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1251. God Knows!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... my favorite stories is about a preacher who visited a seasoned member of the church. As he sat on the couch, he spotted a large bowl of peanuts. "Do you mind if I have some?" he asked, "No, not at all," the woman replied. As the pastor got up to leave, he noticed he had emptied the bowl. "I'm terribly sorry, for eating all your peanuts," he confessed. "Oh, that's all right," the woman reassured him, "because ever since I lost my teeth, all I can do is suck the chocolate off them." I guess we're kind of ...

1252. Equipped To Play

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... You, You'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me." The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you." Chances are you've heard that many times. But like the old gospel song goes, "For those who ...

1253. Every Shot I Ever Hit

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... it this way in The Cost of Discipleship (1937): The cross is laid on every Christian ... When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die. It may be a death like that of the first disciples who had to leave home and work to follow Him, or it may be a death like Luther's, who had to leave the monastery, and go out into the world. But it is the same death every time -- death in Jesus Christ ... The wounds and scars ... are living tokens of the participation in the cross of his Lord. If we can remember every ...

1254. Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... church. She was a very gifted Bible study teacher and God really wanted her to develop her skills in the area of Christian education. It wasn't long before she decided to leave that job. She didn't have another job secured so she asked: "What does God want me to do now?" Obstacle or opportunity? Within weeks after leaving that job, her faith was rewarded. God directed her to two rewarding opportunities related to Christian education. She is now able to devote her attention to that ministry that God had in ...

1255. What Does God Require?

Drama

Karren Boehr

... of the firstfruits, but they are not to be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma. Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings." "If you bring a grain offering of ... crushed heads of new grain roasted in the fire. Put oil and incense on it; it is a grain offering." (MAN leaves stage quietly) Scene II Setting: Same altar, now in a modern setting Characters:MAN: Serious and contrite, humble, a man of ...

1256. The Compelling Call

Drama

Karren Boehr

... these past months has been more wonderful than I could ever dream. The revelations of God have come so full and so fast, I hardly have time to sleep. I do not care to sleep. Miracles abound -- oh, the hunger and thirst for God. Personally, I hate to leave it. BARNABAS: Were you surprised this morning when the Holy Spirit spoke, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them"? PAUL: No, I think not. When a body of believers fasts and prays and ministers to the Lord, one can ...

1257. The Ugly Duckling

Drama

Karren Boehr

... to be looking in her gym bag for something) ANN: (Whispering) Look who's trying to listen in. Can you believe that greasy hair? (Looks at her watch) Oh, look at the time! If I want to make five laps around the track I'd better get going. (Starts to leave) It's really been great chatting. LINDA: Hey, would you like to go to Bible study with me this week? ANN: (Shouts over her shoulder as she exits stage) I'm sorry, I'm not into religion right now, but thanks for asking. Maybe some other time. See you around ...

1258. Dealing with AIDS

Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:21-26

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... , too. Mary: We can't have children now. Why? Why? Eric: Mary, it will be all right. Mary: All right? What are you talking about? Our entire life is changed. Changed in an instant. Why? Eric: (trying to comfort her) Mary. Mary: Oh, leave me alone. AIDS! You've got AIDS! Eric: Mary, please. Mary: Leave me alone. Eric: I've been trying to tell you, Bill said the actual disease might never develop. If it does it might be five or ten years from now. We just have to hope for the best. Mary: The best? There is ...

1259. Fatherhood

Matthew 6:19-24

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... , have you got time to work on Mom's present? SHIRLEY: Get serious. I've got all the dishes to do and then my homework. ROGER: Well, gosh, you said you'd help me wrap it and everything. SHIRLEY: Of course. Just leave it on my bed. ROGER: Mom'll see it. It's a box of candy. SHIRLEY: Okay, leave it under my bed then. ROGER: Good idea. See ya later. I've got a date with Marlene. Dad's letting me have the car. (HE EXITS) SHIRLEY: Yeah, see ya. EDITH: (ENTERS) Hi, Shirley. How ya doing? SHIRLEY: Not so ...

