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376. Perseverance

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... and others like us. \nAURANT: You said we have control? \nNEBUTH: Yes, of course we do. As long as we are true to Jesus. \nAURANT: But I am so weak. I was ready to give up my faith. \nNEBUTH: But you didn't. \nAURANT: No, but if they hadn't stopped when they did, I would \nhave. I know I would have. \nNEBUTH: No, you wouldn't. \nAURANT: You're so certain. I am not so certain about myself. \nNEBUTH: I am certain because I have seen you teaching the other \nbelievers. \nAURANT: And I used to teach about faith ...

377. Keep Things Flowing

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Richard Patt

... formerly had been clear. It was alluring to animals and people alike. But it became covered with a green scum. The farm animals became ill from drinking the water. Finally someone came by the lake who understood the problem. Debris collecting from the hard spring rains had stopped up the dam and prevented the free flow of water, not into the lake, but out of the lake. The spillway was cleared, and soon the lake was fresh and clean again. The flow in and out was necessary to keep the water pure! Doesn't the ...

378. Miracle Five: Healing A Withered Hand

Mark 3:1-6

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... to think of the severity of this man's handicap, we think of the many restrictions his withered hand would place upon him. The hand is a powerful, multi-useful instrument to help us through life. In human relations it is used to shake hands, lift a child, say "stop," say "come," form a fist, offer the sign for peace or victory, wave good-bye. In practical ways it is used to write, dress, wash or wipe dishes, prepare a meal, eat a meal. On a job the hand is used on a pick or shovel, to type, to carve ...

379. Forsaking All Others

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... and her name was the last word on my lips. And here's a letter for Jennifer. Tell her the same thing." God is telling us to stop "two-timing" with the world, or three-timing with the world and Satan, or four-timing with the world, the devil, and our flesh, and be ... ask him to tie a white flag on that tree, and as I come by I'll know whether or not to get off at the next stop." The boy was hungry for home. He was also nervous. Would his dad forgive him? Could he come home? When the train took the last curve ...

380. Open Grave, Open Hearts

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... talked with the boy for a while explaining to him details about this particular model and style. After a little while, the boy asked, "Mister, how much did you pay for this car?" The man replied, "Nothing. My brother gave it to me." The boy responded, "I wish ..." but stopped without finishing. The man chuckled, "You were going to say, 'I wish I had a brother like that.'" "No, I was going to say, 'I wish I could be a brother like that.' You see, sir, I have a brother who is crippled and I'd like to do a ...

381. Hear, Hear

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... Can we hear his nudges when we pray? Are we in tune with his Spirit enough to know when he is impressing something upon us -- to stop, to go, to turn, to speak up? Do we hear God's voice in the godly advice from fellow Christians? Are we obedient to these ... knew what he was going to do next. He would continue, "Because anyone who does believe in God is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that he is God, and yet he can't do ...

382. To Be Continued

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... sees the next day, the next week, the following month, and your whole life to come. During the Depression of the thirties a man lost his job, a fortune, a wife, and a home, but somehow he held onto his faith. That's all he had left. One day he stopped to watch some men building a stone church. One of them was chiseling a triangular piece of rock. The grieving man asked, "What are you going to do with that?" The workman said, "Do you see that little opening way up there near the spire? Well, I'm shaping this ...

383. Ya Can't Make Me

Luke 9:57-62, Luke 9:51-56

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... , heading to Jerusalem. The disciples were stunned at the insulting attitude the people displayed. How dare they refuse to welcome Jesus! Here was the most revered religious leader of the day passing through their village, and they didn't even want him to stop. The disciples suggested that they call down a bolt of lightning from heaven to teach these ingrates a lesson. Jesus rebuked the disciples and headed for another village. I suspect that those villagers in that Samaritan town had been told to be wary ...

384. The Pastor Who Created A Monster

Haggai 1:1-15, Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... do it. But then, Bruce smiled brightly at his pastor and said, "Your sermon got me back on track. I know that I can do it and God will be with me as I do. I have a whole new perspective on my goal," he said. "I just wanted to stop by and thank you personally." Fifteen minutes later Pastor Jenkins got a visit from another member of his congregation. Hank was in his mid-50s. Hank shook the pastor's hand and said, "That was some sermon you preached on Sunday! It really got me to thinking. You were talking ...

385. The Ash Account

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Charles M. Mills

... amateur musician. He played in an orchestra of like-minded amateurs. One afternoon he was on his way to meet with his friends for music-making. On the road he encountered a man whose cart had become stuck in a muddy and watery ditch. Herbert stopped and helped the pedestrian. Due to his good deed the poet arrived at his friend's house later than expected. One of the musicians chortled, "Looks like you've missed all the music." Herbert replied, "Yes, but I will have songs at midnight." Herbert had the ...

386. Riding A Train

Mark 10:17

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... the plastic ticket to unlock a gate that lets him or her into the station to get the train. When the train stops, the rider gets on the train and when it stops again at the desired place, the rider gets off and uses the plastic ticket to open a gate to get out of the ... station. During the ride, the people on board will hear a voice announcing the different stops, but outside of that, they have no contact with the people operating the train. There is no one there to check up on ...

387. Second Thoughts

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... journeying along the road. Suddenly, he is startled by a moan from the lips of the man who had been mugged. Instinctively, he stops! He starts across the road to help! And then, I see him pause, and in that introspective interval, an army of "second ... upon two elderly women struggling to change a flat tire. Instinctively I took my foot off the gas and slowed down. I knew I should stop and help them. After all, that's the Christian thing to do. But right at that moment, I met the Levite in my own soul, ...

