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4451. The Worst Announcements Ever (A Drama about Perfectionism)

Colossians 3:18-4:1

Drama

Dave Marsh

... the good folks. Be friendly. Hey, there’s that woman from Sunday School (Dave waves) Karl: There’s Vicki Carter in the first row. (Dave goes to shake her hand) Karl: No, don’t shake hands. What’s wrong with you? (Dave pulls his hand back but accidently leaves his Bible next to her) Karl: Get up there. Go go go go go (Dave sprints to the podium) Karl: Position yourself. A little to the left. (Dave moves to his right) Karl: No, your left. A little more. A little more. Okay. (Dave inches his way over ...

4452. It’s A God Thing (A Drama about Christian Adventure)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... tells me? He tells me through prayer and through reading his Word. I mean, what better map is there? Dave? Dave, did you hear me? Dave: (looking off in the distance) Getting’ dark. Not much daylight left before I make camp. Gotta go, honey. (kisses her on her check) (Dave leaves, head high) Teri: Don’t forget to write. Teri: (pause, watches him go. Turns to audience) Yep. I should have listened to my mom. LIGHTS OUT FAST END

4453. The Hike (Alt. Version): A Drama about Youth and Commitment

Drama

Dave Marsh

... a long look at them - then looks at Beth) Tell you what, Beth. You go on ahead with Rich and Wendy. You know the way. (looks back at Ray and Jen.) I’ll stay here a while. Okay? Beth: Yep. See you at the first plateau. (Beth, Wendy and Rich leave the stage) John: (pulls out a map and sits down with Ray and Jen) Okay, how about we spend some time looking at the map again and I’ll answer any questions you might have. Sound good? Jen/Ray: Yeah, sounds pretty good. John: Good. Now how about some of ...

4454. Sticky Situations (A Drama about Lordship)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... around) Oh, my goodness, you’re right! I have two different colored socks on! Oh, I gotta go change! Dave: No, not the socks! Look at you, you look like some nightmare from a Staples commercial! Tina: Oh, you mean these?!? Dave: Yes! Those! You can’t leave the house with those on… those…? Tina: There’s called Post-its, Dave. Dave: I know what they’re called, darling, I just want to know why for God’s sake you have them stuck all over your body. Tina: Exactly! Dave: Exactly what? Tina: I’m ...

4455. G.O.D. (A Drama about Tough Choices)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... , you fail. You have 3 minutes." Dave: (looks up) I fail? 3 minutes? What kind of a test is this anyway? Well, I guess it’s only 5 questions so I should have plenty of time. (pulls out a pencil and starts the test.) Dave: Question #1: A train is leaving Pittsburg at 9:30am and will arrive in Chicago at 3:37pm and it will be traveling at a speed of 73 mph. You are asleep because of a migraine. On the train are your 3 kids (under 5) engaged in loud tom-foolery and various shenanigans. Do you: a ...

4456. The 7th Day (A Drama about Priorities)

Drama

Dave Marsh

Director's Notes: Let's face it - we're too busy. Steven Curtis Chapman sings a song about the "busyman." The Bible says that a man dies and leaves behind all his busy activities. Sometimes when I write a drama, God uses it first and foremost in my own life. There are a few laughs in this one but that's about it. Nothing really funny about this subject. I ended it as I'm apt to do - the ...

4457. Think About It (A Drama about Diffusing Criticism)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... I’m not interrupting something. Beth: Oh, no, not at all. Susan: I was driving home and, well, thought I’d come back and just say.. thanks. Beth: Oh. (taken aback) Susan: Do you want to go out for a cup of coffee? Beth: Sure. That would be great. (Women leave. Beth suddenly shouts GO from off stage. Dave looks around confused. Shrugs and walks off.) (LIGHTS OUT) END

4458. It’s the End of the World As We Know It (A Drama about Worry)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... over it. C'mon! Tina: Dennis. #1: I’m not going. #2: I’m not worrying about it. #3: You’ve lost your mind. Dennis: Blasphemer! Heathen! (grabs his stuff) You should have listened to the prophet Hezekiah! We’re all going to die! Arghhh! Tina: (Waits for him to leave the room) Hope he doesn't eat any orangutans... (LIGHTS OUT FAST) END

