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4051. United Obedience to God's Authority

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

Call to Worship Pastor: The final authority under which we live is God's authority. People: The authority of man is necessary, but it does not supersede God's authority to direct our lives. Pastor: When all persons are united in their obedience to God's authority, we will experience God's Kingdom for which we pray. People: We pray for such unity and obedience, that God may have his way on earth. Collect Heavenly Father, who has created us to be subject to your divine authority: Grant us hearts submissive ...

4052. The Mote and the Beam

Matthew 7:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some splinters and a board (enough splinters for each child to have one). Do some people really bug you? Can you think of one guy or girl who is really a creep? Do you know someone who really thinks he is hot stuff and never lets you forget it? I know some people like that. Then there are the others who are always tattling on everyone. I think they are the worst. They even make things up to get people in trouble. How about the ones who never want to do anything? If you want to play they want to sit ...

4053. Christ, the Cornerstone

1 Peter 2:4-12

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Come all who would give praise and honor to the Lord! People: For once we were of the world and did not know the love of God. Leader: And once we were not numbered among the family of the Lord. People: But in Christ we have been made beloved brothers and sisters. Leader: In Christ, God has built of us a new nation open to all. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You have taken the very Stone rejected by the builders and built upon it a spiritual temple where the ...

4054. Why I Believe In The Resurrection

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

You probably do not remember the name Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin. During his day he was as powerful a man as there was on earth. A Russian Communist leader he took part in the Bolshevik Revolution 1917, was editor of the Soviet newspaper Pravda (which by the way means truth), and was a full member of the Politburo. His works on economics and political science are still read today. There is a story told about a journey he took from Moscow to Kiev in 1930 to address a huge assembly on the subject of atheism ...

4055. Tougher than Bumpers

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Children's Sermon

Object: a car bumper (borrowed from a junk yard). Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know what an apostle is? Can you tell me who was an apostle? [Allow them some time to answer.] An apostle is a special disciple, one of the very first believers who was chosen by Jesus to help him in his ministry. Some of the apostles had names like Peter, and John, and Andrew. One of the apostles was a man named James who had a brother named John. John was a fisherman. The apostles had a very difficult job, ...

4056. God's Suggestion Box

Philippians 4:4-7

Children's Sermon

Object: a suggestion box. Who has a suggestion box? My suggestion is that we sing more songs on Sunday morning and that my friends sing louder and with great joy. That's my suggestion, what's yours? [See if the children have any suggestions of any kind.] Do you all know what a suggestion is? [See if you get any answers.] A suggestion is an idea of how to make or do something better. Some churches, schools, factories, and other places have a suggestion box and the people who work there are asked to ...

4057. Proper 9

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

The Hebrews who went down to Egypt settled there as guests of the Pharaoh. To those semi-nomadic people, the land, even though passing through a period of exceptional famine, must have seemed lush and green compared with droughtstricken Canaan and the desert which they had crossed. They were there as resident aliens, but at the time it was easy to forget that fact, because they were accorded special privileges, thanks to Joseph's position at the Pharaoh's court. However, the time came when this favorable ...

4058. To Thank Is To ...

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

This ritual of Thanksgiving is a ritual of identification. A traditional American parade ritualizes the sacredness and centeredness of money in American life. This Deuteronomic ritual identifies God as the center of thanksgiving and is our way of saying so. One does not thank anybody if self is the center. Thanks, then, may be little more than the oil of social facilitation. The thanksgiving of this text expresses a relationship of debt. It calls forth one’s history - not of one’s lifetime alone, but that ...

4059. A Wandering Aramean

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Ten years ago history was made in the broadcast of a television show. The show was Roots. As you may remember, Roots was a documentary of one man's search for his ancestry. Black author, Alex Haley's hunger to know his identity led him to record his own roots, his own heritage, first on paper, then on the screen. And the significance of this T.V. show? This mini-series attracted more viewers than any other television program in history. With eighty-five million viewers, this story of the black man's ...

4060. Practicing and Preaching

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

This morning's First Lesson from Acts is about a man who could have made the Bible's Guinness Book of Records twice. We remember St. Stephen as the first Christian to be martyred for his faith. He was an outgoing man whose eagerness to tell others of Christ got him in trouble with the Jewish authorities. They had him killed. Just as importantly Stephen was the first Christian deacon. Actually Stephen wasn't expected to be preaching Christ at all. His job was as an administrator, not a pastor. Of more ...

4061. I Kid You Not

2 Kings 4:8-37

Sermon

"At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son." (v. 16) Prayer: Amid all the voices clamoring for our attention in this world, we thank you, O Lord, that your word is still truth. Amen. One of the hosts of television’s "Tonight Show," preceding Johnny Carson, was the articulate host, Jack Paar. Near the height of his career, Jack Paar wrote a book titled I Kid You Not. This was a phrase Jack Paar often used, to convince the audience that he wasn’t joking, but telling the truth. He ...

4062. Tempter and Tempted

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Dean Lueking

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread." But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' "Then the devil took him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, "If you are ...

4063. Parable of Four Chained Men

John 3:1-21

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Staff

Four men were chained to trees in the black woods. They were hungry, heartsick, discouraged prisoners. Then came a traveler. He knew the way to free them. He knew the combination to the locks, which held the chains, and could set the prisoners free. He set the first man free, and then he went to the second man and freed him. In turn he cared for the third man, but failed to be able to loose the fourth. The fourth was left in chains with the combination to his lock in doubt. Many rejoiced at the heroic ...

