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1051. The Golden Gift

Drama

... Uncle and I, are most grateful to you, Monsieur. PAUL: If there is nothing further, I will take this wretch to the jail. ARLETTE: Bonne nuit, Monsieur. BISHOP: Un moment, s'il vous plait. PAUL: Oui, Monseigneur. BISHOP: On what charge? PAUL: I do not understand. BISHOP: You say you are taking him to jail. Is it not the law that some charge must be brought against those we put behind bars? PAUL: Burglary. He will be charged with burglary. BISHOP: That is not possible. PAUL: I still do not comprehend. BISHOP ...

1052. Parable of Strange Words

1 Corinthians 14:1-25

Illustration

... as they walked home from the Sunday services. "Of course, I do. I love my church. Don't you?" "I like the singing and I like the friendly people and I do like the minister, but I don't know what he says." "Do you mean that you don't understand the sermon?" asked the surprised mother. "I think he talks quite plainly." "Oh, I know the children's story all right, but many of the words I don't know and I start thinking about other things." "Tell you what," said the mother. "Next Sunday you write down each word ...

1053. The Fifth Sunday in Lent

John 11:1-16

Sermon

Kendall K. McCabe

... , to support and be supported. It seems clear from John's Gospel that Lazarus and his sisters had been a source of comfort to Jesus. It was at their home he found hospitality and rest from the bustle of the crowds and the hostility of those who did not understand him. Now here was an opportunity to return the favors of the loving care of that house in Bethany. Not only would he be able to bring Lazarus back to life, but, by that event, Lazarus would become the means by which others would see God was working ...

1054. Let God Be God

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit." Nicodemus said to him, "How can this be?" Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do no! understand this? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things ...

1055. Trinity Sunday

Jn 16:12-15 · Rom 5:1-5 · Prov 8:22-31

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... that identifies a Christian. No other religion holds to or teaches the Trinity. A Christian is one who holds that Jesus is God, the Spirit is God as well as the Father-God. None but a Christian will confess this. c. The Trinity is needed to give balance to our understanding of God. For some God is too far above us, beyond us, transcendent to this point that we cannot know nor approach him. Christ then becomes our all-in-all. He is the common man's God. Yet, Jesus is not God but close to God like a son. As ...

1056. Proper 26

Lk 19:1-10 · 2 Thes 1:5-12 · Ex 34:5-9 · Hag 2:1-9

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... does it mean to be saved? Who is lost? Is this a sermon for only those outside the church? Or, are "Members" still not saved? Is salvation a one-event experience or is it a process? Moreover, in this text we get the answer to the need for people's understanding of the primary purpose of the church - to reach out as a little Christ to the unsaved world and bring the world to a saving relationship with God. Outline: Is Jesus after you? A. Are you lost? What does it mean to be lost? B. Are you being sought? In ...

1057. Epiphany 3

Lk 4:14-21 · 1 Cor 12:12-30 · Neh 8:1-10 · Isa 61:1-6

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... One behind the Word. Through the reading of the Bible God speaks to his people. In our day many churches practice standing for the reading of the Gospel lesson. 4. Sense (v. 8) It is not enough to hear the Word read. There should be understanding of what is read. Philip asked the Ethiopean eunuch, "Do you understand what you are reading?" To help people understand, Ezra had aides who translated the Hebrew into the tongue of the people and explained it. Today this is one purpose of the sermon - it gives an ...

1058. Victory and Protest

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Richard L. Thulin

... of praise, we honor all that God has done, is doing, and will yet do. This work encompasses past, present and future. It includes both Church and world. The Eucharist is "the benediction by which the Church expresses its thankfulness for all God's benefits."4 My teenage understanding of the sacramental meal has widened and deepened. I am not only grateful for that, but in many ways I can hardly wait to experience what is next. I say that as though I have no idea of what my next learning will be. I am not ...

