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Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... gristmill, which extracts the juice. The juice is then cooked to the proper consistency, bottled and sold as molasses. Now seed, cane, and molasses are three separate things, but they are inseparably linked, all of the same substance. The Trinity is not exactly like that, but sort of. When you come right down to it, the fact is that the doctrine of the Trinity is not holy arithmetic, but holy mystery. How can God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit be "God in three persons," as we sang in our opening hymn ("Holy ...

1002. The Spear

John 19:31-35

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... few hours before He was eating with His disciples and now He was dead. This was a Friday and only a few hours away from the Sabbath which was the Jewish holy day, like our Sunday. The Jewish leaders didn't want any sign of a dead body or any sort of trouble showing on the Sabbath, so they asked the Roman Governor, Pilate, to have the legs of the men who were still on the cross broken so that they would die sooner. Not only were they beaten and nailed to the crosses, but now they were going to break ...

1003. That All-Pervasive Snake

Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Joann Hary

... time and never got fired." 4. "I'm glad that I finally got all my records together so that I can get my income tax done. It really does take a lot of time to get them all collected, but now that I have them all in a box and sorted it feels pretty good." ENTER THE SNAKE: "You know, you could just as well not take some of those records with you to the tax-preparer. After all, Uncle Sam will never know whether you earned a few dollars here and there doing sewing, or that you have been cleaning ...

1004. Death Stinks

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... ." Now, Karen might have been very young, but she was not stupid. She saw the steam roller run over the cat. She saw the cat AFTER the steam roller had run over it. The cat looked dead to her. But Mom knows best, she’s had more experience with this sort of thing. So, a few days later, Karen dug Miss Kitty up to see if she was awake yet. And she found out Mom was wrong! Miss Kitty was NOT asleep. She wasn’t pretty any more, and did she ever STINK! Miss Kitty was graveyard dead! No doubt about ...

1005. Episode 1: The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... by 3:15 that next morning every prostitute in Honolulu was in that place. There was wall-to-wall prostitutes - and me. At 3:30 on the dot the door of the diner swung open and in came Agnes and her friend. I had everybody ready; after all, I was sort of the informal master of ceremonies of this whole affair. It was my idea, so when they came in we all jumped up and screamed and we sang, "Happy birthday, Agnes!" And you know, I've never seen a person so flabbergasted, so stunned, so shaken. Her mouth fell ...

1006. We Don't Know How To Pray

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... of things over which we have no control. A young couple plans an outdoor wedding. They hope for sunshine on that day, put in a special request with the preacher, "Please pray that it doesn’t rain on our wedding" (preachers have more control over that sort of thing than ordinary folks do, you know). And one hour before the scheduled start of the ceremony, the biggest downpour anyone can remember seeing in the last 20 years washes away their plans. "Thanks a lot, preacher." And I have to remind someone yet ...

1007. You Don't Give a Damn

Luke 4:14-30

Illustration

James Garrett

... point. They’d heard that many times before. But he went on. “My first point is this. At this time there are approximately two billion people starving to death in the world.” The reaction through the congregation was about the same, since they’d heard that sort of statement many times before, too. And then he said, “My second point…” Everybody sat up. Only 10 or 15 seconds had passed, and he was already on his second point? He paused, then said, “My second point is that most of you don’t ...

1008. Is He Really Coming?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... him purify themselves, just as he is pure" (1 John 3:3). Peter said, "The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers" (1 Peter 4:7). "Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God ...?" (2 Peter 3:11-12). Because our human nature is still with us, we are prone to become lazy in our faith. The promise of ...

1009. How Soon Is "Soon"?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... believers. Among the signs that Jesus said would precede his coming are wars and rumors of wars, famines and earthquakes and disturbances affecting the heavenly bodies. The trouble with these signs, of course, is that they are so ordinary. Events of this sort are occurring all the time. More significant than the signs of nature and history are those relating to spiritual conditions. False prophets and false christs will arise, said Jesus. They may do spectacular deeds and will lead many astray. Strong evil ...

1010. Get Ready

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... warned, "Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day catch you unexpectedly, like a trap" (Luke 21:34). Peter wrote, "Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God ..." (2 Peter 3:11-12). Paul declared, "The night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of ...

1011. The Sound of Everlasting Joy

Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... helped them to start living new lives. "And you know," he continued, "it helped me, there in prison. I was set free in my heart long before the army came to set me free. When I got home to my wife, I found her to be downhearted and scared and sort of bound up in herself. So, I've come to get a copy of that book. I want to read it to her. I want what happened to me to happen to her." Do you think of the Easter resurrection as something far off, something that happened in a garden ...

1012. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... according to Paul; to experience the joy of being loved is more desirable than the possession of knowledge, and the ability to express love is a thing surpassing wisdom. Without love, knowledge and discernment are likely to be misused. Jonah was a prophet of sorts. From the moment he arrived in the sprawling Assyrian city of Ninevah, he knew what was going to happen. God had told him. Doom and destruction were impending, and the more he pronounced it, the more enthusiastic he became. He "knew what was going ...

1013. Divorce-Proofing Your Marriage

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... love completely and trust totally without jealousy in our hearts. Not only are we not to be jealous of our partners, but we are also not to make our partners jealous. It is rather sad, but some people feed on the jealousy of their mates. In a sick sort of way, it makes them feel good when their partner flies into a jealous rage. That is in essence saying, "It makes me feel good when you feel bad." Wouldn't you agree that's pretty sick? Because of their loving concern for each other, Christian couples should ...

