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926. Three Secrets of A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Brett Blair

... have seen from Afghanistan these past few weeks and you get an idea of the kind of hardships the Apostle Paul faced as he traveled for 20 years and thousands of miles all over the Roman world. And now the end was near for Paul. This was not just a guess; it was certainty. He was under house arrest in Rome. He was under no illusion about his fate. So it was that he took pen in hand and wrote a parting letter to his friend and close associate Timothy of Ephesus. He writes: “I have fought the good fight, I ...

927. Hail! Your King!

Mark 15:1-15

Drama

... man was the King of the Jews. Last Sunday the crowd shouted his praises. "Thou art Holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel." But no one sings his praises now ... only jeers and insults. (Arriving at front center stage, he plants the cross.) Oh, why am I here? I guess someone had to help him, poor man. (Then, as a second thought) Help who? Help the Romans crucify him? Oh Lord, I really did not want to become so involved. (The guard and Simon watch the cross for a few moments as the lights slowly fade.)

928. When Old Nick Met Nicodemus

Drama

... story, Jim. Really beautiful! I’m named after a pretty good guy, ain’t I? You say you’re going to be performing this play at church this morning? Jim (While taking off robe) We sure are, and I got to get going, or I’m going to be late. Guess I got a bit carried away telling you about it! Nick Do you suppose ... (Pauses) Perhaps ... Well, do you think ... I know it would make my Annie happy ... if ... Jim Do you want to go with me? Nick Do you suppose they’d let the likes of me in? Jim ...

929. When I Was Hungry...

Matthew 4:1-11

Drama

... was strange and unkind, but somehow familiar, and I couldn’t even be afraid ... just empty, and hungry, so hungry. Then I could see someone else, coming toward me. [1 and 2 meet in the center] Are you hungry? 1: Hungry? Well, I hadn’t really thought about it. I guess so. Are you? 2: Yes, I am. I can’t even remember if I’ve ever had anything to eat. I must have, once, but I can’t remember. I just know that now I’m hungry. 1: You know, I can’t remember either. I must be hungry, too ...

930. The Coming of the Lord

Luke 21:5-38

Drama

... ’t you going to get ready? [To 2] He really is coming. You’ve got to prepare! 2: [Shrugs and leaves] Angel: Not one of you will wait - just because you think his coming won’t be what you want it to be - not one of you! Oh, well, I guess I’ll go and wait. [Turns to go, turns back to audience] Oh, listen, if any of you would like to join me, just be in Bethlehem Judea, in about three weeks - he’ll be there. He may be kind of small and insignificant, and he may not be what ...

931. The Syndrome

Matthew 6:25-34

Drama

... nature. "Consider the lilies of the field; they do not spin or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you, not even Solomon, in all of his glory, was arrayed in such beauty as one of these flowers." Those are the truly beautiful and important things! Marsha: I guess you’re right, Billy. From now on I’m going to be more concerned about the really important things in life. Life is more important than food; the body is more important than clothes. Yes, it’s the simple life of true beauty for me from now ...

932. Is Jesus Still in the Healing Business?

Luke 4:38-44, Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... his mission as Messiah really was. Verses 38 and 39 tell us how Jesus healed Simon Peter’s mother in law of some kind of illness. Luke, with the keen eye of a physician, is the only gospel writer to note that she had a high fever. Some cynics have guessed that part of Simon Peter’s willingness to leave home and go with Jesus was because his mother in law lived in his house. Folks, there is not a shred of evidence to support that. Verses 40 through 44 tell us that as the sun was setting, sick people were ...

933. Didn't Know He Was Lost

Luke 19:1-10

Illustration

Robert Beringer

... of the security guards got a large ice cream cone for the boy, so when his parents arrived at the office, there was their little son happily eating his ice cream. Suddenly, as his parents embraced him, the child burst into tears. One of the security guards said, "Gosh, I guess he didn't know he was lost until he was found!" Jesus once met a man named Zacchaeus who was like that. Zacchaeus was a Jew but he worked for the Romans as a tax collector, and he was about as popular as folks today who work for the ...

