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Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

READINGS Psalter--Psalms 15:1-5 First Lesson--Micah comes to the heart of the matter in the conclusion of this reading. Micah 6:1-8 Second Lesson--Paul speaks of the paradoxical power of the gospel of the cross. 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Gospel--Matthew gives us the values of Jesus in a series of blessings we call the Beatitudes. Matthew 5:1-12 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Chri...

827. All Saints

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

AN APOCALYPTIC LESSON AND THE PSALM Revelation 7:9-17 is the description of all the saints singing before the throne of God in Heaven. Psalm 34:1-10, 22 is a psalm of thanksgiving. Revelation 7:9-17 - "Red Makes White" Setting. The larger context of Revelation 7:9-17 is the opening of the seven seals (Revelation 6:1-8:5), which describe apocalyptic catastrophes that will accompany the close o...

828. All Saints

Bulletin Aid

Theme: We are Christ's church Call To Worship Leader: Come, let us gather together all who place their faith in the Lord. People: Does the Lord know each of us and are we welcome in God's presence? Leader: Be assured the Lord knows each and every one of us and who we all are. People: God knows the rich and the poor, the mighty and the meek? Leader: In God's eyes we are all beloved children in God...

829. Epiphany 4

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS The Testament texts are a call for us to act in accordance with the reality that we know is true. Micah 6:1-8 makes this point through a legal confrontation between God and Israel, while Psalm 37:1-11 presents a series of wisdom sayings that are meant to bring the reality of God more clearly into focus by encouraging us to adopt the moral way of life. Micah 6:1-8 - "Controve...

830. The Challenge Of Simplicity

Sermon

John Jamison

The crowds had grown. Jesus had been in Galilee for a while now, speaking, healing, and calling his disciples to follow him. The leaders from Jerusalem certainly had their spies keeping an eye on him, but with the crowds he was gathering, all they could do right now was watch and listen. Wherever Jesus went, there were always a few Pharisees and Sadducees in the crowd looking for things he might d...

831. The Greater Gift

Sermon

Lori Wagner

“Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to...

832. The Sound of Silence

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

I want to ask everyone this morning to take a moment and listen to the sounds around you. Do you notice that there are sounds going on all around us that we ordinarily block out? We can hear our own breathing. We can hear the church heating system, or the sounds of traffic outside, or our neighbor tapping their foot on the floor. We are constantly surrounded by some kind of noise, whether we reali...

833. Test

Sermon

Timothy Zorn

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834. Come and Rest

Eulogy

George Reed

[Read Matthew 5:3-10 and Matthew 11:28-30] We all have had times when we were just exhausted. Maybe it was a day of really hard, physical labor or a night of restless anxiety. Whether physical or mental we understand what it is to be weary, worn out, done in. It seems like we have carried a heavy burden that only grows heavier the farther we tote it. It drains our energy, our spirit, and our joy....

835. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Work

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

I don't think there is anyone alive who likes job performance reviews except maybe the HR people. Even if you are doing a great job, review and evaluation are stressful. A few years ago Preaching Magazine ran a list of some quotes from actual Job Performance Reviews. I thought I'd share a few: "I wouldn't allow this employee to reproduce, he must have gotten into the gene pool when the lifeg...

836. This Little Light of Mine

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

Do you know how many T.V. evangelists it takes to change a light bulb? “One, but for the message to continue, send in your donation today." How many Episcopalians does it take to change a light bulb? “What? Change a light bulb? My grandmother donated that light bulb." How many Baptists does it take to change a light bulb? “At least 109, one to change the bulb, 100 to serve on various committe...

837. Matthew 5:13-20

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

Every great orator is remembered by a certain phrase or speech that captured the essence of their eloquence. Lincoln’s “Four score and seven years ago… ” Kennedy’s “Ask not what your country can do for you…” Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream…” Jesus’ most recognized, remembered “speech”? It was identified as the “Sermon on the Mount” by Matthew and the “Sermon on the Plane” by Luke. What ever...

838. Salt and Light

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

The beatitudes are followed by a declaration of the distinctive identity and mission of Jesus’s followers. They are “the salt of the earth” (5:13) and “the light of the world” (5:14–16), indicating their distinctive identity within their environment for the sake of mission to the world. The light imagery evokes God’s expectation for Israel to be a light to Gentiles (Isa. 60:1–3; see also 9:1–2; 49...

