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3276. Christmas Carols · O Little Town of Bethlehem

Luke 2:1-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... organist wrote notes of music and he came up withone tune after the other. But none of them seemed to be a tune he wanted or that went with the fine poem. It was getting closer and closer to Christmas, and he knew how disappointed everyone was going to be ... then God has a chance to speak. At least this is what the organist thought who wrote the music to "O Little Town of Bethlehem." I want you to sing the first verse with me and then everyone will join in and sing the rest of the verses. Think about the town ...

3277. Who Needs a Bigger Barn?

Luke 12:13-21

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and when you have that piece chewed pretty well, I will give you another. (Begin unwrapping the gum.) While he is chewing the gum, I want to talk about the man that I first spoke about. He had so much corn, wheat, and other things, that his barn was too small ... people are dying of hunger, but whatever the reasons are, we must share what we have with the people who need it. We don’t want to build bigger barns because someday we may need it. Let God care for that problem when it happens. Maybe if we need food ...

3278. LORD, I BELIEVE

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... it, and all kinds of evil has been tolerated under it. Far too many people, when they pray "Thy will be done," think of lonely grief, or wasting sickness, or premature death. Christ would have us think of the will of God in positive terms. God WILLS health. He wants disease to be conquered. A great part of our Lord’s time was spent in healing the sick. He cannot have thought that disease was the will of God. God’s will means happy homes. Slums are not the will of God, no matter how much we think people ...

3279. Everyone Has a Somebody

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Charles L. Koester

... the good doctor because one of his fingers was stiff after recovery! To love is also to risk. To risk! Oftentimes our love is never really heard or understood by another. To love is to leave oneself wide open. Wide open to be misunderstood, to be misinterpreted. And who wants to love and be hurt in return? Riddle me this: if we are such great "lovers," why do we end up hurting the very ones we love the most, the ones we swear we would never hurt? We are failures at love because there always appears to be a ...

3280. Peter

Luke 22:54-62

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the high priest’s house. It was dark, but there were some people waiting around in the front yard and I joined them. I didn’t want anyone to know who I was so I kept quiet and listened to what they said. Everything would have been all right except for that one ... it was hard to remember everyone. She began telling the others that I was one of the friends of Jesus. It scared me. I didn’t want to be taken prisoner, and anyway, I knew that if I was arrested I would never be of any help to Jesus. I spoke as ...

3281. Mary, the Mother of Jesus

John 19:17-27

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... is what makes her so important to all of us but she was also special because of all the good things that she did for many people. I want to ask you to pretend with me today that she is here behind the mask and that she is telling you a story that is sad but ... worried when he went to Jerusalem for the first time by himself. But I don’t have time to tell you about all of those things. I want to tell you about only one day in my life. It was the day that my son Jesus died and I was there. Can you imagine how ...

3282. THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, YOUR SANCTIFICATION

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon Aid

John W. Rilling

... mystical poet William Blake was also a firstrate artist. Once, when asked to sketch a picture of man as he really is, Blake drew a picture of a child standing on the topmost rung of a ladder reaching for the moon and crying impatiently, "I want, I want!" Blake felt that man is a creature of unfulfilled desires. He never is satisfied. "Man never is, but always to be blest." And so life is a series of rungs - infancy succeeded by youth and maturity or perhaps we should say adulthood: yesterday an infant ...

3283. Reinforced With Joy

John 15:1-17

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... diseases cured. Hope came to those who were depressed, and people were restored to health, strength, and cleanness of mind and soul. Jesus wanted people to have joy in their lives. It troubled him to see so little joy in the people about him. He came ... why there is so little joy in the hearts and lives of some people. They have not placed their lives in Christ’s care. If you want joy, that inner joy that puts a song in your heart, hope in your dreams, and security in your days, ask Jesus Christ to take ...

