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2 Kings 4:8-37

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... and reported it to the superintendent who immediately suspended her and later fired her. He was a stranger in town. He came seeking any kind of work and found a job as a common laborer for the city. He worked hard, took part in all the community activities, and ... husband. It appears that Elisha was always welcomed. So he began to become a part of her life and she was forced to form some kind of opinion of him. Just how she did it we do not know. Perhaps it was in Elisha’s demeanor that he was so confident ...

627. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... to undervalue, neglect, or abuse them. A gentlemen realizes that to degrade a woman is to degrade himself as a man. He realizes that her character is as sacred as his. Not to be like this is to fail in your relationships and fail as a person in our kind of world. Conversely, to be a woman and not expect a man to be a gentleman to you is to degrade yourself. If we are to emerge as sane and healthy people in the new century we will have to possess enough relational skills to distinguish authentic personhood ...

628. An Our Good Works And Generosity

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... even take some pleasure in being known in this way? How much pleasure do you take? Is it not nice to be known around town or in your circle as a decent human being, an upstanding, solid citizen, even a leader in your church? Do you not enjoy having that kind of reputation? Is it ever an incentive to work for this parish? In that case, Jesus' words condemn you and the rest of us: "Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is ...

629. Good Works Will Not Save You!

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... , and you in me, and I in you (John 14:18-20)." "You are in me," he says, "and I am in you." Just as Jesus is in the Father, so the believer and Jesus have a similar intimate relationship. You and Jesus have that kind of relationship going. You might say that you are living together. Living together. The image connotes intimacy. The sort of intimacy and sharing of body and soul which happens between human beings committed to each other (an intimacy finding its highest human expression in marriage). Think ...

630. The Road To The Cross

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... with our leaders, even if they are not doing the right thing. We are all guilty of such sin. Pilate was also guilty, as were the chief priests and the elders and the crowd. We all sentenced Jesus to death. Matthew's version of the story is perhaps not as kind to Pontius Pilate as is Luke's version (see Luke 23:20, 22). Yet even in Matthew, as in Mark's version, it is clear that Pilate (and certainly his wife) does not think that Jesus is guilty of the Jewish Sanhedrin's accusations. In fact, Pilate seems to ...

631. The Road To Capernaum

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... she might have told you, but she is losing her mind, so don't believe any~ thing she said." And, Bob Ozment replied, "She carried on a perfectly grand conversation, and I believe every word she said."1 I do not know of anyone who has more kind things said about them than preachers. We receive far more compliments than we deserve. Most people just naturally love their preacher and will bend over backward to say something nice. I know there have been many times during my ministry when I have not done a very ...

632. Christmas Preparations We Often Forget

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... it: first a sail, then a ship coming closer and closer. He thrilled at the prospect of being rescued at last. But when the ship dropped anchor off-shore, and a landing party approached the beach, he was afraid, after all this time of aloneness, to meet his own kind face to face. He hid himself. The men of the landing party saw signs of his presence. They called. They searched. But he knew the island too well and eluded their every effort to find him. At day's end, they left, and as he watched the ship sail ...

633. Come On In!

Acts 16:11-15

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To show that faithfulness leads to kindness. Props: Three cups, two plates, and one blanket. Lesson: Good morning! I have a story to tell you, but I can ... said to Paul, "If you think I have been faithful to God, please stay with us in our home." That was a very kind thing to do. If we really are happy about the good news that God loves us, and that Jesus saves us, then we will be as kind as we can to others. Let's remember that today. Let's Pray: Thank you, God, for loving us, and for sending ...

634. The Easy Yoke

Matthew 11:25-30

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... , and those of you who treasure memories of her will mostly find little treasures to treasure. You will remember the things that she made, like apple pie and cookies. Her home always smelled of fresh-baked pastry and treats of some sort.You know what kind of person ___________ was. She was not pretentious. She was just a good, common, hard-working loving person. She made memories, which are far more valuable than things, and she had a caring family.I don't know how many hours have been invested by each ...

635. Honor by Serving

Revelation 14:6-13

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... , and about the visits. You people here today became for her a great joy, and that's the same as saying "Blessed." "Blessed" is,who has died in the Lord."With someone as verbal about kindness as ____________ has been about you, passing all manner of compliments, there's no telling what she'll tell the Lord about you! I wouldn't worry. She's the kind of person we need to send "on ahead." Evenas she's blessed, because she's died in the Lord, she's been a blessing to us, and we will miss her.We may be tempted ...

636. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

Sermon

John A. Terry

... kept. In Scripture the prophets passionately decry injustice when God's Law is broken. Keeping the law generally does not generate that kind of passion. But in this psalm there is passion for keeping the Law. The psalmist says that the reward for keeping the Law ... you will not try to clean up your act. This is a secular way of saying that the old is passing away. This is a kind of programatic way of demonstrating to yourself the passing away of the old. If we make a decision to turn our will and way over ...

637. The Children

Drama

William Grimbol

... with him? KAREN: I'm not sure, but I think so. I heard them say their names - Joanna, Susanna, and a Mary. JULIE: Crazy Susanna? KAREN: I'm not sure. JOHN: Crazy who? JULIE: A woman who everyone knows is possessed by the Devil. JENA: That sounds like the kind of follower he'd have. JULIE: He sounds like someone who has no respect for the Torah. JENA: None. Allowing women to minister with him! PETER: What else did he say? KAREN: Well, we were there all afternoon, and by the end of the day, the crowd was huge ...

638. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Larry Powell

... Chelsea. Neither was Lenore "really" standing among the shadows in Poe's drawing room. But they were both there. Love and memory and knowledge and yearning made them real! A "spirit" must first be in one's mind and heart before it becomes any kind of experience. Hubbard and Poe were able to come to their experiences because they loved and knew something about the ones of whom they wrote. Others, who did not know Carlyle or Lenore, could sit in their rooms and experience nothing. Following the Resurrection ...

