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4176. Jesus Was a Pioneer

Hebrews 2:10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: An antique that would be representative of the pioneer period of our country such as a butter churn, coonskin cap, a musket or any other item that is easily obtained. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you like to see movies about old days? (Let them answer.) What do you think about when I say the word "pioneer"? (Let them answer.) You think of people like Daniel Boone and Davey Crockett. Do you think about hunting in the woods and living in log cabins? (Let them answer.) The people had to ...

4177. What a Treasure!

2 Corinthians 4:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A diamond ring in a ring box. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you can think of something that is really valuable? What is one of the most valuable things that you have ever seen? [Let them answer.] Those are all good and valuable things. I like the one that someone said when they mentioned a diamond ring. I thought of a diamond ring when I thought of something valuable and I brought it with me this morning. I want to compare that diamond ring to something that I think is even more ...

4178. Hard Sale

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Biblical truth, cults Characters: Salesman, man, woman Scene: A kitchen table Salesman: OK, so what do you say? Which one will it be? He: We can't just make up our minds like that. We need more time ... She: More information ... He: More research ... She: More reasons ... Salesperson: Exactly what is it that you think that you need? I have explained everything that I can. She: We can't just make a decision as important as the church we attend or the faith that we believe in a few minutes. ...

4179. The Now-ness of Eternity

Zechariah 7:1-14

Sermon

Can any of you tell me what time it is? It’s all right to look at your watches now. (Just don’t start looking at them and shaking them when I get into the middle of this sermon!) How do you know what time it is, or what time itself is? There is a mystery in the concept of time that is difficult to comprehend. The one obvious fact about it is that it is related to perceptions of change. If there were no change, would the concept of time have any meaning? Actually, we cannot answer such a question because ...

4180. Proper 6

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

Barrenness is not a modern phenomenon; it has plagued people from time immemorial. Everyone knows of the problem facing Abraham and Sarah. Abraham, chosen by God to be the father of a great nation, made the discovery his wife was barren. His off-spring, which were to be as numerous as the grains of sand, were not forthcoming. It was not until Abraham was 100 and Sarah was ninety that an Angel arrived to make the startling pronouncement Sarah was to give birth to a son. The whole idea seemed so ridiculous ...

4181. No Weedless Garden

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

Richard L. Thulin

Not long ago a student of mine wrote a descriptive essay on the Church. It was one of the most celebrative and exuberant pieces that I had read in quite a while. He used the body imagery of St. Paul to draw his picture of the Church, but he could just as easily have used the positive agricultural figures of today's parable. It would be true to the spirit of his paper to call the Church a weedless and ripening field. Into rich soil good seeds have been planted and now as far as the eye can see there is ...

4182. Compassion

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Harold Warlick

One of the pivotal questions in life is this one: "What does it mean to grow up?" How do you know when someone is mature? When is someone real? Most of the time it doesn't have anything to do with age. I've known some 20-year-old girls who live like they're 75-year-old old maids. And occasionally friends will even ask me what I'm going to do when I grow up. What does it mean to grow old? When buying a ticket to a movie theatre, you're an adult when you reach 13 years of age. The state says you're old ...

4183. A SERMON-DRAMA FOR EPIPHANY

Drama

Tom Eberle

Epiphany In the observance of Epiphany we confront the choice of following the historical pattern set by the church at Rome in making it a missionary festival of the gospel’s being carried to the Gentiles; or observing the Eastern Orthodox practice of celebrating Epiphany as the manifestation of God in Christ to the world. The differing emphases were a result of a complex historical development. The festival of Epiphany predated the observance of Christmas. It was originally not a festival of the birth of ...

4184. The Foolishness of God

1 Corinthians 1:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: An aspirin. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to show you something that I am sure is difficult to understand, and must have been very difficult for people a long, long time ago to understand. Let’s suppose that you have a headache. The pain is fierce and you think that your head is going to drop off if something isn’t done. Show me where you think that it would hurt if you had a headache. [Let them show you.] It would hurt your head. It wouldn’t hurt your stomach or your throat or ...

4185. Grade Cards

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Grade cards, one marked with all A’s and one marked with a lot of F’s at the beginning and some C’s, B’s and A’s at the end. Lesson: In the same way there is joy in the presence of the angels of God when one sinner repents. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we have some objects that are familiar to a lot of you. During the school year some of you can hardly wait to see this and others of you wish that you never had to see it. Do you know what I am talking about? [Let them answer.] That’s right, ...

4186. Were You There?

Mark 2:23-3:6

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: an attendance book Good morning, boys and girls. Is everyone here? I hope everyone is here this morning who is supposed to be here, because I have a very special message to share with you today. Do you think that everyone is here? (Wait for reply.) I think that there is someone missing. Can you think of someone who was here last Sunday who is not with us today? Wasn't there a boy with a red sweater and blonde hair who isn't here today? I can't remember. Let's see if I know everyone here! (Look at ...

4187. I Believe In Heaven

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Robert Allen

In 1816, Lord Byron wrote a narrative poem that has become a classic. The poem is titled, "The Prisoner of Chillon," and it is the story of a man incarcerated in the dungeon at the Castle of Chillon near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The prisoner was in a narrow, cramped dungeon cell for such a long time that he began to think of it as home. He made friends with the spiders, insects, and mice that shared his cell. They were all inmates of the same dungeon and he was monarch of each race. The years in the dark ...

