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4151. Hearing the Difficult News

Mark 9:30-37

Bulletin Aid

Robert D. Ingram

... the church, or to children in some area where the congregation is involved in mission. Challenge the worshipers to take on one of the dirty jobs at the church that provides no glory, takes a lot of energy or time to accomplish, and no one else wants to do. Put a list of such jobs in the worship bulletin. They could include things like: wash windows, pick up the cigarette butts around the entrances to the church, clean out the church attic or basement, fix the plumbing in the restrooms, clean the cupboards ...

4152. What Triggers Your Panic Button?

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... morning stroll across the lake.” On the more serious side, I am not going to try to explain the “walking on the water” scene. I can’t. To me, it is like Creation and Resurrection. I don’t try to explain them. I accept and affirm them. Most importantly, I want to have a sense of what it can mean for you and for me. So, with that in mind, we will put Holy Scripture in a time-frame: the time it was written, the time it was written about, and our time. Think about it. Mark’s Gospel was not ...

4153. The Proof is in the Holes

John 20:24-31

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the best-known stories in the Bible. I brought a board along with me. It looks like any board you have ever seen. The thing I want you to notice is the holes that you see in the board. Do you know what caused these holes? (Let them answer.) That's right, ... lot, but it would make holes in you just like it made in the wood. That sounds terrible, doesn't it? It is terrible and I want you to know that this is what happened to Jesus when they crucified him. They drove nails into his hands and into his feet. It ...

4154. Speaking Truth to Power: The Ministry of Nathan

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... to his home, he went and stripped this poor man and his family of their only pet, killed it, and served it to his guest because he didn’t want to kill one of his own. Think of a household pet that is or has been in your life, and you can readily gain a sense for the ... that eye contact was a measure of a man’s determination, Johnson locked eyes with Kosygin at one crucial point in their talks. Wanting a sip of coffee, L. B. J. felt for his cup of coffee on the table rather than release his visual grip on ...

4155. When Matters Hang in the Balance

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... and as I recall it, we actually did very little for her. Pat knew we were there; she knew she could come over if she wanted to; she knew we would be glad to come to her home. Each time dad and daughter went to Buffalo, we would do something to ... that we knew this particular day was her day of waiting. Maybe David’s court officials tried too hard. Maybe they wanted to provide too much structure for their beleagured king. Miscalculation When the child finally died, the court officials were frightened to ...

4156. A Song Sung Blue

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... back she was told she needed an operation if her life was to be prolonged for a time, and she elected to go for the additional time. She spoke of this in her characteristically delightful way: “It was,” Elsie said, “like being asked whether I wanted to be hung or shot.” When Elsie talks, her words are interspersed with high-pitched sounds, a whining of sorts, but not the kind of whining we associate with agitation or chronic complaining. Rather, it is a whining expressive of her sense for life’s ...

4157. An Untouchable God?

1 Samuel 6:1-7:1

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... six steps, David had them stop while he offered the Lord a sacrifice of a bull and a fatted calf.” (2 Samuel 6:13 TEV) David wasn’t about to take any chances. If God had any feelings about the ark of his presence being moved any further, David wanted to know about them. But nothing happened after six steps. We can understand the caution. If an athlete hurts herself by over-extending, she is going to be cautious when normal activity is resumed. If we fail in one marriage, we are going to go (or at least ...

4158. I Saw a New Heaven

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... could have been here five years earlier if you hadn’t insisted on our eating oat bran.” If you’re going to Heaven, the earlier the better, but let God appoint the time. There’s a barbershop quartet song that has these words, “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.” The aged apostle John, in lonely exile on the little Mediterranean island of Patmos, was given a vision of Heaven, as reported to us toward the very end of the Bible. (Each year its glories come to us in the First ...

4159. Adam’s Prime Rib

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... was to be inferior to the man. God used a rib to indicate that the woman would stand beside the man as an equal. The rib is well protected behind the defense of the arms. The symbolism says that the man will want to protect the woman. The rib is closest to the heart. The man will want to love the woman tenderly, she being made from material closest to his heart. What other bone in the body could symbolize so much? In anesthetizing the man into a deep sleep and then covering up with flesh the place from ...

4160. We All Sin So What?

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... you shall die.” Adam and Eve rebelled against God. They refused to obey. They expressed their lack of trust and gratitude for what God had done for them: he gave them life and paradise to live in. Above all, they were unwilling to be what God made them: human. They wanted to be God. It is amazing that God did not keep his promise in this case, “You shall die.” I suppose he could not bring himself to do it. Adam and Eve were the crown of his creation and his only hope to get and give love. No doubt, he ...

4161. The Banquet

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... can escape punishment by saying that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham!" (Matthew 3:9) Thus, the Hebrews believed they had to coax God with sacrificial offerings in order to get what they wanted from him. For the Jews, God was distant, hidden, not readily accessible. God did not associate intimately, so they thought. But this was actually an aberration of the original covenant as we see in today's lesson. So the people had a strong need to ...

4162. God As Wisdom

Proverbs 1:20-33

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... consciously. But God as Father, giver of life, giver of love, God full of passion and pleasure, goodness and adventure, that God died when my own father did. God as father was, for me, projection, and if I couldn't have my real father, I certainly did not want some heavenly one. And in that father God's stead came Silence at first, capital S, Silence, dark, holy, vast, God as Silence. How has your image of God changed over the years through your life's experience? Our images of God reflect who we are, where ...

4163. What Kind Of King Is This?

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Charles Curley

... us, maybe for most of us, our spiritual life is something we have put "on hold." In the midst of the craziness of our everyday life, we say to ourselves that someday we are determined to find some time to get ourselves right with God; to find out what God wants us to do with our lives. But not now, this is not the time, not in the midst of all that's going on. Give me some time, some peace and quiet, some day, and I'll think about that. Again and again people tell me how important God is ...

