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826. Love Without Demand

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

Sims Robert

... lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it (Matthew 10:39).” In this text, Jesus is offering a starting place for us. He is suggesting that the potential for the growth of love rests in our willingness to give it away. Love is like the air you breathe. If you breathe in and hold your breath, if you never give it back, it will suffocate you. At this point someone might say, “I give my love away every day. Why then am I not experiencing a deep sense of fulfillment as a person? Why do I ...

827. Crown Him Lord!

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... going to prepare a place for us. Paul comforts the troubled Christians at Thessalonica with the assurance that the dead in Christ will be raised first, and "then we who are alive shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we always be with the Lord." Whether we speak of a walled garden, a house of many rooms, or being gathered together in the clouds, it matters not! The important words are these: "Today you will be with me...." Christ is the king who speaks ...

828. Wounded Glory

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... of lepers was electric: "Christ had crippled, claw-like hands like mine? Christ showed His hands to His disciples when He was raised from the dead?" Suddenly, this whole room full of lepers began pulling their hands out of their pockets and holding them up in the air. They knew Christ as one of them; they recognized Him in their midst, and He lifted them out of their shame.1 Let us not forget the social dimension of recognizing Christ, since we see His wounds not just in our own lives, but also in the ...

829. The Victory Of The Cross

Sermon

Erskine White

... well this prisoner was withstanding the punishment and compared Him to other prisoners they had killed in this manner. But this was no ordinary execution. This was a divine drama, a moment of eternity come to earth. The sky began to darken. The birds of the air stopped singing; the flowers began to fold back into their buds. The people looked up in confusion and fear. Something was wrong! All of nature was upset! All of nature was involved in the event at Calvary. What manner of darkness was this? It was ...

830. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... love, we are chosen to be his friends. When I was a little boy in grade school in a one-room country school in Darke County, Ohio, we used to choose up sides for softball during the lunch hour. One of the bigger boys would throw the bat in the air and another one would catch it. They would then put their fists around the bat until the man who could hold the bat with his hand last was the one that got to make the first choice. How great it was when he would choose me to be on his ...

831. When Thomas Doubted

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... fly-by-night person, one who had to see for himself. “Thomas’ other great virtue was that when he was sure, he went the whole way.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and My God (v. 28).” “There were no halfway measures about Thomas.” He wasn’t airing his doubts in order to get out of pledging or serving or giving. “He doubted in order to be sure and when he became sure, his surrender to certainty was complete. If we fight our way through our doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord ...

832. One Flock, One Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... in the way that best expresses them. It’s a little like it was the day when World War II was over. I remember in the little town of Greenville, Ohio, where I grew up, that some just sat and cried; others shot off fireworks and shotguns into the air; others hugged; and I even remember the firemen drove the fire engine into the park lagoon with the siren still running. All rejoicing about the same thing but in their own way. Paul puts it in 1 Timothy 2:3-6a: “This is right and is acceptable in the ...

833. Our Time Will Come!

1 Samuel 16:14-23

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... are natural, physical, social, psychological results. Our time will come for sin to take its toll. But we are not left without any escape. We have no indication that Saul ever came to it, however. Though he regretted the sin, and though he begged Samuel to keep an air of respect for him, Saul did not turn to the Lord with all his heart. It was his very sin that kept him from repenting. To repent would imply to admit failure. Tyrants cannot do that. To repent of the sin of being number one would admit to ...

834. Walking the Valley of the Lost

2 Samuel 1:17-27

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... . Details or no details, correct or confused, the fact is unaltered: Saul and Jonathan are dead, killed in the throes of war! David expresses his lostness in the demonstrative practice of Eastern grief. He and his 600 soldiers sit, with clothes torn, filling the air with the loud, Oriental, wail. They refrain from food till sunset. In the time that follows, David puts his feelings into a writing, a lament. We have it in the lesson before us. This death dirge is of the earliest Hebrew poetry, in this case ...

835. Water Boy

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Justin Tull

... on the distant practice field, we would have to walk past a 12-inch water main that was about one foot above ground and, wouldn’t you know it, it had a convenient leak exactly where we crossed it. Precious water squirted four feet in the air -- cool, clear water! But like the women of Midian we were cruelly denied “water rights” by the stately shepherds of our team. (Back in the “Dark Ages” coaches thought that drinking water was bad for one’s health and would “undo” all the good of a ...

836. Christ for All the Ages

Hebrews 10:1-18

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let our songs fill the air as we sing praises to Almighty God! People: For in Christ we have been saved and made members of God's family. Leader: We are sisters and brothers of Christ, now and forevermore. People: We celebrate God's wonderful love that redeemed us once for all time. Leader: Then let ...

837. Recollections of Reuben, Uncle of a Young Bethlehem Shepherd

Matthew 2:13-18

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... , but not like all other babies, he was lying in a manger! Well! But that was not the end. Just after that, the light grew brighter, and there was no longer just one angel - at least Nathanael told the story this way. The sky was filled with light, the air was filled with sound. The sound was praise to God. The only words Nathanael could make out were, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." That certainly is not how it turned out for the babies in Bethlehem or for their ...

838. Trinity

John 16:5-16

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) If they don't guess it: This form doesn't run like liquid and it's not hard like ice. Sometimes you can't even see it. Does anyone know? (response) When water gets really hot what happens? (steam) Water can get so hot that it floats up into the air. You can't drink it or hold it. Most of the time you can't even see it. This kind of water is called a vapor. Optional: At this point demonstrate the thermos and mirror or allow them to hold their hands over the thermos to feel the steam. It ...

