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301. Expect the Unexpected

Luke 21:5-38

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... will be needed for the opening. In addition to the clock you may use one of the following to interrupt the silent period mentioned below: 1) A fog horn. 2) A horn instrument of some kind. 3) Someone who has been away from the church -- on vacation -- and has returned. They will burst into the sanctuary with a suitcase saying, "I'm back." They will then sit down with the children and discuss their travels and their return home. 4) Use no other props -- only the clock -- and after the silent period is over ...

302. "Because I'm God"

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... him to challenge God. God has used another technique that parents often use to squelch complaints from their children. "You don't like what I made for supper? Fine, I'm sure tomorrow night you can cook something you'd like better. You didn't enjoy our vacation? Sorry, next time we'll let you make the plans and pay the bills." God doesn't think he owes Job an explanation. So instead of answering Job's questions, he simply asserts his authority. "Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go and say to ...

303. Commencement

Revelation 21:1-27

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... believed. She said that life is like going to school. It is preparation for life with Christ hereafter. The former things have passed away. Remember what it was like in school?Remember how we used to say it when summer approached, and the long warm months of vacation came? The chant went like this: "No more classes, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks!" Now the chant, based on God's word as recorded in Revelation is: "No more tears, no more death, no more sorrow nor crying, no more pain, for the ...

304. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

Sermon

John A. Terry

... people to their product. One of them says, "Think of this? What revives the soul, makes wise the simple, rejoices the heart, enlightens the eyes, is to be more desired than gold and is sweeter than honey?" What could be the product? How about a vacation home in the Caribbean? Would it be winning the New York State lottery? Could it be a new miracle, feel-good medicine? Is it the ultimate labor-saving-housework-made-effortless machine? Instead they find out they are on Candid Camera and someone reads the ...

305. Holy Arithmetic!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... second Sunday in June 1987. How well I remember that terrifying experience! Shortly after I had gone to my pastor and talked with him concerning this vague sense of calling to ministry that I was experiencing, he suggested that I preach while he was on vacation. By doing that, I could get some sense of what preaching was about and perhaps help to determine if that was the direction God was leading me. That sounded reasonable enough, so I agreed. As I thought about that upcoming first venture into the realm ...

306. Epiphanies and Training Wheels

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Johnny Dean

It was a hot, muggy Friday evening, the last night of Vacation Bible School, and I stood in the parking lot of the church, cooking fish that my father-in-law and I had caught for the big celebration dinner scheduled to begin in just a short time. I didn’t notice the young man who had come up behind me until ...

307. Not Your Favorite Father's Day Scripture

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Ishmael, that he too will be the father of a great nation, the Arab nation. Whenever I read the story of Ishmael I remember a story told by the master storyteller himself, Dr. Fred Craddock. Craddock said that he and his wife were vacationing one summer in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One night they found a quiet little restaurant, where they looked forward to a private meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table to table, visiting with ...

308. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... is built around the philosophy that we can get what we want so long as we have the money to pay for it. We do not need to defend that statement or back up that philosophy, for it is obvious when we measure our homes, automobiles, clothing, vacations, social standing, and on and on. The Christian faith tells me, and I believe it, that there are a host of things that money cannot buy. Peace of mind, assurance about life, friendship, love, understanding, are just a few. Years ago there was an ambitious couple ...

309. No Tears for Me, Please

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... . Though the affluent part of the world contributes annually forty-five billion dollars to the underprivileged Third World, the rich nations spend twenty-one times as much on armaments. Also, while some live in affluent homes with even two homes, one for vacations, thirteen million homeless people cry, "Save us. Save us. Where can we go?" Even in affluent America, in New York City alone, there are 36,000 people living on the streets and in abandoned buildings and steam tunnels. Add to these crosses, the ...

310. Worship, Work, Rest, and Play

John 4:1-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... it? Now we've named three important things we do in life. Can you name them? (Work, Rest, and Play) We need to do all three of these or life is just no good. We all need to work and get things done. We all need to rest and take vacations because we get tired. And we all need to play because we need to have fun in life. Life isn't all work, work, work; sometimes we need to play. Now there is one thing we've left out. We need to work, we need to rest, and we need ...

311. What Reasons to Betray the Savior?

Matthew 26:17-30

Drama

Joe Barone

... stick a knife in someone's back. Dear friends, all of life is a battle for God's kingdom, and every decision you make is a part of that battle. You know how that is. You decide to go here or there. You decide to go to Colorado for a vacation or to go see a professional baseball game. You decide to watch this or that on television, to give to this or that, to put a roof on the building or to build a youth program. Don't fool yourselves like I did. It's all a part of the ...

312. The Secret of Survival

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... Jews have been able to survive the darkness of the present because they live each day by the light of their past and in the light of their future. For the Jew, the past, the present, and the future are all one in God. A little girl went on vacation with her parents to see the mountains for the first time. When they were driving in the mountains, their car entered the first tunnel of their trip. The little girl was frightened by the sudden darkness. Her mother leaned over and said to her, "Look. Look back at ...

313. The Aim Of Preaching: To Bestow The Kiss Of Life

John 20:19-23

Sermon

James Angell

... a child is born, an event that starts the world over. God swoops, slides, or sneaks mysteriously into our common life and life is suddenly different. The breath of God. The breath of amazement. Of our best selves. Or of refreshment after days or weeks of vacation. Wrote New Jersey poet Joseph Auslander: "I never pass a steeple by, but I must stop a while and linger, and catch my breath to see the sky take hold of prayer's tremendous finger." Another word for breath is "inspire" - to breathe into. And when ...

