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401. Who Is This?

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Let us pray: Gracious and eternal God, we come to you this day seeking to have your Holy Spirit lead us as we enter the week which is called "holy." May we in these moments deepen our faith and draw closer to Jesus as we reflect upon what he has done for us. In his precious name we pray. Amen. We have sung together "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" The words of this old and familiar hymn give us reason to pause and consider the meaning of Christ's sacrifice for us as he gave his all so that we ...

402. Love Transcending Law and Custom

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Joseph was in a bind! Mary, his betrothed, had become pregnant. Both law and custom were on his side. Joseph could have broken his vow to become her husband, thereby putting Mary to shame. Or, he could have divorced her quietly, thereby putting her in an untenable position. He could have charged her with infidelity, thus repudiating her and reducing her to a life of shame. While Joseph was trying to decide what to do, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said: "Joseph, Son of David, do not ...

403. Good Morning, Jerusalem!

Drama

Notes on the Service Set within the framework of an Easter morning worship celebration, the following drama script intends to bring to the worshiper’s mind the sound and style of a familiar weekday morning American network television news/talk program. Any steps which the worship planner(s) can take to create this atmosphere will add to the effectiveness of the presentation. Depending upon the physical arrangements in the chancel area, it might even be possible to set up a comfortable living room setting ...

404. We Know Exactly How You Feel, Jesus

Matthew 8:3, Luke 7:14, Luke 8:44

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

Oh, Christmas has come and gone, but its scent lingers: spiced cider, evergreen, bayberry candles, cookies baking, popcorn, ham and scalloped potatoes, chestnuts roasting, and hot chocolate. Christmas has come, and its scent lingers: the aroma of newspaper casually read by a crackling fire or the smell of a new book received as a gift; pungent chemicals of instant pictures developing, or tempera paint on a homemade gift; play- dough, silly putty, gift perfume or cologne, shoe polish applied generously for ...

405. The Spirit - For Me Too?

Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

"And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. Even upon the menservants and maidservants in those days, I will pour out my spirit." Did you know that about 400 years before Christ, God promised you the gift of the Holy Spirit? Did you receive it? St. Paul asked the Ephesian Christians, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit...?" They answered, "No, we have never ...

406. Old and New

Mk 2:22 · 2 Cor 5:17 · Is 43:19

Sermon

Robert Noblett

Something old, something new; Something borrowed, something blue. That’s what the old rhyme suggests every new bride ought to have on her person come the wedding day. We’re not going to spend any time talking about "borrowed" and "blue," but we do want to spend some time on "old" and "new." Those words have a way of cropping up more than just occasionally. Nearly every day we hear them used. They are used religiously. "As for me," says Carol, "you can give me that old-time religion." They are used ...

407. Converting the Converted

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lest sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go, saying, ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ " [Matthew 10:5-7] Have you ever wondered why, with a church on almost every corner in America, so much evil abounds? In a country with approximately 120 million church members, 98 million gamble, costing $5.1 billion per year. In a land where seventy-one percent of the ...

408. Something That Will Last Forever

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

One day a father was leaving his house on the way to the shopping center. His three-year-old daughter said, "Daddy, bring me something." He asked, "Honey, what do you want?" She thought for a moment and then said, "Bring me something that will last forever." Even at the tender age of three, she knew that many things are nice for a little while, but their appeal doesn't last. She wanted something with staying power. Don't we all? Jesus' words in our scripture for today are about investments, good ones and ...

409. Christmas Is Coming

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

James Bjorge

To an old man looking for the "consolation of Israel," Christmas would have been on that day when he stood in the temple and held the Christ-child in his arms. The old man’s name was Simeon. The good Book doesn’t tell much about him except that he was righteous and devout. But then if a man is characterized by those words, he must have lived well. As we approach the Christmas celebration, perhaps we can learn a few lessons from this old gentleman that will enhance the glow of the holidays. In fact, in a ...

410. An Identity Crisis

Sermon

James Bjorge

It all started like this: "Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:26-27). But Satan came ambling along one day and propositioned man. Man was flattered by his proposals and ...

411. Carrying the Message

John 20:19-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Kite, with HALLELUJAH or HE IS RISEN or GOD IS LOVE, etc. written on it. (You may want to purchase enough kites for everyone and just tell them what it will mean to you when you and others see them flying) Good morning, boys and girls. How are you on this wonderful Sunday morning? Isn't it great to know that Jesus is alive and near us and that when he died a long time ago he also came back to life to be with us today just like he was once with Peter and John! This morning I have something with me ...

412. No Retaliation

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

What do you do when a competitor puts out a false report about your product to the customers? Do you circulate a negative report about his product? When you are not included on someone's invitation list, what do you do? Cut that person off your invitation list? If someone calls you a racist, what's your reaction? Do you shout, "You're a bigger one!"? Honest answers to these questions reveal whether we are with or against Jesus in one of his most radical stands. He taught us never to retaliate, but instead ...

413. Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let us come together all who know God's mercy and grace! People: For we were lost and the Lord did not give up until we were found. Leader: Each of us in our own way has gone astray before the ways of the Lord. People: Our spirits were soiled and had no joy, yet the Lord washed us clean. Leader: God's mercy and grace are real! Let our hearts lift praise to God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You have seen every point in our lives where we have fallen short, yet ...

