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4651. Any FAX, Or E-Mail From God Today?

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Harold Warlick

You and I live in a world of communication. Analysts tell us that most of us will spend two years of our lives on the telephone. Most likely they will not be the best two years. Future generations could spend more than five years of their lives "talking" with people around the globe as they come home from work or school, download their computers, and get out on the information highway. Calling a college student has changed dramatically in the past decade. Over two-thirds of American college students now ...

4652. When Trouble Comes!

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

One of the most realistic stories in the Bible is the story of Job and his troubles. Job was a good and righteous man whom God blessed abundantly. God blessed him with seven sons and three daughters, a total of ten children, the number which signaled completeness. Likewise, God blessed Job with seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels, again seven plus three, giving us the number of perfection. Furthermore, God blessed Job with five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys which also adds up to ...

4653. With Our Heads In The Clouds

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

John A. Stroman

Then a cloud overshadowed them... -- Mark 9:7 The crowds were gone. Jesus was alone with his disciples. They sat around the campfire enjoying its warmth as the evening lengthened. They were gazing at the fire in silence, occasionally poking a stick at the logs in order to turn them over, causing the flames to shoot up. Jesus broke the silence: "What are people saying about me?" The disciples looked at one another, waiting for someone to answer. Peter spoke up, "What do you mean?" "Who do the people say ...

4654. Son of David, Open Our Eyes

Mark 10:46-52

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

Greeting Leader: Take heart; get up, Jesus is calling you. Congregation: (The people stand up.) Leader: Jesus asks, "What do you want me to do for you?" Congregation: Our teacher, let us see again.(Follow with the congregation singing the hymn "Open My Eyes, That I May See") Prayer Leader: God of power and might, whose nature is always to show mercy, we come before you with many needs. Congregaton: When the blind beggar, Bartimaeus, heard Jesus approaching he called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on ...

4655. Bread of Unwavering Commitment (Bread of Life V)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

There was this man who had a disability in his leg, but he was determined to walk. And so he walked, slowly, but often long distances. Once he was out in the countryside rolling hills, rough, rocky, and uninhabited. He was a couple miles from home. He felt exhausted, more than usual. He hoped someone would come along soon who could offer him a helping hand. Eventually, he saw someone riding a donkey. He whistled his attention and the man came to him. He was the ranch owner making his daily round of the ...

4656. What Ever Happened to Wisdom?

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

Does gray hair bring wisdom or slower reflexes or both? This is the issue over which airline pilots and the Federal Aviation Administration have been arguing for years. The rule has been that pilots cannot fly jetliners after they turn sixty years old. Pilots claim that eligibility after sixty should be determined on a case by case basis. They cite the time when Captain David Cronin, age fifty-nine, brought a jumbo jet back to a safe landing in Hawaii after a huge hole had opened in its fuselage. He ...

4657. As Is

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

Once upon a long time ago, a friend of mine owned a yellow Datsun. It was a neat little car that took him over the hills and through the valleys of southern Wisconsin. With "five on the floor," it was fun to drive, shifting up and down, turning left and right, accelerating and stepping on the breaks. The yellow Datsun kept him happy for a couple years, until one day it died. The head cracked and the engine decided not to turn over any longer. It was a sad day for my friend, his only consolation coming from ...

4658. Sermon In A Word

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

Comment: "The Disciples' Tenebrae" was a perfect set-up for the sunrise service. As people entered the church Easter Sunday, the worship room was bare of decorations. The rough cross made of old Christmas tree trunks still stood at the front of the church, draped with the black cloth from the Maundy Thursday service three nights before. There were no lights on in the church. All was very quiet as the people gathered. To begin the service, the liturgist went up to the cross, pulled the black cloth off of it ...

4659. I Just Need To Talk To A Real Person

John 15:1-17

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

Synopsis: Hattie, an elderly woman who is homebound, attempts to make contact with the outside world through her latest technological wonder -- a cell phone. She encounters the same difficulties with voice mail that most everyone has experienced. Hattie longs for human contact. Note: This chancel drama is a setup for preaching to the theme of "The Need For A Sense Of Community And Deeper Relationships." Theme: The Need For A Sense Of Community And Deeper Relationships Characters: Hattie Elderly lady Heidi ...

