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376. Overcoming The Blues

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Robert Allen

... my hand did. The pain started in my knuckles and shot all the way up my arm. I opened and closed my hand to make sure it wasn’t broken. Do you know what the instructor said to me? He looked at me and said, “Try again!” I thought, “No way, Jose!” But, the instructor continued talking and said, “You can do it! You’re big enough and strong enough. You’ve got to concentrate and believe in your mind that your hand is going through the board.” So, I tried again. I concentrated on the board ...

377. Enter God

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... can I say, “Well, and how are we today?” Rather the best in me is called to bring forth the highest potential in the child, to receive God. The way I respond to this child is the way I respond to God in Jesus. That’s a sobering, compelling thought. Of course I do not bow and bend before the child. A judgment is built into the relationship. What I am drawn to do is to stand on my tip-toes, ready for the privileged responsibility which comes in the encounter. God is central to all relationships and ...

378. Recollections of Abdul, Camel Boy for An Eastern Potentate

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... and darkness all were frightening, and I'm sure we'd hardly have survived without our camels. None of us asked or even thought much about where we were going or why, although we could see that each night, Casper and his friends made careful study ... the stable door a young mother was sitting, holding a very small baby in her arms, apparently wanting him to enjoy the fresh air. I thought it was a peculiar place to give a baby air, until I realized that the mother and her baby apparently were living in the ...

379. The Robe

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... day Josh found himself once again standing in the middle of The Hub with his credit cards just burning holes in his pocket. Fortunately, he was the only one in the store and David noticed Josh's anxiety. He saw that Josh was flushed and kind of nervous. He thought that maybe Josh was getting sick. "Are you all right Josh?" David questioned. "Oh, I'm okay, David. Well, now that you ask I've got something that's really bugging me but I can't talk here. Can we get together some time and talk after work?" "Sure ...

380. Step Four - Courage

Mt 26:69-75 · Acts 9:1-9 · Ps 139:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... about us, forgives all about us and loves us regardless. A mentor of mine talked about his feelings when he got married. He said that he thought his wife would love him and stay with him until she found out what he was really like, then it would be all over. She ... Christian love we are not supposed to go through life carrying the terrible burden for what we have done or said or thought. The New Testament reading and the gospel reading tell about two whom God searched and knew. Peter and Paul are the two ...

381. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Johnny Dean

In the window of a restaurant in a small West Texas town there was a sign that read: "Wanted: man to wash dishes and two waitresses." Now, the longer the men of that town thought about that sign, the more they thought, "That just might be an interesting job! The advancement opportunities might be limited, and the pay is probably not much, but..." Then there was an ad in a local newspaper that read: "Bargain Basement Sale on shirts for men with flaws." The department store that ran the ad couldn’t ...

382. At the Foot of the Cross

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... . She too seemed to forgive me. But why? As I returned to my work, I caught a glimpse of a woman I recognized. She too wept. What was she doing here? How could she show this kind of concern for anyone? I listened intently as she spoke. "I never thought he could look like that," she said. "His eyes were always so bright and cheerful and loving. Now they are so heavy with pain. I knew him to be the Messiah. How could this happen to him?" She was a prostitute. All the soldiers could tell tales about her ...

383. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Larry Powell

... "through a glass dimly;" (2) few people are prepared to immediately embark upon the unknown; like the well-known story of the man who didn't raise his hand when the preacher asked his congregation, "Who wants to go to heaven?" and later explained to the preacher, "I thought you were trying to get up a load to go now!" The Resurrection resolved a great many questions for the believing Christian, as did our Lord's words, "I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come ...

384. This is My Son, Listen to Him

Luke 9:28-36

Illustration

James Garrett

... !” He shrugged a little and left my class and my life. Later, I heard a report that Tom had graduated, and I was duly grateful. Then a sad report, Tommy had a terminal illness. Before I could search him out, he came to see me. “Tommy, I’ve thought about you so often. I hear you are sick.” “O yes, very sick." “Can you talk about it?” “Sure. What would you like to know?” “What’s it like to be only 24 and dying?” “Well, it could be worse.” “Like what?” “Well, like being 50 and ...

385. Natural Or Supernatural?

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... in miracles." In other words, the only way we can prove the existence of God is when He comes down and tinkers with a watch. Now, turn to the other view of Wordsworth, for instance: ... I have feltA presence that disturbs me with the joyOf elevated thoughts; a sense sublimeOf something far more deeply interfused,Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns,And the round ocean and the living air,And the blue sky, and in the mind of man;A motion and a spirit, that impelsAll thinking things, all objects of all ...

386. Dear Mrs. Day

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Thomas C. Short

... ago when we coincidently stopped at the same gas station for gas, and in our brief conversation you referred to me as a lost sheep. I thought about that many times. I was a lost sheep. I have learned in recent years that it is easy to be lost and not know it. ... ’m a little off the subject (me), but all of this does shed some light on me. I was lost and did not know it. I thought I had found the good life. I never did anything too bad, but I sure did look forward to smoking some pot and drinking some booze ...

387. A Daffy, Magnificent Hope

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

... school. He refused to give up now. So, every morning, President Ewell went to the deserted campus, climbed the tower of its main building, and rang the bells, calling the school to class. He acted as if the school was still there. People thought he was crazy. But for seven years, every day, President Ewell rang the bells at William and Mary, in defiance of the despair and hopelessness that would destroy everything he held valuable. And eventually, miraculously, it worked. Others caught his vision. Students ...

