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826. Who'll Do the Dishes?

Matthew 21:28-32

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some dirty dishes. Good morning, boys and girls. Did all of you know that Jesus was a super storyteller? (Let them answer.) Of course you did, and I have one of those stories to tell this morning, only I am going to change the objects so that you will understand it better. How many of you have ever done the dishes at home? (Let them answer.) This is the story about a brother and sister who lived at home with their mother and father. The mother had worked very hard one day and was so tired when she ...

827. Religion's Built-in Hazard

Isaiah 58:1-14

Sermon

Robert Beringer

A Japanese legend says a pious Buddhist monk died and went to heaven. He was taken on a sightseeing tour and gazed in wonder at the lovely mansions built of marble and gold and precious stones. It was all so beautiful, exactly as he pictured it, until he came to a large room that looked like a merchant's shop. Lining the walls were shelves on which were piled and labeled what looked like dried mushrooms. On closer examination, he saw they were actually human ears. His guide explained that these were the ...

828. A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: God is at work renewing our lives. Props: Small easel, sheet of drawing paper, and markers or crayons. You will need several greens and blues followed by a few browns, reds, oranges, and blues. Lesson: As the children arrive hand them their marker and say: We are going to do something new today. I want you to take a marker. Now, what color do you have? (response) I want you to use your color to draw a picture. Half of the greens come forward and draw grass at the bottom. The kids draw. Now ...

829. Estranged Hands

Psalm 143:1-12

Sermon

In the early spring and late fall of each year, the Ladies Aid of our congregation has a rummage sale. Shortly after the last sale, I received the following note, enclosed in a package with a small trinket. The writer says, "I write this to my shame. You may feel this is nothing, but to me I've made myself lower than Judas who received thirty pieces of silver for his soul. I must make this right to please my Lord. One sin is as great as another, none is big or small, all is sin. To explain: I was at your ...

830. I'm Sorry

Luke 3:3

Children's Sermon

Object: A big paddle that you can use for spanking. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever done something that you feel really bad about? (Let them answer.) Are you sorry? (Let them answer.) Would you like to say that you are so sorry that you will never do it again? (Let them answer.) Have you ever done something so bad that you knew when you did it you would be spanked by your mom or dad if they found out about it? (Let them answer.) I brought along something to show you. I am ready to ...

831. The Two Most Important Questions A Christian Can Answer

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

Isidor Isaac Rabi, a Nobel Prize winner in Physics, and one of the developers of the atomic bomb, was once asked how he became a scientist. Rabi replied that every day after school his mother would talk to him about his school day. She wasn't so much interested in what he had learned that day, but how he conducted himself in his studies. She always inquired, "Did you ask a good question today?" "Asking good questions," Rabi said, "made me become a scientist." In order to ask a good question I think you ...

832. He Has Done All Things Well

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

It's time for us to visit again with our old friend Charlie Brown. Charlie, Linus, and Lucy are on their way to school. It's show and tell day. Lucy asks Linus if he has remembered to bring anything for show and tell. "Yes," Linus answers, "I have a couple of things here to show the class." He then unfolds some papers. "These are copies I've been making of some of the Dead Sea scrolls," he says. Holding them up for Charlie Brown and Lucy to inspect he continues."This is a duplicate of the scroll of Isaiah ...

833. Living In Spite House

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

Ron Lee Davis in his book, Mistreated, tells about a millionaire who owned a lot in an exclusive residential area of a large city. This lot presented an unusual problem. It was only a couple yards wide by nearly a hundred feet long. There was nothing he could do with such an oddly proportioned piece of real estate but sell it to one of the neighbors on either side. He went first to the neighbor on the east side of his lot, and asked if he was interested in buying it. The neighbor said, "Well, only as a ...