4459. Morning Madness (A Drama about Service)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... calls, not to mention…. Jeff: (looks at watch) Whoa! I gotta run. Sandy: Where are you going? Jeff: Wedding ministry. (Getting coat on) Sandy: Wedding ministry? We don’t have a wedding ministry! Jeff: We do now. Gotta go! (Looks at son as he leaves) Boy. Lucas: Dad. Sandy: Wait a minute! You’re still in your pajamas!!! Jeff: “God careth not about clothes, woman!” (He shouts as he runs off) Sandy: (watches him go, shaking her head incredulously. His phone rings.) Hello? No, he just left. No. Huh ...

4460. The Healing Of Simon's Mother-in-Law

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

James W. Moore

... of the elderly woman. After just a few days of this, the patient suddenly opened her eyes and turned and said to the nurse, “You’re so kind.” The next day she talked some more and incredibly two weeks later, the lady was well enough to leave the hospital and go home! Of course, it doesn’t always work like that, but studies are accumulating which show without question that love has healing power. Take for example the poet Elizabeth Barrett. She was an invalid for many years, unable even to lift her ...

4461. The Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... our minds and touched our hearts. For example: The image of people by the thousands coming to kneel at the altar of our churches to pray for peace… joining hundreds of thousands of people around the globe in peace prayer vigils. The image of a grandmother leaving our Sanctuary last Sunday and asking us to pray especially for her grandson who is a jet pilot stationed somewhere in Kuwait because she said, “If war breaks out, he will be one of the first to see action.” The image of a little pre-school ...

4462. Choosing the Way to the Cross

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Atlantic on that tragic April night of 1912. The woman suddenly thought of something she needed, so she asked permission to return to her stateroom before they cast off. She was told that she could have only three minutes, otherwise, they would have to leave without her… and she could only bring back one thing. The woman ran across the deck which was already slanted at a dangerous angle. She hurried through the room where people had been taking bets. Everywhere she looked, she could see money floating in ...

4463. His Triumphal Entry

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... point that to the people of first century Palestine the events of that day fell like one big thud. In their eyes Jesus had failed to exploit this one great moment in history. And yes, many of them must have felt betrayed. One by one they began to leave the scene, terribly disillusioned with the one whom they thought would be their exalted leader. The crowds wanted a winner; Jesus has other plans. And this my friends is the tragedy of Palm Sunday and it sets the tone for what we now call his Passion. There ...

4464. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Kingdom of God. Either we bear the fruits of love, compassion, and mercy, or we wither away. Here, to, was a message for Israel and the New Israel, which is the church. We must not simply outwardly be religious like the branches of a tree that produce leaves and look fruitful. We must act religious. We must produce fruit. Many of you remember Siskel and Evert’s “At The Movies” on PBS. Since then the show went mainstream and Siskel died. In all there shows I can’t remember Siskel and Ebert or Ebert ...

4465. His Trial

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... power to raise a revolution. He must be eliminated. What about the rest of the Sanhedrin? To be sure there were those who objected. The bible is clear on that but their voice was either too timid or too few. The majority said, “If we do nothing and leave this man alone, then the whole nation will believe in him. And the Romans will come in and take away our Temple and our nation” Caiaphas seized on their thoughts: “It is more fitting for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation ...

4466. Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Brett Blair

... son's bedside. They had begun this hypocritical ruse, and now there was no choice but to keep on playing the game. The mock rabbi accompanied the distraught father to his son's sick bed. That night, the three travelers slept fitfully. They were eager to leave town before their deception was discovered. In the morning, the innkeeper, still hoping for a miracle and grateful for the prayer of this visiting "rabbi," sent the party off with the loan of a carriage and a team of horses. They left the village and ...

