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576. The One Who Made His Cross

Drama

... restless, I suppose. I wanted to do more with my life. Anna I think it would do us both a world of good to take a trip. We’ve not had a vacation in a long time. Silas I wanted to make things. I knew I had a gift ... a talent for working with my hands. So I came here. I came here hoping, if I were lucky, to be part of the Temple’s construction or, at least, to work on some of its furnishings. Anna (Fumbling through letter discovers another page) Oh, there’s more. "Recently, I have made ...

577. Proper 10

Exodus 2:11-25

Bulletin Aid

... . Do likewise with us: that, despite our faults and limitations, we may become and remain instruments of your grace. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of boundless love, we confess that we use our humble stations in life and our limited talents as excuses to avoid serving you. We ignore your call and watch and wait for more visible saints to do your work. Forgive us, O God, and set before us the biblical examples of unlikely candidates for service to you, who, despite their handicaps and ...

578. Proper 5

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon Aid

... ." Paul to God: "Who me!? I'm a murderer." Someone once said, "We need to know that in our every contact with another person, we encourage him/her to live or die." God calls people through us. Stewardship Challenge Suggestion: In the giving of our time/talents/treasures, do we give the left-overs or the first-fruits; do we give only skimmed milk or cream off the top? Charge to the Congregation Consider this: Jesus came to call sinners, those who know they blow it over and over, not the righteous, those ...

579. Advance into Europe

Acts 15:36-41

Sermon Aid

CSS

... Silas was, but evidently he also was pleased to have a younger man join with them. Paul therefore took Timothy and circumcized him. Paul had received rabbinical training in Jerusalem, so this operation may have been one of his little-known talents. It was, however, a most surprising action in view of Paul’s long battle against the "circumcision party" which had demanded that converts to Christianity become subject to Jewish law. Since neither Paul nor Timothy ever explained the reason for this peculiar ...

580. Disney's Mice

Illustration

One of my favorite people was Walt Disney. He left a rich legacy to the world. But when he first started out, Disney couldn’t sell his cartoons in Kansas City, was told by many he had no talent. But he had a dream he believed in and, more importantly, he believed in himself. At long last, he found a minister who agreed, for small pay, to let him draw pictures for church events. Disney had no place to stay and the same church offered their garage for his ...

581. Halfwitted Wisdom

Illustration

Staff

On using our talents: There was a half-wit and there was a farmer. The farmer’s horse was missing. Half-wit: "If I were a horse I’d go over to Mr. Brown’s pasture; it’s so green." Farmer: (Upon finding the horse in Mr. Brown’s pasture) "How did you know that? You’re only a half-wit." Half-wit: "Right, but I use the half wit I have."

582. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... it." (Matthew 16:18) His final commission to his disciples was, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15) The men to whom he spoke had virtually no wealth, no social position, no prestige, no extraordinary talent; nevertheless they took our Lord at his word. When he said, "Go," they went! Tradition tells us that Peter died in Rome, John in Ephesus, Andrew in Greece, and Thomas in India. Virtually all of the disciples gave their lives carrying Christ’s mission ...

583. Do You Have the Great Pearl?

Matthew 13:47-52, Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... , Jesus used the pearl to point out that salvation has the greatest value and is the most important, significant thing in life. Besides using the pearl to point out the ultimate importance of salvation, Jesus also used the pearl to teach us something else. While the talented lapidary has to saw, grind, and polish other stones to bring out their hues and to make them sparkle and shine, the pearl dare not be touched. Any attempt to improve upon it is like trying to add color to the rainbow or beauty to the ...

584. Christian The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... is the world where we go to fulfill our vocation. A job is more than a means of putting bread on the family table or paying the mortgage. It is a way of serving God and people. The vocation is God’s call to serve by the use of your talents and training. Your vocation may be a banker rendering financial service, or a lawyer, or a teacher, or a garbage collector. A Christian does his/her work to the glory of God and as to Christ. A king or queen is a top person, the greatest in the realm. But ...

585. General William Booth

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... reformers in their day, so was Methodism incompatible with the revolutionary organization - the Christian army - which was to arise because William Booth had met the Master. Having left the Methodist Church, Booth was faced with the problem of how best to use his talents. He resolved the problem as the result of a second seminal meeting with the Master. Having begun his ministry with a meeting with the Master in a Wesleyan Chapel, he now crystallized the direction of his ministry in a meeting with the ...

586. Anne Sullivan

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... was not just a teacher of the abstract concept of love; she taught the concrete application of love - by example. A good teacher does not create robots empowered only with the ability to repeat facts; rather, a good teacher brings to full fruition the talent latent in each pupil. Helen Keller was physically blind, but Anne Sullivan opened her eyes. I have the good fortune to serve as the pastor of a congregation in a university community. I see day by day the process which can only be called miraculous ...

587. One Final Meeting

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... meet the Master. Minister: For Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams, preachers of peace and goodwill, who met the Master, People: We give thanks and pray that, like them, we shall meet the Master. Minister: For Albert Schweitzer, possesser and user of many talents, who met the Master, People: We give thanks and pray that, like him, we shall meet the Master. Minister: For Hiltgunt Zassenhaus, unconventional but practicing Christian, who met the Master, People: We give thanks and pray that, like her, we shall ...

588. "When E. F. Hutton Talks"

Jeremiah 26:1-24

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... fact that when God speaks, there is a call to stop, to look, to examine, and to change. God comes to us today as well and asks us to stop and look how we invest in life. Where do we place our investments? Where do we invest our time, our talents and energies, and our money? As we examine the investment of those commodities, we are asked, "Are we happy with what we are getting in return or do we wish we had something else?" When God speaks do we stop and do we listen? As God stops and raises the ...

