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3201. The Time Is Coming

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... needed instruction. You both knew in your heart what any particular moment needed. You both knew the desire and the need of the other and responded immediately. No one looks to that time as a bad time or a sad time. Everyone laments the passage of that time. Everyone longs for the return of that moment of experienced reality, the way things really ought to be. If the world were right, that is the way it would be - not for some moments, but for all moments in all times and in all places. I'm puzzled by the ...

3202. What Do We Hope For?

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... But what is it? What is God going to do? What do we dare hope for? There was a story in the news not too long ago of a 13-year-old girl dying of a degenerative brain disease. Her doctors wanted to end life-support and let her die, to ... problem is, we don't see it. Where is it? When is it going to happen? When Isaiah wrote this passage, God's people had been waiting a long time for God to fulfill his promises to them. We've seen how Job waited and waited for God to answer his cries. The Christian church has ...

3203. The Nativity The Time

Luke 1:1-4

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... respectful; time, perhaps, even to be hurt, for they loved Jesus very much and they would miss him. The hour had come, and the happy memories of Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph, mangers, stars, wisemen and shepherds hardly mattered at all. "That" happened all so long ago. It was impossible to have that joy again, until the "time" came that these words could be written: "On the first day of the week, when the Sabbath was past, they went to the tomb, and the angel said: 'Do not be afraid . . .That's ...

3204. Temples within the Temple

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... . If we turn off the radio, but can still hear music, we know something is very strange. Yet, if we tell our child to "stop crying," we don't expect instant silence. When an airplane comes in for a landing, we know that it has to roll for a long way before it stops. When the great jet engines are turned off, we can hear them wind down, like a quarter spinning on the kitchen counter.As we've watched ___________ "wind down" rather quickly during the past month, our own anxiety may have "wound up." We wish she ...

3205. Opposites

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

Death after a long illness I Corinthians 15:42-44 Opposites The meditation text is three short verses from 1 Corinthians 15: "So it is with the resurrection of the ... , soon the laughter.We Christians are peculiar, aren't we? Sometimes we even sing at funerals. We call this worship a "thank you celebration." We interrupt our grief just long enough to taste the coming opposites.Finally, please note one more foursome in our meditation text. Not only were there four sets of opposites, there were also four sets ...

3206. Opposites

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

Death after a long illness The meditation text is three short verses from 1 Corinthians 15: "So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable ... , soon the laughter.We Christians are peculiar, aren't we? Sometimes we even sing at funerals. We call this worship a "thank you celebration." We interrupt our grief just long enough to taste the coming opposites.Finally, please note one more foursome in our meditation text. Not only were there four sets of opposites, there were also four sets ...

3207. Step Eleven - Spirituality

Mt 26:36-46 · 1 Thess 5:12-22 · Ps 25:1-15

Sermon

John A. Terry

... our conscious contact with God, as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out." The 25th Psalm was written by one trying to get his life together. This is the psalm of someone who has taken a long, hard look at his life and decided something has been seriously wrong and something much better is possible, both because of what he is willing to do, and because of what God is willing to permit. Some consider this the psalm of the medium-sized sinner. It does ...

3208. Watch and Be Ready!

Luke 12:35-48

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: Conditioning God's children to be watchful and ready. Props: A tennis ball or something comparable. Lesson: [Tossing the ball from hand to hand:] Good morning! (response) A long, long time ago, when people used candles and lamps to see at night because there was no electricity, there was this man and he left home to go to a party. His maids and his servants had no idea when he would return home, so they waited into the night for ...

3209. How Much?

Luke 23:26-43

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ! Let me see that again? How much do you love your mom and dad? (response) Application: I have one last question. How much do you think God loves you? (response) How much? (response) You're right. Now slowly spread your long arms straight out and say. He loves us this much. And we know this because bring the cross out long ago Jesus spread his arms way out and some people who didn't know what they were doing put him on this cross. They put his right arm here and his left arm here and he hung there on this ...

3210. New (Testament) Math

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... come up with 25 million dollars?’ said the manager. ‘There’s no way I can come up with that much cash in that short amount of time. But if you’ll just give me one more chance, I promise to repay every penny of it. I don’t know how long that will take, and I don’t really know how I can do it, but I’ll find a way, honest I will. Please give me another chance, sir.’ "Well, the rich man had been thinking about the manager’s family – especially that poor, sick child. And being basically a ...

3211. Exasperating Grace

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... help would be reasonable, even though we KNOW there are not enough workers to accomplish the task. But this constant back and forth, all day long, wearing out the tires on his pickup truck, is just too much! And maybe giving half as much to those who got there late ... ? Is that fair? If God’s going to run the vineyard like that, paying everyone the same wage no matter how long and how hard they’ve worked, seeking – CONSTANTLT seeking – more workers for the harvest, even up to the eleventh hour, then ...

3212. Nothing Difficult Is Ever Easy

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... you really think that visitor who has come to you for information does not know who the preacher is? But he or she did not ask the preacher the question, did they? They asked YOU! They want an answer from an ordinary person, someone who won’t take quite so long to tell them what they need to know. What will you tell this person who sincerely wants to know what it would mean to be a member of Snow Creek Christian Church? How would you summarize, in five minutes or less, what it means to be a member of this ...

3213. Elizabeth and Mary

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... evokes a tone of excitement and anticipation. It is as if the entire world is preparing for a visit from an emissary from another world. Of course, like typical Americans, we overdo it. Much of the music is too loud and incessant; we are saturated with carols long before Christmas ever arrives; many of the decorations are too big, too gaudy; but still, isn’t it a remarkable time of year? Our impulse to create a fairy tale stage seems to take our minds off the harsh Christmas realities. For even as we are ...