388. The Resurrection of the Body

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... to care now, because all things are brought to glorious fulfillment in the resurrection. What Lies Ahead When death parts us from those we love, we must have the assurance that only God can give, that he keeps faith with all who sleep in the dust. Have you ever thought of this - that the finest tribute you can pay to the risen Lord is to entrust your loved ones to his unfailing care? To whom else would we want to entrust them? To whom else would we ourselves go in our last hour? We can honor our Lord in ...

389. The Keeper of the Covenant

Exodus 31:1-11

Sermon

... did thousands of years ago. God told Moses what had gone on in his absence, what he was going to do about it. They thought they had a good reason to rejoice and celebrate this great feast, but God would show them quickly how wrong they were. God, the ... God. Remember your promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and withhold your wrath." And God heard him and "the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people." That is the kind of a God we have, a God of gracious love and mercy, the sort of a ...

390. The Abiding Presence

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

... was that the man was not at all conscious of his caring and loving presence, neither as a God who watches over us, nor as a God who merely watches - and judges us (which was probably why the question was asked by the elderly widower) - so he did what he thought he had to do. That is not exactly what Moses had in mind when he pleaded with God for his presence, but that is one of the things he should have known about God from his experience on the mountain. God knew what the people were up to while Moses ...

391. Servants Are Important

Mark 10:43

Children's Sermon

... take it with you whenever you want to have fun or play a good game. Your servant, the bat is made of wood and cannot talk, but it sure can hit a baseball. I think you would like that bat for a long time. That is the way that Jesus thought about people. There were some people who thought that they were too good to work or do anything for anyone else. They needed servants to do everything. These people did not know how to do much at all. As a matter of fact, they could do nothing without a servant. Jesus ...

392. God Loves Us All

Acts 10:34

Children's Sermon

... see or meet many people from other lands like we do today. For a lot of reasons that would take almost all day to tell you about, it also meant that everyone thought that they had their own god and that their god did not care about or belong to any other people. That meant that people who may have worn wooden shoes thought they had one god, and the people who wore feathers had another god, and the people who ate with chopsticks had still another god. Everyone not only dressed differently or ate differently ...

393. The Coming of the Lord

Luke 21:5-38

Drama

... in peace! 1: Say, are you proud and arrogant? 3: Not particularly! 1: No? Well, your philosophy sounds like you’re trying desperately to keep from getting crushed. 3: But, you don’t understand, that’s not the way it’s going to work at all! 2: I always thought ... 1: I don’t understand! I’ll have you know that I happen to be the one who got this information in the first place! 2: That’s right, you know. 3: Oh, really. And where, if I may ask, did you get this information? 1: You most certainly ...

394. It’s How It Ends That Matters

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

... , by narrowness and lack of charity, rejected others whom they supposed to be inferior (rather than embracing all who were on course with them), thus turning their once hopeful pilgrimage into a detour. Many pilgrims die in swamps and quicksands while engaged in what they thought was faithful travel on the King’s Highway. It isn’t how the journey starts that counts. It’s how it ends that matters. If you don’t know where you’re headed, any road will get you there. On the other hand, you can arrive ...

395. As Good As God

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... the box, balanced it in the palm of his hand, and then with all his strength, he threw the cake into the face of Jesus. It was his way of saying, "Take that, Jesus, for letting my child die!" It was an experience and expression of anger with one he thought was unjust. It may be all right to be mad at God because God is big enough to take it. Our outburst of anger is good for us in that it expresses our despair and frustration. In time hopefully the frustration will turn to faith. Later, we may get an ...

396. Your Money and Your Life

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... the priest and Levite passed by because their question was different from the Samaritan’s. The priest and Levite must have wondered: What will happen to me if I stop? Will I have to inconvenience myself? Might I even be in danger? The Samaritan, though, must have thought to himself: What will happen to this poor man if I do not help him? This, I think, is the mark of people who lay up treasure in heaven. They are willing to risk themselves for others, even as God himself became vulnerable by taking human ...

397. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... on it. The "joker," the "Riddler," the "Penguin" all claimed to be evil. The target was clear; you knew whom you had to fight. The Bat Man and Robin came sailing over the buildings of Gotham and took care of the situation. And that was that! Why hasn’t God thought of that? God moves so slowly. He even lets the wheat and the tares grow together until the harvest. But have we forgotten that evil in the world gets all mixed up with people, even with you and me. It’s hard for us to admit that all of us ...

398. Binding Up the Fractured World

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... or by particular kinds of knowledge. The wisdom of God is humble obedience. It is to "know the Lord" and to follow the path he sets before us. It is to trust and to act accordingly. Division is caused by people insisting on their own way, on promoting their own thought and well-being, even if it is at the expense of others. "Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God ...

399. I Knew You’d Come

John 6:16-24

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... eyes of the disciples were on Christ, but Christ’s eyes were upon them. When at the beginning of the story Jesus sent the people away, left the disciples, and then went up into the hills by himself to pray, the disciples were never out of our Lord’s thoughts or his sight. And we can be assured that even though Peter momentarily took his eyes off of Christ, Christ never for a moment took his eyes off of Peter. This is the Gospel and this is our hope: not our determination to keep Christ in our minds and ...

400. A SERMON-DRAMA FOR EPIPHANY

Drama

Tom Eberle

... . All of a sudden one day they up and decided to follow me. I’m not used to people following me. I come when they call me, so I figure that they ought to respect my privacy. Well, these characters wouldn’t let me out of their sight. I thought I had managed to ditch them in the Arabian desert, but when I got to Jerusalem they were still on my tail - figuratively speaking. You notice that stars really don’t have tails. [motions as if to show them] So I figured I would pick some backwoods little village ...

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