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526. For a Thirty-three-year-old Cancer Victim

Matthew 13:24-30

Eulogy

Harold Warlick

... and forsaken of God? What good am I doing here? Where is the God of my fathers that he does not find me in this weary place ofsuffering?" As he climbed the winding trail on the western slope of Mount Horeb, on the backside of the mountain, on the wild bramble-covered exposure, he was interrupted by the sight of a thornbush burning in the hot sun but not being consumed. He stuck his staff into the loose ground and exclaimed, "I will turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned." And there ...

527. Recollections of Reuben, Uncle of a Young Bethlehem Shepherd

Matthew 2:13-18

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... and his boys were out in that field over there, nearest to town, with the sheep. It was night, and a cold night at that, but no wind. The sky was clear, the stars were bright. They had a fire going as they always do, to keep away the wild animals, but they themselves were all asleep - as best you can sleep on the ground on a cold night, with only your cloak wrapped around you. Anyway, it was the very middle of the night. Nothing was stirring. Even the sheep were asleep. For all Nathanael knew, the watchman ...

528. Step Eleven - Spirituality

Mt 26:36-46 · 1 Thess 5:12-22 · Ps 25:1-15

Sermon

John A. Terry

... at our lives, turn everything over to God, trust in his leading, and try to move toward that newness of life. The image in this psalm of God plucking our feet out of the net is one worth exploring. This net would be the one hunters used then to catch wild animals. They would dig a hole along the path an animal would take to get to their drinking place. Is this not an appropriate image for this series? The hole would be covered over, the animal would drop in, and there would be the net to catch hold of it ...

529. No Room In The Inn

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ’ ministry. The question that Luke leaves for us is--will there ever be any room for him? I There was no room for Jesus in the economic world. Luke records that one-day Jesus and the disciples stepped off a boat at Gadara. A mad man, screaming wildly and tearing at himself, suddenly approached them. Jesus walked up to the man and asked his name. "I am legion, for we are many," came the response. He was right. This poor, tormented man was so confused, pulled in so many different directions, that he was no ...

530. Repent Your Way To A Merry Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... prepared to splash about in the shallows. Soon the sword of Herod's guard would flash and his tongue would lie silent in the grave. Superficial people came out from Jerusalem to see him. They were intrigued by this strange phenomenon of a wild man preaching repentance. They were fascinated by frivolous things such as his dress, his diet and his fierce declamatory oratory. They wanted to interview him and then tell all their friends about their remarkable experience. "Who are you?" they asked. His answer was ...

531. It Just Doesn't Work That Way

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... of you who are experienced gardeners probably have no trouble at all differentiating between a pea vine and a morning glory. But for the casual gardener, especially one who is "not from around here" and therefore not accustomed to finding morning glories growing wild everywhere, as if someone sneaked in and planted them when you weren’t looking, it can be a problem. Did you know that people back in West Tennessee actually TRY to get morning glories to grow? You consider morning glories weeds. Back home ...

532. Hard Times May Drop In For A Visit

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Joann Hary

... many of you have seen the movie Sister Act, but if you haven't, you probably should. It is filled with good humor, but it also makes a marvelous point. In the movie a casino singer witnesses a gangster execution and then agrees to testify. In order to protect this "wild woman of the world," the police hustle her off to an inner-city convent in San Francisco to pose as a nun so they can keep her hidden and safe until the trial. In the first place, she doesn't want to be there and keeps trying to get out ...

533. Oh, Lord, It's Hard To Be Humble

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... mailbox tomorrow and find the following items there, which would you open first: a bill from J. C. Penney’s; an advertisement for life insurance; a catalog from Victoria’s Secret; or a brown envelope from the Internal Revenue Service? I’m going to take a wild guess here and say that you would probably open the brown envelope from the IRS first. And I imagine that your hands might be a little shaky, your mind would be going ninety-to-nothing, and you would practically destroy that envelope to get to ...