3284. Jesus' Visit

John 20:24-31, John 20:19-23

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... it. You said you were just like Thomas. CARL: I just saw it but I still don't believe it. NANCE: What kind of proof do you want? CARL: I don't know. JESUS: How about this. Why don't you come and put your finger here and touch my hands and place your hand ... to believe! (CARL CROSSES TO JESUS AND TRIES BUT CAN'T PUT HIS FINGER ON JESUS' HANDS) What's wrong? I thought that's what you wanted to do. CARL: I did. But now I can't do it. JESUS: Why not? CARL: I don't need to. (WORSHIPING) My Lord and my God! JESUS ...

3285. Making A Christian

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . SAM: Well, all right. How about this one: "After me comes one who is mightier than I, and I am not even fit to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals." BILL: I have to learn that whole thing? SAM: Yes. You have to learn scripture if you want to get people born again. BILL: All right. I'll work on it. "After me comes one ..." SAM: You're looking pretty good. BILL: Not real good yet, huh? SAM: Needs a little work. BILL: "After ..." Uh. SAM: "ME! AFTER ME!" BILL: I've got it. "After me ..." Uh. SAM ...

3286. In The Heavenly Places

Ephesians 2:1-10

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (TO BOOT) You are welcome, my son. WILY: (TO BOOT) Why are you allowed to enter heaven? BOOT: Well, I trust Jesus. JESUS: And he has for a long Time. Welcome, son. (JESUS HUGS BOOT) WILY: But Jesus, please, I want to enter heaven with all my heart. Please, have a heart. JESUS: No. WILY: But I was brought here by this angel of light. I thought that was supposed to happen to me when I died. JESUS: It does look like an angel of light, doesn't it. DICK: I ...

3287. King of Atlanta

Romans 8:28-39

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... who have the luxury of living and ministering in the northern states. My years in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Massachusetts convinced me that the air has a scent of freedom to it there. But coming back to the South was no mistake. These people are my people. Christ wants me to do ministry right where I am. My wife and I talked about accepting a call to a northern congregation. But we're both glad we did not. You asked whether I thought starting this boycott was the Christian thing to do. First, let me ...

3288. What’s Your Name?

Genesis 2:4-25

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

... you to say your name in a normal voice, have I? So that’s what I’ll tell you now. Do you see my hand that I’m holding up in the air? Now keep watching it and when I bring it down, I want you all to say your names in a normal tone of voice. Are you ready? (Drop your hand.) Now, I’m going to write your name on these name tags. After you put it on, everybody will be sure to know who you are. (Give each one their tag.) And ...

3289. What Do You Mean 'Born Again?'

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... been a humanist for the first eighteen years of my life. At worst, I was quite selfish and self-centered. God’s call to be a part of his Church and a minister for his mission is the most important change in my life. I wanted to tell everyone about it. I wanted to shout from the mountain tops, "Jesus Christ is alive and working." What I had to learn was that I must not promote my experience. Rather, I must promote the God who gives many experiences - both dramatic and gradual. What I had to learn was that ...

3290. Divine Alka-Seltzer

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

... the vision in the midst of pain? Even to the point of rejoicing? Well, read on. There are times in my life when I just want to run and hide. I remember an incident when I was nine years old. My father was ready to leave the house to go to ... of life. We look to God as a sort of universal pain pill who eliminates or, at the least, protects us from all trouble. No one wants to suffer. To realize that, all you have to do is to view our television advertisements. Whatever ache or pain we have, some company will try ...

3291. The Best Advertising of All

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... one of his sermons for us: the Sermon on the Mount. Sharing the good news of the Kingdom of God, I believe, is what Jesus wanted most of all to do. One time, when his disciples tried to get him to settle down in one place, Jesus said, "Let us go ... demons out from him. The Savior gave him life such as everybody else had - and eternal life to boot. Out of gratitude so great the man wanted to give his life to Jesus, he begged the Lord for permission to be with him, to go with him. But Jesus told him, "Go home ...

3292. Overcoming Loneliness

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... to her and to us, "I stand at your door and knock." "I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you." We are lifted by the loneliness of God. Once I prayed because I ought to. Then I prayed because I needed to. Now I pray because I want to. "Though the outward man perish, the inward man is renewed, day by day." Gerhard Terstugeri puts it, Within, within oh turn Thy spirit’s eye to learn ... Thy dearest friend dwells deep within thy soul, And asks thyself of thee. That he may give himself to thee! In ...

