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4376. Questions

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

John Jamison

... to teach them anything?" But moving to Capernaum wasn't the only question. What would he preach once he was there? He had attended school at the synagogue and had studied the law and the prophets. He had listened to John's message and agreed that it had to be continued. He was prepared to pick up John's words and add to them what only God's own Son could add to them. But when John's voice was actually silenced in that prison cell, and Jesus was actually handed the keys, I wonder if he wondered, "Can I do ...

4377. The True Story of The Magi (Old Title: Just The Facts)

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

John Jamison

... was not as old as Melchior. He presented the gift of myrrh. The youngest of the three was Casper, who had no beard yet, but did present the gift of frankincense to the baby. Yet another legend goes on to tell us that after seeing the baby, the three continued traveling as far as Spain, telling the world the good news about what they had seen. These stories bring the wise men a little more to life, and add some color to the meaning of Christmas. They can also get in the way. The problem with legends is that ...

4378. Watching The Eyes

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... . But as I say the words of baptism I still look into their eyes. I am still not too sure just who they will become. Could they be a healer? Could they be one who will sit beside the bed of a dying old man in the nursing home and continue to give hope? Could they be the Christ? I really do want to recognize him when he comes. And he will come. And you know, it has gone beyond baptism now. I find myself looking into eyes in some of the strangest places. The old man walking in the snow ...

4379. Love Without Demand

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

Sims Robert

... spoken to her. He simply trusted in what he could say with his actions. Finally, one day he softly spoke her name -- Jane. Her hands paused, her head came up slowly, and with timid caution she looked at him, the first person she had looked at for months. As he continued to visit with her, the lump of clay became a bond between them. One day she became angry because she could not mold the clay into the shape she wanted. She slammed it to the table and hit it with her fist. The artist smiled and put his hand ...

4380. Chosen By God

Ruth 4:1-12

Sermon

Sims Robert

... who were called to a disturbance on the street. A young man was waving a gun in the air. People were hiding behind cars or wherever they could. The policemen took cover and shouted to the young man, “Put down the gun, put it down.” The young man continued to wave the gun in the air. They tried again, “Put down the gun.” The young man ignored their command and pointed the gun straight at one of the policemen. In a reflex action the policeman shot and killed him. They later discovered that the gun was ...

4381. On The Night He Was Betrayed

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Erskine White

... is done to the cause of Christ by Christians who don't practice their faith or are tragically confused about its content, than is ever done by non-Christians bent on destroying the church from the outside. This pattern of "insider" betrayal began with Judas and continues to this day. That is why all of us must ask the question tonight: "Is it I, Lord; is it I?" Jesus also took time on this Maundy Thursday night to wash His disciples' feet - a ritual which many churches are also performing tonight. Jesus ...

4382. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... of the vital signs of the alive Body of Christ of Easter. He is alive and active and comes after us. Even when we don’t want to be chosen, even when we hide behind our skirts of littleness and say, “Who, me?” he pursues us and continues the initiative. If God died on that cross after saying, “It is finished,” then we don’t need to worry about his coming after us today and choosing us for certain privileges and responsibilities. But, if he cracked wide the tomb door and sprang out of death’s ...

4383. Teenage Death Due to Drinking and Driving

Job 3:1-26

Eulogy

Carl B. Rife

... , to pay tribute, to take time to remember Tina, who has touched our lives to varying degrees. We show our respect and affection in these moments for a loving and lovable girl with a winning smile who has walked among us, and who, although now claimed by death, will continue to be a part of our minds and spirits. We also come to express our feelings to those who most deeply mourn. If there were any way we could take on some of your pain, your loss, your suffering, we would do so. There aren't many adequate ...

4384. For an Eighty-year-old Man

Acts 1:1-11

Eulogy

Harold Warlick

... , these words: "Son, if you are ever at the ball field and I don't come to pick you up, you walk to the Gulf station and Mr. Ring will see that you get home." Think about that! Where else in this world could a family find a continuity of security, love, and assurance for fifty-eight years? Eck Ring was a witness to that which our society must have for a quality of life. All those principles and precepts about love and service that Jesus Christ talked about so earnestly, Eck was a witness for. For the ...

4385. For a Thirty-three-year-old Cancer Victim

Matthew 13:24-30

Eulogy

Harold Warlick

... a field. Here is this body, this person, who marries a wonderful girl, has two fine children and loves physical activity. He plays basketball at Andrews; he loves stoc_esermonskcar racing; he plays golf; he enjoys the outdoors. A good seed has been planted. Jesus continued, "But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away." That which is imperfect and diseased gets into this situation and it, too, begins to grow. So as the crop grows, the disease grows as well ...

4386. Athanasius Faithful Teacher

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... to protect Athanasius, to remove him from these Arian opponents and thus save his life? We just don’t know for sure. In any case, this was only the first of five exiles that Athanasius would be subjected to in his life. While in Gaul Athanasius continued his practice of writing an annual Easter letter to the Egyptian churches. Here are some excerpts: Reader 2: “It is true that I have been hindered by those hardships that you have probably heard about, and several trials have been laid upon me. And we ...

4387. Bartolome’ de Las Casas Protector Of The Indians

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... very strongly agreed with Las Casas, and they sent him back to America with the title, “Universal Protector of the Indians.” His title meant nothing to the Spanish conquistadors back in America. Las Casas found his ministry among the native people continually frustrated by the oppression under which they were forced to live. Many of the natives believed that the Spaniards worshiped gold as their god; and, in light of the first commandment, their assumption was probably correct. One native of Nicaragua ...

