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526. The Rain Of Bread

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

... said, "She called me and pleaded with me to sign a release for her. But after following the advice of an Al-Anon group, I refused to sign the release. It was the hardest thing I had ever done. A month later, I telephoned her and asked her if she wanted to come home. She said yes, and I drove to the jail to pick her up. She was so thin, she didn't even look like my daughter." At the end of telling this story, the man spoke of how God had sustained him through this entire ordeal, and still ...

527. Pilate's Sign

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... and asked him, "Who are you?" Jesus didn't answer him. Pilate threatened, "I have power over you." Jesus replied, "Who gives you that power?" Visitor: Good question! Local: Right. Pilate knew he had the official authority, and he knew the crowd wanted it. But he wanted to refuse. He said, "Let him go." But the people in the crowd yelled back, "Whose friend are you, Pilate? Caesar's? Jesus tried to be king." Visitor: Really? Did that really happen? Local: A few months ago, some people cornered Jesus after ...

528. Rules For A Happy Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... an inner sense of who we are and what we hope to be. What kind of person are you? Do you have integrity? Do you want to be known in your vocation as a man or woman of honor, of unimpeachable honesty? I know a man who builds shopping centers. Some ... integrity. For some of us, that, more than the high scoring game, qualified Reggie Miller as a role model for all the kids who want to be like him. To bear witness to his faith and to admit an indiscretion -- obviously, someone has set a high standard for that ...

529. Pilate's Sign

Drama

Jerry Eckert

530. Mary: After The Angel

Drama

Arlys M. Winkler

... angel to Joseph, too. ANNE: When are you going to tell him? MARY: I think I'll go see him after we eat. JOACHIM: Do you want us to go with you? MARY: (Resolutely) No, Father, this is something I have to do myself. (They hug and begin to prepare the table for ... Lord. You are doing exactly what the angel asked of you. MARY: Well, at least I'm going to try. ELIZABETH: Good. Now how long do you want to stay with us? MARY: I'm not sure. I think I'll know when I'm ready to return home. ELIZABETH: I think you're ...

531. Proper 5

2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 1 Samuel 8:1-22, Mark 3:31-35, Mark 3:20-30

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... had become frayed. Jesus offers a new definition of his family; his family consists of everyone who does God's will. SERMON POSSIBILITIES Lesson 1: 1 Samuel 8:4-20 (11:14-15) Sermon Title: Be Careful What You Pray For. Sermon Angle: The people of Israel wanted a king and so Samuel took their request to the Lord. Having a king was not the future that God envisioned for his people, but God decided to give the people what they asked for anyway. This constitutes a prime example of not prefacing our prayers with ...

532. The Pop Quiz

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Who do people say that I am?" he asked. Most likely the disciples were careful in giving their answer. They didn’t want to mention any of the bad things they must have heard folks say about Jesus. Instead they responded positively. "Well, Lord, we ... ’t seen it?" How would you answer their questions? But we grownups also have questions of faith. Many of us talk about the questions we want to ask God if and when we get to heaven. "If you really love the world, God, why is there so much hatred and suffering ...

533. The Family of Judas

Drama

William Grimbol

... time mother secretly wished she could be doing everything Judas was. I think that father was at times jealous of that relationship, and I know my brother was. Me - I understood. Judas was just a beautiful person to know. He was so full of life and love and he wanted to learn - learn - learn. I admire him so much. He had such courage, and at least he fought hard for his convictions. He didn't just follow the crowd. He didn't accept things as true, just because that was the way it had always been. He was a ...

534. The Friend At Midnight

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... many of us persistent about it? Jesus considered this such an important point that he later told another story in Luke 18 that illustrates the same thing—the importance of persistence in prayer. He told of a widow who had a court case that she wanted settled. These Roman magistrates were notoriously corrupt and since she had no power to bully or intimidate them and not money enough to bribe them she was simply ignored by the judge in her county. But she does have one weapon in her arsenal—she pestered ...

535. How to Stay Humble in a Haughty World

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . How do we avoid humiliation? How do you stay humble in a haughty world? There are two things we must do. I First, don’t put yourself in a position to eat humble pie. It is the bane of the church and it is the bane of most businesses. We want to be seen as more important than the other guy. It is sad that even in our families and in our friendships, we must contend with one-ups-man-ship. Jesus encountered it at a dinner after church. Remember the scene with me. After synagogue services Jesus attends a ...

536. The Confessions of a Younger Brother

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

... the parable is most powerfully made in my life when I see myself in relationship to the five brothers. We share a common ground. What I Want In the parable the rich man dies, goes to Hades and is suffering there, whereas Lazarus dies and goes to live in the bosom of ... I am by the extraordinary voices of the living. I have them; they are all around me. The Secret What I have and what I want are not divorced from God’s efforts to enter my life. This is the key, the sign, God is in the person with needs who ...

537. The Ladder of Success

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Paul Hegele

... . You have importance, you have worth, because I made you and I love you. Don't try to be someone other than my child." And Adam promptly decided to be the god of his own life. Having the worth of being a child whom God loves wasn't enough; Adam wanted the greatness of standing on the top rung of the ladder. Looking at the tree in the center of the garden, Adam knew he had a choice. He made the wrong choice and he discovered sin, suffering, and shame. The choice didn't stop with Adam. It keeps popping up ...

538. Real Strength

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... to the fifth decimal point. Seven and a half percent of visitors will buy because they like what they see. Another 28 1/2 percent will start to give in before they leave. "They've been so good to me! I owe them something. So what if I don't want the property. I shoulda thought of that before I came."1 After two or three days of plush living, you can hardly say "no" without feeling like a slob, an ingrate or a rip-off artist. The figures have been researched and they are accurate. In our society, 36 percent ...

