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126. Who Short-Circuited the Good News?

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

James Weekley

... the comtemporary mind with shallow pronouncements which many dismiss as punchless? Do we endeavor to reconcile the world, yet fail to resolve our own differences? From these examples, we can note with a degree of honesty that the Gospel in Jesus' mold has been bent out of shape. It's difficult for the cocaine addict to get his message from a structure often intent on preserving itself for preservation's sake. The urgent gospel of change always comes from ones who have been changed, not from the institution ...

127. Advent 4

Psalm 80:1-19, Micah 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:1-18, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... -agers. The Scottish preacher, Ian Cowie, combined one of his poem-meditations with a bronze done by his sister, Jill Cowie Sanders. The poem and the bronze bear the same title, "Old Man on a Park bench." That's what the bronze depicts - an elderly man, slightly bent over, smoking a pipe, a cane held in front of his body, is seated on a park bench, obviously deep in thought. Writes Ian Cowie: "Just look at me, sitting here, for all the world like an onion, with layer after layer peeled off. All the outer ...

128. Proper 16

Luke 13:22-30, Isaiah 28:1-29, Isaiah 66:1-24, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... that all people should be gathered into his kingdom, not just Israel nor even the New Israel, the church - all people over the whole face of the earth. 3. He promises to make "new heavens and (a) new earth." Could anything be more timely in this age when we seem bent on destroying what there is left of space and earth? The signs are not simply signs of the end times, but of a new age. 4. It is God's intention that, in view of his mighty works and his love and mercy, particularly in Jesus Christ, that all ...

129. The African Foundations Of Christianity

Exodus 4:1-17

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... the truth about black people's contribution to the development of the Nile Valley culture, civilization, and subsequent world history. As Martin Bernal tells us in his great work Black Athena, many excavations were sponsored by people and governments bent on preserving the myth of white superiority and the Aryan creation of civilization.3 The discovery of artifacts with distinctively African characteristics flew in the face of everything these white scholars had been taught about their history and culture ...

130. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... from the streets. She had come all the way from uptown. She was a prostitute. Horror of horrors, she brought a flask of ointment. She stood behind Jesus, the invited guest, and she began to cry. Then she started sobbing and slobbering all over Him. She bent over and wiped His feet with the hair of her head. Then she began to kiss His feet. She was ruining the gala affair, the big party. This scripture, given its setting, is an unbelievable story, isn't it? What a contrasting mix of characters. But Jesus ...

131. Vision For Mission

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... in pieces' is not merely a poetic metaphor for us, but a hard reality. That is the religious meaning of the age into which we have entered." He says that man has been given the power to destroy himself and modern man seems to be bent on using that power for self destruction. The threat of nuclear war and its catastrophic consequences is a shaking of foundations for many. Forgetting God and setting himself up as God, modern man brings despair and self destruction. Tillich puts it: "When he (man) has rested ...

132. Improving Your Serve

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... term servant may conjure up an image somewhere between an African slave named Kunta Kinte straight out of Roots, and those thousands of migrant workers who, at harvest time, populate the farmlands and orchards of America. In my mind is a rather pathetic person, bent over, crushed in spirit, lacking in self esteem, soiled, wrinked and weary. And my first response is "Who, me, a servant? You gotta be kidding!" If that is the kind of mental picture you have of servanthood, then the prophet Isaiah has some good ...

133. The Illusion Of Neutrality

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... for which somebody has to pay the price. Think for a moment of the thousands of Poles, French, Belgians and others who died from 1939-41 while we in America hid behind the charade of neutrality in the face of Hitler's Nazi War Machine that was bent on all out destruction. Those men and women in a real sense paid for our neutrality and lack of decisive action. A little more than 100 years ago the slaves in our country were declared free. Their freedom came at terrific cost, not only because some Americans ...

