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976. Recollections of Abdul, Camel Boy for An Eastern Potentate

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... to make their purposes or their membership known. There's a lot I do not know, and I've worked for Casper these three years. Besides that, I knew something of him long before I came, long before the great disaster which destroyed my family. Casper always was sort of a friend of my father's even though they moved in such different worlds. When I think about it, where would I have gone without that friendship between Casper and my father? What would have been my fate after the execution of my father and the ...

977. The Banquet

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... conscience. Elizabeth had said over the phone, "I do understand, pastor, if you cannot come. I know you are a busy man, but if you have time, how wonderful it would be to share a cup of tea with you." Despite his guilt Mark invented all sorts of reasons not to go to see Elizabeth. He had important meetings to attend: the County Helpline Board was meeting that afternoon and he was a member of the board; there was also a vacation Bible school meeting late into the afternoon and a district church meeting ...

978. The Best Present

Hebrews 10:9

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... to show them how much I care about them. Isn't that why we give presents? Just as the wise men brought gifts to Jesus, we give gifts on the birthday of Jesus to show people how much we love them. A long time ago, people used to bring all sorts of gifts to God to show God how much they loved him. They called these gifts sacrifices. But Jesus came and showed us that what God really wants is for us to give ourselves to God. Application: I want to share with you a scripture this morning. The scripture comes ...

979. Lifting the Veil

2 Corinthians 3:7-18

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate that Jesus Christ shows us to God. Props: A veil. Lesson: How many of you have ever been to a wedding? At a wedding there are all sorts of neat things. What kind of things do you see or hear at a wedding? (response) Of course there are brides and grooms at weddings. The groom wears a nice suit or a tuxedo. And the bride wears a pretty dress. Many brides wear something on their faces. Do you ...

980. The Prize

Philippians 3:13-14

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate the importance of persistence. Props: A trophy of some sort. Adapt this sermon to the type of trophy that you have. Lesson: Good morning! I want to show you something that is very important to me. Hold up the trophy. What is this? (response) Yes, it's a trophy. Can you tell from the little person on top of the ...

981. Belonging to Christ

Galatians 3:29

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To show that once we belong to Christ, there is no distinction among us. Props: Some sort of strong bag or carrier (duffel bag, athletic bag, and so forth), and a football, a basketball, and a soccer ball. Lesson: Today I brought my bag to show you. This is my bag, and the things inside are mine. There are some different things inside, but they are all ...

982. There Is No Law Against Such Things

Galatians 5:23

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... Now do the same with the other signs. At the very last, bring out the No Smiling sign. Have you ever seen this sign? (response) Do you know what kind of sign this is? (response) This is a No Smiling sign. Is that a strange sort of sign to have? (response) Why? (response) You're right; there's nothing wrong with smiling. What are other things that there's nothing wrong with? (response) Is there anything wrong with loving someone, or helping someone, or being thoughtful? (response) Why? (response) Application ...

983. Wine from Water: The Wedding

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... in bread. Our industrial society has since used fermentation to produce lactic, citric, and acetic acids that are important to the food and chemical industries. Other modern fermentations produce solvents like acetone, fuels like butanol, explosives, plastics, and all sorts of marvelous substances. Modern agriculture has always depended on fermentation to process chopped crops in silos and harvestores, but now more and more farmers are trying to use that same process to produce not only feed but gasahol. At ...

984. Saved By Water: The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... she had seen and heard of Jesus and then she asked that simple question: "Can this be the Christ?" You and I don't need to ask that question; we have the answer. He is the Christ. He is the coming one arrived. He is the living water for any sort of spiritual dryness, for any spiritual desert on which any of us might walk. The woman of Sychar was on a sexual desert. A lot of people are. There are other deserts. Many of us have at least one foot in some kind of desert; it may be a desert ...

985. God's Way Of Doing Things

Ruth 3:1-18, 4:13-22

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... way about their vocations, believing they have been led into a particular life's work by God. As a church, we trust that our plans and decisions are guided by God's spirit. But why would we think such a thing? How do we know our lives are following any sort of divine intention? God doesn't appear to us in visions and tell us who to marry. I've never known a pastor who claimed to have heard a voice from heaven calling him or her into the ministry. God never serves as a voting member of a church board ...

986. The Easy Yoke

Matthew 11:25-30

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... either. Her life was simple, and those of you who treasure memories of her will mostly find little treasures to treasure. You will remember the things that she made, like apple pie and cookies. Her home always smelled of fresh-baked pastry and treats of some sort.You know what kind of person ___________ was. She was not pretentious. She was just a good, common, hard-working loving person. She made memories, which are far more valuable than things, and she had a caring family.I don't know how many hours have ...

987. Commencement

Revelation 21:1-27

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... word as recorded in Revelation is: "No more tears, no more death, no more sorrow nor crying, no more pain, for the former things have passed away."Let us be honest and admit that ___________ loved some of the "former things", some of the same sort of things we love. It's just like loving some of our school experiences, although we could hardly admit it then. Some of the things that ____________ loved included us, all of us, friends and relatives alike. Some of the former things ______________ loved include ...

988. The Dining Room

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... in heaven." It may also mean a place at his table as comfortable as your place at home. All of this is merely introduction to the place that reminds me of _____________. It's the room most easily visualized in which we can imagine her busy and active again. It sort of puts us in "the waiting room," but that's okay. We have each other to talk to and to be with as she works and readies all things for an announcement that goes something like this: "Ok. Come and get it. Supper's ready." Her room is the kitchen ...