539. Keep it Simple

Mark 10:15

Children's Sermon

... knows what it is like to be a part of God's Kingdom. You may not explain it, but it is for all of us. If you keep adding things to it, you find it is a lot like the hamburger I tried to make for you. You don't want it when you put everything on it. That is the way that Jesus felt about the Kingdom of God. It is not complicated. It is so simple that the youngest child can believe in it without any fear. The next time you sit down and are ready to eat a ...

540. The One Who Made His Cross

Drama

... s not very much time. Justus It shouldn’t be a problem for you. By now you should be experienced. Silas Before Pilate is through I will be an expert. Justus In a week then. (Justus leaves. Anna, Silas’ wife enters) Anna I’m almost afraid to ask what Justus wanted. (Drops page 5 of letter) Silas You guessed it. More of the same. Anna It’s a bad business. But someone has to do it. Silas I just wish it wasn’t me. Anna It’s getting late. Are you about ready for supper? Silas What are we having? Anna ...

541. Begging Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... those people who tried to silence the beggar. We dare not forget the glossy page filled with hunger, and poverty, and unemployment. If we do then we are part of the crowd that said: "Shhh. Not now. We’re in church. We want to hear the words of Jesus. We want to hear him teach and preach. We want to follow him, love him, serve him, trust him." Every time we try to make the faith too’ heavenly God puts a beggar in our path. Every time we think we are listening and believing in the truth, God sends us a ...

542. Forever His

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... To believe that we belong first of all to ourselves is to subscribe to a social philosophy of hedonism and utter selfishness. Still, we all want to belong to someone. If we feel we have no one to love us, no one who cares, no one to whom we belong, life ... replies, "I’m alone I’m old and I’m dying. There’s no one who loves me enough ... What I want is to be with someone who wants me. Wants me. Or else I want to die. I don’t seem to be dying fast enough." St. Paul speaks boldly from the pages of the ...

543. The Guy With The Donkey

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... cage. Stunned and dazed, he looked up and saw a ferocious lion. In his panic he forgot he was supposed to be a gorilla and yelled, "Help! Help!" That ferocious lion turned in his direction and said, "0 shut up, man, I'm a minister too." The main thing I want to say to us today is that all of us are ministers, not ordained types, but ministers nonetheless. I could say it like this: all of us are supposed to be donkey-givers. But in order to understand that, I must introduce you to a man Jesus met long ago ...

544. Controlling Our Cravings

Luke 12:13-21, Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... all the money on earth will be able to relieve one's misery. A little boy was trying to recite the 23rd Psalm one morning in Sunday School. He didn't get it quite right, or maybe he did. He said, "The Lord is my shepherd; that's all I want." Denis Waitley, in his book "Timing Is Everything," tells about a wealthy man who lost his wife when their only child was young. The widower hired a governess to serve as a nanny for his son. When the boy reached his teens, he became ill and died. Heartbroken from this ...

545. God Is a Giver

Sermon

James Bjorge

... At this sacred spot in the year called Christmas let us once again look at God’s long walk as he came to give us redemption and life. He gives us everything that we don’t deserve. He does it purely out of Fatherly love with no strings attached. He wants to woo us but never manipulate us. So Christmas becomes more than Tiny Tim or a toy in a stocking, or the tinkle of bells, or steaming plum pudding. It is something about the universe. The greatest gift of all was wrapped up in a man: Emmanuel - God with ...

546. THE JOURNEY

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... look. CAIN Who’re you talking about? GRACE Your father, you’re afraid of him. CAIN Did Seth tell you that? GRACE I’m not saying anything more ‘till you pick up my radio. CAIN Who told you about my father? GRACE You told me he was dying. And he wants to see you. CAIN But what else? What did Seth tell you? GRACE First the radio. Pick it up. CAIN Pick up your own damn radio. (He raises his arm menacingly) Sweet Jesus! Don’t you understand that I could kill you? With one swat! GRACE Well, I’m not ...

547. Governor Pilate

Luke 22:66--23:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Pilate, and he was the governor of Palestine during the time of King Herod. He was appointed the governor by the Emperor Caesar of Rome. He was also the person who finally allowed the hateful people in Jerusalem to crucify Jesus. He is famous, but not for the things he wanted to be famous for. I am going to let him tell his story, but you will have to pretend with me as he wears the mask. [Raise the mask.] My name is Pilate. I am the governor of Palestine. I would like to be governor anywhere else but here ...

548. With All Your Heart

Joel 2:12-17, Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... us and we are a called to love others. God so loved the world that he sent his son to us out of love, and we as followers of Christ should spread the Good News of love in a world filled with resentment and hatred. God wants to redeem his people. God wants his people to have a heart and spirit of redemption for others. The people of Joel’s time were hurting from their past. Some of them had lost all hope of ever achieving the spiritual greatness of their forbears. But God always sees new possibilities amid ...

549. Not Your Leftovers But Your First Fruits

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... and not their leftovers. God must be placed first in all things because it is the mercy, grace, providence, and power of God that makes their survival possible and their dreams achievable. How often today do we give God our leftovers and not our first fruits? God wants our first fruits. First, we must give God more than our leftover thoughts and thinking. After many years of thinking or after occasional crises or in 911 situations, we think of God only in terms of what he can do for us now and seldom of ...

550. Finding Jesus

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... find his brother Simon who was also a fisherman. Andrew told his brother, "We have found the Messiah." Perhaps Andrew had never been so excited about anything in his life as he was that day. Simon looked into his brother’s eyes and knew he was sincere. Simon wanted to meet this teacher that his brother was so excited about. Andrew took his brother to meet Jesus. When they found him, Jesus looked at Simon and said, "You are Simon, son of John. You are to be called Cephas." We know Simon or Cephas as Peter ...

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