534. The Youth

Drama

William Grimbol

... acts and talks just like some of those people ... the ones who already died. PAUL: Then that big guy with the red beard ... CURT: Peter ... I think. PAUL: He said that he was the Anointed One. CURT: That means the Son of God. Right? PAUL: Spooky. It was so wild, watching them all talking and praying by the fire. CURT: My heart was pounding so loud. PAUL: I was sweating. CURT: They are another cult, don't you think? PAUL: Yes. The kind Dad wants us to avoid like the plague. CURT: If he knew we snuck out last ...

535. The Stranger in the Manger

John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... clear that HE is not the light, but one who comes to make other folks aware of the PRESENCE of the light in their very midst. Matthew, Mark, and Luke picture John the Baptist as something of an eccentric, a weirdo, camping out in the wilderness, eating bugs and wild honey. But in the Gospel of John, it's not John the Baptist who is the stranger. John the Baptist says that someone else is the stranger. "I baptize with water," he says, "but among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming ...

536. Death Stinks

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... am the one who will bring the dead back to life. And anyone who believes in me, though they should die, yet shall they live. And I’m not talking about tomorrow. I’m talking about today, right now." Resurrection is a present reality, not a wild futuristic fantasy, born in desperation from the minds of a grief-stricken people. The apostle Paul, writing to the church at Corinth, says that this is the central claim of Christianity, that Christ’s own resurrection and his power to raise others is absolutely ...

537. Children Get Ready!

Matthew 3:1-12

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... (toys or candy) to give to each child. Also wrap these in a box. Lesson: I have a question for you this morning: Does anyone know who John the Baptist is? (response) That's right. He was that really strange guy in the Bible who ate locust and wild honey. He knew that Jesus was coming and he wanted everyone to get ready: Does anyone remember what he said? (response) He was saying, "prepare the way for the Lord" and "Repent, the kingdom of heaven is coming. Get Ready! Get Ready!" He was really excited and he ...

538. St. Jim, Your Halo Is Tipped

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... especially true when pressure comes with death. Perfectly normal people, when faced with the stress and strain of the death of a loved one, sometimes turn on innocent by-standers or devoted family members or friends in a fit of rage befitting a wild animal. Or they fight. Normally good people who love God and go to church sometimes fight like pagans with brothers and sisters about who will receive what in an inheritance when death comes knocking at the door. Or they do something uncharacteristically selfish ...

539. The Demons and the Counselor

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Legion (Luke 8:26-39). Jesus met him outside a cave in the territory of the Ger'asenes near the Sea of Galilee in the area we call the Golan Heights today. The man had been exiled there because the people said about him, "He's crazy." The man was wild. The man was naked. He had been tied with chains to keep him away from the children and normal human beings. "What is your name?" Jesus asked. "My name is Legion," said the man, "because we are many." The very nature of demons is that they multiply as they ...

540. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... horse inside the gate, only to discover that it was filled with Greek soldiers. Truth has an uncanny way of emerging in spite of rejection. John the Baptizer projected an almost repulsive profile, clothing himself in camel-hair, consuming locusts and wild honey, and barking out hut one singsong message; "Repent!" He was thought to be eccentric, crude, and unenlightened. His talk of being the "forerunner" of one mightier than he was presumptuous, arrogant, and offensive. His scathing denunciation of Herod's ...

541. The Household Leader

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... in the 1800s who was driving a wagon which was pulled by a team of spirited horses. When he stopped in front of a store, he dropped the reins for a moment as he started inside. When he reached the store entrance, the horses became frightened and dashed wildly down the street. The man turned, and with superhuman effort, ran after the horses and leaped upon their backs. By the time he got the horses stopped, the brave man had been trampled by their hooves and had been beaten against the wagon. He lay on the ...

542. The Cross And Our Shadows

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... ." It is a sobering thought that if it were up to us, we perhaps would not include the likes of Abraham, Moses, John the Baptizer or Jesus in our church - Moses who had committed murder, Abraham with his multiple wives, John the Baptizer with his wild hair and strange diet, Jesus with his unusual lifestyle and questionable parentage. In the name of "standing for something" will we stumble over Jesus? In the name of a narrow-minded "morality" will we exclude everyone who refuses to become "like us?" Let our ...

