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Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... . And that’s why I shouldn’t really say all those terrible things about you - because I don’t know if they’re true or not. Maybe they’re only gossip, malicious, evil, sick gossip. And I certainly don’t want to be responsible for spreading that kind of gossip around. I mean, after all, the real Cain is just a simple, sweet country boy, —-with malice toward none, with liberty and justice for all. I mean, my God, I feel patriotic just standing next to you. But just the same, Cain, you really did ...

3602. SALLY JANE

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... Nurse, aren’t you? SALLY JANE No, Ma’am. I’m a neighbor girl. He called for me a while back, said he was feeling kind of sickly, wanted somebody to keep house for him, fix him hot meals. JAREL In other words, he hasn’t had any medical attention? SALLY ... . JAREL Such as, for instance, salesmen. CAIN Insurance salesmen? SALLY JANE No, not that I can recall. JAREL Or agents of any kind? SALLY JANE No, not them either. CAIN Or lawyers. How about lawyers? SALLY JANE Lawyers? I don’t think so. CAIN Think ...

3603. But Men Loved Darkness

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... at all! We insist on making the figures of speech literal expositions of Scripture and, thus, distort them. This is not some kind of a post-mortem, as though we need fear only some future judgment or sentence, but, rather, as John pictured it to ... perfectly all right to make another race inferior by color of skin, or stature, or wealth, or intelligence, or military prowess or any other kind of criteria that you wanted to conjure up. But now, in the light that Christ brings, you can’t do that any more. ...

3604. Why Should I Go On Living?

Matthew 12:38-45

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... American society. And what’s inside? What’s inside? NOTHING! There is nothing of WHO I am, or WHAT I am, or WHY I am, All that there is is a lot of emptiness!" And, you remember, our Lord uses the dramatic figure of the empty house in a weird kind of story to put His finger directly on the peril of the empty life. He uses the belief that was popular in His day - the belief in demons. He tells about a demon that has been expelled from a man’s life and wandered through deserts, and wastelands, and ruins ...

3605. Worn Out? Tired? Weary?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... So we are tired, as tired perhaps as the man who steps into the revolving door and then just stands and waits. We have the kind of tiredness where we go to bed wide awake and wake up sleepy. We are tired! We are tired listening to the Pepsi Cola ... all of our poses for what we are. Isn’t it strange that our Lord was never referred to as being tired, not this frantic, kind of weariness that comes from preoccupation with self? Probably no one on earth has lived a busier life than our Lord did, and yet, He ...

3606. TRYING IT WITHOUT GOD

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... . I have never asked another man about his relationship with God, because I don’t have to. He tells me, as though I were some kind of a judge and he was testifying in my court. I have always had the secret suspicion that such persons are practicing what they are ... most prophetic impulses of your inner life. That you must accept as the fundamental tone and rhythm of your existence a tragic kind of pathos that can never rise up to victorious confidence or pure joy, and that you regard the whole universe as a ...

3607. Chapter IV

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... is going to be no tomorrow. So they moonlight, operate businesses day and night, in an effort to gather in the sheckels. That kind of drive usually is based on the fallacy that man continually can drive himself to any lengths he chooses without disaster. The ... much else for company. I do have a violin that I used to play, but now it is badly out of tune. Would you please be kind enough at seven o’clock next Sunday night to strike me an ‘A’ so I can put that fiddle back into tune?" At first the people ...

3608. Chapter IX

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... hear about a person. Trust and act as though those good things are true. Put the most favorable construction on a person’s actions. If you do that, that person often will work himself into a frazzle to make that belief come true. Giving the person that kind of a boost can help make him the better person he wants to be. Modern psychology has pointed out the wisdom of such a mind-set. You get better responses with praise and reward than you ever achieve with destructive criticism or fear. If you use force ...

3609. Having Fun with Jesus

John 2:1-11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... forget to invite Jesus to our good times. When someone is sick or sad or worried, we invite Jesus, but when we are happy and having lots of fun, we forget to ask him to come. That's too bad because Jesus makes a good party even better. It's kind of like whipped cream on a pie. The next time you have a party, have the kind that Jesus would come to and then say a prayer before you begin and invite him to be with you, even if you can't see him.

