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4676. Saved By Water: The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Steve Swanson

The legend of Noah and the flood, and Jesus' miraculous stilling of the storm, are both stories of fear of water and fear of drowning. We are indeed afraid of drowning; most of us would admit it. Too much water scares us. But go to the opposite extreme, too little water, and hardly anyone is afraid. Who ever thinks of dying of thirst? I guess you'd have to live on the desert or maybe back in the old sailing days of dead calms and thirst-crazed sailors. I don't suppose many of us have ever thought of dying ...

4677. The Inaugural Address

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

Yesterday our great country swore in the 43rd president of these United States and George Walker Bush delivered the 54th Inaugural Address to the nation. You may not know this but every single Inaugural Address from George Washington to George Bush has been preserved. In these speeches presidents have laid out for the country their dreams, goals, and aspirations. I would like you to listen to some excerpts from a few and as I read them I would like you to guess the president that delivered it [When you ...

4678. No Tears for Me, Please

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning to them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck!' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills 'Cover us.' For if they do this when the wood is green, what will ...

4679. One Plus One Equals One

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

When Jesus finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan River. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him by asking, "Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife for whatever reason he wishes?" Jesus answered, "Haven't you read the scripture that says that in the beginning the Creator made people male and female? And God said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and ...

4680. True Life

John 12:20-36

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: True life only comes through death. Props: A grass stalk with seeds or some other plant that prominently displays many seeds. Lesson: Opening: I don't know if you've noticed but is there something growing outside? (response) Have you seen all the plants and grass. They have buds all over them and some of them have actually already grown their new leaves and shoots. Can any body tell me what this is? (response) It's some kind of grass and it has something on the end of it. What are all these ...

4681. Sleeping in Church

Acts 20:8-9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: None Have you ever fallen asleep in church while the pastor was preaching? I think almost everyone has done this at one time or another. Sometimes you are listening when all of a sudden your eyes just get heavier and heavier, and you fall asleep. It doesn't only happen in church. Some people fall asleep while they are watching TV or riding in the car. There is nothing wrong with it, but I suppose that it can be a little embarrassing. St. Paul had it happen to one of his listeners. There was a young ...

4682. The Ambiguity of Life, Deciding for Christ

John 10:22-42

Sermon

Carl Jech

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. (John 10:28) I've seen it from both sides - from the side of the family with a difficult child and from the side of the mother who complained that one "rotten apple" in her son's third grade class was disrupting the learning environment for the whole group. Both sets of parents would no doubt prefer to live in a simple, unambiguous world in which everything rolled smoothly along like clockwork. The fact is, ...

4683. This is My Son, Listen to Him

Luke 9:28-36

Illustration

James Garrett

In the book, Unconditional Love, Father John Powell tells of a young man, Tommy, a student in his class, The Theology of Faith. Tommy turns out to be the “atheist in residence” in the course. He constantly objected to, smirked at, or whined about the possibility of an unconditionally loving Father-God. At the end of the course he asked in a slightly cynical tone: “Do you think I’ll ever find God?” Powell decided on a little shock therapy. “No!” he said. “Oh,” Tommy responded, “I thought that was the ...

4684. Finishing What We Start

2 Timothy 4:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some knitting, a partially finished jigsaw puzzle, a scoreboard with only four innings completed out of nine. Isn't this a wonderful day to be together? It's the middle of the month and all the leaves have now started to turn color. The air smells so good and on most days the sun is bright in the very blue sky. It surely is great the way God does things. Whatever He starts He finishes. That's the way He is. Do you always finish everything you start? Do you ever just get something started when you ...

4685. The Blind Leading the Blind

Luke 6:39

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: two blindfolds Who likes to be a leader? It is a big responsibility, but I want to know who wants to be a leader? (Wait for the reply.) Lots of people want to be leaders, but it is hard work and takes a lot of sacrifice. Tell me some people who you think are good leaders? (Get some names like school teachers, the president, etc.) Why do you think that these people are good leaders? (Again wait for answers like smart, strong, loving, etc.) How about the word, trust? I think that one of the most ...

4686. Barefoot in the Palace

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

The late J. Wallace Hamilton preached a sermon titled, "Bare Feet in the Palace." Borrowing an image from the author, Agnes Newton Keith, he suggested that this illustrates our times. The palace has undergone a radical change. The privileged who used to live there are gone: in their place have come the have-nots of the earth. They are now "barefoot in the palace." They have taken over the privileges of the few, and they do not intend to return to their former places of misery and destitution. If you want a ...

4687. Watching Jesus

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

Sometimes the background comments, the words used to provide the setting for the words and actions of Jesus are worth pondering. This may be the case in this passage where Luke notes, "They were watching him." (14:1b) Jesus was under surveillance. Is it any wonder? After all, he was a disturbing presence. He upset the tidiness of legalistic religion, declaring that all are bankrupt before God and that the main concern is God’s mercy, not our dubious schemes to make ourselves acceptable to God. To those who ...

