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701. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee

Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... . He never stopped breaking our rules. We thought he was sent from the devil to destroy our system. He would never cooperate with us or yield to our authority. He crossed social barriers, which was totally wrong. People must stay in their place, as we Pharisees must stay in ours. For example, he talked to a woman of questionable character in Samaria. Jews don't associate with Samaritans, let alone women. Then, this socially unacceptable woman went all over her village declaring that he was the promised ...

702. The Babel Disaster -- You Are There

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... ever find us? Will they ever get us out?"my son asked. He was about to panic. I felt like I was, too.But I tried to stay calm. "Yes," I told him, "they'll come.God will protect us." "No, He won't," my son said. "A street preacher saidGod would destroy this temple ... him to sing a song with meabout God being so good. We sang it over and over. I don'tknow how we would have stayed alive if we hadn't had ourfaith. Apparently we were near the entrance. I felt somethingtouch my leg. Rescue workers had begun digging ...

703. The Man Born Blind

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... in my relationship with Saul. Daughter: I thought you two got along very well. Rabbi: I think we should always try to get along with everyone. But that can be extremely difficult. That incident drove a wedge between Saul and me that we never overcame. I'm surprised he stayed on as a student with me as long as he did. But go on with your story. Daughter: No, I'll do mine after you tell me about Saul. Rabbi: Well ... okay. Daughter: How did the blind man incident cause you a problem? You were in Joppa at the ...

704. The Babel Disaster - You Are There

Genesis 11:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... find us? Will they ever get us out?" my son asked. He was about to panic. I felt like I was, too. But I tried to stay calm. "Yes," I told him, "they'll come. God will protect us." "No, He won't," my son said. "A street preacher said God would destroy ... get him to sing a song with me about God being so good. We sang it over and over. I don't know how we would have stayed alive if we hadn't had our faith. Apparently we were near the entrance. I felt something touch my leg. Rescue workers had begun digging at ...

705. When Imagination Replaces Memory

Isaiah 42:18-25

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. What a marvelous "new thing" was this miracle as the Holy Family made its way toward Egypt. It totally transformed the circumstances of heritage. Exile became homecoming as the past was scuttled and forgotten. Just as Isaiah had offered assurance, long centuries before, that the ...

706. The Final Questions

John 6:60-71

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... :42). The issue here is really what this exam was all about. Some no longer went about with him because they said the teaching of Jesus was difficult. We who do not wish to go away take the opposite approach. Because what our Lord expects is difficult, therefore we will stay close; we will always go about with him. We will receive him as he gives himself to us. He will abide in us and we will abide in him. Now the final exam's final question. Simon Peter asked it after the Lord's query, "Do you also wish to ...

707. A Taste Of Life

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

William G. Carter

... simply a taste. And a taste of life is enough to sustain us. In 1984, novelist Reynolds Price discovered he had a malignant tumor in his spine. There came a point in his illness when he felt the need to reconnect with his Methodist roots. Since he was staying with a cousin at the time, he asked her to contact her minister and request the sacrament of communion. The minister arrived on a hot morning. Price sat alone in a chair in his bedroom. He listened as the pastor read the words of institution from the ...

708. Learning to Live Without Jesus

John 16:5-16, John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

William G. Carter

... The questions are three (and they have not changed): Where are you going? Can we go? Then who is going to stay with us?"2 Where are you going? "I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer" (John 16:10). Can we go? "Where I am going, you ... cannot come" (John 13:33). Then who will stay with us? "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, he will ...

709. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

710. Peter's Confession, Christ's Prediction

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... upon him, and flog him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise again" (Mark 10:33-34). Jesus speaks of the cross. The disciples stay fixed on glory. James and John ask him if they can sit one at his right hand and one at his left, in glory. (They did ... as a refrain Jesus' word about taking up the cross. It would go like this. Peter says: "Let's build three booths and stay here." Jesus responds: "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." Move ...

711. Holy Friendship

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... I also go away? More pointedly, should the question be put: to whom can we go? Is there really anyone else we want in exchange for Jesus? Can anyone suggest someone better to whom to turn? Jesus' offer still stands after twenty centuries. And we know from those who have stayed with him, those for whom he has been the bread of life, that there is no one they've found who can give them the kind of life he offers to those who believe. David H. C. Read once said: "I have heard, as a pastor, hundreds of reasons ...

712. Bread of Unwavering Commitment (Bread of Life V)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... . I’m on vacation. I’ll just skip going to church this week. Omitting my exercise today won’t make that much difference. For the Twelve the question was: shall we follow the crowds or stay with our Master? For Jesus it was, am I going to have to take the hard journey alone? A few decided to stay with him. As a Christian, I continuously wrestle over values and issues. Many religionists give the impression that they think they have solved all problems when they recite their absolutes and close the doors ...

713. Where The Lord Dwells

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Charles Curley

... hands, hada brilliant idea: he would build a house for God. "See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent," he said. (2 Samuel 7:2) When David shared his brilliant idea with Nathan the prophet, Nathan liked what he heard: "Go to ... go knock on the door whenever we need God's help. And the rest of the time ... well, the rest of the time the door can stay conveniently shut. Nathan and David thought it sounded like a good idea, and so do we. Oh - we don't talk about God living in a ...

714. Giants In Your Way

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

Charles Curley

... you. Day after day they sat in their tents and sulked, as Goliath came out and issued his challenge. A minister of my acquaintance was so overwhelmed and depressed by contentious and demanding people, a dying church and a failing ministry, that one morning he simply stayed in bed. He stayed in bed for several days, hardly moving, not talking, his face turned to the wall. And there are days when that doesn't sound like such a bad idea to many of us. I have heard it said that one in four of the people we ...

