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3326. Good News/Bad News
Matthew 16:21-28
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... want.” (5) Not every child is going to do what her mother or father instructs her to. But Jesus obeyed his Father’s will for his life. And, of course, it cost him his life. Christi O. Brown tells a story that can serve as a modern-day illustration of the sacrifice Jesus made for us. It comes from a friend with whom Christi plays tennis. As they were waiting for another match to finish, her friend was relating how badly her knees hurt. This was a surprise, because Christi says her friend is the most fit ...
3327. Get Ready
Mark 13:24-37
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... of the world should such an event take place. Here are the various headlines that might appear in different publications. The Wall Street Journal might announce the end of all things with this headline: “Dow Jones Plummets as World Ends.” Sports Illustrated might use this simple headline: “Game’s Over.” Discover magazine might feature a more sophisticated headline: “How Will the Extinction of All Life as We Know It, Affect the Way We View the Cosmos?” Ladies Home Journal might try this appeal ...
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... that one day the whole world will resound with the angel song of peace on earth, goodwill to all people everywhere. Amen. 1. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 2. 365 Devotions for Prayer and Worship. Our Daily Bread Ministries, Our Daily Bread Publishing. Kindle Edition. 3. https://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/2016/november/6112816.html.
3329. God's GPS
Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... -up-marrying-a-stranger-3627044.html February 2022. 2. Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell, James Grubel, “Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper,” http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/11/18/us-driver-odds-idUSTRE5AH48D20091118. Wilson, Jim L. 300 Illustrations for Preachers. Lexham Press. Kindle Edition. 3. “The 276-mile price men pay for not asking for directions” By Chris Murphy, August 19, 2010. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1304639/The-276-mile-price-men-pay-asking-directions.html. 4 ...
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... Kirsten Grieshaber, KTLA.com June 10, 2023. https://ktla.com/morning-news/technology/hundreds-attend-church-service-generated-by-chatgpt/?_hsmi=262015339&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7DA-pBerOmw3_NcCcsHU93XFxzgQfd7YYrBAVnCeAbwAdD0nzsulKuXIcCwM4Kh9UwjcU8lQczdw4F8BQR9BEeb8OKA. 3. Anthony T. Evans, Tony Evans’ Book Of Illustrations (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2009). 4. “A boy was trapped in a claw machine after he climbed in to get a prize at a North Carolina amusement park,” April 18, 2023, by The Associated Press ...
3331. Remember...
Deuteronomy 8:7-18
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... . . .” 1. John Hagee, “A Time for Thanksgiving,” https://sermons.love/john-hagee/9365-john-hagee-a-time-for-thanksgiving.html. 2. Arianna Huffington, The Fourth Instinct (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), p. 99. 3. Scott Hoezee, “Coming Back,” Calvin CRC, 4. Robert J. Morgan, Preacher’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), p. 61. 5. Ray Pritchard, https://www.keepbelieving.com/30-thanksgiving-sermons-2.
3332. RSVP
Matthew 22:1-14
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... the option to decline or confirm. God invites all to his kingdom “feast.” Our response is requested. S’ilvous plait. Jesus has just been teaching everyone who will listen what it means to be part of God’s “kingdom of heaven.” Each of his parables illustrate some quality or feature of what it means to enter into that “kingdom” reality. For Jesus, this is not a “place” but a condition; not a destination but the nature of a covenant relationship that exists not only in the future but in the ...
3333. Come and See
John 1:43-51
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... would schedule for the youngsters so as not to make this one uncomfortable. After a few months of having him in the class, she began to notice his handicap less and less and take him simply as part of the group. One day in an effort to illustrate what the church was all about, she tried to demonstrate and have the youngsters mimic that little gesture that we all learned when we were growing up. She put her hands together — this is the church, this is the steeple, open the doors and here are all... Then ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... , The Gospel of Mark, Daily Study Bible Series, (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1956), 19. 5. G. Duane Baun, Gospel Notes for Next Sunday, no. 2946, (January 24, 1997), Ecunet. 6. David E. Leininger, Lectionary Tales for the Pulpit, Series VI, Cycle A, (Lima, OH: CSS Publishing, 2007), 35. 7. James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1988), 256.
