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101. Strength In Meekness

Matthew 5:5

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... children assure me. So, I bend the stick until it snaps. "Sure enough, the stick broke," I continue. "From our experience so far we can see that the grass and the stick have different kinds of strength. The stick can be pulled on without breaking; the grass can be bent without breaking -- and it's a little easier to fix the grass. We can tie it back together because it has the kind of strength that allows it to bend.1 But how are we going to fix the stick?" "Glue it together?" Beverly questions. "What if I ...

102. The Merciful

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

John A. Terry

... stretched out on the street with turned-up eyes and a face drained of blood. A triple braid denoted that he was of the Brahmin caste, not of the temple priests. No one dared to touch him, for people recognized he was dying from cholera. Mother Teresa went to him, bent down, took the body of the Brahmin priest in her arms and carried him to her shelter. Day and night, she nursed him; over and again he would say to the people, "For 30 years I have worshipped a Kali (god) of stone. But I have met in this ...

103. The Servant of All's Second Prediction

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:33-37

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... . But the disciples fall asleep! Three times! Three times in the boat they failed to grasp what Jesus was all about. Three times in the light of Jesus' "passion/resurrection" predictions which hold forth the cross as central to his destiny we find the disciples bent on glory. Three times they fall asleep. Three times will Peter deny his Lord as Jesus has foretold (Mark 14:29-31, 66-72). Nevertheless! Nevertheless, the Risen Jesus sends word for Peter and the others to meet him in Galilee as he had promised ...

104. Fifth Sunday of Lent

John 12:20-36

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... 't know whether I have the strength to obey. (He listens to far-off thunder.) That really is thunder isn't it? Terry: In more ways than one. I'm afraid we're in for another big storm, aren't we? (They exit.) ACT 3 (The scene opens with Terry bent over, sobbing with grief. A woman stands beside her, and is trying to comfort her.) Woman 1: Your husband is a hero. There were a lot of us standing here wishing we could do something to rescue those boys from that icy river, but your husband was the only one ...

105. What Does Jesus Expect of Us?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... this, Jesus' expectations ran counter to the selfish interests of the power structures of his day and wrote the ticket for his eventual doom. "Deny self ... lose life for my sake and the gospel's" - what do we have here anyway? The chief priests were bent upon saving their own positions and fringe benefits. The Pharisees did not care a hoot for the poor and outcast, but were concerned with legalistic details to save their own hides. The Zealots wanted to knife Rome and return to the ancestral power of the ...

106. I Saw a New Heaven

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him.” When Thomas Edison lay dying, he could hardly speak, according to his widow. His doctor, who was also a friend of the family, observed that Edison was trying to say something. He bent down very close and heard the inventor whisper, “It’s very beautiful over there.” Those were his last words. Those could be a person’s first words in Heaven: “It’s very beautiful here.” The Heart of Heaven Central among all the glories of ...

107. God’s Great Final Day

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... . The scene in Daniel is that of a courtroom. The custodians are arranging the chairs, only in this case they are thrones. The Judge enters the courtroom. He is an arresting sight. He is described as “ancient of days.” This does not mean that he is wrinkled and bent over or leaning on a cane. It means that he has lived for a long time. In heaven wrinkles and arthritic joints do not apply, for there is no physical body in heaven. The Judge, of course, is God, and he has lived for a long, long time. The ...

108. Gunda

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... in front of him. The men shrugged their shoulders. "We don't know. We found the man lying by the side of the road. He is seriously wounded. Do you have room for him, Sahib?" We want to leave him here and continue on our way." The doctor bent over the man on the stretcher. He could tell that the patient was an Afghan, a member of the Patau tribe which was always at war with the surrounding population. "Bring him in," said the doctor. "For him we have a bed." After the patient was settled, Dr. Pennell ...

109. Proper 17

James 1:19-27, Song of Songs 2:1-17, Mark 7:1-23

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Defiled hands or hearts? (v. 7). How human it is to sweat the small stuff, to major on minors. The scribes and Pharisees got caught in this trap. Outward religious ritual assumed a place of paramount importance. They got all bent out of shape when some of the Lord's disciples were seen eating with defiled (unwashed) hands. Jesus' response to them can be paraphrased in this manner: "Don't get all upset about defiled hands; rather be concerned defiled hearts, hearts that are blackened by sin ...

