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4426. The Shepherd King

Revelation 7:9-17

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... a momentous event that has already begun and will reach fulfillment only in God’s good time. I wonder, too, whether people connect this painting to the very heart of the Gospel, which fulfills the Shepherd Psalm (23) - "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want" - in a new and wonderful manner in Jesus Christ. The real problem with that painting is not that it is not very good art, but that it is only a partial reproduction of the most ancient Christian mosaics that exist in the church of Santa Costanza ...

4427. What To Do When Everyone's Doing It

Judges 6:1-40

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... rolled up in his fist and said, "Nice game," as he stuck one in your pocket. The majority did not say, "No, thank you. We're not allowed to take that." There was always the restaurant owner who knew all the players and winked as he said, "Drink all you want; the tab's on me." The majority did not say, "No, thank you" or "One is enough." And drugs. Even then, we had six or seven guys who could have opened a pharmacy. The fraternities were mild in comparison to today's, but even then at our SAE parties, it ...

4428. Power

2 Corinthians 6:7

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... . "Oh, I'm way beyond that, too," he asserted. "I'm long past that simplistic emotional stuff. That pie-in-the-sky by and by stuff is for poor and unintelligent people." Rather sadly the recruiter said, "Son, we don't need to offer you a scholarship. We don't want you. Go somewhere else. You don't even know who you are. Your memory is too short if you have one at all. It would be a waste of the school's money to educate you. This suffering, hurting world isn't going to be helped by one more selfish ...

4429. The Cracking Point

Mark 12:1-12

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... at him so he let the humans name every living thing on the planet and have dominion over them. All he said was "I don't want you to try to take over and become like me. Enjoy what I've given, but I couldn't take your trying to take over the ... be silenced forever. The parable of the wicked tenants pictures a God dealing with humans who resent the fact that they are only humans. They want to be God. A man plants a vineyard, digs a pit for a winepress, rents it out to tenants and leaves. When harvest time ...

4430. On Jesus' Team

Mark 3:24

Children's Sermon

... paper that we can fold and make legs so that the paper can stand up. We can do this with a lot of pieces if we want to and have them standing up all over the place. But if I take a pair of scissors and cut the paper in half so that ... either side, what will happen? (Let them answer.) That's right, the paper will fall. You can fold the paper and make two legs again if you want to, but if you divide the paper again the same thing is going to happen. It cannot stand when it is divided. Jesus was not talking ...

4431. No More Begging

Mark 10:46-52

Children's Sermon

... walking toward Jesus. Bartimaeus did just that and when Jesus saw him, he asked him what he could do for him. Bartimaeus could hardly speak. There he was, standing in front of Jesus with his cup in his hand, trying to speak. Bartimaeus did not want some pennies. Bartimaeus wanted to see, and he asked Jesus to give him back his sight, so that he could work like the other men. Jesus looked at the cup and then at Bartimaeus and told him to open his eyes and walk home. Because Bartimaeus believed that Jesus ...

4432. The Very Last Day

John 6:44

Children's Sermon

... us who believe in God and his love, will be taken up from the earth to live with the Father in heaven, and with Jesus himself. He is making that place where we will live the most wonderful place there ever was, and some place that all of us will want to live someday. The last is not bad, but it is very important. Jesus says that we will come to heaven on the invitation of God the Father. God the Father is going to invite us to heaven, and Jesus will then raise us up from the grave if we ...

4433. Who's In Charge?

John 18:36

Children's Sermon

... live a long time before they died, and he would be the king of men who lived after they lived. That is hard to understand. They wanted Jesus to either be their king, or no one's king. But Jesus knew about God's plan and how people were going to live ... need a king who did not love some people and hate other people. That was the kind of king that Jesus would be. Jesus did not want people to fight for him, and fight against other people. Jesus was the king of all the people and that was what he was trying to ...