4164. Ephesians 3:1-13

Ephesians 3:19

Children's Sermon

... writing a letter. In his letter he is telling a group of Christians that he prays for them. He prays that they have the power to know how much Jesus loves them. He prays that they may be filled up with the fullness of God. He wants them to be filled with God, just as we want to fill this can with gas. The Bible tells us that Paul prayed often. He prayed for many people. He prayed that people would know Jesus. Did you know that there are people who pray for you? There are people this morning in this church ...

4165. Jesus, Who Are You?

John 6:42

Children's Sermon

... to know who he really was. People saw Jesus as a man. People saw Jesus as the son of Joseph and Mary. People also saw Jesus doing many great things to help people. Because of this, they wanted to know who he really was. They didn't understand that he was God's son. Because they wanted to know who he was, Jesus told them some things about himself. Here is what Jesus told people about himself. He told them that he was the bread of life that came from heaven. He told them that everyone who believes in him ...

4166. Who Lives Inside You?

Ephesians 3:17

Children's Sermon

... home in your hearts through faith." When God's Spirit comes into our lives he makes a place for Jesus to live right inside of us. Now, we don't have to let Jesus live there if we don't want to. We can let the fire go out. We can say, "I don't want to be Jesus' friend. I don't want him living in my life." But if we do that we lose a chance to be close to God and have his love strong inside of us. When we trust God and keep strong faith in him, he comes ...

4167. Building Spiritual Muscles

Ephesians 6:10

Children's Sermon

... muscles that they make them too big. They become what we call "muscle-bound." So you can even overdo building up your muscles, can't you. Except in God's family, you can't. God wants us to build up our spiritual muscles. God wants us to become big and strong believers. He wants us to become big and strong lovers of other people. He wants us to become big and strong talkers about the wonderful things God does for people in his Son, Jesus. To do that we have to build up our spiritual muscles. We can do that ...

4168. Proper 8

Mark 5:21-43

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... bravery. Real bravery does not come from the innocence of the untried but from knowing the risks and doing something anyway. It is far more than an attitude of "I have nothing to lose so ... ." When they came from my house saying my child had already died, I did not want to believe the messenger. Yet, I could not hide my fear. Jesus saw fear take over my face and heard it shake my voice. He spoke directly to my agony. He told me not to fear, only to believe. So that's what I did. That's all I concentrated ...

4169. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... When I have a cookie-decorating party for my grandchildren, I buy animal cookies for them to decorate. They're easier to handle and quicker. They love it. CAROL: I guess we all try to do too much. JANE: We probably should make a list of all the things we want to do and scratch half of them off. MAY: Probably more than half. I'm sure our families would be happier if we did less and smiled more. MARCY: Amen to that! (Collecting her things and getting ready to go) Well, I gotta go, girls. (Putting on coat) I'm ...

4170. Lent 4

John 3:1-21, Numbers 21:4-9, Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... God's salvation. 2. Sermon Title: No Condemnation In Christ. Sermon Angle: God's purpose is to save the world, not condemn it (vv. 17-18). Why then was Christ pictured in ancient and medieval art as an implacable judge? Could it be that the church literally wanted to scare the hell out of people? It seems that for quite some time the church lost contact with the grace of God and reverted to legalism. The law condemns and kills but God's mercy in Jesus Christ gives us life. There is condemnation for those ...

4171. Proper 10

Mark 6:14-29, 2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... talking about a process of becoming. God's guarantee (v. 14). Paul alludes here to a legal contract. To this day, when a person wants to purchase a piece of property, he shows that he's in earnest, that he or she is serious about the offer to purchase. The ... because she was the author and the main villain, though in her mind John was the villain. Like most who plot murder, she wanted to rub out the witnesses to the truth. Outline: 1. Our society not only fears murderers but is fascinated by them. 2. Herodias ...

4172. Easter 6

John 15:18--16:4, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... never burdensome to do something from your heart, to do an act of kindness for those you love. Legalism makes God's commands a burden because they are performed out of guilt or fear. When we are born of God, divine love fills our hearts, causing us to want to do what we ought to do. Outline: 1. Have you ever experienced life as a burden? (Give examples.) 2. Many people find religion as a burden -- they are motivated by legalism and guilt. 3. Christ's commands are not burdensome for those who live in love (v ...

4173. The Good, The Bad, And The Justified

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... the bad" philosophy. If that is the way things work, then I'm in trouble, because I've got things inside me that I wouldn't want anyone else to know. There are parts of me that are too private, too painful, too intimate to share with anyone. So if I think that ... has touched this woman and made her truly repentant, but the Lord apparently doesn't understand that she's not the type we want him to rescue. We'd better spell it out for him just which sinners we had in mind." Immediately, a motion was made and ...

4174. The Importance Of Asking The Right Questions

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... we are: We're the people who were beaten up by the Babylonians. Now this new administration had come, and we're not sure we want to change. We've grown comfortable with our identity; we like our fasts and our mourning and our moaning about the good old days. ... discover that God has moved on and left us behind. God is always out there ahead of us, leading us into the future, and if we want to be working hand in hand with God, we have to be willing to ask the right questions. Not, "What can we do to preserve ...

4175. The Righteousness Of God

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... you not to eat?" Adam is quick with his response. "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree." When God asked Eve about the matter, she was just as quick with her response. "The serpent tricked me." Passing the buck! Nobody wants to be responsible for their choices. We have learned this game well. All persons know how to make excuses for their actions. There is always a good reason for what we do. "It is because of what happened the other day." "You made me do it." "You would ...

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