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851. Good News

Matthew 3:3

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

Object: A telephone, a walkie talkie, a letter, and a postcard. Lesson: This is he (John the Baptist) who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight paths for him.' " I want you to think of the most exciting thing that happened to you this week! Maybe you received an A on a hard test. Or perhaps you won a game at school. Or maybe it was your birthday ...

852. Fasting In A Fast-food World

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... wants what we want to eat, but wants it now! The fact is, it is very hard to have a "holy fast," to do it for God and for God alone. We'd much rather indulge ourselves. That's why gluttony is a deadly sin. The early desert fathers believed that a person's appetites are linked: full stomachs and jaded palates take the edge from our hunger and thirst for God. They spoil the appetite for righteousness. God grant that we may "hunger and thirst after righteousness" during these purple days of Lent, and rejoice ...

853. Are You A Basket Case?

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... miracles for us: he turned water into blood, caused great darkness to descend on our enemies, plagued them with locusts, flies, frogs, and boils. For us, he divided the waters of the Red Sea, fed us quail and manna in the wilderness, gave us water in the desert, and brought us to this land." Those ancient peoples had a mighty Moses to plead their cause before Pharaoh to lead them from bondage. But when Satan and our sins held us captive, who would deliver us? Jesus is our Moses, and he carried far more than ...

854. Healing For The Past

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , the very next day they ate of the corn of the land, and on the day after that the manna ceased. How quickly God responds to us when we become obedient! The manna was wilderness food; it suited a wilderness journey. God supplied their food in the desert until corn was available. God always takes care of his children's needs. But you don't always need a radical miracle - as the manna was - when you get to a productive land. The exceptional and the extraordinary are means that God uses for us, but the ...

855. Not

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... servitude to Christ. Samuel Shoemaker said, "Sooner or later, every Christian must choose between two pains; the pain of a divided mind or the pain of a crucified self." The kind of obedience that Jesus offered the Father was unhesitatingly given. In the deserts of the Middle East the training of Arabian horses is a grueling process. The trainer requires absolute obedience from the horses. After weeks of putting them through their paces, he gives them a final test. He forces the horses to do without water ...

856. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44, John 11:45-57

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John R. Brokhoff

... With his disciples Jesus had gone across the Jordan to the area where John the Baptist preached. It was there Jesus received the message that Lazarus was sick. After a delay of two days, Jesus returned to Bethany for the miracle. Then he went to a desert place in Ephraim to escape his enemies. Six days before the annual Passover, Jesus was back in the home of Lazarus and his sisters at Bethany. According to John, this miracle was Jesus' seventh and last miracle. The people involved in the miracle were very ...

857. Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 3:21-38, Acts 8:9-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... a baptism, or just a dedication of a child? Does the baptizing minister realize he is a miracle-worker? Baptism was a miracle for Jesus and is still a miracle for the church today. ACCLIMATION The Situation We are in a wilderness or a desert to hear an independent, fiery preacher call people to drop their sinful ways and repent. His personal appearance was in keeping with his fire and brimstone preaching: camel's hair garment with a leather belt around his waist. He went for natural foods: locusts and ...

858. Redemption Near And Dear

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Erskine White

... in the city, dismissed the judge for the evening and took over the bench himself. After he heard a few cases, a tattered old woman was brought before him, accused of stealing a loaf of bread. She told LaGuardia that her daughter’s husband had deserted her, her daughter was sick and her grandchildren were starving. But the shopkeeper, from whom the bread was stolen, insisted on pressing charges. "My store is in a very bad neighborhood, your honor," he said. "She’s got to be punished in order to teach ...

859. The Strength To Wait

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... you lost?" "Nope," the boy said, "I'm waiting for my chewing gum to come back." That boy displayed an admirable patience, but most children find it hard to wait for the things they want. And at Christmas time, most children find that their patience totally deserts them! Advent is a time for waiting, and I'm sure that's what many children find most difficult about the holiday season. "The hardest part is the waiting," most kids would say. "It's having to wait a whole month before getting your presents. It ...