834. Jesus Rescues Us From Darkness

Colossians 1:1-14, Colossians 1:15-23

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: Our God is merciful and tender. People: He will cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us. Leader: He will make his light shine from heaven on all who live in the dark shadow of death. People: He will guide our steps into the path of peace. Leader: Come, let us worship the King of kings and Lord of lords. Collect In this time of worship, we praise you, O God, and acknowledge you as Lord of our lives. Your Son brought light into a dark world so that we no longer need to ...

835. Looking for Ducklings: Kissing the Sidewalk

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Tony Everett

Poor Daryl. One moment he was enjoying a beautiful springtime walk looking for ducklings along a lakeside nature trail. The next moment he was lying face down on the sidewalk, wondering where all the blood came from. As he was struggling to his feet a park ranger rushed over with a towel and first aid kit. After cleaning blood from Daryl’s face and making sure that Daryl was not seriously injured, the ranger said, “I noticed that when you tripped you were looking out at the lake instead of at the path. ...

836. Achan's Sin

Joshua 7:1-26

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

Spies, Achan, and Failure at Ai: Victory is often a prelude to disaster in the Bible. The joy of the song of Moses after the exodus has hardly died down before the people complain (Exod. 15:24). Moses faces a golden calf upon coming down the mountain after receiving the commandments of the covenant (Exod. 32). Likewise sin rears its ugly side at Jericho. Power gives birth to selfishness and miscalculation of the strength of the enemy. Joshua’s campaign to take Canaan also is a series of successes and ...

837. The Road to the Throne Is Covered with Blood

2 Sam 1:1–5:5

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

Big Idea: The Lord fulfills his promises to his chosen servants as his people depend on his providence and align their desires with his purposes. Understanding the Text With Saul’s death, David’s path was open to the throne of Israel. This next part of the unfolding story (2:1–5:5) tells how David fulfills his destiny and ascends the throne. This is a distinct literary unit, marked out by an inclusio. It begins with David’s being anointed in Hebron by the men of Judah (2:1–4) and ends with all Israel ...

838. Easter - Fact And Fiction!

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

A Family Circus comic strip shows the children of the family on Easter morning. One asks, "Who laid all these eggs?" The reply of another child is, "The Easter Bunny." "Who colored them?" Again the reply, "The Easter Bunny." The first child asks again, "Who gave us the jelly beans?" The reply, "The Easter Bunny." The family is then shown going to church. In church, the minister is preaching, and asks, "They came to the tomb and saw the stone rolled back, 'Who could have done this?' " And the child in the ...

839. Thy Will Be Done On Earth, As It Is In Heaven

Matthew 6:10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: a rule book for a game like baseball or any sport that operates under the kind of management that an umpire or referee would have during a game How many of you have gone to a baseball game lately and watched the umpire? Do you know who the umpire is? (Let them answer.) The umpire is the man in the blue suit or the fellow who is not dressed like the ball players. He acts like the boss. He tells you when you are safe or out, or when the pitch thrown is a ball or strike. The umpire is the boss, and ...

840. Doing What God Wants

1 John 5:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some chore lists like doing the dishes, caring for the pets, cleaning a room, cutting the grass, going to the store, etc. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to talk a little bit about belonging to the family of God. This is really something important but we don't talk very much about it. We talk a lot about the things that God does for us, and we should because he has done and continues to do everything for us. But we want to talk about what it is like to belong to the family of God, ...

841. CHRISTIAN I.O.U.’s

I Peter 3:8-15a

Children's Sermon

Object: I.O.U.’s written on paper. I have some things with me this morning that are really going to be fun to give to you. As a matter of fact, I’ve been working on them all week and I’ve waited and waited for Sunday to come so that I could give them to you. I want to give them to you because I think that maybe you will understand Christianity a lot better when you see what I have to give you. (You will have to have enough I.O.U.’s for each child and make sure that they are things that you can do when you ...

842. Repentance

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

One of the towering marks of this age is the absence of guilt. Not many people would deny that startling fact. Some are pleased that guilt has been dethroned; others see it as a bad sign. The absence of guilt is one of the reasons that it is difficult to talk about repentance. If there is no feeling of guilt, the need for repentance is greatly minimized, if not extinct. A few years ago, I was involved in experimental worship. I tried many innovative ways to enable worship to be more experiential and less ...