388. Broadway

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... s about people who have an unkind or critical spirit. It's about people who refuse to forgive old wrongs. It's about people who have not lived at their moral best. It's about people who suddenly discover that they are traveling in the wrong direction. They need to stop where they are, repent of their sin, and by the incredible grace and mercy of God, move out in a whole new direction. A pastor friend of mine once described a U-turn like that in the life of a young woman in the church he served in California ...

389. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 13:17--14:31, Psalm 114:1-8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... terrible. They were leaving because they did not like the town and were looking for a better place. The farmer told them they should look for another town since they would find the people in his town just the same. A while later another family came along and stopped to talk to the same farmer. They asked what the people were like in his town. Again, he asked how they found the town they left. They said that the people were wonderful. They hated to leave, but they found it necessary to do so. He told them ...

390. The Peace That Jesus Gives

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... for God's glory. Would that kind of mission statement make a difference in how we live? In 1991 an Air Canada flight ran into big trouble. Passengers were enjoying an in-flight movie on the Boeing 767 when the jumbo jet's massive engines abruptly stopped. At first only those without earphones on noticed anything. However, soon it was apparent the jet was in trouble. The pilot came on the speaker system and announced that Flight 143 would be making an emergency landing. The 69 people on board were trapped in ...

391. "Ascribe To The Lord The Glory Due His Name ..."

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... or "to prostrate one's self" are all translated into English as "worship." Worship, then, is reverence, centering life on something or someone whom we deem worthy of our adoration. It is, in other words, "ascribing to the Lord the glory due his name!" If we stop to think about all this it is no surprise that much of what goes on in modern churches and religious groups, including what we often call "worship," is not worship in the biblical sense, but something else which may, in fact, be quite useful. A lot ...

392. Prayers for Memorial Day, Election, Thanksgiving

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... remember the parades, the confetti, the shouts, the band music we offered them in appreciation of their triumph. We remember those who fought in Korea and the frustration they experienced because they were not able to defeat the enemy because of a pre-set boundary that stopped their progress. We also remember that we turned our backs on our Vietnam veterans, by telling them they had fought the wrong war. What a dark day that was. Today, we honor all the men and women who have responded to our country's call ...

393. Equipped To Play

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... find a putter allergic to three-putt greens, I'd pay almost as much as Nevillewood's pro shop charges. "You never stop searching for the perfect putter," Nick Price noted just before the 1998 PGA Championship, "but this one has worked really well." Yeah, ... something awful happens. The second set of footprints is back. And this time, it seems even worse. Zigzags all over the place. They stop. They start. Deep gashes in the sand. A veritable mess of prints. You're amazed and shocked. But this is the end of ...

394. The Half Pencil Doctor

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

David O. Bales

... , but he slugged a couple of the boys and he took a rock near his temple that was aimed for me, but within a week they stopped it, and we walked home every day for years. As we'd walk I'd ask him about my homework problems and he'd tell me ... to love less with our words and more with our actions ... Let us hold before God those times and places where we need to stop being concerned about ourselves and begin the habit of saving others' lives ... Loving God, you have given us the example of your Son Jesus ...

395. U-Turns Permitted

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... is that if we drive long enough we will come to a familiar place and once again regain our bearings. Sometimes our confidence in our own abilities and unwillingness to admit that we're lost, causes us to drive several miles out of the way before we stop and ask for directions. Although the signs along our journey confirm that we are headed in the wrong direction, we continue for several miles before we admit our failure and make a U-turn. Sometimes it's the voice from the passenger seat that persists, wrong ...

396. Joy For The Journey

Drama

Karren Boehr

... ANNA: (Pauses, looks off into the distance) The journey in life God requires of us is often into the unknown. SARA: (Disgusted, stirs violently) If this is God's journey! ANNA: (Pensively) I guess that's where you and I have to start. Is this God's journey? SARA: (Stops stirring, hesitantly) Yes, it must be, for I admit I feel the Lord's presence every day. I can't explain it. It's as though I can reach out and touch him. Yet, it's so scary out here. People are giving up, quarreling, dying. ANNA: People are ...

397. You and The Law

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : Marge -- a middle-aged woman Dave -- her son Marge: (enters, following Dave) You're grounded! Dave: But, Mom, I ... Marge: I suppose you're going to tell me you didn't hit that car. Dave: I had an accident. I couldn't help it. It was an accident. He was stopped right in the middle of the street and I plowed right into him. It was an accident. I couldn't help it. That's why they call them accidents, because you can't help ... Marge: You wouldn't have had the accident if you would have been paying attention ...

398. The Lord, The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... to weep. It seemed as if my heart was all liquid. After trying in vain to suppress my tears, I put up my instrument and stopped singing. There was no fire and no light in the room; nevertheless it appeared to me as if it were perfectly light. It seemed as ... or even emotional temperament, but I lost control of myself absolutely. I had never shouted before in my life, but I could not stop. This last experience was interesting, of course, but I tell you this to emphasize the fact that the moment that I was ...

399. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 10:46-52

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... 's Spirit, which causes us to see and to respond to the truth. What choice will you make? Because the only way to stop playing a game is to stop it. P: Jesus the Christ makes it possible for us to see. M: Thank you, Lord. Give us the courage to want to ... treating them as human beings, rather than avoiding them. In this story, many people told the blind man to shut up; Jesus stopped and had mercy on him. Dramatizing the Gospel Put your drama group to work, as always. Use the whole sanctuary. The congregation ...

400. On Getting Out Of The Way

Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... building, the best program, the finest choir, the most appealing preacher. We want to be this city's religious numero uno! We all want that. I want that. But when success becomes our goal, our obsession, our reason for being, the source of our pride, we need to stop in our tracks. The mission of the church, like the mission of John the Baptist, is to present Christ, not to aggrandize itself. We live on a narrow boundary between being a vital body which has pride and power, and getting out of the way so that ...

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