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576. Everyman And Woman

John 17:6-19, John 17:1-5

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... God to make. Oh, hear me, Confession, guide to salvation. (PAUSE) Oh hear me, Confession, guide to salvation. (SOMETHING IS WRONG. EVERYMAN WHISPERS TO CONFESSION) I well know your sorrow. (NO RESPONSE) I well know your sorrow. CONFESSION: I know my line. I didn't drop a line. You did. (TO CONSCIENCE) What's the line? CONSCIENCE: Everyman, it's your line. You're supposed to say, "Help my good deeds; oh answer my plea!" EVERYMAN: That's not my line. CONSCIENCE: Of course it's your line. You're supposed ...

577. Dealing with AIDS

Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:21-26

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : It's, ah ... Mary: What? Eric: Bill Hartley called me today. Mary: Dr. Hartley, what did he want? Was it about your exam? Are you all right? Eric: I'm fine. Well, no, I'm not. Not really. Mary: What is it? What's wrong? Eric: Bill ask me to drop by after work to see him. That's why I was late getting home. Mary: What is it? Eric: He wanted to talk to me. Mary: What do you mean? Eric: It's pretty serious, really. Mary: What? What is it? Eric: It was the blood test. It came back ...

578. Super Christian I

Matthew 9:18-26, Matthew 9:9-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... loves them all. SUPER CHRISTIAN: But, I thought ... the way you look ... well, I ... gosh, I'm sorry. JESUS PERSON: That's all right, Super Christian. Hey, while you're here, why don't you help me distribute these Jesus tracts? You could fly over the city and drop them all around. You could cover much more territory than I could. SUPER CHRISTIAN: No, I'm afraid I couldn't do that. I have to be ready at a minute's notice to answer any distress call. JESUS PERSON: Super Christian, we've gathered a warehouse ...

579. God And The State

Matthew 22:15-22

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... Time: The time of Jesus Cast: Jesus Lawyer Bright Dull Duller LAWYER: (ENTERS ALONG WITH BRIGHT, DULL, AND DULLER) Okay, okay. All right. Let's quiet down. Now, why are we meeting? To trap this new teacher, Jesus, right? He's becoming too popular. The Temple trade has dropped off. I say it's because of the junk that He is preaching. ALL: Right. LAWYER: Nothing we tried has worked yet. Any new suggestions? BRIGHT: We have to try something. You know what I heard? He's been healing. And I know it can't be true ...

580. David The Giant Killer

2 Samuel 16:15--17:29

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : Really? ELIAB: Yes, really, but you're not staying to see him. Get back home to your sheep. DAVID: Who does he think he is? ELIAB: Go on home, David, before I get angry. (WE HEAR THE GIANT'S FOOTSTEPS) Uh oh, here comes Goliath the Giant now. (ELIAB DROPS TO THE GROUND AND COWERS SOME MORE. DAVID STANDS TALL) GOLIATH: (ON THE MICROPHONE. ELIAB AND DAVID SEE GOLIATH, NO ONE ELSE NEEDS TO) No one comes to fight me even today? Am I not a Philistine and you, servants of King Saul? Choose a man for yourselves ...

581. This House In Its Former Glory

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... new one did not measure up. But as accurate as childhood memories can be, they are flawed. Not because they are incorrect. They are too correct. I'll try to explain. My son Jacob is the youngest of three children. He used to accompany me as I dropped off first his older brother, and then his older sister, at the local kindergarten. Normally I'm fairly permissive, but I would not allow him to use the playground equipment because I wanted to save an experience for him to look forward to when he finally went ...

582. Yes, It Becomes Unclean

Haggai 2:11-17

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... grandchildren." We may all be children of God, but none of us inherits this condition. We join the family by choice. Haggai's next question, "If one who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?" requires a yes answer. When you drop food on a dirty floor, it becomes as dirty as the floor. Every cook knows this. Most of us don't really have floors clean enough to eat off of, and even if we did, most of us wouldn't eat off the floor anyway. That's what ritually ...

