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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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4501. A New Life

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the opportunity before. Look what I brought with me this morning. Eggs! Wonderful, beautiful eggs. Did a lot of you find eggs this morning when you got up? Were they colored in many beautiful ways? Good. Now I brought some plain eggs with me this morning and I want to tell you that they are dead. Yes, sir, I brought you nothing but some broken egg shells and they are dead. Look at that poor old egg shell and see how it is kind of cracked and uneven. The poor thing would have made someone a good breakfast ...

4502. A Matter of Life and Breath

John 20:19-23

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Word of God. Paul put it this way, "Take the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God." This should help those of us who want a fuller measure of Spirit. He will come to us when we devote ourselves to the Word: as we read it devotionally, listen to it taught ... told him that it could cut so many cords of wood in a day. The man bought it but came back about a week later. He wanted his money back because he said he worked all day cutting wood with the saw but could not even get one cord by the end of ...

4503. What Do You Think You’re Worth?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... in man’s sight, but God considers him, as poor and worthless as he is, to be of inestimable value because he loves him. Paul expressed it beautifully, "Herein perceive we the love of God in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us." If we really want to see what value God places on us as individuals, we need just look at the cross. See those thorns - you were worth the pain! See those nails in hands and feet - you were the reason for it! See the agony of a miserable death - he died just for ...

4504. Miracle On Main Street by Dr. George A. Buttrick

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... sixty years, and thought on Christ day by day. As for his resurrection, he is more real to me than I am to myself. In fact my life is real only because he is real. I have no tape recording or affadavit of his appearance after death. I don’t want such crutches. In any event they would be in Aramaic, and I couldn’t understand them; and anyone could pronounce them forgery. Every word he spoke is to me both judgment and mercy. If I were an atheist, and began to ponder his empty Cross worse than a gallows at ...

4505. Running With Patience

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... of all experiences. And looking back on what appeared to be marking time, the awareness comes that we were really making time. That is running with patience. Let me say one more thing. I have an unshakable faith in the providence of God. More often than I want to admit, I have tried to hurry it along or manipulate it to my own ends. Other times I have resented the implications or rebelled against its inexorable pattern. Yet, as the years go by, my faith in the providential leading of God grows deeper and ...

4506. A Good Deep Breath

Matthew 8:23-27

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... have told me that I have a lot of wind. Let me show you how much wind you have. I have brought along a lot of paper bags and I want you to see how much wind you have. I want you to take a deep breath and then blow the bag up with just one big push. That’s terrific. Now I want you to try something else with your breath. I want you to hold it as long as you can inside you. Take a very deep breath and hold it when I tell you to. Get ready, get set, go!! Let ...

4507. Bad Candy Wrappers

Matthew 13:24-30

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... We will wait to throw away the wrappers until we eat the candy and then we will throw them in a waste can. But you don’t want to throw the wrappers away until you eat the candy. I know you are not supposed to eat the wrapper and you know that you are ... to eat the wrapper, but you keep the wrapper on the candy until you get ready to eat it. There is a good reason why I want you to understand this and I am going to explain it right now. Some people wonder why God lets the bad people live with the good ...

4508. Swept Up Together

Luke 11:14-28

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... not miss Pete the second time. That is also the way it is with us. Sometimes a boy or girl comes to Jesus the very first time that Jesus asks him to come, and some of us wait for the second or third time before we ever make it. Jesus wants everyone to be with him and to share his love. Those who are with him are pleased and very happy. The others, and there are some, are always looking for something else, but they never find what they are looking for. The next time that you see your sweeper, you ...

4509. Knowing Who You Are

John 20:24-31

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... thrilled to hear each other tell about the good news. All were happy except one. His name was Thomas. Although Thomas was a good man and someone whom everyone liked, he just could not believe that this thing that they were talking about really happened. lie wanted some proof that what they said was true. Sometimes people demand proof today that you are who you say you are. They ask for identification. Do you know what that means? If I asked you for your identification, what would you do? [Let them answer ...

4510. God’s Hand on You

Luke 1:57-66

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... you to tell me which one you think is the most special kind of greeting. If you think that one way shows that I am a little closer and care a little more, then I want you to tell me. First of all, there is this way: "Hello, Tom." "Hello, Marty." "Hello, Jean." How did you like that way of greeting? [Let them answer.] Let’s see if we can improve upon that and do it in a little different way. [Begin by shaking their hands.] " ...

4511. Joining Jesus

Luke 14:15-24

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... graduation, then he has worked hard to reach the day when he can say that he is finished with what he has been studying and that he is ready to go to work or to go on to some more studying. If it is a wedding, you know that he wants you to come and meet the person whom he has chosen to live his life with in a home. An invitation is very important to the person who sends it and to the person who receives it. It means that lie considers you someone special. An invitation is something that ...

4512. Shoestrings and God

Matthew 5:21-26

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... I hope that you can understand the story that I am going to tell you. A broken shoestring is like two people who are unhappy with each other. They are angry, but they try to pretend that nothing is wrong and they go places and do things that they want to do. But wherever they go, they keep remembering how unhappy they are with the other person. Sometimes they even come to church and pray to God while they are angry with each other. If they come to church and they know anything about the teachings of Jesus ...

4513. A Person on My Fishpole

Luke 5:1-11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... them not to worry about that, for he had something special in mind for them. Now here is the point that you must think about. When you go fishing do you just take the pole and throw the line into the water? [Let them answer.] Of course not. If you want to be a good fisherman you must do a lot of preparation. First, you must know where there are fish, and then you need the right bait such as a worm, and then you must put the right kind of a weight on the line. When everything is done you ...