110. Proper 21

Mark 9:38-41, Esther 7:1-10, Esther 9:18-32, James 5:13-20, Mark 9:42-50

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... to offenses eats away at our body and our spirit. Guy de Maupassant, in his short story "The Piece of String," writes about a man who found a piece of string on the pavement of a busy street one morning. Thinking that he might find a use for it, he bent down to pick it up. Later, he was accused of having found a wallet at the same spot. Though he protested his innocence, he was taken to the police station for interrogation. The wallet was found the next day, but the man felt that he had been wronged. He ...

111. Proper 28

Mk 13:1-32 · Heb 10:11-25 · 1 Sam 1:4-20 · Ps 16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... these once fervent Muslims are helping to translate training materials for Campus Crusade. Our Lord's teaching about earthquakes (v. 8) and concerning the fact that the gospel must first be preached to all nations (v. 10) came to my mind. I am of a somewhat skeptical bent; yet, I believe in miracles. Was this a sign for me? I was about to get out my checkbook when I read on the pledge card: "I understand that, on average, for every $100 I send, 100 more people will likely indicate decisions for Christ." Now ...

112. As Is

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... a law. What is to become of us? My friend was ready to junk his Datsun. But, then, this farmer came along and bought it as is. He was willing to pay the price to give that car a second chance. The writer to the Ephesians explains that we -- broken, bent, rusted, and cracked -- are saved by grace. This is not our own doing; it is a gift from God. There is a word in the New Testament that speaks of this. That word is redeem. It is a term that comes from the slave market. In days of old, slaves ...

113. Deep Joy For A Shallow World

Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 8-10

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... us were troubled by the new milk cartons that came out, each of them having the picture of a child who was missing. A child was asking his parents about the lost children. Then he asked a more important question: "What would you do if I was missing?" The mother bent over the child, looked him in the face, and said, "If you were ever missing, don't forget that we would never, ever, ever stop looking for you." The words of that parent are the words of God. God sees us when lost and will stoop as low as our ...

114. A Quiet Man · Andrew

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... at Jesus' appointed refuge -- the fishing village of Bethsaida -- before him (Mark 6:33) since the distance was shorter by land than by water. Stepping ashore the Master found himself facing more than 5,000 men, women, and children "from all the towns" along the way bent on seeing and hearing him; and, fatigued though he was, he could not bring himself to disappoint them. So he preached to them. It was late when the sermon ended, (Mark 6:35) and by then the crowd was hungry. The place where the people had ...

115. A Scholar · Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... its vicious and often fraudulent ways. (Matthew 23:13-36; Luke 11:12-44) Instead, Jesus asked of his midnight visitor only that he commit himself to stir up the gift of God that was within him. (John 3:3) It was a request Nicodemus was bent on honoring when he went out into the dawn. IV Nicodemus had barely left Jesus' presence when he found himself challenged to make good on his resolution. To the consternation of the Pharisees Jesus' popularity had continued to grow. In fact, there was common talk that ...

116. A Lady With A Listening Ear · Mary Of Bethany

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... her youth --intent only on honoring Jesus and at the same time on bringing him solace in a trying hour never hesitated for a moment in doing what she did. Rather, so worshipfully did she fulfill her purpose that not even Martha, for all her practical bent, stood unmoved before Mary's display of devotion. Nor did any other soul present but one. Judas objected. "Why was this ointment not sold for 300 denarii," he asked, "and given to the poor?" (John 12:5) Unlike all the others witnessing the incident the man ...

117. A Wilderness Prophet · John The Baptist

Jn 1:6-8 · Mt 3:1-12

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... tells his coterie of young men, "Every service which a slave performs for his master a pupil will do for his teacher, except unloosing his shoe." To Herod's emissaries John's reply was a full and unqualified commitment to Jesus, exalting him even above a ruler bent on preserving his prestige and power regardless of whomever he must destroy to do so or whatever price he must pay for it. Nor did John's witness end there. At times, as he readily understood, one is called upon to witness to his own, not always ...