1059. Dog: Man's Best Friend?

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

... . When his wife saw what he'd brought home for a watch dog she couldn't believe her eyes and said, "What do you mean, bringing a little old French poodle home to guard the house? You must be out of your mind!" The man replied, "But you don't understand. This dog is trained in Karate!" She responded angrily, "Karate, my foot!" Not only do we tell dog stories, we also get very sentimental about them, and often dogs have been elevated to the title of "man's best friend." But I would like to submit, not the dog ...

1060. Miracle In the Bethlehem Inn

Drama

... the manger! He was so cute! I feel like there is something special about that baby. Does anyone else feel it? Claudia: Yeah, I know what you mean. I have seen a lot of babies before, but this one is different. It is almost as if he could really understand us - like he could see inside me. Cornelius: (Sounding disgusted.) Girls! You always make a big deal out of everything! He's just a baby - and a lucky one at that. A few more hours of wandering the streets of Bethlehem and he would have been born in some ...

1061. The Gift That Claims Our Response

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

... those on board the ship of the church. The implicit message is that if only the poor soul can be brought on board in time, salvation will have been gained. Our Lord’s tragic story of a guest without a wedding garment raises some disturbing questions about that understanding of the church’s calling. Being on the ship, being a member, being inside the banquet hall is not sufficient. In fact, it’s only the first step, an important step, but only the first of many yet to come. The real issue for us has to ...

1062. For Those On The Outside

Luke 8:40-56

Sermon

... way, then we will feel the chisel and mallet of the Lord God beginning to set us free, so that we may be healed of our afflictions and thus made whole and happy and free. This anonymous woman came to Jesus seeking a magical cure, but she came away understanding the mystery of faith, the real depth of faith. Jesus healed her through his attention and his love. Because in the end she did trust him to heal her. Jesus was able to say to her: "Daughter your faith has made you well." We are people who always have ...

1063. The Master Has Come - To Be Lord of Life

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

... rooms," he promised his disciples just the other night. Easter is the proof of it. A little boy attended the funeral of his grandfather. He noticed there in the funeral home that everyone spoke in hushed tones. There was a somber atmosphere he did not understand. So, finally he said, "Why all this whispering? No one’s asleep!" He captured what Easter means. The Lord of life has a power over death. II The Lord of life offers a power for living. The message of Easter means more than something otherworldly ...

1064. Two Gifts From God

1 Corinthians 14:15

Children's Sermon

... the thread to sew anything. It takes two things to get one thing done. The same thing is true in the Christian church. There is a lot of talk in the church today about speaking in tongues. People believe that God makes them speak in languages that they do not understand. The noise that they make sounds like another language, but it is not usually any language that people in this world speak. They say that it is the language of the Spirit of God. This is a gift of God and a very fine gift to be able to speak ...

1065. Repentance

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

... Repent, you bums!" He does not hit his listeners over the head with a saddlebag full of sin and guilt. Instead, John the Baptizer invites men and women to get ready for the new age which will be inaugurated with the coming of Christ. Matthew wants us to understand that to repent means to turn ourselves in the direction of the Christ. In 1972, my wife and I had the opportunity to worship in Shepherd's Field, which is located just outside the city of Bethlehem. It was a few weeks before Christmas and we were ...

1066. It Takes More than Sun to Grow

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

... we must make an effort. We will need to read God’s Holy Word and pray over it. And we will need to be open to God’s surprises and new insights that he has in store for us as we grow and stretch beyond our present level of understanding. This sounds exciting doesn’t it? 2. Jesus said that the second group are those who hear the Word and receive it with joy, but because this group has no root the Word only endures awhile. When tribulation comes the members of this group immediately stumble. One man has ...

1067. Good Morning, Jerusalem!

Drama

... the New Passover, that in light of our faith in him God passes over our sins and leads us through death into a new life. As I hear these reports of our rabbi’s missing body, and of his appearances to some of our little group, I don’t understand what is happening ... but I believe that Yeshua is the New Israel, the Son of God, and that the world hasn’t seen the last of its Messiah! Samuel: (Speaks to the Friend.) Thank you ... (Turns to the congregation.) To sum up: Our regular program this morning was ...