4514. What’s Church For?

Luke 19:45-48

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... that this is the same idea that Jesus had? He said that the Temple, or place of worship, was made for prayer and it should be used for prayer and the worship of God. Jesus became pretty upset with people who wanted to use the house of God for other things. That’s right. Jesus became so angry with people who wanted to use it as a place to sell things and gamble that he drove the people who did it right out of the church. He shouted and told them to get out with their things and not to come back ...

4515. Humility

Luke 14:1-14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of books or a newspaper, he would always send an envelope with his name on it and some stamps so that if they did not want to use it they could send it back without it costing them anything. Can you imagine that? The most famous writer in the world sent ... you and to turn away. I thought that the story about the humble writer was so good that I have done something that maybe you will want to do when you go home. I took out an envelope and wrote my name on it and put on some stamps. Now whenever I look ...

4516. The Right Time

Luke 21:5-38

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... to begin. The world that we know is like the paper wrapping around a gift. The real thing is inside the paper. What you and I want is what is inside - the real gift. Jesus said that we would know when the right time was near because of the clues that he ... the sea and the oceans and many people would lose their courage. There are other things that you can study if you read the Bible. I want to tell you that this is not something for you to be afraid of, but instead you should be glad. Why should you be glad ...

4517. The Real Thing

Luke 3:1-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... to start over and follow the teachings of God should be baptized. That was all that he could do. When Jesus baptized with the Spirit it meant not only did the people want to start over, but that God was forgiving them and starting over with them. Now God was involved in the baptism. It was more than just wanting to start over as with John’s substitute, but with Jesus it was both God and man starting over. John had a substitute and it was the best one that people had until Jesus came. But when they had ...

4518. In Which Direction Do You Travel?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... An automobile was coming down the right hand side of the interstate in the wrong direction. Apparently, its driver, in wanting to head East, had gotten confused, missed a ramp, and entered the westbound flow of traffic. The immediate reaction of ... to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." So often we all want to run off in all directions in a personal crusade against immorality. Yet Jesus came down hard on this wish to boast to others. Jesus said, " ...

4519. Love of God and Love of Country

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... . Peter Cohen has written a fascinating book entitled The Gospel According to the Harvard Business School. It is a book about people who want to get to the top of the world. It offers the reader an education about America’s business leaders, how they got where ... push their ambitions. They came to Jesus and said, "Master, we should like you to do us a favor." And Jesus asked, "What is it you want me to do?" And they said, "Grant us the right to sit in state with you, one at your right and the other at your ...

4520. How To Be A Saint In A Storm

Acts 27:13-26

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , after such ultimate triumph on Mt. Carmel, a few hours later when Queen Jezebel threatens his life, he runs a full day’s journey into the wilderness, falls down under a tree, feels very low and sorry for himself, and asks God to let him die! He didn’t really want to die - if he did he could have stayed where he was and Jezebel would have handled it for him easily. How can a man of such remarkable faith fall into such despair? How can such a threat bother him in the face of the larger battles he has ...

4521. For Losers And Cowards

Judges 6:1-40

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... has helped him to destroy the altars of Baal and Asherah, has made the fleece wet and the floor dry all around it - but still Gideon wants more proof. So Gideon says: "Now, God, don’t get mad, but let’s do it just one more time - only this time the other ... God did that for him too. Gideon’s lack of faith in God has become a popular way of proving something yet today. When we want to test something to the limit we say we "put out a fleece." Doesn’t Gideon’s lack of faith in God look familiar? God ...

4522. Defended By the Divine

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... he was and he replied: "Mam, I can’t do much, I can’t give much, I don’t know much - but I done decided I can give God the cleanest, best-smellin’ church in town!" How about that for being beautiful and unique? Love cannot always do what it wants to do - but love will do something. Love has a way of finding a way. Love has an ingenuity all its own. It is born of that high desire to give out of purity of heart, devotion, and of a spirit free and unencumbered with selfishness. A crippled woman was ...

4523. God’s Generosity Resented

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... waiting for work was a similar scene to our union halls of today - very common in that part of the world. They would stand there with their equipment all day waiting for a job. The fact that some of them stood till five o’clock shows that they really wanted to work. These people always lived on the poverty line. Whether they got a job or not determined if they and their families ate that day. To have no one hire them was a disaster. So this was a common sight and situation in Palestine, that all who heard ...

4524. The Unemployed Embalmers

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... we get together at a cocktail party or anyplace else, it’s kind of an organ recital? Who’s dying of what, where. Someone asked the great preacher, Henry Ward Beecher, if he really believed that the dead lived. He said: "Yes, I have absolute proof. If you want it, just attend a meeting of my board of deacons." Well, I have absolute proof that Christ is risen. How? Very simple - because I have known him. I have known him ever since I was old enough to know anyone. To me, he is everything that is written ...

4525. EPISODE 3: THE THIRD WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

... us. Our place in society will vanish altogether. The state will gain more power, and society will have less freedom. You wouldn’t want this, would you? JUDAS: No. BISHOP: Nor would any thinking man. When that happens we are all the loser. JUDAS: What’s your ... ? BISHOP: It is better that one man should die than that the people, of whom we are a part, should suffer. JUDAS: If he wanted to, he could be on top of everything. That’s what we thought he was aiming at. BISHOP: And he has overthrown your hopes. ...

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