4434. Filled Up!

Acts 2:4

Children's Sermon

Object: A pitcher of water, a glass. Good morning, boys and girls. Today I want to tell you about a fantastic day that we call the birthday of the Church. Did you know that ... bit about being filled. How many of you have ever been filled with anything? (Let them answer.) I have a little experiment that I want to try with a volunteer. I brought along a glass and a pitcher of water and I want to see how much water it takes to fill someone up. (Ask for a volunteer.) Now I am going to keep filling your glass with ...

4435. Calling On Jesus

Romans 10:13

Children's Sermon

... we call him because our TV does not work. Now, let's think about why we should call Jesus and what Jesus does that makes us want to call him. Can you think of any reason why we should call on Jesus? (Let them answer.) We should call on Jesus when we ... and for a lot of the other reasons that you mentioned, but there is one big reason that is more important than any other, and I want to share it with you this morning. The most important reason that I know of for calling on Jesus is that the Bible says that ...

4436. Begin With God's Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:11

Children's Sermon

... used in so many ways. The Spirit of God is even more valuable because it can produce even more things than the peanut. The Spirit of God knows that we need doctors, and so that spirit inspires or makes a person want to be a doctor. The Spirit of God knows that we need farmers, so he makes a person want to be a farmer. There are a lot of different things that we need, but the Spirit of God makes them happen so that we can be cared for in the very best way. The next time you see a peanut ...

4437. We Can See God

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Children's Sermon

... our problems and our joys with him. God tells us to come to church where we can meet other Christians who know about him and who want to share what they know with us. God doesn't hide from us, but instead, he does everything that he can to help us know him ... hiding. But you and I know differently. God is not behind a veil or a screen. He tells us something about himself every day and he wants us to learn what he tells us. Don't let other people kid you and tell you that God is hiding. God is not hiding and ...

4438. Do You Have to Fight?

Galatians 5:15

Children's Sermon

... other ways to solve problems and the other ways are better. The Bible has something to say about fighting. I suppose you knew that, but I wanted to talk a little bit about it this morning so that you know what the Bible has to say about it. The Bible says that if ... because you will be like the bully. You are pretty sure that you can win when you start a fight, but so will the person who wants to fight you. They also are pretty sure that they can win in a fight with you, and since they know that you like to ...

4439. Do You Have Roots?

Colossians 2:6-7

Children's Sermon

... of roots that reach down deep in the earth, then the plant or tree will not live for a long time. That's the way it is with Jesus and us. We must have great roots that reach down into God if we are going to grow the way we want to grow. Jesus has done everything for us, but we must learn more about Jesus and his love every day if we are to grow and become great Christians. That means that we should use prayer and Bible reading as if they were roots. Some other roots are going to ...

4440. Bringing Us Together

1 Timothy 2:5

Children's Sermon

... paper. We are going to call the one piece of paper "God" and the other piece of paper "people." Now both God and the people want to be together. God really loves the people and he does all kinds of things to bring the people close to him. The people love ... and let go, the pieces of paper fall away from each other and they both go their own way. While they like each other and want to be together there are just too many things that keep them apart. What we need is a mediator. I have a mediator with me ...

4441. Away with the Stable

Luke 2:1-7

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... carefully to what Luke is saying to his reader when the story is told in this way. He said that Mary gave birth to Jesus right in the middle of the house because there was no room in the kataluma, or "guest room." Luke wanted his readers to hear something very special. He wanted his words to convey the notion that Jesus, the Son of God, was born, not off in the guest room, but right in the midst of smelly hay, snorting animals, anxious on-lookers, and the tenderness and love of the family circle. Jesus, our ...

4442. The Message of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

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... when he penned the Messiah. And if I need more proof, I can listen to saints, martyrs, and average people as they relate how the inward presence of this one man has changed their lives. Christmas, more than any other time of the year, makes us want to put into practice the principle by which Jesus lived and for which he died. It is a principle which is universal and proven true. Anyone can live by it. Anyone regardless of his or her skin pigmentation, speech, or national origin can live by this principle ...

