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3276. Booby Trap

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

... turn that story into a parable for those of us who live today, claim to love God, yet seem to be asking, "Who is my neighbor?" Al was no Samaritan, nor was he involved with religion professionally - most of his life he worked in a stone quarry - but he understands what love for God and people is all about. As another poet said, "That love for One from which there doth not spring Wide love for all is but a worthless thing." (J.R. Lowell) The reason that the lawyer got caught in his own trap was simply that ...

3277. Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

... son and the father disagreed on what religion was or ought to be and its relevance for daily living? ..." Sifford writes: "I asked him of his perception of what it would be like to die." His father answered that "he’d feared death until he came to understand that death is not the end but the beginning: ‘When a man believes (and) ... does his best to get right with God, with his fellowman, with his self - well, death is nothing to be afraid of.’ " And when Sifford asked if his birth had not complicated ...

3278. The Man, the Message, and the Mission

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

George Bass

... of that death to atone for our sins and affect reconciliation with God - and we begin to comprehend what the cross was all about. James S. Stewart once said, "No theory of the atonement can exhaust the meaning of the cross," and we know that we shall never fully understand what went on there that Good Friday, but we also know that it was for us that "he hung and suffered there." The cross of Christ is more than a symbol of his death; it is a symbol that Christ’s death has meaning - more meaning than we ...

3279. The Gospel of the Little Man

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

... brief time came over him as Jesus saved the sinner, that we could have read his face when Jesus spoke the word of restoration, or experienced the pathos of his heart when lost Zacchaeus knew he had been found. There is a way we can be there. We can understand how small we have become, and come down from our tree now to be confronted by the living Word. Forget Zacchaeus for the moment. The lost whom Jesus seeks and saves have even more familiar names. Our Story The Gospel of the Little Man is one that tells ...

3280. Emancipation Proclamation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... pathetic than a person who has taken charge of his own life. In his novel, Texas, James Michener has Cabeza de Vaca say, "You know, Lad, men are often imprisoned by chains of their own forging." This is not a statement so profound that it escapes our understanding. Each of us has seen it happen - in ourselves, and sometimes in our families, just as the father in the parable had seen it happen to his son, and often in the circle of our friendships. We have felt the icy sweat of hopelessness that comes from ...

3281. The Reins of Power

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

... the way with us to the destination we desire? Life is too important for us to take that chance. Let us listen to Jesus, wake up, and live with clear-eyed purpose and assurance. And if by chance we find ourselves in the crowd praising him as king without understanding his mission, let us be free to join in the chant, but with a perceptive difference. Let ours be an expression of joy in the knowledge that he is a shepherd king, a friend and helper, not an autocratic king. Let us, in the spirit of the song ...

3282. Everybody Pray!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

... Toward evening, as they walked into the restaurant for supper - some 500 miles from where they had breakfast - their little four-year-old boy exclaimed in bewilderment, "We've been riding in the car all day long, and here we are, back at this place again!" We can understand the child's confusion. But for too many of us, this little story is an apt description of our prayer life as well. We've been traveling along in our prayer life for years and years, and yet it often seems as though we're right back where ...

3283. Arise, O Church of God, Arise!

Sermon

... that as God's spirit-filled people, living in the season of the Spirit, there is work to be done. There is a mission to be fulfilled. Today we are called in this text to honor the name of the Holy Trinity not by dissecting and analyzing this hard-to-understand teaching about our three-in-one God, but by carrying out his mission across the face of the earth and in our own backyards. "Go ye into all the world ..." To help us get over the familiarity of these words so that hopefully they take on a little life ...

3284. Are You a Missing Sleeve?

Romans 12:4-5

Children's Sermon

... or when one of us is not doing his job then things don’t work right. When you are not here on Sunday in Sunday School and church, then our church and Sunday School look like my clothes. Something is missing and it just doesn’t work right. Do you understand what I mean? No matter how small you are or how big you are it still means that you are important. Do you ...

3285. Heaven Will Be Like a Magnifying Glass

I Corinthians 13:12

Children's Sermon

... what we can only see as a blur. Well, that’s kind of the way our life today is compared with what kind of life God promises for us after we go with Jesus to heaven. We really don’t understand all of the things that God promises us now, but someday we will know all that he has told us and understand it. Then we will know what God is really like and how he answers our prayers and makes life happy and heals us when we are sick. Someday at just the right time God will show us with his ...

3286. Exercising to be a Christian

1 Peter 5:10

Children's Sermon

... out the answer later. People ask the same question of God when they are sick or they suffer in some way that they don’t understand. They say, "Why do I have to suffer, God? What did I do wrong that means that I have to feel bad today?" But God ... learn to be patient and to take better care of ourselves and sometimes when things happen that we don’t like, we are better able to understand that Jesus is with us and will help us when we need him. So suffering a little now is like exercising. It makes us sore ...

3287. Today's Talent Show

Romans 12:1-8

Children's Sermon

... someone like to read over this poem, and someone else who likes to draw start drawing either a house or a horse or an airplane? That will be fine, and remember that, whatever you do, you are doing it because God has given you the ability to do it. I understand that this young man is the champion somersaulter in our church. [Pick out one of the littlest ones for this.] Would you turn a somersault and remember when you do it that it is a gift from God to be able to turn such a good somersault. And there is ...

3288. A Touch of the Master's Hand

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

... he held it up with the bow. A thousand dollars, and who'll make it two? Two thousand! And who'll make it three? Three thousand, once; three thousand twice; And going, and gone!" said he. The people cheered, but some of them cried, "We do not quite understand What changed its worth?" Swift came the reply: "The touch of the master's hand." And many a man with life out of tune, And battered and scattered with sin, Is auctioned off cheap to the thoughtless crowd, Much like the old violin. A "mess of pottage," a ...