543. Encounters With Christ VII (Easter): Jesus & Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... immediately and painfully into the shocked numbness of deep grief. Strangely, one of his very first feelings were those of guilt. He had remembered how some months before at a family picnic he was showing off with a baseball. At one point he got careless and threw wildly; it hit his dad in the hand and broke his thumb. The young boy felt horrible. He said to himself, “What a terrible son I am! I have caused my dad great pain.” It seemed that was all he could remember after his fathers death—the pain ...

544. A Shepherd Returns

Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... Christian. The Jewish authorities have joined him in persecuting those who are 'Followers of the Way.' Even now, wherever they are found, they are tortured until they either deny him, or become a human torch in Nero's garden. They are even torn to pieces by wild beasts in the circuses! How can they survive?" "I am only a humble shepherd, my son, the son and the grandson of a shepherd, but I believe the Followers of the Way will continue to grow in spite of persecution and death. The Roman Empire will ...

545. Whose Work Is It?

Philippians 1:1-11

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... . EUODIA: (Desperately) Sometimes I feel that I just can't go on like this. SYNTYCHE: Oh, that's too bad. Because you're so good at these things. Nobody can preach the gospel like you do. So many people have come to believe in Jesus because of you. EUODIA: (Wildly) But there are so many more. So very many! SYNTYCHE: Yes, but you're not expected to do it all. EUODIA: Sometimes it seems that way. SYNTYCHE: I know. But it's just like what Paul said in his letter, the one Clement just read to us. EUODIA: What ...

546. Raised Voices

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... heart - he's capable of that, isn't he? - and make him love us. Then we could stay here in Egypt and enjoy ourselves. There are wonderful things to be had here, good food, fine clothes, beautiful homes - for those that are free persons. And have the money. REBECCA: (Wildly) And you think Pharaoh would give us the money? HANNAH: Why not? If the Lord God made him, he would. REBECCA: Yes, but ... HANNAH: Now what's the problem? REBECCA: Don't you want to go back to the land of our ancestors? Don't you want to ...

547. Mary Of Nazareth

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ephesians 1:15-23

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... he hadn't we might have been killed. Hymn "Fling Wide The Door" (vv. 1, 2) After King Herod died, we returned finally to Nazareth to continue our lives. When Jesus was 30 years old, he was baptized in the Jordan River by his cousin John. He was a wildly religious and bluntly honest man who demanded respect for God and change from people. Jesus started his ministry and I was with him when he did his first miracle at the wedding in Cana. His miracles proved that his power came from God and that he was God's ...

548. Monologue: Mary Magdalene - Liberated Woman

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

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... times in the Gospels, but not once is there a whisper to connect her with the harlot of Luke 7. In recent decades there has been fanciful speculation that Mary was Jesus' wife or mistress. Again, there is not a single word in the whole Bible to support such wild imagination. After we liberate her from false identification, who was she? What might be her story? You ask who I am and why I constantly speak of Jesus, why I call him my savior and my deliverer? I am Mary from Magdala, and I am also a new person ...

549. Monologue: The Other Shepherd Speaks

Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... was a murmur of voices. Jeremy shook me." We're going! We're going! It’s an angel of God. A whole choir of angels! Saying the Messiah is born, the Messiah is born in Bethlehem. We’re going to see him! “You’re crazy," I growled." It's some wild dreamland you're going off on a fool's errand. Not me. I've been up all night, and now you wake me with a dream like this. “Off they went, the three of them. Zeke and I stayed with the sheep, and a busy night it was, just the ...

550. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Robert Allen

... our lives, in spite of the wrong we do, in spite of the guilt and shame we bring on ourselves, the love of Jesus is a love that is forgiving. In a novel, a woman is in the hospital with a terminal illness. Her life has been lived on the wild side. Her life has been as bad and as despicable as they come. Now, she is dying. A priest, a friend for many years, is in the room with her and she asks, "Am I dying?" "Yes," the priest said. "Does he love me?" the woman asked. "Your husband?" the ...

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