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126. Shut the Back Door!

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in the pen.” You all know that right? If you’re hiding in your house for fear of the world, or if your church is hiding behind its walls, afraid of its community, no relationships will be founded, no mission carried out. But not only that –what stays in one place without fresh air, light, community, and activity will atrophy and stagnate. And the fighting will begin! This is why Jesus doesn’t just stand guard at the gate. There are all kinds of reasons not to leave the sheep in the sheep pen. Sheep ...

127. It Came To Pass

Job 42:1-6

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... justice, but of God's mercy.1 Indeed, since Job had repented of his arrogance before God, his faith did not depend upon divine rewards anymore. Nevertheless, Job's story is still a testimony to the fact that, by the grace of God, his troubles did not come to stay, but came to pass. Indeed, it is a reminder that when we are in trouble, God cares about us and is actually involved to deliver us and restore us. This is the witness of the apostle Paul when he says "We know that all things work together for good ...

128. How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... common. They each thought, "It can't happen to me." I once met Billy Graham. It happened to be during the televangelist sex scandals. My friend, Skip Stogdill, said, "Mr. Graham, thank you for all your years of purity in ministry. How is it you have managed to stay scandal free?" To which Mr. Graham replied, "It's because I constantly run scared." And that's not bad advice for you and for me. Never say never! An affair is easy, all too easy. And it begins when we allow our own marriages to grow stale.Drink ...

129. Raised Voices

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... comfort. Why can't we just join in with the Egyptians and share some of that comfort? I like it here and I want to stay. REBECCA: But this is an evil country. The Egyptians go against every commandment of God. And they refuse to let us worship freely. HANNAH: Then ... : We will see about that when the time comes. If it ever does. Now, hurry up! You have to pack. You're not going to stay behind, are you? REBECCA: No way! But, Hannah ...! HANNAH: No "buts"! I've made up my mind. God can take care of me just as ...

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

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... a good job of bringing Jesus up in the faith, his family and friends wanted to dictate to him how he would practice his faith -- which is always dangerous. How can one know how God will choose powerfully to use one of our loved ones? They wanted him to stay in Nazareth! If he had, where would that leave us? Sometimes God calls us forth to do the difficult or the seemingly unwise, but who are we to discourage another when one has heard a call of God? Focus on Christ! And belong to him, says Paul. Clergyman ...

131. End times

Mt 24:1-14 · 1 Thess 3:7-13 · Jer 26:1-6 · Ps 105:1-7

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the truth usually leads to destruction, suspicion and hurt. 3. Jesus teaches that we shall know the truth which will make us free (John 8:32). (The truth of our sin and God's salvation in Christ). Lesson 2: 1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 Sermon Title: Staying Alive. Sermon Angle: Paul rejoiced that the Thessalonians had not sold out their faith, exclaiming: "For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord." The faith of his spiritual children helped to sustain his life. It is equally true that the faith of Paul ...

132. I Am The Real Vine

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... dwell in Christ. Dwelling is everything. As a grape vine is invalidated by trying to live on its own, we are invalidated by living on our own. We shrivel up and die, like so many branches that have been cut off from the source of life. Our part is to stay close to God like a little girl crossing a busy street with her father. "I'll get you across the street," the father says, "just don't let go of my finger." We had three daughters. When they were little, they would go anywhere with me, even across a busy ...

133. God, The Father

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... Mom and to me for years, and he was terrible when he had been drinking. After we moved, he got worse, drinking all the time, and vicious all the time. I got away from it because I apprenticed with a carpenter. Mom walked the streets to stay out of his way. She stayed at our carpenter's shop, finding excuses to be there. One day she fainted. When my boss' wife opened her cloak to help her breathe, she found terrible bruises on her and took her into the house-part of the building. My father was in a drunken ...

134. Hang Time: A Good Friday Sermon

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... enjoy. Hang time is the time we spend sacrificing ourselves for the things of God in the midst of personal suffering and life's seemingly insurmountable difficulties. The longer we hang for Jesus, the better life becomes for the people of God! Christ gives us a staying power and ability to hang through the tough times by his sacrifice on the cross. By hanging for us, and by following and accepting him, we are able to hang through the tough times of our lives. We all lament the passing of our dear brother ...

135. Raised Voices

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Drama

Pamela Urfer

136. Remember Toward the Future John M. Cobb

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

... have the last word. So, to begin with, that fact that there are Lutheran congregations in Ellersiie, Hay Lakes, Rollyview13 and Gnadenthai - is not simply by chance! The people at that time, the time of settlement, those people (that is, the people who wanted to stay in the church - those who didn’t always go to Calgary and get a job)14 showed three major characteristics. Three special things characterized their way of life, and I want to name each of them: 1. First, they knew where they came from. They ...

137. ASCENDING

Drama

... . A. P. 4: Take us with you. Player: Goodb-... [He hits his head on a light hanging from the ceiling and drops, unconscious, about half the distance he has risen, with his feet together and his arms outstretched] A. P. 2: Oh, he’s going to stay with us - he’s going to stay! A. P. 4: I thought you were going to take us with you, or prepare a place or something. A. P. 1: Why can’t he make up his mind? A. P. 3: [Re-enters] Aren’t you gone yet? Hey, what’s the problem. [Sees the situation] Oh ...

138. In Debt Forever!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... the debt to which he refers in our text has nothing to do with money. He was just as stern in his admonition to stay free of monetary indebtedness as John Wesley. "Owe no one anything," he wrote the Roman Christians. Anything! That’s what he said. The same ... St. Paul, or anyone else, want to be forever in debt to love? For God’s sake! That’s why, first of all. We are to stay in debt forever to love for God’s sake. "For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law," Paul goes on to say. That’s ...