1068. The Passover Meal Of The Last Supper

Mark 14:12-26

Bulletin Aid

... near unto us. Amen. Scripture: Mark 14:17-21 Meditation "On the night before his death, our Lord Jesus took bread ..." We’ve known those words all our lives. The very familiarity of the Lord’s supper can sometimes be a block to our understanding. For one thing, we may not understand that it was not a unique nor an unusual thing for Jesus to take bread and break it and give it to them to eat. Every sabbath, every holiday was celebrated with the breaking of bread. The accounts of the last supper may seem ...

1069. Leadership: the Moses Model

Numbers 27:12-23

Sermon

... , we look into the rich Judeo/Christian tradition and discover the needed blueprint. We look to the Old Testament or, more properly phrased, the Hebrew Scriptures to a man who, in every way, was a leader. Moses was and is indispensable to a full understanding and appreciation of ecumenism. He serves as a model for us to emulate. Since the early Christians utilized the Torah or first five books of the Old Testament and were in the process of writing the New Testament, Moses was a dominant background figure ...

1070. Sovereignty: God’s Domain

Zephaniah 1:4-13

Sermon

... and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (1:8) I have been brought to my knees by the God of all, who insisted he was before the beginning and after the ending, as we understand time. After all, didn’t God create time? Zephaniah, with scalpel in hand, cuts away all pretenses, echoing some of what Amos prophesied and underlining, in unmistakable language, God never abdicates his throne. The message is so distinct and true to human behavior and the nature ...

1071. Security: Deeply Personal

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

... will also be different in his direct and powerful spirituality. His rule will not be distant and impersonal, but close and deeply personal. In our passage, Ezekiel offers a far-advanced look at Christ the King. He was much more than the prophet could understand, but he inspires us with enough details to know God came in the flesh, bringing a security never before known. He catches a glimpse of God’s personal presence in four easily recognizable ways. God Is Personally in Charge Away with the old failures ...

1072. Recovering From the Blahs

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... too much of their children - to get all As in school and to enter the highest professions. When they have their own desires which are contrary to those of their parents, the parents feel they have failed as parents. Overcoming the blahs calls for self-understanding. We need to understand that we cannot win every race. We win some and we lose some. Losing is a normal part of life. We need to learn how to lose graciously just as we feel good about winning. The thing for us to remember if we are depressed ...

1073. Call Him a Story Teller

Luke 1:1-4

Sermon

George Bass

... and disappeared as rapidly as he had appeared before us. He ran off to play with his friends. It seems to me that as he remembers the story of his drowning and resuscitation - and the miracle of restored life that is his - Joshua should have little trouble understanding the gospel and the sacrament of baptism, too, for that matter. When the stories of his early years and growing up are told, it will be the story of the day he drowned and, through medical science and the grace of God, was given new life that ...

1074. What Is Your Mercy Quotient?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... life. He had learned more about labor relations from being in a ditch, a dish pan, and a lumber camp than he had from all the books that he had read or written. Out of that experience, he came as close as any person of his class could in understanding how some workers live. It is interesting to wonder what would happen if each of us could do something like that, if not in actuality, at least in imagination. What if the suburbanite could live in the slum area for a week? What a profound experience that might ...

1075. The Joy of Being a Caring Person

Mt 25:31-46 · Lk 16:19-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... his love about in our world. This love changes things. It changes me and my family. It changes others. It changes the climate of life. This is the kind of Kingdom that Jesus is building, and that no one has yet been able to grasp fully nor understand totally. The Kingdom of Christ is simply a world of a different spirit - a totally caring spirit. But how does this caring work? It is contagious. It is creative. There is the story of the Vietnam refugee: He was having a rough time of it, as a cameraman ...

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