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626. A SUNDAY OF THE PASSION [PALM SUNDAY] SERMON-DRAMA

Drama

Tom Eberle

... ’t know how much my friend from the religious press gets around, but we who are on the secular beat are also aware of the reputations of some of the women closely associated with your movement. Isn’t this scandal alone enough to discredit your man’s claim as Messiah? Judas: I don’t want to imply in any way that I am dissatisfied with my boss - please understand that - but I will agree with you that this kind of association is definitely a mistake. Toga: If you can understand that so clearly, why can ...

627. An Unidentified King

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... intrigued by Jesus but couldn't get clear on exactly who he was. When Americans were asked by the Gallup pollsters what historical figure they would most like to spend a day with, nearly two out of three chose Jesus, including 37 percent of those who claimed no church affiliation. Jesus still intrigues folks. Whether people like him or detest him, they can't help calling his name. Almost every movie made in America, rated "R" or "PG-13" profanes the holy name of Jesus. Think of it...no pagan, secular script ...

628. The Guy With The Donkey

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... open to II Kings 21:13, where we read: "God says, 'I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down." That husband picked up his dishcloth and headed for the kitchen. Let me give you some scripture to back up my claim that all of us Christians are ministers or donkey-givers. St. Paul said to the Romans, "We (meaning all of us) have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us." To the Corinthians he wrote this: "To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for ...

629. Can We Really Get Along?

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Samaria. The people who lived there, the Samaritans, hated the Jews and the feeling was mutual. The antagonism was even worse than what prevails today between the Jews and the Palestinians. This hatred was all in the family. Both Jews and Samaritans claimed Abraham as their ancestor. But whereas the Jews had kept themselves racially pure by not marrying foreigners, the Samaritans were Jews who had intermarried with many other tribes and nations. The Jews called them "mixed-breeds." Why did Jesus lead the ...

630. Herod and Jesus

Drama

Jon Joyce

... nerve considering yourself a prophet. You’re nothing but a carpenter, and probably a lousy one at that. JESUS: I am who I am. I am what the Father has made me. HEROD: [With a crafty grin] Father? JESUS: My Father in heaven. HEROD: [Triumphant] Aha! So you do claim to be the Son of God. That’s blas ... JESUS: [Interrupting] God is Father of all of us. He is Father to you as well, although I think he needs to do a little work on you. HEROD: Watch your tongue! JESUS: I have taught my followers, my friends ...

631. The Most Misunderstood Gift

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... learned philosopher-psychologist William James deliver a lecture on the solar system. She approached him, at the lecture’s conclusion, by saying she had a theory that was far superior to his. She continued: "We don’t live on a ball rotating around the sun, as you claim, but we live on a crust of earth on the back of a giant turtle." The great man decided to dissuade his opponent as gently as possible, so he said: "If your theory is correct, madam, just what does the turtle stand on?" "You’re a very ...

632. On Being a Tenant

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... hell of despair. I wish I could persuade the listener of that before he finds it out for himself." We certainly have a lot to learn from this story about our freedom and what a responsibility and privilege that is. And then it tells us Jesus has a certain claim on us because of the sacrifice he made for us. The parable ends with a picture of the stone. Jesus said that the stone which the builders had discarded became the most important stone of all. The picture comes from Psalms 118:22: "The stone which the ...

633. An Invitation to a Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... all legitimate reasons for being absent. It is so easy to be so busy with the things of time, that we forget the things of eternity. We can become so preoccupied with the things which are seen that we forget the things that are unseen, to hear so often the claims of the world that we cannot hear the soft invitation of the voice of Christ to his banquet. Isn’t it often true that the thing which is second best in our lives shuts out the very best? Those things which are good in themselves often shut out the ...

