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151. A Poisonous Tongue

James 3:1-12

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To teach that the words we speak can be very harmful. Props: A picture of a poisonous snake, and a bottle of chemicals (such as weed killer) that has a "poison" warning on it. Lesson: This morning I want to show you three things that are poisonous. But before I show you these things, does anyone here know what the word "poisonous" means? (response) Something that is poisonous can hurt you or kill you if it gets inside of you. So we should not be around things that are poisonous, should we ...

152. Greater Than A Pinky Promise

Genesis 15:1-18

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: God has made the greatest promise of all. Props: None. Lesson: I have a question for you this morning. What is a promise? (response) That’s right. A promise is when you say you are going to do something and you really mean you are going to do it no matter what. How many of you have ever made a promise? (response) When you made your promise did you do anything extend your hand as if you are shaking hands with someone with your hands? (shake hands). Everyone shake hands like you are making a ...

153. Some Things Money Can Buy, For Everything Else There's Grace

Isaiah 55:1-13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: God’s gift of mercy is given without cost. Props: Give everyone a nickel, a dime, or a quarter. The money should work out so that the children can make the first two purchases. Additional props: Can of Sprite, a toy from a gumball machine (e.g. small deck of cards or one of those gooey toys—leave the toy in the container), a freshly cut tree branch that is budding, and a communion chalice. Optional: A small table to set the objects on while they are being sold. Lesson: Good morning. ( ...

154. Life's Third Dimension

Matthew 20:1-16

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"... Whatever is right I will give ..." - Matthew 20:4 Sometimes some of the parables of Jesus appear, at first glance, to make no sense. Such a parable may be read in Matthew 20:1-16. This is the story of a "householder," a land-owner, a farmer, who needed harvesters to work in his vineyard. Early one morning this man went out and hired some laborers to work for him that day, promising to pay each man one denarius for his day's work. Later, about nine o'clock, he went out and hired others, saying, " ...

155. Do I Give Up Praying Too Soon?

Luke 18:1-8

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I’ve heard marvelous stories of people who’ve prayed and found their prayers answered. I’ve heard testimonies like that from some of you. I’ve heard reports from hospital chaplains. One that sticks in my mind is of a young man hopelessly sick. The physicians didn’t think surgery would help but they didn’t know what else to do. So they tried it. The young man was up and around and out of the hospital in a week. The surgeon had seen this happen before and so he asked, "Did he belong to a group and did this ...

156. Saving Sinners

Matthew 9:9-13

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"Jesus left that place, and as he walked along he saw a tax collector, named Matthew, sitting in his office. He said to him, 'Follow me.' And Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at his house, many tax collectors and outcasts came and joined him and his disciples at the table. Some Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and outcasts?' Jesus heard them and answered: 'People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who ...

157. The Passion of Our Lord

2 Corinthians 5:21

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A prose layout for preaching: Lent is that season of the Church's year when we as Christians dwell on the Mystery of the Crucifixion. And what the Crucifixion tells us is this: God Himself died upon a cross, to pour out His love for us, to forgive us our sins, to share His life with us now, and eternally. Most of us associate this as the theme of Lent, and yet, we also associate Lent with other things: as a time of solemnity in the Church, as a time when we should be especially more aware of our sins, as a ...

158. Ask for a Sign

Isaiah 7:1-25

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I asked for my first sign from God in the midst of World War II. We had only been in that war a few months in May of 1942 when that day came for me. In the Far East Admiral Nimitz was directing the first Allied Offensive to stop the Japanese Imperial Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, while beginning plans for the more famous Battle of Midway. In North Africa, Field Marshall Von Rommel was still a power, but he would fade as the British planes struck his supply lines and a General named Patton began ...

159. Coping With Anger In A Close-up World

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

A volcano is a very tall mountain until it blows its top. Some people are that way as well. I'm one of them. I speak to you this evening as a top blower. The subject of anger intrigues me. One week I was enjoying a cup of coffee with some friends. We were discussing our various work plans for the weeks ahead, and I casually mentioned that I would have to make certain that we removed all the politicians' campaign signs from the yard of the church I pastored. It is a voting place and not all the signs get ...

160. He Will Take Care of Us

Luke 21:18-19

Children's Sermon

Object: Some different kinds of hair; like blond, brown, black, red. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been afraid? Good, we have all been afraid at some time or another. Have you ever been so afraid that you felt like running away? (Let them answer.) I know what that feels like also. You think that if you run fast enough, you will be able to get away from whatever the bad thing is that is making you feel afraid. Let me ask you one more question. Have you ever been afraid of something ...

161. The Doubting Sum

Matthew 28:16-20

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The Holy Trinity When the eleven disciples, minus Judas, came to the mountain previously chosen by Jesus to meet him, some doubted. We would like to speak concerning the sum of doubt. Doubt adds up to zero. It is not a negative number; it is nothing! When we think of the word doubt we associate words like: indecision, uncertainty, hopelessness and powerlessness. People with convictions act. The opposite of doubt is faith and only faith has power. Imagine the eleven, with the doubters included, hearing ...

162. Recovering From the Blahs

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

There he came to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." And he said, "Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord." And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great ...