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... Marvel Lays Out the Unpleasant Realities of Rising Seas,” Mashable (September 22, 2019).. 10. “Climate Change: Abandon All Hope?” This Week (September 27, 2019). 11. Rachel Held Evans, Searching For Sunday: Loving,Leaving and Finding the Church, (Nashville, TN: Nelson Books, 2015), xiii-xiv. 12. Mr. FunnyBone quoted in Bible Illustrator for Windows, (Hiawatha, Iowa: Parsons Technology, 1994), diskette.
3336. A Child of God
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Sermon
Ronald Love
... of the Protestant Reformation. It is a term commonly applied to the Lutheran, and presently most Protestant denominations, to the communion supper. The idea is that in the communion the body and blood of Christ, the bread and wine, coexist in union with each other. Luther illustrated this by the analogy of the iron put into the fire whereby both fire and iron are united, yet each continues unchanged. For Paul it was not who was most right, but who is most loving. For Paul it was not to be exclusive in one ...
3337. Carrying God's Mark
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21
Children's Sermon
Various Authors
... to see areas in our lives that need to be changed, and help us to bring healing and love to our families and friends. In Christ’s name we pray, Amen. Follow-Up Lesson: To reinforce this lesson at home or in a classroom setting, we’re going to illustrate carrying God’s mark on our hearts, through the use of paper hearts. You will either need to provide hearts or give the children a chance to cut a heart of their own out of paper. (If you want to be particularly committed to the Lenten theme, use purple ...
Sermon
David E. Leininger
... IQ increased by five times its usual power. So, the mermaid sighed and said, “Done.” And he became a woman.[12] We love you, ladies. God bless you for who you are and all that you do. Amen! 1. James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, 1988), 378. 2. “Woman in National Parliments,” Archive.ipu (February 1, 2019). archives.ipu.org/wmn-e/ classif.htm/ 3. Johanna Godoy, “Latin America: Signs of Progress,” Gallup (March 8, 2019). news.gallup. com/poll/247199 ...
Children's Sermon
Various Authors
... create their own gospel recipe book. In advance, you can print out a title page for their book, along with additional pages inside depicting the parables (perhaps using coloring pages). Or, you can simply provide blank pages and allow the children to do all the illustrating themselves. Encourage the children to write the lesson at the bottom of each page (“Be a good neighbor,” “God loves us no matter what we do,” and so on). Ask the children how they might use this recipe book to stay close to God ...
3340. The Kind Neighbor
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
... around." The perfect opening for me to respond and share. I was a bit amazed that she put being kind and being Christian together. Words often die or at least lose their power. They need people to keep them alive. The word kindness is a good illustration of this. It doesn't carry the weight it should. Maybe this is one of the prices we pay for technological progress. We lose the crucial dimension of human existence -- how we relate to each other. The recovery of the meaning and practice of kindness may ...
Sermon
Will Willimon
... tells us something that we can go home and think over. It was the ministers' Monday Morning Coffee Hour and one of the brothers was bragging about a visiting preacher he had at his church. “You should hear him,” he said, “his style, his illustrations, his power, he is wonderful.” “Joe, you ought to hear me three hundred miles from home, “said another. “I'm downright brilliant.” Luke wants it well understood: The problem with Jesus is not between the new and the old, between the known and the ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... falls upon fertile soil, and his message of the prolific mustard seed. We must remember that no one lives and thinks within a vacuum. Jesus, obviously a highly learned man understands the philosophies of his day, enough to use them, debate them, and illustrate metaphors that can help people understand his unique message. This technique was carried on also by Paul, and John Wesley. Note that Plato’s idea of “God’s blueprint” (his theory of forms) saw the soul as the immortal “true seed” sown ...
