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John 11:17-37

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... came into his prison "tomb" and looked into his eyes. Daily said that he had never seen or felt such love before. Christ showed him that "the love of God is broader than the measure of man’s mind," and "the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind." V. And with that revelation, Christ brought life to Starr Daily, as he had to Lazarus. "Lazarus, come out," Jesus cried with a loud voice. The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to the ...

3677. When Things Don’t Work Out, What Then?

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... and good and would never do anything to hurt anybody. Though the things you say against my surgeon-father may be true, I still choose to keep on trusting him!" Likewise, when things don’t work out, we can choose to keep on trusting God. This kind of trust was the secret of Christ’s inner power. Sometimes, we forget that things didn’t always work out for him, either. He had to face failures. The cause of the failures was not in himself; it was in the persons and circumstances with which he was dealing ...

3678. Easter 6

Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12, John 15:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... that would keep us from loving in return, deepen our affections for you; that we may feel in the very depths of our souls the kind of faith that is victorious over the world, and the sort of love that obeys your will spontaneously and sincerely. In Jesus’ name we pray ... seductive ways. Forgive us, we pray. Remind us continually of your parental providence and precious priorities. Instill in us the kind of faith that brings victory, that we may truly live in loving obedience to you. In Christ’s name we ...

3679. Proper 9

2 Samuel 7:1-17, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, Mark 6:1-6

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... commendable: to build a very tangible "house" (i.e., temple) for the ark of the covenant. But Nathan, though initially approving the idea, has a dream in which God speaks, declaring that the real need for a "house" lies with David, but of a more spiritual kind (i.e. a royal lineage), which God promises to build for David. The incident is a reminder of how God tends to value spiritual structures over brick and stone (or even cedar). Call to Worship Leader: We are a people who love to plan ahead, especially ...

3680. Proper 10

2 Samuel 7:18-29, Ephesians 1:1-14, Mark 6:7-13

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... world, and graciously making them great. People: FOR SUCH ARE WE, WHO, THOUGH FINITE AND FAULTY, ARE EXALTED BY BEING MADE SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN CHRIST. Collect O great God, who chose Israel to be your people and the shepherd David to be your King, look kindly upon us as well; that, as beneficiaries of your gracious greatness, we too may be exalted to positions of importance in your plans for the world. In the name of the Nazarene carpenter we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Merciful God, we confess that we ...

3681. Proper 14

2 Samuel 18:1-18, John 6:25-59, Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... action and deed, love and forgiveness may abound, to the glory of your Kingdom and your Son. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Merciful God, we confess that we do not live lives in imitation of you and Christ. We are not always kind, or tenderhearted, or forgiving, or loving. Forgive us, we pray. Implant your Spirit in our souls so that we shall do automatically that which is godly in every situation, and our actions may thus reflect the Kingdom promised by Jesus Christ. In his name we pray ...

3682. Proper 22

Gn 2:4-25

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... the two pericopes contained here is not a sentimental portrait of childhood innocence, as it is often depicted, but a straightforward lesson about the proper attitude toward God’s gracious gift of the Kingdom. The key idea here is not innocence, but receptivity. Without the kind of receptivity that a child has to a gift, no one will enter the Kingdom; for it too is a gift, not a human accomplishment or an achievement award. Call to Worship Leader: The Kingdom of God announced by Christ is God’s future ...

3683. Proper 25

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, Mark 10:46-52

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... human bondage. In the name of the Christ we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of Israel old and new, we confess that we sometimes find ourselves on the side of the oppressor rather than of the oppressed, and often unwittingly contribute to injustice of many kinds. Forgive us, we pray. Make us more conscious of the plight of our repressed fellow humans; and encourage us with your scriptural record to join once and for all your forces of freedom. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen Second Lesson: Hebrews 5:1-6 ...

