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426. Playing Church Or Playing Jesus

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

King Duncan

Walter D. Wagoner tells a story about a children's Sunday School class that decided to play church with minister, ushers, offertory, choir, organist and all. After a while they tired of playing the game, as children will, and were wanting to change it. One boy said, "I know, let's play Jesus." Well, that was a new one for the group and it sounded great. When the other children asked the boy to explain the game, he said that one boy would play Jesus and the rest would be mean to him, call him names, strike ...

427. A Terrorist among the Twelve

Luke 6:12-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

One of the retired ministers in our congregation bet me that I won’t be able to finish my series of sermons on the Twelve Apostles. The reason is because we know so very little about some of them, especially these last four. In the case of the one we are considering this morning, we only know one word. But that one word speaks volumes. The Gospel says that he was a “Zealot.” Luke refers to him as “Simon who was called the Zealot.” (Luke 6:15) The designation is important, because there are at least nine ...

428. Chosen

John 15:1-17

Sermon

David G. Rogne

It is a difficult thing not to be chosen. I can still remember what a relief it was to be appointed by the teacher as one of the two captains who would choose team members when our class would be divided for softball. It meant that I would be, in effect, the first one to be chosen. What agony it was, however, when others were doing the choosing. As an uncoordinated youngster, with very little to offer toward the team's success, I was likely to be chosen last, and the humiliation was keenly felt. Perhaps ...

429. The True Story of the Magi

Matthew 1:1-17

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John Jamison

There is a beautiful old tradition about the star in the East. The story says that when the star had finished its task of directing the wise men to the baby, it fell from the sky and dropped down into the city well of Bethlehem. According to some legend, that star is there to this day, and can sometimes still be seen by those whose hearts are pure and clean. It's a pretty story. It kind of makes you feel warm inside. There are other legends about this story of the wise men from the east. For instance, how ...

430. Who Needs a Doctor?

Mark 2:13-17

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Maxie Dunnam

Sometime ago Sydney Harris, the syndicated columnist, wrote a "fascinating piece about Anita Bryant that I would like to read to you this morning. As you know, Anita Bryant was a self-appointed crusader against gay rights a few years ago. Then she went through a divorce, and acquired a drug habit, and was hospitalized for a long time. And today, she's not the same person she was back then. This is what Sydney Harris wrote: He said, "Now that her world has come unstuck, and she is beginning to reglue it, I ...

431. Christmas Is On Top Of A Steep Hill

Luke 2:21-40

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Maxie Dunnam

Now will you hear the scripture lesson of the morning, from the 2nd chapter of Luke’s gospel, beginning with the 22nd verse and reading through the 35th verses? “And when the time came for their purification, according to the Law of Moses, they brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. As it is written in the law of the Lord, every male that opens the womb shall be called Holy to the Lord, and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord. A pair of turtle doves, or ...

432. Faith Working In Love

James 2:14-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

I want to begin the sermon today by reading the first part of an article that appeared in Reader's Digest sometime ago. The title of the article is "Mama Hale and Her Little Angels". This is the bold introduction to the article: "The baby will not stop screaming. On the third floor of a brownstone in New York City's Harlem, a woman holds the two-week-old infant in her arms. The little body trembles and twitches with pain, but Clara Hale has no medicine to offer against that agony, unless you count love. In ...

433. Who Needs A Doctor?

Luke 5:27-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

434. The FUD Club: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Theme: In a world of doomsayers, where Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt reign supreme, disciples of Jesus are doom-slayers. EXEGESIS of the Text: Part 1: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5 The 2 Thessalonians Epistle text for this week skips about in chapter two, cherry-picking verses first from the opening lines of the letter (vv.1-5), then landing on the concluding remarks of this first section (vv.13-17). This edited reading of 2:1-17, however, does succeed in focusing on the author’s primary concern throughout this ...

435. On the Mountainside

Matthew 6:5-13

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John E. Harnish

Words...words...words. Recently I read that last year, 100 new words were added to the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary-words like bikini wax, brain freeze, chick flick, hazmat and Wi-Fi. Whether the world will be a better place because of it is yet to be seen, but we are overwhelmed with words. Words...words...words. The constant stream of rapid-fire raging rhetoric on talk radio; the unending stream of words on e-mail, i-Pod and spam; printed words, shouted words, confusing and contradictory words. To those ...

436. Discipleship: The Beauty and the Cross

Luke 2:21-40

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Richard Gribble

Once upon a time a bowl was born. It was not much of a birth — no long months of planning and no great anticipation, no patient shaping under loving hands. Scarcely a thought went into the creation of this little bowl. The quick impersonal movement of a few machines and a trip through a hot oven was all it took for him to be created. There was really nothing to look at, no warmth and no beauty. He was shipped off to a store to be sold. One day this bowl was purchased, not because he was beautiful, but ...

437. The 2 Love Laws

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

There are certain concepts that we just can’t really grasp until we experience them first hand. We don’t really understand the value of a dollar until that first month when we have to pay all our own bills. We don’t really know how to worry until we have kids. None of us really value our health until we get sick or injured. And it takes crossing into middle age for any of us to really get the gist of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In case it has been awhile since your last chemistry or physics class, ...

438. Acts 2:42-47

Acts 2:42-47

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

Explosive, dramatic events occur throughout Acts 2 - tongues of fire, wafts of wind, dazzling displays of language and discernment, Peter's vivid testimony, the conversion of thousands, etc. These stunning occurrences leave us breathless - for where there had been only a handful of halting believers before, there is suddenly a whole new community of enthusiastic, faithful Christians. If we had never before read Acts, if we knew nothing of the early history of the Christian church, we might expect one of ...

