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3176. The Want to Believe

Illustration

Staff

... and anthropologist and advocate of Darwin's theory of evolution, was a well-known agnostic. He was with a group of men at a weekend house party. On Sunday morning, while most of them were preparing to go to church, he approached a man known for his Christian character and said, "Suppose you stay at home and tell my why you are a Christian." The man, knowing he couldn't match wits with Huxley, hesitated. But the agnostic said gently, "I don't want to argue with you. I just want you to tell me simply what ...

3177. The Light of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... was the worst. She shook so hard that she fell off her chair and simply rolled over on the floor, holding her stomach. The strains of “Silent Night” and “0 Little Town of Bethlehem” were hardly sufficient to cover the uncontrolled snorts of the main characters. Their much upset but good‑sported youth advisor said, “The only thing that didn’t go to pieces was the light bulb in the manger, it never went out.” Harry Pritchett thought to himself later, that’s a nice image-‑the light in the ...

3178. Thank You for Coming

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... of God. Christ came to call us again to righteousness and justice and to demonstrate once and for all how important we are to God’s purpose for the world. The second thing the writer says to us is that Christ is the perfect reflection of the character of God. He writes, “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being . . .” One woman tells about her niece Samantha who was a teacher at a Christian elementary school. She had the job of producing the Christmas play one ...

3179. Sherlock's Cracked Case

Humor Illustration

... on your right index finger suggests to me that you are a writer. Your clothing is English, not French. Adding up all those pieces of information, I deduce that you are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle." Doyle exclaimed, "This is truly amazing. You are a real-life counterpart to my fictional character, Sherlock Holmes." "There is one other thing," the driver said. "What's that?" Doyle asked. "Your name," said the driver "is printed on the front on your suitcase."

3180. Do It Yourself

Humor Illustration

I love the Peanuts comic strip where Lucy is chiding Charlie Brown. First frame she says, "I have just examined my character and I find it to be without flaw." Next frame, "What I am going to do is hold a ceremony and give myself a medal." Next frame, "and then I'm going to give a wonderful speech." Next frame, "I am going to receive myself and congratulate myself in the receiving line." In the last frame she says, "You know, when you're a saint you have to do everything for yourself."

3181. Camelot – The Time Will Come Again

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

In my den is a framed needlework which says one word - Camelot. It was a gift from a dear friend many years ago who knew how much I loved that Broadway play (and eventually movie) - wonderful story, marvelous characters, tremendous music. In short there's simply not A more congenial spot For happ'ly ever aftering Than here in Camelot. The story comes from a book by T. H. White called The Once and Future King and is based on the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of ...

3182. If I Were The Devil

Mark 13:1-31

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Paul Harvey

... from man's effort, instead of God's blessings; I would promote an attitude of loving things and using people, instead of the other way around; I would dupe entire states into relying on gambling for their main source of revenue; I would convince people that character is not an issue … I would make it legal to take the life of unborn babies; I would make it socially acceptable to take one's own life, and invent machines to make it convenient … I would take God out of the schools, where even the mention ...

3183. Doing Your Own Thing

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... we dishonor God when we do anything with our body that harms it or that could bring us shame. Some of you who are basketball fans may know the name A.C. Green. At the 2011 All Star Breakfast, A.C. Green was awarded the Bobby Jones Award for character, leadership, and faith in the world of basketball in the home and the community. A. C. Green is a man who takes care of his body. A former NBA all-star and three time World Champion Los Angeles Laker, Green played in more consecutive games than any other player ...

3184. John 1:43-51

John 1:43-51

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... trick the older out his birthright and blessing (Genesis 27:35-36). This connection is further suggested by yet another image from the life of Jacob that will conclude this week’s text (v.51). Jesus’ explanation for his insight into Nathanael’s character is the seemingly cryptic evidence that he saw him “under the fig tree before Philip called you” (v.48). This evocative yet imprecise image has been suggested to reveal everything from a simple image of Nathanael at home, to an image of Nathanael ...

3185. It’s a New Year: Take 7 Steps Forward

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3186. How Does God Fit In?