163. Salvation Through His Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

The people of his ignoble day harassed him, hunted him, and lied about him until they got him where they wanted him - on a T-shaped scaffold intended for the worst of criminals! But though it is true that Jesus thus suffered, nevertheless when we look at Calvary, we are not witnessing a murder. We are not witnessing the death of a martyr. We are not witnessing the execution of a political revolutionary who made a mistake in public relations and got himself crucified. We are not witnessing drama - an actor ...

164. I Knew You’d Come

John 6:16-24

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

When the unsinkable Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, one reporter wrote, "The tragedy of man is that he cannot build a boat to match his boasts." In many ways we have been able to conquer the sea. When it loomed up as a barrier to our progress across the earth we built boats to sail on it, created atomic submarines to travel through it, and designed jets to fly over it. What’s more, we can even swim in it. But we cannot become master of it. The story which forms the miracle we consider now is about a ...

165. God’s Great Chalkboard

Luke 18:9-14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A chalkboard, chalk, and eraser. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to learn something by using a very familiar friend in a different way. [Bring out the chalkboard.] How many of you have used a chalkboard before? What do you do with a chalkboard? [Let them answer.] That’s right, you write on it with chalk. I have a piece of chalk and I will write down some things like 2+2=4, C A T spells cat, and I will draw a picture of a stick man. Can everyone see what I have written on the ...

166. Embalmed With Cardiac Arrest

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

I always wonder what an agnostic or an unbeliever or a skeptic does on Easter Day. Have you ever wondered that? Out of curiosity, let’s join two of them on the first Easter day. For them, the story was all over, the last curtain was rung down. Their hopes lay shattered. Their dreams lay twisted and ruined. Easter Day found them on the way back home to Emmaus, back to the old home town, about seven miles from Jerusalem, back to the workaday world, back to the dull, monotonous business of eking out an ...

167. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

James Bjorge

Johnny Carson has a side-kick who opens the evening television talk show with a phrase that never varies. Big Ed McMahon bursts forth with the introduction, "Here’s Johnny!" Then the talk man comes forth from the wings to entertain his audience and television viewers. As the herald of the show, Ed McMahon plays an important role in getting the show off the ground with gusto. Jesus was coming to stage the greatest drama the world would ever witness. It would unfold the mighty act of redemption. While he was ...

168. Last Ditch Stand

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

This is actually a brief play. It is planned for discussion afterward, preferably in small groups so that all will share. It is a play about conviction. For more impact, let adults play the adults. The cast: Dr. John Whitney, a surgeon; Helen, his wife; Nancy, their fifteen-year-old daughter; Rod, her seventeen-year-old boyfriend. The play takes place in the living room of the Whitney home. However, all you really need is some folding chairs, two put together as a sofa. Props needed are an ashtray and a ...

169. People Who Wear Red...

Acts 10:34

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: Some sticks of gum and some bright colored item of clothing. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have a favorite friend? All of you. How many of you like a certain kind of person, like good ball players or girlfriends who have lots of dolls? Almost all of you like some kinds of people better than others. Do you think that God likes some people better than others? It is an interesting question, and one that a lot of people have talked about for a long time. I like some people better than ...

170. SURVIVAL IN THE RAT RACE

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

Dear friends, I know what I am supposed to do up here in this pulpit. I’m supposed to startle you with some stabbing statement of Scripture. I’m supposed to challenge you with some call of Christ. I’m supposed to impress you with some imperative of the Gospel. But, do you know something? I don’t want to do any of those things today. I just want to tell you to relax, to rest, unwind, sit loose, take it easy, let your mind wander, if you will. In fact, you don’t have to listen to what I’m saying, if there’s ...

171. Chapter V

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

"Give weight to your father and your mother that you may live long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you." Exodus 20:12 One of the things about the Commandments is that even though there is only a handful of them they speak to nearly every area of life. Though in some instances they are only a few words or phrases long, they touch virtually every basic relationship that a man has with his fellows, as well as with God. The longer that perceptive and sensitive people study and live with them the ...

172. WEAVER

1 Sam. 17:7; Job 7:6

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

1 Samuel 17:7 - "And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield-bearer went before him." Job 7:6 - "My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and come to their end without hope." Weaving is the process of making a fabric by interlacing two or more sets of yarn at right angles to each other. The lengthwise set is called the warf; the crosswise is the weft. Before any weaving can be done, the warp yarns must be stretched on the ...

173. The Passover and the Passion

Drama

Denny C. Wise

Narrator: (Welcome) Since the Fourth Century, Christians have remembered the Passion of our Lord with a service of Tenebrae, or shadows. Tonight we are going to add to that format an even older tradition: the Passover Festival. The word "Festival" comes from a root word meaning "memory." The Passover Festival was a time to remember God’s deliverance of his people from bondage, declaring that even though evil may prosper for a season, God’s way shall ultimately prevail. During our service this evening, as ...

174. 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 ...

175. The Glue of God's Love

Mark 1:21-28

Children's Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

Object: A bottle of glue Good morning boys and girls. I am glad you are here. Today in the Scripture lesson we will be reading about Jesus going to a town called Capernaum. Today I want you to look at this bottle of glue. They call this "School Glue." This is the same kind you use in school. As you already know this is really good glue because you can stick anything together with this glue. You can glue paper, plastic, wood, cloth, and just about anything else you can think of and it will stay together. ...

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