439. Mark 14:1-15:47

Mark 14:1-15:47

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

From the traditional, extensive gospel reading this Palm/Passion Sunday, we settled on that portion that tells of Peter's denial of Jesus (14:66-72), his darkest moment as a disciple. Many scholars believe that Mark's description of Peter's utter failure of nerve and spirit on the night of Jesus' arrest may be some of the most trustworthy biographical material we have about this disciple in the gospels. As evidence, commentators point out that it is unlikely such a weak and unflattering picture of the man ...

440. Discover the Meaning of Christmas

Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)

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Billy D. Strayhorn

Did you know that the celebration of Christmas is one of the biggest seasons of the year in Japan? It's odd because Japan's population only has about ½ to 1% of the people who are Christians. Yet, they love Christmas. It's not a national holiday like it is here but they still decorate their houses with lights, most homes will have a Christmas tree. But for them it is all focused on the consumer side. It's a time simply for parties and celebrations. The Japanese remind me of a young family I read about who ...

441. Out of the Miry Bog (Dealing with Depression)

Psalm 22:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

I’ve told you this story before, but it’s such a good one, it deserves repeating. And it’s the best story I know to introduce the sermon this morning. A business man’s wife was experiencing depression. She began to mope around and be sad, lifeless - no light in her eyes - no spring in her step - joyless. It became so bad that this “man of the world” did what any sophisticated person would do. He made an appointment with the psychiatrist. On the appointed day, they went to the psychiatrist’s office, sat ...

442. Pentecost ... Again!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

They had been waiting so long for this. It was an interminable fifty days since Jesus had risen from the dead. It had been ten long days since Jesus had ascended into heaven from that mountain outside of Jerusalem and that angel had told them to go back to Jerusalem and wait. They had to wait again for what must have seemed like an eternity to finally receive what they had been waiting for - the gift of the Holy Spirit. Then it happened. In the midst of a sound of a rushing wind with tongues of fire ...

443. Seeing God Work for Good

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Larry Lange

A wicked wind tore through our coats. Larry looked down from the highway across his neighbor's field squinting and frowning. The black clumps of earth overturned by the last plowing were infested with what appeared to be white mold. It looked like frost, but cold as it felt, it was too warm for frost to have remained on the ground. "It's not frost," Larry was saying. "It's chemicals. And salt. The standing water from the snowmelt and the rain last week brought them to the surface. When the wind blows and ...

444. There Will Be Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

Some of you will remember an old comedy team from the early part of the twentieth century named Oliver and Hardy. They produced some marvelous work. Their comedy was slapstick, but it also showed a deep understanding of human nature. Conrad Hyers, in his book And God Created Laughter tells about an early Laurel and Hardy film from 1925 titled Big Business. Stan and Ollie are Christmas-tree salesmen in California going from house to house in a Model T truck loaded with trees. The story begins innocently ...

445. Christmas Grass and Easter Tinsel

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

I think there are two items that seem never to disappear. You might find them anywhere in your home — under the couch, adorning a plant, behind the hamper, on the bathroom floor, or imbedded in the carpet. Of course, you can try to remove them. A vacuum, a broom, or a feather duster might take care of them, but they are bound to return. Let me give you some clues to solving this mystery. * Clue: One is metallic silver. * Clue: The other comes in traditional green or in a variety of pastel colors. * Clue ...

446. Easter 7

Psalm 97:1-12, John 17:20-26, Acts 16:16-34, Revelation 22:12-14

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

Call To Worship Leader: Be glad! Today has come. God is here! The whole planet is alive with the elements that sustain our lives. People: We breathe air; we are kept warm with fire; we are cooled with cloudy skies; we drink spring waters. All creatures need these elements of nature to continue living. Leader: The universe has many systems created by God and called “good.” God calls us to care for nature and to resist evil and injustice. People: Our relationships and our care for the earth, too, must show ...

447. What Are You Seeking?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

What is it that you are seeking? Everybody is seeking something. That is why Google is one of the most profitable companies on earth. People go to Google every day to search for information about an astounding array of subjects. People are seeking more info on the latest crisis in the news. They are seeking gossip about their favorite celebrity. They are seeking information about a specific model of car that they are considering buying. Even terrorists go to Google, we are told, to find terrible new ways ...

448. Isaac and Rebekah

Genesis 24:1-67

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

Finding a Wife for Isaac: Abraham’s last major responsibility in light of God’s promises is to find a wife for Isaac. Otherwise the promise of numerous offspring will perish for lack of an heir. The text does not address why Abraham waited so long to fulfill this responsibility. Abraham commissions his most trusted senior servant to travel to Haran to find a wife for his son. In order to preserve the integrity of his offspring, this wife must come from the line of Terah. The servant is confident that he ...

449. Message to Sardis

Revelation 3:1-6

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

Big Idea: Jesus rebukes his church for its compromise that is leading to spiritual death and reassures the faithful few with promises of heavenly citizenship. Understanding the Text The message to the church in Sardis is the fifth (and most negative) in the series of messages to the seven churches in Revelation 2–3. Jesus confronts a church relying on its past reputation to make up for its present spiritual slumber. Only a few people are commended by the Lord as he attempts to rescue this church from ...

450. Wedding Guests

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

When I was a college student, I would sometimes bring a friend home for a weekend. I always had to warn the friend that my dad was a practical joker. Once when we were all sitting at the dinner table, my dad passed the butter plate to my boyfriend. As my friend put out his hand to receive it, my dad gave the plate an extra shove and my friend ended up with his thumb stuck in the soft butter. My dad laughed like crazy. I wanted to cry. My friend just sat there looking at a glob of butter on his thumb. ...

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