1260. Knock, Knock!

Matthew 21:28-32

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... we're getting somewhere. Could you tell us how to become a part of God's Kingdom? VERNA: Of course we'll help, won't we, dear. MITCH: No! I thought I made it clear. You're not welcome here. WINNY: I just thought ... MITCH: No. No more talk. Just leave. Leave my house. VERNA: Must you be so harsh? All they want is to hear about the Kingdom of God. Surely we, as Christians ... MITCH: I told you to keep out of it. I don't want any snooping IRS man here. He just wants to audit me. VERNA: I don ...

1261. The Parable Of Big Business

Matthew 25:14-30

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... , Sir. BOSS: Did you contact Bannon, Krusky, and White? CELIA: I certainly did. They're outside waiting for you. BOSS: Good. Send them in. I'll be with you in a moment. (CELIA EXITS. BANNON, KRUSKY AND WHITE ENTER) BOSS: All right, boys, you know I'm leaving, so I'm dividing the entire operation between you three. Now, you, Bannon, I'm assigning you to the waterfront operation and the garment district. BANNON: I'll take good care of things, Boss. BOSS: I'm not finished, yet. Plus, you also take care of all ...

1262. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 8:27-30

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... amount of pain; or an opportunity to respond to God's acceptance of you and your call to obedience? Hymn of Commitment "Creator God, Creating Still" Charge to the Congregation As we prepare to leave worship, how do you respond to Christ's ministry through you after worship? Never give another thought? Leave without speaking to anyone, or only to those whom you know? Do you, during the week, share your self and your witness with others, select friends, new visitors? (One minute of silence.) Meditation "Let ...

1263. Advent 2

Mark 1:1-8, 2 Peter 3:1-18, Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon Aid

E. Carver McGriff

... analogy of snow on a barn roof. It builds up and builds up, and at some point, one more snowflake makes the difference, and the roof collapses. Thus, we may go through life for many years having a wide variety of experiences which still leave us unconvinced of the Christian faith. Then some event, some encounter, not major in itself, may precipitate a conversion experience. The point here is that being badgered by well-meaning friends is useless. When the right situation occurs, God will do the work. Heavy ...

1264. Advent 3

John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 65:17-25, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon Aid

E. Carver McGriff

... -minded way to live one's life than by this advice. Also, it has the added advantage of affording us the perfect three-point sermon. (I suppose there is a third possibility: "Do not restrain the Holy Spirit." However, I'm not clear what that means so I'll leave that to someone who is.) Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28 By the time John wrote this, the role of John who is referred to in the earlier Gospels as "the Baptist" is somewhat diminished. John the Gospel writer seems here to be careful in assigning John the ...

1265. Gifts of Lent III: A Family Gives Their Home

Luke 22:7-38

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... it out. The minutes passed slowly. Now they were having the meal. I recognized the usual prayers and blessings. I felt I should leave, but just then, I heard Jesus say, "This is my body given for you." There was a long period of silence. He ... hear the voices of Jesus and the others as they came down the stairs and walked past my door on the way to the gate. They were leaving! And at such a late hour! Where could they be going? Waiting until they were out the gate, I rose from my mat and followed. The path ...

1266. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Nazareth: Family Ties

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... on the night of Wednesday the 24th of March, 1828, about 12 o'clock at night I bade farewell to Beallsville and bent my course towards the beautiful state of Ohio. No one can describe the anguish of my heart that night and for the days afterwards. Leaving a poor and dependent mother behind, very poorly clad, my spirits crushed by the treatment I had received, and every moment dreading the footsteps of my hated master in pursuit of me, who had already declared repeatedly that he would follow me to Hell if I ...

1267. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Unknown Apostles

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... I've been doing some research into the history of our home, our house -- it's Elizabethan, not Elizabeth II, it was built in 1502. The house is called 'Green Leaves' and discovering its history has really been very difficult. But, as it turns out, in the mid-1800s the Congregational Church was begun in our town in a house called Green Leaves." "In your home?" the pastor asked, astonished. "In our home!" the gentleman laughed, still astonished himself. Let there always be a home for God in us, which God will ...