583. Jesus Teaches the Essence of His Being

John 6:60-71, John 6:25-59

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... Message with the Children of All Ages Open this to the whole congregation. Have you ever begun a project, perhaps dance, art, skating, or piano lessons, that you quit? Give them time to respond. Offer one of your own. What did you think about your dropping out? What did others think about your decision to quit? Many of Jesus' disciples bombed out on him when the going got tough. When the going got tough, they chose to quit. Maybe some returned later. Make sure that they understand the reason for the ...

584. All Saints

Isaiah 25:1-12, Revelation 21:1-27, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37

Sermon Aid

E. Carver McGriff

... with his toddler son. As part of their play, he put the little fellow on the kitchen table, then asked him to run and his daddy would catch him. He said the boy ran, but stopped at the edge of the table. He looked down and it seemed an awful drop to him. They tried again with the same result. Finally, Smith told his son to run and jump as far as he could and he would promise to catch the boy. He said this time the little fellow ran and jumped as hard as he could, but with his eyes ...

585. The Gift of Lent I: A Widow Gives Her Mites

Luke 21:1-4

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... bills were paid there was still over five million dollars left. It was quite an education to watch the worshipers come by and make their offerings. Some would come by and look all around to see that no one was watching, and with shame they would drop their coins into the chest for past neglect. Others, with full stomach and full coin purse, would count and recount their money, deciding on five coins, then three, then five, and finally putting in two. Then with a frown of displeasure with themselves and a ...

586. Gifts of Lent II: Mary Gives Her Perfume

Matthew 26:6-13

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... , Lazarus was one of his best friends. He healed others. He would heal Lazarus, too. Urgently, we sent word to Jesus by way of a neighbor who ran the whole distance. "Lord, the one you love is sick!" he was to tell Jesus. We just knew Jesus would drop everything and come that instant! But he didn't. Day after day passed. Still Jesus didn't come. He only sent this strange reply, "This sickness will not end in death." Not end in death? As sick as Lazarus was? His body shaking so violently? Fever driving him ...

587. Gifts of Lent III: A Family Gives Their Home

Luke 22:7-38

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... might have a place to celebrate. So it was that we offered our home to Jesus and his disciples. Mother and I first encountered Jesus on the Sunday before Passover. We had heard so many stories about him. When the shout went up, "Jesus is coming," we dropped everything and hurried along with the crowd to meet him. He came to us riding on a donkey, just as the prophet had said he would. "Hosanna to the Son of David," sang the children, and he accepted their praise, though our leaders protested indignantly. I ...

588. Gifts of Lent, Ash Wednesday: A Man Gives His Donkey

Matthew 21:1-11

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... does everything else you see around here, although I admit it isn't much. If I have an extra mat for a bed, or loaf of bread, or skin of wine, and you have need of it, consider it a gift from God to you. Now why is it you dropped by? Oh, yes! You want me to tell you about the time I let that stranger from Galilee use my donkey. I guess that's when I first got the idea that everything I owned was really the Lord's. It was a morning in early spring, the week of ...

589. Moving At The Speed Of Light: At The Jordan

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... the stones and on the community. What was in the minds of the Pharisee/executioners as they brought the woman to Jesus? Her crime would be used as a convenience to embarrass the teacher. Was their rage toward her offense fueled by their hatred toward him? As they dropped their stones and went their way, did their anger toward the teacher burn within them all the more? And what was in the mind of this woman scared out of her wits? Had she resigned herself to her fate? How long did it take before she was calm ...

590. Moving At The Speed Of Light: On The Mountain

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... plain. And if the journey has been difficult, which taking the elephants over the mountains inevitably is, we come to rest upon the plain, changed. And when we come from the mountain to the plain, our descending approach can make all the difference. The couple has just dropped off their son to begin college. A mom sits with her husband in a diner. One hundred fifty miles ago they were setting their eighteen-year-old up in his dorm room. Now they sip their coffee with not much to say. They will drive another ...

591. You Can Be Eternal

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... love and acceptance, security and family. What will heaven be like? Whatever your fondest memories of home are, those are hints of what heaven will be like. For many it will be a place of safety. I recall while growing up how secure I would feel at night, dropping off to sleep watching a shaft of light beneath my bedroom door. It came from the living room where my father sat up reading The Tarbell Teacher's Guide and preparing his Sunday morning church school lesson. I knew as long as he was in the house, I ...

