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851. ENRAPTURED OR INSANE?

Drama

Angela Akers

... male or female), Leader (male, participant in the Pentecost), Man 1 (participant in the Pentecost), Man 2 (participant in the Pentecost) SETTING: In a courtroom, in Jesus'' time PROPS: None (might want to carry individual props that show which characters you are) Judge: "Gentlemen, you have been accused of public drunkenness, rowdy behavior, and disturbing the peace. How do you plead?" Lawyer: "Your Honor, my clients plead not guilty by reason of insanity." Leader: "Insanity?!? No, Your Honor ...

852. Believing Isn’t Easy

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... that he is a good man. On the other hand, if I say, I believe in John Jones, I am saying that I know his character well enough that I trust him and am willing to commit myself to him. (Idea from THE APOSTLES CREED by Gardiner M. Day, New York: Charles ... anything. That sort of belief IS easy. But Christian Faith is not. Christian Faith means that I believe that I have come to know God’s character in such a way that I am willing to put my trust in God. No, true faith isn’t easy. If some of us have ...

853. The Glorious Interpolation

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... into such a predicament that whatever any one of them did they would all be destroyed! Contemplating his creation at this juncture, Twain concluded the story by writing, “I have these characters in such a fix I cannot get them out. Anyone who thinks he can is welcome to try!” In our Scripture we find that Jesus’ enemies thought that they had Him in just such a fix. They presented Him with a problem for which there seemed to be no way ...

854. On Panicking Close to Shore

John 6:16-24

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... thought to themselves, “That sounds familiar. Where have we heard that phrase before? Oh, yes, that was the divine Name given to Moses when he met God in the burning bush and asked, “What is your name?” In the Bible, “name” means more than mere designation. Name stands for character. In this simple phrase, “I am,” many scholars see in the Gospels - and especially in the Fourth Gospel - Jesus’ unique claim to divinity. He was the One who could use the Divine Name. In Him we see the divine ...

855. Only the Neighbors’ Kid

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... to them “Fly!” and they flew. Or we are told of another time when a playmate accidentally jostled the boy Jesus on the playground, and Jesus struck him down with leprosy. Such stories are not only out of character, they sound like made-up stories, vastly different in character from the stories which we find in the Four Gospels. Still, we know little of Jesus’ childhood. We can surmise that His family, being good, pious Jews, filled their days with Scripture reading and attendance at synagogue services ...

856. Jesus Came Preaching

Mark 1:14-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... made sorry spectacles of themselves by operating out of their ignorance, rather than Biblical knowledge. Just this week I heard an old story which was new to me. It seems that a preacher came across a character in the Gospels called “Simon the Leaper.” He imagined all sorts of things that this Leaper character might have done - leaping from mountain to mountain, hill to hill. Ands he preached a sermon on it. Then someone brought it to his attention that the man’s name was “Simon the Leper.” To ...

857. Afraid of Sanity

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and honest, but we say the same thing, nevertheless, We say of social issues: “What has Jesus of Nazareth to do with this? Shut Him up in our churches, but don’t let Him out to roam freely in our streets, or into our homes. He is a dangerous character. He might wish to make some changes in us.” In the British Parliament in the 1930’s it is reported that one member exclaimed, over some measure, “God pity the British Empire if it is to be run on the principles of the Sermon on the Mount!” We might ...

858. Only a Carpenter

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... it was a big deal! “He could do no mighty works there,” Mark says. Are there things Christ cannot do? Yes, of course. He cannot be other than love. He cannot act out of character. (Although later on in Mark’s Gospel we will have to deal with at least one occasion in which Jesus appears at first glance to act out of character. More about that when we come to it.) But there are some things Christ cannot (or will not, if you prefer) do. For instance, He will not force Himself upon us. He calls, but He ...

859. The Unfinished Story

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”(Mark 16:15-18) This seems to be out of character for Jesus, because in Matthew He says: “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”(Matthew 12:39) Nevertheless, I believe that I have witnessed three out of these five “signs ...

860. Holy Monday

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... THE WILD HORSES! which is about the “Seven Deadly Sins,” one of which is the sin of anger. He asks of this event in the Passion Week of our Lord: “What are we to make of this outburst, this account of an angry Christ? Did Jesus slip out of character here? Did He ‘lose His temper’ as we express it, to become more human than divine? Does it reveal an impetuosity in Him which, had He lived longer, He would have learned to curb?...Was Jesus less divine here, with the whip in His hands, than when He ...

861. The First Commandment: Who's on First?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a different people." We become like the gods we worship. This is why we must only worship the true God--the God whose character is holy and righteous. As we continue in our study of the Ten Commandments, we look at the first rule for building a ... s masterpiece work, The Chronicles of Narnia, the lion symbolizes the Divine. C. S. Lewis depicts the lion in the book as a fun-loving character. The children love to hold onto the lion''s mane as he runs across the fields. They love to romp and play with him. ...

862. The Seventh Commandment: Indecent Proposal

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... We need to restrain and redeem our heart and speech if our behavior is to be proper and pure. The great Christian writer and thinker C. S. Lewis wrote years ago that if our culture and moral climate continued in the direction it was going, that "true Christian character and conduct would shine out like a great light in the midst of a dark and perverse generation." So, our final lesson today is the Good News for those who have not fully lived out this teaching. No man or woman needs to stay the way they are ...

