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1126. A Ewe Turn

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

... the great accusations in all world literature, Nathan pointed his finger at the king and roared, "You are the man!" Uriah had a little lamb whose name was Bathsheba. David, not content with a full harem of wives, wanted Bathsheba. To win her he had not stopped at adultery or murder. What Sigmuri’d Freud called the "id" of unbridled passion had conquered David’s super-ego of moral obedience to God. David awoke with a hangover of heartache at what he had done. At last, he saw himself as the big bad wolf ...

1127. White, The color of purity, holiness

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

... on the way ... one at the gas station to top off my gas tank. There I saw several cars being jumped, pushed, coaxed, and begged into running. I was very thankful that my key brought the engine to life. My other stop was at the grocery store to pick up a gallon of milk. The store was busy, crowded with people picking up those last minute necessities for Christmas, and of course, just in case the weather worsened and we were all snowed in. As I stood in line at the check- ...

1128. The One Who Made His Cross

Drama

... ? Anna (Anna sits down) As far as I know, only Jesus was arrested. Although a riot nearly broke out when the soldiers came to the Garden. One of his disciples drew out a sword and cut off a servant’s ear. The word is that Jesus quickly put a stop to the trouble, and said that there had been enough violence. Barnabas What did they arrest him for? Anna There was some talk that he said he would destroy the temple ... Barnabas That’s a serious charge. Anna But the worst charge is that he claims to be the ...

1129. Learn to Empty Yourself

Luke 18:9-14

Illustration

R. Curtis Fussell

... master took the teakettle and starting pouring the student's cup full of tea. Soon the cup was full and began to spill over onto the saucer. But the master continued to pour the tea until it spilled over the saucer and then onto the floor. The student finally said, "Stop, stop, the tea is spilling over. The cup can't take any more." The master then looked at the student and said, "You are so full of yourself that there is no room in your life for God. It is not possible for you to learn the ways of God ...

1130. "The Return"

Drama

... bench is seated a good-looking, modest but sexily dressed young woman. A rather ordinary-looking man enters, crosses and stops a few feet from her.) Man Beautiful evening, isn’t it? (She ignores him.) What are you doing? Woman Waiting ... be Revelation. Everything is in Revelation. Jesus (He firmly closes her Bible.) You’ve done just fine. You have identified me. Perhaps now you should stop reading for just a while and look carefully at what is and will go on right here around you. Liberal Lady Excuse me, I ...

1131. A Place Is a Place

Luke 14:1-14

Drama

... to the chair, squeezes past 1 and sits down] Thank you! 1: [Moves out of 2’s way, looks at 2 for a moment, and says sarcastically] Sure! Any time. [Begins to look for another place to sit] 2: [Gets impatient for a few moments. Checks watch, but is has stopped. To 1] Excuse me. 1: Yes. 2: Do you have the time? 1: [Indicates an empty wrist] Sorry. [Pause] I think there’s a clock in the hall, though. 2: Thank you. [Gets up and moves out of the room] 1: [Walks quickly to the chair, sits down and relaxes ...

1132. Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Daniel 2:24-49, Daniel 2:1-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

My friend Mary Jane had just picked up her little boy from kindergarten. She was in a hurry, so she eased through a stop sign instead of coming to a complete stop. A city policeman saw it all and pulled her over. He was very abrupt and stern. She tried to offer a word of explanation but he interrupted and said, "I'm going back to my car and write you up." Mary Jane sat there seething with anger. She said out ...

1133. An Unhappy Homecoming

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... them? The moral authority of a brave man. Jesus’ moral authority was his only means of escape. He just walked right through them. No doubt some screamed and cursed at him. Perhaps some spat on him. But nobody had the nerve to stop him. I. In Nazareth There Was Little Faith, Just Familiarity What do we learn from this unhappy homecoming? First, in Nazareth, there was little faith, just familiarity. Their question, "Isn’t this Joseph’s son?" reeks of familiarity and put-down. Perhaps an older man ...