4660. A Mother · A Canaanite Woman

Mt 15:21-28 · Mk 7:24-30

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

Like the woman of Samaria the mother from Canaan whose story Matthew and Mark have preserved for us was a foreigner. Tradition calls her Justa and names her daughter Bernice. One scholar describes her as "by language a Greek, by nationality a Canaanite, and by residence a Syro-Phoenician." So, too, she was probably Greek by religion. Coming from the Phoenician coast as she did she was very likely a member of a seafaring family. I More to the point, however, the woman belonged to a race the Jews held ...

4661. A Big Fisherman · Peter

Mt 16:13-20 · Jn 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

He came from the sea, a brawny, boisterous man, who loved nothing better than the spray in his face as he pitted his little craft against a gale, his calloused hands locked on the tiller, a defiant cry on his lips. And when the wild trick was over how he must have boasted of his feat to friends sharing his hearth! He was an impulsive man, quick to make decisions and equally quick to make mistakes. Yet he never let either stop him. Instead, he plunged straight on, rushing from one concern to another, always ...

4662. A Word Of Encouragement!

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

There are a lot of folks around these days who seem to be ready to unload a bit of their discouragement and depression upon you. A man tells that it seemed every time he walked in the door, as he came home from work, his wife would pounce on him with long tales of woe about the day's calamities and problems. Finally, he sat down and talked about it with her. He said that, after some discussion, she agreed that before she hit him with the day's disasters, she would at least let him first sit down and eat ...

4663. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

The Miracle Of Feeding 5,000 A little lad was asked which was his favorite parable. He replied, "I like the one about the loafs and fishing." The kid may be confused whether the story of Jesus' feeding the 5,000 is a parable or a miracle. However, the miracle of multiplying is also a favorite of the gospel writers. This miracle of Jesus is the only one recorded by the four evangelists. In addition, there are two accounts of feeding the 4,000 which New Testament scholars consider to be different versions of ...

4664. Count Your Blessings

1 Corinthians 1:7

Children's Sermon

Object: a picture or puppet of the "Count" from Sesame Street Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a friend to help us do something special today. (Hold up the picture or puppet.) Do you know this character? (Let them respond.) It's the Count from Sesame Street. What is the Count's favorite thing to do? (Let them respond.) That's right, he loves to count. He came with me today because we are going to count some things. Today is the first Sunday in Advent. Advent means "coming toward" and we use the word ...

4665. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-24, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:14-30

Sermon Aid

George Bass

THEOLOGICAL CLUE The birth story, with the visit of the magi, and the baptism of our Lord, at the beginning of the season, and the Transfiguration story, at the conclusion of Epiphany in many lectionaries, combine to enclose the other Sundays of Epiphany in a period of time when the manifestation/ministry of Jesus are celebrated in worship and preaching. Each Sunday, some aspect of Jesus' Epiphany in his teaching and/or his miraculous works/signs is put before the people of God to confirm the faith of ...

4666. Living Sacrifices

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

William J. Carl

If we’re really honest we have to admit that Peter speaks for all of us when he rebukes Jesus for saying that he would soon suffer. The main reason Peter does this is that following a God who suffers means we will probably have to suffer, too. Sure enough we were right; for immediately after Jesus puts Peter in his place, he says, “Those who want to be my followers must first deny themselves, take up their crosses and follow me.” What Peter probably figured out right from the beginning was that he would ...

4667. Home And Temple

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

James Garrett

Columnist Erma Bombeck tells of a Supermom who is perfection itself. She did everything right: kept a perfect home; kept her husband happy. Always had a copy of Bishop Fulton Sheen’s latest book on the coffee table, and answered the door pregnant when the priest came by. One day, I asked her how she did it, and she said, “I emulate the Blessed Virgin Mary,” and I said, “Marge, it’s a little bit late for that.” She said, “Very well, I’ll tell you. Every evening, when the children are bathed and tucked into ...

