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Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

Theme: The risen, ascended and exalted Christ. Both Acts 1:1-11 and Luke 24:44-53 relate the story of the Ascension, according to Luke. The account from Ephesians 1 exalts Christ as having all things put under his authority. COMMENTARY Epistle: Acts 1:1-11 In introducing his book, Luke notes to Theophilus that he is taking up where he left off with his gospel. The gospel ends with the witness to...

4427. The Lesser Commision

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

Theme: Doubting what the Lord says is not a recent phenomenon. Summary: Three disciples meet Jesus and Jesus gives them the "great commission" but they are slow to hear and immune to learning. Playing Time: 3 minutes Setting: A mountain in the Holy Land Props: None Costumes: Disciples -- contemporary Jesus -- Jesus robe Time: A time with Jesus Cast: Matthew -- a follower of Jesus Thomas -- ...

4428. Alone

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

Object: A dictionary. Lesson: Jesus' constant presence; faith; discipleship. "I've brought a big book with me today. Does anyone know what it is?" Eager hands shoot up as the older children recognize the volume. I nod to one of them. "It's a dictionary!" he announces. "Yes, it's a dictionary," I respond. "What does one find in a dictionary?" "Words!" many of the children reply in concert. "Y...

4429. We Are All God's Children

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: License plates - all from your home state. Different numbers from different years if possible, so that you can illustrate the idea of different colors of people. Good morning, boys and girls, This is a fine morning to be together and to worship God. It’s also good to know that God is here and speaking to us. That’s what he does when we hear what’s read to us from the Bible and listen to t...

4430. Authority

Children's Sermon

Object: Comic strips in which the artist's signature is plain for all of them to see. Good morning to you, boys and girls. How many of you have ever heard me talk about the Father, Son and Holy Ghost? You have? Do you know what that means? There is only one God, right? Right. But we know God in three different ways. We know God as a Father, as a Son and as the Holy Ghost. How can one God be three...

4431. Paper Flowers and Disciples

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some scissors and construction paper with a pattern for a flower. Good morning, boys and girls. Did you hear the Scripture passage that I just read to you? Jesus told the apostles to go and make disciples of all nations. How do you make disciples? I wonder if I could make you into a disciple? I know one way to make you a disciple. [Take one of the children and pretend you are wrestling hi...

4432. The Great Commission

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Map of the world or globe stickers (You will need a globe for reference.) Lesson: Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you like to study geography? And how many of you have a globe at home like this one? Or maybe you have one in your classroom at school. I think globes are great fun. They are even more fun than maps because you can t...

4433. Spread The News

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

Object: A milk carton, a bottle of juice, a container of water, and a bottle of soda (with the soda removed and a like-colored water replacing it). I want you to try to imagine yourself on a hot day. I don't mean a day that is kind of hot. I mean a day that is scorching hot, so hot that you can hardly stand to be outside! What would you do to cool off on that kind of day? I might go for a swim. Y...

4434. Joining the Team

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Objects: Some baseball team caps - all of them with the same letter team logo. Lesson: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Good morning, boys and girls. I brought something with me that all of you will know something about this morning. (Take out the baseball caps.) Do you know who these belong to? (Let t...

4435. The Church on Main Street

Sermon

James McCormick

During my years of ministry, church buildings have been located in a variety of places. There was Monterey Road, Clinton Boulevard, Culver Avenue, Gibbs Street, Duarte Road, Hardy Street. And in 1982, for the first time I became pastor of a church on Main Street. I’ve always thought that is where the church should be – not off on some side street somewhere - but on Main Street. Of course, you kno...

4436. Let's Dance

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

At one time or another, all of us here have had the uncomfortable experience of either being or watching someone with absolutely no sense of rhythm, movement, or beat try and dance and move to the music. We call them people with "Baptist feet." No matter that the bass line is thumping along so loudly that it's giving everyone else synchronized migraines – it seems there is always someone out on t...

4437. His Last Command ... Our First Concern!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

In the fall of 1971, I visited Leo Tolstoy's home in Moscow. There, tied in bundles and stacked against the wall, were his handwritten manuscripts for all of his great novels - War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and Resurrection. For an hour I leafed through the mountain of paper, observing the man's handwriting, his strikeovers, and even the doodles he made in the margins. An elderly Russian woman, t...

