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1301. The Lion Who Learned About God

Dan 6:21-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... . It was a disgusting place for any respecting lion to be since he had to be cooped up in a small hole under the floor. Rehoboam thought of how wonderful it had been when he was free to run on the hard ground or to lay quietly in the warm sunshine. Now he ... and leap towards the man who had been thrown in with them. As hungry as they were this wouldn't take long, he thought to himself. They must have been extra hungry, for the great lions quit growling and started purring to one another with satisfied grins. ...

1302. The Box

Drama

Cynthia Mercati Prigge

... me, maybe it will work for you. FIRST PERSON: But don't you ever want to do anything to help those miserable, starving, far away people? THIRD PERSON: How can I? No matter how much you do it's never enough - so why even try? FIRST PERSON: I never thought of it that way. THIRD PERSON: As long as all those miserable, starving people are on their side of the world and we're on ours, we might as well worry about them - there's nothing else we can do. Now, start thinking outward. FIRST PERSON: [Closing her eyes ...

1303. Jesus and the Women in His Life

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Thomas Blowers

... woman was silly and her action out of place. But Jesus saw her gesture for what it was an act of human kindness. And he told us that for her spontaneous act of caring during times that tried even himself, her act would be remembered. Well, we thought about that later how we had been so preoccupied with ourselves we had forgotten about him. We couldn't even remember for sure the name of the woman whose kindness Jesus had found so comforting. The second incident can be mentioned very briefly. What I want to ...

1304. Peter. Rock. Follower of Jesus.

Matthew 16:13-20

Drama

Thomas Blowers

... in the same way that a teacher might ask a student "And how much is 2 + 2?" or "And what can you tell me about George Washington?" It was a different kind of question completely. He wasn't merely asking us to give him some information we had thought about but having thought about the information he had given he was asking us what we believed. It was as if our whole association with him up to this point had been building to this one crucial question: "But who do you say that I am?" "The time is now. I'm ...

1305. Roadblocks to Jesus

2 Corinthians 6:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... was thinking about our children's sermon for this Sunday, I could not help but think of this verse in our lesson for today: "We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry." I thought and thought of how I could show you what that verse meant, and I finally thought of a way. Do you see that aisle that runs right down the middle of the church and leads up to the altar? Let's suppose for a minute that the aisle is the street and the only way that you can get ...

1306. Independence Day - The Mission of the Mighty

John 8:31-41

Sermon

... , it produces it, as freedom always produces it. Back in the 17th century, a slave ship was bringing 200 Africans from Africa to America, and the slaves broke loose. They overpowered the crew. They killed them and threw them overboard. Now they were free -- so they thought. But then they found themselves in real trouble, because no one knew how to sail the ship. Well, over the decades of our history, we have thrown off our bonds. We are free. Now, who sails the ship, pray? Who sails the ship? Whatever else ...

1307. A Change of Direction

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

... . Yes, I'm quite sure the Lord also has to contend with the yes-sayers and the no-doers. The second possibility recognized in this parable is a more hopeful one, thank the Lord. It is the possibility that one who has said "no" may later have second thoughts about it, and change his mind and say "yes." One who has turned to walk away may yet turn around and come back. One who has headed off in some downhill direction may decide to turn around and start climbing. One who has followed one direction in life ...

1308. Mission to Unbelievers

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... Christians need to be "apologists" in word and deed in today’s descendants of the Ecclesiastes tradition, and of Dives and his brothers - the unbelieving crowd. I One vital element of this effort is an intellectually respectable presentation of the faith. How many sensitive and thoughtful persons do we lose when we insist on presenting Christianity in forms and styles that do not speak to today’s mind-set? A young man came to my office who had been feeling the claim of God upon his life. He was reading ...

