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4526. EPISODE 7: MAUNDY THURSDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

... is hopeless. FIRST CLERGYMAN: The sooner we get rid of him, the better. JESUS: You will never rid yourselves of me. BISHOP: We can, and shall. And remember my words. The people may cheer you when you heal their sores and give them bread, but when they learn you want to change them into something other than themselves they’ll turn on you and howl for your blood like a pack of wolves. JESUS: I’ll die for that sin also ... and for yours. BISHOP: There’s no more to be said. We shall go to the Governor ...

4527. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... ; they could go back; they could return to the paved streets and the heated houses and the police protection of the East. But we cannot retreat - not from this frontier. There is nowhere to go; we cannot resign from the human race. We can say, "Stop the world, I want to get off," but the world won’t stop. Immediately before World War II a man decided he was fed up with the constant crisis that much of modern living is. So he looked over the map of the world and selected a place to retreat to. That place ...

4528. Significance in Life

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... s satisfaction like he thought he was. He was destroying his own, because he wasn’t performing his task in love for the man who would someday own the car that he was helping build. Psychologist Murray Banks tells us that old age, if you want to talk about old age, physically, really sets in about the age twenty-eight, because that’s when the body begins to disintegrate and deteriorate. But creative love, and real life surge of productivity, is not fully developed until we are about forty. For instance ...

4529. To Receive or Worship?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... comfortable?" Well, we can try, if being comfortable is what you come here for. "Don’t expect me to sing. You wouldn’t want to hear my voice." I probably wouldn’t, but maybe Almighty God would. He gave you the voice. And so, Kierkegaard says: "We gather ... get ours. And so we end up with a silent, do-nothing Christ. So we take over. If he isn’t going to get us what we want in life, then we’ll do it ourselves. If he isn’t going to lead us into peace, power, poise, and prosperity, then we’ll get it ...

4530. A Reason For All To Be Thankful

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... takes a measure of faith to write God's name at the top of life's next page, especially if the previous chapter has been sad. But that act of faith is the only way to realize the truth of Romans 8:28. There is a third Reflection I want us to glimpse from that wonderful verse. I'll express it in sports terminology: No Matter What The Score, God's Children Are Winners! Do you remember that wonderful story about a man who was watching a Little League baseball game? He was standing just outside the third base ...

4531. Worthy Is The Lamb

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the ear. Madonna's frivolous use of the cross has spurred its marketability. A jewelry store clerk asked a customer if she wanted the plain cross necklace or "the one with the little man on it." In this secular society in which the cross is ... comment with a wicked grin. Moved with compassion for the bird, Spurgeon asked, "How much would you sell me that bird for?" "You don't want this bird, mister," the boy said with a chuckle. "It's just a bloody field sparrow." But then he saw that the old gentleman was ...

4532. Who Is This Jesus?

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... I'm going to look into this Jesus business." The old professor braced himself, looked straight into the eyes of young Russell, and said, "And I hope you do. And if you look into this Jesus business seriously, he'll get you just like he got me." Today I want us to look into this Jesus business seriously. As I begin a series of sermons on the essential beliefs of our faith, there is no other proper place to begin than with Jesus. There is only one thing distinctive about the Christian faith, and that is Jesus ...

4533. The Cross In My Pocket

Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... follow me." When I touch that cross in my pocket, it raises these questions: What is the shape of my cross? What costly effort for His sake am I engaged in just now? What have I done today that only a Christian would do? Jesus said that if we wanted to follow Him, we must take up our cross daily! And this does not mean to simply endure whatever is thrust upon us by what some people call fate or bad luck. A cross is an unforced, voluntary obligation. It means to offer some costly witness or ministry because ...

4534. The Waiting Game

Sermon

James Bjorge

... make dreams come true. We just sit and wistfully hope that our ship will come in even though we have never sent one out to sea. Gradually we slip into a life of boring passivity which paralyzes our potential and zest for living. It happens to the traveler who wants to go back the same way he came. The spark of curiosity has died. It happens to the professor who repeats the same lecture for thirty years. It can happen to the child of God who hears the truth of God manifold times but never acts on it. There ...

4535. No Withdrawal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... more. Well, if it only lasts about a month, it perhaps is still worth it. No one can dismiss it as just a season of sentimental slush. The problem is the withdrawal. Bills, loneliness and weariness seem to be left in the wake of this high celebration. God doesn’t want it that way. He did not invade the earth for a few brief days in order to spread around some goodies and say "hello" only to retreat back to heaven. God is no Santa Claus who empties his bag of toys and then goes back to the North Pole to ...

4536. Naaman, the Leper

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Don Yocom

... to him. But Elisha sent word that this would give Israel an opportunity to let Syria know of the religion of Israel, a religion of the supremacy of Almighty God. Syria had nothing to match this. Naaman then went to Elisha’s house, only to be told that if he wanted his health restored, he must go wash himself in the Jordan River seven times. Now, Naaman was a proud man and he balked. He had thought that Elisha at least would come out of his house and make a big fuss over him, then call on the name of the ...

4537. Solomon and the Outline for Renewal

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

Sermon

Don Yocom

... , at the proper time. St. John wrote, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9). "If my people shall seek my face." God is willing to have us cooperate with Him. He wants us to seek Him. Everything has been done to make it possible for us to cooperate, but we so often forget and try to get away with things which destroy the fellowship of father and son. Jesus gave us this phrase: "Our Heavenly Father." And He meant by it ...

4538. The Drop Out

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... four days you've been on my back. I haven't done one thing right, according to YOU! Well, Dave can knuckle under if he wants to, but I'm not putting up with it! That bike can wait till tomorrow! And I'm not leaving this lodge until day ... Danny’s accusations against Phil justified? 4. What do you think of Phil’s decision? 5. Do you think it likely Phil would ever want Danny around again? 6. After you have answered all the above to your satisfaction, get your Bibles and look up these scriptures: Acts 12 ...

