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51. Good Witnesses
2 Peter 1:19
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... of the Bible Lesson: Good morning, boys and girls. Today I have a book with me which you all know about. What famous book is this? (Hold up Bible. Let them respond.) Yes, this is a copy of the Bible. We use this book from which to read our lessons each Sunday, don't we, boys and girls? Does anyone know when the Bible is used for something besides reading? (Let them guess.) Well, the Bible is used in a court of law. If you ever have ...
Sermon
John N. Brittain
... 's life-mission spelled out, which may be why he alone records these words of Jesus. Second, this is the only place in any Gospel that Jesus uses the term "scribe" as a figure for those who would follow him. The scribes, of course, were those trained in copying and interpreting the Jewish law, who were devoted to applying the old law to new situations. So being a disciple of Jesus requires close attention to detail. And third, the word order Jesus uses jumps out at us as much today and it would have twenty ...
53. Be About It
Matthew 5:1-12
Drama
Robert F. Crowley
... do with my complaint about the church. MERLE: Just wait a minute. GEORGINA: I've already waited five minutes. MERLE: Here it is in Matthew's Gospel. The heading says it's called the Beatitudes. GEORGINA: What's that mean? MERLE: I don't know but you copied it down wrong. It says here the word "blessed" in front of all the rules. GEORGINA: What does that mean? MERLE: Well, I suppose "blessed" means blessed! In other words what you thought were rules set down by your church aren't rules at all. GEORGINA: They ...
54. Lent 2
Philippians 3:12-4:1, Genesis 15:1-18, Luke 13:31-35, Jeremiah 26:1-24
Sermon Aid
John R. Brokhoff
... is "sacrament." The sacrament of baptism, for example, is a covenant between God and the believer. Epistle: Philippians 3:17--4:1 1. Imitating (v. 17). This is a daring word "imitate." Imitate or copy whom? Paul says here, "Imitate me." In what respect? "Imitate me in the way I live." Who can say that? Are our lives worthy of being copied by others as the right way to live? People want and need an example to follow. At the Last Supper when Jesus washed the Disciples' feet, he said, "I have given you an ...
55. Be Prepared
Mark 4:35-41
Children's Sermon
... , public safety department, or weather bureau for detailed instructions.) Discuss these instructions with your children until you are certain that they understand them completely. Write all directions and telephone numbers down, and post a copy by each telephone in your home. You may also wish to make a small pocket-size copy for each child who is old enough to read, and insist that They carry these instructions with them at all times. Remember to quiz your children now and then on the details of your ...
56. Proper 21
Mark 9:38-41, Esther 7:1-10, Esther 9:18-32, James 5:13-20, Mark 9:42-50
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... name? Though the generic Christian might be composed of pretty much the same stuff, keep in mind that he or she is a copy of brand name, a facsimile of the real McCoy. Outline: 1. Discuss the differentiation between generic and brand name medicines. 2. Use ... church. 3. We can work together with those who hold basically our same beliefs and values. 4. The generic believer is a copy of the brand name Christian without the brand name, there would be no generic. 5. Salvation still comes through Christ. 2. Sermon ...
57. Proper 5
2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 1 Samuel 8:1-22, Mark 3:31-35, Mark 3:20-30
Sermon Aid
Russell F. Anderson
... . The sisters' award-winning memoir has been on the New York Times best-seller list for 19 months at the time of this writing and has sold more than 900,000 copies. The book has also been translated into several foreign languages. They also authored a second book: The Delaney Sisters' Book Of Everyday Wisdom, which has sold over 160,000 copies. The article I read didn't comment on the religious outlook of the Delaney sisters but you can be sure that they didn't focus on the increasing decrepitude of their ...
58. Fish Miracle
1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Isaiah 6:1-13, Luke 5:1-11
Sermon Aid
John R. Brokhoff
... nets as Jesus ordered. In Britain there is a magazine devoted to the spiritual life titled, The Life of Faith. There is another well-known magazine devoted to humor called Punch. A friend had the habit of sending each week a copy of The Life of Faith to a missionary. But one week he included a copy of Punch. In an accompanying letter the friend wrote, "I have decided to put "punch" in your "life of faith." A Life Change. Because of the miracle of the catch of the fish, Peter was changed from a fisherman to ...