3343.
Psalm 130:1-8
Understanding Series
Craig C. Broyles
... In this psalm of ascent, we see both the individual (“I” in vv. 1–2, 5–6) and the corporate body represented (Israel in vv. 7–8). This duality makes best sense if we imagine a liturgist leading a congregation in worship. Here we see illustrated the educative role of liturgy: in verses 1–6, the liturgist exemplifies a humble and expectant piety, first in prayer to God (vv. 1–4) and then in testimony to the congregation (vv. 5–6). Moreover, in verses 7–8, he exhorts them to follow this ...
3344.
Psalm 134:1-3
Understanding Series
Craig C. Broyles
... praise of God sung by pilgrims during the day may continue into the night. Perhaps echoed here is an earlier psalm of ascent that claims, “he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep” (121:4). Also Isaiah 30:29 illustrates that “a holy festival” was celebrated into “the night.” Further, it is possible these “servants” who “minister by night” are priests or Levites. The closing benediction (v. 3) may support this suggestion because a priest pronounces it upon the (departing ...
3345.
Psalm 147:1-20
Understanding Series
Craig C. Broyles
... 17; 118:8–9; 146:3–4; Isa. 40:30–31). 147:12–20 The third call to praise focuses on those commanded to sing Yahweh’s praises: Jerusalem. (Zion is addressed directly as in 146:10.) As the transitional word in verses 13–14, we can see illustrated here that the Hebrew term šālôm has a broader range of meaning than the English peace. It includes both security from military attack (v. 13a) and “well-being” (vv. 13b, 14b) or to some extent, “prosperity” (so translated in the NIV in 72:3, 7 ...
Teach the Text
C. Hassell Bullock
... of God is one of the most practical dispositions the believer can assume. As the Westminster Shorter Catechism so wisely states, humankind’s chief end is “to glorify God and enjoy him forever.”11 It is in glorifying God that we come to enjoy him. Illustrating the Text Faith and the universe Quote: Why I Believe in a Personal God, by George Carey. In Psalm 8:3, the psalmist considers the wonder of the heavens, “the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place.” In ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... the whole of v. 6, despite NIV). It resembles a song of thanksgiving for what Yahweh has already done (cf. Isa. 12), until the promise in verse 7b makes explicit that in real time the whole lies in the future. Its reference to Yahweh’s zeal further illustrates the importance of Yahweh’s passion to Israel’s reaching its destiny (see on 5:25–30). The birth of another son, explicitly David’s rather than Isaiah’s, is the key to the move from death to life. The words in verse 6a are the words ...
Sermon
David Coffin
... Jesus’ power, they framed their questions around the assumption that if one is able to cast out Satan’s demons, this person must be an ally or in league with Satan. This is also called “demonizing” the other person. To use another sports illustration, some levels of sports competition in all athletics may often be tempted to describe the opposing team members as less than human, the enemy as obstacles to their future of having a successful athletic career. It is easy to “dehumanize” people we do ...
Sermon
David Coffin
... will arrive. Just as sure as mustard seeds grown to become great bushes, and other seeds are planted and grow while the sower is asleep, the mystery of the kingdom is present here today in our community. In response the man in the opening illustration, as he takes his granddaughter to summer church camp, has her do house chores and does other actions which model his work ethic (despite his employer’s treatment at work), he is indeed planting seeds with his granddaughter. Also as her friends who visit ...
Sermon
David Coffin
... hearing of such events is not enough to grow as a disciple in Mark’s gospel. The disciples must experience the Lord’s finding them in their respective times of chaos and upheavals in life and trust to be delivered. In the opening illustration, many families of alcoholics and addicts will accompany their loved one to treatment centers and 12-step meetings. The first immediate reaction is to purchase as many books and pamphlets on addiction and recovery as possible to read and digest the materials written ...
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