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401. The Voices Of Christmas

Drama

Jerry Nordstrom

... WIFE: Oh! This house is a mess! There isn’t a flat surface left anywhere! Maybe if I were one of those housewives who stayed home all day, I could bake and clean and have a pretty house for Christmas, too! SHOPPER: What do you mean they’re fully ... only got the card today! And what’s more, he’s bringing his girlfriend! CORPORATION MAN: Maybe he’s old enough to stay alone. HOMEMAKER: Did you notice how Madge hinted around for my caramel Christmas nut ball recipe? She’ll never get it. SPORTSMAN ...

402. Going over the Obvious

Illustration

John Galloway

... are often afraid to tell old stories, or share what we think people have already heard, and so we keep quiet. Then, Christians we thought were sure of their faith drift away and we discover too late that we should have been witnessing to them all along. We don’t stay Christian by hearing only new and excitingly different ideas. We stay Christian by feeding on the meat and potatoes of faith.

403. Coming Down The Mountain

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... abruptly. I know that for me it has happened sometimes after a particularly fine and moving worship service that I want to savor for a while, that someone has greeted me with some need that I must attend to, or a complaint that I must hear. We want to stay a bit longer in our enjoyment of a meaningful moment, but the needs of the world await us. The needs of the world that awaited Jesus and his disciples were focused in a father who had brought his young son to be healed. I remember seeing an artist’s ...

404. God’s Great Promise To Sarah!

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... John 1:14). So we see in this powerful story the faithfulness of God and the power of God’s promises. Faith in these promises made a difference! Back to the theme that is holding these sermons together - Sarah and Abraham did not stay the way they were! We don’t have to stay locked into old stereotypes concerning women. One of my favorite stories coming out of the equality movement for women is this one: "Adam and Eve got thrown out of the garden and Eve had to enter the job market. The next big break ...

405. The Church Reaches Out!

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... Yes, the baptisms of a Gentile named Cornelius and a black man of African heritage are tremendous turning points in the history of our church. It shows the power of the gospel bringing down walls that separate people. Under the power of the gospel people don’t stay the way they are. Yes, these great stories in the book of Acts reveal the power of the gospel, enabling a young church to reach out. In this "reaching out power" we see the beginning of the fulfillment of that great promise made at the birthday ...

406. The King's Reception (What Are You Wearing to the Wedding?)

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Brett Blair

... words. But if they had listened to the story closely they would have heard the part about the guy who came to the reception without the proper attire and was consequently thrown out. The doors are open to all, but king reserves the right to choose who can stay. I believe Jesus was warning us that we must be properly prepared. You see this story was not unfamiliar to Jesus’ listeners. There was a story during Jesus' day that was told by Rabbis and it went like this: There was king who invited his guest to ...

407. A Dead Man in a Witch’s Cave

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... back whomever he pleases ... whenever he desires ... to wherever he wishes. The so-called "mediums" do have contact with another world. But they do not really reach those who have gone beyond. They contact demons, who impersonate the dead. The Bible tells us to stay away from such practice of the occult. There is no question what the Scriptures teach. Sorcery is strictly forbidden (Leviticus 19:31; 20:6, 27; Deuteronomy 18:10-12). When we start to play around with the weird and the unworldly, we are headed ...

408. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... he began, "was extremely rich, with many flocks and herds, many sheep and cattle, many goats and camels, many material possessions. He had all that a man would want. "The other man had nothing - nothing but one little lamb, a ewe lamb that was part of the family, stayed in the house, played with the children, was a beloved pet. "When a stranger came to the rich man’s home," Nathan continued, "instead of taking a lamb from his own flocks, he took the one little ewe lamb from the poor man and prepared it as ...

409. A Tempting and Lonely Place

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

Thomas Long

... Like most real temptations, this one hardly seems like a temptation, but in this apparently innocent sentence there was a deep enticement to betrayal. "Everyone is searching for you," said Peter. In other words, come back. Come back to Capernaum and stay, stay where you healed the sick and astonished people with your preaching. People love and admire you there. Come back. Let your ministry end where it began. Become Capernaum’s local wonder worker, their private priest. Everyone is searching for you. Come ...

410. You Don’t Really Feel That Way

Job 6:1-7:21

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... her problem she closed and locked the doors to the house and shut herself in a room. She had made up her mind that she was going to stay there until she worked through her problem and came to a resolution. In the course of the day, she came to see that there was no way ... her situation she laid claim on a new life. In due time her husband actually did reform, and he began to beg her to stay home. She refused. In time he promised her a new car if she would not take her annual trip out of state. Wisely, she ...

411. It’s as Simple as That

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... since that day, as we work out for the world the meaning of John’s announcement. We may be sorely tempted to stop our journeys after we have crossed into a new estate. After all, life is transfigured from the old to something new and marvelous. Why not stay there in wonder and bliss? We are, indeed, sorely tempted to remain on the other side of the river. But if we were to, the deeper meanings of the experience would be lost to us. We would miss the two most important parts of the event: the continuation ...

412. BECAUSE HE LOVES ME

Drama

Gary C. Bratz

... she gave birth to her first Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger - there was no room for them to stay in the inn." THE SONG: "Away in a Manger" Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His ... cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes. I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky, And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. Pastor: It wasn’t a comfortable hospital or even a nice house where Jesus was born, It ...

413. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the next morning, we would begin the day by sailing across the lake. Every day was a new and exciting experience. I wish it could have stayed that way. It didn’t. Of course, all of the people did not like Jesus. Some of them were so angry with him that they ... Jesus was going to be King as he said he was going to be, then he would have to change. But he didn’t change. He stayed poor, he lived with the poor, and he talked about love instead of power. Finally, I could stand it no longer. I heard that some of ...