139. Abide In Me

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... him to expose himself to the bitter cold for a full day. They dared him and he did it. "Just a case of simple willpower," he would say. "You can do anything you want if you just put your mind to it." On another occasion they tested his ability to stay awake. They challenged him to sit upright in a chair staring straight ahead for 48 hours without sleeping. They dared him and he did it. "Just a case of simple willpower," he would say. "You can do anything you want if you just put your mind to it." The people ...

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Drama

David E. Ullery

... would be a furore that would lead to rebellion. It is your duty to see that his body is not stolen. Pilate: I am weary of your suggestions as to the nature of my duty, Caiaphas. I see my duty clearly. Are you sure that your "Son of God" will stay in the tomb? Caiaphas: Of course! Unless his rabble-rousing followers steal it! You must place a guard! Pilate: Sergius! Go with him, and make sure that he stations you at Jesus’ tomb himself! Have three men on duty at all times! Sergius: Yes, sir! Caiaphas: I am ...

141. The Star Thrower

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... wisdom and grace to the humble. Centuries ago at this season the Heavenly Star Thrower was getting the world's attention to say with Robert Frost: So when at times the mob is swayed To carry praise or blame too far, We may choose something like a star To stay our minds on and be staid. A star like the Star of Bethlehem, the Star of David, the Messiah, who with his humility has humbled all the Herods and Caesars and Kaisers and Kings and philosophers of the world. And he would humble us too. II Let us look ...

142. The Christ of the Commonplace

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... I've got paying customers here waiting for a place, now order!" "Just the water." "You order something or you get out!" "Can I stay and get warm?" "Order or get out." So, she got up. The people at the table where she was seated got up, people ... the table got up, Fred got up, and they all started moving towards the door. "OK," the big man with the greasy apron said, "She can stay." And everybody sat down. He even brought her a bowl of that soup. Fred asked the man sitting next to him, "Who is she?" "I never ...

143. Gettin' Ready For Quittin' Time

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... as the Bible. No one knows, though, when that will be. We may be here another two thousand years before Christ fulfills his promise. No one knows. THE SECOND THING TO SAY IS, BE READY. Since we don't know when the Second Advent might occur, we ought to stay ready. That's good advice in every part of life. Be ready. Or as the scouts say, be prepared. We simply do not know what any hour may bring. Opportunities or tragedies in life are not always predictable; we can't always see them coming. Take the case of ...

144. The Difference Is You

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... saw one bit. That was when the trouble really began. A group from the church went to share their concerns with the jailer. "I knew we were asking for trouble when we let you women stick your noses into things," the jailer told them. "You women ought to stay out of what is none of your business," he advised. "What goes on here is really none of your business," he said. "Why don ™t you stick to church work and leave the legal work to us." "This is church business," shouted one of the women as she pounded ...

145. A Long Line Of Love

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... they were foreigners. The law was very clear about such things. No Moabite could enter the household of faith even after ten generations. If her daughters-in-law remained with her, they would never be accepted among her people. So Naomi once again encouraged them to stay in their homeland. She told them that it was absurd for them to follow her, "Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?" she asked them. Finally, Orpah decided that her mother-in-law was right. It would be best ...

146. Up and Running

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... . The symbolism of it does not go unnoticed, issuing in a question like this: Is the place of the church above and beyond the world, or in the world? It is, I believe, both. There is a problem in both directions: Stay in the world too long and you can lose your way; but stay in the church too long and you can become, as the old expression puts it, "so heavenly-minded that you are no earthly good." Theological educators, as well as educators in other disciplines, know that the academic must be tempered by ...

147. A Higher Calling

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be God’s man, God’s woman, if it means committing more of our time, more of our resources. We are like millions of other people who have lived on this earth over the past 2,000 years, we want to stay on the good side of God, but we want to do it from a distance. We will stay in our boats and give lip service and leave it to someone else to leave their nets and follow Jesus. There was an amusing item in the press not too long back. It concerned the funeral of James Smith, a lifelong ...

148. Learning from the Spider

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... says that the main one is to "abide in God." And here's where the spider crawled onto the web of my brain. I pictured the spider, staying in the comforting, safe home, either at the center of the web or in the dark cavity at the end of the tunnel. Only when there is ... asleep in the boat when the waves and wind were raging (Matthew 8). That's because Jesus knew all about spiders. He stayed "at home," at the center, in the heart of God, and from that center found the peace that passes all understanding, which ...

149. Where The Spirit Of Jesus Is

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... few beers and played a few tunes of our own. Nobody had spoken to us until a graybeard sitting a few stools down looked up from his can of beer and asked, "Y'all ain't from around here, are you?" We said we weren't. "Y’all going to stay for supper?" the man went on. "Stay for what? I asked. "Supper," he said. "We have it here every year on Thanksgiving. It's mostly for the regulars who don't have nowhere else to go, but I'm sure nobody would mind if y'all ...

150. All Keyed Up

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... for his churches. The occasion was an attack of the plague in Carthage. Everyone in that city who was able, left the city, except the poor, the old, and the sick. They had to stay. Cyprian, in this book, appealed to the Christians to stay in the city, not to leave, even though it was in their power to leave. He asked them to stay and care for the sick, bury the dead, and give hope to those who had not yet been infected by the plague. The amazing thing about this is that the Christians had just undergone ...

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