4064. Taking Risks

Mt 4:1-11 · Lk 4:1-13 · Mk 1:12-13

Children's Sermon

Object: A quarantine sign and/or a highway sign such as "Reduce Speed." Good morning to you, boys and girls. Sunday really is a beautiful day no matter what the weather is outside. Even when it is cold, the church is warm, not just because the furnace is on but because you are so welcome and everybody wants you to be here. It takes a long time to get acquainted in some places but not in the church. Here everybody is your friend and you are a friend to everybody. That is the way Jesus teaches us to be. He ...

4065. Proper 7

Lk 9:18-24 · Gal 3:23-29 · 1 Ki 19:9-14 · Zech 12:7-10

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY 1 Kings 19:9-14 A discouraged Elijah hears God speak in a still, small voice. This pericope is a continuation of the story begun last Sunday. We left a scared and dejected Elijah in the wilderness where an angel brought him food to give him strength to go to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. When he arrives Yahweh asks him why he is there. Elijah explains that he has been jealous for the Lord, that God's people turned to idols, and that he is the only faithful one left in Israel. Yahweh told ...

4066. Death by Water

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Thirty years have passed in the last five days on the church calendar. Jesus was still a baby just days ago, when Matthew’s version of the Christmas story was read and Christ’s Epiphany was celebrated around the world. Now Jesus is at the beginning of his ministry, and we remember his baptism by John the Baptizer in the Jordan River; he has but three more years to preach, teach, and heal and then he will die on a criminal’s cross, despite the fact that he did no wrong. We know, at the very beginning of his ...

4067. The Penalty for Betraying God’s Trust

Numbers 27:12-23

Sermon

It was when the people of Israel were almost within sight of the Promised Land that Moses received the biggest disappointment of his life. He had been their prophet and leader from the beginning of their departure from Egypt right up to the very border of the land God had given them. It had been a difficult time, forty years of dealing with the fear and faithlessness of the people. There were so many crises during that time that he probably had forgotten, at least the incident must have been tucked away in ...

4068. Christian Values Judgment

Romans 2:1-16

Bulletin Aid

Leader: Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. Congregation: We are now at liberty to do the works of God. Leader: You who pass judgment on others have no excuse, because whatever you condemn in someone else you too have done. Do you think you can judge, do the same things and then escape God’s judgment? Congregation: We are now at liberty to love those we meet. Leader: ...

4069. The Christian Life Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26

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Call to Worship Leader: What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Suppose someone you care about needs food and clothing. Will it help to say, "I wish you well; may you keep warm and be well fed?" Congregation: We believe that God supplies all our needs. What good is this belief if we refuse to provide the needs of our friends, our neighbors, our church? Leader: Show me your faith without deeds and I will show you my faith by my deeds. You believe there is one God. Good ...

4070. The Master Has Come - And Calls Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

The Roman legions crossed the English Channel, and landed their small ships at the foot of the cliffs of Dover. The Britons looked down and saw them. They laughed, thinking these Romans could pose no real threat to them. But, the Roman commander ordered his soldiers to burn their boats. There would be no turning back. They were there to stay. They had left their boats for good. When I read that, it brought to mind that scene early in the Gospel of Mark where Jesus is walking along the beach. Little waves ...

4071. Reformation Sunday

Jeremiah 32:1-44, Romans 3:21-31, John 8:31-41

Sermon Aid

THEOLOGICAL CLUE Virtually all Lutheran calendars and lectionaries make provision for the celebration of Reformation Day, cognizant of the fact that it is necessary to move the festival from October 3 1st to the previous Sunday, unless, of course, October 31st falls on a Sunday. Most Lutheran churches continue to observe Reformation Sunday, despite the good and growing relations with the Roman Catholic Church, which have developed with the onset of the ecumenical movement following Vatican II. But the tone ...

4072. A Dynasty of Destiny

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Dynasty and Dallas sit atop the slippery pole of the tube ratings. Catty Alexis and crafty J.R. pursue their juggernaut pace for the plums of power, prestige, and pelf. In Los Angeles, fervid fans still hoot and holler for a Bruin roundball dynasty built by Goliaths of the goalpost named Jabbar and Walton. The Windsor dynasty is assured of a successor, as Prince William toddles along a London street under the watchful supervision of an attendant nanny. The Kennedy dynasty gathers in sorrow around the grave ...

4073. Children's Message for Graduates

Psalm 100:3-4

Children's Sermon

Materials to have on hand: * Several colorful books * A Bible Today in my sermon I'll be talking about giving thanks. I'll be giving thanks to our graduates for being with us and helping to make this day very special. Some of them are your friends - maybe even your brother or sister. Here are some books. They help us learn new things and give us enjoyment by the hour. They are a big part of our schooling, and before you graduate you will have read many of them. We give thanks for all the people everywhere ...

4074. Christmas, Second Proper

Titus 3:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Theme: Heirs by grace and mercy, not goodness and merit Exegetical note This doctrinal incursion into an otherwise largely ethical discourse states a central theme in Paul's theology, namely, that salvation comes by God's grace and mercy rather than by human goodness and merit. What is added here is the notion that, as a result of God's initiative in outpouring the Holy Spirit in the Christ, the recipients are, in effect, adopted as children who are destined to inherit eternal life. Call to Worship (based ...

4075. The Unrecognized Christ

Luke 24:13-35

Bulletin Aid

Call to Worship Leader: Let us worship the God of the earthly Jesus! People: Let us worship the God of the risen Christ! Leader: But let us also prepare ourselves to encounter that same Christ, People: Even when He is disguiesed as the least of our sisters and brothers! Collect Most Holy One, you manifested your power over sin and death in the raising of Jesus. Help us to recognize the living Christ in our lives: that, perceiving him even when he hides himself in the least of our kind, we may respond ...

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