134. Time's Up

Matthew 24:36-51

Illustration

John Jamison

... backyard, the rose bed and the spot staked out for the garden, was covered over by this big, uh, wooden thing. By the way, the guy down at the lumberyard felt a bit guilty about selling the old man all that lumber. And the nails. Noah was no carpenter, and bent more than he drove in. But the old man had made it clear that if he couldn't buy his materials there, he'd just get them someplace else, and, after all, business IS business. But none of this was news to the pastor. He had been aware of what ...

135. What Will He Find ... When He Comes?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... of the faithful. A similar problem surrounds the widow's prayers. God is not a "slot machine in which one needs only to insert the coin of persistent prayer."[3] to get what is needed. Neither God's will nor his benevolent providential care is bent by the persistence of our prayers. We shall not expect to "wear out" God's endurance and patience by becoming obnoxiously persistent in our prayers. Perhaps the model of persistence is laudable, but not for the reason the parable offers! Our problems become still ...

136. On The Night He Was Betrayed

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Erskine White

... often betrayed not by outsiders who are enemies of the faith, but by Christians themselves. More harm is done to the cause of Christ by Christians who don't practice their faith or are tragically confused about its content, than is ever done by non-Christians bent on destroying the church from the outside. This pattern of "insider" betrayal began with Judas and continues to this day. That is why all of us must ask the question tonight: "Is it I, Lord; is it I?" Jesus also took time on this Maundy Thursday ...

137. Our Time Will Come!

1 Samuel 16:14-23

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... Saul's son, Jonathan (chapter 14). Both illustrate Saul's greatest sin - the desire and exercise of power. In the one case, Saul wanted to benefit materially from the trophies of war so he refused to completely destroy the possessions of the Amalekites. In the other, he was so bent on winning over the Philistines that he made an oath only a tyrant would make: no one could eat until the battle was over! After he learned it was his son who ate, Saul was too proud to recant his vow. It was the people who kept ...

138. Water Boy

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Justin Tull

... eagerly I speak for youAt a women’s club.You know how I effervesce when I promoteA fellowship group.You know my genuine enthusiasmAt a Bible study. But how would I react, I wonderif you pointed to a basin of waterAnd asked me to wash the calloused feetOf a bent and wrinkled old womanDay after dayMonth after monthIn a room where nobody sawAnd nobody knew.18 Today I believe we are asked to take on new ventures. We still are asked to offer the cup of cold water to the thirsty. But we also are called to care ...

139. Seek Good, Not Evil (That You May Live)

Amos 5:1-17

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... must spend frugally. Industries already wealthy are entitled to, note the word, not extravagance, but to "cost overruns." "The religion of the eighties? Success. Compassion is out," responded a national magazine. It then proceeded to detail its answer, young men and women bent on making fortunes and spending fortunes in the most profligate way. The righteous are afflicted, not the wrongdoer. There is a readiness to take bribes. The poor man's claims, if he dare make them public, are ignored because he is ...

140. L. T.: The Lonely Terrestrial

Drama

Edward Long

... are quite brash and boastful ... but let that be. You are of the Christian faith, which observes The Visit in this season; you are worried about your parents' Union in what you call marriage; you are sometimes not popular with your friends due to your scientific bent; your rejection by the female Susie has disturbed and embarrassed you ... and contrary to the hope implicit in your space message and you are doubting the power of The Visit of one you know as The Christ on this day before the observance of his ...

141. Christmas Eve at the Candy Cane Inn

Drama

Edward Long

... : Well, (Laughs.) come on in folks. Merry Christmas to ya! You sure picked a night to travel. Was bringing in firewood when I heard yez sliding down the hill. (Laughs.) I guess you're a good driver to miss the big granite rock, mister. My help, the other day bent the fender on my new Jeep on that blamed thing ... Now, fine you'll be wantin' a room, maybe some hot chocolate - and supper in awhile. (Calls to the other room.) Mrs. Nick, we've got company ... HENRY: Do you have a place for us to stay? How much ...

