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976. Preparing for the King

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... prepare for the coming of the Son of God? The Bible tells us that God is holy, holy, holy! When the biblical writers want to add emphasis, they use repetition. God is holy, holy, holy! He is a God of righteousness and justice. How else could unholy ... creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” Did you hear that? The old has gone, the new is here! Don’t you want God to do a new thing in you? Finally, we prepare for the coming of Christ by receiving God’s grace. We are not disciples of John ...

977. It Helps If You Laugh

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... it killed me --- and sometimes it nearly did, especially when my Dad found out. My friends couldn't honk their horns for me, Mom always wanted to meet them and made them come in the house. She wouldn't let me sleep all day on Saturdays like everybody else. NO! ... will look at you and think you're the meanest mother in the whole world. There's a little poem I ran across that I want to share that might just get you through on those occasions. Her cookie jar is always filled, Her car is always ready; She never ...

978. If It Helps You Laugh

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

979. Playing Outside the Rules

Luke 6:27-38 · Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... someone slaps you on the cheek, offer the other one as well. If someone takes your coat, don’t withhold your shirt either. Give to everyone who asks, and don’t demand your things back from those who take them. Treat people in the same way that you want them to treat you.” This was a revolutionary thought. And before you say, “well we all know that….,” ask yourself, but do we though? I think this statement is still as revolutionary today as it was back then. We just like to think we’ve got it ...

980. The Gift

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Christmas gift often tells us very little about who we are. But it tells a great deal about who someone thinks we are, or wants us to be. A man I know was the oldest in his family. His sister was the youngest. Every Christmas, he would always receive ... Spring day, I got on the machine and the day after that. It became a regular part of my life. It was not the gift I wanted, but it was the gift I needed. Sometimes others are much better suited than you to know the gifts which are really your heart's desire. ...

981. Shameless!

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... . Literally (from the Greek), verse eight says, “Because of the prospect of being put to shame, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.” At first blush, it almost sounds like Jesus is saying that we can shame God into giving us whatever it is we want. While it sounds like that, we need to blush again. Let’s go back to our original discussion of parables. Most of them make one point. The point of this one is not that we should try to shame the Lord into doing our bidding. It’s that we know ...

982. Let's Get Together

Acts 2:1-21 · Genesis 11:1-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... respond to God for its unity? And that, I think, is the point of this old story of the Tower of Babel. Here is a story about ill-gotten human unity as opposed to the unity which God wills. God told them to scatter. But they don't want to scatter. They want to stay where they are, in their own little community of common language, common race, common place. If we can just get everybody to talk with the same accent, wear the same clothes, believe the same slogans, and work on the same projects we can make a ...

983. Taking the Long Way Home

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Will Willimon

... what Jesus says to her makes us blush. “It isn't right to take the children's bread and ·throw it to dogs.” If I had been writing the gospel, I would have that. Our Lord calls this poor Greek woman a dog! It's not that Jesus doesn't want to help suffering people. That's what he has been doing constantly. He has come out to this Greek resort for a few days of rest. Besides, his mission is to the children of Israel, and who could be more oppressed and deserving than they? Occupied by Rome, pushed about ...

984. Two Lives to Live

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets. Luke 23-26 I just went through that quickly, because I want to explain something before we talk more about it. I think it will help explain why Jesus got the reaction he did. It is the word ‘woe’. For us, that word usually means something sad, or sorrowful, or that is some kind of misery. We say, “Woe is me ...

985. A Sermon About Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... closer, warmer, more intimate relationship with God. Not the relationship of penitent to priest, or claimant to judge. The relationship that Jesus wanted for us is one of child to parent. When you come before God, come as a loving child to a loving parent, ... who weeps with us when we are in pain, and who dances with us when we are enraptured with joy. And I believe that that God wants only good things for us. How do I know? The Bible tells me so. Listen: “Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks ...

986. Guilt And Shame

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... , I'm in no mood. If you've to got \nsomething to say, say it. \nSAM: Okay, I deserve that, maybe, but ....\nRENA: Let's cut right to it. Sam, you're a loser. My dad said \nit from the start. You're no good. \nSAM: I just want to explain.\nRENA: What explanation can there be? You were at some dirty, \nfilthy massage parlor. (WAVING THE BUSINESS CARD) Away from the \n"little woman," the "nagging wife," to some convention in \nWashington and and you think you can do anything you like. \nThat's not a husband ...

987. Sabotaging The Sabath

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Richard Patt

... students," but we burden them with so much study and homework that they never quite have time also to learn how to relate pleasingly to their peers; after all, "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." There are so many occasions in life when we want things "to turn out well." The trick is to refrain from forcing the issue to the extent that we end up with negative results. There once was a loving couple who had the wife's elderly mother living with them. Their concern was for her security while both ...

988. A Christian With A Conflict Of Interest

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

James McLemore

... Sunday. I would go to prayer meeting, but those people get too holy. Don't you know that if you don't want to talk to God on your time, God may not want to talk to you on his time? I know that I should give my tithes to the church, but the church is ... that you can't control your emotions. You have to acknowledge that there is a conflict between how you act and how you want to act. Then you must face this conflict, confront it with yourself. Second, you must take the steps to correct the conflict. You must ...

989. God's Most Unmistakable Message

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... many people of our own era can identify with him? He was not so much a scoundrel as an impatient idealist who would not wait for Jesus to do things his way. Our complex world today is filled with people who are like Judas. They want to change everything today, and when they cannot, they become disillusioned. A sixth group was the crowd who gathered on that terrible Friday. The individuals in this group were all decent enough people, but in the crowd their individual personalities melted to the lowest common ...

