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1876. A STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE

Drama

Marcia Miller

... . THE KING: You will be punished for this. SHADRACH: King Nebuchadnezzar, we aren’t worried about what will happen to us. Don’t you see that? ABEDNEGO: Our God will deliver us. MESHACH: We have no doubts that we are doing the right thing. SHADRACH: Please understand, sir. MESHACH: We can never worship any God except the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ABEDNEGO: Our God has said, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." THE KING: And you will disobey me for that? We shall see how this God of yours ...

1877. WE ARE THE BELIEVERS: TESTIMONIES

Drama

Marcia Miller

... . But before anyone could stop her, Mary went to Jesus and told him to take care of the situation. I didn’t hear the conversation, but I do know what I saw. Jesus had the waiters fill six water pots with water. They were told to serve that. Nobody could understand why he would say serve water at the supper table, but the waiters followed his directions. Only when they poured the water, it wasn’t water at all. It was wine. And 1I must add that it was the best wine any of us had ever tasted in our lives ...

1878. Why Did God Allow That To Happen?

John 9:1-41

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... this age-old mystery. I recall a humbling episode from a British movie entitled, "Whistle in the Wind." A group of kids had experienced the death of their pet kitten. They had prayed fervently that the cat would get well, but instead it died. They couldn't understand this. So, they went in search of the local vicar or pastor. They found him in a teashop, taking a morning break, enjoying his tea and newspaper. They asked him, "Why did God let our cat die?" The good pastor was not delighted to be interrupted ...

1879. Claudia Procula, Peter, and Centurion

Drama

Jon Joyce

... cross, he’s somethin’ else. Usually we get murderers and thieves, once in a while someone who’s made the rulers mad. But this one is some kind of religious nut that the Jews wanna get rid of. CLAUDIA: I’ve heard something about him. I understand that he has quite a band of followers, though. [She glances at PETER, who shakes his head denying her implication. The SOUND EFFECT of the cock crowing is heard loudly, again only by PETER, who grimaces, stifles the urge to scream, and covers his ears.] What ...

1880. To Hoist a Sail

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... means to hoist a sail and leave the rest to the providence of almighty God. Waiting, wanting, hoping, and working to be turned on by God, is to realize that there is more to life than merely man’s will and way and wisdom. I still do not understand it all, but there is a force that seems determined to push me around. Objective analysis still leaves many questions. Yet it continues to persist. There are all kinds of intimations. Perhaps we let the easy answers or esoteric logic becalm us. "What is the wind ...

1881. A Tough Job

Mark 16:1-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... have been waiting for three days to have one. [Let them try to open the jar.] It seems impossible. For some people who do not have great strength I guess that it IS impossible. But wait, I have a second jar with some pickles in it. Now maybe you will understand what happened on Easter. This jar does not have a lid. You can have a pickle if you want to since the jar lid is off and you can get to the pickles easily. When the women reached the tomb that morning, their eyes were all red from crying, and ...

1882. It’s Not So Bad To Be A Beggar

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... is expressed in the grace of giving. They are looking for ways to share what they have. They are also people who understand. They remember what it was like before they were "in" the church - when they, too, were outside the gate, crippled, helpless in ... others. We must never forget what it was like to be a beggar in sin "outside" the fold of God. Any person needing compassion, understanding, help and rehabilitation ought to find it easier to obtain at the local church than at the local bar. God help us if we ...

1883. God Made Me Do It!

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... at the beginning of living the God-directed life you need to know that sometimes you will not be clear in what you say, someone will question your motives, wrong interpretations be given to what you say ... you can’t please everyone. Some people will not understand you, others will not like you, some will not give you the benefit of the doubt, and not everyone will think you are great. But why should we think that is strange? Jesus Christ, the perfect, sinless, holy, good, and divine Son of God had people ...