4688. Tomb for Sale

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

George Bass

Some time ago, a strange classified ad appeared in the newspaper of one of our cities. It began: "Tombstone for sale," and continued, "Didn’t die; don’t need it." The details that followed in the ad caused a reporter to investigate and to interview Art Kranz, the man who had taken the advertisement in the classified section of the paper. Kranz told him that the tombstone had been in his living room for several months, but it was not his; it had been ordered by his sister after she was told that she was ...

4689. Booby Trap

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" ...

4690. Counsel for Discouraged Disciples

Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

John Bunyan had a remarkable ability to represent everyday truth in impressive allegory. One of the most vivid representations in his story, Pilgrim ‘s Progress, has to do with what happened in the Valley of Humiliation. No sooner had Pilgrim entered this valley than he saw the foul fiend Apollyon bearing down upon him, breathing fire and smoke. Pilgrim’s first impulse was to turn and flee for his life. As he was about to do so, however, he remembered that the only armor he wore was on his front side. ...

4691. Don't Try So Hard!

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

"For the man who wants to save his own life will lose it; but the man who loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it." (St. Mark 8:35 TEV) "We're only number two; we try harder!" I'm sure you've all seen the magazine ad of the car rental agency that uses this slogan. In a way the slogan strongly reflects some of our national thinking. One of the key doctrines of our American enterprise is hard work. If a person's going to succeed in life, we say, he will have to exert himself. It is often ...

4692. Faith-Filled Living

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him; and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." The apostles said to the Lord, " ...

4693. The Resurrection of Our Lord

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

Today is a time of special joy for us because some of our congregation have participated in Christ's resurrection through the sacrament of Holy Baptism, and the rest of us have (or will) renew our baptismal promises as we remember we have died and been raised with Christ. We will find a new pleasure in sharing the Eucharistic banquet with one another and our risen Lord. The alleluias will bubble out of us because we know God is faithful and we have something to celebrate - not life simply, but the new life ...

4694. Christ the King

Lk 23:35-43 · Jn 12:9-19 · Col 1:11-20 · Jer 23:2-6 · 2 Sam 5:1-5

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY 2 Samuel 5:1-5 David is crowned king of Israel at Hebron at age thirty. Among the Hebrews David was always regarded as the ideal king. The promised Messiah was to be a son of David and be a king like David. In the Old Testament the king was an expression of Yahweh's kingship. Christians see David as a type of Christ the King. Like David Jesus was our "bone and flesh" through the Incarnation. Like David as a military leader and conqueror, Jesus had the power over sin, sickness, and death so that ...

4695. The Transfiguration of Our Lord

Lk 9:28-36 · 2 Cor 3:12--4:6 · Ex 34:29-35 · Deut 34:1-12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Exodus 34:29-35 After forty days on the mountain with Yahweh, Moses' face shone. In this passage Moses makes his final descent from Mount Sinai where in communing with God he receives the Decalogue on two tables of stone. When Moses came back to his people, his face was still reflecting the glory of Yahweh to such an extent that Aaron and others were afraid of him. Moses had to urge the people to come near him. To reduce the brilliance, he put on a veil which he removed when he went to his tent ...

4696. Reflection Time

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Here we are on the eleventh day of Christmas, with Epiphany and the Star, the Wise Men, and the baby Jesus a couple of days ahead of us, and, all of a sudden, we are whisked back to Advent and, behind it, to the very beginning of creation. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." That’s all there was when God went into action, created our solar system, the earth and everything on it, including the human race "in his image." Few of us are ready for such a head-trip; ...

4697. Magic Mountain

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

For six days, Jesus had been engaged in an inner struggle, attempting to settle, once and for all, his decision to go to Jerusalem where, he knew, he would die. In a move not unique to the Jews when there was any religious critical question to be settled, Jesus took Peter, James, and John apart from the rest of the disciples and went to a "high mountain" for a retreat. He needed their company, comfort, and support as he was about to lay his life on the line. Was he doing the right thing? Had he interpreted ...

4698. The Love God Wants

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Judging from current fads in vocabulary, it seems that most of us think that life is too complicated, or at least, more complicated than it needs to be. One clue is the frequency of the words, "basic" and "basically" in our speech. "The basic idea of the proposal is...." "Basically, how do you see the situation?" And most all of us have given in to the fashion of creating nouns out of adjectives as we express the need to "get back to the basics" in everything from education to economics. We long for ...

4699. The Master Has Come - And Is Moved With Compassion

Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

There lived in India a well-known poet named Tagore. One morning his servant was late coming to work. Tagore became more angry by the minute as he waited for him to arrive. Finally, the servant came in and began his duties. Tagore had already decided to fire him. He said, "Stop what you are doing and get out. You are fired." The man kept sweeping and said, "My little girl died last night." This incident points up one of the great needs in the world today - the need for compassion. Compassion has been ...

4700. When God's Mind is Spoken

Judges 1:1-36

Sermon

I went to see him at the hospital where he was recuperating from a scary illness. While I visited with him, his wife made arrangements to check him out of the hospital. It took much longer than both of us had expected, so he and I had an unanticipated, but very important, conversation. He worships every Sunday. He never misses Sunday school. He reads my sermons, and those of other ministers, that are mailed to his house. For a lay person, he is theologically well informed. In fact, from time to time, he ...

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