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Mt 15:8 · Ps 119:171; 143:3 · Rom 3:13 · Isa 6:5 · 1 Pet 3:10

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... of the ways in which we use our lips for good. (Responses -- sing, praise God, tell the truth, speak kindly, kiss a loved one, share good news, and so forth.) Yes, the Bible says we can use our lips to curse or to praise God. It is one of the marks of a disciple of Jesus that he or she uses his/her lips to bring praise to God. (Pass out stickers.) May these lips remind you how to use yours properly. (Prayer of help to use our lips to God's glory.)

3052. Bubbles

2 Timothy 2:5 · Prov 17:17; 18:24

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... with a letter or notation on a piece of masking tape. Lesson: Today I would like you to watch a simple experiment. First, notice what I have in these four glasses. In two glasses are white powders and in the other two glasses I have clear liquid. Now, I have marked each glass so that I will know what is in them. This is water and this is flour. Let's see what happens when I put the two together. If you wanted to make gravy, you would use a mixture like this. Now, let's see what happens when I ...

3053. A Fresh Start

Romans 3:23-24

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... on it? No, no one wants to draw a new picture on messy paper. We would want a fresh, clean sheet of paper, wouldn't we? (Hold up clean sheet.) We would want the chance to start over with a brand-new piece of paper that didn't have any marks on it so our new picture would be neat and pretty. Believe it or not, our lives are like these sheets of paper. We start out like a nice, clean sheet of paper. But then, we make mistakes, we sin, we do things that hurt other people and hurt God ...

3054. The Witness Of Caiaphas The High Priest

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

(Appropriate for an Ash Wednesday Communion Service) Invocation Hymn Of Repentance Psalm Verse Of Repentance P: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. C: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will notdespise. Marking Of The Forehead With Ashes Reading Psalm 99 Prayer Of The Day P: Let us pray: Almighty God, Lord of heaven and earth, inYour divine goodness You sent Your Son to be our Savior. C: Without Jesus we are a people who are perishing in oursins. P: With Christ we ...

3055. The Eighth Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... The first Passover left behind the bondage in Egypt; ahead of it stretched the road to Canaan, the land of promise. This last supper leaves behind the bondage of sin; it leads to the glory of God's new promises: redemption, salvation, eternal life. The supper marks the transition from Jesus' bodily presence to the spiritual presence of the risen and ascended Lord. From now on his presence will be made real, not in his physical body, but in a new communion: in the proclamation of the word, in the breaking of ...

3056. Now, Even Now....

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... the day"! You see, we wear more than one cross on our foreheads tonight. We don't only wear the ashes of our mortality. The second is the invisible but cherished and life-giving cross placed on our foreheads at baptism. "You have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the cross of Christ forever." We don't live in the past, but we remember, repent and are reconciled. We don't live in the future, but we hope and know that God is already working his salvation in us. We live in the present, and in this ...

3057. Climbing Rainbows Through The Rain

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... as science. While all the Bible is to be understood as a statement of faith and not a claim of science, this is particularly true for the first 11 chapters of Genesis. Most ancient civilizations told stories of great floods. This account in Genesis is markedly similar to a Babylonian story called the Gilgamesh Epic. In fact, it is so similar that it can be argued the Hebrews simply edited the Babylonian story to fit their theology. If you have ever read the account of the Great Deluge carefully, you know ...

3058. The Oil For Squeaking People

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... means "one who laughs." Two birth announcements and two very different, but understandable reactions. Zechariah is struck dumb. Sarah laughs. Neither reaction changed the outcome. In both cases, sons were born nine months later. I do believe, however, that there was a marked difference in the ways Elizabeth and Sarah experienced their pregnancies. Personally, I believe that Sarah had a much easier time of waiting than did Elizabeth. I don't have any "proof" of that. The Bible doesn't actually say there was ...

3059. Meeting Our Needs, Not Our Greeds

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Steve Burt

... tried staying awake and watching over the chicken pen, but he never did spot where it was that fox got in. No matter what the farmer tried, each morning when he checked, another chicken would be gone. One morning he noticed one chicken was gone, but another had a mark on it, as if the fox had tried to snatch two chickens at once. "Aha," said the farmer to himself. "This is no longer a hungry fox; it is a greedy fox." That same night the farmer took two of his plumpest chickens and laced them together -- two ...

3060. Expecting the Unexpected

Judges 4:1-24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... of Henny Youngman: "Take this passage ... please!" Other texts, though, place a burden not so much up on the intellect as upon the will. We understand them well enough, or at least think we do. It's achieving them which poses the real problem. Mark Twain once quipped that what troubled him about the Bible was not what he failed to understand, but rather what he understood quite clearly and yet failed to accomplish. "If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants ...

3061. Recalling, Remembering, And Rejoicing

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... today that just recall them. I want to encourage you to remember those mercies, to allow the same God who has so richly blessed us in the past to draw near enough to bless us even now. For gratitude is the remembering of what the Lord has already done. And mark this: in our remembering, the Almighty is able to do it again! "Take care that you do not forget the Lord your God," Moses tells the Israelites, "for it is Yahweh who has brought you to this place." Such, I suppose, could be said for each of us as ...

3062. The Truth Will Make You Free

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... and the truth will make you free." The pastor talked about responsibility and what it means to become an adult member of the church. But when Chris heard that word "free" his mind wandered a little. Jesus said he would be free. And today marked Chris' freedom: freedom from all the requirements of Confirmation; freedom from being forced to come to church; freedom from being made to read his Bible. Jesus promises freedom and today, after church, Chris would be free to make his own decisions about how often ...