934. Oaks in the Shadows

Job 12:1--14:22

Sermon

... oak. Sickness and sadness in the world? God will handle it. Sorrow and need? God will handle that, too. You see, it’s really a just world where people get what they deserve. Meanwhile, I’ll be sipping a soda ‘neath the shade of the Christly oak. I guess if we took that one step further, Christ could have sipped a soda ‘neath the shade of the Godly oak, too. It would have been far safer and more comfortable for Christ not to bother mixing with us. There would have been much less risk and he could ...

935. The First Council

Acts 15:1-21

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The elation among the Christians at Antioch lasted "no little time." We can only guess how long. But in the early church the storms and sunshine, the happy days and the dark days of controversy, the good times and the bad seemed to alternate in rapid succession. How quickly the ecstasy of the people at Lystra, in their zeal to make Paul and Barnabas into ...

936. Striking Silversmiths Start Riot

Acts 19:23-41

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... months, during which he composed a letter to the Romans. Titus had possibly been a shade too optimistic. Strong forces at Corinth were plotting against Paul and threatened his life. The reason for this and what the hostile Jews planned to do can only be guessed. Since the discovery of this plot seems to coincide with Paul’s departure from Corinth, it may have been the usual unimaginative procedure by which Jewish gangs got rid of their enemies. They would find out what ship a person was traveling on and ...

937. Power of Affirmation

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Staff

... . He said he hoped she liked their town and to please let him know if there was anything he could do to help her and her husband get settled. He then filled her order promptly and efficiently. Later the woman reported the miraculous change to her neighbor. "I guess you told the druggist how poor I thought the service was?" she asked. "Well, no," her neighbor said. "In fact - and I hope you don’t mind - I told him you were amazed at the way he had built up this small town drugstore, and that you thought ...

938. For Freedom!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

... by individuals trying to discover god (if any) and, once having found him, trying to survive him. God who lives in Jesus Christ has not called us to that. He does not call us to a life of fear, submission, hopelessness, guilt, aimlessness, or second-guessing. He has called us into freedom - into life in all its fullness, ratified by his embrace and love and great forgiveness, free from harping and judgmentalism. He has structured things this way so that we can become what he intended us to be, a family ...

939. Let’s Face It

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... is there? Yes, there is. A. We Can Live in the Promises of God Regardless of how suddenly death may come on us, we can still be ready for it. Just as half of the nightwatchers in this parable took measures to be ready for a sudden coming, which, they guessed, could take longer than they had first supposed, we can prepare by living in the promises of God. That means, of course, that we must first be aware of what they are. God promises that death will not have the last word. Jesus’ death was followed by a ...

940. Mary's Revolutionary Song (Sermon Series No. 3)

Luke 1:39-56

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... deserve to be down near the bottom of the chart. Now, my next question is, ‘Where should we put you on the chart? You don’t want to be above Mother Teresa, do you?” The man replied, “If Mother Teresa is not good enough to get into heaven, I guess I’m in worse shape than I thought.” Then Bill Hybel drew a cross right across the middle of the chart. Underneath that cross he wrote these words from I John 2:2: “But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous ...

941. Jesus Gives Us Tomorrow!

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... on one of those old-fashioned porch swings that they still have down south. It was a warm summer evening, and the girl said to him, "You know, we really ought to get married." The fellow was silent for a long time, and then he said, "I guess so; but who would have us?" This was a good question the strangers asked the disciples, "Why stay here looking into heaven?" No answer is given by the disciples, maybe because none was needed. The men, besides the question, also had a message for the disciples: "This ...

942. "Hold Your Horses!"

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... farmer from Rhode Island was there, and they fell into conversation. The Texan couldn’t conceive of a farm in Rhode Island, so he said, "Tell me about your spread. How big is it?" The farmer from Rhode Island said, "Oh, it’s about eight acres I guess." "Eight acres??!" exploded the Texan. "How can you possibly make do with just eight acres?" The farmer replied, "Well, we have chickens and sweet corn and beets and cabbage and beans. It’s a good spread. How big is your spread?" The rancher said, "I get ...

