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801. The Bridge

John 1:1-18, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

H. J. Hizer

... a stable. Innkeeper: After all, they come in here at the height of the census, late at night, with no reservations, and hope for a place to stay -- it's unthinkable, I say. Wife: I would be lying if I said that it was only money that made me fill their needs. I was about ... tried my worst. Five: Your worst wasn't bad enough. Three: But Lowliness -- it wasn't all good -- I did make them stay in the stable. Five: But it wasn't all bad! Three: It was that woman, Lowliness. Four: Sometimes women can be difficult. ...

802. A Father Looks at His Son - Joseph and Jesus

Luke 2:21-40

Drama

Thomas Blowers

... other boy's parents would look after them both. But when he didn't come back to us at the end of the day, we became worried. It wasn't until we had returned to the temple that we found him talking to the dignitaries. We scolded him for not staying with the caravan and he responded with something like, "Don't you know I must be in my Father's house?" Only somebody forgot to include one word here which I shall never forget. What he really said was "Daddy, don't you know I must be in my Father ...

803. Waiting for Jesus

Romans 13:11b

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... morning that we were all going to a game? When we go to a game we are all going to sit together. Right? And while we are there we will eat some hot dogs, drink some hot chocolate and try to stay together. We probably won't know many of the people who are at the game, so we have to stay together. Do you like to go many places where you don't know the people? I don't either. You don't feel like you belong. The last time I went to a game and I didn't know anybody ...

804. Called to a Higher Standard

Acts 9:1-19a

Illustration

Douglas J. Deuel

... for the boy's new friends and their behavior. The boy quickly responded to him that just because he hung around with those boys didn't mean that he did everything they did. Mr. Thompson thought about that for a moment and then he said something that has always stayed with the minister. He said, "What do you think would happen if I took one good apple and put it in a barrel full of bad apples?Do you really think one good apple could change all of those bad apples into good apples?" Very sheepishly the boy ...

805. The Use of Power

Acts 2:1-13

Illustration

... , can be released explosively by dropping a lighted match into the can. Or it can be channeled through the engine of a Datsun in a controlled burn and used to transport a person 350 miles. Explosions are spectacular, but controlled burns have lasting effect, staying power. The Holy Spirit works both ways. At Pentecost, he exploded on the scene; His presence was like "tongues of fire" (Acts 2:3). Thousands were affected by one burst of God's power. But He also works through the church--the institution God ...

806. Is This Life All There Is?

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

... right? Is the doctrine of the resurrection absurd? Is it true that this life is all there is? II I usually don’t stay long with this opinion because I can see what ridiculing the resurrection leads into. Because if this life is all there is, then ... , then this life is not all there is. Someone has said if the baby in the womb had a choice, it would probably elect to stay where it was: warm, comfortable, and taken care of. It has no idea what life is like after birth. Perhaps that’s similar to this: ...

807. The Beginning of the End

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

... the fear of God. Those who fear God fear nothing in this world. And so, Fr. Dudko wrote out "My Last Will and Testament" to his beloved followers: Please do not weep. Do not weep ... we are not parted forever ... All our refuge is in Christ. Stay well! I will be waiting for you. Dudko was not executed but he was imprisoned for two months (he had spent eight years in a Siberian labor camp during his seminary career). Later he was "treated" for four months in a psychiatric hospital, "apparently with powerful ...

808. Complaint from the Kitchen

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... of my radio listeners was inspired to write and send to me the following verse: Dear God, Each day, When I come to pray I ask so much of Thee. In supplication I bow But seldom stay to see What you might ask of me. Today Dear God, When I come to pray Beseeching Thy love and care, While I’m there Give me courage To stay and see What you might ask of me! To be doers of the Word and witnesses to the Word is not only the fulfillment of our faith, but the mandate of the Master. Our Lord ...

809. Exercising to be a Christian

1 Peter 5:10

Children's Sermon

... ? Do you eat spinach and lots of vegetables? How many of you get at least eight hours sleep a night? Wonderful! How else do you stay so healthy? Have you ever heard of exercising? I’m going to try an experiment. Let me begin with the sleepyheads and the weak ones ... group over there that didn’t do any exercises; they’re not tired at all. I’ll bet you wish that you had just stayed in your seat and then you wouldn’t be tired. Exercise is hard work; it tests our bodies, doesn’t it? But what about ...

810. Why Must We Suffer?

Romans 8:17

Children's Sermon

... have asked why certain things happened to them. I mean, have you ever badly wanted to go some place with a friend, but you had to stay home with your parents instead? Did you ever ask why you had to do something that you didn’t like to do, like homework, when you ... peeling isn’t to eat, is it? At least not this way. The peeling is to protect the inside of the orange so that it will stay clean and healthy. But if you want an orange you have to take all of it. You wouldn’t want the grocer to give you just ...

811. Fixing The Fox!

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... the enemy. A true follower of Christ will have none of that! The Christian thing to do about this deadly enemy is to take courage and take a stand against the enemy. This is what Jesus did regarding Herod. He said, "Go and tell that fox." He was going to stay in the country where Herod had jurisdiction. He was not going to run away like a scared rat. He was defying the enemy. Paul asked his people in Ephesus to do just that, too - "and having done all, to stand." We have a good example of it in the Apostles ...

812. If Only We Would Hold On ...

Jeremiah 20:7-18

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... to beautify the church and make the worship services more meaningful. They opposed him at every turn, and almost broke his heart. Then he was invited to a better parish. The young preacher was tempted to take it, but deep down he felt that his divine duty was to stay in that place. He did. He held on, and when things began to change, his ministry became tremendously fruitful. Jeremiah’s word for us is to hold on. He tells us not to give up. We have to be realistic and face facts, as he did. We have to ...