Sermon
James Weekley
... for him. He has left us a pattern for the race. There is the story of a boy who was learning his trade in a machine shop. His instructions were to drill holes in iron bars. He was given an original bar from which all other bars were to be copied. Using it as a guide, all other bars could be drilled precisely in place. One day he misplaced the master bar. He thought he could use the other bars that had been drilled. The problem was that the other bars were drilled with a slight variation. The more he drilled ...
Children's Sermon
... the following birth announcement or something familiar on the inside of a 9- by 12-inch piece of construction paper folded in half. Copy just the left side; the right will be filled in by the children later. WE HAVE A NEW BABY! Name: Jesus Nickname: Son of the Most High God Parents: Joseph and Mary Address: Bethlehem Date of Birth: December 25 Time: Christmas Day Spend some time with the children looking in ...
61. Moving Words
Matthew 10:1-42
Sermon
Larry Goodpaster
... of Christian devotion and meditation has been Of the Imitation of Christ by Thomas a’Kempis. John Wesley was so influenced by this writing that he believed every Christian should have a copy of it, read it regularly and apply its words of inspiration to their daily living. a’Kempis begins this gem by noting that “we must copy [Christ’s] life and conduct, if we wish to be truly enlightened and to be delivered from all blindness of heart.” This notion of imitating Christ is a rather lofty goal, and ...
62. The Sound of Everlasting Joy
Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 28:1-10
Sermon
Wallace H. Kirby
... me so happy. I've come to get a book. In prison we didn't have much to read and someone handed me an old, dog-eared copy of a religious novel. I would never have read it if there had been any other reading material available. But that book told how everyone who ... got home to my wife, I found her to be downhearted and scared and sort of bound up in herself. So, I've come to get a copy of that book. I want to read it to her. I want what happened to me to happen to her." Do you think of the Easter resurrection ...
Sermon
Larry Powell
... Dr. William Barclay took up the long sleep in 1978 after having written, preached, lectured, and loved a lasting testimony to the Lord of his life for seventy remarkably productive years. His New Testament commentaries have sold over 6,000,000 copies in the English language alone. He authored some sixty books, was a beloved university professor, renowned lecturer, extremely popular radio and television preacher, and a monumental Christian. This is not intended as a tribute to the great Scotchman. There have ...
64. Monologues: Disciples Redeemed
John 20:10-18, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31
Drama
Raymond I. Keffer
... over the death of my friend, Philip, but I knew I must continue our mission to spread the saving grace that God provided man through Jesus. "My missionary work took me to many lands including Russia, Persia, and India. I carried copies of the Gospel of Matthew with me. In India copies were left with Jews so that they could learn of Jesus through the written word. Like the others here, I too was hounded in every town by fellow Jews and idol worshipers. "Despite all, my ministry took hold. I could witness ...
Sermon
Carl Hoefler
... twenty was itself a counterfeit. Our text this morning is about counterfeit faith - the counterfeit faith which Paul confronted in Lystra. According to the dictionary, the word "counterfeit" is defined as something made in imitation of something else. It is, a fake or copy made to resemble the real or the genuine article. It is exactly that kind of faith that Paul and Barnabas experienced in the pagan city of Lystra. Paul and Barnabas were on a missionary journey witnessing and preaching the Gospel of Jesus ...
Sermon
... a blizzard in Vienna, and they doubt it was a pauper’s grave - although Mozart did have trouble managing money. But no matter what his funeral was like, he did die at the age of 35. A genius, who never re-copied his compositions because he never made corrections; the first copy was always right. A genius, who started at the age of four playing several instruments, who’d written several symphonies by the age of eight. A genius, whom one authority calls "one of the brightest stars in the musical firmament ...
