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151. THE END

Drama

... ve made it! 2: Have we? 1: Yes. This is definitely the place. 2: Which one? 1: What do you mean? 2: We’ve stopped so many places, and you said all of them were the right place. 1: Well, they were. And so is this. 2: Here we ... s move. 2: You do this to me every time. 1: What do you mean? 2: You just told me this was the end. 1: That’s right. 2: That we could stop - rest - relax. 1: Right. And we just did. 2: But now you say we have to go again. 1: Of course. 2: What do you mean "of course!" When do we get ...

152. Why Are We So Split Apart?

Matthew 5:9

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... to them being read. That prayer is for the welfare of each and for right relationships. So when Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," he included all of us, not just a president, or a diplomat, or a member of the Senate. For peace means more than just stopping the things that make war. It means working for the welfare and the well-being of all people so that they can be at their best and highest. It means good and right relationships. I think we get closest to the meaning of these words of Jesus when ...

153. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR PENTECOST

Drama

Tom Eberle

... in mid-air? Voice 2: Hey! Do you do anything besides ask questions? H.S.: Does it seem like I’m just asking questions? Voice 4: Stop that, you’re driving us crazy. H.S.: If I’m driving you crazy, at least you’re going so mew here. Voice 3: This is ... chamber. Voice 2: How would you feel if you were caught in a predicament like this? H.S.: I would say, "Thank God!" The rat race stopped long enough for me to decide I no longer want to be a rat. I would shout, "Breathe on me breath of Gbd. Let me become ...

154. IN THE BEGINNING ... THERE WAS LOVE ...

Drama

Marcia Millerf

... that all you want me to do? BOY: It’d mean a lot to me if you would. [THE GIRL sings "Greensleeves." As she is singing THE BOY comes to her tower. Stepping onto the first step, he places the flowers on the tower beside THE GIRL. Without stopping her music, THE GIRL looks up and smiles at him. He quickly turns away. When she finishes the song, there is a long silence. Without looking at her, in a slow, deliberate voice, he speaks.] That was lovely. [Another long silence.] Thank you. GIRL: Thank you for the ...

155. Annas, Caiaphas, and Judas

Drama

Jon Joyce

... on the cheek. We will know that it is that man. JUDAS: [Control gone, he writhes on the ground and/or rises and paces, as he feels the scene] Kiss ... kiss ... the kiss of friendship ... VOICE: "... betray me." JUDAS: [Screams in agony] How was I to know? I couldn’t stop it, once it got started. I didn’t mean ... Forgive me, Master, forgive me, tell me what you told that thief. [He pauses, looks up, waiting, but is greeted only by silence] It can’t be. It’s not real. It didn’t happen. It must be a ...

156. Don't Ignore the Signs

Galatians 6:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... it means? [Let them answer.] Very good, it means that you are not paying attention to someone or something. I have a friend who does not pay attention to signs. He ignores them. When he rides his bike in the street he ignores this sign. [Hold up STOP sign.] Do you know what happens? [Let them answer.] That’s right, he wrecks his bike. Sometimes he goes through a stranger’s yard and he ignores these signs. [Hold up KEEP OFF THE GRASS and BEWARE OF DOG signs.] Now, what do you think happens? The owner ...

157. Legends Of Christmas

Drama

Georgianna Summers

... for my report. Come on, guys. Robbie: [As they go out together] I think I’ll go home and take an aspirin. Derek: I’m stopping by the library to look up King Arthur and the Holy Grail. [Lights out momentarily] Scene ii (The Next Day) [Lights up. A boy ... the huge oak tree. [Two boys come out, one with his hands bound; the other holding him and about to stab him with a knife.] Boniface: Stop! There is no god who lives in this tree. Instead there is a God of love who sent us Jesus who taught us how to love ...

158. Everyone Is Searching For You

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

Brett Blair

... himself with God, he says, “You’re right, Simon.” You’re right; let’s go to the next town so we get started there. Now, on another Sunday, and at another time I am going to take this time to tell you that you need to stop. Stop your work. Stop the hustle. Stop the madness and find some solitude. But this morning I am going to tell you to keep running. Why? Because in Africa every morning when the sun comes up, a gazelle wakes. He knows that he must outrun the fastest lion or he will be eaten. When ...

159. Be At Peace With One Another

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

Brett Blair

... people and we saw a man who is not one of us. He was driving out demons and he was dong this in your name. Now we know that he has not been trained like we have. He has not been chosen as we have so we told him to stop. Do you hear what they did? They pushed him off the bridge. It is obvious that the disciples expected to be congratulated. “Good for you!” they expected, “After all, we can’t let this Kingdom of God business get out of hand.” How little they understood where Jesus’ teachings would ...

160. All Is Calm, All Is Bright

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

William G. Carter

... blessed thing for which to hope — primarily because it seems to be in such short supply. This is December 24, after all. For many people it is the busiest, most erratic day of the year. How many of you were out on the roads this afternoon? Anybody dare to stop at the supermarket? Are your children calm and quiet? This is a night when we could wish for a little peace. A lot of things might be on your mind tonight. When I was a teenager, I remember one Christmas Eve very distinctly. My family was sitting in ...

161. You Do Have A Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

James W. Moore

... magical device to get some selfish wishes. Hoover Rupert spoke to this when he said, "How easy it is to blunt out a desperate prayer… ‘O Lord, make the brakes hold,’ when we are going 80 miles an hour and suddenly face a need for a quick stop to avoid hitting another car. Not much intelligence in such a prayer, not much common sense." (H. Rupert. What’s Good About God, p. 155.) Some years ago I was reading an article in Sports Illustrated about a major league baseball pitcher who prays that God will ...

