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976. The Hardest Thing That God Could Ask

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... God himself will provide the Lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” You probably remember the rest of the story. Just when Abraham lifted the knife to slay the boy, an angel of the Lord shouted, “Abraham! Abraham! Do not lay a hand on the boy.” Abraham probably dropped to his knees and wept like a baby. Finally, he looked up and saw a ram caught in a thicket. The Lord had indeed provided a sacrifice for the altar. The Lord was testing the old man. He knew how Abraham doted on that boy. God wanted to be ...

977. Judgment Day is Coming (Adapted)

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:47-52

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... coming. What I do not believe in is the End Time scenario depicted in the Left Behind series. Most of you are familiar with the books written by Timothy LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. According to the opening of the first book when Christ returns planes drop out of the sky. There is chaos on the roads. Newborns vanish mid-delivery. Morgues suddenly are missing corpses. All this happens as Christians are snatched away from the earth as result of the Rapture. You might be disappointed to learn that this picture of ...

978. Fear

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Brett Blair

... pass. And Jesus will still be there. III Secondly, we must remember that regardless of what happens, God will be with us. Wrote the Psalmist: When I am afraid I put my trust in you. Well, let me ask you. Where else are you going to go? If the Dow drops tomorrow to 7,000, God is still going to be the same. God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. If we go to war with Iraq tomorrow God is going to be the same. God does not change. If you get a bad medical report where are you going ...

979. Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... tombs. Maria: And then? Magdalena: Then he said, "Woman, why are you weeping?" and I said, like a dummy, "Sir, if you know where they had laid him, tell me, and I will take him away." Joanna: And then? Magdalena: Then he said, "Mary!" and it was like the scales dropped from my eyes. I fell at his feet but he drew me up and told me to come back here and say to you: "I ascend to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God." Salome: (Indicating the men who are continuing to talk together in a ...

980. The Prodigal Daughter

Drama

Maxine Dudley

... IV (On the other side of the stage in New York City, Sarah is kneeling, begging barefooted with a cup. Clarissa walks by Sarah in an arrogant manner. Sarah pushes her cup toward Clarissa.) Sarah: Could you spare some loose charge for a person in need? (Clarissa drops a coin in Sarah’s cup.) Sarah: Thank you. (Sarah watches Clarissa leave the stage.) Sarah: My life is shattered. I’ve spent all my money. My fine clothes have been sold. My friends have all left me. I am all alone. I can hardly beg enough ...

981. Anguish

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... . These were words learned in childhood. They were put to memory. These words came from Psalm 22. In essence, these words were used to express something of a deathbed sense of abandonment of being alone before death. When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, sweat dropped like blood as he struggled with God’s will and prayed to his Father. In his prayer, Jesus prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want, but what you want" (Matthew 26:39). Jesus’ last words ...

982. Restoring Our Sense of Priorities

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... What is thy neighbor’s covet not. Between these two extremes, where are we today? In our American world of modern government, business dealings, and social matters, do the Ten Commandments figure any more? Few church members can even recite them at the drop of a hat. Most teenagers would scarcely know what we are talking about. Many older folk had memorized them from the catechism in preparation for Confirmation, but the methods of Christian educators today avoid any learning by rote, and our children are ...

983. Reviving Our Moral Responsibility

2 Chronicles 36:15-23

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... Lenten period? 1. We are responsible to a moral order that we defy or disregard at our peril. We are living in a time when order of any kind appears to be the least of all realities. Indeed it seems at times that the bottom has dropped out of everything. The ideals and hopes that Christians have held dear seem to be caught up in a whirlwind of opposing forces bent on their destruction. Christians believe in love, but everywhere throughout the world we see the fingerprints of the agents of hate. Christians ...

984. Returning to Genuine Religion

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Donald Macleod

There is a simple poem by Louise F. Tarkington which goes in part this way: I wish there were some wonderful place Called the Land of Beginning Again, Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches Could be dropped like a shabby old coat at the door And never put on again. What has this to do with the return of the Jewish exiles from seventy years in slavery in Babylon? Everything! Because, as they left Babylon behind and turned their faces toward their homeland, they carried a lot ...

985. The Outcome of Easter Faith

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... down, and heaven right side up." Moreover, each of them knew that through every storm and pain and tragedy the Risen Christ would hold them fast - if they would let him. One day in the Alps, a mountain climber and his guide came to a dangerous chasm which dropped away hundreds of feet into a rough and jagged gorge. The only way to get across safely was for the traveler to place his foot into the outstretched hand of the guide who could place it on terra firma on the other side. But the climber hesitated and ...

986. The Gospel on Trial

Acts 21:1-16

Illustration

Larry Powell

... us begin by abruptly relating three contemporary examples: 1. In late March of 1981, a mother drove her son John to an airport in Denver, put him out, and told him not to come home again. He didn’t. A few days after being dropped off at the airport, John Hinckley shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan, presidential press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and D.C. police officer Thomas Delahanty. A grim reminder that we inhabit a violent society. 2. Israel, the same family of ...

987. Creatures of Worth

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Illustration

Larry Powell

... weapons? It is no longer a question of "what if?" but of "what do we do now?" The hard facts are sobering: a. a twenty-megaton bomb contains the equivalent of twenty million tons of TNT, or five times the total energy of all the bombs dropped during World War II. By comparison, the Hiroshima bomb produced 13,000 tons of energy. b. a single such bomb would totally destroy every building and vaporize every person for a radius of six miles. Within twenty miles, persons would be killed instantly and every ...