3293. Not Far From the Kingdom

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... quietly, ever so quietly, like the coming of the spring morning. Before you know it, the sun is shining brightly, and your prayers have been answered. 7. Is it faith? Yes, it is faith, and a positive faith. The God who meets you in faith is the God who wanted you when you were "not far ..." Victor Hugo said we must: Be like the bird That, pausing in her flight A while on boughs too slight, Feels them give way Beneath her and yet sings, Knowing that she hath wings.5 The story is told of the circuit rider ...

3294. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . We already said that. How do I know who is telling me the truth and who isn't? FLY: Think about it. SUSAN: Well, whoever it would be would have to be a completely honest person all the Time, because if he wasn't he would sometimes be selfish and want to tell me a lie. FLY: Hey, you ARE thinking! SUSAN: And this person would have to know everything. I mean everything. FLY: Why? SUSAN: Because he would have to know what was good and what was bad and know about everything that had ever been done or would be ...

3295. Divorce

Mark 10:13-16, Mark 10:1-12

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... It's true. All I've ever had with you is responsibility. Loads of responsibilities. And I'm sick and tired of it. I tell you I want my freedom. I'm leaving. I don't care if you divorce me or not. I'm leaving. You'll find someone else. HUSBAND: I found ... be able to escape it. How will Bob's love hold up to everyday problems and stresses? WIFE: We'll have each other. Why don't you want me to be happy? HUSBAND: Believe me, that's all I think about. WIFE: If you do then you'd give me a divorce. HUSBAND: Never. ...

3296. From Within

Mark 7:1-23

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... than destroyers, we would be builders. Leader: Let us be transformers in a broken world. People: Rather than devising havoc, we would bring about wholeness. Collect We gather, O God, as people who want to be stronger Christians. We want our lives to make a positive impact on the world around us. We want to be more loving. We want to be like Jesus. Amen. Prayer of Confession Bring us to the acknowledgement of the source of our actions, O God. Fortify us for taking responsibility for all we do without blaming ...

3297. The Choice Is Always Ours

Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... weak and so sick from being beaten and starved that he couldn’t force himself to swallow any food. One of the prisoners who had been imprisoned there for four years said to him: "Make up your mind: Do you want to live or do you want to die? If you don’t care, don’t eat the stuff. But if you want to live, there’s only one way: Make up your mind to eat whatever and whenever you can, never mind how disgusting. And when you have a minute, don’t blabber; read by yourself, or flop down and sleep." Dr ...

3298. You're Going To Have A Baby!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... promised not to tell, the boy continued, "My mamma's going to the hospital to have a baby. But don't tell her. Me and Daddy want her to be surprised!" Would you be surprised if someone told you that you were going to have a baby? The men and children here ... God." If God is a God only of justice and wrath, you and I need to be afraid of God. But, God comes to us personally and wants to be born in us because God loves us. God accepts us and makes us God's children. God comes not to harm, not to condemn but ...

3299. Happy New Year?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... the worst and change it into the best for us. One day a lady showed the great artist, John Ruskin, a very expensive handkerchief which was ruined by an indelible ink spot that had fallen on it. When Ruskin asked for it, the lady wondered what he would want with a ruined piece of cloth. Some days later he brought it back to her. Starting with the ink blot as a center, Ruskin worked out a beautiful pattern and design. The handkerchief was now more beautiful than ever. That is what God does with our blunders ...

3300. Today

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

William G. Carter

... do? And Jesus said, “I have come to liberate the oppressed.” Wait a minute! That sounds so political. With every oppressed person, there is an oppressor. For every person who is held down or held back, there is somebody else who is doing the holding. Do we want to get tangled up in setting free the victims and the underdogs? That can be messy work. There are some respectable people we know who could be exposed as oppressors. If we get involved, we might lose friends and make enemies. It is far easier to ...

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