4467. Dealing With The Pain of Rejection

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... too much for her. She couldn’t handle it. She was not faking. The doctors were sure of that. She was just so hurt that it crushed her emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Here we see dramatically the awful pain of feeling rejected. Now I want to leave Jessica in the hospital for just a moment. We are going to get her out later, but right now the point is clear. The pain of feeling rejected can be devastating. Sometimes we “feel” rejected when we really aren’t being rejected. We only think we ...

4468. It's O.K. To Be Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... for the children, the elderly, the weak, and the ill and the injured… and likely death for many of the strong. The leaders of the tribe huddled up to devise a plan. The logical thing, the reasonable thing, the expedient thing, the sensible thing was to leave the weak ones behind. They were going to be killed anyway… why risk losing the strong in a futile effort to save the others? That was the rational answer but they couldn’t do it! Instead, they chose to be extravagant in their generosity… and ...

4469. Make Room for God

Luke 5:1-11

Illustration

James Garrett

... , and say that this and that will happen, and we forget to make room for God to come as he chooses. Expect him to come, but do not expect him only in a certain way. At any moment he may break in. Always be in a state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come as he likes. Life is anything but predictable! Human nature is not fixed and settled. We live under hope. That hope is rested in God, not the situation.

4470. Shaping People's Lives Through Forgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of the Soviet Union. The lecturer called Communism “a sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages are even now being written." A year later the same speaker told the British House of Commons that the march of freedom and democracy "will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history." Years later, in 1988, students at Moscow University sat and listened as this same speaker told them how the microchip would lead the way in expanding human freedom. Indeed, even that prediction is coming true ...

4471. The Temptation To Pass By On The Other Side

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and this individual, as it turns out is not a Jew but a Samaritan. But this Samaritan stops and tends to the victim’s needs, applies first aid, puts oils as a disinfectant on the wounds, bandages him up, and takes him to a nearby inn. There he leaves him, but not before paying his bill. Having finished his story Jesus looks at the lawyer and asks the question: Now who was the neighbor to the man who fell among robbers. Well, of course, you could not possibly miss the point. The lawyer responds: The one ...

4472. The Irresistible Influence Of The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-41

Illustration

James W. Moore

... had been made to break it, but all had failed. “I’ll master it,” said the axe… and his blows fell heavily upon the piece of iron, but every blow only made the axe’s edge more blunt, until it finally ceased to strike and gave up in frustration. “Leave it to me,” said the saw… and it worked back and forth on the iron’s surface until its jagged teeth were all worn and broken. Then in despair, the saw quit trying and fell to the side. “Ah!” said the hammer, “I knew you two wouldn’t ...

4473. The World Is Crowded With Gethsemanes

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Brett Blair

... stone is lifted up and set on top of the basket and for several hours its tremendous weight is left there to crush the liquid from the olive. It is no mistake that Jesus spent his last evening in the Garden of Gethsemane. From there he would leave to go to the cross and receive the weight of the world, the gethsemane of our sins, blood crushed from his body running down the cross to the world below. Luke describes the pressure Jesus suffered that evening: “Being in anguish his sweat was like drops of ...

4474. Three Small Steps in Our Journey of Faith

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Brett Blair

... forgive him.” We always emphasis the seven sins and the seven times we are to forgive, in other places Jesus makes it even more emphatic saying not seven but seventy times seven we are to forgive. Forgiving is right and good and holy, but we should never leave out the small word “repent.” We need to learn not just how to forgive but when to forgive. Forgiving someone who has wronged you and when they have not repented may do more harm than good. Don’t send mix signals to someone who has wronged you ...

4475. What Can We Count On From God?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... worried about you. He thinks you need some rest. Why don’t you come and let me take you home for a while?” I’ll never forget what happened next. She looked up at me and said only as a mother can: “Jim, you don’t really want me to leave my little girl, when she is this sick, do you?” Being a parent myself, I understood exactly where she was coming from and I said, “No, I’ll go downstairs and get you a sandwich.” God is like that… a loving parent, not a harsh judge, a loving parent who ...

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