414. The Outcome of Easter Faith

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

Carl Hopkins Elmore once told of a Jewish rabbi who was so moved and disturbed by the maltreatment of his race in certain sections of the world that he sent this appeal to all Christendom on the eve of another Easter: I challenge the Christian world to measure itself by the standards of Christ. As long as any group is judged by its creed or color or country in place of its character, Christianity is a sacrilege rather than a sanctity. To this end I summon Christians everywhere to make this Easter to ...

415. A Reed Who Became a Rock

John 1:35-42

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

We have looked together at some of the favorite men of the Bible we have traveled through the Old Testament ... and in the last chapter, we entered into the New Testament in the person of John the Baptizer. Now we pass over the period of the life of Jesus: the coming of the promised Messiah ... the climax of God’s redeeming work ... the time of the Incarnation ... when God became man ... when the eternal entered time ... when the heavenly became earthly. Two of the twelve apostles of Jesus were chosen as ...

416. Gentle Light

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

Every pastor knows how difficult some converts become. In fact there is a phrase for this - "the zeal of a convert." Sometimes it’s hard to live with. The Corinthian Christians had written to the Apostle Paul concerning their controversies about a number of things. In their puritanical zeal, some church members, for example, were very disturbed because other church people did not hesitate to buy and eat the meat of animals which had been slaughtered for sacrifice on the altars of pagan gods. Was this not ...

417. Strengthened For Life

John 15:1-17

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

During these Lenten Sunday mornings we have been thinking together about some of the things which Jesus shared with his disciples on the last night of his earthly life. These teachings of our Lord are recorded for us in chapters 13 through 17 of John’s Gospel. If you will read these chapters carefully, you will find they contain everything that is most precious in our Christian heritage - every gift, every promise, every commandment, every warning, every spiritual resource that the living Christ gives to ...

418. Human Nature Revisited

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Roger Prescott

Introduction In this moving narrative we have several very effective character studies: King David, torn between losing a battle and losing his son; Absalom, the ambitious young man, caught by the "chances" of life; and "a certain man," a soldier of Joab’s, caught between loyalty to his King and loyalty to his commander. As parents, as leaders, as citizens of our country, we can all identify with the age-old dilemmas played out so powerfully in this account. When we look at the human situations described ...

419. Life After Life

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

An author writing in Vogue magazine says that he believes America’s loss of values, and her moral and ethical breakdown, arise from the fact that for the first time in history most of the people of America do not believe in life after death. When we lose our faith we lose our focus on a dependable structure of life. If life has no meaning, if it is going nowhere, then we can summarize history and the future, - "So What?" Eat, drink, and be merry - if you can! If life after death is not, I don’t want to ...

420. Twenty-First Century Reformation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

"So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed." (v. 36) On October 31, 1517, the eve of All-Saints’ Day, at high noon, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church at Wittenberg. (We acknowledge that some scholars consider the story to be a pious legend.) It is easy to over-dramatize the event, but one cannot be unmindful of those hammer blows which echoed around the world. The Reformation had begun! Precisely, what was Luther doing? Existentially, he was listing 95 reasons ...

421. The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

Have you ever heard someone describe something they are pleased with like this: "It's the greatest thing since sliced bread." That phrase is meaningless to most of us. Here's the rest of the story. The first electric toaster appeared in 1909. It toasted one side at a time and required constant vigilance: when the toast was done, you pulled the plug. The first automatic electric toaster was designed in 1919 by Charles Strite, a man sick and tired of burned toast. Americans were skeptical at first about ...

422. Follow that Dream

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

In 1872, at the age of 16, Booker T. Washington decided he wanted to go to school. For a boy, born a slave to a plantation cook in Virginia, who had no idea who his white father was, this was a huge step. He decided that he would enter the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia. With nothing more than a small satchel of clothing, he started walking from Malden, West Virginia, 500 miles away. Eventually he made it to Richmond, about eighty miles from his destination. He worked there for a few days unloading ...

423. The Way Life Ought To Be

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

We all love happy endings. We like to see life work out. There is a story about Hollywood producer Sam Goldwyn. He once listened to director Billy Wilder describe in detail the true life story of a famous artist. Wilder thought it would make a great movie. "Does it end happy?" Goldwyn wanted to know. "Well," said Wilder, "it winds up with the guy in an insane asylum thinking he's a horse." Goldwyn threw Wilder out the door. But Wilder wasn't discouraged. He poked his head back in and said, "Okay, how about ...

424. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

I believe you will agree with me that this is one election season that all of us will be happy to see come to an end. One of the candidates for president . . . I won’t say which one . . . was campaigning in West Virginia recently. Some of the coal miners were not real happy about it when the candidate asked for their vote. “Vote for you?” one of them jeered. “Why, I’d sooner vote for the Devil!” “Fair enough!” called out the candidate, “But in the event that your friend doesn’t run, may I have your ...

425. Confused But Not Forgotten

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

King Duncan

Father's Day "Can we go, Dad? Can we go?" Young Richard was excited about a Cub Scout camp-out that required the attendance of his father. Richard, Sr. thought about all the times his son had asked on other occasions, "Are you working tonight, Dad?" "Far too often," his father reflected, "I offered some lame excuse instead of pitching ball or shooting baskets or just sitting and talking." He promised himself that the next time he would agree to do whatever his son asked him to do. "You bet we'll go!" he ...

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