3684. The Tragedy of the Unprepared Life

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... get the proper quantity and dampness of wipes. A midterm exam is not something you can put off until the last moment. On the morning of the exam, there is neither the time nor the sobriety to understand two months worth of knowledge. When it comes to these kinds of decisions in our businesses and homes, we all understand. As businessmen and women and moms and dads we all understand that there are some things that simply cannot be put off. Yet, it is amazing to me how so many of us fail to grasp this concept ...

3685. People Are Different, People Are The Same

Drama

Marge Passamaneck

... middle one is called the Shamus, and it is used to light all the others. MR. STEIN: By the eighth night, the Shamus has a big job, but with all the candles lit, it is a beautiful sight. NARRATOR: As the sun started to set, there was a secret kind of excitement in the house. Even Tony and Susan felt it. As it grew darker, Mr. Stein gathered everyone together and lit the Shamus on his menorah. MR. STEIN: We light these candles in rememberance of a great victory many centuries ago. A wicked king tried to stop ...

3686. Why Do People Have to Die?

John 12:20-36

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... you this fine day? Isn’t it amazing the way the days go by so fast? Here we are in the fourth week talking about the kind of questions that you always have wondered about and it seems like we have only gotten started. Today I have a question that used to ... stay there long enough it will turn into dust and when the first good wind comes along it will blow away. The shell of that seed kind of reminds me of a casket, like they put people in when they die. The real stuff in that seed is inside the shell and ...

3687. Christmas Carols · Away in a Manger

Luke 2:1-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... who was a famous leader, teacher, and preacher who loved to write hymns. Usually he wrote hymns that made the whole church shake when the organ boomed out the notes. He liked hymns that told of God’s power and might. Luther was that kind of man, so it was natural that he wrote those kinds of hymns. One night Martin Luther sat looking at a cradle which held one of his own little children. The child did not look big and powerful, and Luther did not think that God had to be big and rough to care for him ...

3688. The Gift

Drama

Esther Lense

... , it’s work, work, work. Oh, how I wish we were back in the Garden. Oh, children, that was a beautiful place! There was every kind of tree and flower and fruit that you could imagine, and the birds sang all the time, and the animals played together, and your mother ... give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. "Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or ...

3689. Thomas - The Hard Worker

John 11:16

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... he believed all the way. When Jesus said he wanted to go up to Jerusalem to see his friend Lazarus who had died the rest of the apostles spoke about the danger, but Thomas talked about going even if he had to die because he went. Jesus sure appreciated that kind of friendship. I told you that Thomas was a hard worker so let me tell you why I said that. There is a story about a missionary who left Judea after Jesus went home to live with His heavenly Father and went to a land called India. There the disciple ...

3690. The Discipline of Witnessing

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

... whole car, partially to say, "Notice me, somebody! Care about me!" I don’t think you can sweep all crime under the rug with this kind of generality of course, but I think it is a factor. We want to be loved, and that we go about it all wrong ... love is really missing from the lives of a great many of us? Maybe the expression "wise crack" is a good one, for it takes a certain kind of wisdom to be able to joke about things that make us uneasy. It’s misplaced wisdom, for we really need to take the time to ...

3691. The Miracle of Salvation

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

... you take an aspirin tablet you should feel like a sinner. But it is true that the huge amount of medication of this kind that is being utilized by our nation indicates a rather graphic picture of a people who are frustrated, lonely, and troubled. We are ... in theory, at least, would then fly. The models are different now - made of ready-cut pieces of plastic. At any rate I had some kind of record. I never completed one of those model planes although I must have started at least 77. And quite often the end of ...

3692. It Might Have Been ...

Luke 22:1-6, Matthew 26:14-16, Matthew 27:1-10, Matthew 26:47-56

Sermon

... the twelve, points out that Jesus spent the night in prayer prior to recruiting his men. If so, it would seem that he was seeking divine guidance, and it would seem that God had a hand in the choosing of Judas (along with all the rest). Judas had a kind of divine commission, and I certainly don’t feel that he was chosen just so that a traitor would be in the midst of the band to betray Jesus at the precise opportunity. He was chosen for the same reason as any other disciple - because he had potential - he ...