592. You Can Be Happy

1 Chronicles 13:1-14

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... jealous, And you were; I thought you'd leave me, but you didn't. And the time I made you take me to the beach? You said it would rain, and it did; I thought you'd say "I told you so," but you didn't. And the time I dropped blueberry pie on your car rug; I thought you'd really freak out, but you didn't. And the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal, and you showed up in jeans; I thought you'd hit the roof, but you didn't. So many times I ...

593. Proper 24

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Luke 18:1-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... in the knowledge and faith he received from him and from his family. As humans we are prone to give up what we believe and do. Jesus taught that we should be faithful unto death. We can lose our faith. We can stop praying and worshiping. We can drop out of church. In view of these possibilities we need Paul's admonition to continue in our faith. 2. Inspired (3:16). The Scriptures are "inspired." Most of us do not have any trouble accepting the claim. When we consider the beauty of the language and the depth ...

594. Proper 26

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:1-4, Luke 19:1-10

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... kingdom and the call to be God's people? How can anyone be worthy? The secret is in verse 11 Paul prays that God will make us worthy. 2. Destruction (v. 9). Is there a real hell? Will the wicked be punished? This is another subject we have dropped in our generation. Now we restrict our preaching to the love of God, and love and hell do not go together. Strange that Paul above all others stressed love of God in Christ, but in this pericope tells his people who are suffering persecution for their faith that ...

595. Proper 5

Lk 7:11-17 · Gal 1:11-24 · 1 Ki 17:17-24

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... from above 2. Is There a Plan for Your Life? 1:15-16. Need: It is obvious that many lives are in confusion because they sense no purpose or plan for their lives. The old traditional position that God has a separate plan for each life has largely been dropped. The result is that lives are purposeless and distracted. Paul expresses a conviction that God had a plan for him even before he was born - destined to be a preacher! Can you also say, "This is what God wants me to do with my life?" Outline: God's plan ...

596. Proper 8

Luke 9:57-62, Galatians 5:16-26, 2 Kings 2:1-18, Luke 9:51-56

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... asked for a double portion of Elijah's spirit. 3. Mantle (v. 13). Elijah's mantle was a symbol of his spirit which gave him his authority and power as a prophet. When Elijah left the earth in a blaze of glory, a fiery chariot to heaven, he dropped his mantle. Elisha picked it up and the power of the Spirit represented by the mantle repeated for Elisha what Elijah did the parting of the Jordan waters. The mantle of the prophet was passed down to Elisha who carried on the work of Elijah. Epistle: Galatians 5 ...

597. Easter 3

John 21:1-14

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... of the Christ's guidance in it. Liturgical Color White Suggested Hymns With High Delight Let Us Unite Now All The Vault Of Heaven Resounds Easter 3 The disciples went fishing all night ... and caught nothing. At daybreak, from the shore, Jesus told them where to drop the net ... and the net was filled! Peter and Thomas, Nathanael and the others received guidance even when they did not ask for it. And when they received it, they acted upon it. Lord, cause us to be open to your guidance whenever and however ...

598. The Face Of God

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Steve Burt

... , of all things. He must bear the denial -- not once, but three times -- by one of his closest friends. He must face disgrace, a mock trial, scourging, crucifixion. He gets so worked up about it all, one gospel tells us, that he sweats drops of blood from his forehead. Jesus' face in the garden is the face of disappointment, loneliness, suffering. But look. There are three other faces, too, with lips curled into sneers. Three faces of victory. The high priest Caiaphas, who represents the religious status ...

599. Followership

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Mark Radecke

In today's Gospel text, Jesus calls for repentance, expects Peter and Andrew to drop their nets and follow him, and calls James and John to leave their Father Zebedee in the boat without so much as a "So long, see you later." My task today is to issue that same call to repentance, that same call to radical obedience and decisive discipleship. For that ...

600. Main Features And Coming Attractions

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... talk, no more of that kind of picture. He wants action, big, bold, spectacular. This vision on the mountain, with Jesus, Moses and Elijah in celestial conversation, this is more like it. No: not like it; this is it! This is what he had hoped for ever since he dropped his fisherman's nets and hitched his wagon to the rabbi's rising star. "Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory" will soon become "Mine is the kingdom and the power and the glory" if only these giants of the faith will let him hang out ...

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