863. The Power of a God-Shaped Attitude

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... thought patterns of a darkened world. When I was studying for my undergraduate degree in secondary education, we learned the following verse: Sow a thought - you reap an act Sow an act - you reap a habit, If you sow a habit - you reap a character If you sow a character - you reap a destiny. This verse clearly and consciously teaches us that from the moment we are born into human history and to the moment we are headed for our eternal destination we live by thoughts. Yes, everybody''s life journey is shaped ...

864. The Tenacity of Trouble

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... fire that consumes the arsonist. Bitterness is the trap that snares the hunter. And only mercy is the choice that can set them free." (3) Yes, when we surrender the self-seeking characteristics of our life to God then we are free to develop a character immersed with integrity and oneness with God. When we do this, we have peace with God--and peace within the Christian community. Our prayer life then becomes the soul''s sincere desire to have true fellowship with God, rather than a shopping list of things ...

865. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part III)

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to the Church because we are perfect but because we are loved." The Church does not exist for the sake of morality, but to declare forgiveness and grace to those who know they are not good. The church is not an exhibition of perfect character but a workshop for the making of character. We know that the doctrine of human sin is the one doctrine whose truth is shouted by the events recorded in every newspaper in the world. If we speak of the church''s failure we must first consider what the church has tried ...

866. Thanks for the Memories

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the stage, and pointed to middle C. Hinson''s brother-in-law then proceeded to play the oft-rehearsed recital selection. (2) As we reflect on this Memorial Day weekend, what is the "Middle C" that is missing from our national heritage. Is it: Character, Compassion, Commitment, Common Cause, or Charity? What is the "Middle C" missing in the Christian Church? It is the "Centrality of Christ." Father Henri Nouwen wrote, "The strategy of the principalities and powers is to disconnect us, to cut us off from the ...

867. The Marvelous Meaning of the Cross

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... find my way home from there!" (3) How true for all humanity, for all mankind, for our hopes and our hearts, and our lives! Take me to the cross and I can find my way home from there. This is why Spurgeon made a beeline to the cross. Like the character Christian, may you make this discovery as well. Like St. Jerome--give your sins to Jesus. When you do--Jesus can make something beautiful out of your life. May God give you grace so to do! Yes, make a beeline to the cross for this is where you find the ...

868. Easter Transportation

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... Then again, we sometimes head toward Easter on the shoulders of other people's faith. We want to get there, but believe we can't on our own steam. And that's okay. In matters of faith, we sometimes carry each other. It reminds me of the two characters in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. George and Lenny are rootless men who till the soil, and George takes special care of Lennie, whom we would describe today as being significantly challenged. George is the keeper of Lennie's hope. Early in the novel George ...

869. A Ship without a Port

John 3:1-21

Drama

Angela Akers

... three other members of advertising team Person carrying a cross Setting: The conference room of an advertising agency Props: Conference table and chairs White poster board with ad slogans and pictures (paste magazine ads onto poster board underneath the slogan) (As the characters talk, have one person carrying a large cross who wanders through the set, observing them. The other actors in the skit should be oblivious to the presence of the person carrying the cross. By the last line, the person carrying the ...

870. The Face that Launched a Thousand Lives

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... He only could unlock the door of heav'n and let us in. Mark Twain wrote a short story bearing the interesting title, "The Terrible Catastrophe." Before he had finished, he had worked his characters into such a predicament that whatever any one of them did would destroy them all. Reflecting on his creation, he concluded by saying, "I have these characters in such a fix I cannot get them out. Anyone who thinks he can is welcome to try!" That may be an unusual literary device for ending a story, but it is not ...

871. Grace in the Midst of Weakness

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... on a boast heading west. Peter had the original case of Foot and Mouth Disease, repeatedly putting both of his feet in his mouth at all the wrong moments. Every one of the Twelve seems to have had a bad case of spiritual amnesia. As Tevye, the main character in the musical Fiddler on the Roof, puts it, "Lord, I know we're the chosen people. But couldn't you choose somebody else every now and then?" The answer we receive today is the same answer they received: No. God places heaven's greatest treasures and ...

872. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... stealing. Put away unwholesome talk. Put away every form of malice. Such "putting away" of harmful aspects in social relationships reflects the mark of ownership of the Spirit of God. If we were lost in Adam but regained in Christ as the New Adam, we must represent the character of the New Adam. An old story illustrates the effect that anger can have on the way we present ourselves to the world around us. There once was a boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every ...

873. Don't Forget What You Look Like

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... selves instead of the world's persona. We must so live that our Christian reflection is commensurate with what we reflect to the world. The persona was the mask which actors in Greek drama wore during plays. One character could play many roles. By changing the persona, the mask, a character changed personality. One could easily slip into another role and be a different self. James is arguing for a self in which beliefs and behavior within the church are consistent with one's actions and attitudes beyond the ...

874. Who Needs a Doctor?

Mark 2:13-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... by the company you keep." Now for them, and the way we interpreted that, meant a very specific kind of thing. We were not to keep company with those people who were "bad" -- those who drank and smoked and caroused around. We were to keep company with people of good character, and that's the way we would be known. Now, that was good advice. But all of a sudden -- as I drove to the party and thought of the tribute I might pay to Pauline, it dawned on me in a very significant way that advice is wrong. It's ...

875. Morning Has Broken

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... they are asking you to explain something to them. Light on the subject occurs on the mental or emotional level, but there is also a third and deeper level of meaning, the spiritual level. On this level we deal with the nature and character of God. The Apostle John helps us understand the nature and character of God as light when he writes in his prologue (John 1) of the "true light coming into the world." In his first epistle, John states that "God is light and in him there is no darkness at all" (1 John 1 ...

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