715. When Something Is About To Happen

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Thomas Long

... the act of searching itself seemed to take more and more energy. Indeed, the whole business of being a part of the church at all felt, at times, like a burdensome weight, and on this Sunday morning that weight had tugged the conversation toward the question: Why stay in the church? "I'll tell you," he said, "what keeps me coming to this church," and every head turned in his direction. The sudden rush of interest made him hesitate, uncertain of his own thought, but he pushed on. "It's strange, I know, but I ...

716. The Fruitful Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... and sisters. Gospel. (John 15:1-8) The claim is one of the "I am" statements John attributes to Jesus. Jesus is the vine and the Father is the vinedresser. The image is further developed by suggesting that the disciples are the fruit of the vine if they stay connected to Jesus and produce works which demonstrate that connection. Psalm. (Psalm 22:25-31) The emphasis of the Psalm is on the praise of the Lord. It is an affirmation of the trust that he will care for the poor and that he has dominion over life ...

717. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... and a pain in the neck! Yeah, I've got an Aunt Del like that. MAY: (Laughing) I'll bet they come early and stay late, too. (ALL groan and carry on at once about this.) CAROL: I used to dread seeing Aunt Del coming. MARCY: Whaddya mean, "used ... Didn't she resent being put to work? CAROL: Not a bit. As a matter of fact, it made her feel needed, wanted, loved, useful. As usual, she stayed after all the others had left, so I asked her to help clean up. It so happens Aunt Del loves to be in the kitchen, and I ...

718. Easter 6

John 15:18--16:4, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... Sermon Angle: The world tries to knock us for a loop, but if we abide in Christ's love (v. 10) we will be able to stand tall for time and eternity. Christ wants our lives to produce fruit that lasts (endures, stands) (v. 17). We can only stay standing in relationship to the community of grace and love. Outline: 1. Everything dies that is not born in love. (Example: communism.) 2. We too will die, but what we have formed through Christ's love will remain. 3. When we are in danger of falling, Christ, through ...

719. Good Friday

John 19:28-37, Hebrews 10:1-18, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, John 18:1-11, John 19:38-42, John 19:17-27

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... powerful movie was produced called The Deer Hunter. A group of American G.I.'s is captured by the Viet Cong and subjected to cruel torture. One of the men, Nick, cannot free himself from the horror of having to play Russian roulette. After their release, Nick stays in Saigon and continues to play the same deadly game for the entertainment of a group of sadistic gamblers who meet in a smoke-filled bar. A short time later, Nick's friend, Michael, who had returned home, comes back to Saigon to find his friend ...

720. Proper 16

John 6:25-59, John 6:60-71, 1 Kings 8:22-61, Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... to much more difficult things, such as we find in today's Gospel. Multitudes were dropping out of his course because it was just too hard for them (v. 66). Jesus asked the twelve if they too wanted to drop out (v. 67). Peter replied that they would stay; there was no other teacher who could lead them to eternal life. Too many Christians are satisfied to stick to the elementary things of Christ. To continue as his disciples we must move on to not only graduate studies but to daily field work in his kingdom ...

721. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

... our house. There is a story of a burly, old lineman from a professional football team who thought that he knew all the tricks so he could stay out late and party on road trips despite the team's curfew. Over the years he'd gotten it all down to a science. He'd pile ... raging fever. Because of the possibility it might be contagious, Paul was put in a separate room and Sammy was told to stay away from him. Paul eventually pulled through the crisis, but, while he was still sick, one morning the family found Sammy ...

722. Who Was That Masked Man?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... father being passed on to the sons and grandsons. He said a prayer as he passed. Then he mumbled something about having to stay pure for worship. He moved on. "A little later, more footsteps. I moaned a little, thinking that it didn't matter whether ... of the road. He had the most pained face, somewhere between pity and disdain. At first, I thought he was going to help. He stayed over on the other side of the road, but squatted down low, looking at me carefully. Then he shrugged his shoulders, stood up, and ...

723. The Resurrection

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... there. Field Announcer: I can make out a dark place to the left of the stone. It looks like the opening to a cave. (Field Announcer stays back by the middle aisle as Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb.) Mary Magdalene: That's the tomb. That's where Jesus is buried. (Mary ... you are in trouble. I'd suggest you and your gear get out of here. Field Announcer: You're not like the commander, are you? Officer 2: Stay in this army and you can get that way. I'm getting out as soon as I have a chance. I'll bet he's in ...

724. Boaz: I Am Blessed!

Ruth 4:13-22, Ruth 3:1-18

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... day. After she threshed it, she had nearly three fourths of a bushel of grain to take home. Ruth was naive, but Naomi knew that someone had taken notice of her. "It was a man named Boaz," Ruth said." He told me not to glean elsewhere, but to stay with his workers, where I would be safe." "Wonderful!" exclaimed Naomi. "He is one of our kinsman redeemers." "He is a -- what?" "A kinsman redeemer. When a man dies leaving no heir, a close relative is expected to buy any land, take care of the widow, and have ...

725. The Return Of The Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... a degree of emotional detachment find that we must somehow keep our distance if we are going to be able to cope with the problems of friends and relatives. Because, yes, it is very difficult to stay closely involved with people who are alcoholics. We may even find ourselves unable to stay close to a friend or relative who has a debilitating illness. Sometimes even immediate family members do not talk about serious problems among themselves, let alone with friends or extended family. And this attitude of ...

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