860. No Need For Weeping Anymore

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... . She remembered the betrayal at Gethsemane, the soldiers dragging Jesus through the city to Herod's palace and then to Pilate's court, the mockery and the vicious whipping He received from pitiless soldiers who seemed to treat it as sport. She remembered how the disciples deserted Him and she groaned even more deeply as she thought to herself, "How hard it must have been for Jesus to watch His friends deny Him and run away." She remembered the raw hatred in the crowd, the way they spat upon Him and cheered ...

861. Pie in The Sky

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... ." It doesn't even matter that the "good old days" weren't really that good! Do you remember the Hebrews when Moses led them out of Egypt? They forgot how they "groaned in their bondage and cried out for help" (Exodus 2:23). Instead, they got out into the desert and complained bitterly: "Why did you take us out of Egypt in the first place, Moses? You should have left us there - at least when we were slaves to Pharaoh, we knew where our next meal was coming from. Take us back to Egypt, Moses; take us back to ...

862. How To Deal With Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Erskine White

... suffering to identify with our Lord, Jesus Christ. He Himself learned obedience through His sufferings and that is why He can help us through our own today. Let Him be your shade from the summer sun. Let Him be your oasis, your cool, refreshing spring when the desert is hot and dry. A season of suffering is really a season to shine, a chance to draw closer to Christ in obedience to His will. So, even in the haze and heat of life's most uncomfortable seasons, when spirits are frazzled and the suffering sets ...

863. Unfinished Journeys

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... , with God calling him as a young man at the burning bush. Maybe he remembered the tense confrontations with Pharaoh, the plagues against Egypt, and the miraculous escape through the Red Sea. Perhaps he reflected on the forty years they spent in the desert, the days they were hungry and the manna from heaven. Maybe he recalled how the people had rebelled against his leadership, how the people had repaid him for his love and loyalty with idolatry and mutiny and ingratitude of every kind. Imagine the tears ...

864. Something Special Coming

1 Corinthians 7:31

Children's Sermon

... God has given us both water and land, isn't it! And, of course, the globe can't show us all of the different kinds of land in our world, but you and I already know how many kinds there are. Over here there are mountains. And here are some deserts. And here are some places where the rain falls and it is green and lots of trees are growing. And up here it is freezing cold. And down here it is hot and wet. What an amazing world. There are all kinds of different places in the world. And all ...

865. A Special Appearance

Matthew 2:2b

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... or came that we remember on the day of Epiphany. (Hold up the creche figures.) Who are these people? (Let them respond.) That's right, these are the wise men. They came from a long way away from where Jesus was. They traveled, probably by camels, over a desert to find Jesus. In their own countries they were star watchers. They knew all about the stars. They saw a new star and somehow they knew it was a special star that meant that someone special had been born. Our verse today says, "We saw his star ... and ...

866. Witnesses for Jesus

Luke 24:36-49

Children's Sermon

... has seen the dog knock the vase off the table with its tail.) Now ask them if they would want the witness to speak up - or lie about what really happened? Remind your class that people accuse Jesus falsely every day when they say that he has deserted them or never really existed. Remind them that they are the witnesses who must speak up and defend Jesus. You can then provide, or help your students make, a large poster board chart listing all of your students' names. Ask each student to share each Sunday any ...

867. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Psalm 96:1-13, Psalm 36:1-12

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George Bass

... believed to purge him from sin, Jesus experienced the descent of a spirit upon him - the experience that made a man a magician - and heard himself declared a god, as magicians claimed to be. Then 'the spirit drove him out into the desert,' a common shamanic phenomenon. After visionary experiences there, he returned to Galilee where his new spiritual power manifested itself in exorcism, in types of cures familiar in magic, in teaching, with magical parallels and authority, and in the call of disciples, who ...

868. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-24, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:14-30

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George Bass

... have been appointed here because it reflects the actions of Jeremiah, when he got into trouble, and it also points to Jesus' passion, when he has only God to support and deliver him from death at the hands of his enemies. Psalm Prayer "Lord God of the living, do not desert us in old age, but help us to follow your will in both good and bad times, so that forever we may praise your faithfulness; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." THE READINGS Jeremiah 1:4-10 (E, L, C); 1:4-5, 17-19 (RC) This is ...

