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1401. The Bread of Life

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

A while ago I wrote this piece about a dialogue between your typical (thoroughly Christian) American housewife, and her garbage can. I called the latter Mr. Chompo, Your Friendly Garbage Can. The thorough Christian was named Mrs. Americus, or Mrs. A to Chompo. It seems Mr. Chompo was getting fed up with pondering how really Christian Mrs. A was. "I’ve had it right up to my lid," he was heard to mutter. It seems Mrs. A’s trips to the garbage can were too frequent, too irresponsible, and not at all in line ...

1402. The Overlooked

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

Most of us have had the experience of being overlooked. Perhaps it was at a Christmas gift exchange where packages with everyone’s name on them were placed under the tree, but when they were distributed, it was discovered that one name was missing. Yours! Or maybe you have been overlooked when a group was being recognized. Everyone is named and praised for their accomplishments except one you are certain did the most work. You! You are overlooked. Or it is possible that you have been overlooked at a party ...

1403. Toward Health With Confidence

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

Our town is midway between nowhere and nothing. It is set on the side of a hill that is not steep enough to be called a hill. The sun bakes it during the day, and the evening wind brings dust and chill to our doors. Our town has existed as long as anyone can remember - rooted here in the same way and size, and with the same bleakness. Our life was stirred only when an occasional camel caravan passed by, or when the Roman legions moved through on some unknown mission. Birth and death settled in our town and ...

1404. Believable Light

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

Ambiguity and ambivalence, relativity and equivocation are what make the gray world which lies between black darkness and bright light. So much of life must be lived in the twilight zone. Lines of demarkation between right and wrong, good and evil, seem so often blurred or fuzzy. Marilyn Monroe said wistfully, "I believe a little of everything." That's the same as saying, "I don’t believe all of anything." It's the human condition. Sometimes we dignify this by praising "the validity of honest doubt." May ...

1405. OUR LORD DENIED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

In the depths of the night, pilgrims still moved along the streets of the Holy City, streets which normally at this late hour would have been deserted to a lonely Roman guard. But now, for the religious festival of Passover, Jews had come from all the world, more than the city could absorb, and the large, tall man, his robe hooded about his head, attracted no more attention than any other. Peter drifted without direction, a shadow moving among shadows on the dark streets. A few short hours before his life ...

1406. Blessed With Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

This week two thoughts were foremost in my mind. One thought was quite normal for a preacher as well as a basic necessity. What shall I emphasize Sunday morning when I am using for my text the words of Jesus which he spoke on his last night upon earth to his disciples? "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you ..." The other thought was quite different. I remembered that 31 years ago last Wednesday I was ordained into the ministry at the fiftieth anniversary of Trinity Church. After my father gave ...

1407. The Boss

Mark 1:1-8

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

Theme: The principle of being humble is not popular and probably never will be, but it is biblical and necessary for God's approval. Summary: Gus's boss treats him like a slave rather than a person with good ideas. Al, Gus's friend, talks to him about quitting and going elsewhere where he would be appreciated. Playing Time: 3 minutes Setting: A business setting Props: None Costumes: Contemporary, business Time: The present Cast: Gus Al -- his friend AL: (AL AND GUS ENTER) What a meeting! My twelve-year-old ...

1408. Academics, Fanatics, and Other Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

I must confess that for years I have tried my hand at fishing, but the Izaak Walton League would be sure to look the other way if I applied for membership. To be sure, growing up in Wisconsin I did try my luck at some of those beautiful trout streams. But you would have been unwise to wait with a hearty appetite while I tried to catch our dinner. And, yes, my friends and I did go fishing on the nearby Mississippi River. And, yes, we did throw in a line from time to time, but at that age -- our teenage ...

1409. The Call of the Trumpet

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

George Bass

"Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast ..." (Joel 2:15) As they do on Easter morning to announce the resurrection of Jesus Christ, a few trumpets blow at the beginning of Lent to call the people of God together for the annual forty-day fast. Lent is that peculiar period of the year when those who are most dedicated to the faith observe the rigors - public and private - associated with this sacred season that is connected to Good Friday and Easter, the very heart of the gospel and our salvation. But the ...

1410. Behold the Blood of the Covenant

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

Jesus of Nazareth had his own agenda. From the beginning, it had confounded even those closest to him. * We think of Joseph and Mary searching anxiously up and down the caravan line for their twelve-year-old son, only to discover that he had remained in Jerusalem to sit among the teachers at the Temple (Luke 2:41-52). * We think of Jesus standing as a young man in the synagogue at Nazareth reading from the book of Isaiah, concluding the reading with the astonishing claim, "Today, this scripture has been ...

1411. House-Building Time

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

The angel was quite clear to Mary. There was no mistaking the meaning of Gabriel’s words. Mary had found favor with God and would conceive a child. She was to have a son and call his name Jesus. But this thing which would come to pass became incredibly significant when the angel announced that this child would be given the throne of David. "He will be called the Son of the Most High," and would reign over Israel forever. This son of hers would inherit David’s throne. And what is interesting is that Gabriel ...

1412. How To Be Used By God

1 Samuel 16:14-23

Sermon

Roger Prescott

Introduction David was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in history. He established a dynasty that was destined to last for more than 400 years. The story of David’s early career is interwoven with the events of Saul’s reign (1 Samuel 13:31). His fascinating rise to leadership from the obscurity of a shepherd’s life makes for astounding reading. He appeared as a harp player in the king’s court. He had a marvelous victory over the giant Goliath and some gallant exploits among the ...

