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3051. With Our Heads In The Clouds

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... and direction that only prayer can bring to our lives. Jesus was not only assured through prayer that he had chosen the right way, but, more importantly, he now saw the place that Jerusalem and the cross played in his life. Prayer helps us to gain an understanding about the meaning of things that may appear to be random and meaningless. What are some of those things that we wrestle with? They could be the loss of a job, the decision to get married or not, moral and financial factors, or the course of action ...

3052. Jesus Transfigured

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... Jesus what we want Jesus to be. Quite the opposite. It is to say that the Christ is adequate for all our needs and that Jesus transcends culture in such a way that he is able to belong to each age and to address the issues of all time. To understand that, we can do no better than to look to the Holy Gospel for today, which celebrates the transfiguration of our Lord. In that momentous event we learn how and why Jesus belongs to the centuries. The Event We are not quite sure when this took place, though Mark ...

3053. The Threefold Name of God

Matthew 28:16-20

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... , Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word Holy, Holy, Holy Glory Be To God The Father Kyrie, God, Father In Heav'n Above Creator Spirit, By Whose Aid Alleluia, Sing To Jesus Holy Trinity Sunday Lord God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the more we try to understand you, the more confused we become! A clear set of job descriptions might help. Or, how about an organizational chart or a computer model? Is there anything you might suggest to clarify this mysterious relationship? Well, it was worth a try. You see, we do not ...

3054. I Want To Go South, Lord

Genesis 12:1-8

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... find ways to make me feel like I haven't done anything with myself compared to them. And I find it easy to agree with them! God: YOU'RE NOT A BLESSING. (Right. I'm not a blessing.) Abram: But I have tried, Lord. I try to be helpful, forgiving, understanding, fair, forthright. I defend my friends, speak up for what is right. God: AND ALL YOU GET IS FLACK. (Flack is right!) Abram: Lots of flack. It's scary. God: HOW BAD? (Well, awful scary.) Abram: It seems like every time I turn around, Lot's wife gets to me ...

3055. The Wisemen

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... to their perception and to their way of sharing that. And when I find that they describe reality in a way similar to my experience, then I listen. My regard for scriptures is as high as it is for any other serious effort to help me understand life and reality." Balthazar was not so objective. "When they are true, they're true! When they are not, then I set them aside. When they said 'Bethlehem' this morning, that was all right with me!" "Astronomer friend, how is your astrology?" Caspar asked Melchior. "I ...

3056. Living Water

John 4:10

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... it in the pot?" "Dirt!" most of them say triumphantly. "That's right, dirt. The cactus gets food from the dirt. "Well, what I have to say to you this morning may be one of the most important things I ever tell you. But, it's a little hard to understand. That's why I brought this plant along, to help me explain it to you. Like the cactus, all of you need sunshine, water, and food to live, though you don't eat dirt -- at least not usually!" "You need all of these things for your physical health and to ...

3057. Amazing Grace

1 Peter 3:15

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... almost too shocked to voice the question. "Yes," I answer, "that's exactly what I did. And then, I went into the kitchen, took my mother's hand, and started pulling her toward the living room to show her what I had done. You see, I was too young to understand that it wasn't a good thing to do. I thought I had done something wonderful; it was a present for my mother. "She must have been very surprised and very unhappy when I showed her the newly 'decorated' wall. But the most amazing thing is, she didn't get ...

3058. Costumed Christians

Colossians 3:14

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... you looked or how you were dressed, what would tell me?" As the children's puzzled silence grows, I continue. "Let me give you a hint. There's a song that ends with the words, 'And they'll know we are Christians by our love.' " Eyes light up with understanding. "They'll know by how we act! They'll know by how we treat each other." (Children are so wise.) "Yes, they'll know by our actions, by our love. Being yourself means living from your heart. I hope you all have fun on Halloween. And, as you turn into ...

3059. The Persecuted

John 15:18-27

Sermon

John A. Terry

... would be a strange and wonderful thing for people to find joy and gladness in the midst of persecution for the sake of their faith. But that has long been a unique characteristic of Christians. We are able to look through the words of this beatitude and understand the persecution in the light of God's will, and way through eternity, and the final promise that God's kingdom will come. One night after the porch of his home was bombed, Martin Luther King wrote, "To our most bitter opponents we say ... 'Do to ...

3060. Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... never to miss and then he would add how proud it made him when I went along. Before the service started, he always went over what was going to happen, especially if there was a change. He gave me suggestions about what to do during silent prayer and helped me understand anything new that was going on if the rabbi did it differently. If I ever got to squirming, he would ask me to be patient and say that he would talk to me after the service. And he always did. One time he said he was getting bored, too, but ...

3061. The Adventure Of The Empty Tomb

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... Jesus and she fell on her knees. He spoke briefly to her. She rose and hastened away. "The man looked over toward me and beckoned to me. He met me halfway." "Holmes, was it ... was it ... Jesus?" I blurted out. "When I spoke to him, he didn't understand my words, and I could not decipher his. I looked quickly for wounds, but his sandals covered the place on his feet through which the nails would have been driven. His hands he kept at his side and his cloak covered them. There were scratches where the crown ...

3062. Feeding the 5000

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... out to feed hungry people. That is a good gospel-centered reality to fix at the center of your sermon. Readers of these pages will represent many denominations. Having told these bread stories, you have a wonderful opportunity to say some things about your church's understanding of this sacrament. The telling of the bread stories in Mark 6 and 8 coupled with the institution of the Lord's Supper in Mark 14 can also focus on human faith in response to God's feeding. A first possible way of telling these ...