634. A Vital Night Call

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to let him be their Lord. Something or someone else comes ahead of Jesus. It could be money or family or status or power. If anything or anyone means more to you than does Jesus, you cannot honestly call him Lord. Those who are "born again" claim Jesus Christ as both Savior and Lord. Let me share a sports story told by the outstanding Christian coach at Florida State University, Bobby Bowden. Back in the 1920s there was a great major league baseball player named Goose Gosling. His team was in the World ...

635. Saints With Crooked Haloes

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... wife Sarah as his sister. He was afraid that if she was known to be his wife, other men would kill him in order to claim her. That's just not the kind of thing John Wayne would have done. Yet, God took this man and made him the first building ... No matter how often you have failed, no matter how dismal may be your record, no matter how limited may be your skills, God wants to claim you as his own and commission you in his service. If you have a humble and contrite heart, even a little bit of faith, and if you ...

636. Because He Lives

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... death with that kind of faith and peace? It's because of the assurance of resurrection! The Bible declares that if I repent of my sin and claim Jesus by faith as my Lord, eternal life is God's gift to me. That dear old retired Bishop William R. Cannon is fond of declaring ... , he was given a pamphlet to read. It was written by Luther Burbank, a rather famous agnostic. Basically Mr. Burbank claimed that it was not necessary to believe in Jesus' divinity or in His resurrection in order to admire Him for His ...

637. The Hiding Angel

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... always loved us and cared for us. Through infant baptism God declares his desire to adopt us. But our permission is required. Once we claim Jesus Christ by faith, our adoption as a son or daughter of God Almighty is official. Then what a wonderful status we have! ... That is to be a child of the King of Kings, a son or daughter of God Almighty. And that's what we are when we claim Jesus Christ by faith as savior and Lord. We are adopted. That's the first message from pastor John in our text for today. THE ...

638. The Bite of The Lying Tongue

Exodus 20:1-21, James 3:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... in the early 1950s. At that time Senator Joe McCarthy was wrecking reputations of people allover America by accusing them of communist sympathies and connections. One day in the midst of a speech in the Senate, he waved a piece of paper on which he claimed were the names of communist agents in our state Department. Senator Herbert Lehman started walking toward McCarthy, saying, "Let me see that list." McCarthy repeated his charge. Lehman stood in front of him with his hand out, saying, "Let me see that list ...

639. A Wonderful Sacrifice

1 Chronicles 21:1-22:1

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... money should go. He came to my office last week and gave me a check for $1000. With joy he said, "We want to invest this in the 'Up with Christ' Capital campaign." That, my friends, is sacrifice. God will honor it. My wife and I have discussed God's claims on us. For a number of years we have given to God more than 10 percent of our gross income. God continues to outgive us. We felt it would be improper to give less to Christ Church's budgeted ministries in order to give something to the Capital Campaign ...

640. MAGICIAN, SORCERER

Micah 5:12; Acts 8:9

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... . A man who can place his hand in a roaring fire and bring it out unharmed will attract as much attention today as he did 5,000 years ago. Primitive peoples worshiped sun gods, moon gods, river gods, and forest gods, and their priests often claimed that they could persuade these dieties to do their bidding. It was also commonly believed that hosts of spirits, both good and evil, inhabited the earth and that they could, if they desired, grant any human being the most miraculous powers. Magic, the performance ...

641. A Personal God in an Impersonal World

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , was the most powerful of the Roman emperors. His armies and road system transformed the entire known world. At his funeral, mourners claimed that he was a god. Yet, ironically, most people today would not even know his name were it not for a baby ... his manger. He was the only person in history born for the purpose of dying. He died so that all of us who confess our sins and claim him by faith as Savior and Lord can know his abundant life here and his eternal life on the other side of death. Jesus told us ...

642. Reconciling Palms and Thorns

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... to go along with him at the risk and price of a cross. Therefore, as we enter this Holy Week of 1991, we must accept the claims of his mission among us, and for us and for this he must become the actuating principle in all of our life. What we see, ... women of the world. It is only for the strong who embrace the Jesus of Palms and then go on to commit themselves to the claims and example of the Jesus of Thorns. Cecil Alexander sang further: O dearly, dearly has he loved, And we must love him too, And trust ...