1413. Celebration As Worship

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Roger Prescott

Introduction After King David had taken Jerusalem, he wished to add to its prestige by making it a religious, as well as a political and military, center. So it was appropriate for him to bring there the ark, the sacred object of the northern tribes, and now the symbol of the national God. He knew that this would help people to acknowledge that Jerusalem was the "dwelling-place" of God. The sacred symbol had remained under shelter at Kiriath-jearim in the house of Abinadab since the disastrous battles of ...

1414. Jesus’ Job

Mark 4:1-20

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

Object: None Lesson: Jesus both talked and listened to people. Once there was a young man who went on an airplane to a big city. In that city, he was going to look for a job. He went to a big, tall office building to find out if he could work there. Jesus, once long ago, was also a young man. Did he fly on an airplane to a big city to find a job? No. There weren’t any airplanes when Jesus was a young man and no tall buildings as we have now. To do his job, Jesus walked a lot. He walked from one small town ...

1415. Should Christians Always Oppose War?

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

Should Christians always oppose war? Pope John Paul II sent a special envoy to Baghdad to support peace. The Pope did not believe a preemptive strike against Iraq met the church criteria for a just war. Methodist Bishops have spoken out against the war. Baptist and Episcopals have also. Christians around the world marched with others against war. All these sentiments were expressed 10 years ago in the first Gulf War. But if America and her allies had not liberated Kuwait and sent Saddam Hussein scurrying ...

1416. The Whip of War

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

The subject of war can be found throughout the bible. And why is this? After all it is a holy book. The answer: The Bible is full of war because life is full of war. The Bible not only tells us about God it tells us about mankind, and therefore it addresses the most significant events in human history. We are currently in such a time, and because we are at war it is appropriate for us this morning to take a look at the subject of war and what the Bible has to say. Let me start by asking you a question. Do ...

1417. A Christian's Duty in Time of War

Nehemiah 4:1-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

We gather for worship on a weekend that we will long remember as the beginning of the liberation of Iraq. We are concerned about our troops and the innocent people of Iraq. We Christians love peace; therefore, we automatically recoil against the death and suffering associated with war. Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers.” But as a World War II veteran reminded me, “Somebody has to take care of the peacemakers while they are making peace.” That task has fallen upon the armed forces of the United ...

1418. The Orphan

John 14:15-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

Theme: Talking to someone about love, even the love of God, is a poor substitute for loving that person. Summary: Dale is an orphan and is feeling the pangs of not having a loving parent. Wyn tries to help, but it turns out to be just talk. Wyn has no ability to love Dale, and Dale is left feeling worse. Playing Time: 3 minutes Setting: Your church Props: None Costumes: Whatever is appropriate for your church Time: The present Cast: Dale -- the orphan Wyn -- Dale's companion WYN: (ENTERS WITH DALE) Want to ...

1419. The Chief Miracle of Christmas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

Three little boys were playing together one day. In the course of their play they began to speak about their fathers. Actually, they began to brag about their fathers, each trying to make his father bigger and better than any other father in the whole world. They bragged about a number of things until they came, finally, to brag about the most important thing of all (in their eyes): how much money their fathers made. The first little boy, whose father was a lawyer, boasted, "My Daddy makes so much money ...

1420. Memories

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

Hidden away in just about every family’s photo album is a cute little picture of a baby’s buns. Along with all the other photos of baby’s first haircut, first birthday, first bike ride, and the like, there’s also that one picture, that infamous photo showing off baby’s buns. Parents love to have at least one such photo; but the individual whose anatomy is so displayed grows up living in fearful dread that one day his girlfriend or her boyfriend will actually see that awful picture. It’s fun to look through ...

1421. Jesus Knows Everything! Jesus Is God!

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

It is part of God’s nature to know all things. We call this quality omniscience. God knows everything. There is nothing he does not know. Jesus once said that the Father’s knowledge is so total that he even knows when a single bird falls out of the sky and he knows the number of hairs we have on our head. In the case of some of us it is easier for him to keep track of that last statistic. That God knows how much hair we have is just one indication of how intimately he knows each one of us. In Hebrews we ...

1422. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

Jesus’ ministry was one of healing. He said, "I came to minister to the sick and not the well." He never refused or failed to heal anyone who came to him in need. There is no doubt about it: Christ constantly performed miracles of healing. His miracles were all tied in with love and forgiveness and produced whole persons in a new relationship with God and with life. J. B. Phillips, in one of his last books, shares his own understanding of the miracles of Jesus. He says that these miracles are revealed ...

1423. Saved!

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

"Then who can be saved?" (v. 26) We have a sublime vignette before us, a scene in the ministry of Jesus which reveals not only secrets about people, life and values, but the nature of salvation itself. Unhappily, we frequently fail to understand, miss the point, strain at the gnat, and swallow the camel in attempting an explanation. An Honest Soul Our young man is transparently honest. (I call him young because he sounds like a student.) Like Jesus, we love him, and his good qualities are abundant. At ...

1424. The Good News of Easter

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

As I look around, I see great events playing out on the world stage: Democracy is being brought to regions of the world that never really understood the dignity of individual citizens or the joy of liberty. World health organizations are working around the clock to stem the tide of SARS a disease which if not fought might become another black plague. An unprecedented ability to communicate ideas and beliefs to any part of the world and to any person in the world is quickly becoming commonplace. And the ...

1425. The Reality Of The Resurrection

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Brett Blair

Here we are in the year 2003. It still fills me with a bit of awe that I witnessed the turn of the millennium. We are looking back this year and celebrating some amazing things that happened, things that seemed impossible in their day. There are three major celebrations. Perhaps you are aware of them: We are celebrating a centennial: 100 years ago few people thought it possible that man could fly. No one except the two sons of Rev. Milton Wright who at 10:35 on the morning of Dec. 17, 1903 made their first ...

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