4539. Slices of Life

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... me. THE LITTLE SISTER one teenage girl, one about 9 GIRL: Oh, dear! There’s the doorbell and my hair’s all wet! I don’t want to see anybody like this. Cindy! Go answer the door and tell whoever it is I’m not home. CINDY: Why can’t I just say ... must be like to have a rich Dad! THE DRESS two girls ONE: I’m getting that dress I told you about. TWO: The one you wanted so badly? ONE: Yeah. Isn’t that super? TWO: But I thought your Mom couldn’t afford it? ONE: Well, she had some money set aside ...

4540. God's In the Middle

Ephesians 3:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... God had a plan for everyone, and that if he listened carefully God would tell him what the plan was and he could share it with the rest of the people. Paul played for a big team for he played for man. All men were Paul’s team, and he wanted them all to know about the love of God so that they could work and play together according to a plan. The next time you see a huddle on television, you think about how God coached St. Paul and how St. Paul brought the message to our team of all ...

4541. Christian Prioneers

Colossians 3:10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of the frontier were called pioneers. How many of you have read stories or seen television shows about those "old days?" Good. [Use your axe or old hand plow.] The pioneers used this old axe to clear the land because they wanted a new kind of life. There were fields and houses and streets back in the east, but they wanted to start a whole new life and they are really ready to work for it. It wasn’t easy, and they had to learn a lot. Each new man on the frontier learned some things from a man who had been ...

4542. Plan for Heaven

Hebrews 11:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A pup tent. Good morning, boys and girls. Today I want to take a moment to set up our object so that all of you know what I am talking about. [Set up the ... use him in a lot of ways and in a lot of places. He could move his tent wherever God wanted him to go, but he couldn’t move a house. Abraham wanted to be able to go on a moment’s notice. That is the way if should be with us. We don’t want to spend all of our time working and building something here on earth that will only last for a short ...

4543. Fizz!

2 Timothy 1:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... about Jesus, but you just could not get the words out of your mouth. I know what you think because it has happened to me. You want to say something but you are afraid of what others will think about you. That has happened to a lot of people, and it must ... up glass of water.] It is a spirit that looks like all other spirits. It just lies there. It doesn’t do anything but sit. I want to show you what happens when I mix God’s Spirit up with mine. Pretend that this is God’s Spirit. [Hold up the Alka-Seltzer ...

4544. MR. CAIN

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... . I’m a complete person. CAIN I got a big day tomorrow. Harry Fallow made an appointment to come into the office; I think he wants to buy a policy, a big one. Maybe even a couple hundred thousand. He’s got class, this guy has. He’ll come in tomorrow, ... don’t know if they’re true or not. Maybe they’re only gossip, malicious, evil, sick gossip. And I certainly don’t want to be responsible for spreading that kind of gossip around. I mean, after all, the real Cain is just a simple, sweet country ...

4545. Well, What Did You Expect?

Acts 12:1-19a

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... to pray a prayer with a group of men asking for their safety and protection. With men being killed and wounded all about us, why should WE receive special consideration? I think of the words of Studdert-Kennedy, the soldier poet. He said: "The first prayer I want my son to learn to say is not ‘God, keep Daddy safe,’ but ‘God, make Daddy brave, and if there are hard things that Daddy must do, give him the strength to do them.’ Daddy dead is still Daddy, but Daddy dishonored is something worse than ...

4546. Chapter V

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... was not eloquent, or as he put it, "I am slow of speech and tongue tied." "O my Lord," said Moses, as he quaked in his boots, "send, I pray, some other person." Rather than let him beg off, God remained persistent. It was Moses, not somebody else, that he wanted, problems and all. "Is there not Aaron your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well ... You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. He ...

4547. We Are All Welcome In God's House

Luke 2:49

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... ! Do you all use a toothbrush for your teeth? Then you all eat at a table? Well, that’s fine. I have some pictures here and I want you to see if you can help me out by matching them. Now what is this? (hold up football player) That’s right, and can you show ... hear them choose the stadium. Keep doing it with other pictures) They just seem to go together naturally, don’t they? Well, I want to tell you a quick story. Once upon a time, Mary and Joseph, the father and mother of Jesus, thought that Jesus was ...

4548. Good Soldiers for Jesus

Matthew 8:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... to have Jesus come, but he knew that he wouldn't have to go; he could just give the order. The Captain knew that everything, even sickness, had to obey Jesus. Well, this is what I want to tell you this morning. Jesus is the highest authority in the world and when he speaks or wants something done, it will be done. Now if you want to be on the same side with Jesus, the highest authority there is, you must try to be like Jesus and do what he says. That’s right; Jesus can give give orders to the generals ...

4549. Learning to Be Patient

Matthew 15:23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... when you started. Sometimes we have to learn to wait. We aren’t patient. We never seem satisfied. That’s what God tells us. He wants us to keep asking him to help us, but sometimes we have to wait for just the right moment for God to act. One day ... t say anything or do anything. She wasn’t discouraged, though, and she just kept asking and waiting and finally Jesus did what she wanted him to do. But she had to wait until Jesus was ready. Sometimes we could get discouraged in our prayers that we say ...

4550. The Magnet Called Love

John 14:23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... about Jesus. Now, that shouldn't really be so strange to you and me, because Jesus says that he's going to let men choose whether they want to love him or not. You don't have to love Jesus. He wishes that everyone would, but he won't force you, or twist your ... love him. Jesus says that such a thing is every man's free choice. Just like the pieces in the box. The red ones decided that they wanted to love Jesus and the green ones said no. Now you and I have a choice to make just like the pieces in the box. But ...

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