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4301. Perfect Strangers

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... concerning illegal aliens are very complex. I realize that strangers can and do pose an economic threat to people of a country or state. But I also know this personally: Patricia cannot be a stranger to me any longer. For her I want a good life. For her and her family I want a chance for survival. I observe her hard work. I sense her good character. I welcome her now as a friend. The motives of the Pharaoh are understandable but they are not commendable. The concern of the Egyptians for their own well ...

4302. Recollections of Abdul, Camel Boy for An Eastern Potentate

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... chief servant led us, and sure enough, we stopped at a stable! It seemed to be the stable of a little inn. The day was fair and rather warm for winter, and at the stable door a young mother was sitting, holding a very small baby in her arms, apparently wanting him to enjoy the fresh air. I thought it was a peculiar place to give a baby air, until I realized that the mother and her baby apparently were living in the stable itself. Of course, you can imagine any outdoor air was better air by far than the air ...

4303. 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 ...

4304. The Shortest Distance Between Two Points

Luke 3:5

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... three or four landmarks on the four corners of the map from which various teams can start. The museum, the park, and the McDonald's are other possibilities. This is not a race. You are letting them carefully and exactly trace the paths between the church and the landmarks. I want you to take this marker and follow the streets drawing a path from the zoo to the church. A majority of time may be spent here. When they are done: Show me how to get to the zoo. It really took a lot of twists and turns to get to ...

4305. I'll Do Better Next Time

Luke 13:1-9

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ? (response) When we fight and say bad things, our lives are all mixed up hold up the drawing like my picture. We need to do better. I want you to know that God loves us all and is patient with us. And when we fight and act ugly, he is waiting for you and me ... I will remember to put the roof and the sun and the little stick person in the right places next time. And I want you to remember not to fight with one another, not to be ugly, and to do as God asks: to love one another. Let's Pray: Father, we ...

4306. A Tempting Offer

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... us to stay away from temptations. We need to stay away from temptations like being mean to people even when they are mean to us. Or if someone is breaking the rules at school and wants us to join along, we need to do what? (response) Right, we need to walk away and not do that. So you see, we might want to do something, but it may not be the best thing to do. You need to listen to your mom and dad who know best. No matter how disappointed you may be, remember, your parents are wise, and God is even ...

4307. I Doubt It!

John 20:24-31

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... object could be used rather than a talent. Lesson: Good morning. (response) I have a talent that none of you know about. Do you want to know what my talent is? (response) I don't think you are going to believe me, but I can juggle. (response) As you say ... it? (response) Now ask if they believe. Now do you believe I can do it? (response) You still don't believe that I can juggle? I want you to turn around and cover your eyes again. I am going to do it one more time. Perform the talent a second time. Okay, you ...

4308. You Have to Work At It

John 21:15-25

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... for you this morning, "Do you love your mom and dad?" (response) Get as many children to answer as possible. If you love them, I want you to go to them and hug them and come right back. If your mom or dad is not here, then go hug the person ... here. As the children return and are getting settled: I have another question for you, "Do you truly love your mom and dad?" (response) Then, I want you to go to them and hug them and come right back. If they pause and look at you a bit dumb-founded, urge them on ...

4309. No More Tears

Revelation 7:17

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... they use baby shampoo? (response) Because if baby shampoo gets in your eyes, it doesn't sting and make you cry. We don't want people to cry, do we? Have you ever cried? (response) I think we all have cried before. When you cried, did your mom or ... it to the cheek. Why do you think that God will wipe our tears away? (response) Just like our parents, he loves us and doesn't want us to feel pain. So always remember that, though sometimes on earth there is sadness, one day we will see God, and there will be no ...

4310. Charity and the Great Adventure

Gen 1 & 2:4-25

Children's Sermon

Louise Ulmer

... a great crystal sea. They saw a boat waiting to take them to the island. The king saw Charity tremble. "I'm afraid." she said. "I want to go, but I'll miss you. How will I know you're watching over me?" "Trust me," said the king. He picked up the ... but there is only one real danger. You must never forget me and your home here. You must not fall in love with the island and want to stay there. Your home is with me because I love you." "When can we come home?" asked Charity. "When your adventure is ended, I will ...

4311. Bold Talk Of Faith

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... Job, too, trusted that God would not break faith with anyone who called out to him. Job not only believed that God was approachable, he wanted to see him. One might have expected him to turn his back on God, the way it seemed God had turned his back on ... faith. God doesn't deal with us as we deserve, but as he chooses. God doesn't give us what he owes, but what he wants to give us. One commentator on Job wrote, "The questioner scans the heavens and finds the supposed throne of mercy without an occupant."5 But ...

4312. Step Three - Faith

Mt 8:5-13 · Heb 11:1-7 · Is 55:6-9

Sermon

John A. Terry

... entire field of theological thought. I reviewed all my class notes. I even resorted to prayer. But neither the study nor the prayer prepared me for the only question on that final exam. The question went something like this: A man was having trouble in his life and wanted strength to face it. But he found it impossible to pray to a God whom he could not see, so he asked a friend what to do. The friend advised him that if he could not envision an all powerful though invisible God, he should picture in his ...

4313. God's Unshakable Kingdom

Hebrews 12:28

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... . With each item have them arrive at the same conclusion: These things can be shaken due to their size. Now I want all of you to stand up and shake something. Come with me. If it is feasible, lead them over to the wall of the church. If not ... , and powerful nothing can move it. And because it is so big, we do not need to be afraid of anything. We can live just like God wants us to because we trust in something that will not and cannot be shaken. The church will always be here for us, because God will always be ...