1014. Discipline Hurts But Helps

Matthew 18:15-20

Children's Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... to hurt you; he wants to help you! It is through the pain of sticking the needle in your arm that the doctor can quickly get the medicine into your body and help you get well. So, even though the doctor hurts you, he helps you! You know, it's sort of like that with your parents. They will do things which hurt you in order to help you know right from wrong. As much as you want to always do what's right, sometimes you do wrong! There are times when your actions get sick. Sometimes you disobey your parents ...

1015. Mother's Day Gifts

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... of love, honor, and respect that we should. We know we don't, and we feel guilty about it. So on Mother's Day, we try to make up for our failure by giving MOM gifts to symbolize our true feelings of affection and appreciation. We give all sorts of gifts which range from the extravagant to the simple, from store-bought to the homemade, from fancy flowers to fattening foods. We should shower Mother with gifts, for indeed she needs to be reminded of our love and gratitude for all she has done. My chief concern ...

1016. Sealed by God

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... hand mixer. You may adapt the children's sermon to the type of appliance you can bring. Lesson: Good morning. Do any of you know what this is? (Hold up the mixer) Yes, it's an electric mixer. Have you ever seen your Mommy or Daddy use this? (Responses) What sort of things do they use the mixer for? (Responses) Do you know how it works? Plug it in, if possible, and demonstrate for a few seconds That's how it works. Now, I paid a lot of money for this, and I want to be sure that it works right ...

1017. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Bulletin Aid

Robert G. McCreight

... called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you." But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son ...

1018. Monologue: Silent Silas

Acts 15:22-35

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... write, all polished. After all, I was a fisherman in Galilee; I learned my Greek in the fish market. Silas was a city man, educated, a traveler who spoke Greek wherever he went. He wrote my letter for mean carried it to the churches in Asia Minor. You ask what sort of a man he was. John Mark was like a son to me; Silas was more like a brother. That’s what I called him in my letter: a faithful brother. I met him back in Jerusalem, when he first became a Christian. He was a good man, upright, well ...

1019. Six Nails of the Cross VI: The Nail of Cruelty

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and for others. It is a law of existence that if you love someone long enough and deeply enough, that love will entail suffering. A casual love, a superficial concern, can avoid suffering, because it backs off when the going gets rough. The deep sort of concern and sharing that characterized Jesus' love persists until the end, even to suffering and death. And it is of this love, suffering and death that Paul writes: Through him God chose to reconcile the whole universe to himself, making peace through the ...

1020. What's A Savior Worth?

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Drama

Joe Barone

... : I don't know why I did it really. I thought I had been faithful. Maybe I just wanted this great teacher to look me in the eye and tell me so. Or maybe I really wondered. Maybe no matter how I tried to keep the law, I had some sort of sense that keeping the law was not enough. Maybe I wanted him to tell me what he told me. In any case, I went up to him, like a lot of you would. I tried to be humble in his presence. I don't know if you can understand ...

1021. What Reasons to Betray the Savior?

Matthew 26:17-30

Drama

Joe Barone

... to kill the one God had sent. Think about the death and destruction. Think about all the grieving parents. Think about all the blood and terror. From the beginning, it was a battle between good and evil. Don't tell me that the battle for God's kingdom is some sort of easy way. Read the gospel. Look at Matthew's story. He saw it a whole lot better than I did. He really did. Jesus' life was a battle for God's kingdom. "Judge not that you be not judged," Jesus said. Don't look for the speck in your ...

1022. As We Take Our Rest

Matthew 26:17-30

Drama

Joe Barone

... know what it was. I really didn't. I was the older brother of two who were among the first to be called, and yet I didn't really understand. You know, our lives are kind of like a tapestry. When we come before the Savior, we'll present a sort of woven blanket with threads of joy and threads of sorrow in it. And that's the way it was for me in my life with Jesus. You may remember that he called my brother and me "sons of thunder." You may remember that when he raised Jairus' daughter from ...

1023. Not My People

Hosea 1:1-2:1

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... when we have broken our covenant with You, You have never given up on reclaiming us for Your own. Lord, give us the wisdom to seek again Your redeeming love. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, we often allow ourselves to drift far away from the sort of lives You would have us live. Too often, we have not seen how the choices we make either close You out of our lives or totally compromise our witness for You. Forgive us, Lord, and give us the strength and the courage to be faithful and true ...

1024. Sandy Bread or Fertile Harvest

Joshua 5:12

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ? Pick up a piece of bread which is partially buried in the sand, dust it off, and offer it to one of the kids. Then, throw a few more pieces of bread. Sandy bread every day for forty years, or hold up the fruit bowl good farmland with all sorts of wonderful food? (response) The people of Israel liked the wonderful fruit and farmland too. Application: Set the two bowls before the children. What made the difference between this kind of life point to the sand bowl and this kind of life point to the fruit bowl ...

1025. Make Way For Poets Of The Heart

Sermon

James Angell

... . The Royalty Of The Pulpit was the title of a book written earlier in the century about who had been leading preachers of the times. I never owned the book. Neither have I forgotten that title. Royalty suggests superior status of some sort - pomp and circumstance, recognition, sovereignty. Pulpit "royalty" suggests that "these were among the best." Such a roll call of heroes will be forever changing and, to some degree, indexed to culture (if popularity is the yardstick). Yet it will also transcend the ...

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