3214. Lent 1

Sermon

Betty Lynn Schwab

... Jerusalem and Golgotha, Skull Hill. For the disciples, these prophecies helped them understand who Jesus was and is. Through Jesus, God was breaking in to human life and bringing about a wonderful new era. Youth: Let us pray. All: Holy God of the Booths, like Jesus' disciples, we long for Light and Peace. Yet we know the ride on the donkey is over. Our King has come on that donkey! Your new era is already here. In our dark moments and in our daily work for justice and radical love, help our faith to be like ...

3215. That All-Pervasive Snake

Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Joann Hary

... that promptness is important. After all, he was late yesterday. And one day last week Jesse was late, and Jesse has been around the company for a long time and never got fired." 4. "I'm glad that I finally got all my records together so that I can get my income tax done. It ... service. What no one had ever told him was that garbage service was free in that small college town. It took him a long time to discover that his digging and burying had all been just a lesson. Similarly, many of us try to dispose of our ...

3216. Hard Times May Drop In For A Visit

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Joann Hary

... I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." "Though hard times may drop in for a visit," Swindoll reminds us in his book, "they won't stay for long when they realize that faith got there first, and doesn't plan to leave." "In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; in our doubt, there is believing; in our life, eternity. In our death, a resurrection, at the last, a victory. Unrevealed until its season ...

3217. Repentance - King David and Peter

Luke 22:54-62

Drama

Martha L. Leach

... And other times I have such doubts. In fact, one time he referred to me as "man of little faith." It was the end of a very long day. The Master had been teaching the crowds who followed him, and once again we all felt a need to find a place to rest. He told ... without support, and he was killed. I murdered the man as surely as if I plunged my sword into him. That was a long time ago, but even now as it comes to mind, the pain of remorsefulness returns. (Pause) (Continues) Bathsheba, the beautiful woman I wanted ...

3218. The Youth

Drama

William Grimbol

... just said that is what I feel. If you don't like it ... MEGHAN: Okay, sorry. It's just that I feel so much. For such a long time I wondered if there even was a God. How can there be a God who lets so many evil things happen? Think of how many wars ... they say I am? CURT: (Plays along with the satire) They say you are Elijah or John the Baptist, and some say a prophet from long ago. PAUL: Who do you say I am? CURT: Good question. Who the heck are you? (Both laugh) Scene Three SUE: Was that the most unbelievable ...

3219. Life is Messy

John 1:29-34

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... like that are the very last things we want to bring into our weekly worship service. Oh, we know that people are going to get sick, and we really hope their illnesses are not serious and that they will get well soon. But let’s not dwell on it too long, okay? That’s messy stuff and we’re trying to worship here, you know? Sure, we have funerals, but those are special occasions where it’s okay to be messy and cry and carry on. Did you know that at one time, church families took care of preparing bodies ...

3220. Have You Talked to Jesus Lately?

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... I HOPED that’s what he was doing. But when he smiled and began waving enthusiastically when he saw me, I knew he was looking for someone connected to the church. "Well, this is just great!" I thought. "This is just what I need. It’s already been a long day, and I have a board meeting tonight, and I really don’t have time for this today." I decided to cut the young man off halfway across the church yard, mayber offer him whatever assistance I could, and quickly send him on his way. You see, when you ...

3221. There's Blindness, and There's Blindness

John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Alzheimer’s disease and die in automobile accidents? And why, if God is loving, do children die on school playgrounds at the hands of other children? These questions are as old as the Bible itself, even older than that. The psalmist asked, "How long, O Lord, how long must your people suffer?" As they wandered in the desert after their release from slavery in Egypt, the Israelites cried out, "Where are you, God?" Job, in one of the most ancient of all biblical writings, screamed his "WHY?" to God through ...

3222. When the Tie That Binds is a Slipknot

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Christ, the Church, what hope is there that the secular world and governments and nations can resolve conflicts fairly and equitably? Does God provide guidance in resolving our differences in the church? Oh, yes! When the tie that binds turns out to be a slipknot (as long as it doesn’t become a hangman’s noose), the knot in the end of the rope that somehow manages to hold it all together is the Holy Spirit of God, the Spirit that unifies us and helps us work through even the most difficult of problems ...

3223. Back to the Basics

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... true that the past has nothing to teach us about morality? Are we the first generation in history to encounter lust and greed and prejudice? Is there nothing to be learned from the moral victories and tragedies of people who lived on this earth long before our great-great grandparents arrived on the scene? Life in America in the year 2000 gives testimony to the continuing need for rules of conduct and standards of morality. Our children are taking guns to school and killing other children. Our children have ...

3224. Psalm 121

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

... of the things God does that are the most incredible are not the things that happen out there in the world so much as the things that God does inside of us. Inside of you and me. The really great miracles of life take place deep within our lives. Long ago the psalmist who wrote Psalm 121 was certainly one who recognized his need for help in facing the challenges of life. As we read Psalm 121 it seems evident that the Psalmist knew he didn’t have the resources within himself to make his life work on his ...

3225. The Flame, The Wind, And The Walk

Acts 2:1-13

Drama

Marion Fairman

... the Spirit - Leader: Paul says there's evidence - Woman: Evidence? Leader: (Laughing) Well, Paul wrote "fruit of the Spirit" (Galatians 5:22-23). Love (Ticks them off on his fingers, separating each word). Love - joy - peace - long-suffering - Man: (Dismay) Long-suffering? Leader: (Going on, ticking them off) Gentleness - goodness - faith - meekness - temperance - Woman: (Nodding her head) Evidences of a disciplined and responsible life. Man: So they are - but how does a "disciplined and responsible" walk ...

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