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551. Hand Signals

Matthew 11:25-30

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... respond.) I'm saying, "Hi!" How about this? (Both hands in front of you, fingers pointing up, palms facing children. Children respond.) This means, "Stop!" or "Back off, don't come any closer!" Let's try another one. (Fold your hands and arms in front of you and drop your head. Children respond.) This one could mean a lot of things, couldn't it? This might mean, "Leave me alone," or "I'm sad," or "I'm shy." Okay, two more. This is an easy one. (Hands held in fists in a fighting stance. Children respond.) No ...

552. The Eighth Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... those who set a trap to entangle him. Now we come to a different supper. This is the supper Jesus desired, and it gives meaning to all of the others.Jesus makes the transition from guest to host. He is not with strangers who invited him or who dropped in from the streets. He has planned the place and the time; he has invited his closest followers. Then he tells his disciples, "With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer." It was no accident that Jesus chose the Passover as his ...

553. Higher Purposes

Illustration

Paul W. Kummer

... point. It seemed a shame to be right over the primary target and then have to pass it up, but there was no choice. With one more look back, the crew headed for the secondary target. Upon arrival, they found the sky clear. They dropped the bomb and headed home. Weeks later, an officer received information from military intelligence that chilled his heart. Thousands of Allied prisoners of war, the biggest concentrations of Americans in enemy hands, had been moved to Kokura a week before the intended bombing ...

554. Don't Sell Your Inheritance for Cabbage Soup

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... to discipline present wants, he sacrificed future possibilities. Unfortunately, people still do that sort of thing. A minister had a conversation with a fellow in his late 30s who expressed concern about his inability to earn enough money to support his family adequately. "I dropped out of college to get this lousy job. If only I had finished school, my life would be so different. This job has no future." That fellow's lack of present discipline cost him dearly. He sold his birthright for a bowl of cabbage ...

555. An Arranged Wedding, But An Intentional Marriage

Genesis 24:1-67

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... runs deep in the human heart. Abraham's servant leaves the land of the Canaanites and goes to distant Paddan-aram to find an Aramean girl. He prays for God's guidance and establishes an observation post at the town well. A particularly beautiful young woman drops by to draw jars of water, and the servant concludes her beauty might make her a good candidate. Certainly, the servant must have thought, God would want Isaac to have a pretty wife. (Take note, friends, even in the ancient world, good looks was not ...

556. Jesus Christ, Our Passover Lamb

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Steve Burt

... Nasty-gram, a plague. In fact, each time Pharaoh refused to let the people go, another plague was visited on the land of Egypt. The river Nile turned blood red, frogs infested the land, everybody got lice, flies worse than blackflies swarmed over people, cattle dropped dead in the streets, everybody got boils on their bodies, hail destroyed the crops, and locusts ate whatever the hail didn't ruin. Finally, the lights went out when there was an eclipse of the sun. But Pharaoh had seen plagues before, and the ...

557. Life's Loose Threads and The Tie That Binds

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... what has happened, he begins to cry inconsolably. His father, believing it best to minimize the incident, pats him on the head, saying, "Now, son, that's all right. It really doesn't matter." However, the child's mother -- somewhat wiser, I suppose, in such situations -- drops to her knees, sweeping the boy into her arms and whispering, "Oh, but it does matter. It matters a great deal." And sharing her son's pain, she too starts to weep. The redeeming God in whom we hope, Muehl concludes, is not a parent ...

558. Thistles Among The Wheat

Genesis 28:10-22, Psalm 139:1-24, Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, Romans 8:12-25

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... the Inquisition executed many of the best people the impoverishment of Spain lasted for centuries and that accounts for its slow progress into a modern society. 6. Planting Thistles. "The Meanest Man" He carried thistle seeds in his pocket, and now and then dropped some on favorable ground favorable, that is, to his personal dislikes and pushed them in with his heel.1 7. Choosing the Right Seed. On July 29, 1994, a former Presbyterian pastor, Paul Jennings Hill, shot abortion doctor John Bayard Britton and ...

