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1451. THE GOOD SAMARITAN

Drama

Marcia Miller

... my little Sarah, when the Children of Israel were given the Promised Land all of the tribes were allotted land. All of the tribes, except the Levites. That’s our family. SARAH: Why didn’t we get any land? That isn’t fair. THE LEVITE: We are allowed to take care of the tabernacle. We are the singers; our support comes from the tithes of other tribespeople. Had you been a boy - but I’m glad you’re a girl - you would have inherited a place of service just as I did when I became a man. SARAH: What’s ...

1452. WE ARE THE BELIEVERS: TESTIMONIES

Drama

Marcia Miller

... me?" he asked us. "Sir," Joseph asked, "Where are you going to spend the night?" "Come and see," was all he said. We went with him and ate while he told us many things about ourselves. It was as if he had known us all our lives but didn’t care what evil things we had done. He wanted only to give us a purpose for now. This was too much not to share with others. I ran and got my brother Simon. He was the most respected fisherman of our town. I knew he would want to meet this man ...

1453. Food for Faith

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... are starving in spirit and do not realize it. Wonder why God did not give us spiritual hunger pains like he gave us pains in the stomach? One of our spiritual hungers is the desire for security. After the Second World War, thousands of refugees were fed and cared for in Allied camps. However, at night they could not sleep. They were restless and afraid. Someone got an idea to give them a piece of bread to take with them to bed. It was not to be eaten, just held. This produced marvelous results. The children ...

1454. Bad Candy Wrappers

Matthew 13:24-30

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , "If God loves us so much, why does he let the people who do not love him and follow him live with us who do love and follow him?" The answer is in the candy wrapper. When the time is just right God will take care of the evil or bad people just as you will take care of the candy wrapper. God knows what he is doing and he will do it when the time is right. God knows that there are good and bad people. He knows that there are some who want to live with him and some who ...

1455. God’s Generosity Resented

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... is a warning here to the disciples who heard it. Jesus was telling them that they were very fortunate to be in on the beginning of the Christian movement. He warned them that there would be others who would join much later. He was warning them that they must be careful about thinking they are better than those who join later than they did. Jesus was saying that all people, no matter when they come to Christ and his church, are precious in his sight. It is easy for us who have been in the church a long time ...

1456. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... of his time he would never have lifted an anchor! Well, we are all traveling into the unexplored land, and we ought to be careful how we map it until we’ve traveled there. Certainly we shouldn’t let the future do things to us it never meant to ... pessimistic time. Remember Jesus’ parable of the prince, going to claim his kingdom, who turned over his affairs to his associates to care for them until he should return? Remember that one who failed so miserably? And do you remember why he failed? He said ...

1457. He Came to His Senses

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... righteously, for flaws in both his younger brother and in his father’s treatment of that brother. An alternate suggestion: If you want to do something dramatically different with this text, get two others to join you in a trialogue in which, after careful discussion of the text and careful planning, you stage a scene (in the modern vein) on the porch of the father’s house during the party he gives for the returning son. The two brothers are in a discussion of what has taken place - and the elder is self ...

1458. Signs Of A Vital Church

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... until a year later sent a gift and short story to our son every week. Hundreds of our church people would hug us regularly, saying, “We love you. We're praying for you, and we're available if you need us. " We can never forget that level of caring. In one of my former churches was a wonderful lady whom I will call Jean. That was not her real name. She grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina. Her alcoholic mother beat her terribly. Her father abused her sexually. Neither parent ever took her to church. But her ...

1459. The Stepfather of God

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... people have been looking for the right life's partner, but another year is almost gone and Mr. or Ms. Right hasn't come along. Does God care? In this wide world isn't the right person out there? Couldn't God arrange a meeting? How hard it is to keep on having a ... a few years ago. On the way over, there was a large German shepherd dog on board whose master had placed him in the care of the crew. The master made the trip by air. That was one miserable dog. He lived in an unfamiliar world with strange scents ...

1460. Who Is This Jesus?

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... He is absolutely sufficient for abundant and eternal life. If you ask me "What is God like?,” my answer is to point to Jesus Christ. Those people who see Jesus as nothing more than a brilliant teacher or a loving example are not reading their Bibles carefully. I'm reminded of a charming elderly lady, born and reared in the South, who was trying to convince her nephews and nieces that southerners were the best people in the world. One of them asked, "Aunt Sue, do you mean that everything good and beautiful ...

1461. Honoring Parents

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 15:1-20

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... now, you are currently shaping the way they will treat you when you are old. Your children notice how you treat your own parents. And, they are mindful of your general performance as a parent. These factors will determine to a great degree the quality of care you receive in your latter years. Somewhere I read about an elderly man who lived with his son and daughter-in-law. His hands trembled. When he ate he clattered the silverware and often missed his mouth with the fork. His daughter- in-law said, "I ...

1462. Is Someone Knocking?

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... stamps. Like the Bethlehem innkeeper, we can't fix everything for low-income people, but we can do something. That may be writing a letter to your congressman or senator and saying something like this: "I don't want to see poor people cut off from basic medical care and food stamps. I don't want to see a vital benefit for the poor, like Head Start or school lunches, cut so that someone like me can get a tax break." Goodness knows, we can't fix the Washington mess. But we Christians have a responsibility to ...

1463. You Have Been Subpoenaed!

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... if you will." When we talk about our faith we should use words that people understand. The fewer big words and stained-glass expressions, the better. If I received a subpoena to appear in a courtroom to testify concerning a car accident, I promise you I would prepare carefully for that appearance. Above all, I would want to get my story straight. As we Christians respond to our Lord's subpoena, surely we will want to do at least as much preparation as we would for a court of law. Each of us should be able ...