843. Who Could Forget That?

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

King Duncan

A mother and her young daughter were driving to the zoo during Lent. On their way, the little girl began counting out loud the crosses on various church steeples. "Mom," she asked, interrupting her counting, "how many times did Jesus die?" "One time, dear," her mother answered. "Then why are there so many crosses?" the little girl asked. "To help us remember how much Jesus loved us," her mother replied, "He died on a cross for us." "Well," the child responded, "how could we forget something like THAT?" (1 ...

844. The Seven Year Switch

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

I've got two pieces of good news for you this morning. First of all, did you realize that no one in this room is the same person they were seven years ago? Approximately every seven years, we are entirely new. Every cell, every atom, in our body dies and is replaced with new ones in that period of time. There is not one atom in your body today that was there seven years ago. Someone has called this the "seven-year switch." I don't know about you, but I find that quite refreshing. The process of dying and ...

845. The Secret Of A Great New Year

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: An Etch-a-Sketch pad or a blackboard Boys and girls, Just a few nights ago, people all over the world celebrated the coming of a new year, the year 2001. Some people went to parties, some people stayed up and watched the giant ball drop on television at midnight, some set off fireworks, and others celebrated in other ways, but New Year's Eve is one of the biggest celebration nights of the year. What's so special about a New Year? (Give them an opportunity to answer). A new year is an opportunity to ...

846. Piercing A Hole In The Darkness

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

King Duncan

Series on the Book of Job, #3 Suggested music: "A Few Questions" (See the forward to this series) Author Sheila Walsh tells of meeting Debbie Arden. Debbie's husband was the agent for golfer Payne Stewart. He and Stewart died in a freak airplane accident a few years ago. Debbie Arden claims that her husband's death led her to a new place of assurance and faith in God. As she said, "God used the death of my beloved husband to, as Oswald Chambers said, "˜Pierce a hole in the darkness so that I could behold ...

847. Light Is as Light Does

Ephesians 5:8-14

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

If you saw the movie, Forrest Gump a few years back, you will remember how Forrest always had a quote from his mama to sum up just about any situation that a person might find himself or herself in. And if Forrest were to comment on this text from Ephesians, he might have this to say: "It's like my mama always used to say, 'Light is as light does.' " Light is as light does. And what light does is shine out of the darkness. What light does is to make darkness disappear. Light and darkness cannot exist in ...

848. Dry Bones And Live Hope

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Bulletin Aid

Charles Curley

Call To Worship L: Then he said to me, "Son of Man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, R: ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost, we are clean cut off ...’ L: Thus says the Lord God: Behold I will open your graves, O my people; and I will bring you home ... R: And I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken. L: And I have done it, says the Lord." (Based on Ezekiel 37:11-14) Prayer Of Confession Lord, we confess that ...

849. A Day of Singing

Zephaniah 3:14-20, Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan

Today we want to celebrate the gift of music. After all, what would Christmas be without music? Didn’t angels sing the night Christ was born? (Luke 2) Well, it doesn’t actually say they were singing. It says they were saying, “Glory to God in the highest . . .” but that sure sounds like singing to me. Music is such a wonderful gift. A few years ago a group of junior high school students was given a test of musical terms. Here were some of their answers: Music sung by two people at the same time is called a ...

850. The Lord’s Prayer: A Walking Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15

Illustration

Kenneth W. Collins

Every evening I walk three miles as part of my losing campaign against high blood pressure and my imperialistic waist line. I generally don’t wear an iPod, because I prefer to take my exercise without anesthesia. (I enjoy the sounds of nature, and I want to be able to hear the cars honk before they run me over.) Sometimes I devote the time to prayer, and I have found that the Lord’s Prayer makes a good outline. Here’s how I do it: I address God as my Father by adoption through the grace of Jesus Christ and ...

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