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3376. Partners In The Gospel

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

LEADERSHIP magazine printed a delightful story sometime back. It was about Mark Wellman, a paraplegic, who gained national recognition by climbing the sheer granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. On the seventh and final day of his climb, the headlines of a local newspaper read like this: SHOWING A WILL OF GRANITE. Accompanying the headline was a photo of Wellman being carried on the shoulders of his climbing companion Mike Corbett. A subtitle said, "Paraplegic and Partner Prove No Wall is ...

3377. I Am Doing A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

King Duncan

A story appeared in the newspapers on January second of this year. It was about a seventy-one-year old man in Evansville, Indiana who had his life saved in a most unusual way. A truck smashed into his house. It was 2:35 a.m. when a driver lost control of his truck on wet pavement, struck the curb and sailed on to the porch of Lee Roy Book's house. Later, a utility crew sought to restore electricity to Book's home and to check for gas leaks. They discovered that Book's chimney and pipes were plugged with ...

3378. Hungry For Bread

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

"I am thankful," says an unknown author, "for the alarm that goes off in the early morning hours, because it means that I am alive . . ." Then he adds, "And for the person behind me in church who sings off-key because it means that I can hear." (1) There is somebody who knows how to be thankful. This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. It is a day when we will celebrate our bounty as a nation, and we will express our thanks to the One who is the source of all that we have. Maybe we will even give some thought to ...

3379. The Dynamic Law Of Love

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

"It's love, it's love, it's love that makes the world go round." We are all familiar with that time-honored sentiment, and I think that most of us can agree with the idea that it conveys. We know how important it is to love and to be loved. We may tease each other and make jokes about our relationships, but we all realize how barren our lives would be if we did not have one another. You may know the story about the alert insurance salesman who called on a young man shortly after he had returned from his ...

3380. The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

Today is the first Sunday in our summer schedule, and for the next seven Sundays when I am in the pulpit I want to focus on the timeless truths of what may be the most familiar and comforting passage in all of the Bible--the 23rd Psalm. I have often shared with other colleagues that it is so unfortunate that we only read and preach about this text at funeral services, which are most often offered in a funeral home. This tremendous writing has so much to say about life in the here and now. If we were to ...

3381. All Saints' Sunday

Revelation 21:1-27, Isaiah 25:1-12, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Isaiah 25:6-9 We have here the eschatological feast of God. It is to be held on Mount Zion. The banquet is for all people. Not only will God provide a banquet but he will destroy humanity's worst enemy, death. Tears will be wiped away and God will remove disgrace from the peoples of the earth. All of this is God's work of salvation. Epistle: Revelation 21:1-6a John is given a vision of the new earth and heaven. The present earth and heaven will pass away. The new earth and heaven ...

3382. Song of the Vineyard

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

Some of the best prophetic voices of any culture are its troubadours. Historically, the term refers to traveling musicians who once strolled the streets and pubs of medieval Europe singing love songs in exchange for food and lodging. Today they travel by jet or private coach filling auditoriums with screaming fans and recording "greatest hits" albums. Regardless of the time or language, music has an almost supernatural power to affect the human soul and even change the course of the human community. It ...

3383. Cheering for the Underdog

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

Since this is football season, I want to begin with a couple of football stories. The first is about a place kicker who was so angry with himself after missing a field goal that when he got to the sidelines, he literally kicked himself. Yep, he missed there, too. The second story concerns a game between traditional football powers Michigan State and UCLA. The score was tied at 14 with only seconds to play. Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State’s coach, sent in place-kicker Dave Kaiser who booted a field goal ...

3384. Shepherds Who Will Shepherd

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

A few years ago, Michael Crichton, of Jurassic Park and the television series ER fame, wrote a novel called State of Fear.[1] Crichton's book wasn't just for entertainment, though; it had an agenda, evidenced by the presence of footnotes, a 31-page bibliography, two appendices, and an addendum, titled "Author's Message." One of the basic messages of the book is that governments and special interest groups try to control society through maintaining a constant "state of fear" by manipulating and even ...

3385. The ME and the WE

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

The gospel is not a tablet of ink, but a table of food around which everyone is invited to sit down together and eat, drink and dream for tomorrow we act. A few weeks ago we marked the fiftieth anniversary (1963-2013) of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. The power of that proclamation, the timely words of one man spoken at the one right moment before the enormous crowd gathered before the Lincoln Memorial, provided the “tipping point” for the civil rights movement and for decades of ...

3386. A Failure of Leadership

Num 20:14-29

Teach the Text

Joe M. Sprinkle

Big Idea: Leaders’ plans fail and leaders die, but God’s work goes on. Understanding the Text Three things form obstacles to the goal of progress toward the promised land in Numbers 20: death, rebellion, and opposition. Numbers 20:1–13 shows that not only are there still voices of discontent and rebellion against Moses and Aaron, but also that Moses and Aaron themselves are not immune to falling into sin. As a result of their sin, they are told that neither of them will live to enter the land of promise. ...

3387. An Illustration from Marriage

Romans 7:1-6

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

Paul at last turns to the problem of the place of the law in salvation, a problem he has mentioned in passing but has not discussed in depth. Like all Jews, Paul made certain affirmations of the law. The law was given by God and was thus “holy, righteous, and good” (7:12). It was the definitive expression of God’s will for the ordering of human life (2:1ff.), and as such it was worthy of endorsement (3:31). But in the wake of his conversion, and unlike most of his Jewish contemporaries and even many of his ...

