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Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: New Year, January 1, resolutions CHARACTERS: Wife, husband PROPS: A box of odds and ends, including some tapes, an iron, a picture album, a magazine or brochure, and a Thighmaster SETTING: Not particular Wife: "Are you ready?" Husband: "Am I ever? Bring it on anyway." Wife: "Okay, these are all ...

1502. CHEAP WINE VS. THE BLOOD OF CHRIST

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Easter, resurrection CHARACTERS: Three main men (1, 2, 3), various other men around them SETTING: A bar, in Jesus'' time PROPS: Drinking mugs and glasses 1: "Bartender, more wine over here! We can''t wait all day. Your cheap brand of wine will turn to vinegar if it sits any ...

1503. DO WE REALLY MEAN IT?

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Easter, resurrection CHARACTERS: One man or woman, dressed in a style characteristic of that time period. SETTING: The road on which Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. PROPS: Road sign with an arrow saying, “Jerusalem.” "It was not long ago. He came down this very road on which I ...

1504. FOR WHOM DO WE WORK?

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Labor Day, business, work CHARACTERS: Businessman, Other''s Expectations (represented by an older man or woman), Colleague''s Approval (represented by a few people dressed in business clothes), Lifestyle (represented by a woman, richly and audily dressed), Status (represented by a pompous man in very elegant clothes) SETTING: An office ...

1505. SOMEONE TO REMEMBER

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Memorial Day CHARACTERS: Mother, Daughter (13-15 years of age) SETTING: Sitting in the church pew PROPS: A couple of church bulletins Daughter: "Mom, have you read your bulletin yet?" Mother: "Yes." Daughter: "What are all these names for?" Mother: "Those are the names of people from this church who'' ...

1506. THE HOPE HE LEFT BEHIND

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day CHARACTERS: Martin Luther King, Jr., Angel SETTING: On their way to Heaven PROPS: None (Martin walks into the area where the angel is. He is disoriented by the sight of the angel). Martin: "Wha....Where am I? Am I dead?" Angel: "Yes, Martin, you''re ...

1507. RISK-FREE RESOLUTIONS

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: New Year''s CHARACTERS: TV news commentator (TV), Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Jackson

1508. IN HONOR OF HIM

Luke 19:28-40

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Palm Sunday CHARACTERS: Wife, husband SETTING: A small house on the road on which Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. PROPS: A potted plant (Woman is kneeling by the side of the road planting the plant) (Husband''s voice from off stage) "Wife, come in here. It''s time ...

1509. AN UNLIKELY KING

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Palm Sunday CHARACTERS: One businessman, dressed in the manner in which someone would have dressed in Jesus'' day. SETTING: The road upon which Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. PROPS: Clothes and palm branches strewn on the floor (This is spoken to the congregation) "Look at this! Honest men ...

1510. ENRAPTURED OR INSANE?

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Pentecost CHARACTERS: Judge (may be male or female), Lawyer (may be male or female), Leader (male, participant in the Pentecost), Man 1 (participant in the Pentecost), Man 2 (participant in the Pentecost) SETTING: In a courtroom, in Jesus'' time PROPS: None (might want to carry individual props that show which ...

1511. WHY THEY MATTER TODAY

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Presidents'' Day CHARACTERS: Teacher, The students: Kim, Sammy, Jay, Julie SETTING: A classroom PROPS: A pile of test papers (Teacher is handing out test papers to the students) Teacher: "I''m handing back last week''s test on the Presidents. I gotta tell you, if bad grades were explosive, then ...

1512. AN ACT OF WILL

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Thanksgiving CHARACTERS: Maria, the mother, Mr. Ramos, an elderly man, Reba, the babysitter, The son, 6-8 years old SETTING: Maria''s apartment PROPS: Some dishes of food (don''t necessarily have to have food in them) Maria: "Reba, thank you so much for watching the kids this afternoon. I'' ...

1513. LOSING SIGHT OF THE CHRIST CHILD

Drama

Angela Akers

SUBJECT: Christmas CHARACTERS: Two clerks (1 and 2), A girl SETTING: The Lost and Found department at a mall. The clerks are talking. PROPS: An umbrella, a wallet, a handbag, a lunchbox, a tennis shoe, a blanket, some gloves and mittens, a pacifier, a date book, and a beeper. (If you ...

1514. Making Sense of the Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... earth. “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. . .” He said (Matthew 28:18). Dare we believe it? The First Letter of Peter says that “Jesus has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.” (I Peter 3:22) That is to say that, as a result of the Ascension, everything that has domination over our lives is ultimately in Christ’s hands. IN CHRIST’S HANDS! This is the most political of all doctrines, for it says that Christ ...