559. Two Sons: A Parable

Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... signed a four-year contract for $28 million. He had over three years yet to go on the contract, which meant he could earn $18 million more just by continuing to play. No one was pressuring him to quit. Sandberg quit because his batting average at .238 had dropped over 50 points from his lifetime average of .289. He also had lost some of his enthusiasm for playing. He said, "I am not the type of person who can be satisfied with anything less than my very best effort and my very top performance... And I am ...

560. Toward A More Sensuous Christianity

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... coming when he told the disciples, "When the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8). The effects of the Spirit in their lives is like the dropping of a stone in a pool of placid water with the continual motion of concentric circles that continue to reach out further and further. In the early church there was an infectiously contagious movement of the Spirit. How is it that we can get excited about so many ...

561. Light In Darkness, Speech From Silence

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... way out of the cave without any light. We all said it would be impossible, and any attempt would be not only futile but also dangerous, since we could not see the hazards, the slippery places, or tell the difference between a five-foot and a fifty-foot drop. The leader agreed and then said, "This particular cave is pretty popular. People come here at least every week, and sometimes several times a week. Were you to get stuck in this cave without a light, your best bet would be to wait for someone else to ...

562. Light In Darkness, Speech From Silence

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Mark Radecke

563. Two-and-a-Half Cheers For Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6, Matthew 6:16

Sermon

Thomas Long

... no one wants to be around one; the last thing one would want to be called is a hypocrite. Hypocrites are, by definition, deceptive, two-faced and treacherous. If discovered, hypocritical politicians are defeated at the polls, hypocritical friends get dropped and hypocritical preachers lose the trusting ears of their congregations. It may well be that our age is particularly tough on hypocrisy. In some ways, it is our one remaining public sin. We can tolerate embezzlement, infidelity, brawling and addiction ...

564. Words, Words, Words

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Thomas Long

... came home and worshipped with her parents. One Sunday evening, after one of her visits, the minister received a telephone call from her father. The father, somewhat upset, reported that his daughter had just called with the news that she had suddenly decided to drop out of pharmacy school. When the minister asked what could possibly have precipitated a decision, the father confessed that he had no idea and asked the minister to call his daughter and to "talk some sense into her." When the minister did call ...

565. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... and spare them if they did, he still could not quite believe it. It is always difficult to believe that God will not personally and spectacularly avenge us on anyone who has ever done us wrong. If God does not send the plague on our enemies, how about dropping at least a small nuclear bomb on their heads? So Jonah leaves the city and settles on a hilltop just outside Nineveh, at a safe distance. He puts on his goggles, keeps his Geiger counter handy, and waits hopefully for the show. It is hot, very hot ...

566. Table Manners

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... , some with wine, some with grape juice, some with wafers, some with loaves of bread, some with bread cubes. I don't think the details of Communion are critically important. But it seems to me, our attitude is. In fact, it seems to me Jesus dropped a few hints about attitudes in the fourteenth chapter of Luke. There we see Jesus attending a dinner himself. Jesus was so fascinating that even his enemies would invite him to dinner. Although sometimes, as on this occasion, his enemies were also trying to trip ...

567. How Not To Throw A Party

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... were there: Mr. Law, Mr. Rich, Mr. Goodland, and Mr. Stocks and Bonds were present and accounted for. Each, of course, was seated in accordance with his or her rank. Maybe it was just as they were about to pass around the kosher caviar that Jesus dropped a bombshell. Jesus looked around the table, saw who was there -- and who was missing --and started to criticize his host -- in front of his guests! "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or ...

568. Communion With Christ

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... hitting it with that long stick?" he might ask. "He's not trying to punish the ball," you explain. "He's trying to drive it. He wants to put the little white ball in the tiny hole way over there, about 500 yards away." "Why not just walk over and drop the ball in by hand? It would be a whole lot easier. Trying to hit such a small ball with such a long stick seems like a waste of time." "Well," you respond, "that's part of the challenge. Nobody wants to put the ball in the hole the easy ...