1134. Jailbreak at Midnight

Acts 16:16-40

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... Paul or maybe someone had coached her to say them. Perhaps she even had some clairvoyant spiritual insight! At this time, Paul must have been taking advantage of the opportunity offered by Lydia’s support to circulate daily through the streets of the city, stopping to talk to people and to tell them about Jesus. He never let up! And neither did the slave girl. Eventually her continual outcry became an embarrassment to Paul. Perhaps some people thought that he had paid her to advertise his preaching. When ...

1135. No Longer Spectators - But Participants!

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... plan that Christ should die. He ought to have suffered. The prophets foretold it. But that dark day is now past, and Jesus is truly alive!" We can tell them how our own hearts have been strangely warmed as the same winsome Stranger of the Emmaus Road now stops in our homes too and transforms them into places of communion with the risen Lord. We can reassure the doubters that, at their invitation, he will also walk and eat and stay with them. F. H. Lyte expressed it in the words of his famous hymn: "Abide ...

1136. "Sneak Up On ‘Em!"

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... and cleverly planned his strategy for the most effectiveness. This master communicator, guided by the Holy Spirit, had preached in Philippi, Thessalonica, Beroea, and now, before he goes on to Corinth, he makes a stop in Athens. Athens was a city "full of idols," with a whole regiment of altars to unknown gods. Paul stopped at one of these altars and began to preach. Let us learn some lessons in witnessing from this superb evangelist. Begin Where the People Are (verses 22-23) Paul, with his unique audience ...

1137. We Know Exactly How You Feel, Jesus

Matthew 8:3, Luke 7:14, Luke 8:44

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... beginning to sink, our voice cries out, "Lord, save me!" "I have held you before and I will hold you again." We hear his words as he stops our sinking and pulls us back to life. In this week at the close of the year, it is not unusual to feel that we have ... bedtime as the pastor wandered the hallways of the church in casual attire, visiting with the resident guests and volunteer hosts. He stopped at the church kitchen, which was often a gathering place, and found a dad just done drying his one-year-old son, ...

1138. God Is Not Yet Finished With You

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... his car had motor trouble. The driver could not find what was broken and why the car would not run. At length, a fellow-traveler stopped and asked if he could be of any help. In a short time, the stranger had the motor running. The owner was amazed and asked, " ... murderer, was executed in Texas by being given deadly drugs through intravenous injection. Because of his crime, society sentenced his heart to stop. This is what must happen to us if we are to experience a second creation by Christ. We must die to ...

1139. No Other Way To Be Happy

Deuteronomy 11:1-32

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... do?" we may ask. A parent can say, "Because I am your father, I tell you to do it." The policeman can order you to stop your car and present your driver’s license. By what authority? He is a representative of the law. A court sentences a murderer to the ... this unless you let me help you by following my orders?" It is like a person rescuing a drowning person. The rescuer shouts, "Stop your fighting. Relax. Let me pull you to shore." If the drowning person will not obey, not only he but possibly the lifeguard ...

1140. We Are Driven!

Jeremiah 20:7-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... fire in our bones that drives us to be, to do, and to speak the truth of God. It is like an old-fashioned tea kettle with a whistle on the spout. When the fire is hot and the water boils, the whistle goes off like crazy. There is no stopping it until the kettle is removed from the fire. That is why it seems to me that it is foolish and vain to think that we can get church members to witness for church growth by putting on a churchwide evangelism campaign with all sorts of meetings, programs, and gimmicks ...

1141. "I Was Hoping for a Longines"

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... gives us his Son, and, as with the careful gift-giver of today, who took the time back in August to listen to what we had to say, God also takes the time to stop and to listen and to hear what we need as a gift. If you go through the pages of Scripture, God again and again acts, but God only acts after God has stopped and listened and heard what we need. The Book of Exodus begins with the cry of the people of Israel, and out of that cry God sends Moses. Through the entire prophetic period, the ...

