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3201. More Than Enough

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

Forty percent of all the food that is produced in the United States is thrown away. That’s about twenty pounds per person per month, a total of about 33 million tons or $165 billion worth of edible, nutritious food per year. Discarded food is the second highest component of landfills in this country that as it decays, becomes a significant contributor to methane emissions.1 Worldwide, western, industrialized countries waste about 30% of all produced food, an annual total of about 220 million tons, an ...

3202. Who Is The Prisoner? Who Is The Judge?

John 18:33-37

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

The Elder John Kline (1797-1864) was a doctor, a carpenter, a preacher, and an elder among the Dunkers, one of the Plain People. Kline’s home was near Linville Creek, Virginia. He, like all the Dunkers, lived peaceably with his neighbors, which is not surprising since the Dunkers believed in non-resistance to violence. For the most part his people stayed out of politics, but from their arrival in America in 1729, the group had taken an unmitigated stance against slavery. Needless to say this made them very ...

3203. The Power of One Passion and One Prayer

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

Have you ever heard a story that was so exciting and tense that you were practically sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out the ending? Rev. Harry B. Parrott Jr. tells of listening to a radio broadcast of a pastor who also piloted his own small plane. The pastor had been in Detroit for some meetings, then he jumped in his plane and headed back toward his home in Escanaba, Michigan. As he flew over Lake Michigan, he experienced engine trouble. The engine was stopping and starting, stopping and ...

3204. Us Against Them

Exodus 4:21

Sermon

Will Willimon

"And the LORD said to Moses, '...do before Pharaoh all the miracles which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go."' (Exodus 4:21) A friend of mine recently said, "There is nothing wrong with this country that couldn't be cured by a good war." I don't believe that. But do you see his point? Beset as we are by seemingly irreconcilable differences of race, class, economics, education, religion, we seem to have no means of healing our fragmentation. History ...

3205. Going and Doing

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Steve Molin

Today is the end of the church year. The school year ends in June, and the calendar year ends on December 31, but the church year ends always on a Sunday in late November, and the new church year begins with the season of Advent. Next week, I’ll begin a sermon series called START HERE; appropriate for a new year, with a blank canvas standing before us. But as we today focus on the Reign of Christ, it also seemed like a good time to give you a prologue of where it all started. That’s what the START HERE ...

3206. On Rendering to God and to Caesar

Mark 12:13-17, Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Will Willimon

'I am the LORD,...my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to graven images.” The story is told of a remote Methodist congregation somewhere in a forgotten corner of North Dakota. One week, they had a terrible blizzard. Everything was snowed under. All the roads were blocked. They got not a piece of mail the whole week. This meant that the Methodist church received no mailings from the conference office in Bismarck. For the first time in its life the little congregation knew not whether the second Sunday ...

3207. Family Ties And Unties

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

David Coffin

In the 1993 movie Rudy, Sean Astin plays Rudy Rudiger, a young man who grew up in a Roman Catholic working class family that was employed at the steel mills, which is major town economic bedrock. Rudy always wanted to play football for the University of Notre Dame. There were a couple problems. First, he was short, lacked strong talent, and he had difficulty in school due to dyslexia. His family and girlfriend all thought that he would fail in this venture. At age 22, when his best friend Pete died in an ...

3208. A Faith That Overcomes

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

I have always liked the children's story Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. In the story a little boy named Alexander has an absolutely rotten day. The story relates all of the traumatic experiences Alexander faces: waking up with gum in his hair, finding no prize in his box of cereal, having no dessert at lunch, going to the dentist and having a cavity, having lima beans for dinner, getting soap in his eyes from his bath, and having his pet cat choose to sleep with his brother. ...

3209. Discipleship

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

Theme\n What is the price of discipleship?\nSummary\n A father and mother question their son as to what he \nlearned in Sunday school. "Hate your father and mother," he \nreplies, and this unnerves them until they find out the real \nmeaning is -- love Jesus more than others. \nPlaying Time 3 1/2 minutes\nSetting A home\nProps Bible\nCostumes Contemporary, casual\nTime The present\nCast ROBBY -- a child\n WILMA -- his mother\n BURT -- his father\nROBBY: (WILMA AND BURT ARE STANDING CENTER STAGE. ROBBY ...