869. Easter 3

John 21:1-14, Acts 5:17-42, Acts 9:1-19a, Jeremiah 32:1-44, Revelation 5:1-14, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 30:1-12

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George Bass

... brought the breakfast and shared it himself with his disciples just as he does with us today. John 21:1-19 (C) - "The Private Audience." 1. That's what Jesus had with Peter; a private audience, or vision after breakfast was over. 2. Jesus put Peter, who had deserted and denied him at his trial, on the spot, asking him three times (for his three denials) "Do you love me?" 3. Peter was peeved, miffed at Jesus for questioning his love and devotion. He loved the Lord and he would do just about anything to prove ...

870. Proper 7

1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 63:1-11, Zechariah 12:1-9, Luke 8:26-39, Galatians 3:23-29

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George Bass

... Israel becoming, because in the course of history, they would "pierce" and kill the promised one of God, Jesus the Messiah. 2. When Jesus died, there was wailing and mourning by the women who loved and followed him and, perhaps, by the disciples who had deserted him. Judas was, in a way, the most demonstrative of the mourners, because when he realized what he had done, he went out and hanged himself. 3. The resurrection turned the sadness of Good Friday into a day of rejoicing; the cries of mourning became ...

871. Proper 10

Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14, 2 Kings 2:1-18, Deuteronomy 30:11-20, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 25:1-22, Luke 10:25-37

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George Bass

... in an alley, outside of a church building on the perimeter of the downtown area; he appeared to be the victim of a mugging, was apparently severely beaten and left lying there by the muggers. They caught him by himself at a moment when the sidewalks were deserted, knocked him down, took his wallet and watch, and left him there to bleed and, perhaps, even die. A newspaper reporter happened to see him from across the street just as a man came out of the church; he stepped over the prostrate person and quickly ...

872. Proper 12

Luke 11:1-13, Psalm 138:1-8, Genesis 18:16-33, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Colossians 2:6-23

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George Bass

... those who have been baptized into the death of Christ, it enables people to discern right teaching from false theologies and heresies. 3. It is the gospel of the crucified Christ that is the hope of the world, of the church and the risen Lord will never disappoint or desert his church. 4. Trust in the Lord and live the Christian life! That's what Paul wanted the Colossians to do, and would exhort us to do, as well and we will ultimately share in his victory over sin and death. In fact, we already have!

873. Advent 4

Psalm 80:1-19, Micah 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:1-18, Luke 1:39-45

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George Bass

... prophecy actually came true; the promised Messiah was born in Bethlehem. Isn't that the way that God often operates, using the unusual and the unlikely persons - little persons, as well as little towns - to accomplish his will and purposes? A man who came out of the desert and began to preach and lost his head for it and the One whose ministry he proclaimed, Jesus the Christ, born in that little town of Bethlehem of Judea, gave the world a cross and an empty tomb to testify to his greatness, which saved the ...

874. Proper 13

Luke 12:13-21, Psalm 49:1-20, Ecclesiastes 2:17-26, 2 Kings 13:10-25, Colossians 3:1-17

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George Bass

... churches and specifically in the psalmody of Sunday worship; it is best known as the Venite. Comments on Psalm 95 may be located in the Lectionary Preaching Workbook III, Cycle B. Psalm prayer (95 - LBW) - "Almighty God, neither let us go astray as did those who murmured in the desert, nor let us be torn apart by discord. With Jesus as our shepherd, bring us to enjoy the unity for which he prays; and to you be the glory and the praise now and forever." THE READINGS Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:18-26 (L); 1:2; 2:(1-7 ...

875. Proper 20

Luke 16:1-15, Psalm 113:1-9, Psalm 130:1-8, Amos 8:1-14, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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George Bass

... this psalm as a responsory, the church essentially puts it into the mouth of Jesus when he has concluded the 40-day fast and is tempted by Satan. He was close to a kind of death - maybe closer to actual death than he had been in the desert - because he would have been separated from God, along with all human beings, by sin. Jesus called upon God silently, no doubt, and he found strength to withstand the onslaughts of (his) supplications." Of the Lord - and, hopefully, of us - it may well be said, "I wait ...

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