988. Song of a Prophet

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... which all people will be equal subjects of a merciful Monarch who seeks nothing but their good and asks nothing but their love. Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth! (Psalm 46:10) "Drop your hatreds," the psalmist represents the Lord as saying to the antagonistic and rebellious. "Restrain yourself," the Almighty urges the covetous. "Put yourselves in my hands that you may share the best of life with one another and with me," he appeals. None, the poet ...

989. Song of an Historian

Psalm 78:1-72

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... heaven and hurling quail in her midst "like the sand of the seas" to prove to her what he can do. And ingrate that she is, she has gorged herself upon them (Psalm 78:21-29) without changing her attitude. But the Almighty has not dropped the matter there. He will not allow insolence and insubordination to go unchecked. For he has no intention of surrendering his sovereignty over his people. Consequently, ... before they had sated their craving while the food was still in their mouths, the anger of the Lord ...

990. Rules For Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... eternally the same. Lloyd Douglas told how he loved, occasionally, to visit a little old man who gave violin lessons. He had a studio, if it could be called that, a small room set in a long row of rooms where other music teachers taught. "I liked to drop in on him," Douglas said, "for he had a kind of homely wisdom that refreshed me. One morning I walked in and by way of greeting, said, ‘Well, what’s the good news for today?’ " Putting down his violin, stepping over to his tuning fork suspended from a ...

991. The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Robert Allen

... out to help her in distributing the pitchers of ice. He was needed and he felt important again. The old man still shuffled down the hall, his hands still trembling as he scooped ice into the pitchers ... and I’m sure that the speed with which the job proceeded dropped drastically. But, there was a look of life about him because he felt useful and needed by someone. The young nurse’s aide began to wonder if he had the strength for his job. She pointed down the hallway and said, "We’ve got to go all the ...

992. I Believe In Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Robert Allen

... the mountain trails until the day he found himself face to face with the biggest ... ugliest ... meanest ... grizzly bear he had ever seen. He saw no means of escape and the bear was coming toward him growling. The minister did the only thing he knew to do. He dropped to his knees, closed his eyes, and began to pray. The longer he prayed, the better he felt. The bear had not attacked. So, the minister opened his eyes to see where the bear was and the bear was kneeling right in front of him. The minister was ...

993. The Gospel In Miniature

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... in that small church when the thunder began to roll in the distance. Once the service was over, there was a reception in the fellowship hall. It was one of those occasions when I was in a hurry to get my car and start home before the thunderstorm dropped its rivers of water. However, since the reception was in my honor, I could not slip out early. After a short while, the claps of thunder were no longer in the distance. They seemed like they were right over the church, because that little church seemed to ...

994. The Easter Event - After The Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Robert Allen

... the door ... that you put your arm around me ... that you lifted me down from the horse ... there was a fire on your hearth ... and a warm supper on your stove ... After supper, you took me up to bed, heard my prayers, and then sat beside me until I dropped asleep. You undoubtedly realize why I am recalling these things. Some day soon God may send for you, to take you to a new home. Don’t fear the summons ... the strange journey ... or the messenger of death ... At the end of the road, you will find love ...

995. Merry Kurtzman

Sermon

Erskine White

... can find it for you." Almost an hour later, the clerk returned with a large, heavy leather-bound book. "Here it is," she said as she blew the dust off the cover and handed it to her inquisitive visitors. They opened to the title page and almost dropped the book in surprise. "Why, this is the Holy Bible!" they exclaimed, and as they thumbed through the pages, they discovered it was the same Bible they knew. "You think this book is about Regis Kurtzman?" they asked. "When was the last time you read it?" "Like ...

996. Maximizing Opportunities

Illustration

Barry L. Johnson

... completion. If not, two of the three possible effects of throwing a pass result: an incompletion or, perish the thought, an interception. Woody explained why some defensive backs get more interceptions than others. It’s a matter of courage and position. As soon as the quarterback drops back to pass, the tension is on. The defensive back has two choices. He can play it safe and simply stay far behind the receiver so as to make the tackle after the catch. Or, he can do the job right and position himself so ...

997. Coming Down The Mountain

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... Elisha apparently did not receive that "double portion," but he received something else, and perhaps something more important. As they were walking along suddenly a chariot and horses of fire came between them, and Elijah was swept up in the whirlwind and his mantle dropped to the ground. The story beyond today’s reading goes on to tell us that Elisha picked up the mantle and went back to the Jordan River they had crossed together earlier. Elisha struck the water of the river with Elijah’s mantle just ...

998. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... turned ever so slowly and saw the uniform with the bayonet. And then he heard these cold words, "If you want to give her the water, get in the car." What seemed like an eternity, but in reality only a few seconds, the engineer held on to the pail, then dropped it and walked back to his engine. That is one painful picture that is hard to erase from one’s memory. Although I heard this story many years ago, its haunting power remains ever fresh in my mind. If I had been the engineer, what would I have done ...

999. The Ten Commandments - Part 2

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... cultivating the relationship, then, you might say to me that my use of the word friend is somewhat of a misnomer. Someone once wrote a tongue-in-check letter to God that was published in a magazine. It gets the point over quite clearly. It reads: “Dear God, just dropping you a little note to let you know how deeply I believe in you. Our minister says that being in fellowship with you is what it is all about. I think so too. Why just last Sunday he was talking about that relationship--no, wait a minute, it ...

1000. Nazareth: The Hidden Years

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... asked Jesus if he wore roses in his hair. Jesus answered humbly that they should take all but the naked thorns away. Then of the thorns the children made a crown. And with rough fingers pressed it down, Till on his forehead fair and young Red drops of blood like roses sprung.1 There is lovely sentiment in that. Other legends turn to the bizarre and miraculous. One of the apocryphal stories says that one day Jesus and some of his playmates were making little mud animals, the way youngsters do today with ...

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