3610. Phony Excuses

Luke 14:19

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... a hundred on it and here is a fifty. You mean that this isn’t the real thing? You would sell your things for the price you said if I gave you the real money? This play money is kind of like an excuse, isn’t it? The money isn’t real, is it? Well, that’s the way excuses are, especially the kind I’m thinking about and the one that Jesus was talking about in our lesson today. Some excuses are phony and we know that people don’t really believe us when we use them. Let me tell you ...

3611. Jesus Is the Boss of the Whole World

Matthew 9:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... couple of things this morning that I collected during this week so that I could tell you something new about Jesus. Jesus is a lot of different things to boys and girls and moms and dads. Let me tell you what I mean. Jesus is kind of like the boss of everything. For instance, a policeman is kind of like the boss on the street, right? If you drive too fast, or park too long, or go through a red light, the policeman will come up to you and show you his badge (hold up the badge) and say, "Mr. Jones, I ...

3612. He's Coming! He's Coming!

Matthew 21:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of fanfare. If you use poster bring it back across again only this time not so quickly so that they can read the poster) Do you know what that was that the trumpet played? It’s called a fanfare and it’s kind of like an announcement. It means something is coming next. A long time ago, men used to climb towers high above the town and blow a trumpet so that everybody knew that someone important was coming. When that trumpet blew, everyone in town came running out of their doors and ...

3613. A Happy Christian New Year

Luke 2:36-37

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... holiday coming up. Does anyone know what the next holiday is? (Wait until someone mentions New Year’s) New Year’s, that’s right! What kind of a holiday is that? Why do we have New Year’s Day? (Again wait) What do people do on New Year’s Eve? A ... ? Wonderful! Now I want each of you to keep the hat and whistle. Put them into a pocket or keep them very quiet. It was kind of silly to say Happy New Year, blow our whistles and wear our hats, since everybody knows that New Year’s is coming. Don’t ...

3614. This Is Our Song

Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... . It’s even longer than a sweepstakes winning tour of the world. I’m on a journey every day of my life; life is that kind of trip. The trip is sometimes a fearful and anxious one. I lift my eyes to find help somewhere in those hills. Aahhh, a bright ... your foot to slip, may he who keeps you not slumber! Behold, he who keeps Israel does neither slumber nor sleep." Now, that’s the kind of God I would like: somebody who doesn’t go to sleep on me. My friends keep letting me down; they go to sleep at ...

3615. CARPENTER

Isaiah 44:13; Mark 6:3

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... frames for the houses, plows, and yokes. Since Jesus was a carpenter, it was natural for him to think of the yokes which he had made, and to say "my yoke is easy and the burden is light." Today’s carpenters, cabinet-makers, woodworkers of all kinds have motor-driven tools to assist them in their work. But in the biblical times, the carpenter had to depend on such simple tools as compasses, planes, pencil, saws, hammers, nails, files, chisle, awls, squares, plumb lines, and adzes. And, most of all, his own ...

3616. FARMER

Jer. 14:4; 2 Tim. 2:6; James 5:7

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... of sharp metal. During the time of Saul, the Philistines monopolized iron, and Hebrew farmers were forced to go to the Philistines to have their plows sharpened. A plank or a faggot of thorns served as a harrow. Planting was done simply by broadcasting it or by a kind of funnel fixed to the plow, called a seed-pipe. Harvesting was accomplished by grasping a small tuft of grain in the left hand and cutting it with a sickle held in the right hand. The short-handed sickle was made with flint until about 1100 B ...

3617. MASON

2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chron. 22:14

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... . He applied mortar to the block’s end and placed it in the mortar bed. With the trowel, he tapped the block to level, align, and embed it in mortar. Finally, he removed excess mortar from between the bricks. The mason was acquainted with the proper kind of foundation and he knew how to lay the cornerstone. He knew how to select and lay the stones in the wall. His equipment consisted of the plumbline, the measuring reed, the leveling line, the hammer with the toothed edge for shaping stones, and a small ...

