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51. The Lenten Season

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... eggs for the period of Lent. Fasting meant only one meal per day and the rest of the day one existed on water. In the Middle Ages the fast was relaxed to the extent that lunch was permitted. At the time of the Reformation, many Protestants dropped fasting as being "Popish." Some Protestants like John Wesley practiced fasting as a discipline, but if it were practiced, it was on a voluntary basis. For most Protestants, fasting was more of a token than a real denial of food. The purpose of fasting was twofold ...

52. Transfiguration

2 Corinthians 3:7-18, Exodus 34:29-35, Luke 9:28-36

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... : a. A vision of permanence "his eye was not dim" v. 7. b. A vision of the future he saw the future promised land vv. 1-4. c. A vision of God "whom the Lord knew face to face" v. 10. Epistle: 2 Corinthians 3:12 4:2 1. The dropping of the veil (3:12-18). Need: A veil is a barrier to direct knowledge and communication. A veil works both ways. The one veiled sees life through a veil; we who look at a veiled person cannot fully see the face of the veiled person. Paul uses this analogy ...

53. How Blest Are Those Who Know Their Need Of God

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... it is precisely in our efforts to live by faith that the Spirit of God holds ever before us the future our Father has promised and the Son has purchased. And we, who know our need of God, are blessed and renewed in the promise. Drop out? Surely you jest! Drop in, and talk freely with our benefactor about the choices confronting us. For precisely in the struggle and the choosing, we are blessed. Blessed to bear witness to a jaded and suspicious world: to announce to each and every one that her way, too, has ...

54. The Transfiguration of Our Lord

Lk 9:28-36 · 2 Cor 3:12--4:6 · Ex 34:29-35 · Deut 34:1-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... . A vision of permanence - "his eye was not dim" - v. 7 B. A vision of the future - he saw the future promised land - vv. 1-4 C. A vision of God - "whom the Lord knew face to face" - v. 10 Lesson 2: 2 Corinthians 3:12--4:2 1. The Dropping of the Veil. 3:12-18. Need: A veil is a barrier to direct knowledge and communication. A veil works both ways. The one veiled sees life through a veil; we who look at a veiled person cannot fully see the face of the veiled person. Paul uses this analogy ...

55. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... ! The whole town turned out to witness the results. Just a short distance outside the town, the crowd of Magdala brought their sick, lame and blind to Jesus. My sister, Salome, dragged me, screaming and cursing and spitting in her face, to the Savior’s side, then dropped the rope and stepped away. I fell, still screaming violently, at Jesus’ feet. In the next moment I felt the tender touch of the Master’s hand upon my head. I heard his firm, but kind, voice: "Mary!" I looked up and saw his face. He ...

56. The Gift of Fire

Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... baby doll at a construction site next to their home. The little girl would present the doll to her brother who would sprinkle a few drops of water on it then throw it into a deep hole that was to become a future neighbor's basement. The little girl would climb ... babies." The mother asked for a demonstration. With great reverence, the little girl presented the doll to her brother who sprinkled a few drops of water on it again while saying, "In the name of the Father and the Son and IN THE HOLE HE GOES."(1) ...

57. Resuscitating An Iguana

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... of oil in our lamps? They are the little things of everyday life: fidelity, punctuality, little words of kindness, just a little thought for others, those little acts of silence, of look and thought, of word and deed. These are the very drops of love that make our religious life burn with so much light. "Do not search for Jesus in far off lands," she concludes, "He is not there. He is in you. Just keep the lamp burning and you will always see Him." (7) You and I are saved by grace. ...

58. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Whisper" said, "hand them over!" Shedd said he had it out with the Lord and once and for all it was settled. It was settled the Lord's way! So one morning, he took his pipe box out on the lake, at least a half mile from their cabin and dropped them over. The next morning, though, there they were! On the beach in front of their cabin. The argument with the inner Voice began again. So ” the next morning, he took his wife Martha with him. They rowed back to the middle of the lake. Martha held one hand and ...

59. Setting An Example

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... them King and Queen of the event. The students and faculty wanted to honor Dave for going back and taking care of business. (3) I believe most of us can admire that in Dave Thomas. He didn't want to encourage young people to follow his example and drop out of school, so when other men were retiring, Dave was going back to high school. I wish everyone had that level of concern for the example they are setting for our young. There was an article in the news sometime back about a New York Assemblywoman who ...

60. Why Join the Church?

Acts 2:1-21

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Mark Trotter

... years was finally going to bear fruit, and this will be the "Christian century." There is no longer any need for us to set ourselves apart from the world, because the world has now become Christian, or will soon be in this 20th century. So they dropped what they said was a medieval way of looking at the world. That medieval way, they said, is to see the world controlled by spiritual forces. That is just superstition. We have evolved out of that way of thinking. We have other means now of explaining these ...

61. A Promise Fulfilled: A Gift Given

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... daughters are in jeopardy of being sold into slavery." Nicholas immediately woke and went to the home. He did not try to knock on the door, but immediately went to the window, but it was locked. Thus, he went to another window, slowly and quietly opened it, dropped the bag of gold inside, and again left hastily. Now two sisters were happy, but not the youngest. The next evening Nicholas had another dream, as he knew he would, for all good things come in threes. The angel came and repeated the story from the ...

62. The End of Time

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... married, I told my wife, Susan, about the significant part the lowly pickle jar had played in my life as a boy. In my mind, it defined, more than anything else, how much my dad had loved me. No matter how rough things got at home, Dad continued to doggedly drop his coins into the jar. Even the summer when Dad got laid off from the mill, and Mama had to serve dried beans several times a week, not a single dime was taken from the jar. To the contrary, as Dad looked across the table at me, pouring catsup over ...