1884. The Hard-to-Believe Promise

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... may be full." And, again and again, by word and attitude, we have said: "Please, Lord, we’d rather do it ourselves! Don’t worry about us. We have the power!" Power, the keynote of our day, whether it’s personal or national. We find it very hard to understand a statement like Paul’s, when he says: "When I am weak, then I am strong." In the diaries of Paul Goebbels, that fiendish voice of Nazi superman propaganda, he refers two or three times to Mahatma Gandhi. In each case, he calls him a fool and a ...

1885. Achieving An All-In Victory - 1952

1 John 5:1-12

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... a mob." But the best known description of all is doubtless that of the immortal Paul himself. In his letter to the Romans he confesses: "I cannot understand my own actions; I do not act as I desire to act; on the contrary I do what I detest ... I cannot be good as I ... oneness. The possibility of achieving an "all-in" victory through him who strengthens me, becomes real to me; and I think I understand something of what Paul meant when he said: "I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me ... (Galatians 2:20). ...

1886. What Are Christian Liberals? - 1951

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... will destroy the Union. You will ruin the country." Then Phillips made a statement that I love to hug to my own heart, "If there is anything in the universe that can’t stand free discussion, then let it crack." That’s the essence of democracy as it understands itself, and it certainly is the core of vital Christianity. So, no thought control by church or by state or by party or by Politburo or by Pentagon! Nobody tells us what to think. They present their evidence and let us make up our own minds. The ...

1887. EPISODE 7: MAUNDY THURSDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

... not the kind you’re thinking of. GOVERNOR: You have no designs against the state? JESUS: To seize the government? No. GOVERNOR: What about the crowds that cheered you? JESUS: They meant it well. GOVERNOR: They called you "king." JESUS: I know, but they don’t understand me. GOVERNOR: You don’t plan to use them...? JESUS: If I did, wouldn’t there already be fighting in the streets? GOVERNOR: But you are a "king" of sorts? JESUS: I came into the world to explain my kingdom. GOVERNOR: All right. What is ...

1888. EPISODE 8: GOOD FRIDAY

Drama

Robert Clausen

... . Ours is a hard world, but it’s real. We’ve made it what it is ... we’ve got to endure it. WIFE: That’s all it is ... endurance. GOVERNOR: I’ll do what I can for him. But if the pressure is on ... you’ll understand? WIFE: I’ll understand. GOVERNOR: You’d better go. WIFE: Yes. GOVERNOR: Try to forget it. WIFE: It will stay in my dreams. I’ll see him ... and I’ll see the little girl, whom I can never be ... [She exits.] GOVERNOR: Captain! CAPTAIN: [Entering] Here, sir. GOVERNOR: Is the ...

1889. The Names of the Christ-Child

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... human form. He trudged our toughest roads. He tasted life's bitterest dregs. He paid history's highest rent for the dubious privilege of living. He was and is and always will be Emmanuel, God with us. Now, put the two names together and get a more complete understanding of the Christ-child of Bethlehem. He is Jesus, the bearer of salvation, the one sent to save us from our sins. And he is also Emmanuel, God with us, that one who comforts us in all distress, who shares our every burden, who will never fail ...

1890. The Road To Emmaus

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... risen Lord who is with them he vanishes. They turn to each other and say, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” Isn’t that true to life? We usually don’t understand what is happening to us until we change. Then we look back and we see the conviction of our hearts. One of the greatest voices of the church was St. Augustine. He lived between the 4th and 5th centuries in Rome and was a Bishop. After Rome fell and faded ...

1891. Hungry for Anything?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... it - why those boys go out and have their brains knocked out for five days just so they can go out and play a game some evening or afternoon during the week." I answered: "If you don’t understand that, you don’t understand any of us. The reason is very simple. Beyond the fun of the game, the thrill of the competition and the exhilaration of the exercise, deep-seated in every kid that’s out there playing football is the desire to have something that separates him from the common herd, to ...

1892. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... you again." He was not resorting to wishful thinking. He was stating a vital truth. The most important things in life are not known by scientific observation but by experiencing them. How do I know what anger is? By being angry, I don’t understand romantic love by reading either Freud’s analysis or Browning’s poems about it, but by experiencing it. Science may tell us that a kiss is a compression of the closed mouth cavity with the mouth of another, an antomical juxtaposition of two oblicular muscles ...