813. Jesus Gave Himself

Philippians 2:5-11

Children's Sermon

... and the lights went out. So I took the candle down from the piano and struck a match and lit the candle. It burned and burned for as long as it was needed. You might say that the candle gave itself for us. The candle was not concerned if it stayed tall and beautiful, but wanted best to burn so that we might have light and plenty of it. Well, that is the way that it is with Jesus. As God, he is as big as he wants to be and as beautiful, but when we were in so much trouble ...

814. Dried Paint and Hard Bread

Ephesians 4:26

Children's Sermon

... 't leave the lid off the paint and the bread out of its wrapper. Your anger will get hard and you will get hard with it. Your anger will hurt you, if you let it stay in you overnight. Anger is to be used to get rid of the awful feelings that are inside of you and then it is over with and put away. Never stay angry overnight or you will turn into something that you will not like. The man who left his paint can lid off overnight or the woman who left out this piece of bread were sorry ...

815. Addresses and Christians

Philippians 3:17-21

Children's Sermon

... every Sunday morning when you get up and come to Sunday School and worship, you set a good example? Of course, when you sleep in or stay home and read the funny papers you set a bad example. St. Paul wrote a lot about setting a good example. Let me show you ... to go. That is the way it is with people. Your friends will never come to our church if you set a bad example and stay home to read the funny papers. People will not see Jesus in you if you only talk about forgiveness, but never forgive those who hurt ...

816. Proper 4

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

... in a pre-scientific time, his friends and close associates responded as we would respond today. "What's the point of going out into that wilderness, risking your life and everything you own? You're a successful man here. You ought to stay here where you belong. If you want things to change, stay and help us to make this a better community. Sure, the grass is a little short this year, and the pastures are dry, but it will rain soon, and things will get better. When that happens, people will be easier to get ...

817. Parable of the Highway to Worship

Matthew 13:1-23

Illustration

... not attend, He was angered by the busy noises of folk greeting each other and hastened to his pew which was already taken. Finding another seat, he critically analyzed the music, the sermon and his neighbors. He went forth dissatisfied and weary wishing he had stayed in bed. It was the same church, It was the same music. It was the same sermon and the worshippers returned to the same home, but there was a world of difference! Jesus answered them saying, "Therefore speak I to them in parables; because they ...

818. God Is a Mystery

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

... to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down for I must stay at your house today." So he made haste and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it they all murmured; "He has gone ... Got And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, make haste and come down; for I must stay at your house today." (Luke 19:5) It is a gross and exaggerated statement to say that the people did not hear what they ...

819. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

... Divorce, illuminates how holiness and sainthood have to do with the common and ordinary and everyday Christian, the non-heroic as well as the heroic. People are touring heaven to get a feel of what it is like before making a choice to stay or not to stay. As the tour proceeds, suddenly music fills the air. Lights are dazzling. A parade is underway. "For whom?" inquires a tourist. "For a general?" answering her own question. (We just love our wars.) "No," is the answer. "For an artist?" (There are times ...

820. Good Friday

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

Kendall McCabe

... own destiny and his ability to meet and overcome the power of evil, sin, and death. With his capacity for tragedy, Jesus comes with power into the tragedies of the lives of others. There are sore places to which the human heart comes and in which it may have to stay for a long, long time. We have all dwelt in some of them if we have lived very long at all. But the good news is Christ has power to enter those places defensively. He can bring us breathing space when we think we are making our last gasp. He ...

821. Why Look To Heaven?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

... was insecure and shy. She coyly commanded; I awkwardly obeyed. My worth was as a reflection of her. That's the way it is with first love I've since learned. She became manipulative; I became passive. It's hard to understand why they call it love. Two memories stay with me from that first big romance. One is my great relief that we never made it to the altar as we had dreamed back then. Those two confused teen-agers would have made a terrible marriage. The other memory was of her Dear John letter. I kept it ...

822. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Jeremiah 20:7-18

Sermon

... just how much of the world one is responsible for. Conscientious Christians are sitting ducks for guilt feelings. It seems that whatever we do, it isn’t quite enough. The transient who comes to the door of the church, and needs gas, or a meal, or a place to stay, knows what Christianity is supposed to be all about. The prophet Jeremiah describes his compelling urgency to speak the Word of God. He says, "There is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in ...

823. Where Easter Begins

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... the weightier that buries our aspirations for what life can be. It can happen that way, not only when crisis situations leave us numb, but also when the life of our soul is gradually eroded by the day-to-day priorities given over to just staying alive, paying taxes, looking after ourselves, and settling into a way of life that makes a little or nothing out of the resurrection of Christ Jesus. But Now Is Christ Risen God is merciful beyond our imagining. In spite of our lowered hopes and minimal expectations ...

824. Believing Is Seeing

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... his resurrection presence to those who could see and touch him. The priority lies with faith. How do we come to faith, and stay strong in faith? Faith comes by hearing, St. Paul says in a celebrated passage from Romans 10, which is timely for us to ... mustard seed as an image of faith can encourage us. It teaches us today that our faith may be tender indeed, but that it need not stay that way. Faith grows by the exercise of faith, by trusting God and acting upon the faithful vision of what we are to do as we ...

825. Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

... in the midst of those experiences, one of the things we learn is that life is a precarious venture. It does not always stay the same; there are crises in it. At times the path, which has led us into the wilderness, is a path we have ... for its coming, to see it, and to acknowledge it when it comes - and to give thanks. Life is a precarious venture. It does not always stay the same. We find ourselves in a wilderness of critical experiences, but this is not an indication of the absence of God; it is a reminder ...

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