63. A Chance To Start Over

John 8:3-11

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... us to be. So, what do we do. The only thing we CAN do is let go. Conclusion This morning I want you to come forward and drop those stones right here at the foot of the altar. Toss those stones wrapped in all those bad memories and pain, in with the other stones ... And, for a time at least, they will be with us in worship every Sunday reminding us of the hope and new life Christ offers. As you drop your stone in the pile, I want you to come by pick up a Candy Kiss. You see in the story of the Prodigal Son when ...

64. The Awful Grace of Amazing Grace

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 20 seconds from 3:09 to 3:29, though I would have them listen to the full 3 minutes of the Kennedy announcement of King’s death). RealPlayer Basic is free at http://www.real.com/ In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God. Edith Hamilton’s 1937 translation of Agamemnon is a little different from Senator Robert Kennedy’s rendition, which replaced “despite” with despair.” Here’s ...

65. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-10

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J. Howard Olds

... we read “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way.” The number one reason people give for dropping out of church is that they just got out of the habit. I’ll tell you how to simplify your weekends. Stop making church a choice ... my car. I was driving home alone from Atlanta, playing country music loud, fiddling with my ring to the beat of the music when I dropped it. I never could find it. I even had a car dealer searching for it. I didn’t want to face up to the music ...

66. Which Way Will You Go?

Luke 16:19-31

Illustration

James Merritt

... falls and turns to the other side of the Continental Divide, it will continue to flow until it reaches the Mississippi Valley, down into the Mississippi River, down into the Gulf of Mexico, and finally out into the Atlantic Ocean. Isn't it strange how two drops of water could seem to start so nearly in the same place, and yet actually wind up oceans apart? That is exactly the way it is with people. There are people who come from the same backgrounds, have the same opportunities, in many cases even many ...

67. This Is a King?

Matthew 5:40, 43-44, Colossians 1:15, 16-19, Matthew 5:3, 6, 11

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... 19 These words of Jesus are not so much telling us what we should be like but what God is like. Even Linda, who is trying to be obedient to these words of Jesus, knows how far short she falls from the glory of God. She's been dropped to her knees. She knows that the chasm that separates her from God is huge and that at the last trumpet sound, when Christ the King will stand upon the earth, we all will stand on level ground before the throne of God — murderers, temper-throwers, adulterers, lusters, thieves ...

68. The Foolishness of God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... the cup. Well the newcomer thought that was a great idea and so he took two packets of sugar which also had been provided and drop them in his cup of hot water, unopened. That makes sense, doesn’t it? He wasn’t supposed to open the tea bag, so ... of that water, but his beak wouldn’t quite reach. So what did he do? He started picking up pebbles one at a time and dropping them into the jug. What happened as those pebbles accumulated in the bottom of the jug? Why, of course. The water rose until finally the ...

69. Leave Your Calculator Home

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... and decided to give it a try. The crowd laughed. The owner grabbed a lemon and squeezed away, then he handed the wrinkled remains to the little man. The crowd’s laughter turned to silence as the man clenched his fist around the lemon and squeezed six drops of lemon juice into the glass. As the crowd cheered, the manager paid out the winning prize. Then he asked the skinny guy what he did for a living. “Oh,” the man replied, “I’m the treasurer of the [Baptist] church!” (5) Again, we laugh to keep ...

70. Dr. Jekyll Meet Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... longer could he survive like this? At this crucial moment he heard the sound of an aircraft headed his way. The pilot radioed a cutter, the Cape York, which was twelve minutes away: “Get moving, cutter! There’s a shark targeting this guy!” Soon a ladder was dropped over the side from the cutter and Walter Wyatt climbed out of the water and onto the ship. He fell to his knees and kissed the deck. He’d been saved. (3) St. Paul is telling us that our situation is like Walter Wyatt’s. There is nothing ...

71. All Mine To Give!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... office, three or four a day, from ministries in urgent need. Then a man raising his support calls and wants to drop by for an hour to solicit financial backing. After him follows a brother in dire straits who wants an extra 500 ... wealthy farmer busily harvesting his crops. Faithful to God's laws he does not reap his field border to border nor does he pick up what is dropped by accident. Such extras are for the poor to scavenge. And Ruth is one of them. Well, you remember how Boaz is generous with Ruth. They ...

72. Hear, Hear

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... , "Because anyone who does believe in God is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that he is God, and yet he can't do it." And every year he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the students could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were convinced that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped through, but ...

73. Jesus, The Servant

John 13:1-17

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Elaine M. Ward

... friends were eating together. Before we eat we wash our hands. In Jesus' time it was the feet. Feet that had walked in sandals through the garbage and debris of market street filled with smelly fish heads and bones, rotten, putrid fruit, and donkey droppings were stretched out across the floor, as the disciples reclined before the low table, eating together. Jesus, the honored one, the Master, arose from the table, took off his robe, and washed his disciples' feet. Jesus knew that the meaning of life was ...

74. Matthew

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... office out on the highway any time of the day or night. That toll booth work is pretty tough, I'll admit. The guy in there now complained the other day. He wants a break. Maybe I can get him and Matthew to rotate or something. The reason for the drop in taxes is that Herod's troops are stopping some of the traffic on the highway, looking for Zealots who are trying to slip out of the country. Herod's making things hot and the leaders are trying to cross the border. So that slows everything down. Some of the ...

75. Don't Lose Your Marbles!

2 Timothy 1:7

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... in the sanctuary. "Now, this is VERY important ..." I stop speaking until I have made eye contact with every child present. Then I continue: "I want you to have enough self-control that you don't play with your marbles until AFTER church -- and whatever you do, don't drop them during the rest of our worship service. If you think you might have trouble, you can ask your mom or dad to hold your marble for you until later.(1) "Okay, let's have a prayer before you go. God, thank you for the gifts of the spirit ...

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