1309. The Footwashing

Luke 7:36-50

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... toward God and new dimensions of living. Loren Eiseley tells about a scientist who was instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb. He was walking in the woods near his farm with a couple of young scientists. The scientist came upon a turtle in a clearing, thought that it would make a nice pet for his children, picked it up and continued to walk toward his farmhouse. All of a sudden, and without a word, he stopped, turned around, went back to the clearing where he found the turtle and put it down in ...

1310. Booby Trap

Luke 10:25-37

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... have put him up to it, or perhaps it was the lawyer’s own idea to set a kind of booby trap for Jesus, but however it happened, the trap went off in his own face when he said to Jesus, "What shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He thought he could discuss the faith and win an argument with Jesus, but he fell into his own trap when Jesus turned his question back to him, "What is written in the law?" He knew his contemporary theology so he gave the current answer, "You shall love the Lord your God ...

1311. The Man Who Came to Dinner

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... came to know the Lord he started a new life. It brought him many successes and material possessions. He had that pin gold plated to remind him of what he once had been before he knew the Lord. The feel of that pin forever robbed him of any thoughts of pride or conceit over what he had accomplished. His own strength had left him desolate and dissolute. He knew what the redemptive grace of Jesus had done. For most of us it is not that drastic or dramatic, but fortunate are those who have some form or version ...

1312. Of Preachers and Preaching

Micah 1:8-16

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... assist with the great man’s message. With Saint Francis in the lead they walked all the way through the village and back to the monastery without pausing to make a single speech. On arriving at the monastery gate, the young man protested, "But I thought we went to the village to preach!" "We did preach," Saint Francis replied. "There is no need to go anywhere to preach unless you preach everywhere you go." Preaching also may and ought to be prophetic. This has nothing to do with mystical foretelling. It ...

1313. Do the Tough Things First

Romans 8:18-27

Children's Sermon

... take with the fun it would be to have a place to swim whenever you wanted to. That's the way St. Paul looked at the problems that he had with being a Christian. Oh, he thought being a Christian was pretty tough sometimes, but when he thought that God was going to give him the most wonderful life he could imagine, he thought there was no comparison. Paul told everyone that he would take the tough problems of being a Christian now for a little while because he knew that God was going to let him enjoy life ...

1314. The Golden Gift

Drama

... custody lasts only for the short period of our lifetime. Do you remember that sermon? ARLETTE: I - I think so. BISHOP: Um - And I thought it was one of my better sermons. ARLETTE: It's all very well for you to talk about stewardship, but there are some things ... keep me? You won't drive me away? A convict! You call me Monsieur and don't say, "Get out, dog!" as everyone else does. I thought you would send me away; so I told you first off who I am. Tonight I shall have a bed - with a mattress and sheets - like ...

1315. Proper 10

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

... one doing the beating. So he gave vent to his wrath, killed the Egyptian, then buried him in the sand. The Scripture says Moses looked around and "saw no one," which must mean he saw no other Egyptians because there were Hebrews all around him. Apparently, he thought the slaves would protect him by keeping his secret, and his crime against the state would be well hidden. But in this he was wrong. The very next day he went out into the area again, and this time saw two Hebrews quarreling. Again, his sense of ...

1316. Nervous Hands

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

... that he could gain other's approval. But only hours later, due to a new fear, he was willing to deny the Lord. He was nervous when he thought his own hide was in jeopardy. When it came time for Peter to be approved by the crowd, he was willing to give up the Lord because of ... my ways." In one sense, that is somewhat frightening in itself, that the Lord knows all of our ways and all of our thoughts. The Lord is well aware of all of our fears. Yet, the Psalmist says that the Lord, in knowing all of our fears, ...

1317. Angry Hands

Psalm 26:1-12

Sermon

... God, "God, why in the world have you done this? I'm angry with you, God!" I have been angry with God when I saw things that I thought were unjust and wondered why they were allowed. I've been angry with God when situations didn't develop as I thought they should. I've been angry with God when I have had to participate in the burial of the young, or others who I thought died at an inappropriate time. I have been angry with God. But that, too, is misdirected anger. It is an anger that makes no more sense than ...