3063. Jesus' Ministry Beyond Galilee

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... suffering (Mark 8:34-38). But the disciples never get the point! They keep seeing "glory" as their destiny (Mark 9:34; 10:35-37. We will take up this series of passages in more detail in subsequent chapters). Returning to the story in Mark 14 we understand that Jesus is on the way to Jerusalem to die. The disciples don't get it. An unnamed woman, however, does get it! She breaks open an alabaster jar of ointment and pours it over Jesus' head. People are indignant with this woman. Jesus steps in to rescue ...

3064. Outsiders and Insiders: A Gospel Surprise

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... glance that the disciples are the true insiders. The third boat scene, however, seems to turn these insiders into outsiders, as we have observed earlier. In explaining the reality of outsiders, Jesus says that they are those who can look but not perceive, listen but not understand (Mark 4:12). In the third boat scene (Mark 8:13-21) Jesus says that it is the disciples who have hardened (rocky ground) hearts. It is the disciples who have eyes but fail to see, ears and fail to hear. Jesus appears to turn the ...

3065. Parables of Growing Seeds

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... had said some things about who will hear and believe that are difficult to grasp. The Twelve, the insiders, can know the secrets of the kingdom. Those who are outside cannot figure it out. They see but they do not perceive. They hear but they don't understand (Mark 4:10-12). Mark 4:21-25 helps to interpret these hard-to-grasp verses. This story "talks" to that story. "... There is nothing hidden, except to be disclosed; nor is anything secret, except to come to light. Let anyone with ears to hear listen ...

3066. Fifth Sunday of Lent

John 12:20-36

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... to this church now! Terry: Good! (She has second thoughts.) Er, at least I think it's good. Ken: (He ignores her hesitation.) I was finishing my evening prayers when I heard it. Terry: Heard what? Ken: It was like this voice. It was all so clear. I understand everything now. Terry: You sure it wasn't just thunder from the storm that is moving in? Ken: Stop kidding, Terry. I'm serious. Terry: I know you are dear. And that always frightens me. Ken: The decision whether this church is going to live or die is ...

3067. Christmas 2

Matthew 25:31-46

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... , his parents could not find him. So Mary and Joseph returned to Jerusalem, and found Jesus in the temple. Cng: We still find you in the temple, Lord. Ldr: Though only twelve, Jesus sat talking with the teachers in the temple. They were all amazed at his understanding and his answers. Cng: We too are amazed at the simplicity and the depth of your words, O Lord. Teach us again, Rabbi of the heart, and bless us with your wisdom and favor. Prayer Like Jesus, we must be in your house, heavenly Father. We hunger ...

3068. Love Language

Mark 5:41

Children's Sermon

... had a lot of education and understood different languages. There were also a lot of people who didn't go to school at all and only understood one language. Many people heard Jesus, but only some of them understood his language. It wasn't his words they didn't understand, but it was if they believed his message of love. Love doesn't need a language. Love shows by what we do! The story is about a man whose little girl was dying. He begged Jesus to make his little girl well. Jesus went with him, but when they ...

3069. How Do You Remain Religious?

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... is far from me;in vain do they worship me,teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men." And he called the people to him again, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him." For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit ...

3070. Bread of Another Kind (Bread of Life II)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... is it all about? What does the universe mean? What do I mean? Your imagination is hungry for beauty, beauty in any form of sight or sound, things you can make, things other people can make. Your affection is hungry for love, for kindness, for understanding, for forgiveness. And your conscience, your moral nature, is hungry for guidance, direction, and yes, thank God, hungry for correction when wrong. I don’t know how it is with you, but I always feel uncomfortable when people make a show of praying in a ...

3071. A Song Sung Blue

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... now experiencing shows us how deep, full, intimate, and all-pervasive her love was. (pp. 16-17) Toward Resolution Finally, a song sung blue implies that there is movement from one point to another. There is a struggling, a reckoning, an effect to understand, integrate and resolve. Whether or not we literally sing, this musical imagery captures the essential dynamism that must be there if resolution is to occur. Remember Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof lamenting his economic state? “If I Were a Rich Man” is ...

3072. God’s Great Final Day

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... their lives were prolongued for a season and a time.” Their power to harm was taken away. They were de-fanged by God. Three tigers became three pussycats. Why they were not destroyed along with Antiochus, who can say? The mysteries of God’s rule are beyond our understanding. But their fate was certain; it was only delayed. The point is that evil always loses in the end. It is a born loser. Why would anyone want to put good money into a bank that was sure to fail? Why would anyone want to engage in evil ...

3073. Solomon's Song Of Love

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... and the fact of death, as Ecclesiastes the Teacher is. Wisdom keeps us on the straight and narrow path as the collection of Proverbs attempts to do. And integral to wisdom's search for understanding is wisdom's relation to the divine. Biblical wisdom literature presupposes the existence of God, understands God to be the Source of wisdom, wisdom's fount. God is even personified as wisdom. Wisdom's theology may be subtle, may be sophisticated, may be radical, but there is a theology, nonetheless, a ...

3074. Who Can Find A Virtuous Woman?

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... ?" And in fact this text does strike almost any reader, as an anachronism, a leftover from an ancient culture, valuable perhaps for its historical description of domestic life in Israel of the day, but not valuable for much beyond that. We have come a long, long way in understanding who we are as women since this passage was written. We are equal in God's intention. And we have come too long a way and we know it is we ourselves who decides our virtue - we do - not to let some Hebrew sage tell us. And there ...

3075. Walking Through A Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... composed the tune later that day. It is, says one book, "a hymn of comfort." Be not dismayed what e'er betide, God will take care of you; Beneath his wings of love abide, God will take care of you. "Peace,'' said Jesus. "Be still!" But we must understand the role of the messenger as well as the message. For the disciples, the power of the peace came through Jesus' words. For the woman whose husband died, peace came through the persons who shared her grief. For that gentleman out of work it came through one ...

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