569. Holing Out

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... hits a worm-burner that rolls about 125 yards, a squirrel comes out of a tree just off the fairway and starts running with the ball in its mouth, an eagle swoops down and grabs the squirrel, lightning strikes the eagle as it begins to fly away, the eagle drops the squirrel on the green, and then the ball pops out of the squirrel's mouth and into the hole. Moses turns to Jesus and asks, "Did you come here to play golf or God?" Anyway, my dad was a great athlete (football, baseball, swimming, etc., etc., etc ...

570. It's Called Forgiveness

Matthew 6:5-15

Drama

Karren Boehr

... . 1ST BROTHER: (Stands, huffily) What is this, some kind of joke? 2ND BROTHER: No, this is no joke. You are my brother. My flesh, my blood. When I think how we have hated one another, how much precious time we've wasted, just hating ... (His head drops to his chest) 1ST BROTHER: (Shouts) Get out of my house! 2ND BROTHER: Please, will you give me a moment to explain? (1ST BROTHER grudgingly gestures to the empty chair at the table, then sits back down in original chair) 2ND BROTHER: (With deep emotion) Thank ...

571. Grand Finale

Drama

Karren Boehr

... MARCUS: A scholarship. Purely, a scholarship. (Shifts from one foot to the another) Think those ninth graders in the band can get through "Pomp and Circumstance" without completely killing it? ANDREA: We didn't, why should they? Remember? Someone in the percussion section dropped the symbols during the invocation, and half the crowd jumped like a herd of kangaroos? (She giggles) So, do you like the college you picked? MARCUS: It's all right. Not my first choice, but maybe God's got something in mind. ANDREA ...

572. That Heavenly Call

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:26-38

Drama

Karren Boehr

... earth peace, and truth, and joy, and equality, and justice ... (Calm now, goes back to dialing phone, then hangs up before connecting call. Agitatedly) That squirrely man! Barges in here unannounced, totally disrupts my day, and then waltzes out of here as if he just dropped in to say "hello." I've got company projects lined up for the next three years, and he announces, "Hail, Mary, thou art highly favored," and then he said something about being the mother of God's Son. How would I explain THAT to the ...

573. Is Christ In The Manger?

Drama

Karren Boehr

... and sacks, electric razor with long cord (Spotlight on) (FATHER is sitting in chair reading newspaper, obviously relaxed. MOTHER and boys are around table with coats on as if they have just come from shopping. Their arms are filled with packages) MOTHER: (Drops packages on table in exhaustion) Whew! I can't believe how many last-minute shoppers there were today. The stores were full! The clerks were crabby; people were pushing and shoving ... (Begins taking off coat and unpacking sacks) COREY: (Excitedly ...

574. Like A Thief

Matthew 24:36-51

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... looks like a likely place. Lots of silver. Probably lots of jewelry too. Oh oh, I guess they're still up roaming around. I better make myself scarce. I hope they dust. I'm allergic to dust. (HE DUCKS BEHIND A SCREEN AS MINNY ENTERS BUT IN HIS HASTE DROPS HIS BAG.) MINNY: That cat must be in here somewhere. Here, kitty, kitty. Oh well, let her stay out all night, we can probably give the kittens away to someone. (FINDING DAN'S BAG) What's this doing here? Doggone you, Bill, there can't be a sloppier husband ...

575. The Church

Acts 6:8-15, Acts 6:1-7

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . JIM: Do you think we need help? PETE: Frankly, yes, I think we do. The board meets Tuesday, you know, and I've got to present some sound suggestions to them. I invited John only because of the gentleman I met in his office. He's from headquarters. They'll drop in later. JIM: I think we've accomplished quite a lot. MARTHA: We sure did. PETE: When the board reviews our progress they won't see any. JIM: Pete, I think we can be satisfied with the suggestions we've made. MARTHA: Jim is right. Let's review the ...

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