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4376. Imitating Goodness

1 Corinthians 4:16

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... Jesus as his role model. Today I want you to think of ways to imitate Jesus. When you are about to eat, imitate Jesus. When you see someone feeling bad, imitate Jesus. When you are having a good time, imitate Jesus. When someone gives something to you as a gift, imitate Jesus. When someone asks you to share your toys, imitate Jesus. And after a while you will begin to be more like Jesus. And that will make God happy. Let's Pray: Dear God, help us to imitate Jesus in everything we do, so that our lives may ...

4377. O Christmas Tree

Gn 1:1-5 · Jn 1:1-5

Children's Sermon

Dale Bringman

Object: A small pine tree Lesson: Here it comes again: Christmas! No other time is quite like it. So much fun! So much to do! So much to look forward to! There are cards to be sent, gifts to be bought and wrapped, decorations to be put up. Many of us have favorite decorations - a wooden choir boy Daddy painted or a cloth hanging that Mother made. This morning I've brought a decoration all of us enjoy each Christmas season. It's a small pine tree, a ...

4378. O Christmas Tree

Lk 2:1-7 · Mt 1:18-25

Children's Sermon

Dale Bringman

... to send Jesus, even though Jesus would have to die. When we see red balls at Christmas, we know it wasn't easy for Jesus to do all he did to be our Savior. That makes us love Jesus more than ever and helps us understand what Christmas, God's gift of himself, really means. Prayer: Dear God, thank you for loving us so much that you sent Jesus, even though you knew he would have to die to save us.

4379. Charity and the Great Adventure

Gen 1 & 2:4-25

Children's Sermon

Louise Ulmer

... and the sunset. You will hear me in the drums of thunder and in the bird's songs. You will find me in all things good and beautiful." It was time to give the children their equipment for the journey. The king gave each one special, different gifts. The children were no longer beautiful in every way and no longer perfect. "If you were perfect," said the king, "it would not be an adventure." At last the ship was ready to sail. The children gathered close to say good-bye to their father. "There are many ...

4380. Affecting Eternity

Romans 12:1-8

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

Death of a teacher The meditation text is Romans 12:6-7: "Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching . . ." It is a peculiar meditation text for a funeral celebration, unless one remembers ___________. That's half our duty ...

4381. Amen

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... day, because we'll miss him only for a while, a short while. Hear the echo of his faith in the God who made every memory of yours possible. Hear the echo bouncing from hill to hill and from ear to ear, a single word perceived by faith and the gift of memory. Hear ___________ affirming the God who makes this sad day a glad day: "Amen." "A-men."

4382. Always Home

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... who have died now live in the same place as he. He's not moving out; he's moving in.___________ took pride in being the oldest living memr of the church housed in this building. It was a badge of honor earned by God's grace. It was a gift given to him that he shared with us. He made us all realize that we ought not take this house for granted. The toil, labor, time and devotion of hundreds precede us, and we are indebted to each of them. Thousands too, will follow us, and we will become their ...

4383. Water Without Price

Revelation 20:1-7

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... these few minutes we have together, as we interrupt our grief with goodness and good news; as we postpone our loneliness in order to share the love of God through Christ. ____________'s future is secure! We don't have to worry about him. Salvation is a gift. There are no strings attached. It is water without price.One of the things that is most difficult for Christians to do is simply to believe those words just spoken. We feel tempted to want to do something, even if it's "beingthirsty," so that God will ...

4384. The Dining Room

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... all may have a foretaste of the feast to come with all those we've loved and lost. All the meals we've shared together have been little more than an appetizer of the feast to come.Until the day of feasting, we give thanks to Almighty God for his gift of life to each of us, and for our place at his holy table. We give thanks that Christ has gone to prepare a place for us, our place, at his holy table.

4385. Living Life Gratefully

Romans 11:33-36

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... The meditation text is Romans 11:33-36: "0 the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!" "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?" For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen." It is a peculiar place in the book of Romans for Paul to break out with his song of thanksgiving. The words just read are ...

4386. L. T.: The Lonely Terrestrial

Drama

Edward Long

... has gotten out of bed to fill prescriptions and even delivered them late into the night. On that block over across the river enough of the people banded together to welcome that foreign family and prevent their being run out by some prejudiced folk. The mission gifts in old South Church there over the years have directly and indirectly saved or bettered the lives of hundreds of people - people far away which they have never seen ... Lee, I could go on and on ... but it's time to get back ... (Lights down ...

4387. Step One - Honesty

Luke 8:26-39 · Proverbs 23:29-35

Sermon

John A. Terry

... this law of sin which was present in the members of even the great apostles is forgiven in baptism, but it does not come to an end." The cry, "Who will deliver me from this body of death?" is part of the human condition. God understood and understands. The gift of faith is to be able to say with Paul, "Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord." He was talking about the experience of turning his life over to the power of Christ. Paul talks about our struggle, but he is not talking about our despair ...

4388. Step Two - Hope

Mk 10:46-52 · 2 Cor 12:7-10 · Is 12:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... . I do not want to do it any more. I will quit and find the job I can manage." We call on every reserve of strength we have. And sometimes we pull ourselves up by the boot straps out of the trouble, until trouble comes again. A crisis is a gift from God that gives us opportunity to turn whatever is messing up our life over to God. Bartimaeus had a lifelong crisis. The common wisdom then was you deal with it by begging. But the passing of Christ near his life gave Bartimaeus a chance to make a new choice ...