3693. Looking Ahead with Hope

John 1:43-51

Sermon

... But in that moment my thoughts were far away. I remembered a day, seventeen months before, when a young woman was weeping in my study. She had blurted out that there is no meaning in life - that it isn’t worth going on. Because of numerous experiences of the kind I suspected that it had to do with not having a man around, and I talked about it. She said through her tears, "I haven’t met a man who wasn’t ‘on the make.’ " I spoke words of encouragement. I gave her several suggestions as to approach ...

3694. Wormy Apples Are a Waste

Luke 3:1-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the wormy apple.) Do you know what I have in my hand? (Let them answer.) That’s right, it is an apple; but it is not the kind of apple that most of you would eat of purpose. This apple is filled with worms. I have seen trees that are filled with apples, but ... of them, watch them grow, then pick them so there will be bushels and bushels of apples. We should do the same thing with every kind of food that grows. It we plant potatoes, we should also make sure we dig them up at the right time so they can be ...

3695. Facing the Glory Road

Matthew 20:17-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... were promised, friend. It would be easy and safe for me to stand up here on Sunday mornings and tell you that everything was going to be all right. "Little drops of water, little grains of sand Make a mighty ocean, and the pleasant land; Little acts of kindness, little deeds of love, Make this earth a heaven, like the heaven above." I could tell you that. You might even believe it. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING - TAKING THIS DYNAMIC GOSPEL AND WHITTLING IT DOWN to a bunch of little junk that we’d ...

3696. The Crisis of Commitment

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... . And that’s the sum and substance of their response - they beat their breasts. They beat their breasts about the delinquency of our youth, but just ask them to teach a Sunday school class or lead a scout organization or help in youth activities of any kind, and they will return to their homes and beat their breasts. They beat their breasts about the evils of government, and then about one-third of them will go out and vote in an election. They beat their breasts about the weakness and inefficiency and ...

3697. The Generation Gap

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... ? Didn’t you know I’d be in my Father’s house?" (or "about my Father’s business" as the KJV puts it.) If you can get this picture in a contemporary setting, I’m sure you’ll have no trouble guessing the tension this kind of answer probably produced. Here was a real generation gap; Jesus was caught up in the EXPERIENCE OF THE MOMENT, completely oblivious of his parents’ anxiety. Furthermore - and we can only guess at this from the actions of his later life - he was QUESTIONING THE AUTHORITIES ...

3698. The Racial Gap

Psalm 53:1-6

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... food, and far be it for me as a white man to try to define it. I gather that at its heart "soul" denotes some kind of special warmth black men have for each other. It has something to do with relationships and depth of concern. Perhaps being "aglow with the ... fellow men with an intensity of love. We are to so commit our lives to Him that His Spirit glows within us and we develop a kind of "soul" or concern for all men, across every gap of color, race, and creed. In Damn Yankees a hit song was, "You’ve Got to ...

3699. A WALL OF ROCK AND THE EVERYBODY GAP

Drama

William McKee Aber

... his unspoken hate - it’s a presence in the room like a growing cancer that will destroy! I relish the encounter! Sue: The baby was up just once last night. Jack: (ignores her, continues reading and adds a BLOCK) Sue: I hope she soon settles into some kind of pattern, but I suppose that our going to the party might have upset her. Jack: See where the Steelers got lucky with the draft - maybe this year we get a winner! (adds BLOCK) Sue: Looks like it might snow. News said the temperature was dropping. Jack ...

3700. THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH

Drama

Norman D. Dow

... serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. [Knocks; Joseph answers door] Kind sir, Joseph, I seek Jesus, who is called the Christ, the promised Messiah, whom the shepherds announce as being cradled here in the sweet ... lap of his virgin mother? [Pause] Thank you, dear sir; your kindness is as refreshing as God’s grace itself. [Addresses Mary as she sits by the Manger] Good madam, gracious mother of our ...

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