4668. Trusting In The Lord

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Ron Lavin

Recently I awoke from a dream with a start. I didn't know where I was or what was happening. I didn't even know who I was. I had fallen asleep in an armchair in the family room. That was quite an awakening to reality. Some time ago, I had left a message at the desk of a hotel where I was staying. I wanted to get up at 6 a.m. so that I wouldn't miss an important meeting. The phone rang and a very pleasant voice on the other side said, "Mr. Lavin, this is your wake up call." Startled, I jumped out of bed, ...

4669. Step Two - Hope

Mk 10:46-52 · 2 Cor 12:7-10 · Is 12:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

Step two. "Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." One word sometimes used to summarize this step is the word hope. We are going to look at today's texts as they relate to believing God restores us as we turn our lives over to that Power greater than ourselves. In the Old Testament reading, Isaiah sings a song of deliverance. The words might sound like a call for personal deliverance, but it is really a song for the deliverance of the nation and a call for a ...

4670. Encounters With Christ V: Jesus and James and John

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

James W. Moore

Some years ago when William Howard Taft was President of the United States, he found himself in an interesting dilemma. A woman who was a friend of the Taft family kept pestering President Taft to appoint her husband to the post of Secretary of Commerce. Now, the woman’s husband had no political experience at all – no training for the job at all – no real expertise or qualifications to bring to the position at all. In fact, he was a house painter! But, the woman wanted her husband to be named by the ...

4671. Comfort the Disturbed/ Disturb the Comfortable

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Carl Jech

He stirs up the people teaching ... (Luke 23:5) Years ago many of us celebrated this day as Palm Sunday. It was almost like a mini-Easter - a prelude to the ultimate celebration of the Resurrection. But in recent years we have been reminding ourselves that the more historical name for this day is Passion Sunday. Palm Sunday tended to be a day of waving palm branches, of joy, of singing "Hosannas." Passion Sunday has made the day more like the prelude to Good Friday - a day of somber reflection on the ...

4672. A Father Looks at His Son - Joseph and Jesus

Luke 2:21-40

Drama

Thomas Blowers

Dramatic Monologue Funny thing what you can do with a story, how you can read into it what isn't even there until the facts of the story itself begin to say what you keep bringing to it. You pick up a story for the first time and you begin to read, filling in the missing pieces with your own imagination. The next time you read the story again, it's as if those bits and pieces you've added were actually there. They have become part of the story itself and as you remember the story and begin sharing it with ...

4673. Christ Has Set Us Free

John 8:31-41

Sermon

In 1493 a history of the world was published in Germany, just a year after Columbus discovered America. The book didn’t end with that; in fact it didn’t even mention it. It did end with a drawing of the Last Day, showing Christ as Judge sitting upon a rainbow. There was a lily in his right ear to symbolize the redeemed whom the angels were ushering into paradise. There was a sword in his left ear to represent the doom of the damned whom the devils were dragging by the hair from their graves and throwing ...

4674. Nervous Hands

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

All of us at some point have been so nervous that it was obvious to everyone - our knees shook, our hands trembled. It's happened to every one of us. I remember one incident in particular in my own life. It was the first time I ever assisted with Communion. I was a Lay Minister. It was my installation, and I was to assist in distributing Communion. My hands shook so badly in trying to pass out the bread that I'm quite certain that everyone who received a wafer had to shake his head to catch my hand. I was ...

4675. Advent 4

Lk 1:39-55 · Heb 10:5-10 · Mic 5:1-4

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Micah 5:1-4 Out of Bethlehem will come a shepherd king who will be great. Micah was a prophet of the seventh century during the reigns of Ahaz and Hezekiah. The first three chapters are considered to be the work of Micah, but chapters 4 and 5 are believed to be the work of an unknown author writing during or near the end of the Babylonian exile. In the dark years of the exile, the Jews looked for a restoration of the nation under a Davidic shepherd-king who, like David, would be born in ...

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