67. Lent 2
Lk 9:18-36; 13:31-35 · Php 3:17--4:1 · Jer 26:8-15 · Gen 15:1-12, 17-18
Sermon Aid
John R. Brokhoff
... ." The sacrament of baptism, for example, is a covenant between God and the believer. Lesson 2: Philippians 3:17--4:1 1. Imitating (v. 17). This is a daring word - "imitate." Imitate or copy whom? Paul says here, "Imitate me." In what respect? "Imitate me in the way I live." Who can say that? Are our lives worthy of being copied by others as the right way to live? People want and need an example to follow. At the Last Supper when Jesus washed the Disciples' feet, he said, "I have given you an example ...
Sermon
Staff
... dilemma. That baby is the greatest gift ever given. But it’s as if someone handed you a beautifully wrapped gift and said, John, I am giving you this because I love you. And when you open it it’s a copy of Alcoholics Anonymous, or When Bad Things Happen To Good People, or a new copy of Miss Manners. You can’t miss the message that someone is trying to tell you something. Christmas tells me that God has launched a great rescue mission. That is the message that is presented in the Advent story over and ...
69. For He Shall Save His People - Sermon Starter
Matthew 1:18-25
Illustration
... dilemma. That baby is the greatest gift ever given. But it's as if someone handed you a beautifully wrapped gift and said, John, I am giving you this because I love you. And when you open it it's a copy of Alcoholics Anonymous, or When Bad Things Happen To Good People, or a new copy of Miss Manners. You can't miss the message that someone is trying to tell you something. Christmas tells me that God has launched a great rescue mission. That is the message that is presented in the Advent story over and over ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... you with that but I have a gift for you. Will you read this as a favor to me?" Then he gives that person a paperback copy of the Gospel of John. What if a businessperson were brave enough to ask at each lunch meeting, whether with one or twenty persons, "Would it ... spokesman why they do not enforce their patent on the Mercedes Benz's energy-absorbing car body, a design evidently copied by other companies because of its success. The spokesman replies matter-of-factly, "Because some things in life are too ...
71. Our Unmanageable God (The Second Commandment)
Exodus 20:1-21, Ephesians 3:14-21
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... that we not try to limit or tame or restrict God. God Almighty must not be reduced to some kind of handy helper or good- luck charm. This Second Commandment may have been the first one to be broken. While Moses was up on Mount Sinai receiving copies of the Ten Commandments, his assistant Aaron led the Israelites in creating a golden calf, a God-substitute, which they could worship. You see, they wanted a visible god they could use as needed. If enemies were attacking, they could put the golden calf out on ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... at Christ Church we have a brand new little tract, fresh off the press, that will help you. You may pick up some copies as you leave. Practice sharing this little fold-out booklet with another person. In addition, you should be able to share in ... a few years ago by a letter written to the TV talk show host, Larry King. I'm not sure how the Washington Post got a copy of this letter. It was written by Pistol Pete Maravich, the great basketball player, just a few days before he collapsed and died of a heart ...
73. Chapter II
Exodus 20:1-21
Sermon
Frank H. Seilhamer
... or qualities possessed by God are going to be built into the man. Taken together, these Hebrew words are saying that God made the man to be as much like himself as a man can be. The Lord did not create a bunch of minor gods, but men who were copies of himself. This means that man is theomorphic i.e., he is made like God. God made us like himself so that he would have people who could understand him, respond to him, and love him, as he did them. This Creation account also shows in its language how lovingly ...
Sermon
Bill Bouknight
... create a best-seller. Since she has started recommending books on her show, sales of the titles chosen have skyrocketed. For example, the first book she recommended, a novel entitled "The Deep End of the Ocean," had only sold about 100,000 copies. Since being featured on her program, 850,000 copies have been snapped up, propelling it to the top of the New York Times best-seller list as of several months ago. Though none of us has the influence of an Oprah Winfrey, each of us has influence with some people ...
75. Living Out a Dream
Illustration
Jim Conway
... is the story of Robert Manry, recorded in his book, Tinkerbelle. The story is close to me, because Manry lived in Cleveland, Ohio. I was raised in Cleveland, and as a boy I delivered The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. Robert Manry worked for the Plain Dealer as a copy-editor. At 47, Manry decided he had to do some things with his life that were fun. He never dreamed, though, that they would lead to a change in his total lifestyle. On June 1, 1965, Manry, in his little white boat with the red sail, left Falmouth ...
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