1464. Failures Need Not Be Fatal!

Mark 14:66-72

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... burly younger brother, Simon. It's wonderful to see brothers with that kind of relationship. I heard about a man who was driving through Houston with a friend. He passed through a caution light that was turning red. The friend said, "Man, you better be careful." The driver said, "Don't worry. My brother does that all the time." A little farther they passed through another light that was solid red." "For crying out loud," his friend said. "You're going to get us killed." The driver said, "Relax, my brother ...

1465. How God Guides

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the Hebrews took the most direct route to the Promised Land, so He sent them on a roundabout way. Have you ever sensed that Someone wonderful is running ahead of you, preparing the way? No, He can't remove all the heartache and tragedy, but He deposits care packages of grace along our paths. When I finished seminary I considered seriously taking a church in either Ohio or western North Carolina. But God seemed to keep calling me back home to South Carolina. Within a month of my return, I had met the young ...

1466. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

James Bjorge

... came forth that his daughter had wanted to hear again before she slipped into eternity. It was from the Christmas cradle hymn: Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay Close by me forever, and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in thy tender care, And fit us for heaven, to live with thee there. He told his story of death in the family; but it was also a Jesus story. And what a difference that makes. A young musician testified afterward that this presentation came as a healing force into his life ...

1467. God Got Personal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... man before but at Christmas he came down to tell us firsthand. This Jesus stepped out of the manger and spread the word that God loves us. He told it to whomever he met. He talked, he healed, he listened, he wept. Men started to know that God really cared. He called men by their first names and he permitted men to call him by his first name. Not only to large crowds were his sermons delivered; but mainly to small groups and person to person. He shared eternal truths with a woman at a well during the heat ...

1468. A Warm, Steamy bath

Galatians 3:26

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of Jesus’ family. It is great to know that Jesus is your brother and God is your Father. That is one of the promises that comes with baptism. Everybody doesn’t have that privilege. Your mother wraps the big towel around you to show that she loves you and really cares about you. Jesus is that way with baptism. When you are baptized, it is something very special and it is a great gift. Perhaps you will remember how much Jesus ...

1469. Warm

Romans 15:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... much he loved them and that he wanted them to be his disciples. That is the way so many people became followers of Jesus. When they were hungry, he fed them. When they were sick, he healed them. If they were lonely, he visited them. Jesus showed people that he cared, and they had a warm feeling for Jesus. That feeling is a little different from being wrapped in a blanket, but I think that you know what I mean. Maybe the next time you are cold and you think about those logs burning, or the fur muff, you will ...

1470. THE MARK

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... I’ll get along. EVE You’re not afraid, are you? Abel has friends, you know. And so does your father. CAIN I can take care of myself. EVE Are you sorry? CAIN That’s another question. EVE Can you answer it? CAIN I regret very much what happened. I wish ... don’t even deserve that much, not even justice. Nothing but sleeplessness. CAIN You could help me. EVE Escape? From what? CAIN I don’t care what word you use. I want to live. EVE What I can’t understand, Cain - or maybe it’s what I don’t want ...

1471. MR. CAIN

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... to be too much for you. You lose control. JAREL You get too serious. CAIN You got to live it up. JAREL You can’t keep your nose to the axe all the time. CAIN GRINDSTONE! JAREL It’s the same thing. CAIN Who cares. JAREL That’s right. Who cares. CAIN Who cares what Harry Fallow thinks? JAREL Harry Fallow stinks! CAIN Who doesn’t? JAREL Forget it. CAIN Why not. JAREL You only live once. CAIN Once is enough. JAREL Good night. (Lights dim down; JAREL and CAIN freeze, as if in sleep) CAIN (Sleepily) Right ...

1472. THE JOURNEY

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... them. GRACE But just the same, you must know something about your brother. Sometimes lately I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night, thinking I’m in love with him. Or with the dreams I’ve just had of him. At least there’s some sort of caring, even if it’s only on my side. CAIN It’s a phase, that’s what it is. (Growing softer now; cozy; speaking gently to GRACE) They’re all phases of growing up, getting maturity. And then, when you come down the home stretch, when you’ve got all the ...

1473. Just Common People?

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... glory of God will find direction and meaning and purpose. A life that is not appraised that way will find none. I don’t care what you do, unless you see your life as an instrument of the glory of God, it will mean nothing to you. There must ... ask yourself that question, really, honestly? What does life want of you? What does this world, what does your Lord, want of you? I don’t care what YOU want. Have you got any good reason for going on breathing the air of this world and eating its food and taking up ...

1474. Chapter VII

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... those lives that they may bring into the world. Unlike a dog who will chase anything in heat, and when he has caught it, and finished with it, go off on his merry way, God made us to be like himself. That means that we must be prepared to care for those that we love as well as create. So often when sexual relations occur outside of marriage neither that love, nor responsibility play much, if any, part in the act. It is a short term, sometimes a one-fling affair, with the after affects being the problem of ...

1475. BARBER

Ezekiel 4:1-5:17

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... for a period after death and so assumed that it had a separate life of its own, perhaps for some other reason, but, whatever, it was important. The beard was particularly important to a Hebrew. It was a sign that a man was very unhappy if he didn’t care for his beard, and if he shaved it off, he was in deep mourning indeed. To cut off a man’s beard was to insult him very deeply. There’s another footnote to history - since the Romans were clean-shaven, it is most probable that the Jews continued to ...

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