4388. From Rooftop to Valley and to Heaven Again!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... well-known hymn holds before us the ideal: We share our mutual woes, our mutual burdens bear, and often for each other flows the sympathizing tear. Wouldn't the church be a much greater power in the lives of people if we could admit to one another, "I am a continual liar; I am a jealous husband; I am an alcoholic; I am a cleptomaniac; I am foul with my mouth; I am rude to my children; I am selfish with my money. I have cheated, stolen, and I hate my job. I hate myself for all this. I want to ...

4389. Jerusalem: City for All Time

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... interest in the city is that it was the center of the life of Jesus Christ. It is the scene of the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus. It is the place that God had chosen to work out his redemption. That's why Christian pilgrims have gone, and continue to go there. It is not the sites in the life of Jesus, however, that make Jerusalem a prayer, but what happened at those sites. The meanings of those experiences in the life of our Lord are for all time, and they become our prayer. It was Jesus who ...

4390. The Burning Bush Within Us

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... and San Jose. It is about God calling us by name, his compassion for our suffering, his daily call to love, his every-moment offer of abiding presence. Our God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of Moses, the God incarnate in Jesus Christ -- this same God continues to speak, to know and care, to call us to love and be with us. But if we are to make full use of God’s gracious acts, we, like Moses, must turn aside, draw near; we must listen, we must share our pain, we must respond to God’s ...

4391. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... sibling rival forever. So when Jacob lies down to take his rest, it is not after he has attended vespers or said his prayers -- except maybe prayers for protection. Jacob is little more than a fugitive on the run, stopping to get enough sleep to continue his journey. Jacob pauses for sleep, but what he receives will be far more refreshing, far more empowering, far more advantageous than a restful slumber. He receives an encounter with God: a vision of a ladder or “ramp” and a speech from God that renews ...

4392. Perfect Strangers

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... too busy or have become satisfied with the friends we have. Or maybe we think we don’t need to be a friend; we already have friends. But we of the church are called to be ‘‘perfect strangers,” to welcome those we don’t know and to continue to nurture those we do know. Why be perfect strangers? Because no one wants to stay a stranger forever. Everyone wants to belong. We can help make that experience possible. Some of the words to the theme song of “Cheers” make more sense as a description of a ...

4393. Spirit Full Or Foul?

Deuteronomy 4:32-40

Sermon

Justin Tull

... of Deuteronomy is urging the Hebrews to accept the overwhelming evidence that God has indeed saved them, that there is no other god and that they owe no less than obedience to him. But the book of Deuteronomy offers only the first act of our play. The New Testament continues God’s drama. Here we also ask if any have seen God act. Here we again ask if there are any other gods. Here we ask if God deserves any less than full obedience. The story of the New Testament does not read like the book of Deuteronomy ...

4394. Waiting upon the Lord

Luke 3:1-20

Bulletin Aid

William E. Keeney

... merciful Lord, through the prophets of old and through the words of Christ and the Scriptures, You call us to live that love You first extended to us so that all may see it in us. Praise You, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, as we continue our journey toward Christmas, we are so aware, there is much in the world to deafen our ears to the sound of angel anthems or to blind our eyes to the star that would guide us to the manger. Lord, forgive us when we let the world distract us from ...

4395. Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... so pure and so beautiful. I shall never forget it. It was like being in the presence of an angel. It changed my life. I have not been the same person since. It is more than I can describe." By the way, after Malcolm Muggeridge made those comments, Mother Teresa continued to serve in that sacrificial way until the end of her life nearly twenty-seven more years. Obviously, we can't all be Mother Teresa, but we can all live in that spirit. In our own ways, we can all learn to give. It has been called the story ...

4396. Praise God!

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... is the book of worship of a faithful community who shares her pain and sorrow in light of the one true living God. The psalms contain the whole range of human emotions, but in all of those emotions they praise God. No matter what, we are a part of a continuing relationship with God, the psalmists say, and we come into gatherings such as this to share with one another our joy and grief, our pain and hope, our praise of the Creator and Sustainer of us all. And so today, we come to say good-bye to God's child ...

4397. Recollections of Enoch, A Jewish Captive In Babylon

Isaiah 12:1-6

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... have done? I could not have resisted them. I could only have killed myself, and then I would not have been able to do anything whatever for Rebekah. As it was, I began the process of her burial just as soon as she had died, and I was ready to continue on when the caravan started moving again the next morning. I didn't care then whether I lived or died, except that it somehow seemed to be important to my son, Nathan, and his wife and their children for me to remain alive, and stay with them as we drew ...

4398. Abounding Love

Philippians 1:9

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... fuller? (response) What would happen if I were to pour more water into the cup? (response) Look at the children and begin to pour the water into the glass. Let the water spill out over the edge of the glass into the pan. While you are pouring continue to ask the children what would happen if you poured more water into the cup. This should create some laughing and some squeals. Oops. What happened? (response) Yes, it appears that I poured more water than the glass would hold. But wait a minute. Didn't you ...

4399. God Became Human

John 1:1-18

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... Jesus. You see Jesus is actually millions and millions of years old -- just a little older than your dad -- and he lived in heaven. How many is a million? Hold up five fingers: This many? (response) Hold up ten fingers: This many? (response) Hold up your toes and continue the questioning by having them hold up their fingers and then their toes. Observing all the toes and fingers: Look at how many Jesus is. You see, he's older than the stars because he is God and he lived in heaven. But, then he decided to ...

4400. Holding Fast

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate the necessity of continually believing the gospel. Props: A rope. Lesson: How many of you are swimmers? (response) Good. Some of you can swim, and some of you will learn how one day. It's good to be in the water and to have fun when it is hot outside, isn't it? But ...

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