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1201. A Solitary Witness

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... all his days. It can be a terrible thing to be held by the words of a promise. Or it can be a wonderful thing! This very familiar scripture story of King Herod's promise becomes a negative text from which a positive message may grow! I center our thought on verse 26 of the text. Herod made a promise in front of his family, his peers, his court. In his perceived position, in his arrogance, he discovered that he must hold to his promise. The words had been spoken. Because of those words, John the Baptist was ...

1202. Plan Your Leisure - Jesus Did His!

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... . There’s a well-known actor-clown in town. Go hear him give yourself an evening of laughter and you’ll be all right.” The patient answered, “But, doctor, I am that clown!” We can get so immersed in our own activity that we block out any thought of innovation and change. Charles Schultz, creator of Peanuts, promotes his conviction that leisure is not a luxury but a necessity. Schultz has said that if he had a single gift to pass on, it would be the ability for every one of us to laugh at ourselves ...

1203. What Triggers Your Panic Button?

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... observances and saw no need for them. So matters of conflict were at the top of their agenda at all times. Jesus had ascended to the Father. They had been taught to believe that the Messiah would save them from the Roman conquest. Now the One they thought was the Messiah was gone. The church felt like a sinking ship. These Christians needed to know that Jesus was still there to help them. For those who felt despair and wondered whether they could go on, Mark was trying to give reassurance. Our times are ...

1204. David and the Devil

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... searched near and far for a beautiful woman to be his princess and fulfill his life. By chance (isn’t that just how it happened to David?) he noticed a young woman whose beauty drew forth intense romantic and joyful feelings from his heart. He thought of her day and night. He said to himself, “I cannot live without her.” He wrote poems, composed songs, brought her treasures, kissed her hand, fought off other princes, but could not convince her to marry him. His counsel of wisemen met and said, “Oh ...

1205. Swansong as Themesong

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... to an antique dealer. It really didn”t make any sense to keep it; I had not seriously played it since 1965. Since that time, no air had been blown into its mouthpiece, and no music had come forth from its bell. Human lives can often be thought of in those terms. Nothing is being blown into them and nothing is emerging from them. They are just there. Day follows day with breakfast, lunch, dinner and bed, but nothing is happening. No winds from God are being granted entrance into them and resultantly, no ...

1206. An Untouchable God?

1 Samuel 6:1-7:1

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... largely cover the cost of that care. It was an unusual feeling to hold and touch that envelope, almost as though through it old George and I met. Magnify those feelings trillions of times and you can gain a sense of how Uzzah might have felt when he thought he had done the forbidden and virtually touched God! His death, of course, is attributed to God. David becomes furious. The holy becomes too hot to handle and the ark is left along the roadside at the house of Obed Edom. How often we are quick to place ...

1207. I Saw a New Heaven

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... in today’s lesson from Revelation. “And the sea was no more,” we read. Although this might appear to refer to the sea as separating us from one another, it actually means that there is no sin or evil in Heaven. It was the sea, according to ancient thought, from which the great dragon came forth and stirred up all the evil on earth. From the dark depths came the fomenter of all sin, namely Satan, the great tempter. When we reach Heaven by the merits of Christ our Lord, all that will be in the past ...

1208. Forever and Ever

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... drink, wear) shall be yours as well.” What about the guilt of our lives? We know in our own hearts that we have displeased God in thought, word and deed. It isn’t so much what wrong we did as what we have not done to help and do good. God assures us ... God cannot die and he has always lived, the alpha and omega. For three days while Jesus’ body was in the tomb, God’s enemies thought God had died, for, as St. Paul said, God was in Christ. But God did not die. While his body was resting in the tomb, ...

1209. Charlie Used To Do That

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... a doubt, knew he was extremely blessed by God. He had a loving wife who stood by him in both good times and bad times. He had four beautiful daughters and two wonderful sons. One evening, on his way home from the furniture store at which he worked, he thought about how hard they had all worked in building the house on Brady Street which they had moved into the previous year. "Yes," he considered, "my family and I are certainly blessed of God!" Every day on his way home from work Charlie would take a kind of ...