3388. Corporate and Individual Thanksgiving to the God Who Acts

Psalm 66:1-20

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

This psalm contains both corporate hymnic praise (vv. 1–12) and individual thanksgiving (vv. 13–20). Some commentators (e.g., H.-J. Kraus, Psalms 60–150, vol. 2 of Psalms, A Commentary [trans. H. C. Oswald; Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989], p. 36), thus believe it consists of two psalms (or their fragments) that were originally separate. But several linguistic features imply they were composed together: Verses 1–12 / Verses 13–20 “Come and see what God has done, “Come and listen, all you who fear God; how ...

3389. The Shepherd

John 10:11-18

Sermon

John Jamison

He woke up just as the sun was peeking over the top of the mountains to the east, just as he had done every morning for the past couple of months. He took a few minutes to enjoy the beauty of it all, and then quickly got up and took a quick look in every direction to make sure everything was safe. He made one quick trip around the low, stone wall of the sheepfold, making sure the wall was still secure. Then he stopped at the gap in the wall filled with briars, at the gate. The sheep began to stir as he ...

3390. Jesus In Ministry — Us In Ministry

Luke 4:14-21

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

Chuck Swindoll illustrates how ministry concerns all of us in his “Saving Lives” parable (https://www.insight.org of October 2, 2015). On a rugged section of seacoast many decades ago a crude lifesaving station was built. Only a few volunteers manned the station to watch for ships that were in danger of the rocks. On the occasion of a shipwreck the handful of volunteers took their one and only boat out to bring others to shore safely. The number of saved sailors soared as the lifesaving station gained in ...

3391. Don't Be a Snob

Romans 12:9-21

Children's Sermon

Object: a horn. Are there any conceited people here this morning? Is there anyone here who likes to brag a lot? Would all of the people who think they are better than anyone else please come up and stand beside me so that we can see the people who like to talk about themselves more than anything else? Isn't that strange that there are few here, hardly any at all, who like to brag, or think of themselves as being conceited? We make jokes about conceited people and say that they have fat or big heads. [ ...

3392. The Creation Story

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use as an anthem. 6 readers - 2 junior high, 4 middle elementary youths. God is read in duet by girl & boy. Encourage readers to read at a pace that does not drag. Key: 1 and 2= oldest readers, 3 and 4 = easy reading, 5 = boy comfortable with reading, 6 = girl comfortable with reading All: [In the beginning . . . .] 1: In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2: the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the ...

3393. A Real Test Of Faith

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Job 19:23-27, Isaiah 53:2-6Romans 3:21-26 and Romans 5:1-11 A Scriptural SermonFor A Christian Suicide This task is literally a real test of faith. In some ways, there's nothing harder than to come to a place like this to say goodbye to someone who's taken his own life. I've read a lot of funeral sermons meant for circumstances such as this, and most of them don't work. It's as I said before, this task is literally a test of faith. Of course suicide is an irrational act, a desperate way of seeking relief ...

3394. Miracles

Matthew 14:13-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: To convey the compassion and power of Christ. Props: Two slices of bread and a plate. Lesson: Good morning! (response) This morning I have brought this bread to feed us. But first I need to know how many of us there are. Could you help me count? (response) All right everyone stand up and turn around and I want you to count everybody in the church. You might wish to send them out into the congregation to do the counting. If some complain that there are too many people urge them to try. ...

3395. John Was not like Gene

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

As the people misunderstood the authentic John the Baptist of history ("What did you go into the forest to see?"), people may misunderstand him now. So suggests this sermon. Because John the Baptist may appear today in clothing other than that of camel’s hair, John’s message may appear in different forms. To illuminate a common distortion of the figure of John the Baptist, the sermon uses a childhood experience, which also captures the listener’s attention. The sermon refers to this experience throughout ...

3396. Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

A man was sitting at the breakfast table reading his newspaper when his wife breezed through the kitchen, gave him a light kiss on the cheek and said matter-of-factly, "I'll bet you've forgotten what day this is." The husband answered defensively, "I have not!" He went back to reading the paper while she rushed upstairs to finish getting ready. All the way to work it bugged him, "What day is this?" He knew she was very sensitive about his forgetting Valentine's Day, anniversaries, and other special ...

3397. Why Just Once A Year?

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

I love Thanksgiving. We could celebrate Thanksgiving several times a year as far as I'm concerned. Storyteller Donald Davis had a kindergarten teacher named Mrs. Rosemary who also believed in celebrating holidays more than once a year. She liked a good celebration, and saw no reason to wait until a holiday came along before celebrating it. In fact, every Monday morning Mrs. Rosemary's class celebrated a different holiday. In an average school year, the children might celebrate Memorial Day, Valentine's Day ...

3398. King Forever!

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

Norman Rockwell has a painting titled Lift Up Thine Eyes. Shown in his painting is the magnificent entrance to an urban cathedral. Vaulted high above its carved gothic doors are statues of the prophets, apostles, and martyrs. And right in the center is Jesus Christ, sitting on a throne at the right hand of God. On the sidewalk below the cathedral move the busy throngs of people amidst the noise and fumes of cars and taxis. The pastor of the church has just finished changing the public bulletin board. The ...

3399. Yes, No, Someone Else

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

There is an old story about a beautiful emperor moth. This emperor moth was really not living, but was tucked away in a cocoon just waiting to be released. As this particular emperor moth was struggling to get through the narrow neck of the cocoon, a boy was intently observing it. As the moth struggled to release himself from the cocoon, the boy felt the moth would never make it out of the cocoon. As the struggle went on for several hours, the boy became increasingly impatient. He thought to himself, " ...

3400. We Divide, He Multiplies

Matthew 14:13-21

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: To convey the compassion and power of Christ. Props:Two slices of bread and a plate. Lesson: Good morning! (response) I have brought bread to feed us. But first I need to know how many of us there are. Could you help me count? (response) Everyone stand up and turn around. I want you to count everybody in the church. You might wish to send them out into the congregation to do the counting. If some complain that there are too many people urge them to try. Interrupt them before they are done ...

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