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776. Spread The News

Matthew 28:18-20

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... a day that is kind of hot. I mean a day that is scorching hot, so hot that you can hardly stand to be outside! What would you do to cool off on that kind of day? I might go for a swim. You might go inside where it is air conditioned. And you would probably be getting so thirsty that you would get something to drink. What are your favorite things to drink when you are that hot? How many of you like milk? How many would get a big glass of water with lots of ice in it? How ...

777. Large Or Small

Matthew 6:25-34

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

Object: Five sheets of paper, 8 1/2 x 11, each with a word printed on it - moving from very large print which can be seen at a distance to very small print; a magnifying glass. Lesson: Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them Have you seen those charts used at the eye doctor's office? The doctor has a long chart on the wall with different letters on it and he asks you to read ...

778. Living Water

John 7:37-38

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

Object: A paper cup, a pitcher, a bucket, and a hose. Do you remember those hot days in the summer when you just can't seem to cool off? You sit down in the air conditioning and you feel okay, but as soon as you start moving around, or go outside to have some fun, you get so hot you can hardly believe it! I want you to pretend this is one of those days. You have done everything you can think of to stay ...

779. God Is Like A One-A-Day

Philippians 4:13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some vitamins. Good morning, boys and girls. Did you smell fresh air this morning when you got up? Did it feel good to take a deep breath and smell the fall season? Look at the trees, the fall flowers, and the wonderful colors in clothing that people are wearing. This is a special time of the year for all of us. I ...

780. The Powerful Gift of Faith

Ephesians 2:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... you need to lift your car. Have you ever tried to lift a car? (Let them answer.) How did you do? (Let them answer.) It's pretty hard to lift a car, isn't it? As a matter of fact it is impossible to hold a car up in the air while you change a tire. Just imagine that you were out on a lonely road and your car had a flat tire. You would get out of the car, look in the trunk and take out your spare tire. But you don't have a jack. There is no jack ...

781. Make a List for God

Philippians 4:4-6

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Your Christmas shopping list, or, if you want, call it the list for Santa Claus. Lesson: Good morning, boys and girls. It seems to me that there is something special in the air. We must be getting close to something, but I haven't figured out yet what it is. Does anyone here know of anything that we are getting close to that I don't know about? (Let them answer.) Christmas, that's right. What day does Christmas come on? (Let them ...

782. For Thine Is The Kingdom, And The Power, And The Glory For E

Matthew 6:13

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and cheer and tell everyone else how good they felt? I love to go to a parade and see some big hero like the President or some other great leader and stand in a big crowd and cheer with my loud voice and wave a flag or banner in the air. The big hero may not even know that I am there but I like to go and show how much I appreciate the good things he is doing. The end of the Lord's Prayer is a little like this. Since we are so glad to have talked with God ...

783. Living Water

John 7:25-44

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... he had expected. His water gone, Jarib was exhausted. Yet, he dared not stop to rest. He stumbled more with each hour. His tongue was swollen, he thought. He licked the sweat from his arm, knowing that he shouldn't. The cold was beginning to blow with the night air, coming up from the dark ravines in the rock. On he walked, and stumbled. His sheepskin water container had long since been thrown aside. As had his heavy cloak. If only he could find water. If only a spring would bubble up at his feet. If only a ...

784. A Letter From Paul

Sermon

Erskine White

... . Then charity and justice shall reign, and new possibilities of social communion shall appear. The wants of the rich shall no longer matter more than the needs of the poor. We shall no longer choke on the smog of our worldly deceits, but breathe the fresh, clean air of God’s love and peace. Then we shall fully understand, even as we are fully understood. So justice, peace and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I, Paul, write this greeting to you with my own hand. May the grace of ...

785. The Kindergarten Kingdom

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Erskine White

... the bridge was done, the Israelites crossed over on it." "When Pharaoh's soldiers started crossing the bridge, Moses gave the order to blow it up. But do you know what? The dynamite was wet and it didn't work! So Moses issued an emergency call for air support and they came just in time to blow up the bridge. Pharaoh's army was drowned and the Israelites were saved." The mother was getting increasingly horrified as her son told this story. "Is that what your Sunday School teacher taught you about Moses?" she ...

786. What About The Holy Spirit?

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Erskine White

... as well on this Pentecost Sunday for Your living Spirit over all the earth. Let the Spirit of peace descend upon us all, that the wars and violence and bloodshed soon may cease. Let the Spirit of justice flow through the earth like a mighty stream and blow through the air like a mighty wind, that this may yet be a world with which You are pleased. Through Jesus Christ, our Counselor, we pray. Amen

787. How To Deal With Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Erskine White

... suffering. I've often thought of Dr. King's phrase during the summertime, not in terms of injustice or persecution, but in terms of the weather! Doesn't it seem in recent years that summers have become a season for suffering? If you are like me, with no air conditioning in your home, you don't sleep very well for two months during the summertime. But then, for some people, the summer heat is more than a matter of comfort; it can be a matter of life and death if you are elderly or suffering from respiratory ...

788. A Perfect Prayer

Sermon

Erskine White

... ! It's as if Jesus had given them a new commandment: "Love yourself and forget about your neighbor." As the service ended with some very moving gospel music, I saw the same woman who had complained to me earlier. She was standing up with her arms raised high in the air, as if filled with the Holy Spirit. And I was sick at heart. I wanted to go over and shake her out of her ecstasy! I wanted to speak to her the words of the prophet: "I hate, I despise your [praises], and I take no delight in your [worship ...