943. Sick Of A Sick Society

Jeremiah 14:1--15:21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... magazine, a twenty-eight-year-old woman says, "I’m young, healthy, live in a condo by the sea, drive an expensive foreign sports car, eat out as often as I like, date all the right men, enjoy a three-day weekend, and my roller skates cost $300. I guess you would say ... I’m unhappy." And we really believe that money is the answer to our problem, don’t we? Last year a national survey of 250,000 college freshmen was taken. Two-thirds of them said that they aspire to be well-off after graduation. They ...

944. Looking For God?

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... . We leave the Upper Room experience with peace and joy. We can truly say, "I have been with God today. I have talked with him. He spoke to me." If all else fails in finding God, there is one place - one person - where we are sure to find him. You guessed it! The person is Jesus. When you look into the face of Jesus, you see the face of God, for he said, "The Father and I are one." When we look at the miracles, we see the power of God. When he touches the leper, forgives the adulteress, and uplifts ...

945. A Book Which Reads Us

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... most successful movies of all time. It is about an extra-terrestrial creature who heals cuts with the touch of his finger, raises dead flowers to life, and who himself is raised from the dead before he departs earth, his spaceship leaving a rainbow in the sky. I would guess that millions of people who never enter the door of a church have flocked to "E. T." and been moved by it. They are searching for a source of hope. They are looking for a model of themselves as people who are loved by a power which will ...

946. Solomon’s Search

2 Chronicles 1:1-17

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... , or someone playing a prank on you. Yes, that’s it. Some logical explanation somewhere. God doesn’t talk, at least he never did before. And that question doesn’t make much sense: What do I want? What do I want? Before you know it, you’re praying again: "I guess I want a lot of things, God. Happiness for my family. Security. Yes God, a little more security. Oh, I don’t have to be rich, but, well you know, a little richer. No, that’s not what you want me to say is it? Pretty tricky, God. You ask ...

947. The Church’s Fear and Comfort

Acts 9:19b-31

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... a job. You would fear him, because he would have the power to erase you like a smudge on some paper. Impossible? Incredible? In a way, yes, for we have many safeguards in our country, and dictators have a way of eventually being overthrown But you’ve doubtlessly guessed that this sermon is not about the labor practices of a foreign dictator. We are talking about the absolute and total authority of God the Father, creator of this world, and all who are in it. In short The Boss. The fear of the Lord of the ...

948. "I Was Hoping for a Longines"

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... is a time for giving gifts and Christmas is a time for receiving gifts. If you doubt that Christmas is for gift-giving, ask some children what they have been doing for the last three or four days and they’ll tell you they have been trying to guess what Santa Claus is going to bring them. Did Santa Claus hear their requests? They may have searched the closets, they may go look under the beds, they may tear through your clothes as they seek to find those packages wrapped in beautiful paper with fancy bows ...

949. "Two Men in White Suits"

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... that asks those kinds of questions; after all, isn’t that what our faith is all about? It’s not the concepts that I have trouble with; it’s the daily life and the daily living out of those principles so I can say, "Oh, yes, I follow that." I guess the place that I have the most trouble with that text is during the week when I sit in the office. The economic times being as bad as they are, more and more frequently we have somebody coming into the office during the week asking for money. You can always ...

950. An Almost Anonymous Apostle

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

George Bass

... his autobiography with the intriguing sub-title, The Excavation of a Life (Title: All the Strange Hours), the late Loren Eiseley relates that story and reveals that he never saw the man again; in fact, he never learned his name. But he never forgot him, although he guessed that the man either died in a flophouse in Chicago or in a violent gun battle. Eiseley wrote: "Years later when the bodies of men like him lay on dissecting tables before me, I steeled myself to look at their faces. I never found him. I ...

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