1210. Walking Through A Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... and Silas, which meant a recession in the economy of her owners. They had the disciples thrown into a Philippian prison. In the dark of night an earthquake broke open the prison gates and the jailer assumed all the prisoners had fled to freedom. In the turbulance of that thought he was about to take his own life. But a voice was heard from the depths of the prison, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here." It was a word to the jailer as powerful as the words Jesus uttered to the sea. Through the voice of ...

1211. Living By Faith And Trust

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... this new and unexplained information, asked, "Does he cuss?" That is a true story. I know the little girl. And it is not really a word about the husband who does not attend church. It is an interchange about those of us who do go to church. Expressed in thought and words of an eight-year-old child is a statement about those who do frequent churches. It is a story about the image of a Christian ... the definition of a Christian faith put into everyday action. I invite us all to follow up on that this morning ...

1212. Path To A New Life

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... streets. He had played too long, and too far from his home. Now two consequences lay ahead of him. One was the beating he would probably receive in arriving home so late. The other was the problem of getting there! Ely turned onto cobbled streets that he thought were familiar, sometimes feeling his way along walls that he expected to end in doorways. The darkness was so complete that he imagined he was blindfolded, or that he was like the old blind Joseph that begged near the city gate. At one turn he saw a ...

1213. Have You Confronted Christ?

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... of olive trees. He broke into a run and was quickly at the outskirts of the crowd. But his initial fears and anger were quieted when he saw that he knew many of the folks now gathered around the teacher. "They will not hurt my orchard," he thought. "I know them." And he was right. Although they stayed for most of the day, not one branch was broken. Nor did the young boys climb the trees. Soon Simon was listening to the teacher and sharing in that special moment when Jesus, from nearby Nazareth, taught ...

1214. Send Me

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Charles Curley

... the ark in the sanctuary at Shiloh, and with Simon Peter, kneeling in the sunlit bilge of a boat bobbing up-and-down on the Sea of Galilee, was that all three were confronted unexpectedly, but unmistakably, with the power and presence of God! Then with no more thought than that of an instant, all three yielded their lives completely to the call, "Whom shall I send?" What does it mean, "to be called?" Such an experience, we will freely admit, has not often been part of our lives. To be made an offer, give it ...

1215. The Fruitful Vine

John 15:1-17

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... "Game of Minutes." He tried to bring back into consciousness each minute that God was speaking to him and directing him. When speaking to groups, he would at times pause, look up and, talking to himself, say, "Thank you, God, for giving me that thought. I had not thought of it before." That was not self-righteous posing but was a result of his "Game of Minutes." 3. Different Fruits. Some wonder if Christians should produce fruits of evangelism or social action. That is a false choice. If we use the analogy ...

1216. The Healing Of Simon Peter's Mother-In-Law

Mark 1:29-34

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... simply accepted the healing as if Jesus had greeted you? Were the words of women in your day considered unworthy? Even so, Jesus thought you counted enough that he healed you. It did not matter to him if you were a man or a woman. Does that ... just in meals but of my energy, my emotion, and my love. Was your rising from the bed so automatic that you did not give a second thought to resting a bit? Were you embarrassed again for falling down on the job? Mother-in-law: What women do share in Jesus' time and in ...

1217. Proper 12

John 6:16-24, John 6:1-15, 2 Samuel 11:1-27, Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... from the naked truth. Sin has a way of coming out from underneath the covers, of becoming exposed. David attempted to cover up his sin but one failed attempt led to an even more desperate and heinous attempt to conceal his sin. Then, when he thought he had gotten away with his sin, God exposed the naked truth through Nathan the prophet. David eventually confessed his wrongdoing but it would continue to haunt him. Lesson 2: Ephesians 3:14-21 The difference between paternity and fatherhood (vv. 14-15). In ...