Luke 2:21-40

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... students were excited and enthusiastic as they set up the little barn and covered the floor with real straw and then arranged all the figures of Mary and Joseph and the shepherds and the Wise Men and all the animals. The students had all the characters facing the little crib in which the tiny Infant Jesus lay. One little boy just couldn't get enough. He was absolutely enthralled. He kept returning to it, and each time stood there completely engrossed but wearing a puzzled expression on his face. The teacher ...

3187. Crying at the Tomb

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... It only tells us that Jesus had delivered her from seven demons. We don’t know what those demons were. But we do know this: Mary Magdalene was thoroughly converted. Christ was Lord and Master of her life. In fact, of all the New Testament cast of characters, Mary Magdalene is the only person mentioned by all the gospels as having been at the cross until the very end. She saw his agony, heard his cries, watched all hope drain from Christ’s face. She heard his last words, his final gasp. The men disciples ...

3188. The Shout Becomes a Prayer

Mark 1:29-34

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Thomas Long

In Elie Wiesel's The Town Beyond the Wall, there is a rebellious character who has profoundly experienced the lonely place of human suffering and who chooses not to bear this in silence. He loudly laments, crying angrily to God that his fate is unjust, indeed, that God is unjust. It would seem that he had fallen into the snare of temptation, but he ...

3189. New definitions for old words

Humor Illustration

... you tell to one person at a time. SKELETON: A bunch of bones with the person scraped off. TOOTHACHE: The pain that drives you to extraction. TOMORROW: One of the greatest labor saving devices of today. YAWN: An honest opinion openly expressed. WRINKLES: Something other people have, Similar to my character lines.

3190. How Odd of God

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Old Testament. You will remember that Joseph, the Old Testament patriarch, was sold into slavery by his envious brothers. They told their father that he was killed by a wild animal. The slave traders take Joseph to Egypt where, through the force of his character, he rises from slavery to being the second most powerful man in the empire. Later, in the midst of a great famine, Joseph’s brothers come searching for food. They end up in an audience with their brother Joseph, whom they do not recognize. Why ...

3191. No Other Name

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... bumper stickers.” (4) Names are fascinating. Names are sometimes funny. Sometimes names are ridiculous. And sometimes names are significant. Some of you perhaps have seen the movie Cast Away starring Tom Hanks. It was a big hit a few years ago. Hanks’ character finds himself alone on a tiny island in the South Pacific, the lone survivor after an airplane crash. Desperate for a friend, Hanks does something interesting. He paints a human face on a volleyball that has washed ashore. Then he begins to ...

3192. Mixing Up the Old With the New

John 10:11-18

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Scott Hoezee

... recall a funny habit which many Medieval painters practiced for quite a long time in Europe, and particularly in Germany. Artists such as Lukas Cranach and others painted many depictions of biblical scenes but they did so with the curious twist of dressing the biblical characters in the contemporary garb of the Middle Ages. So in one Cranach painting of which I have a copy, you see Mary and Joseph tending to their newborn son in a Bethlehem stable. You also see shepherds and others in the picture but every ...

3193. Acts 8:26 40

Acts 8:26-40

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... the day when all sensible people would be off the road and waiting for a cooler time to travel. Yet Philip does exactly as he was told. Following those strange instructions to an estranged place puts Philip directly in the path of danger. The key character is an exotic individual known as the “Ethiopian eunuch.” The place “Ethiopia” was the region referred to as “Cush” in Old Testament texts. It was south of Egypt in what today is part of Sudan. For Luke’s Jewish readers this man’s ethnicity ...

3194. When Perceptions Shift

Mark 3:20-30

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

... and fresh than anyone had ever before imagined was possible. Yet their minds were darkened, their hearts were cold. And so they were convinced they were sitting in the middle of a stinky old stable being fed moldy bread and cow manure. When one of the other characters asks Aslan what can be done for these hapless figures, the answer comes back that nothing can be done. When black becomes white and white becomes black, when evil is good and good is evil, people are gone. God can't get through to them. The ...