1268. The Song Of Angels--And The Son Of God

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... . One of the men speaks to the other, trying to talk to him about two thieves on a cross and one being saved. But the other man will not talk about that. In the second act there are a few leaves on the tree. One of the men becomes excited because he thinks Godot is coming. But they never see him. At the end of the play they decide they will kill themselves unless he comes. One says, "And if he comes?" The other replies, "We'll be saved!"1 There ...

1269. Safely Through The Waters

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... the empire. We are deserving of God's wrath. We have become enemies of God. "Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned, in whose ways (we) would not walk, and whose law (we) would not obey?" (Isaiah 42:24). As such, God becomes our enemy, leaving us in our blindness and emptiness, giving us just what we asked for -- goods rather than goodness, the crusts of consumerism rather than the bread of life. In our exile, will we come to our senses? Will we grieve our loss? Will we be able to recognize that ...

1270. The Unveiled Truth

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... us speechless. The God who is our buddy cannot be our mighty fortress. At the same time that we seek to recover the majesty of God, we need to remind ourselves that God does not leave himself without witness. Moses is presented here as the mediator between God and the people. This apparently happened on a regular basis. There is no suggestion in the text that there was a metamorphosis, that Moses became divine, but it is clear by his shining face that he is the ...

1271. Life's Final Flight

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... 't make a new decision enroute. It is in this life, and this life only, where our decision is made to be saved or lost. In the southeast, we have a saying, "You can't go to heaven or hell without changing planes in Atlanta." The truth is, when you leave on this final flight, there is no stopping in Atlanta, or any place else. If you have a ticket, paid for by Jesus, you go straight to heaven! A Christian never needs to be concerned about winding up at the wrong destination. You can be sure, now, of heaven ...

1272. What Law is Operating Here?

Illustration

John Killinger

... she loves but whom she cannot have because he is married and has a daughter. Mr. Spenser talks with her about love and tells her she is a beautiful woman. She doesn't think she is, but his insistence encourages her, and she thanks him. As she prepares to leave, he asks a favor. "Name it," she says. "Let me see your breasts." At first, Isabel says she can't. He wants to know why. She says merely because they are hers. But then she thinks: What could it hurt? She remembers the woman in The Brothers Karamazov ...

1273. Easter 4

Revelation 7:9-17, Acts 13:13-52, Acts 9:32-43, John 10:22-42

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... The other disciples showed Peter the clothing she made for the poor. This was evidence of her good life and love for the poor. When we are dead, what will we have to show for our lives? 3. Outside (v. 40). Peter had all the friends and mourners leave the room. He could not have the whispering and chattering about the sad event. Peter wanted solitude and silence so that he could avoid every distraction and be able to concentrate for his prayer. After all, it was no small thing he was asking to bring a person ...

1274. Epiphany 6

Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... , he would be only a martyr. The resurrection proves that he is God's Son sent to redeem the world by his atoning death. Since we are saved by faith in Christ's sacrifice for sin, a fact confirmed by the Resurrection, the lack of the resurrection would leave us in our sins, for otherwise Jesus was not the Christ. 3. Fact (v. 20). The "ifs" in the passage are removed by "fact." Paul is definite and positive about the reality of the resurrection. He writes, "In fact Christ has been raised ..." There is no "if ...

1275. Proper 19

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Jeremiah 4:5-31, 1 Timothy 1:12-20

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... it should not have been. Because the lost do not know they are lost, we must seek and find them to bring them back to God. That return to God is being "saved." 3. One (vv. 7, 10). In these parables the emphasis is upon "one." One sheep is worth leaving 99 to care for themselves while the shepherd looks for the one animal. There is more rejoicing over the one found than the 99 that did not get lost. In a family of children, the favorite one is the one sick or in trouble. The individual is of maximum worth ...

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