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676. Which Ones Were Lost?

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

Merle G. Franke

... would. And did on several occasions. In addition I performed the wedding for several hippie couples, on those infrequent occasions when two of them decided to formalize a relationship that had been in progress for quite some time. And from time to time I dropped in on some of the hippie hangouts just to shoot the breeze. Such contacts would not have gone unnoticed, particularly by the few in our midst who were most critical of such associations. Those few asked me to meet with them to discuss their concerns ...

677. Easter Sunday

Luke 24:33-41 · Psalm 23 · Acts 4:33-36

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... and gold coins and gave it to Peter saying, "I trust you to do with this as seems fit for the community of the faithful. I do not know what I will do with my life, but it begins here and now, and I give my all to you." Peter dropped the money bag on the floor and took Joseph by the hand. "Joseph, you are a man of many moods," Peter said. "We have seen you wondering, sad, excited, depressed. You know better than most how hard it is to come to this decision; the many trials we go through ...

678. The TV Audience

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... , not personal, and they know that it becomes even more impersonal if they read. So they use teleprompters to give the illusion of not reading. If a network newscaster kept looking down at a manuscript, the ratings of that channel would drop out of sight. The television audience becomes passive and inattentive very quickly if the pastor does not speak to them directly. There are ways of combining careful preparation of a manuscript with effective delivery, which will be discussed below. Pastors also ...

679. A Fist and a Kiss

Luke 22:47-53

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... a marketplace -- I watched as a man who was riding slowly through the crowd on a bicycle with a basket of oranges precariously balanced on the handlebars was bumped by a porter so bent with a heavy burden that he had not seen him. The burden dropped, the oranges were scattered and a bitter altercation broke out between the two men. After an angry exchange of shouted insults, as the bicyclist moved toward the porter with a clenched fist, a tattered little man slipped from the crowd, took the raised fist in ...

680. Elements Of Devotion

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Clement E. Lewis

Instrumental Meditation Words Of Preparation: from The English Bishop, Jeremy Taylor) "The private devotions and secret offices of religion are like the refreshing of a garden with the distilling and petty drops of a water-pot; but addressed from the temple, they are like rain from heaven." Hymn: "Sweet Hour Of Prayer" A Prayer: O hearts, minds, and souls, be still, that we may hear the soft whispers of God's voice speaking to us amid the rush of life, and the ...

681. A Lesson From Paper

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... of paper is a very interesting object. You can fold it and it becomes a toy airplane that can fly. (Do so.) If you touch it to a flame, it turns into smoke and black ashes. (Do so, carefully. You might want a metal container nearby into which you can drop the paper.) You can write or print or draw on it and it becomes a source of communication. (Show them your word paper.) In life, we are like a piece of paper. There are forces all around us that are trying to change us. Each day we grow a little ...

682. Through Others Too Far Away

Matthew 7:12

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... only the people near to us, but also those far away; people whom we may never see. This is the way it works, in simple terms: What we do affects someone else and their reaction affects another person, and so on. Like the wave made by a stone that is dropped into the water and spreads out farther and farther; so our words and deeds spread through others to far away places and people. We can see how this works with this row of (whatever your objects may be). See what happens when I pull back the first one and ...

683. Getting the Mud Out

John 9:1-12

Sermon Aid

Richard F. Bansemer

... us. You see what we have and what they need. You know we could at least say a "good morning." We could at least acknowledge the humanness of all who live with a handicap we've been spared. But we, like the herd that settles down after the lion has dropped the antelope, go our way with our day, glad that it was another that must beg for life. Lord, you are the light, and when we ask for your light, we don't really want it to shine very brightly on our lives, just our path, so we can walk ...

684. Are You Convinced?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... the eighth inning. Hawkins had done his best, had not allowed a hit, and had accomplished all that he had been asked to do. He was depending upon his teammates just as they were counting on him. On that day, he was a winner, but his teammates dropped the ball. We would not be so foolish as to substitute any of this as being analogous to Jesus, the disciples, the Holy Spirit, or the Christian witness. We will suggest, however, that Jesus Christ has already accomplished all that the Father had asked him to do ...

685. A Continuing Presence

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... whether the vehicle is church-related; (2) a congregation gathers to sing praises, pray for pardon, and hear the Word of God proclaimed; (3) little children happily stand holding hands in a children's choir and sing, "I Am A Promise;" (4) a friend telephones or drops in on you unexpectedly to say, "I heard you have been ill and I just wanted to check on you;" (5) you attend a Sunday school class or worship service and the teacher or minister puts together just the right combination of words that speaks in ...

686. Tears And Ointment

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Larry Powell

... commentaries that when a guest entered the house in Bible times, three things were always done: the host gave the guest the kiss of peace; cool water was poured over the guest's feet; and either a pinch of incense was burned or a drop of ointment (or fragrance) was placed upon the head of the guest. These were not exceptional considerations, but common courtesies. The Pharisee mumbles against the woman for what she had done and insinuates that Jesus is wasting his time and emotion on someone so undeserving ...

687. Happiness Is Finding the Lost

Luke 15:8-10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... this is the way that God feels about people who become lost from him. He is sad that he lost them, but when he finds them he has a great celebration. Jesus did not mean that he forgot where he put one of us. Jesus did not mean that he dropped one of us in another country and did not bring us back home. Jesus talks about people being lost when they forget to worship him, or decide that they want to be their own gods, or when they hate others instead of loving people the way they were taught. These ...