4314. Stick-to-it-tiveness

Luke 18:1-8

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... . Lesson: Good morning! (response) What is this I have in my hand? (a guitar) That's right. Does anyone know how to play the guitar? (response) Point to one of the strings: Do you know what string this is? (response) Pluck the string so that it sounds out. Do you want to know what string this is? (yes) Well, you will have to ask someone else because I have no idea. I wish I knew a little bit more about the guitar. Pause and look at the instrument. It's a beautiful thing, isn't it? How can I learn to ...

4315. Increasing Love

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... show you something this morning that I have brought with me. I believe that you will like what I have brought. Do you want to know what it is? (response) It's balloons -- beautiful, different colored, balloons! Do you want to see them? (response) Of course you do! Who wouldn't want to see balloons? I have them here in my box. Are you ready? (response) Here goes! Carefully open the box and act as if the balloons are going to fly out. After opening the box, look inside. There they are, my beautiful balloons ...

4316. Do What Is Right

2 Thessalonians 3:13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... him to come on, but he went ahead anyway." The mother said, "Why did you tell him to come on when he saw the dog and wanted to help it?" Joe said, "Because I just didn't feel like it." So the mother said, "Well then, only John gets a piece of candy ... Paul said that we should never ever get tired of doing good things. And he said that people shouldn't get rewarded if they don't want to help do good things. You see, Jesus gave everything because he loves us. Jesus was so good to us, and he never got tired of ...

4317. Repent Your Way To A Merry Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... condense all I feel about life and love into a few precious words what would I say? I would have no time for trivia. I would not be concerned about economics, politics, the weather, the size of house or the type of car. At such a time I would want to dwell on the profundities, on what life was all about and what things were absolutely essential. John in the desert was in the great tradition of the Hebrew prophets. He was aware that time was running out. In his burning message he had no time for peripheral ...

4318. Life on the Roller Coaster

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Jesus said. "Get on this new thrill ride with me. There will be many dangerous twists and turns in the tracks, but I promise you it will never be dull. It will mean putting someone other than yourself first, being concerned not so much with what YOU want, but what God wants for you. It won’t be easy and sometimes it won’t much fun, but it will never be boring." In one of my seminary classes, we discussed a question put forth by a Latin American theologian named Jon Sobrino. The question he asked blew a ...

4319. I Hate To Rain On Your Parade, But

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... be alone with them to talk. I know that it had to be hard for Jesus to talk about his own death, but he wanted his disciples to understand what was going to happen. Whenever I visit people who are in failing health, due to age or perhaps a ... played at your funeral? Is there a passage of scripture you would like for me to read at your funeral? Do you have a favorite poem you want someone to read at your funeral?" I feel the need to ask those kind of questions sometimes. But I usually don’t ask them. It just ...

4320. Monday Morning Faith

Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... �THEY are on the outside, and we’ll pray for them. But don’t think that only church people play this game. Today’s self-righteous people may not be those folks in the church who pray like the pompous Pharisee Jesus talked about, who prayed, "God, I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart that I’m so much better than everybody else." No; today’s self-righteous people may be more like those who don’t come to church but stand outside and pray, "God – if there really is a God – I may ...

4321. Nothing Difficult Is Ever Easy

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... for a long time now. It just didn’t seem that important to me, I guess. I couldn’t fit it in to my busy schedule. But now I want to come back. I feel like something is missing in my life, and I think I know what it is. So I’ve been visiting around at some of ... to remember in our relationship with God? We said earlier that different folks might have different perspectives on that. But I want you to notice that the text does not indicate that Jesus took even a moment to think about the question before ...

4322. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... poor, timid, one-talent servant? Why wasn’t it the five-talent servant who hid his money? He certainly had a lot more to lose, after all. A talent was a lot of money, and he had FIVE of them! You see, Jesus - true to life, as usual - wants to point out the responsibility of ordinary people. That’s what most of us are, you know? And I certainly don’t mean that as a put-down. For every five-talent person, there are HUNDREDS of ordinary, one-talent people. This is Jesus’ way of reminding us ordinary ...

4323. Holy Arithmetic!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... church doctrine, the teachings that have been handed down from generation to generation, we’re tempted to look for easy explanations. We want neat little analogies that will clear up all confusion, settle the issue once and for all, and allow us to move on ... of the Trinity occurred to me. I don’t know if the learned theologians of our day will agree with this analogy (more likely they will want to burn me for it), but let me run it by you and see if it helps you to understand the Trinity any better than ...

4324. Epiphanies and Training Wheels

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Oh, I don’t need anything," he said. "One of your church members invited me to come for the fish fry, and I just wanted to meet you." He introduced himself and we shook hands. I asked if he attended church anywhere on a regular basis (no dancing around ... a Savior who ALWAYS blesses, ALWAYS affirms, ALWAYS embraces us just as we are, without one plea. When your children have everything they want, much less everything they need, you don’t need much of a Savior, do you? After all, you’ve already got just ...

4325. What You See Is What You Get

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... , these conditions, maybe even to the point that I won’t have to take medication for them any more. And I like that prospect. I don’t like to take medicine, even Tylenol. Maybe that’s why I have such difficulty remembering to take it. At any rate, I really want to feel as young as many of you have told me I look, and in order to accomplish that, I have to make some changes, both in my eating habits and in my activity level. Of course, physical well being is only part of the picture. I am a firm ...

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