162. The Imperatives of the Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of eternal life for all who believe. We have reason to rejoice, and Jesus gave us that reminder on our way from the garden. Of course, there were three more commands that he gave us. They simply reaffirmed the instruction of the angel. First, he repeated the instruction to STOP BEING AFRAID. It is a reminder we ALL need from time to time as we begin to share our faith. Then he said GO. Again, there are times when we need to have someone shake us off our rusty-dusties and get us out into the world and to ...

163. The Imperatives of the Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

164. God Bless the Child

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . As was the custom in Palestine, Jewish mothers brought their youngsters to a famous Rabbi for a blessing. It was such a situation that prompted the little story we find in Mark's record. One might think it strange that the disciples would have tried to stop such a thing. They were not boorish or ungracious men - they were simply trying to protect their Master from being overwhelmed. Jesus would have none of it though. He said, "Let the little children come to me." One of the things we need to note in ...

165. A Remedy For Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... was about to do so, another car passed him on the shoulder of the highway and cut in front of his automobile. As though that were not enough, the driver laughed and made an obscene gesture at him. It was too much for him to handle, and when traffic later stopped because of congestion, he removed a gun from his glove compartment, got out of his car, walked up to the side of the car of the man who had taunted him and shot him to death. The injustice of what had happened was bad enough, but being laughed at ...

166. He Is Who He Says He Is

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... not reveal himself to the world at large, only to those who believed. But appear to them he did ” in ways which left no doubt that he had conquered the grave. And they went out to tell the story. Against all kinds of opposition they told the story. Nothing could stop them. No power on earth could defeat them. I read recently about a door-to-door salesman who had the worst kind of luck. Day after day he'd walk up and down the streets with his product. No one would buy a thing. Every day he knocked on the ...

167. Internal Medicine

Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus raises for us this morning. FASTING! Fasting sounds a lot like dieting, doesn't it?! At least from the things we've heard. You stop eating for a while, or at least you slow down . . . And you do it for a noble cause! (Even if it is just to fit ... have definition, and purpose. And when you know where to draw the line in your life, you begin to have character. The person who will stop at nothing, will say yes! to anything! The man who has no limits, also has no identity of his own. He robs it from the ...

168. You Will Not Leave My Soul In Hell

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... to look at it, nothing seems to have changed. Everything is in place. But when you put the watch to your ear you don't hear it ticking." There may be some of us who feel like a watch with a broken mainspring, a body in which the heart has stopped beating, an empty shell with no hope for the future and a ton of regret for the past. "You will not leave my soul in hell." Obviously the psalmist is saying that God is aware of our situation. Bruce Larson recalls seeing Jack Benny on the Johnny Carson show shortly ...

169. Jesus and the Divorced Evangelist

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ’s well. Here we have John again painting a very human Jesus, One who was sometimes weary and got tried as all of us do; not the Docetic Jesus sometimes pictured by later writers who forgot that He was truly human as well as truly divine. And so He stopped for a rest. And to their consternation, He sent His disciples into a nearby town to find a kosher deli where they could get some food to eat! When they returned (evidently they had found some kind of a supermarket open, for in verse 31 they say to Him ...

170. God Doesn’t Take Vacations

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... most of the important social causes over the past couple of centuries; but I do wish that we would slow down sometimes and stop to think things out a bit before we go rushing off to another meeting, lest we become like the famous horseman who jumped ... I have a hunch that Father Wesley, for all of his genius, would have been poor company on a fishing trip. He never could stop and rest for a while, and I am afraid that he bequeathed much of his restlessness to the people called Methodists. A Methodist bishop ...

171. Miracles In Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that he has, lest he fails to put something down that’s coming to his mind. We almost hold our breath as we read that story, the atmosphere is so charged. Then we come to that mighty assertion in the 4th and 5th verses, and we have to stop to breathe and take a deep breath. “In him appeared life and that life was the light of mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.” There it is. The miracle. The miracle in contrast. Light against darkness, and the darkness ...

172. Walk By Faith Not By Sight

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... as a sacrifice. "God will provide." It's hard for us to even imagine that kind of faith. You know the story. God had commanded Abraham to take his precious son, Isaac, upon Mt. Moriah and offer him as a sacrifice to God. When they reached Mt. Moriah, Abraham stopped and said to the two men who were with him, "You wait here. We are going to worship and we will come back. So he and his son Isaac went -- and when they arrived at the place of sacrifice, young Isaac asked with natural curiosity, "Daddy, we've ...

173. What God Has Joined Together

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... twelve of those," the man replied, as he gazed into his wife’s face. "Well then, how long have you been away?" The man turned around and said, "Two whole days!" Hargrove was stunned. "I hope my marriage is still that passionate after twelve years!" The man stopped smiling and said, "Don’t hope, friend . . . decide!" (8) And that’s it, isn’t it? For most of us it comes down to a decision. "Till death us do part." It doesn’t happen in every relationship, but that is still the ideal that Jesus gives ...

174. Is There Anything I Can Do?

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... get ready for the Messiah, were to have compassion for the poor, to feed them and to clothe them. The powerful were to stop using their power for personal gain. A common practice among tax collectors, since their fee was taken right off the top of the ... are doing, the way you are living, even though it is permissible as far as this world is concerned, but it's not exemplary, then stop it. And if your inner life is empty, think on what is excellent. Fill your life with excellence, and wait for grace. For the ...

175. Lateral Thinking

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... A Levite was a member of the most religious family in Israel. If anyone would know what to do morally in that situation, if anyone had a reputation for righteousness, it would be a Levite. The expectation, you see, of anyone hearing the parable was that if anyone would stop to help the poor guy in the ditch, it would be either a priest or a Levite. But they didn't. Jesus said, they pass by the man in the ditch. You would expect the audience at that point to get a little nervous. I mean, priests and Levites ...

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