3210. Which Way To Jesus?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

Great commotion was created in the holy city of Jerusalem at the time of the Feast of the Passover. On that occasion worshippers came from all over the Mediterranean world to fulfill their obligations at the Temple. A carnival atmosphere filled the precincts of the Temple with the commercial traffic that was created with the sale of animals for sacrifice and the exchange of foreign currency. Today the Holy Gospel takes us to the city during the festival. We are not in the court of the Temple but somewhere ...

3211. People With Power To Forgive

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

Jesus began his earthly ministry preaching, teaching, healing and forgiving sins. And now at the end of his earthly ministry in his post-resurrection appearance to his disciples, Jesus is passing on to his disciples the ministry of preaching, teaching, healing and forgiving sins. Through the gift of the Holy spirit they are to be empowered to continue the work he inaugurated. We often overlook in the gospels the connection between forgiveness and healing -- healing that is both physical and spiritual. ...

3212. Unexpected Joy; Undeserved Gift

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Tony Everett

Choosing a baby's name is tough! Most of us have been involved in that process at some time in our lives and we know this from personal experience. We have consulted numerous books and reviewed family histories in our search for just the right name. A name connects memory and hope, promise and power, past and future. Choosing a name is a major step in shaping a child's identity. Choosing a name is the beginning of charting a child's future. Choosing a name is serious business. ... and he is named Wonderful ...

3213. Is This The Season To Seek Salvation

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

James McLemore

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved (Jeremiah 8:20). Friends and Family, Family and Friends, the Lord sent me to ask you this question: "Is this the season to seek salvation?" A single mother had to ask this question concerning her teenage daughter. At age eleven, her daughter began to ask questions about God. She told her mother she wanted to go to church. But her mother wasn't religious and did not see any reason why her teenage daughter should be so religious. So she kept her ...

3214. Whose Work Is It?

Luke 21:5-38

Drama

Pamela Urfer

Cast: Two women, Eeodia and Syntyche, and one man, Clement Length: 10 minutes (The two women are seated on their stools with an empty stool between them. CLEMENT enters excitedly, waving a letter.) CLEMENT: Euodia! Syntyche! Paul has sent us another letter! Epaphroditus just brought it. SYNTYCHE: Oh, Clement! That's so wonderful. I just don't know what we would do without Paul's advice. EUODIA: Yes. It's hard starting a new church as part of a new religion. Harder than I ever expected. CLEMENT: (Taking his ...

3215. Whose Work Is It?

Philemon 1:1-7

Drama

Pamela Urfer

Cast: Two women, Euodia and Syntyche one man, Clement Length: 10 minutes The two women are seated on their stools with an empty stool between them. CLEMENT enters excitedly, waving a letter. CLEMENT: Euodia! Syntyche! Paul has sent us another letter! Epaphroditus just brought it. SYNTYCHE: Oh, Clement! That's so wonderful. I just don't know what we would do without Paul's advice. EUODIA: Yes. It's hard starting a new church as part of a new religion. Harder than I ever expected. CLEMENT: (Taking his seat) ...

3216. God Works Wanders

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

"God works wanders." I read again the Christmas letter from an old friend of the family, typed in this computer age on some ancient typewriter. Surely it was a typo. Looking back over his life, he meant to say, "God works wonders." And surely God does work wonders. But he works wanders too. I found myself reflecting, as our elderly friend had done, on the changes of the years. God works wanders. Abram and Sarai must have believed that, too. Seventy-five years old, he is asked -- commanded -- to leave his ...

3217. The Witness Of Pilate

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

Invocation Hymn Responsive Dialogue 1 Corinthians 2 P: When I came to you, brothers, I did not come witheloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimonyof God. C: We have not received the spirit of the world but thespirit who is from God, that we may understand what God hasfreely given us. P: For I resolved to know nothing while I was with youexcept Jesus Christ and Him crucified. C: This is what we speak, not in words taught us by humanwisdom but in words taught by the Holy Spirit, ...