4188. Jesus Christ, the Truth

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

Characters: Caiaphas - the High Priest; insistent, thinks he has Pilate where he wants him. Pilate - governor of Judea; an ambitious man, a just man, who struggles between his sense of justice and his political ambitions. Guard - typical Roman soldier. Claudia Procula - wife of Pilate; sensitive, caring, and very supportive of her husband. Ruth - a Jewess who serves as the handmaid of Claudia Procula. The scene opens with Caiaphas standing outside the communion rail, symbolic of his refusal to enter into a ...

4189. Why Must We Carry A Cross?

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

You might remember comedian Yakov Smirnoff. When he first came to the United States from Russia he was not prepared for the incredible variety of instant products available in American grocery stores. He says, "On my first shopping trip, I saw powdered milk you just add water, and you get milk. Then I saw powdered orange juice you just add water, and you get orange juice. And then I saw baby powder, and I thought to my self, What a country!" Smirnoff is joking but we make these assumptions about Christian ...

4190. It’s not what you know, but who you know!

John 1:19-28

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

In a dark room, pitch black except for the glaring light from the naked bulb of a small lamp set on a table, there are three men. One, bedraggled and covered with sweat, sits at the table, his face exposed to the light. Standing next to him are the two other men who move in and out of the light, sometimes shoving their faces right into the face of the man who is seated. No doubt you have watched enough television dramas to know what’s happening in that room. The man seated is being interrogated. "Where ...

4191. And On the Third Day...

John 2:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

The story of the wedding at Cana is one of the most famous stories in the Bible. It has been the basis of many sermons and numerous misinterpretations. In fact, there are so many good misinterpretations of the text, I am not sure which misinterpretation I like the best. I recall hearing a sermon based on this text. The preacher said, “In Cana, everybody was having a good time at the wedding banquet. There was a lot of music and dancing. It was a hot day. People got thirsty. They ran out of wine. Everybody ...

4192. The Hike (Alt. Version): A Drama about Youth and Commitment

Drama

Dave Marsh

Director's Notes: I was recently asked to write a drama for a youth group. I decided to take 'The Hike' and alter it since it seemed to fit so perfectly with their goals. The adult leadership of the group wanted to say that they were there for the teens. The drama is aimed at both the Christian and the non-Christian teen. To the Christian it says: We (the leadership) are going to work with you to continue to grow into a deeper relationship with our God. To the non-Christian it says: We are going to ...

4193. A Happy Ending

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Brett Blair

He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.” This is what we recite weekly in the Apostles’ Creed. But what do we really know about the Ascension. In the church we spend surprisingly little time on the events of Jesus life following the resurrection, particularly the Ascension. The ascension was that time when Jesus visibly departed from his disciples and came into the presence of God the Father. It represented the culmination of his earthly ministry. The ascension was ...

4194. The Christmas Promise: God With Us

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

G. K. Chesterton, the noted British poet and theologian, was a brilliant man who could think deep thoughts and express them well. However, he was also extremely absent-minded, and over the years he became rather notorious for getting lost. He would just absolutely forget where he was supposed to be and what he was supposed to be doing. On one such occasion, he sent a telegram to his wife which carried these words: “Honey, seems I’m lost again. Presently, I am at Market Harborough. Where ought I to be?” As ...

4195. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed Be Thy Name

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

An old, old story has a minister going from Sunday School class to Sunday School class one morning to meet with the students to see how their studies were going. He came into one first-grade group and began to question them as to what they had been learning. They had been studying about God and eagerly, the youngsters shared their knowledge. One little boy said God created the whole world and everything in it. A little girl said that God loves us very much. Another little girl said that God had a son named ...

4196. The Christ of the Commonplace

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Familiar story. Two travelers. Friends? Brothers? Husband and wife? We have no idea. Just Cleopas and whomever. Perhaps the reason one remains unidentified is to allow us to insert our own name into the story. Cleopas and David (or Cleopas and Debbie...or Connie or Jim or Jane or Bob or John), out on the road, home to Emmaus. This idea of inserting our own name into the story makes sense. They were just like us. They had the same concerns that have been common in every age - keeping body and soul together ...

4197. Be Careful How You Walk

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

A prosperous executive whose work required frequent travel decided to buy his own plane. He took flying lessons and was soon quite comfortable with his more convenient transportation. After a few years he decided to purchase a pontoon plane so he could fly back and forth from his beautiful summer home on the lake. On his first flight in his new plane, he forgetfully started to head for the airport landing strip, just as he had always done. Luckily, his wife was with him and when she saw what he was doing, ...

4198. Working For Love

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

According to Greek mythology, Sisyphus was once a cruel King of Corinth. And when he died, he was eternally condemned to push a giant boulder to the top of a steep hill. The closer he got to the top, the steeper the hill became, and the harder it was to push the boulder. Every time he had almost gotten the boulder to the top of the hill, he would lose control of it. It would roll over him and down to the bottom of the hill, where he would have to start all over again. On this Labor Day weekend I hope that ...

4199. The Bold And Beautiful

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

The Reverend John Brokhoff tells a great story about a major league baseball game that was stopped by a dog. It happened at a Kansas City Chiefs' game. A dog walked onto the playing field and wandered around. The game was stopped so that the dog could be removed. The umpires tried to shoo him off. The players yelled and hollered at him, "Get out, go home, you idiot dog." The dog by this time was thoroughly confused, ran here and there, and finally lay down on third base, refusing to move. A sports reporter ...

4200. Loved By The Father

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

Dan Jarrell was speaking at a FamilyLife Marriage Conference when a man came up and handed him a letter. The letter told of this man's lifelong desire to hear his father say, "I love you." His father had died in World War II, when this man was only three years old. His mother had often assured him of his father's love as he was growing up, but it didn't fill the void he felt. One day, this man, now 40 years old, was helping his mother move. She gave him an old Army picture of his father. The picture ...

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