing blacks" or "redneck whites," "fanatical Moslems" or "godless communists." Now Jonah knows the foreigners on this ship as people. Now he knows that they have names and families; they have hopes and fears like anyone else. So, too, do our own enemies today have names and families, hopes and fears just as we do. If we got to know them a little better as people, we might become a little more human ourselves. In every age and in every nation, mistrust of peopie is ...

3061. No Need For Weeping Anymore

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... surely would have been otherwise. This is what Easter has done for us and what a difference this makes in life! What a difference it makes to bring to our present problems the perspective of eternity! "Woman, why are you weeping? Why do you act as if all hope is gone? Look up and see that they have not taken your Lord away - He is standing there before you alive as can be!" There was a young woman living in Washington, D.C. during the Second World War. Her husband, who had been stationed at a nearby Army ...

3062. Do You Believe In Peace? - Memorial Day

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Erskine White

... conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace; more about killing than we know about living. (Armistice Day Address, Boston, 1948) There is no hope without God in the world. So says our text this morning and so says all of human experience and history. Our hope must rest in God, who is present in the world even now, through the Spirit of his Son, Jesus, the One who is our peace. Do you believe in peace? That's the Memorial Day question God ...

3063. The Lion, The Lamb And Herod’s Rage

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... to come - shall "judge with righteousness [for] the poor and decide with equity for the meek of the earth." More than that: hope shall be restored. The whole world and even nature itself will change and peace will come. Not the world’s peace, which ... manger, not to show off their piety to others, but to show You how they resolve to serve in Your kingdom’s ways. With patient hope and certain faith, we wait for the day to come, O Lord, when there is peace on earth and goodwill among all people, the day ...

3064. How To Deal With Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Erskine White

... me a better minister and a better person. I'll bet each of you could say the same thing. The Bible certainly says as much, especially in the New Testament. Paul says in Romans, "Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us" (5:3-5). 1 Peter says, "If any of you suffers as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but under that name, let him glorify God" (4:16). And Paul, again, from his letter to the Hebrews: "Because [Christ] Himself ...

3065. Your Spiritual Check up

2 Corinthians 13:1-10

Sermon

Erskine White

... and flabby. I told her to stop conceptualizing and analyzing her faith - and start doing it! Get out there and get busy! Feed the hungry and clothe the naked! Care for the sick, pray for the widow and visit the lonely! Bring light to someone's darkness and hope to someone's despair! Bring good news to the poor, be a peacemaker in this troubled world! Do all the things Jesus told us to do! Make justice flow like a river and righteousness like a mighty stream! Exercise your faith! Our job at the church is to ...

3066. Wedding: The Goal of Marriage

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... to celebrate your marriage with unconditional enthusiasm. It is in the climate of total commitment showered liberally with unselfish love that you truly become one, as Jesus says, and your marriage becomes an exquisitely beautiful thing which grows more priceless as the years pass. _______ and ________, that's the hope we have for you today. We know it's your desire as well, and it's a worthy goal. May you stay close to our Lord, that he might bless you and fill you with his power and grace, that the ...

3067. Wedding: A Need for Newness

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... in marriage is far more evasive than that. Yet it is interesting that people buy certain items in the sometimes desperate hope that maybe - just possibly - this or that product can help their relationship, or at least provide a moment of contentment or ... That is why I would share with you a few words from the prophet Jeremiah: "But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning." Lamentations 3:21-23 The ...

3068. God Never Forgets About Us

John 17:15

Children's Sermon

... right there to help them. How do you suppose God feels about you and me? I'll bet God feels the same way. God lets us go exploring in this wonderful big universe, but God worries about us sometimes. He wonders what we will do next. He hopes we won't get hurt. He hopes we will remember to come home to him when we pray and when we worship. Jesus prayed for us. He knew we could get hurt in the world. He said to God, "Don't take them out of the world. But protect them while they are in ...

3069. Easter 6

John 14:15-31, Psalm 67:1-7, Acts 15:22-35, Joel 2:18-27, Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... in the churches, the readings might have been different and the Sunday would have at least two practical and related thrusts. One of these would be to continue the practice of some of the churches in the Northern Hemisphere, of blessing the fields, in the hope of avoiding natural disasters and anticipating a bountiful harvest. The other would extend the concern for farms and crops for this year to a care of the Earth Sunday as long as the earth remains, for all time. The Rogate title, however, came from the ...

3070. Proper 8

Luke 9:57-62, Galatians 5:16-26, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 16:1-11, Luke 9:51-56

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... run after other gods" will find themselves in deep trouble; they will find themselves outside the aegis of God's grace. In the spirit of Easter, he continues, steadfast in the true faith: "My heart, therefore, is glad, and my spirit rejoices; my body also shall rest in hope. For you will not abandon me to the grave, nor let your holy one see the pit. You will show me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, and in your right hand are pleasures forevermore." The tone of the psalm suggests ...

3071. Proper 11

Colossians 1:15-23, Luke 10:38-42, Genesis 18:16-33, Colossians 1:24--2:5, Psalm 15:1-5

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... " and that almost put off God. She didn't think God could do that sort of thing - insert himself in human affairs and cause an old woman to bear a son. "Is anything too hard for God?" Like many who doubt the Mary-Jesus story, Sarah was not at all hopeful that God could work that kind of a miracle. 3. God was able to make good on his promise to these two old people, both of whom were beyond the normal child-bearing age. That was the purpose of his visitation in the guise of three men, to whom Abraham ...

3072. Proper 13

Luke 12:13-21, Psalm 49:1-20, Ecclesiastes 2:17-26, 2 Kings 13:10-25, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... from God, and eternal life, because they trust themselves when they should put their trust in God. They may be worldly wise, but they haven't learned that "you can't take it (your possessions) with you." They haven't learned that God alone is their hope and salvation, their only chance of getting out of the predicament that their greed and selfishness have created. When one reads this psalm, one is reminded of the order of Alexander the Great before he died. He commanded that holes for his hands should be ...

3073. Proper 21

Luke 16:19-31, Psalm 146:1-10, Amos 6:1-7, Joel 2:18-27, 1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... you he who is to come, or do we look for another?" It asserts that people who know and trust the Lord are happy and hopeful because they depend on the Lord God, "who made heaven and earth, the seas, and all that is in them," and keeps his promise forever. ... support his people. 2. The Bible tells us that God has kept all of his promises made to his own. 3. He also gives his people hope for the future in prophecy, dreams, and visions and the promise to "pour out my spirit" on the earth. 4. God has done that and, in ...

3074. Friendship with God

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... the people to consider these ideas. Someone has written a chorus to the ending of 1 Corinthians 13, to the tune of the popular song, "500 Miles." Invite the congregation to sing it several times, in different ways. "Faith and hope and love abide - love is greatest of the three. Faith and hope abide, but love the greatest is." Message with the Children of All Ages Suggestion: Ask the children if they have any friends. Then ask, how do they know if those friends are friends. Tie this in with God's friendship ...

3075. An Invitation to Rest

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... had prayed for, and written to, his fellow worker to tell him how he felt. He had written: "Some things have been happening to me in my church; and I'm sorry for the difficulty between us. I hope that we will bridge it. I have regard for you as a man and for your family. I have been praying for you; and I hope we can talk about this." His colleague responded, "I'm grateful that you care, and I want to know what's happening between you and your church. Let's meet for lunch." They did, several times. They ...

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