839. Turn On The Lights!

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

Wauconda is a small village in the state of Illinois. For over 40 years the town had placed two large illuminated crosses on the city water towers during the Christmas season. Until one year when the town council received a threat of legal suit if the crosses were continued, based on the separation of church and state. The town council grudgingly took them down. But that's when the citizens of Wa...

840. Salt and Light

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

Sermon on the Mount: Kingdom Ethics and the Law: Matthew’s Gospel has a didactic purpose. Special emphasis is given to the message of Jesus. One of the distinct features of Matthew’s Gospel is that the teaching of Jesus is collected into five sections. The Sermon on the Mount (chaps. 5–7) is the first of these blocks. The others are Instructions to the Twelve (chap. 10), Parables of the Kingdom (c...

841. Lamplight vs. Starlight

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Don't worry about whether or not you are "star material." Instead, turn up your lamp and hold it up to help your neighbor around the unexpected holes and rocks that mark every path. In the middle of the New Mexico desert, astronomers fume about the "light pollution" from all the sprawling cities that are gradually snaking out across the land. Even on the darkest moonless nights, the stars that us...

842. Altar Your Witness

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

In the Disney/Pixar movie Up, Carl Fredricksen is a 78-year-old widower living alone in the home he and his childhood sweetheart, Ellie, had built as their lifelong love nest. Ellie has been dead now for quite a while and Carl's life is tied up with her memories. She was the fuel for his fire, and now he burns very low. Carl is alone on purpose, imprisoned in his home and his memories. Into his l...

843. See the Light, Be the Light

Sermon

Johnny Dean

You have come today, as most of you regularly do, to worship God. You’ve come to pray, to hear the reading of Scripture, to sing songs of praise, and to be reassured by the presence of your neighbor. But there may be an additional reason many of you have come today, one that you may or may not be aware of: curiosity. What hymns will we sing today? Will they be the old standards the church has been...

844. On Being Salty

Sermon

John Jamison

I don't remember ever meeting my Uncle Peacock. Apparently I did, but it was when I was so young that I really don't remember anything about him. But I have heard enough stories about him that I feel I know him very well. Uncle Peacock died several years ago, though all I know about his death was that it was the result of a long Saturday evening in town with a 20-pound watermelon and a chicken. It...

845. Salt And Light

Sermon

Mark Radecke

I was on a bit of a tight schedule one day, so on my way from one hospital to another, I stopped off for lunch at a fast food restaurant, whose name I will not mention. After I got my Chicken McNuggets, I went over to do battle with the paper napkin dispenser. [What mean-minded person invented those things, anyway?] While I was engaged in mortal combat with this stainless steel contraption that pa...

846. The Difference Is You

Sermon

King Duncan

After the Los Angeles riots, Steve Futterman of CBC radio broadcast an interview he had with one of the riot ™s many looters. The man had been one of many people who had looted a record store. When asked what he had stolen, the man replied, "Gospel tapes. I love Jesus." (1) Our text for the day is about people who love Jesus, but hopefully in a more positive way than did this looter. Jesus defin...

847. Let My Little Light Shine

Sermon

King Duncan

There are all kinds of theories about how to motivate people. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton hadn't won a game in eight weeks. A critical member of the press was suggesting that he be dropped from the starting rotation. The future looked bleak, and Sutton felt terrible. Then, before a game, Dodgers manager Walter Alston tapped him on the shoulder. "I'd like to speak with you, Don," he sai...

848. Salt and Light

Sermon

It's not easy to listen to Jesus tell us who we are and what we are to be in the world. At least one person listening to his sermon does not want to hear Jesus use a metaphor to describe and define what it is like to be one of his disciples. We are tired of being defined and told what our purpose and function in life should be. Someone is always giving us a description of what our life should be ...

849. Second Lesson

Sermon

We’re back on the hillside again, and Jesus is still talking to his disciples. The Beatitudes constitute a first lesson, which all hangs together when we look at them and reflect upon them. From the end of the Beatitudes through the next two and a half chapters of Matthew’s Gospel, we seem to have fragments from Jesus’ three-year teaching ministry that are strung together in didactic disarray. On...

850. The World Needs Salt

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: The church intercedes on behalf God for the salvation of the world. Props: A string that you will wet prior to its use, an ice cube, a salt shaker, and a dish. Lesson: [Putting the dish in front with a single ice cube inside it and the salt placed conspicuously beside the dish:] Good Morning, everyone! I have a little problem for you this morning. I have a bowl here and it has so...

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