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926. Do the Tough Things First

Romans 8:18-27

Children's Sermon

Object: a shovel and a bucket. Good morning, boys and girls, and how are you on this very important day in the history of our country? How many of you know what day today is and what happened on this day? [Let them tell you about the Fourth of July.] That's wonderful that you know so much about this important day. Are there any other days like this that you can compare the Fourth of July with, so I will really know how important it is? Do you know what I mean by comparing? [See how many know what the word ...

927. Oaks in the Shadows

Job 12:1--14:22

Sermon

There was an oak tree here once. You wouldn’t remember it because you hadn’t been by here when its roots held firmly in the ground there by your feet, when its trunk invited the young to admire and to climb, and when its branches gracefully and dependably protected us from the intense heat of the midday sun. A beautiful tree ... not, perhaps, a model tree or a flashy display tree ... but one of depth. You knew it would be there when you came by. You could depend upon it and could lean calmly and quietly ...

928. Separation of God and State?

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and ungird the loins of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed: "I will go before you and level the mountains. I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron, I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. For the sake of my servant ...

929. "Preference by L’oreal"

Lk 17:11-19 · Mt 6:25-33 · Jn 6:25-35

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

There is an ad on television about hair coloring. It’s called "Preference" by L’oreal. At the beginning of that ad, you see a very beautiful young lady. There is a face on the screen. Then you get a close-up of the hair, and it is beautiful. The hair is bouncy and in control. There are no split ends. The young woman is very, very happy as she shows you what this hair coloring can do. After about twenty seconds of telling you all of the marvelous things that can happen, she tells you that L’oreal is just no ...

930. What Does It Mean To "Believe"?

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

One of the most misunderstood terms in the New Testament is the word, "believe." We ministers preach on the word from time to time, and often-times never stop to tell what it means. This is especially perplexing to unregenerated people who do believe whatever they are told to believe, but who still do not consider themselves saved or born again, spiritually. Maybe you grew up under such circumstances. Perhaps as a child, you never heard of an infidel. Everyone you knew did not deny religion and the Bible. ...

931. Five Grains of Corn

Psalm 111:1-10

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

In the early days of New England, it came to be the custom to put five grains of corn beside each plate on Thanksgiving Day. Those five grains of corn were to recall the fast days of the Plymouth settlement when the early colonists were in such drastic and difficult circumstances. In the midst of starvation, food supplies had been so low that only five grains of corn were rationed to an individual at a time, from the common storehouse. But, with five grains of corn, there had been an heroic survival. This ...

932. Learning to Be Graceful

Sermon

Harold Warlick

You and I possess personalities. Each day we mold our personal characteristics through associating with others, reading books, and responding to events in our lives. Our personalities are the most precious things we exhibit to other people. Because it is a chronicle of man’s relationships to his God and his fellow man, the Bible is full of human personalities. Many of those personalities seriously crippled the human beings which bore them. This morning I want us to examine our own personalities in the ...

933. Chapter II

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

"I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; You will have no other gods before me. You will not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you will not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but ...

934. Pillars of the Church

Exodus 17:8-16, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

A young woman named Linda was driving alone through the lonely area from Alberta, Canada to the Yukon. She spent one night in one of the rare hotels in the area. The next morning in the breakfast area she was seated near two truckers. They asked where she was going. She said "Whitehorse." "In that little Civic?" they asked. "It's dangerous this time of year in this kind of weather." Linda replied, "Well, I'm determined to try." "In that case," one of the truckers said, "We're just going to have to hug you ...

935. Golgotha

Matthew 27:24-44

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: None or picture of a skull. Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever seen a picture of a skull? How does it make you feel? Not very good. A skull is just the bone of the head, but when there are no eyes, ears, lips, nose, skin or hair, a skull is pretty frightening. I have a picture of a hill that looks like a skull. If you look closely you can see the place for the eyes, nose and mouth. That skull-like hill is just outside the gate of old Jerusalem, and it is the place where many people believe ...

936. Christmas International

Drama

Dory Younger

Director’s Notes CAST: Narrators (1-4) Child of Germany Ireland Mexico England Denmark Poland Italy (7) Mary Joseph Angels (3 or 5) Shepherds (3 or 5) Wise men (3) Child to carry star CHOIR: Remaining available children COSTUMES: German: Shorts with colorful suspenders, knee socks and oxford-type shoes, white shirt for boy OR dirndl or peasant dress for girl. Irish: Green dress or shirt or skirt for girl OR green shirt for boy. Felt or paper shamrocks may be used to decorate costume. Mexican: Sombrero or ...

937. The Crowd That Followed Him

Matthew 27:32-44, Matthew 27:45-56

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A sign or banner that reads "This is the King of the Jews" Today we are going to look for Jesus in another crowd. It has been hard being a part of the crowd that hunted Jesus to hurt him. It was kind of fun that first day when we loved him for being a king, but it has been a lot harder since then. You remember running from him when he made you afraid in the temple and how bad you felt when you betrayed him in the garden and hated him at the trial before Pilate. I guess he really made us feel little ...

938. Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Larry Powell

The fourth Servant Song of Isaiah, included in our text, preaches itself. Remarkably, it provides the prophecy, biography, and epilogue of Jesus of Nazareth. We will not engage here in the arguments of higher criticism which raise sophisticated questions as to whether Isaiah was speaking of an actual person, or of Israel as a whole, or of one yet to come. We consign those arguments to the scholars whose devotion to research leads them to search out those kinds of things. We shall proceed, rather, under the ...