142. Sometimes You Gotta Bend the Rules!

Luke 13:10-17

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... important and helps protect us, but sometimes it gets in the way of helping people. Application: Jesus had this very same problem. There was a lady who was crippled. Who knows what "crippled" means? (response) That's right. She couldn't walk straight, she was bent over, and she had been this way for eighteen years. The crippled lady came into the church [synagogue] where Jesus was teaching. When Jesus saw the woman, he did something for her. He healed her. Her back straightened and she stood right up! But ...

143. Strangers at the Manger

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

... , put yourself in Herod’s place. If you were living large and in charge and news came to you that a baby had been born who would someday challenge you authority, threaten your way of life, shake up the status quo, wouldn’t you get a little bent out of shape? Ask any teenager – including the one whose last name is the same as mine – how upset parents get when their authority is challenged. When those of us who are charged with the responsibility to create and maintain a sense of order feel threatened ...

144. God's Bag of Cookies

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... cookie! She was a little bit upset by this, but she didn’t say anything. After all, it was only one cookie. A few minutes later, she took another cookie. Once again, her table companion also took a cookie from the bag. Now she was getting a little bent out of shape, especially since there was only one more cookie left in the bag. Apparently the man also noticed that only one cookie was left. He reached into the bag, took it out, broke it in half, offered one half to his break companion, and ate the other ...

145. The Crown Of Thorns

Matthew 27:26b-30

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... before. The crowd was led by the Jewish leaders who chanted, "Crucify Him, crucify Him, crucify Him." It was terrible, but that is what happened. Jesus was led away to a hill called Calvary. On the way He carried a cross. Imagine what He must have looked like, bent over, bleeding through his clothes, and carrying that cross. But on top of His head was a crown, a crown of thorns. I have a picture of a crown of thorns today to help you remember what happened to Jesus. The soldiers played with Him, mocked Him ...

146. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Larry Powell

... 'S IMPRESSIVE ... A young dandy had just attended a botany lecture and found himself, surprisingly enough, walking alongside an attractive female classmate who had caught his eye throughout the lecture. Eager to meet her, and even more anxious to impress her, he bent down and picked the leaves from a small plant. Holding them proudly for the girl to see, he spoke in the words of his new botanical knowledge - "Look, here is non-cyclic photophosphorylatin." The girl, visibly unimpressed, replied, "Could be; I ...

147. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... more often than not for purposes other than clipping papers together. We are told that six percent are used for toothpicks, five percent as nail cleaners, seventeen percent as safety-pin substitutes, three percent as pipe cleaners, fourteen percent as something to be bent or broken while talking on the telephone, and only twenty percent end up being used to hold paper together. I used a couple the other day to fasten the glass in a gaslight. Prophecy, faith, knowledge, and people all have intended uses. I ...

148. Monologue: Naomi And Ruth

Ruth 1:1-22

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... relative of Naomi's husband. The man was kind, and generous to everyone. He allowed me to glean the pieces of wheat that were left. He left some of his grain deliberately untouched so the poor, like me, could get some type of provision. It was difficult, hard work being bent over all day in the hot sun. My back ached every day and so did my fingers. My hands became rough and raw. I hurt so badly in many ways that I wondered if Naomi's God was real anymore. I hurt inside my heart because there seemed no hope ...

149. Compelled to Carry

Matthew 27:11-26

Drama

Joe Barone

... between the radius and ulna. There was a sedicula, a small crossbar in the middle of the cross on which he could place a portion of his buttoc_esermonsks. That kept him from dying to quickly, and it kept the nails from tearing through the bone and flesh. His legs were bent and spread and nailed too. Like I said, it was an ordinary execution, the kind I'd seen before but only from a long way off. One thing was different. He didn't hang there more than 30 hours as so many did, and he died before they broke ...

150. The Flight to Egypt and Return to Nazareth

Matthew 2:13-23

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... ; that we may benefit by the salvation he brought to our world. In his name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Forgive us, Father, for taking so much for granted in the Christian faith. You have constantly had to pour out your love to people who seem bent on resisting that love. And we who want to accept your love, do so without considering the price you have paid. Sharpen our senses to see what wonderful feats you have performed in order that we might be redeemed from sin. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen ...

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