3618. PHILOSOPHERS

Acts 17:18

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... from the Greek philos (loving) and sophia (wisdom), means love of wisdom. Philosophical thinking is the most general and abstract kind of thought. The philosopher tries to organize knowledge into a logical system, and he questions all of the ideas that ... reason. To the Greeks, who originated philosophy in the Western world about 600 B.C., it was the search for truth of every kind - the ultimate meaning of the universe, and the reasons for and the meaning of all phenomena. This, of course, makes it self-evident ...

3619. SADDLE MAKER

Gen. 31:22-55; Lev. 15:9

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... the camel being used, at least in the earliest times, primarily as burden-bearers. When riding asses, a doubled piece of cloth, fastened by a girth, served as the saddle. As the use of camels for riding developed, the type of saddle used for them was a kind of basket, with a cover and curtains, much as we see in India today for transportation by elephant. However, anything resembling a saddle in the modern sense was unfamiliar in the Old Testament, and, in fact, does not appear to have been in use until the ...

3620. WEAVER

1 Sam. 17:7; Job 7:6

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... weft down. Gravity helped pack the wefts tightly. 2. The Greek vertical loom consisted of a cloth beam at the top and loom weights on the bottom of the warps. The weaver stood in front of the loom and bent the weft upward. 3. The horizontal loom was the kind most often used by the Hebrews. This consisted of two beams held secure by four pegs driven into the ground. The weaver sat in front of the loom. This particular type of loom is narrower than the other two. It was also easily moved, and thus in favor ...

3621. WRITING MATERIALS MAKER

Luke 1:63

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... into ancient civilizations. Ink was used at any early age; in fact, some of it was so durable that it has remained legible after 3,000 years! This ink was probably made of lampblack and gum, and mixed with water on a palette when needed. There were also various kinds of pens to correspond with the medium on which the writing was to be done. Jeremiah speaks of an iron pen, but most were made of reeds with softened fibers at one end. The other end could be sharpened easily with a knife. And, if you made a ...

3622. Hay, Harmony, and Hallelujah

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

G. William Genszler

... and she was made to feel like an outcast. The pressure on her family got so severe they were forced to flee for their lives. They left their home behind the iron curtain and tried to make it safely to the western sector. Nanuska’s mind asked all kinds of questions: "What kind of God was it that could cause people to give up their comfortable homes and end up in a cow barn with only hay for a bed? It just wasn’t fair. Surely her parents must be mistaken about this Jesus. If he were God, why didn’t ...

3623. The Kingdom of God Is a Party

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Hey, you didn't tell me you were a preacher. What church do you belong to?" In one of those moments when just the right words came, Tony answered, "I belong to a church that throws birthday parties for prostitutes at 3:00 AM." That's the kind of church that Jesus came to create. His first miracle took place in the festive atmosphere of a wedding party. Prostitutes and other notorious sinners loved to be around him. And while the solemnly pious could not relate to what He was about, those lonely rejects who ...

3624. Thy Kingdom Come

Luke 17:20-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to hire one graduate per year from our MARRS ministry. I am talking about a non-violent juvenile offender whom we have helped to turn his life around. This would be a young person who shows promise for rehabilitation. You could train him or her and offer the kind of supportive encouragement that would maximize his or her chances for success. If you do, the Kingdom will come a bit closer. What if you or your group adopted a shut-in. Then, one afternoon per week, you could give the full-time care-giver a much ...

3625. When The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... where nations engage in ethnic cleansing, where God's name is profaned more often than it is reverenced, where here in Memphis drugs and sex are sold behind a facade of topless dancing and these immoral cesspools are advertised daily in a supposedly respectable newspaper. Into this kind of world, Jesus Christ came because no one less than he could break the power of sin. And the only way Jesus could do it involved a cross. There was a second reason Jesus came: It was to show us that God is love. This was a ...

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