939. The Scattering of Lesser Figures

Acts 8:9-25

Sermon

Harold Warlick

A certain physician started to practice medicine in a large city. His ambitions were strong and opportunities seemed plentiful there. Success was his right from the start. His practice became almost too large for him to handle. Fame and praise were heaped on him to overflowing. But he forgot that a doctor should do more than heal sick bodies. For this physician, a patient was only interesting if the sickness was interesting and then only as a stimulus to further his fame. One day the prominent doctor got a ...

940. Look Up and Live

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Snakes. Do you like snakes? Not many do. I can think of no other creature on the face of the planet that so universally brings forth a sense of revulsion and disgust. True or not, we think of snakes as icky, slimy, nasty, and as our Old Testament lesson reminds, DANGEROUS. It seems that the children of Israel, in the midst of their wilderness wandering after the escape from slavery in Egypt, had stumbled on to a location south of the Dead Sea that is infamous for its lethal snakes. "Big deal," they no ...

941. "If I But Touch..."

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Happy ending. Two wonderful healing stories, one sandwiched in the middle of the other. First, we hear about the little girl, Jairus' daughter. Word had spread that this itinerant rabbi from Nazareth who reportedly had incredible healing powers had arrived in town. Enter Jairus, one of the high muckety-mucks in the local synagogue who happens to be the father of a VERY sick child. Ordinarily, we would not expect Jairus to have anything to do with Jesus, period - after all, the leaders of other synagogues ...

942. Ready For The Game Warden

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

In the little book, LAUGHTER IN APPALACHIA, Fred Park of Berea, Kentucky tells a story about a man named Quill. Quill lived way back in the woods where he hunted and fished all the time. Quill didn't pay any attention to the hunting seasons or laws or anything, and he knew the woods better than the game warden. The game warden had been trying to catch Quill for a long time. Today was the day. He knew Quill would be up early to go fishing. So the game warden sneaked down there in the middle of the night and ...

943. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

Why do bad things happen to good people? It is a question all of us ask from time to time. Some of Jesus' listeners asked him this same question. They brought up a recent news story about some Galileans who had been cruelly offered as human sacrifices by Pilate. Were they greater sinners than others in Galilee that they should suffer so? A tower had fallen in Siloam and crushed eighteen bystanders. Was it because of their sin? Jesus had already dealt with this question when confronted with a man who had ...

944. Beneath The Cross

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

After years of wandering, Clint Dennis realized something important was missing from his life. He decided to attend church. As he entered a church for the first time he noticed people putting on long robes. They were also tying ropes around their waists and wrapping headdresses around their heads. "Come be a part of the mob," a stranger told him. It was Palm Sunday and the church was reenacting the Crucifixion in costume. He would be part of the crowd that shouted, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" Hesitantly he ...

945. Getting Your Attention

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

[While King Duncan is enjoying a well deserved retirement we are going back to his earliest sermons and renewing them. The newly modernized sermon is shown first and below, for reference sake, is the old sermon. We will continue this updating throughout the year bringing fresh takes on King's best sermons.] A famous news anchor tells about attending a revival as a boy in his home town of Bloomington, Texas. It was a spectacular extravaganza the whole town attended. The tent was open, the floor was sawdust ...

946. Traveling Light

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Caroly R. Gibson

Sometime back a young family left for West Africa. Lee and Becky Prior and their three small children packed up and moved to the Ivory Coast. A carpenter and a homemaker, Lee and Becky have joined a group called the New Tribes Mission. Their task is to translate the Bible into the language of the multiple African tribes who have yet to know the story of Jesus ” to bring them the Gospel. They had made a decision to be missionaries for Christ. They had heard his call first to come to him and receive his love ...

947. Don't Look Down

Matthew 14:22-36

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: an umbrella Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever been caught out in a thunderstorm? It's scary, isn't it? The thunder is booming, the lightning is flashing, the wind is howling, the rain is pouring down. (Might want to make some sound effects here) Can you sound like a thunderstorm? (Give them a few seconds to let loose with their sound effects) Wow, that's scary! I bet most of your mommies and daddies carry an umbrella in their car. They keep the umbrella with them, even on sunny days, just ...

948. How Many Times Should We Forgive?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

There's an old, old story about a little guy who was sitting in a restaurant when a big bully came in. The bully walked over to the little guy, grabbed him forcefully and threw him over his shoulder. "That's Judo," he said, "Picked it up in Japan." Next he hit him square on the back of the neck. "That's karate. Picked it up in Korea." The little guy squirmed away from the bully and went out to his truck. When he came back in, he went right up to the bully and cracked him over the head. "That's crowbar," he ...

949. Building A Home

1 Peter 3:8-22, 1 Peter 3:1-7

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: a snail, or a turtle, or a crab. (Pictures of any of these animals, or stuffed toy representations work better than the real thing) Good morning, boys and girls: I have a question for you: which animal carries its home around on its back? There are a few of them, aren't there? The snail carries its home around on its back. So do turtles and crabs. Whenever a snail, or a turtle, or a crab is frightened by something, it can just pull itself inside the shell on its back, and it will be safe. The shell ...

950. What Are You Tied To?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

Two men, walking through the woods, come across a big deep hole. "Wow . . . that looks deep," says one. "Sure does," says the other. "Toss a few pebbles in there and see how deep it is." They pick up a few pebbles and throw them in and wait . . . no noise. "Hey, that is REALLY deep," says the first man. "Here, throw one of these great big rocks down there. That should make a noise." They pick up a couple of football-sized rocks and toss them into the hole and wait . . . and wait. Nothing. They look at each ...

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