1893. Chapter II

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... like himself as a man can be. The Lord did not create a bunch of minor gods, but men who were copies of himself. This means that man is theomorphic i.e., he is made like God. God made us like himself so that he would have people who could understand him, respond to him, and love him, as he did them. This Creation account also shows in its language how lovingly God brought man in being. The Hebrew word used to describe the action of God in fashioning the man is a beautiful and tender one. It is from the ...

1894. Chapter X

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... to humanity and to the earth. They would make the life of each man more meaningful. But, because they are defied, trampled on, or ignored, we suffer at the hands of one another and bring pain to ourselves, as well as to our fellows. One of the keys to understanding why we do this is found in the last Commandment. While it may seem to be a rather innocuous way to end this series of life-guides, it is anything but that. On the face of it the stricture against coveting does seem bland compared to some of the ...

1895. 'Nevertheless': A Word of Faith

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of committing a fixed percentage of income off the top may scare you to death, especially in view of what you owe on your credit cards. Everything safe and prudential says, "Don't take on more than you can handle. Just give whatever you can, and God will understand." But are you willing to say with Simon Peter, "NEVERTHELESS. Lord, if you say the word, I'll launch out in faith and trust you for another miracle! I believe you are just as good with dollars as you were with fish." One of the few creatures on ...

1896. The Passover and the Passion

Drama

Denny C. Wise

... s demeaning behavior. It was bad enough that he spoke with such a strong Galilean accent. It was bad enough that he spent so much time with common people. But now this lowly imitation of a slave. It was not only hard to take - it was also hard to understand. Nathaniel: (Philip stands with Nathaniel.) My name is Nathaniel. Some call me Bartholomew. This is my friend, Philip. We were not from the sticks like most of the disciples. I lived near Jerusalem. In fact, I hate to admit it now, but I used to be a bit ...

1897. Easter Journeys Out and In

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... . The Bible tells us all we need to know about God and humanity. It is the story of the nature of God and his doings with humankind through the ages and of humankind’s response to the unfolding of that drama throughout history. You and I will begin to understand the Scriptures when we see ourselves in this drama and are able to say about God in each story or crisis, "This is He" or "This is me!" It is then - and then only - that our reading of the Bible becomes most fruitful and productive in our common ...

1898. Religion In A Nutshell

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Robert Allen

... getting Bill to church." On my visits to see Mildred in the hospital, I began to talk with Bill about making a commitment to Christ and the church. At first, I thought I was wasting my time. Bill’s response to my inquiries was often anger. He couldn’t understand why Mildred, who had lived such a good life, was having to suffer. But, little by little, his attitude began to change. One day he looked at me and said, "Robert, there seems to be a lot of rules to follow and a lot of beliefs to comprehend. Can ...

1899. Wondering How God Does Things

Luke 1:26-38

Children's Sermon

Erskine White

... and the mysteries we could explore as we wonder about how God does things. We see this same kind of wonder in the Christmas story, when the angel Gabriel comes to visit Mary and tells her she is going to be the mother of God’s Son. Mary can’t understand it. "How can this be?" she says, "How can I possibly have a baby?" The angel Gabriel didn’t explain it to her; all he said was, "The Holy Spirit will come to you," and "Nothing will be impossible with God." Mary, too, was left to wonder about how God ...

1900. The Flight From Light

Isaiah 60:1-22, Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... our pain. Sometimes our pain is physical, ranging in severity from the distracting to the debilitating, and we wish we were free of it. More often, our pain is emotional, psychological and spiritual. Each of us is wounded in more ways than we can count or understand. We are wounded by dramatic, specific events in our lives which leave lasting scars: a shattering loss here, a twist of fate there. We are also wounded in more elusive ways by the ebb and flow of life itself. As children, we are wounded by the ...

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