989. Christmas Eve at the Candy Cane Inn

Drama

Edward Long

... to help God in special ways. His name was Nicholas and he gave gifts to needy children ... later they came to call him a Saint. Later still his place in life became so large and so fancy - with flying reindeer, red suit and all - folks just sort of forgot the spiritual part of St. Nicholas, and that he works for God ... MRS. NICK: And that whenever at Yuletide people are kind to one another, or give gifts, especially to children, the spirit and reality of St. Nicholas is there. NICK: (Changes the subject ...

990. Step Two - Hope

Mk 10:46-52 · 2 Cor 12:7-10 · Is 12:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... very rich very quickly. But he was unsatisfied with his life. Something was missing, but, unlike the blind man, he could not name it specifically. Then he came under the influence of a preacher by the name of Larry Durgin who helped Millard and his wife sort out what his faith was leading him toward. Fuller, along with his wife, decided to take a huge leap of faith. They gave away all the money they had and started Habitat for Humanity. He gave everything away and now often has former President Jimmy Carter ...

991. Step Seven - Humiltiy

Mt 23:25-36 · 2 Ti 2:20-26 · Ps 51:1-14

Sermon

John A. Terry

... spent little time in the kitchen, which is to say it is not a very good analogy. What he tried to say was this: The great house is the church, and the Christians are the various utensils. Like a kitchen with different utensils, in the church there are all sorts of conditions of persons. Whatever our place on the shelf, it is for us to make ourselves useful to God. A plate may look beautiful, but up high on the shelf it is of no practical value. Another plate may have a great deal of practical value, but it ...

992. Jesus Is Made Known in the Breaking of the Bread

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Steven Burt

... I see people, and they look like trees walking. Things are kind of fuzzy and indistinct -- but they’re coming.” Then, after the second stage of his healing, he can see perfectly fine. These two disciples on the Emmaus road begin to see in a sort of fuzzy way as Jesus talks with them and helps them search the Scriptures to determine what the death on the Cross means and what it means in their lives. That’s the first step. Sharing an intimate fellowship meal, sensing and accomplishing one’s mission ...

993. They are Cheering You On!

Hebrews 12:1

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: Explanation of the concept: a great cloud of witnesses. Props: A basketball, ballet shoes, a tennis ball, and some running shoes concealed in a container of some sort. Lesson: I've got some things here today that I want to show you. Are you ready? First hold up the basketball for just a brief moment, then hide it again. Did you see my football? (response) What was it then? (response) A basketball? Okay, you were right. Bring out ...

994. Where the Scary Things Live

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... his lair and eat me up. I KNEW that the monster was there. My Aunt Pearl TOLD me he was there, and she wouldn’t lie about something as terrible as that! People just don’t lie about serious stuff, especially kinfolk! Some grownups seem to get a perverse sort of pleasure from scaring the daylights out of children. Have you ever known anyone like that? For me it was Aunt Pearl. God love her, she had a lot of wonderful qualities and I loved her dearly, but that woman could have given lessons on how to scare ...

995. Just Who Do You Think You Are?

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... , Keillor says, "nobody except the members and God knew about it." When other kids would ask about his religious affiliation, the narrator would reply, "Protestant." Being a member of the Church of Sanctified Brethren was just too much to explain. Keillor writes, "It was sort of like having six toes. You would rather just keep your shoes on all the time." The boy from Lake Wobegon discovered early in life that folks who call themselves Christians are NOT all the same, that, in fact, they may do things very ...

996. Exasperating Grace

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... on Sunday morning with the expectation that, sooner or later, if they pay close attention, the preacher is going to step on their toes. It’s unavoidable; it’s inevitable; it just can’t be helped. In fact, it’s something some folks look forward to, in a masochistic sort of way. I heard a friend of mine say from the pulpit one Sunday, "Well, folks, I’ve been here about 5 years now. And if I haven’t stepped on your toes yet, be patient – I’ll get around to you sooner or later." The Gospel of ...

997. Another Tricky Question

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... at least I got a pretty good weather change indicator out of it! The wrist that broke when I fell against the curb still aches every time a storm front moves in.) A group of Pharisees, showing their ignorance by assuming that Jesus had some sort of political agenda ("Why else would he be touring the countryside, making speeches, and hugging all those children?") came to Jesus one day with a tricky question. Or should I say ANOTHER tricky question? Members of the religious establishment of Jesus’ day were ...

998. Nothing Difficult Is Ever Easy

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... not...") and 268 positive commands ("thou shalt..."). You thought it was hard to memorize TEN? So the spot on which the Pharisees tried to put Jesus with this question was this: out of all 613 of God’s commandments, which one would you say is most important? That’s sort of like asking someone which is the greatest sin, isn’t it? A sin is a sin, but, for example, is it more sinful to be a homosexual than it is to lie on your income tax return? If we were not already familiar with the answer Jesus gives ...

999. Get Ready, Get Set...Wait!

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that God may teach us his ways, and that we may walk in his paths." In the world of Isaiah’s vision, war was a thing of the past, and the nations of the earth lived together in peace. What sort of images come to your mind when you think about Advent? Maybe you remember a classic work of art showing the journey to Bethlehem, the nativity, or the adoration of the Christ Child. Or maybe your traditional symbols of the season include the huge, brightly-lit tree on the ...

1000. The Scariest Sound in the World

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... of Halloween from the traditional date, October 31, which fell this year on Sunday, to Saturday, October 30. The outrage evident in some of the letters published on the editorial page of the Roanoke Times would lead a person to think that some sort of sacrilege had been committed, some grave violation (pardon the pun) of time-honored tradition. And some have pointed the finger of blame at the church, although it’s my understanding that the churches made no DEMANDS on their respective local governing ...

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