1515. To Hell and Back

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... For them, heaven is likely to be hell. I had two New Testament professors in seminary who disagreed with each other on this matter. This is not unusual for Methodists, for every time you get three Methodists you get four opinions. . . on almost every subject. In this case, I got two opinions. I asked these two professors: Will God eventually win over all of His children—even after death? The first replied, “Of course! God’s sovereign love will eventually break down every barrier and win all persons to ...

1516. What Happens When I Die?

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... than any other religion or philosophy of life. But it also promises that beyond this life, there is Eternal Life with God. Some years ago the great Scottish theologian John Baillie wrote what has come to be regarded as a classic book on our subject of the morning titled And the Life Everlasting. It contains some 220 pages of closely reasoned theological and philosophical argument supporting the Christian’s faith in Eternal Life. But ultimately he rests his case upon his faith in the God revealed to us in ...

1517. God’s Body Language

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... quite incapable of believing that Christ laughed, said Good Morning,’ or was in any sense fully human.” So it seems that we still have Gnostics and Docetists among us. A Christ who breathes the same air that we do, walks the same roads that we do, was subject to the same trials and temptations as we are...that sort of Christ is not for them. I remember the stir that was created a few years back when a Presbyterian professor named William Phipps wrote a book titled “Was Jesus Married?” In the book he ...

1518. Christmas and the Condensed Bible

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... I think that we have heard the good news for so many years, and have covered it up with so much sentimental claptrap that it no longer shocks us as it should. Listen to the words of Presbyterian George Sweazey in a book on the subject of preaching: “The word became flesh and lived among us.” The word here means, literally, “pitched a tent” among us. Obviously, it refers to ancient days when Semitic people were nomads wandering over the land, living not in permanent houses but in tents which they ...

1519. Born Again? When?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... doing what God wants done in our world in the here and now, then we have the best possible evidence that we have, indeed, been “born again.” Some three hundred years ago John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim’s Progress preached his last sermon. His subject was the New Birth in Christ. Near the end of the sermon, Bunyan listed some of the “consequences” of the new birth. First, he said, you know that a baby has been born because it cries. In his quaint fashion, Bunyan said that the newborn Christian ...

1520. On Doing the Truth

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... having a floodlight shine upon him. But, on the other hand, says John, “those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.” (John 3:21) In a previous sermon I dealt with the subject of being “born again.” I suppose the really big question which needs to be addressed to those who profess the new birth is, “What did you do the next day?” The new birth is supposed to be a prelude to a new life. I once heard the great Presbyterian ...

1521. Jesus and the Divorced Evangelist

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet.” (John 4:16-19) That’s the biggest understatement of all time! Quickly, the woman tries to change the subject: “Tell me, Preacher, which Church is the right one in which to worship: the Presbyterian or the Methodist?” Well, that’s not what she said, but you get the general idea. The Jews insisted that the right place to worship God was Jerusalem, where the Temple was ...

1522. Doors Are for Entering

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... me.” I will try to deal with those difficult words when we get to that chapter. Here in Chapter 10 we find Jesus saying not “I am a gate,” but rather, I am the gate.” He is not one among many, but unique. In a sermon on the subject “Aren’t All Religions Basically Alike?” (Number 32 in this series) I refer to the Baha’i Temple in Wilmette, Ill., with its nine windows, one for each of the great religious teachers. Above an alcove in that building we read the words, “All the prophets of God ...

1523. So Who Needs A Shepherd?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , but a promise! God is out on every road where people, like sheep, get themselves lost, earnestly and tenderly seeking them and calling them back home. Does that mean that, ultimately, God will get all of us? I have no special inside information on the subject, but I certainly hope so! I wouldn’t be the least offended if God did get us all, eventually. Would you? I get the impression from some preachers I have heard, especially those on television, that a part of what makes heaven “heaven” for them ...

1524. Some Said It Thundered

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... story of Betty, a 40-year-old schoolteacher who decided to run in the Boston Marathon. Betty’s daughter Kathy was surprised, shocked, and not a little fearful. The play contained the following dialogue between Betty and her daughter Kathy on the subject of fear: Betty: “There are worse things than being scared.” Kathy: “Like what?” Betty: “It’s worse never to be scared.” Kathy: “Is it?” Betty: “If you’re never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. That ...

1525. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... say that a love which costs us nothing is worth precisely that—nothing. At a minimum it costs us our self-sufficiency, to admit that we need God and one another. In order to fulfill the Lord’s command, we need other persons, for love must not only have a subject but an object. At maximum it may cost us our very life. It has often done so down through the Christian centuries, and may well do so again. However, most of us are not called upon to die for Christ. It may be that we are called upon to do ...

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