4443. Submission

Matthew 3:13-17

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... lives. Submission is a notion which does not sit well with contemporary people. The assertion of one's rights establishes the mood of our day. Freedom from authority is the banner that is hoisted by the masses. To be "laid back" is a virtue. We do not want anyone or anything to have power over our lives. Yet, baptism is about submission. It is about being joined to Christ. Submission through baptism does not enslave us. Rather, it sets us free. The more we submit to Christ, the freer we are to live joyful ...

4444. Settling Our Differences

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... reconciled to one another is far more important than whatever gift one might leave at the altar. In fact, if we are not reconciled to each other, the gift that we leave at the altar is robbed of its meaning. There is no way to mistake the truth. If we want to be at one with God, we need to be at one with each other. There is no way for us to be at one with God and not strive to be at one with each other. To be at odds with another person is also to be at odds ...

4445. The Primacy of Human Relationships

Matthew 5:33-37

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Joe Pennel

... security. Christianity teaches that to love the truth and to love God are one and the same. It is so crucial that none of us wants to see truth overcome by our hands. Without it, relationships are broken; and we, as individuals, are compromised. But it was a bottom line for ... about what had happened, why he did what he did. He explained that he did it for my own good. He said that he did not want to see me acting that way in public, that I was hurting myself even if I did not see it at the time. "He said he ...

4446. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... also our friends. It takes constant prayer to overcome evil with good. It requires not one minute of prayer to meet violence with violence, to not go the second mile, to not turn the other cheek, to not give to those who ask, and to turn away from those who want to borrow. Praying for those who stand against us is the only way to find the kind of love that reaches out to both friends and enemies. And, we must not deter from this because Jesus put it on the line when he said, "If you love only those who ...

4447. Cowherding Christians

Matthew 9:35-38

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Gary W. Houston

... hand, and speedily deliver us. Teach us, O Lord, to use this transitory life as pilgrims returning to their beloved home; that we may take what our journey requires, and not think of settling in a foreign country.2 Friends, what most of us really want is to get safely home to the barn at evening feeding time. And our Lord has not only identified with us in his compassion, but he has sent ministers, teachers, evangelists, choir directors, Sunday school teachers, musicians, and many others to minister to us ...

4448. Transfiguration of Our Lord

Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18, Psalm 2:1-12

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... them when they were with the Lord, they came to understand that this was God's way of fulfilling the words of the prophets about the Messiah. The man who was transfigured in their presence on the mountain could be none other than the Messiah himself. Peter wants us to believe this, too. 3. When one has doubts about this part of the story, or anything else in the gospel, one should ponder the Word and give God time, through the Holy Spirit, to "break through the darkness" within us "until the day dawns and ...

4449. Easter 2

Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 105:1-45, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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... killed him, but God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs of Hades." And, Peter adds, "All of us are witnesses to that." That's what the new life in Christ is all about: witnessing to the resurrection of the Lord. That's what God wants from us. A sermon on the Second Lesson, 1 Peter 1:3-9 - "Signed, Sealed, and Delivered." 1. Signed: Christians are "marked with the cross of Christ forever." The cross is the sign that they have died with Jesus in baptism. 2. Sealed: The Holy spirit "seals" people ...

4450. Proper 14 & Pentecost 12

1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 29:1-11, Psalm 106:1-48, Romans 9:1-29, Matthew 14:22-36, Exodus 13:17--14:31, Jonah 2:1-10, Psalm 85:1-13

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... Christ the terrible trials of the faith that had come to them. SERMON SUGGESTIONS Matthew 14:22-31 - "A Ghost, A Wizard, or A Savior?" Ray Bradbury, in The Stories of Ray Bradbury, tells a tale ("Invisible Boy") about a lonely old woman and a young boy, Charlie, whom she wants to have as her own son. She is a witch, a magician, and a sorcerer of sorts. Once, when his parents were out of town, he went to visit her; she decided to keep him for her own, saying to him, "My son, you are my son, for all eternity ...

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