4389. Step Seven - Humiltiy

Mt 23:25-36 · 2 Ti 2:20-26 · Ps 51:1-14

Sermon

John A. Terry

... understanding our worth before God. Humility has to do with the reality of our condition and the need for a power higher than our own. That is what the Scripture speaks to in ways people often do not like: the truth about our human condition. Robert Burns talked about the gift to see ourselves as others see us. What we work on the hardest is for others to see us as we see ourselves. What we should let God do for us is to help us see ourselves as we really are, not as others see us or as we see ...

4390. Step Nine - Discipline

Mt 5:21-26 · Eph 4:25-32 · Num 5:5-10

Sermon

John A. Terry

... . I can still take the initiative to get things right. This is a message about religion and reconciliation. What if you are in church, and there start to think of the one with whom you are in conflict? It was the custom then to offer various gifts at the temple, from bulls and cows down to doves and offerings of incense, or, where it might be more convenient, an offering of money equivalent in value to these things. Jesus said, "If you are at the altar and there remember your brother has something against ...

4391. Building Blocks

2 Timothy 3:16

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate the Bible's gift of instruction. Props: Children's building toys (Lego's, Tinkertoys) and the instruction booklet that shows different building designs. Pre-make one of the simple designs (ship, car, etc.) except for one last crucial and obvious part. You will "need" the instructions for this part. Lesson: Who likes to play ...

4392. See the Light, Be the Light

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... member who is homebound or hospitalized. You can do it in weakness and fear and trembling. You don’t have to be financially secure, guaranteed of sufficient income for the rest of your life, to be a steward who gives faithfully to the church. You can offer your gift in weakness and in fear and trembling. You don’t even have to be sure of the strength of your faith to begin to pray regularly for others. You can stumble over the words, praying in weakness and in fear and trembling. It’s okay – I do it ...

4393. How Much Is Enough?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... then giving the bread – if this reminds you of a recent experience, you’re right. Every time we come to the Lord’s Table we remember this fourfold action of Jesus. The progression from weary disciples to recognition of human need to sharp demand and then to a gift that is more than enough is repeated every time the church gathers to break bread. And there’s always enough to go around, isn’t there? It’s awfully hard sometimes to detect a tone of voice in a written text, but I think I know what ...

4394. Oh Me of Little Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... and speak as people who trust in God rather than in our own ingenuity. It’s not by our ingenuity that we are saved. In Ephesians 2:8, Paul reminds us, "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." On the turbulent, stormy night described for us by the writer of Matthew, out in the middle of the Sea of Galilee, twelve fearful men recognized Jesus as the Son of God and realized that he was the only one who could save them. Even though they were ...

4395. Reality Check

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... , if they ever did. "Behold, I make all things new," says Jesus. And suddenly all our wonderful plans to earn our way into the kingdom of God are swept away with the promise of grace, the power of the cross, and the offer of salvation as a free gift. And suddenly we’re supposed to serve those people we want to lead, pray for those who hate us, and forgive and forgive and forgive… And people we’ve never seen, living in countries whose names we can scarcely spell, much less pronounce, are declared to be ...

4396. Holy Arithmetic!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... life. And as we celebrate, let us invite a spiritually hungry world to the banquet table of a God who is forever alive and active and loving. For our salvation comes not as a result of our ability to master holy arithmetic, or memorize credal statements, but as a free gift through the grace of God, which we celebrate and remember as we are baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN

4397. Don't That Just Beat All?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

Of all the wonderful gifts that God has given us, one of the greatest is friendship. It certainly makes my own personal “Top Ten” list. When we’re going through some emotional or physical trial of life, friends can help to reassure us that God is there with us, and we don’t have to ...

4398. Some Assembly Required

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... experience, for us as well as for him. We cannot celebrate the coming of the Messiah without also examining why He came and what He did after He got here. He came to "scatter the proud" and "exalt the lowly." He came to carry a cross, to offer us the gift and the challenge of God’s salvation. Jesus came to change the world, one person at a time, to call us away from the things that lead to spiritual death and lead us to the way of truth and life. He came to make us new creations, to reassemble us ...

4399. And Who is my Neighbor?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... for failing to help someone who was robbed. What happens is this: Jerry plays a comedian on the show and he has just received a contract from NBC to do a sitcom and the network is flying Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer to Paris as a gift—Their plane has problems and they are stuck in Lakeland Massachusetts. Killing time wondering around on the sidewalks in this quaint New England town, suddenly before their very eyes a car jacking unfolds: Being New Yorkers and the kind of people they are they make fun ...

4400. Repentance - King David and Peter

Luke 22:54-62

Drama

Martha L. Leach

... did was not nearly so sinful as denying my Master. David: Oh, Peter, sin is sin, but if we're talking about degrees of sin, my sins top them all. You see, God had been my counsel and my guide since I was a child. He gave me so many gifts: music, writing, leadership, courage. He gave me so much courage that while I was stifi a young boy, I was able to fight Goliath, a man three times my size. And I was victorious with only a sling and a rock. He enabled me to be a great military leader ...

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