314. Waiting for Jesus

Romans 13:11b

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... one. Of course, there are some pretty big things yet to happen this month, which I am sure you are aware of, so the month won't pass too quickly. Is there anything special happening in December that you are really looking forward to, like a special vacation or a birthday or anything like that? Christmas! What's that? [Allow them to answer and get as many different answers as you can from them.] It seems that everyone likes it, this thing called Christmas. You remember that I said it seems like the end of ...

315. Filled With God's Spirit

Acts 2:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of the year and when it is over the first half of the year will have passed. But June is a good month for another reason, isn't it? How many of you have just finished school? Isn't it great to have a month like June to begin your vacation from school? Is there anyone who went to school who doesn't know what I have in my hand? [Hold up a report card.] Yes, sir, this is a report card. Sometimes we like these things and sometimes we don't. It tells us how we have done, whether we ...

316. Getting The Facts

1 Corinthians 15:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... you are guided by the Spirit you wil not fulfill the desires of your lower nature. Object: A ruler or a circle compass and a Bible. Good morning, boys and girls. How are you on this very last Sunday in August? It won't be very long before the summer vacation will be over and the new school year will begin again. I just happen to have one of those things that is so important to anyone going to school. This is a very simple tool, but one that we use very often in our work and at school. We call ...

317. A Change of Direction

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

... paths she had traveled and found some roads to a higher life. Mary of Magdala, walking the streets of her town, did not expect to meet Jesus there, but she did - and because she did, she was turned from the streets to the cross, and beyond the cross to the vacated tomb where she became at last one of the first witnesses of the risen Lord. Like the woman of Sychar and the woman of Magdala, a great many people discover that the "fast lane" is not the road home. "I am the way," says our Lord Christ. As we race ...

318. Booby Trap

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

... wrote letters for them. Smith says, "Al never had a problem with the retarded. He figured they were just people with a problem that he couldn’t solve, but that he might relieve a bit." Al and Bessie work at least two days a week; they never take a vacation. They got to fly in an airplane, to meet the president and see the White House, and to tour our nation’s capital. One effort to reach a disturbed man would have pleased Jesus very much. Someone told Smith this story: "There was one young man who hid ...

319. The Man, the Message, and the Mission

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

George Bass

... in memory of my very special daughter Tracy who was killed last March 27th in an automobile accident. Mr. Fink told how they loved her and about her "zest and excitement (that) energized everyone." How "She loved dramatics, music, her guitar, warm weather, the ocean, family vacations, pasta, late nights and sleeping in." He added: If she’d worn her seat belt, she’d be here with us now. We miss her and love her so. Just like your family and friends love you. So on this first anniversary of her death I ...

320. Complaint from the Kitchen

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... the presence of our Lord is surely the richest privilege and the highest blessing of our faith. It floods the soul with joy and bathes the inward self with the refreshing streams of life. Worship is the central act of religion. On his return from vacation, a pastor visited one of the elderly women of his congregation. He asked her what she thought of the sermons his substitute had preached. She said that they were helpful and refreshing. He asked her what the sermons were about and she told him she couldn ...

321. The Season of the Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

... , as I did, to grow up on a farm. Rural living and country life was a happy time for me. But summertime on the farm was always the big season of work. Here in the city we tend to relax a little more during summer. We try to take a vacation trip. We go out of town on weekends every chance we get. Young people spend a lot of time at the neighborhood swimming pool. But summer on the farm is the season of work. In similar fashion, that's the way it is for you and me as Christians who ...

322. God Keeps His Promises!

Galatians 3:19

Children's Sermon

Object: A contract, a marriage license, a certificate of ordination, baptismal certificate, etc. Well, good morning to you, boys and girls. Isn’t it great that vacation is over and school will soon be back in session! Pretty soon you’ll be back with friends whom you haven’t seen all summer. Do you remember all of the things that you were going to do that you didn’t get done? Maybe you promised your friends that ...

323. If Only We Would Hold On ...

Jeremiah 20:7-18

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... a prison-like quality. The young wife, bored by her household duties and worn out by petty demands, thinks of the comparative freedom of her unmarried sisters, and feels frustrated by her own routine. The office worker, tied to a desk, gazes at the colorful pictures of vacation resorts and longs for the day when he no longer has to punch a time clock or catch the 7:59 commuter. The city-dweller grows weary of the noise and confusion of urban life. The farmer’s son fumes at the demands of his chores. And ...

324. Free from Sin

Romans 6:1-14

Children's Sermon

... promises that after we die we will not have to live with sin any longer. I want to show you why I think that Life will be better after we die than it is now. I have in my hand a slide. I took this slide while I was on vacation and I think that it is beautiful. I am going to pass it around and let everyone take a good look at it. [Pass it to each child and even hold it up to the light so that they can see there is something on the slide.] This is the ...

325. Good News for the Multitudes

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Thomas C. Short

... and asks terms of peace. So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple." When I was in college I was one of several young men who decided to go to work on the section gang of the railroad during the summer vacation. At that time, there was very little automation on the railroad, and most of the work was done by manual labor. Many people warned us about the job. It was a hot job ... very, very hot. It was difficult. Everything out there was heavy. It was a dirty job ...

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