789. Good Soldiers, Bad Wars

Joshua 11:1-23, Matthew 8:5-13

Sermon

Erskine White

... could well be learned by many Christians today, who are "neither cold nor hot" (Revelation 3:15) and who live their faith somewhere between comfort and commitment. There are other lessons good soldiers can learn, like love and loyalty, which is the story of two Air Force pilots who were shot down on the same day over North Viet Nam and taken prisoner. These two men, who had never met before, were put into the same prison cell because one was a Southern white and one was a Southern black. The Vietnamese ...

790. Living Two Places At Once

1 John 4:17

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... in. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know the name of the country that you live in? [Let them answer.] That's right, the United States of America. Do you know what it looks like? Can you draw a picture of it with your finger in the air? That is very good. You certainly know the name of your country and what it looks like. I want to show you a picture of the United States and then I want to ask someone if they can pick out the state that we all live in. [Let someone find ...

791. God's Everlasting Promises

Mark 13:31

Children's Sermon

... to keep the sun shining for a month but after that we couldn't be sure about it any more. Or just suppose that God said he would keep gravity working this year but next year he might not. All of a sudden things would start flying up in the air and we wouldn't know what was going to happen next! I brought a Bible this morning to remind us that God's promises will never end. And all God's promises are written in this book. That's one reason why it's good to keep on reading the ...

792. Ascension

Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 110:1-7, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53, 2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... when Jesus "took off" into the heavens. It suggests that Jesus exerted "tremendous thrust" - much like the rockets at Cape Kennedy - and that's what is responsible for the imprint in the rock. It makes Jesus into a kind of Superman, flying through the air, self-propelled, and out into space to disappear until he returns again. Unlike Superman, Jesus makes only one "flight" - his ascension to the Father. 1. Before Jesus departed, there was time for one last lesson, a review of the reason for his life, death ...

793. Pentecost Sunday

Acts 2:1-13, Psalm 104:1-35, Joel 2:28-32, Genesis 11:1-9, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, John 16:5-16, John 20:19-23, John 15:18--16:4

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... the Word and hovering over the waters of baptism, which makes the Word effective in our lives and brings us to faith and incorporates us into the Body of Christ in holy baptism. Through the Holy Spirit, our lives begin in the water as we "come up" for air. 3. But we continue to need the constant renewal of the gift of the Spirit, because, unfortunately, we continue to sin and need forgiveness. We are sinners and saints at the same time, and if we don't recognize that and repent regularly in daily renewal of ...

794. Proper 26

Psalm 65:1-13, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 32:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Exodus 34:1-28, Isaiah 1:1-31, Luke 19:1-10

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... Basilica and are too short to see over the heads of those around them, have invented their own way to see what is going on in a religious service; they stand with their backs to the altar, take out their compacts, or other mirrors, and hold them up in the air as a kind of periscope. By looking up at their mirrors, moving them around from person to person as the liturgical actions develop, they are able to see quite well what is happening in St. Peter's. But Zaccheus had to climb a tree in order to see Jesus ...

795. The Faith Of Outsiders

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

William J. Carl

... . Why was Jesus there? Perhaps he was looking for some respite from the crowds that had been growing steadily with each passing day. Perhaps he wanted some relief from the sanctimonious Pharisees who thought the whole world outside Judea was unclean and Jesus just needed some fresh air and some time to think and re-think where his mission was going. I don’t think the woman really cared why he was there. She needed help, so as he walked by she decided to yell, which was a gutsy thing to do. Women didn’t ...

796. The Unfairness of God

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

William J. Carl

... , they always see the sunny side of things. Surely something good can come out of this. Like the boy who was overheard talking to himself as he strutted across the backyard, bat on his shoulder, baseball in his hand. Just before pitching the ball in the air he said, “I’m the greatest hitter in the world,” swung and missed and said “Strike one!” Undaunted, he picked up the ball and tossed it up again and said, “I’m the greatest baseball hitter ever,” swung and missed a second time and said ...

797. When Will The Pain Go Away?

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

George Johnson

... up on this world. God used a rainbow as a sign of hope for the descendants of Noah. There are many rainbows in nature that remind us of God's presence and promises. Jesus used creation to build hope when he said, "Look at the birds of the air and consider the lilies of the field." Don't worry about tomorrow. God will be there to care for you. Instead, seek the kingdom and justice.... Hope can be found in taking time to experience God in and through nature. Darkness happens, but after that the dawn. Look ...

798. When is Patriotism An Idol?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

George Johnson

... could discredit him, entangle him in his words, prove to the audience that he was a revolutionary that should be silenced. They suspected in their hearts that he was soft on patriotism, so they went after his Achilles' heel. You can feel the atmosphere. The air is tense with emotion. "What do you mean God may take the kingdom away from us and give it to another nation? Are you suggesting that our faith, our religious values, our leaders are wrong - are misguided - are leading us down the wrong way?" Their ...

799. Christian Faith in the Holy Spirit

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... may replace hate with love, inner conflicts with peace, cruelty with kindness, irresponsibility with faithfulness, harshness with gentleness, inability to handle oneself with self-control. We can predict what a machine will do. We can predict that if a stone is thrown into the air it will come down. We can predict that if two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen are combined in the proper way that water will result. But no one can predict what will happen to an inspired or an inspirited human life. The really ...

800. A Parent’s Debt

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... black hair and an animal-like face. She is nursing the baby. Here is a symbol of a family caring for each other’s physical needs. That is the basis of all family life. Among the physical needs of children are those for food, air, water, clothing, shelter, exercise, rest, cleanliness, medical attention and play. Parents also owe it to their children to love them by caring for their emotional needs. Parents owe their children a sense of achievement. Children need to feel that they are important. They need ...

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