3195. Have You Ever Tried to Discredit Someone?

Mark 3:20-5

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... manner...and somehow, we feel threatened. Or, he decides he needs to deepen his involvement with Jesus, and so he goes to serve in the Salvation Army's Soup Kitchen or to help build a home for a poor family. It's so out-of-character with this white-collar executive. He even talks about meeting Jesus in the poor whom he serves! And maybe he even begins to criticize the church for its self-serving attitude and low level of involvement in community issues - like homelessness, hunger, child abuse.... Both ...

3196. Celebrate the Small Stuff

Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... points” in life today. The day one becomes a parent, a father or a mother. Today is “Father’s Day.” The day you became a father is a day of transformation. Swedish novelists Anders Roslun and Borge Hellstrom described this moment for one of their characters. Piet Hoffman was a convicted criminal recruited by the Swedish police to go undercover to break a huge drug ring. Though he is forced to lie to his family about what he does, he cannot lie about how his children have changed him. He tried to ...

3197. Even Great Hands Get Messy

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Charles R. Leary

In a Peanuts comic strip, Linus is eating a sandwich. He makes this observation: "Hands are fascinating things. I like hands! I think I have nice hands! My hands seem to have a lot of character. These are hands which may someday accomplish great things ....These are hands which may someday do marvelous works. They may build mighty bridges or heal the sick, or hit home-runs, or write soul-stirring novels! These are hands which may someday change the course of human destiny!" Looking at ...

3198. When the Going Gets Tough

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... all of us will agree. I read a humorous story recently. It was about an event that occurred one time in a production of the opera, Carmen, in a very prestigious theater crammed with thousands of theater patrons. This particular night the singer playing the character Don José forgot to bring his stage knife for the stabbing scene in which he murders Carmen. Imagine that. He’s on stage in front of hundreds of theatergoers. He is supposed to murder Carmen but he’s forgotten his knife. What does he do ...

3199. The Object of Envy Is Trapped

Mark 6:1-6

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Scott Hoezee

In his story "Abel Sanchez," writer Miguel de Unamuno nicely highlights the nature of envy and why it is that the envied person is often trapped by his envy. In his writing he retells the story of the Cain and Abel, and he modernizes it. The Cain character is played by a skilled surgeon who has for years secretly envied his friend, Abel Sanchez, a skilled artist. At one point in the story, the doctor is scrutinizing one of Abel's paintings. This particular painting is a depiction of the Cain and Abel story ...

3200. Bridge Builders

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... sing and sway," Sam laughed and began singing a campfire favorite, "Do, Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me. Do, Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me...."1 "Ahhhh!" the cousins screamed out in unison as Sam swayed the bridge in time with the song. The central character in our gospel reading today is a Roman centurion who had a need. He wanted Jesus to remember his servant who was sick and near death. Because of the authority of his military rank, he was no ordinary man. When he issued an order, he expected it ...

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3176. The Want to Believe

Illustration

Staff

3177. The Light of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

3178. Thank You for Coming

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

3179. Sherlock's Cracked Case

Humor Illustration

3180. Do It Yourself

Humor Illustration

3181. Camelot – The Time Will Come Again

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

3182. If I Were The Devil

Mark 13:1-31

Illustration

Paul Harvey

3183. Doing Your Own Thing

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

3184. John 1:43-51

John 1:43-51

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

3185. It’s a New Year: Take 7 Steps Forward

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3186. How Does God Fit In?

Luke 2:21-40

Illustration

Billy D. Strayhorn

3187. Crying at the Tomb

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

3188. The Shout Becomes a Prayer

Mark 1:29-34

Illustration

Thomas Long

3189. New definitions for old words

Humor Illustration

3190. How Odd of God

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

3191. No Other Name

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

3192. Mixing Up the Old With the New

John 10:11-18

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

3193. Acts 8:26 40

Acts 8:26-40

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

3194. When Perceptions Shift

Mark 3:20-30

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

3195. Have You Ever Tried to Discredit Someone?

Mark 3:20-5

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

3196. Celebrate the Small Stuff

Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3197. Even Great Hands Get Messy

Illustration

Charles R. Leary

3198. When the Going Gets Tough

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

3199. The Object of Envy Is Trapped

Mark 6:1-6

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

3200. Bridge Builders

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

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