118. A Woman Of Substance · Mary Magdalene

Lk 8:1-3

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... joined a little band of weeping women following the Master as he carried his cross like a common criminal to Calvary. Not even the choking dust the sad procession stirred up as it wended its way to the skull-shaped hill could deter her from following. For she was bent on one thing -- and one thing only. She would tell Pilate -- and in telling him she would tell the world -- that Jesus was her Lord. (cf. Luke 23:27; John 20:25) III Be all this as it may, however, Mary Magdalene comes fully into her own on ...

119. A Patriot · Dysmas

Mt 27:38 · Mk 15:27 · Lk 23:32

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... , if you will -- striking blows for liberty wherever and whenever he could against an invader's occupying legions. Here was no midnight prowler sneaking into the homes of sleeping victims, no masked bandit preying on unwary travelers. Here was an Israelite patriot bent on breaking the shackles a foreign tyrant had imposed on his people and paying for the effort with his life. A steady deterioration in Israel's internal affairs resulting from bitter rivalries for the throne had led to virtual anarchy in the ...

120. A Family Member · Salome

Mt 20:20-21 · Mk 15:40; 16:1-2

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... had just returned from forty days of spiritual preparation and, understandably, she was eager to hear what he had to say. His words, however, only infuriated the neighbors among whom he had grown up, kindling in them such a frenzy they rose as a body bent on killing him. Such a violent display would have sent a lesser woman scurrying to the sanctuary of the family quays. But not Salome. Instead, what she witnessed only sharpened her resolution to support Jesus all the more. It was a daring resolution, for ...

121. "The Rejection Of Royalty"

Psalm 22:1-31

Sermon

R. Sheldon MacKenzie

... Adam's wrong."5 The connection of Golgotha with both Adam and Jesus is one that Mark would have us make. People who were crucified were put to death in a location at eye-level with the traffic that passed by.The body of the victim was bent in an "S" shape to keep its feet from touching the ground. As he hung dying, the criminal was frequently subjected to the taunts and tortures of heartless folk who saw him there completely helpless.In his dying, Jesus was despised and rejected by passers-by,by religious ...

122. Palm Sunday

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... house," he said in a stolid and prepared manner, "and to prepare you for the feast of Unleavened Bread, I have brought water and basin to remove the dust from your feet from your long sojourn. May you never be considered a stranger here or anywhere in Israel." As John bent down to place the basin on the floor, it felt as if the towels were slipping from his shoulder. They weren't slipping, the Nazarene Rabbi had them in his hand. "Sir," the Rabbi looked at John, "will you be so kind as to hold my robe for a ...

123. A Fist and a Kiss

Luke 22:47-53

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... the most ancient street in the world that has served continuously as a marketplace -- I watched as a man who was riding slowly through the crowd on a bicycle with a basket of oranges precariously balanced on the handlebars was bumped by a porter so bent with a heavy burden that he had not seen him. The burden dropped, the oranges were scattered and a bitter altercation broke out between the two men. After an angry exchange of shouted insults, as the bicyclist moved toward the porter with a clenched fist ...

124. Know What Time It Is!

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... the data. One of the cliches of our culture is that love is blind, but marriage is an eye-opener. Not so! Love sees with amazing clarity; especially if it is divine love. The New Testament Saul had boundless energy and commitment. Unfortunately, he was also hell-bent on persecuting Christians. That is, until he caught God's attention. The Holy One decided that with all that get-up-and-go he would be a good point man for the church. Saul was renamed, "Paul," and the rest is history. Kingdom vision is a ...

125. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... avowed pagan who put Assyrian flags in the temple, who set up pagan shrines in every sizable town. On the payroll there were what were called priests and priestesses of love, but openly they were nothing other than prostitutes and their pimps. The courts of justice bent to those who could produce the biggest bribe. For almost sixty years that went on under Manasseh. Then Josiah. Ah yes, Josiah. He was gone now too, and people looked back on him as many, in our time, look back, justly or not, on Jimmy Carter ...

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