3063. The Truth Will Make You Free

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

3064. Epiphany 5

Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... to the Gentiles, and for the glory to your people Israel." Job 6:6 -- Job asks the question, "Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt? Psalm 119:105 -- The word is described as a lamp to guide. Jeremiah 25:10 -- The lamp will be banished. Mark 9:49-50 -- A somewhat parallel passage to Matthew about the salt losing its saltiness. John 1:4-5 -- Life and light related with light overcoming darkness. John 8:12 -- "I am the light of the world." Ephesians 5:8-9 -- Ephesians admonished to be children of ...

3065. Proper 4

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... God despite their sin. God provides the means for overcoming their previous sin. Gospel. (Matthew 7:21-29) The passage brings the Sermon on the Mount to a close and prepares for the transition back to the chronology which generally follows the Gospel according to Mark. Psalm. (Psalm 46) The Psalm expresses the trust that in the midst of all the change and distress of life, the faithful will not be shaken and brought down. Trust in God provides the believer the confidence that despite the worst that goes on ...

3066. Prepared Or Not?

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... of Related Scriptures Psalm 45:14 The virgins who are companions of the bride follow her. Psalm 119:105 The word is a lamp for guidance. Matthew 5:15-16 The works of the members of the kingdom are like a lamp that gives light to glorify the heavenly Father. Mark 15:35-36 An admonition to watch and not sleep. 2 Corinthians 11:2 The church is described as a chaste virgin to be presented to Christ. 2 Peter 1:19 The prophetic message served as a lamp shining in a dark place until the day dawns. Revelation 19:7 ...

3067. The Holy Spirit As The Dove Of Peace

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... his life for his friend. This morning as I prayed at the altar I was conscious of a life and teachings that were far different from all that I have been hearing for the past several months. The life of Jesus and his teachings throw a mighty question mark against the warlike ways of men and women. If we don't know what to do with them, we cannot easily forget them. During this service I asked myself, "Is it possible that we are practicing violence in the pursuit of goals that are attainable only by violence ...

3068. Two-and-a-Half Cheers For Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6, Matthew 6:16

Sermon

Thomas Long

... ' book as a hypocrite one has to be what every church wants and needs -- an active member, indeed an energetic leader. Hypocrites may have doubts and questions about what they teach in church school, but they teach. Hypocrites may demand brass plaques to mark their contributions, but they do give. Hypocrites may use flowery, sweetly pious language when they pray for the sick and the lonely, but they pray. Hypocrites may let it loudly be known that they volunteer a day a week to Habitat for Humanity, but ...

3069. Behold The Man Who Took The Victory

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... and they also found it was empty. They all began to realize the things Jesus had told them were true. We are not sure how they spent that day, but Luke and John both tell us that late in the evening they were all together in the upper room. Mark simply writes, "afterward." Suddenly Jesus came into the room where they were. He said to them, "Peace to you." Sensing they were afraid, he said, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts? Behold in my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle ...

3070. Behold The Man Who Trained Disciples

Luke 10:1-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... words, "Follow me." And they responded by going with him. Why was this so important? James S. Stewart, the Scottish preacher, wrote in his book, The Life And Teaching Of Jesus Christ, about the purpose Jesus had in selecting disciples. He says the answer is found in Mark, chapter 3, where we read, "Then he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach." Stewart says one reason is that they would be with him to learn, and the second is that they were to "carry and ...

3071. Yes, But How?

Sermon

Lee Griess

... we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." Whoever we are, whatever we do, we all share one thing in common and that is that we are sinful. Saint Augustine once wrote, "Whatever we are, we are not what we ought to be." Mark Twain, with his characteristic sense of humor, tells us how he understands that when he wrote, "Man was made at the end of the week, when God was tired." Repent, Jesus says, for that's the first step in the Christian life. Confess your sins before God and receive ...

3072. The Breath Of God

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... the presence of the God of love. To this scared group of former followers, the risen Christ begins by bringing the peace of God. Jesus said it twice; did you notice? "Peace be with you." We are not to miss it. And in between his speaking, he showed them the marks in his hands and sides, which he had suffered on the cross. Then it began to dawn on them. This was really Jesus, who had been crucified, who had died on the cross, but now he was alive. And it says that the disciples "rejoiced" when they saw "the ...

3073. The Peace That Jesus Gives

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... he has? We know how it is to feel forgotten and unappreciated. We've been down that road. But the good news this morning is that God will not forget us. God tells us that we are somebody -- and in baptism God calls us by name. God puts God's mark upon us and makes us God's own. God sends us the Holy Spirit, to comfort and counsel us in life. As Jesus called those disciples to him in the upper room and spoke the words of the Gospel reading to them, Jesus wanted them to know that they were ...

3074. Second Sight

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... from a pessimist to an optimist, from a self-centered person to an outgoing person, from being selfish and greedy to being generous and caring, from laziness to eager ambition. It may even have struck closer to home, in yourself, and you could mark the time and place of your transfiguration. You have shared the experience with others in all humility, passing it on as a blessing. What is more, transfiguration, metamorphosis, always happens and will continue to happen whenever and wherever people of faith and ...

3075. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... , just one step removed from blasphemy. Having missed the evidence of the Resurrection which his fellow disciples have experienced in his absence, Thomas rejects their testimony vehemently: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe!" There he is, Thomas the Doubter, at the bottom of bottomless despair, doubting everything except his own doubts. Behold a man who has died with Jesus but refuses to be ...

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