1218. Advent 1

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the lounge and passively waited for her to come in and find me. Fifteen minutes went by and she still wasn't there. I was about to get up when she bounded though the door. "Where were you?" she exclaimed. "I've been waiting out in the parking lot. I thought you'd be looking for me through the window." We had both missed the time of our meeting because we assumed a passive rather than an active waiting stance. Paul speaks of waiting for the appearance of Christ as Lord and king (v. 7). It is plain that he ...

1219. Epiphany 2

1 Corinthians 6:12-20, 1 Samuel 3:1--4:1, John 1:35-42, John 1:43-51

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... maintained that Christ freed them to do as they wished. Paul corrected them by teaching that Christian freedom means that we are no longer slaves of the tyranny of sin; we are free to do that which is good and loving. A theology of the body. The Greeks thought that the body was of no importance. Paul teaches that our body belongs to the Lord (v. 13) and is a temple of God. Therefore, we should honor and respect it as a holy place. In his case against prostitution he teaches that our bodies are members of ...

1220. Proper 19

James 3:1-12, Proverbs 1:20-33, Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 8:27-30

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... does not entail evading pain and suffering but facing them in the name of Jesus Christ. Those who rise must first die. Outline: 1. Life teaches some hard lessons. (Give examples.) 2. When Jesus informed his disciples of his passion, Peter objected (v. 31). 3. He thought that following Jesus would be sweetness and glory. 4. Do we, like Peter, reject the cross? 5. Those who reject the cross are servants of Satan (v. 33). 6. Following Christ means taking up our cross (v. 34). Jesus saw Peter's response to the ...

1221. The Best For Last

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... still missed the fact that we were not together, as we had been at the party. The next morning, I went early to the top of the hill where a Catholic church had been built 600 years earlier. I walked there to see the sunrise and take a picture. I thought I was alone at the entrance to the church, when suddenly I realized that there was a lady from the village standing near. She came up to me and smiled and nodded. After I took several pictures, she came to me to speak from her heart. In broken English she ...

1222. Fourth Sunday In Advent - Joy!

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

Bulletin Aid

David M. Oliver

... Greek word for "fear" means that we should have a holy awe, a reverence for the Lord. God's mercy is upon those who reverence him from generation to generation. In verse 51 Mary says, "He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts." In contrast, conventional wisdom suggests, "You only go around once in life. You have to grab for all the gusto you can." "The one who has the most toys at the end wins." We know that pride comes before the fall. Why is it that we ...

1223. Can Anybody Really Hear Me?

Luke 8:1-15

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... old teacher) Mary D: Mr. Harpie! Harpie: Hi, Mary Delight. Long time ... Mary D: no see. (Laughs) Harpie: Been out two years now? Mary D: Yep. And I do miss the band. Harpie: That was a great year. Your clarinet solo was awesome. Mary D: You really thought so? Harpie: Sure -- I've got eighteen clarinets this year. We're going to Chicago and then New Orleans for the National Band Festival. Want to chaperone? Mary D: Wow, that's great. No, I don't think so. (Pause) Ah, Mr. Harpie, I was wondering ... Harpie ...

1224. The End of Babel

Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... Shinar, in Babylonia -- Iraq, if you will, thousands of years before this. With the vehicles of fantasy and humor, the beginning of languages could be told something like this! A long, long time ago, on the plains of Shinar, there lived some people who thought they were special -- Actually, most of the population of this world lived there. They had the whole earth to explore and to live in. That was too easy. They had their eyes set on bigger game -- a larger and more mysterious territory -- heaven itself ...

1225. Pentecost Communion Meditation: Monologue Of A Saint

Acts 2:42-47, Acts 2:14-41

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... an ordinary person -- one of the saints of God. Oh, I've confused you again, have I? You didn't think saints were ordinary? You thought you had to be especially holy or accomplished? Well, in a way yes, and in a way no. The word saint, hagios, does mean "holy ... such holy boldness that I knew right then and there that I wanted to be a follower of the Lord Jesus. I wept as I thought about the fact that only weeks before, when they crucified Him, that I shrugged my shoulders and said, "C'est la vie" -- "Such is ...

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