643. Easter Turns ONLY into ALSO

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... Jewish faith, but this does not mean we should be satisfied to stop with it rather than capture the best of it and claim this heritage for Christianity. As Christians, we do not draw a line of exclusion, for we are all children of God’s grace ... love that this fact affirms to emerge from us in attitude, word and deed. To live by the word "only" is to exclude others and to claim Christ as Savior for me. To live by the word "also" declares by our witness that he is Savior for you, too. John Wesley’s words ...

644. The Richest Hill On Earth

John 19:17-27

Sermon

Robert Allen

... of silver, gold, and copper. In today’s market prices, billions and billions and billions of dollars of wealth have been taken out of the mountain, which makes its claim as the richest hill on the earth a valid claim. However, in spite of the wealth that has come out of Silver Bow Mountain, I believe that there is another hill which can lay claim to being "the richest hill on earth." This other hill was called Calvary, and it was on this hill where Jesus was crucified. This is an historical fact! Jesus ...

645. Dual Citizenship I - What Do We Owe To Our Country?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... were left to decide for themselves what belongs to Caesar and what to God. Jesus was saying that both God and the nation have legitimate claims on us; but one is supreme over the other. Today, I want us to think about our dual citizenship. Today I want to ask: What ... authors of our Constitution did not plan for America to be a secular, godless nation. Today over 90 percent of our citizens claim to believe in God. 43 percent attend religious worship in a typical week. We are a nation with a large majority of ...

646. What God Requires of Us

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... Yes, indeed! And he has quite a large following. Obed: Yes, and he and his followers have done a good job laying the ground work. Fake healings, so-called miraculous feedings of large numbers of people. He has even gone so far as to claim that he has raised people from the dead. Aaron: He claims to be the Son of man. You know, the Messianic title that the prophet Daniel talked of. The only reason that he can continue is that he has gained the backing of one or two wealthy men. Caiaphas: What else do we know ...

647. Jesus Christ, the Truth

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... not done for the greatest number, I may never get out of this infernal land. Ruth: My Lord, are you concerned with justice or what will be best for the Governor of Judea? Pilate: Don’t push it, Ruth! I have to think of more than just one Jew who claims to be a King. I must do what is most expedient for the people I rule. Ruth: Does expediency ever take the place of your integrity, my Lord? Jesus is the only one in this land, in this whole Empire, who speaks the truth. Pilate: The truth again! The world ...

648. The Easter Story Is Our Story

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... confined in time and space to a garden tomb conversation with Mary Magdalene. Not at all. It is true, rather, that wherever and whenever the story of the crucified, risen, and ascended Lord is told, there Jesus is present sending the Spirit to claim us, to claim you, and to claim me, as God’s children. This story of Easter is our story, too. The Easter story begins with an earlier event. It begins with the death of Jesus the crucified. But this story is also about our death. Jesus’ death gathers up our ...

649. I Am The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... reality. We might just go to pieces or give up on the meaning of life in light of death’s stark reality. But there is this word of hope for imperiled people. The good shepherd has laid down his life for our lives. The good shepherd has claimed victory over death also for us. Life’s greatest peril, therefore, can only win a limited victory over us. Peril and danger are never the last words about our lives. Life and victory are offered to us as the last words about our lives. The good shepherd has ...

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Drama

David E. Ullery

... bring Him to you, so that you may pass sentence. Pilate: And what are the charges on which I must try him? Caiaphas: There are three charges - any one of which forces you to crucify him: causing sedition among the people by his preaching, refusing tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be king of the Jews! Pilate: Do you take me for a fool? I have had men watching him for some time. You will have a difficult time proving those charges. You want me to crucify a man who is so popular with the people? Not a chance ...

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