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451. Advent 2: Let Us Go Over To Bethlehem And Find The Promise of Christmas

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... many retirements in half. The sniper attacks on the East Coast. Not to mention we have lived under the threat of attacks like September 11 ever since. By any measurement these are challenging times. We need a good word this morning, a word of comfort… and I have one for you. The word is Emmanuel. That’s the good news… God is with us… and God will see us through. God will bring us out of the valley to the mountaintop on the other side. The word “comfort” was created by combining two Latin words ...

452. Proper 4

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Deuteronomy 11:1-32, Matthew 7:21-29, Romans 1:1-17, Romans 3:21-31

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... of worldly values? 3. Or, is your life constructed on the rock of a faith that connects with daily life? In searching the yellow pages for a reputable auto mechanic, my eye was struck by the company name: Christian Car Care. I reasoned: We have one of three things here. "Christian" could be a family name, much like Anderson. The second possibility was more cynical. This is a fellow who wants to overcome the unsavory reputation of auto mechanics and has adopted the name "Christian" as a marketing ploy. The ...

453. Living Water

John 7:25-44

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... can be for success - success in one's chosen profession, or success in family life, success in just being a well-rounded human being! We all thirst. That is not the issue. The issue is how the thirst is quenched! Our Lord spoke of this universal need to have one's thirst quenched. His invitation was to find those needs met by coming close to him, learning from him. "On the last day of the feast," when Jesus spoke his message, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink," I wonder if he was remembering ...

454. God's Original Seatbelt (Mother's Day)

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... such thing as a nonworking mother." As Michelangelo's Pieta illustrates with such heart-breaking poignancy, even Jesus ended where he began: in the arms of his mother. Nearly three-quarters of the nation's 103.4 million women aged 15 and older are mothers. 23% have one child; 35% have two; 21% have three; 21% have four or more. Mother's Day trounces poor Father's Day by a longshot. Hallmark estimates that 150 million Mother's Day cards will be sent this year (but only 95 million Father's Day cards), making ...

455. From Laziness to Passion

Psalm 51:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... has called it a deadly sin. Acedia, sloth, is laziness. Jesus told a story about a man who had one talent. Among the three men he was a one-talent man. He was not the brightest, the richest, or the most capable of the clan. But he did have one talent. He had something. Because he was afraid, insecure, and threatened by the authority of the boss, he hid his talent in the ground. When called to accountability he tried to blame his lack of interest on the harshness of the master. But the master will have none ...

456. The Tower Of Babel

Genesis 11:1-9

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... We have great abundance. MALE 4: Our cattle grow fat. ALL: And so do we! (LAUGH IN UNISON) FEMALE 1: But -- the Lord God came down to see the city and the tower and said ... MALE 1: They are one people ... ALL: We are one! MALE 1: And they all have one language ... ALL: We are one! MALE 1: And this is the beginning of what they will do ... ALL: We are one! MALE 1: Anything will be possible for them. ALL: Anything -- anything -- anything is possible for us. We are one. We are one. We are one. MALE 1: Let us ...

457. Harmony

John 10:1-21

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... to the note, and then call out others for her to play.] That is very good. Did you see how they each have a name and they all sound different? I think that is very interesting. Now you must play all of the names together if you want to have one song. [Play another song.] That is much more interesting to hear when we bring all of the notes together. Jesus has the same idea about people. All the people in the world have different names and they even look different. You can tell people apart just as you can ...

458. Discrimination

Galatians 3:28

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... , then we also believe that God created each and every one of us. If God made all of us, then no one has the right to treat anyone else unfairly because of looks. You have been good sports this morning. If you did not get a present earlier, you may have one now because you are all special to God and to me, no matter what you look like. This week, be very careful not to treat anyone unfairly just because they look different. God bless you.

459. Oh, That I Knew Where I Might Find Him

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... second lesson, Hebrews says: "Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:14-16). Amen. 1. Archibald MacLeish, JB ...

460. The Voice-activated Life

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... our cars. The voice activated personal assistant comes already named, but we can change it. We’re familiar with Siri, which means in Norwegian "beautiful woman who will lead you to victory.” The British have a male voice named Daniel. The Australians have one named Karen. Microsoft's alternative to Siri is called Cortana. Who among us this morning has not “named” the voice in our GPS, the voice-activated knowledge navigator that pulls up our playlist or guides us on our way in our vehicle, telling ...

461. Jesus Christ, the Truth

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... in this whole Empire, who speaks the truth. Pilate: The truth again! The world can only stand so much truth, and then. Procula: And then? Pilate: And then the truth must be silenced for the sake of the masses. Procula: What will you do? Pilate: I have one more trick up my sleeve. I wasn’t given this job on a pass you know. There is a custom for freeing one prisoner during the Passover. I will give them a choice between Jesus and Barabbas. Procula: Who is Barabbas? Pilate: A murderer, robber, revolutionary ...

462. Eavesdropping On Eternity

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... ways of dealing with someone who falls asleep during an important meeting. He says, "Have everybody leave the room, then collect a group of total strangers, from right off the street and have them sit around the sleeping person and stare at him until he wakes up. Then have one of them say to him, in a very somber voice, "˜Bob, your plan is very, very risky, but you've given us no choice but to try it. I only hope, for your sake, that you know what you're getting yourself into.' Then they should file ...

463. Monday: The Way Of The Cross: Figs & Fig Trees

Matthew 21:18-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... response was, "if you have faith and do not doubt...." And that's the hard part. Not doubting. There's a difference between faith and belief. Belief is KNOWING. Faith is TRUSTING. And they go together like peanut butter and jelly or biscuits and gravy. You can have one or the other and it still be good, but they're ten times better together. B. There's a great scene about Faith and Belief and Doubt in George Lucas' 2nd Star Wars movie The Empire Strikes Back, which is actually Episode 5 in the series. After ...