589. Who Has Everything?

Matthew 5:5

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... yourself and express yourself, the more you organize and manifest your powers and ability, the more likely you are to succeed and let the world know of your presence," we say. The mother of a rising college senior was recently expressing concern about her daughter: "Susan is such a talented girl and a joy to her family. I fear that we are the only ones who’ll ever know what a fine person she is. I’ve told her that she’s got to get out there and scratch and assert herself if she is to ever get anywhere ...

590. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... with their own personal concept. (This is the age-old mistake that Adam and Eve struggled with and lost.) The Christian seeks to accept a higher voluntary control, the principles and love and the purposes of a creator God, who is like Christ. Sadly, the world is like a talented youth who set out to go as far and as fast as he could in life. He rode hard day and night, night and day. The years passed in exhausting activity. Suddenly he arrived at the end of the road, tired, empty, weary. And with a deep sigh ...

591. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... what the Kingdom of God is all about. Just recently I took eighteen of our church members for a three-day retreat at Dayspring, the retreat center for the Church of the Savior near Washington, D.C. We had a good mix of adults and youth and one very talented black boy. The spirit of love and caring was experienced very deeply in these three days. God was present. In one sharing session the young black said, "I’ve been asking myself, ‘Why am I black?’ I’ve found the answer And, I’m glad I am black ...

592. HOW TO BE SMART

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... trip around, the walls began to crumble. God wouldn’t let Joshua down when he trusted in him. Solomon, one of the wisest of the wise, said that the mark of wisdom is to put your trust in the Lord. However bright we might be, whatever our many gifts and talents, they do not compare with those of Almighty God. To put our trust in the Lord and have him guide our lives is the smart thing to do. To others such an act of confidence in the Lord might seem as foolish as Joshua’s battle plans. The Christian life ...

593. What Are You Going to Do About Death?

Mt 10:28 · Lk 12:4

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... shared place - Hell is a very cut-off place where each struggles against (all) others." Heaven is made up of persons totally serving other persons. Therefore, everyone in heaven is totally served! You see, in heaven we are expressing our creative gifts and talents for the sake of others, joyfully; and everyone else is expressing joyfully his creative gifts for our sakes. In other words, "It is delightful to all in heaven to communicate their delights and blessings to others." In this new state of life we ...

594. Magnify Your Ministry!

Romans 11:11-24

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... win me, Christ to comfort and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger. Like it or not, ready or not, whether we possess ten talents or only one, the ministry we have as individual Christians is our ministry. "We have this treasure in earthen vessels ..." St. Paul reminded the Corinthians and us. God might have chosen supermen and superwomen to carry his Word of love and grace, but he didn ...

595. Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Romans 11:33-36

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... creatures who know we are coming before our Creator. We remember, as did the psalmist, that "it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves." We join in worship not only to receive, but also to give ourselves, our prayers, our hopes, our dreams, our money, our talents, our time, and our service to God who gave them all to us. We come reverently, joyfully, and thankfully because we come in love to our lover who created us out of love and who wants us to reveal his love. Like Isaiah in the temple, we know ...

596. A Thinking Person’s Thankful Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... love. There was a young, motherless boy in that community whose father was able to eke out only a bare subsistence. It looked as though young Bill’s education would end with the eighth grade. But Bill was one of those boys with every God-given talent to be a great football player. He was fast, tall, heavy, and well-coordinated, with an alert keen mind. One of the local churchmen, who also happened to be a rabid football fan, heard about the situation and stirred the townspeople to action. They got Bill ...

597. One Thing

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... with a solo-singing role in a church-sponsored musical. Singing solos has never been a task I responded to with much enthusiasm. Like many preachers, I can do an adequate job in leading congregational singing, but when it comes to singing solos, my talents and training are minimal. Nevertheless, my choir director persuaded me to take a part in a musical interpretation about the life of Noah. It was all in good fun, she explained, and my participation would encourage the children and youth who had the major ...

598. Are You Under Arrest?

Heb 5:11-13; 10:39

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... snicker at such obvious bias, yet there is ample evidence that we are not free of that bias. Some there are who need to be freed from the incarceration of sexual myopia and led to the awareness that women, no less than men, are talented children of God. Still others can be found in a state of educational arrest. I have in mind ministers whose reading stopped when they left the seminary, doctors whose medical inquiries ceased when they left medical school, teachers whose classroom work is no different now ...

599. Bezaleel

Exodus 35:30--36:7

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... folk, life was frightfully colorless. There was nothing for them to see, little of the "... wine which maketh glad the heart of man." Into that routine sordidness came the transforming power of a cathedral. Here was the opportunity to express joy and talent in the worship of God. They were giving something to the world which would outlast their frail bodies. They were engaged in something which would be le beau ideal, dedicated to the God they trusted would smile understandingly upon them and accept their ...

600. THE WITCH OF ENDOR

Drama

Marcia Miller

... the one who decides what is illegal and what is legal. LUCAS: Come, Leumas, you claimed to know the way. Let’s get on with it. LEUMAS: I know the way to the hut of the witch. But I didn’t promise that she could be persuaded to use her talents. LUCAS: Of course she will! When we tell her it’s under the order of King Saul. SAUL: No! You must not mention my name! That is why we are dressed as peasants rather than soldiers. You must promise not to mention the name of your king. LEUMAS: But, sir ...

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