839. Life From Water: The Ark

Genesis 6:11-22

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... formed this earth, and is still shaping it, by using water. He washed down its mountains and filled up its valleys, planted the fields, forests, and gardens and nourished them with rain. With the sea and the land formed, God made creatures for the sea and air and land. Then he made man. Water was extremely important in God's plan. It still is. Water has always been this world's thermostat. We use water in radiators and solar panels because water can contain heat and release it slowly. Without water our days ...

840. Saved By Water: The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... how long someone can live without water, but it isn't very long. A baby who can't keep down fluids will dehydrate and die in just a few days. Adults last only slightly longer. The only life-sustaining substance that we need more frequently than water is air. Water, then, is essential to life. In one sense, water is life. Where there is no water, there is no life. Cactuses and camels and gnarled trees and grasses of the desert can adapt to conditions of low water, but there isn't any living thing on this ...

841. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:15-28, Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... 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 when we venerate our artists.) "No." Again the reply. "Ah, I should ...

842. Step Two - Hope

Mk 10:46-52 · 2 Cor 12:7-10 · Is 12:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... anything about Jesus' personal ancestry. It was simply one of the names which was natural to refer to the person who was destined to restore the fortunes of Israel. The followers who were going with Jesus to Jerusalem for the Passover may have created the air of expectancy that suggested this title to Bartimaeus. There is the prophecy in Isaiah 61, one well-known among the Hebrew people, which talked about the coming Messiah and promised he would bring "recovery of sight to the blind." To call Jesus "son of ...

843. Jesus Is Made Known in the Breaking of the Bread

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Steven Burt

... dusty road from Jerusalem to Emmaus. They were pretty down-in-the-mouth for they had just lost their messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, the one they had thought would be the Savior of Israel. So they were walking along this dusty country road, and there was no air moving at all. The flies were buzzing around and they could hear the stillness -- no sounds of cars or even a distant airplane overhead. The road ahead, particularly far off a half-mile ahead, seemed to be shimmering and watery as the heat rose from it ...

844. Watch and Be Ready!

Luke 12:35-48

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... need clothes? (response) If someone is sick, what can we do for them? (response) That's right. What else can we do? (pray, read our Bibles, etc.) These are ways that we can be good maids and servants waiting for our master to come. Toss the ball high in the air into the middle of the children or throw it straight up so that you catch it. Let's not be surprised when Jesus returns. Let's be watching and ready! Let's Pray: Lord, help your children to be ready when you return. Amen.

845. Lifting Hands

1 Timothy 2:8

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... other reasons? (response) Did you know that people can even raise their hands in anger? (response) Can you tell me how people raise their hands in anger? What do they do with their hands? (make a fist) Put your hands in a boxing position and gently jab at the air a couple of times. Sometimes we raise our hands because we are yelling. Wave your hands slightly above your head and let out a quiet scream to create a bit of levity. But there is one other reason why people raise their hands. Put your hands in a ...

846. Here Comes The King

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

George Bass

... one of God, as he entered the Holy City as rightful Ruler of the Jews. It was a strange way for God's anointed king to enter his capitol city. On a day in May, 1991, another strange arrival and entrance into Jerusalem occurred. Some 14,000 refugees were air-lifted from Ethiopia to Israel. They had been living in Ethiopia for some 2,500 years. Sylvia Krugman comments: "They are said to be descendants of Queen Sheba and King Solomon, 3,500 years ago. Who said they have no 'right' to Jerusalem! and the land of ...

847. What Was Seen At Bethlehem

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Brett Blair

... pay any attention to it were pagan astrologers from the East. If anyone did see Mary and Joseph on that most fateful night, they were too preoccupied with their own problems to offer any assistance. In one of the All in the Family episodes that aired some years ago Edith and Archie are attending Edith's high school class reunion. Edith encounters an old classmate by the name of Buck who, unlike his earlier days. had now become excessively obese. Edith and Buck have a delightful conversation about old times ...

848. See the Light, Be the Light

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... life, as well as out or our strengths. If we could learn to do that, maybe some of those folks who don’t have many good things to say about the church might at least find us more believable. There are lots of people who find the pretensions, the air of assumed authority, and the easy answers of those who claim to represent the church laughable. Maybe they might take us more seriously if we were more willing to be what we claim to be and more honest about what we have to offer – namely, that sometimes we ...

849. Gentiles 'R Us

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... certainly fits in that category, doesn’t it? Well, at first glance it may not be all that confusing. Forgiveness is good, but there are limits. If someone sins against you, confront that person face to face, one on one, and try to clear the air. If reconciliation doesn’t result from the one on one encounter, confront the person again in the presence of witnesses. If the situation still remains unresolved, tell it to the church – sic the elders on them! That’ll teach them a lesson! But if THAT ...

850. Exasperating Grace

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... . So at 4 o’clock, Mr. Gallo made one last trip downtown, and again he found some folks who were willing to work in the vineyard, making them the same offer as he had been making all day to the other workers he had hired. By 6 p.m., with air already beginning to feel cooler and the storm clouds forming on the horizon, Mr. Gallo looked with relief on the overflowing baskets of grapes, picked and ready for the wine press. It was time to pay the help, and Mr. Gallo was in a very generous mood. He gave his ...

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