464. Follow that Dream

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... think very much, but I do not think that I am writing to the President of the United States. If you like, give me a ten dollars bill green american, in the letter, because never, I have not seen a ten dollars bill green american and I would like to have one of them. "My address is: Sr. Fidel Castro, Colegio de Dolores, Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, Cuba. "I don't know very English but I know very much Spanish and I suppose you don't know very Spanish but you know very English because you are American but I am ...

465. Sinner Or Saint?

Hebrews 7:11-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He said there would be a sizeable honorarium. The pastor said, "But the whole country knows what a scoundrel your brother was." The man reminded the pastor that there would be a large honorarium if he would conduct the service. So the pastor agreed. The brother said, "I have one favor to ask. I want you to refer to my brother as a SAINT." Now the pastor had a problem. So that afternoon he had the funeral sermon. The pastor pointed at the casket and said, "You know this man was a scoundrel, but he was a ...

466. Joy At Midnight

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Erskine White

... too late. The door to the store was locked. The gods of commerce would accept no more offerings until the morning. The five people went home and asked their neighbors, "Do you have a shovel I can borrow?" Their neighbors said, "No, I don't. I only have one and I'll be using it tomorrow. The snow approaches and you paid no attention to the day or the hour. You should have been prepared." Clearly, Jesus' parable teaches us about judgment. Just as some people weren't prepared for last week's snow storm, so ...

467. The Healing Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... provide support for one another against the storms. When WE gather together, we provide similar support. Pain and suffering and illness come to all of us. But, just like those giant Sequoia trees, we can be supported in those difficult times by the knowledge that we have one another; we are not alone. In a few minutes, we will intertwine our spiritual, mental and physical roots in a special way. Some among us are here with needs for healing. Our work will be (and make no mistake, it will be work) to join ...

468. The Priority of Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... , who is more satisfying than we could ever imagine. Spiritual gifts have an expiration date; love does not. Visual: Display a variety of consumer products that have expiration dates and consider what might happen to the product after the expiration date. Have one or two products with no printed expiration date—maybe a rock or stapler. Suggest that even these have an invisible expiration date. For, when Christ returns and heaven and earth are made new, even the elements will be tested by fire. Consider ...

469. Proper 22

Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 3:1-11, Philippians 3:12-4:1, Isaiah 5:1-7, Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... toward complete union with Christ, which is heaven (v. 14). We are called to bring the love, joy and peace of heaven to bear on this earthly life. Gospel: Matthew 21:33-46 1. Sermon Title: Is God An Absentee Landlord? Sermon Angle: Most parables have one central point and so the details of the story ought not to be imputed with symbolic meaning. However, this is an allegorical parable. The tenants are the Jewish nation. The servants of the householder are the prophets and Jesus is the Son. It would follow ...

470. A Clock or a Compass?

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

David T. Ball

... keep a closer eye on how long my sermons are taking! I really just wanted to make a point about how much we rely on our watches in comparison to our compasses. And I doubt that very many of us have a compass that we can carry around — we may have one on our car. We know our streets well enough to get where we want to go, and maybe we have a general sense of north, south, east, and west, but our sense of time is really much more precise. To illustrate, you can probably all tell me with a fairly ...

471. Broken Hydrants

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... month one of the girls she had become friends with handed her a Bible. "When you're feeling sad," her new friend instructed her, "look here, and when you're feeling lonely, look here." Michelle tried to explain that she wasn't interested in reading the Bible or even having one. She had never looked at a Bible in her whole life, she said, so she wasn't about to do so now that she was in college. By the end of her first year of college Michelle had a number of good friends who were Christians. She noticed ...

472. October 2-8

Mark 10:1-12

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... Movement Have the children's choir present special music that picks up the theme of Jesus loving the children. If there is no organized children's choir, then ask an adult to gather one together for this Sunday. If your church does not have one, borrow or rent a video projector from a nearby university, video library, school, or business. Choose three or four clips from contemporary movies to illustrate the sermon. With this gospel lesson and the movie clips, the preacher could speak about divorce, or about ...

473. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-20, Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... John the Baptist's birth and announced destiny as the one who will "prepare the way of the Lord," to the 30-, or 31-year-old man, who comes out of the desert and begins to preach and actually prepare the way for Jesus' advent (Luke does have one incident between Jesus' birth stories and the beginning of his ministry, of course - the incident in the temple, when he was 12 years old). In both cases, most of what happened between infancy and the beginning of the third decade of their lives has been lost. How ...

474. Why You Should Spend Time with God

Psalm 37:4-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... the delight comes before the desire. In other words, when you delight in the Lord, your desire will be His desire. Another way of putting it is this way: When you put God first, you actually put yourself first. You see, there are three types of desires that you can have. One is a selfish desire. Many times we want something that God may not want for us, but we go ahead and take it and then blame God with it. I read about a lady who was trying to lose weight, and she gave this testimony: I’m not much given ...

475. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... right, it will be a lot of material and you can't test all of it, but it is important to investigate that which affects your pocketbook or your belief system. SUSAN: My belief system? FLY: Oh, I forgot -- major overhaul. Yes, your belief system. All people have one. SUSAN: I don't. FLY: Sure you do. If you say you don't believe in anything, that's a belief system. A pretty shaky belief system, but it is one nonetheless. SUSAN: I believe in something. FLY: Oh, important discovery! What is it? SUSAN: Well, I ...

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