1142. The Joy of Sorrow?

Matthew 5:4

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... bring a kind of joy. Sorrow also helps us discover the meaning of friendship and loving support. No one of us lives totally unto himself or herself. We are social beings. Part of us is made up of other people. All we need do to realize this is to stop and think of how much our friends contribute to our happiness. Most of us have lived long enough to discover that there is nothing like the night to bring out the stars. A jeweler places a diamond on a piece of dark velvet cloth, so that the dark background ...

1143. Facing Up to a Power Problem

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... closer to God than ever, a sense of joyful, powerful partnership. "Do you think that God was speaking to me that night?" "Yes," I answered. "God has been speaking to young men in different life situations for thousands of years, and he’s not going to stop now. He speaks to you in the area of your own responsibilities. God needs the Spirit of Christ in the business affairs of today. His Kingdom cannot come fully until all facets of life and relationships have been touched by his Spirit. He needs you to ...

1144. An Altered State of Consciousness

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... years ago, wrote me recently. I prize the letter. You brought me to realize there was something more and deeper than I knew. I began praying that God would open my eyes to see more of it, and stretch my soul to be able to receive it. I never stopped from that time praying such a prayer. It seemed it took a long time. But as time has gone on, I have realized there is always more and more and more. She had discovered what Nicodemus was experiencing, a constantly expanding state of awareness. This is the new ...

1145. Life - The Womb of the Eternal

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... of the church and this was his prayer: "Jesus, it’s Mike I’m a drunk, but I don’t want to be one. I want to stop drinking I know it’s going to be hard. I know you can help me, Jesus. Amen." That kind of prayer opens the door to birth. Jesus ... replied, "you are too bothered about too many things (life is too heavy for you); Mary is seeking a new meaning. I’m not going to stop her. I came to help both of you." Mary was allowing her energies to be channeled by Jesus to the "real problems," to the real ...

1146. Binding Up the Fractured World

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... while we were yet sinners Christ died for us," (Romans 5:8) it must surely be true that we who have been reclaimed from our personal fracturedness by God’s love must be the bearer of love to a fractured world. We are the agents of healing, of stopping the continued splintering of the world’s unity. Through this people will see God’s intention and will give glory to his name who is the Healer through whom our work is made possible. If God thinks enough of the world to hold it together through the whole ...

1147. THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: I LOVE YOU

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... us for a few fleeting hours. Each of us treasures these moments, savoring every tradition. Somehow we love our children a little bit more this night. Our wife, how lovely she looks; our hearts feel special love for her, for him. If we had the power to stop time’s endless march - suspend it momentarily - most of us would do it Christmas Eve. For this is the night when peace pervades our hearts, as hands extend to greet friends and arms reach out to embrace family. How wonderfully good we all feel. We love ...

1148. What Are You Going to Do About Death?

Mt 10:28 · Lk 12:4

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... go where you want me to go. You are driving. O.K., if God is who he says he is, then he alone knows the direction that our lives must take. We give him the controls. He takes over. We trust him. We keep our hands off the wheel. We stop our "backseat driving." We believe that he is fully capable of making every turn. We begin to relax. He points out things of interest along the way, things that we would normally have missed altogether. We talk. There is no sign: "Do not talk to the driver while this vehicle ...

1149. I Knew You’d Come

John 6:16-24

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... concern is not to perform acts of wonder that he might be glorified, but that we might be saved. God knows that such actions which are contrary to our view of the universe are stumbling blocks to the reasoning, scientifically-thinking person. But that doesn’t stop God. He will stop at nothing, If a miracle is the only way to save us - then a miracle it is. The fact that it is difficult or even impossible for us to understand how he does it, or even believe he did it, is beside the point. He doesn’t ...

1150. A SERMON-DRAMA FOR EPIPHANY

Drama

Tom Eberle

... to ditch them in the Arabian desert, but when I got to Jerusalem they were still on my tail - figuratively speaking. You notice that stars really don’t have tails. [motions as if to show them] So I figured I would pick some backwoods little village and stop there - just to confuse them. [Three wise men wearing crowns enter from the rear of the sanctuary. They begin moving slowly toward the front.] One: [looking at a map] This map doesn’t even have Bethlehem on it. Two: But the man who told us lives ...

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