4438. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

Last words are important. Let that truth sink in. Last words are important. East Side Baptist Church is a little country church down in Perry County, Mississippi. It is the church in which I was converted under the preaching of Brother Wiley Grissom, a fifth-grade educated pastor who preached the Gospel with power. The church is about 200 yards up the hill from our old home place. Behind it is a ...

4439. Last Words Are Important

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4440. What in the World Are We Doing?

Sermon

James W. Moore

Have you heard the story about the young police officer who was on the witness stand testifying in the trial of a man he had arrested for robbery? The defendant was being represented by a hard-nosed attorney who was known far and wide for being tough on police officers. In cross-examination, the tough lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman’s credibility and the exchange between the fiery la...

4441. Having Fun with The Great Commission

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

I find it interesting that today as we commemorate the Trinity doctrine, the church assigns the Bible reading that includes Jesus' Great Commission — Jesus' mandate to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19). You can't do evangelism without believing in the Trinity, proclaiming the Triune God in whose name we baptize. And to believe in the Trinity, it seems, is to be an evangelist. Th...

4442. The Nano-Punch of Pentecost

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

The soul has its seasons. “There is a time to be born, a time to die.” The Bible has its seasons. The biblical New Year begins at the appearance of the first "new moon" of spring, when nature comes to life. The West has its seasons. The New Year begins in the depths of the winter, which is often when the new comes, in the midst of winter, the soul most often coming to life in the wintry seasons ...

4443. Go

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

This morning I'm going to use a word that some people say shouldn't be used in mixed company. Some say it should NEVER be used from the pulpit because it will run off any visitors you have. And still others say it is so repulsive a word that it should never be used at all. I'm going to go out on a limb this morning and use that word. And I hope it doesn't offend your sensibilities too much. I'm t...

4444. Daily Homework

Sermon

James Merritt

When I first started school, I wasn't like most kids in several respects. First of all, I actually started a year early, but I was always physically one year behind the rest of my class. I made up for being one of the smaller kids by focusing on academics. I really enjoyed reading and became a voracious reader and I had a burning passion to make good grades. For the most part, I liked my teachers...

4445. Follow Your Mission (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

For centuries we have called it the Great Commission. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts all refer to it. Christians in the first century lived by it. Missionaries in the 20th century devoted their lives to it. Will Christians in the 21st century embrace it or ignore it? That is my question today as we take into consideration the parting words of Jesus to believers. “Go into all your worlds and ...

4446. One More Thing

Sermon

Robert Allen

When I was a kid growing up, I don't think I ever went anywhere without my mother saying, "Robert, there is one more thing I want to tell you." It didn't make any difference where I was going. I could have been going to camp, I could have been going to spend the night with a friend or I could have been going to a party. I don't care what it was, before I got out of the car, my mother would say, "T...

4447. The Promise and the Task

Sermon

Dean Lueking

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe al...

4448. Following Orders

Sermon

David E. Leininger

These are special days around St. Paul Presbyterian. Our 40th Birthday celebration continues. We had that delightful HOMELAND concert last night; we look forward to the BBQ/Talent Show on the 21st, then Jerry McCann's return to this pulpit on the 22nd. Good times. Times such as these provide an opportunity for celebration but they offer a good incentive for reflection, for creative dreaming as we...

4449. Sent From The Mountain

Sermon

William G. Carter

There is nothing like taking part in a worship service with 17,000 people. If you are surrounded by a choir that large, all of the hymns sound in tune. With that many people gathered to pray in the same place at the same time, you have no doubt God will hear somebody in the crowd. And when a super-charged speaker stands up to challenge people to follow the commandments of Christ, the group dynamic...

4450. Jacob's Sheep

Sermon

Lori Wagner

A few years ago in 2016, a couple named Gil and Jenna Lewinsky of Canada, made it their mission to return a rare breed of sheep called “Jacob’s Sheep” to their origin land of Israel. For the first time in 2,000 years, the primitive looking, spotted (piebald) sheep with four horns will roam their native hillsides. The name “Jacob’s Sheep” for this genus of sheep comes from the reference in Genesis...

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