639. Worship, Work, Rest, and Play

John 4:1-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... things for you to guess. Show the hammer. What is this? (response) OK. Begin to work on the piece of wood, the floor or the railing. (hammering, working) That's right. Can you name some other kinds of work? (response) What kind of work does your Dad do? (response) What kind of work does your mother do? (response) What kind of work do you do? (response) What would happen if we stopped working? (response) We all have to work or nothing would get done and the world would just stop. We all need to work. Here ...

640. Mother's Day Gifts

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... this "great day" as well as on every day. Exemplary Life The first gift you must present to your children is to be the kind of person you want them to be! You must give them a Christian example in what you say and do. Notice how a little ... love, your patience, your concern for others, and your encouragement of them? One of the greatest gifts you can offer your children is to be the kind of person you want them to be. Your Time The second thing you must give your child is your time! Each one of us knows how ...

641. Monologue: A Slave, A Jailer, A Child Of God

Acts 16:16-40

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... ; break orders, and be ready for punishment. The training of those Roman legionnaires didn’t include very much of the milk of human kindness. But back to my story. A man called Paul, a Jew, and Silas, another Jew, and two others, Timothy and Luke, Greeks or ... That night my master became a child of God. Lydia had been searching for God, and she welcomed the Gospel. My master was a different kind of man. He'd lived a hard life and he had a tough hide. It took an earthquake and a close escape from suicide ...

642. One More Thing

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... ever sailed, All of the parliaments that ever sat, And all of the kings that ever reigned, Have not affected the life of man on this earth as much as that one solitary life Ä (Jesus Christ) If we want God's power in our hands, we must have his kind of power in our hearts -- power to accomplish his purpose. II. Jesus Gave Us A Commission Jesus sent his disciples out into the world with the commission to win men and women to faith in him. This commission was not just for those first disciples, but is for all ...

643. Will the Real Jesus Christ Arise?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Carl Jech

... do more harm than good when they are substituted for an honest encounter with grief. It may be partly true to say to a grieving friend, "You'll get over it in time" or "Death is just a transition - it's not the end of the world." But this kind of well-intentioned comfort really is not helpful. We are in effect telling the person that we do not take their pain, their loss, their grief, seriously! We do better to tell them, by words or actions, what they really need and want to hear - that we recognize our ...

644. Christian Hearts Produce Christian Lives

Luke 6:43-45

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... : We trust in our Lord to cleanse us from within, that our lives may witness to our new nature. Collect Eternal God, whose law of creation has made sure that life produces its own kind, and that man, too, can only become that which he is in his heart: Rid our hearts of all uncleanness, and fill them with your love and kindness, that we may live lives that make for a better community. We pray through Christ our Redeemer. Amen. Prayer of Confession Nature teaches us a lesson we are slow to learn, Father. The ...

645. The Box

Drama

Cynthia Mercati Prigge

... different rules. THIRD PERSON: Rules - ridiculous! Listen, what have we got to lose if we try a prayer or two? It can't hurt, and it might even do some good. SECOND PERSON: All right, but you go first. THIRD PERSON: Dear Jesus - SECOND PERSON: Isn't that kind of personal? THIRD PERSON: Dear Jesus, we've got a real problem here. This poor girl is locked inside this box and wants out. She's finally realized that one person can't ever do enough, so she's agreed to forget the whole thing. She promises never ...

646. Talk! Talk! Talk!

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... at one of our dinner parties. Later that evening, he played the tape back to us, and we all had to sit in embarrassment and listen to our own inane, superficial, and pointless chatter. In all of this process of talk, talk, talk, we have developed a terrible kind of cynicism and skepticism and resistance to it. A man climbs into a barber chair, and the barber asks him how he wants his hair cut, and he replies, "In absolute silence." A doctor tells a wife that her husband must have complete rest for a while ...

647. Is Christianity Practical?

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... , with anger. But nobody ever faced this. He made all of our stupid moralisms look just as ineffectual as they are. He cut to the root of adultery where nobody else had ever cut. He pointed out the fact that adultery wasn't the matter of breaking some kind of legal law. Adultery began with the lustful glance or the lustful attitude. He cut to the root of false swearing by abolishing all swearing. He cut to the root of war by forbidding revenge or the hatred of our enemies. He cut to the root of hypocricy ...

648. Jesus and the Women in His Life

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Thomas Blowers

... after she grew up, her father arranged who she would marry. And if her husband turned out to be a successful businessman and he died, the law made very clear that the eldest son and not the wife inherited the business. And if she married a tyrant who was not kind enough to die and leave her alone, if she married a no-good and things became unbearable and she wanted out -- well, she could forget it. Only men could file for divorce. In fact, all a husband had to do was hand his wife a slip of paper saying"You ...

649. Filled With God's Spirit

Acts 2:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... abide in him? Object: A six-foot measuring tape. Good morning, boys and girls. How are you this Memorial Day weekend? Memorial Day is an important day in our country because we remember all the people who shared their lives and died so that our country would be just the kind of country we want it to be. Our country is a little sad because so many men had to die in war to keep us free, but we are also very grateful. God teaches us to share everything including our lives. I want to show you what I mean. Here ...

650. The Friend At Midnight

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . The entire administration was corrupt to the core. A number of dedicated people decided that they were fed up with this kind of politics and the good people of the city took on the Boss Tweed element. At first they seemed to make headway ... we throw up our hands and say: well, I tried praying but it didn’t work. Friends, Jesus is telling us that there is only one kind of prayer and that is deep, earnest, heartfelt prayer. The problem is not the lack of responsiveness on God’s part or the words that we ...

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