414. Francis of Assisi

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... when I’m trying to recover from a hard week at the office. Some of them even have the nerve to bother me on Sunday morning. PROTAGONIST: What are you doing at home on Sunday mornings? ANTAGONIST: Well ... I think I was sick a time or two. I just stayed home. PROTAGONIST: I’ve noticed there are a lot of sickly types in my neighborhood. It’s all they can do to drag themselves out to cut the lawn and get the Sunday newspaper. I see a lot of them while we’re driving to church. ANTAGONIST: Anyway, what ...

415. That Carpenter Is God

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have. If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies. Nadine Stair, 85 years old Louisville, KY That is all true enough, but the larger truth is that if I had my life to live over ...

416. Right Next Door

Mark 12:28-34

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... THE PAPER FROM HIS HANDS) You will talk to me! STAN: (CLENCHING HIS FIST AND DRAWING IT BACK) Don't make me hit you! CHLOE: (DEFIANTLY, BUT STAYING OUT OF HIS REACH) What's new, huh, Stan? What's new? Go ahead, hit me. Hit me. If you hit me at least I know ... aren't jealous, are you? No, it's not jealousy. It's something else. But what? STAN: I've got to go. CHLOE: Oh, no! You stay! You stay and talk this out. Now, what is it? It's not jealousy. No. It can't be. I never gave you cause to be jealous. (PAUSE) ...

417. Why Prophets Get Under Our Skin

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... are always getting under our skin. Why is that? I For one thing, they criticize our background. In 1970, my wife and I went to Australia, where we stayed for about three weeks. The magnet that drew us there was a World Church Convention as well as our interest in the country itself. We stayed in hotels in some places. But at other times we were privileged to stay with Australian citizens in their homes. And while in their homes, there was one thing we didn't do; we didn't inquire into their background. And ...

418. A Secret Is Finally Revealed

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Sammy, breathing straight in Sammy’s face. Four days later Sammy Adams was dead from the virulent infection. With some indignation, Dr. A. J. Cronin wrote a letter to his neighbor Henry Adams urging him to get rid of Paul. Six months later Dr. Cronin returned from a stay in California and visited Henry Adams. As he approached the yard, he thought he was seeing ghosts. There in the garden was the familiar sight of a man and a boy working side by side. When he got closer he saw that the boy was Paul. “You ...

419. Taking the Sting Out of Death

1 Chronicles 15:1-16:6

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... world is frightening. But as the child grows and feels accepted by the mother around the child, it begins to love life and to love this world. Time passes. And he becomes middle-aged. And perhaps, an old man. The thought comes to him, “I want to stay here. I’m fed. I’m loved. I don’t want to go from certainty to uncertainty, from security to insecurity.” But this time, asserts the Christian, there is a difference. Someone outside this womb of our existence has actually come into the world with us ...

420. At The Potter's House

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... with us. We may not be perfect, but we’re not all bad. So I wish Jeremiah would shut up. And I wish he’d stay away from the potter’s house. You should see him down there. He is telling anyone who will listen that God is just like the ... the potter work and have a good time. Now we’re also preached at. Still, I keep going back down there. I just can’t stay away. I guess I’m just fascinated by what the potter does with the clay, the infinite variations, the beauty he can create. Maybe Jeremiah ...

421. Peace Please

Drama

Dave Marsh

... for her to leave and starts counting on his fingers). Okay, the first thing I’m gonna do is get a police background check on Adam. Second, I’m gonna follow them to that concert. Better yet, I’m gonna be in the trunk. Okay, stay calm. Stay calm! I’M NOT STAYING CALM! We’ll move! We’ll move to the outback somewhere where there are no boys! We’ll be hermits or monks or something! Kaitlin: (enters) Daddy? Dave: (looks up) Oh… hi honey. Daddy’s just playing make believe. Heh heh. What’s up ...

422. A Wonderful Mother (In-Law)

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... picture that is different than one we might expect of a mother-in-law. At least in popular mythology, the only thing evident among in-laws is an apparent LACK of concern. How many times have in-laws been informed that a certain relative-by-marriage is coming to stay for awhile with resulting moans and groans all over the house? It happens all the time. There is no real concern there for the welfare of the one who is coming to visit; the only concern is SELF-concern. But Naomi was not like that. That is why ...

423. Welcoming Jesus

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... soon realizes a predicament - he has no money, the rest of the group is still hours away, he needs food and a place to stay. The hospital staff suggest the local shelter for the night. He calls home again. Dad goes ballistic. He calls the hospital, gives his ... 't have anything against homeless people. I've done my service projects for church at the shelter at home, but I don't need to stay with them or have them sleeping near me. Yuck!" What do you think? I do not mean to pick on someone who is certainly a ...

424. The Birdies

Luke 18:15-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ." Lloyd says his wife nearly collapsed upon hearing this, for she had indeed gone and knelt beside Brian's body and seeing his crushed chest and unrecognizable features, knowing he was already dead, she looked up around her and whispered, "Don't leave us Brian, please stay if you can." As she listened to Brian telling her the words she had spoken, she realized that the spirit had left his body and was looking down from above on this little lifeless form. "Then what happened?" she asked. "We went on a trip ...

425. East of Easter

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... please?" You see, they had begun to get a glimpse of life East of Easter, a life where evil does not win the world, a life where pain does not overwhelm existence, a life that even death cannot end. No wonder they wanted him to stay. In the King James Version of the Bible, the invitation of the two travelers reads, "Abide with us; for it is toward evening and the day is far spent," words which were the inspiration for that beloved hymn, "Abide with me/Fast falls the eventide." The hymn was written by ...

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