1318. A Criminal, A Cross, and the Christ

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Thomas C. Short

... , but slowly other influences crept into his life. Some of the less desirable people of the community became his acquaintances and later his constant companions. At first, they merely discussed some possibilities of making easy money by stealing, but after awhile, their thoughts turned to actions. They began to commit criminal acts. Because of his father’s work, Etaus was very knowledgeable in skins, and two of his friends joined with him in planning to steal some skins. The plans were made, and the three ...

1319. A Word About the Right Time

Haggai 2:1-9

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... by that action he is saying, "You can’t name a time or a place where I cannot be with you. Even death cannot separate us." Because his people were in exile under Darius and Cyrus, it did not mean He ceased to be with them, as at first they thought. He went with them into exile. He was with them in exile. He returned with them from exile. He was with them after exile. So it is with us. We may have less than we ought, less than we would like to have. We may not love ourselves the way ...

1320. God Is No Respecter Of Persons

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

... Bible - Moses, a prince of Egypt, whom God broke down into a stuttering shepherd on the run from the law, before he built him into his greatest prophet; Jacob, the conceited, rich patriarch whom an angel of God literally had to beat up before the Lord thought him ready to bear the title, Israel, prince of God; Paul, blessed with being both a Roman citizen and a Jewish Pharisee, whom God struck down, dumped in jail countless times, and then sent out simply as a Christian. Stand them up, these heroes of faith ...

1321. The God Who Doesn’t Give Up

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

... a significant pronouncement that is! If I were "man" I would act differently! If I were man I would take revenge, and return hate for hate. I would teach those smart kids a lesson they’d never forget. But the Lord is God and not man. "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord." (Isaiah 55:8) "As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him." (Psalm 103:13) God does things in ways that people would never dream of doing them. He says, "I am the ...

1322. A Place for You

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... that did not stop my heart from pounding. In fact, when the ether drops were being poured over the gauze covering my nose, I thought I was dying. But before losing consciousness under the anesthetic, I saw my father enter the room, come over to me, put his ... that a person whom I knew and loved came to my side! I think of that episode in my life when, from time to time, my thoughts turn toward death - my own as well as yours. In that inevitable moment, when no one can step into our shoes and do our dying for ...

1323. The Christian's Road Map

Luke 15:1-7

Children's Sermon

... map for Christians. All of us get lost sometimes, and we keep right on going in the wrong direction. Maybe you can remember telling a lie. You had to tell another lie and then another and another to make the first lie sound like the truth. Boy, oh, boy, you thought. I am a long way from the truth and I better get back. But you were afraid because someone would find out that you had lied. Forget it! Go back! The Christian road map teaches us to tell the truth. And we should also learn to say we are sorry ...

1324. Easter 5

Jn 13:31-35 · Acts 13:44-52; 14:8-18; 21-27 · Rev 21:1-5

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... love - "As I have loved you" d. Evidence of that love - "all men will know" Lesson 1: Acts 14:8-18 1. Let's Get It Straight! (14:8-18). Need: Like the people of Lystra, we, too, get confused about God and humanity. The populace thought the miracle of healing the cripple proved that Paul and Barnabas were gods. Do we today confuse people with God? In miracles of healing do we credit the healing evangelist or God? In the miracles of medical science - organ transplants, bypass heart surgery, test-tube babies ...

1325. Proper 8

Lk 9:51-62 · Gal 5:1, 13-25 · 1 Ki 19:15-21

Sermon Aid

... 25). Need: In many large cities there are freeways. By using them motorists are free from the traffic congestion of regular streets. People today need religious freeways to avoid the congestion and bondage of a non-Christian or a pseudo-Christian life. Christianity is often thought of in terms of negatives, duties, denials, and sacrifices. In today's second Lesson Paul teaches us a lesson on how to live as free people in Christ. Outline: Christ has made us free. a. Free to love - v. 13a b. Free to serve - v ...

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