3289. If Only We Would Let God Mold Us ...

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... went home with the tremendous task of explaining to a three-year-old child why his ears must hurt more right now so that they could get well and stop hurting altogether. Adults who understand the necessity and value of surgery still dread it when they have to face it. How much more frightening it must be to a child who does not understand why the pain is necessary to save his life, or in this case, his hearing. He fears, in fact, that the "bad doctor" only wants to hurt him, and he cannot comprehend why his ...

3290. If Only We Would Accept Responsibility ...

Ezekiel 33:1-20

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... of a member of his church had both been killed in an automobile accident. The son, in critical condition, was in surgery. A nurse came to the husband and father with what she thought were comforting words. "It is hard to understand the ways of God. I know it is hard for you to understand why God did this." The minister said that statement made his adrenalin flow, even though it was five o’clock in the morning. "Sister," he said, "God was not driving that other automobile. A drunk was. God was not tending ...

3291. COUGH DROPS, LIKE LOVE?

1 Peter 4:8

Children's Sermon

... told you that cough drops are a lot like love? They haven't? Well, let me show you how they work and then maybe you will understand how cough drops and love are a lot alike. [Pass out cough drops to the children, but tell them not to put them into their ... the things that other people find hard to love, then some of the things that we have done wrong are a little easier for God to understand. That's what St. Peter means when he says that love covers a multitude of sins. So you see how cough drops and love are ...

3292. The Bells Of Christmas Eve

Drama

... . We have just received a gift of - of 300 florins for the poor box - PIETRO: But if it's for the poor - FRANCO: I'm sure the poor will not mind if they know it is to be used for such a noble purpose. PIETRO: It is my understanding that money cannot be taken out of the poor box without a certificate from the archbishop. FRANCO: That is a common misconception. PIETRO: How will my pilgrimage to Rome make the bells ring? FRANCO: You will carry a message to His Holiness Pope Leo and request him to intercede ...

3293. Lent 4

John 9:1-12

Bulletin Aid

"I see!" Well, maybe I don't really see, but "I understand!" Well, maybe I don't fully understand, but I've heard all I want to hear! Maybe what I really mean is "My mind is made up; don't confuse me with the facts!" I know my perceptions are colored by so many things By my education By my attitudes By my nationality By my race By ...

3294. Prayer

John 11:1-45

Bulletin Aid

"Jesus wept." The shortest verse in the Bible And For many One of the most human Most poignant ones. Jesus wept over the death of his friend. Very human. I can understand that I feel loss - Not only through death, But particularly then. Jesus wept at the pain of another friend. There, too, I understand. I weep for And with Others, Friends, Perhaps more readily More freely Than for myself. Jesus wept over the lack of faith in people Over their need for a sign For proof - Because they were like me Doubting ...

3295. Prayer

John 20:19-23

Bulletin Aid

The Holy Spirit I believe in Him (Her?) (It?) I know I do - I say so in the Creeds! I just don't understand the Spirit very well! I can relate to God - Creator - Father/Mother - All powerful Being And to Jesus - Historical figure - Human Being - and Divine ... Perfection. Paul says, "The greatest gift is Love!" Not flashy Not exciting But constant Present and active Forever. Lord, forgive my lack of understanding Of your mystery Of your nature, And give me the power of the Spirit For life And for work. Amen

3296. Prayer

Matthew 18:15-20

Bulletin Aid

... ! (I don't care if it is in the Bible It hasn't worked that way for me!) Oh, I could play with it - Make it come out - Rationalize - "It takes really singleminded agreement - And that's hard to achieve!" "You have to really understand what you're asking for And I don't understand that well!" "If I'm praying properly I won't ask for anything God doesn't already want to give me!" - But I still don't believe it! God needs some "discretionary powers" - Like a parent, The option of saying "NO"! With reason - Or ...

3297. The Holy Trinity

Deuteronomy 4:32-40

Sermon

... his trek in his own personal wilderness. And for awhile, at least, he too, forgot what God had done in the past. Perhaps the pain got to be too much for him, maybe the demands became too heavy, and he could only scream out his frustration. We can certainly understand that. But we need to remember the story doesn't end there. He went on to exclaim in triumph, "It is finished!" and to commit his Spirit to his Father. Ultimately, he was sustained by knowing who God is, what God had done, and by his belief in ...

3298. Seeking Hands

Psalm 141:1-10

Sermon

... make gestures that were less than complimentary. There are also good gestures - a gesture that says "hi," or a wave. In Brazil, if a mother beckons her child like this (palm up), the child understands that the mother is communicating for the child to come. But if she beckons the child like this (palm down), the child also understands that they are to come, but they are to come to receive food. The varying positions of the hand communicate to the child differing messages. I We use varying hand postures as we ...

3299. Serving Hands

Psalm 92:1-15

Sermon

... lives, for us to receive the full blessing that the Lord intends through this meal, we must receive it believing. Through the eyes of faith we perceive that Jesus Christ has served us in sharing with you and me himself. In matters that go beyond human understanding or reason, the Lord imparts to us this special communion of earthly elements with the divine person of Jesus Christ. He shares with us the communion that exists between us and him as we gather at his table. He allows us in faith to commune with ...

3300. Parable of the Highway to Worship

Matthew 13:1-23

Illustration

... church, It was the same music. It was the same sermon and the worshippers returned to the same home, but there was a world of difference! Jesus answered them saying, "Therefore speak I to them in parables; because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not ...

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