688. The Funnel of God

John 16:13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... us as people. We want to feel our love from God, and not find it out in any other way. The Bible tells us that the Spirit of God is like a funnel. The Spirit is a guide who brings the love of God right to us without spilling one drop. The Spirit does not change a word of what he hears when he speaks to us. He is really like a funnel. Whatever God wants us to know, the Spirit of God tells us. The Spirit of God works with us as children of God to help us learn every ...

689. The Politics Of Love

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... because they are not part of the power structure which successfully imposes its will on everyone else. As a result the differences go underground where they work as a cancer sapping the energy of the community of faith or erupt in open schism. Or they drop out altogether. Or they start another denomination. If the church cannot demonstrate the reconciling power of Christ to the world, it will never be able to convince the world that it has any good news to offer. The world with all of its pluralism of ...

690. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... around him during his ministry. The church has never had any trouble affirming Jesus as the Son of God with connections in heavenly places, but it has had great difficulty affirming him as a man of the earth, the Son of Man, a title which completely dropped out of use in the early Christian community. Church officials are usually disturbed if ministerial candidates do not confess Jesus as the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, but seem to care less about insuring the confession that he is the Son ...

691. Kingdom Etiquette

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... got shoes, you got shoes, All of God's chillun got shoes. When I get to heav'n, gonna put on my shoes. I'm gonna walk all over God's heav'n. What does it mean to sit in the seats of honor at the kingdom table? It means dropping a barefooted slave mentality! It means putting on our heavenly shoes, and walking all over God's heaven and God's good earth, as well. To be an honored guest at the feast of the Lord is to value oneself ultimately. The etiquette of the kingdom requires us to accept ...

692. God's Leader

Romans 8:14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... kind of fishing and it takes a lot of skill. Not all fishers are trout fishers. One of the most important parts of trout fishing is something called a trout fly. You tie the fly on the end of your fishing line and cast it in the water. When it drops in the water, it looks like a beautiful insect to the fish. The fish begin to follow this leader with the hope that it will be something good to eat. The trout fly leads the fish to the fisher. The fish will not follow any old fly. The trout fly ...

693. Stuck with Super Glue

Romans 8:35

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... kind of glue, because it sticks so strongly that it can make your fingers stick together, and you will not be able to get them apart. This is called super glue. I have two small pieces of wood that I am going to glue together. I just need a small drop on each piece of wood. (Follow the directions on the tube.) Now I am going to put the two pieces of wood together and in a few seconds I will not be able to pull them apart. (Let the wood rest while you finish the sermon.) Jesus is like that ...

694. God's Suggestion Box

Philippians 4:2-9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Bible teaches us that prayer is like a suggestion box. God knows that you have problems. He likes you to tell him about the problems and to ask for help. When you kneel down to pray to God for help in your problems, it is like writing a note and dropping it in the suggestion box. God listens very carefully, and then he answers your problem in the very best way. God is the boss and he runs his world better than any business or school. The best part about making a prayer to God is that we can stop worrying ...

695. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... few secularists had a definite feeling of betrayal when that book revealed that Hammarskjold, through his greatest years, had been moved by profound religious sensitivities. That Hammarskjold sensed the presence of God equally and deeply in such diverse experiences as watching a drop of rain course its way down a pane of glass, at social contacts at a cocktail party, and in the work and decisions of the massive events of history, the course of which he was determining. In "all things ..." (you) "stand alone ...

696. Easter - Fact And Fiction!

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... commercial world profits from that long-ago merger! They make big profits from our holy resurrection day. It is prime-time for the marketing of new clothes, chocolates, candies, eggs, greeting cards, and Easter lilies. And they milk the money to the last drop with sales: pre-Easter sales, Easter sales, post-Easter sales, even final discount, 80% off, Easter sales. All of this Easter bunny, Easter eggs, Easter clothes, Easter sales may seem like harmless fun, but if it diverts our attention from the central ...

697. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... Schuller tells of a winter at home, when his dad needed firewood. He found a dead tree and sawed it down. In the spring, to his dismay, he found new shoots had sprouted from the trunk. He said to his son, "I thought sure it was dead; the leaves had dropped, the twigs snapped, it seemed as if there was no life there. But now I see there is still life at the taproot of the old tree." He looked at his boy and said, "Bob, don't forget this important lesson. Never cut down a tree in the wintertime. Never ...

698. Fresh Bread And New Wine

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... each! I could not help but speculate on how many lives might have been saved through the unselfish giving of their blood. It was a beautiful gift from one human for other humans - given a pint at a time. But the greatest Donor of all time sweat great drops of his blood in the Garden of Gethsemane, then spilled the rest of it on Calvary's cross-tree. And that blood, applied in repentance and faith, gives us pardon and everlasting life! A woman once said to me, after we had sung "There Is a Fountain Filled ...

699. The Water Wins!

1 John 5:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... your hair? They would all burn up. Fire is very dangerous and it can cause a lot of damage. You must always be very careful with fire. One match can burn up a whole forest. But watch what happens when I take this glass of water and pour a few drops on the fire. The water overcomes the fire. It puts the fire out. The water wins. I can't burn the water and the water overcomes the fire. We have a victory because we overcame the dangerous fire. If we would have called the water faith, then we could say ...

700. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... of a meal there was expressed acceptance and love. Bread the Source of Life. Harry Golden, a Jewish writer in Charlotte, North Carolina, was the author of best-selling books. He tells of the time when he was a child that the family was having dinner. Accidentally he dropped a piece of bread which fell under the table. His mother asked him what fell. He told her. She ordered him to get down under the table and retrieve it. While there he was admonished to thank God for it. And then she made him eat it. She ...

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