990. The Peace Treaty

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Sandra Hefter Herrma

... and harassed; you may even be jailed ‚--û we can't know how this will go. Make no effort to find bugs in the embassy, put no scramblers on the line; everything should be completely open and above board. You understand? At any and all costs, we want peace." How would you respond? An ambassadorship is a sign of trust, and such an appointment is one of the highest honors any country can bestow upon a citizen. Yet here is the president of the United States saying that your safety as ambassador cannot be ...

991. Let's Live

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... are you thinking about? We say to our kids, "Don't run!" Why not say to them, "walk!" The message of the Bible is not a simple "don't do this, that, and the other thing." It's do this and live! What's your "do plan?" What do you want to do? For Isaiah the people of Israel were doing all the right things at church and all the wrong things everywhere else which made even the right things the wrong things to do. All those sacrifices and rituals were the right things to do but they became the wrong ...

992. Raised Voices

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... it doesn't make any sense. It's a foolish, dangerous idea and it could get us all killed. REBECCA: But ...! HANNAH: God doesn't work that way. He doesn't take his people out of one bad situation just to put them into another even worse. If he truly wanted to help us, he would do something sensible. REBECCA: This isn't sensible, to get out of Egypt for good? HANNAH: Certainly not! He should change Pharaoh's heart -- he's capable of that, isn't he? -- and make him love us. Then we could stay here in Egypt and ...

993. The Good Soldier

John 20:1-9

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... didn't believe in the gods. LUCIUS: I never said that. You're the one who thinks he's too macho for that sort of thing. FLAVIUS: So I am. Religion is for women and other weak people. Not for soldiers. LUCIUS: Maybe. But I'm interested. I want to find out more. FLAVIUS: Really? LUCIUS: Sure. Aren't you, just a little? Haven't you always wondered whether the gods really exist? Haven't you ever wished they did exist? FLAVIUS: I can't imagine what for. All gods do is push people around and require sacrifices ...

994. Week Three Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . No, God asks nothing other than we be ourselves, the true persons that he created. Today's Gospel is perfect evidence that God does not care about lofty position or household names. The attitude that one brings is all important to God. The Pharisee is one who wants others to know that he is important. His acts of fasting and payment of the tithe are good actions. Certainly God is pleased with people who sincerely fast or support the Church so that God's work can be furthered in the world. But if one does ...

995. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... death. "Lord," Thomas burst forth at the Last Supper, "we do not know where you are going: how can we know the way?" (John 14:5). But what Thomas really meant to say was: "Lord, I know where you are going. You are going to your death, and I want to go with you. So please, do what you must, but stop consoling us when you know that there is no consolation." One Of The Twelve I am certain that the apostles were provoked with Thomas. They resented his throwing cold water on their confidence in Jesus or, rather ...

996. It's Called Forgiveness

Matthew 6:5-15

Drama

Karren Boehr

... I got it. 2ND BROTHER: (Slowly) It doesn't matter. All that matters is that you are my brother ... and I love you. 1ST BROTHER: (Leans over the table) Didn't you hear what I said? I cheated you! 2ND BROTHER: It doesn't matter. Hate is death, and I want to live in life. (Standing and extending his hand) Brother, all I ask is that you forgive me for my anger against you, and that you allow me to live in peace with you, once again. 1ST BROTHER: (Still sitting. Thinks, then slowly extends his hand as if he has ...

997. Be About It

Matthew 5:1-12

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... needn't worry, it doesn't concern you. MERLE: It will concern me if I listen to it. GEORGINA: I have a complaint and I want it handled. MERLE: Okay, I'll handle it if you promise me one thing. GEORGINA: One thing? What is it? MERLE: You won't ever make ... have all that? MERLE: I've got it all. GEORGINA: Okay, read it back to me so I know you've got it. MERLE: You really want me to? You're on your lunch break, remember? GEORGINA: Well, hurry it up, then. Yes, read it all back to me but be quick about ...

998. Knock, Knock!

Matthew 21:28-32

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... to audit me. VERNA: I don't think so, dear. WINNY: I assure you, Sir, I didn't come to audit your tax return. MITCH: That's what you say. VERNA: Dear, isn't it our Christian duty to help those who want to learn about the Kingdom of God? I think it is. WINNY: Thank you, Ma'am. MITCH: You two just get out of here, now! (HE SHOVES WINNY AND SUGAR) VERNA: Here, now, there's no need to get violent. MITCH: Just get them out of here. VERNA: (WITH HER ...

999. David The Giant Killer

2 Samuel 16:15--17:29

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... going to kill the giant, Goliath, for you. SAUL: Giant, schmiant. That's not my problem. Giants are no problem. It's my daughter. No one wants to marry her. DAVID: I'll marry her. SAUL: No, no, David. You're like a son to me. I couldn't stick you with her ... Deal. (THEY PERFORM AN ELABORATE HANDSHAKE. DAVID EXITS AND THEN REENTERS) DAVID: Oh, I forgot my lunch. SAUL: Who are you? What do you want? DAVID: I forgot my lunch. SAUL: Who are you? DAVID: Your almost son-in-law. SAUL: Did I call for you? DAVID: Well, ...

1000. In His Debt

Matthew 23:1-39

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... really don't know. LES: Is this guy giving you a hard time, Miss? MARLA: Well, I don't know the Bible that well. But I did want to bring my gift to the altar. LES: Listen, guy, why not butt out. This lady is bringing her gift and I, for one, don't think ... and I expect it to do the most good in God's Kingdom. GUY: Would you say there are some strings attached? LES: Why, no. I just want to make sure that it's used correctly. GUY: If it's a gift, your responsibility is to bring it. When you leave the gift it is ...

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