3218. Risen And Recognized

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Robert Beringer

We have examined a number of "Turning Points" in the Gospel narrative, but perhaps none is as vivid as what happened to two despairing disciples who met the Living Christ on that first Easter day. Let us imagine that it is evening on that first Easter. Walking northward along the narrow road to the village of Emmaus are two of Jesus' followers. Their shoulders are slumped, their heads are bowed, and even a casual observer can read the dejection and the disillusionment on their faces. Utterly disheartened ...

3219. Watch Your Words

2 Corinthians 13:11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A pair of boxing gloves Lesson: ... agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. Good morning, boys and girls. Do you see what I have with me today? (Hold up the boxing gloves.) That's right. I have a pair of boxing gloves here. As you know, boxers use these when they fight. Do you think that these can hurt you if you get hit with one? (Let them answer.) People who wear these are usually out to hurt another person, so if you don't want to get hurt, it's ...

3220. A Friend Indeed

1 Corinthians 1:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A screwdriver, knife, pack of cigarettes, pile of money Good morning, boys and girls. You are probably wondering what I am doing with all of these things! Well, I want to tell you a story about a boy named Billy. Some people used to call him "Bad-Boy Billy" because he was always in trouble! For instance, Billy would use this screwdriver to pry the hubcaps off cars! He loved to steal as many as he could. Then he would use this knife to slash tires because he thought that was great fun. Billy ...

3221. Behavior In Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

Lesson: When we misbehave in worship, not only do we miss out, but we keep others from participating in the service. Preparation: None. Have you ever tried to watch your favorite television show or play your favorite video game while people were interrupting you? Maybe they kept getting in front of the screen, or they made a lot of noise, or they just kept asking you questions so you could not concentrate. Doesn't it irritate you when that happens? This morning I want to talk to you about something far ...

3222. Gifts For Mom

Proverbs 31:10-31

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

Object: A sheet of paper and a pen or marker. Lesson: Mothers deserve our thanks and admiration for a job well-done. Today is a special day for us. Who knows what today is? (Children respond.) Yes, indeed, today is Mother's Day. Why do we celebrate Mother's Day? (Children respond.) We celebrate Mother's Day to tell our mothers we love them and that we are thankful for everything they do for us. For our time together this morning, we are going to write a Mother's Day letter to Mom and talk about some gifts ...

3223. Getting Down To The Local Issues

Sermon

Thomas Long

"The landscape of politics is changing," explained the political pundit on the television talk show. His hands were outstretched in front of him, palms up, as if to say, "We may as well face it." "It's the impact of the instant, electronic media," he continued. "Two generations ago, a presidential candidate could write one speech addressing the big issues facing the nation and whistle stop around the country giving it everywhere. But not today. The issues are hotter and more immediate. People don't care ...

3224. Behold The Man Who Tried To Be King

Matthew 21:1-10

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

Some time ago there was a stage play called Construction. It was the story of some people who wanted to build a wall. But there was a young man there who urged them instead to build a bridge. The people turned on him and killed him because of what he wanted them to do. After they killed him one of the characters said, "We can't go on crucifying the truth forever."1 When Jesus went to Jerusalem he found a wall. He had come to build a bridge. But he knew all along that on the other side of the wall his ...

3225. Ancient Christian References To Feetwashing

1 Corinthians 11:17-34, John 13:1-17

Sermon Aid

Brett Blair

Why did the early church call the Lord's Supper the Love Feast? Outside of the obvious reasons, one influence might be John 13-17. In the first 12 chapters of John the word love (agape) is used 6 times. In the next six (13-17), where Jesus celebrates the Passover Feast with his disciples, the word appears 31 times. The following excerpts are the early Church Father's thoughts on one of the events that occurred at this Passover meal: Feetwashing. One of Jesus' most compelling expressions of love toward his ...

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