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Showing 1951 to 1975 of 4340 results

1951. THE WITCH OF ENDOR

Drama

Marcia Miller

... must be a screen for the Girl Witches to hide behind and a raised platform for Samuel to appear upon. The play itself is of a serious nature. However, the actors should become aware of warm, comic moments which are contained within the dialogue-action. CHARACTERS (4 men, 4 women) SAUL: The King. Throughout the play he remembers that at one time he was chosen by the Lord to lead his people. He is a powerful man, both physically and mentally, even though he is now a defeated man. AIDES: Leumas - Conservative ...

1952. A STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE

Drama

Marcia Miller

... large, heavy door unit, if possible. However, this could be played as a pantomime. Each of the Babylonians is wearing modern clothing. "Medals of Office" are around their necks. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are costumed less "dressy" than the Babylonians. CHARACTERS 8 men COUNSELOR #1 COUNSELOR #2 KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR ADVISOR #1 ADVISOR #2 SHADRACH MESHACH ABEDNEGO As the curtain rises, the TWO COUNSELORS enter the acting area and walk through the Throne Room. They are not too respectful as they go about ...

1953. THIS MAN NAMED JESUS

Drama

Marcia Miller

... Scripture. The third gives theological insight into what has been said. The Scriptures used are: Matthew 1:21; 3:2, 17; 13:13-15, 44, 57; 27:54; 28:19; Luke 2:40, 49; 4:23; 13:3, 6-7; 19:10; John 10:10; 20:31; Hebrews 4:15. CHARACTERS [A dialogue among three persons] TELLER QUOTER INTERPRETER TELLER: Nineteen hundred years ago, in the little town of Bethlehem, a baby was born. He would have been like any other child, except his birth was heralded by the angels. He was adored by kings and he was worshiped by ...

1954. THE GOOD SAMARITAN

Drama

Marcia Miller

... so that it would be specific and not just a rewriting of the New Testament story that is so familiar. It is not a subtle theological approach; it is direct. But in its directness it is hoped that the discoursive language does not outweigh the entertainment value. CHARACTERS THE GREETER The Greeter can either be male or female. The role is as mediator between the audience and the actors. It is a dual role, in that The Greeter is the Innkeeper at the end of the play. JOSEPHUS This could be a taped speech or ...

1955. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

... I know all of the commandments, but there is something missing. It is possible to be a religious person and still miss the thrust of God's Word. Many years ago all of America watched as Alex Haley's Roots came to the television screen. There was one particular character that to me was particularly memorable. Ed Asner played the role of the old captain on a slave ship. He was a religious man. Each night he would close his door and read his Bible. The first night on the return trip some of the crew sent him a ...

1956. Living Water for a Thirsty Soul

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... class heard the unvarnished truth from the Rev. Peter Gomes, minister at Harvard and the author of several books on the Bible, including The Good Book and Sermons. In his gentle ringing tones, that call to mind a cross between a Shakespearean actor and the TV sitcom character Frasier, the inimitable Doctor Gomes took no prisoners as he began: “You are going to be sent out of here for good, and most of you aren’t ready to go. The president is about to bid you into the fellowship of educated men and women ...

1957. Living Water for a Thirst Soul - Sermon Starter

John 4:1-42

Illustration

Brett Blair

... class heard the unvarnished truth from the Rev. Peter Gomes, minister at Harvard and the author of several books on the Bible, including The Good Book and Sermons. In his gentle ringing tones, that call to mind a cross between a Shakespearean actor and the TV sitcom character Frasier, the inimitable Doctor Gomes took no prisoners as he began: "You are going to be sent out of here for good, and most of you aren't ready to go. The president is about to bid you into the fellowship of educated men and women and ...

1958. It Is Finished

John 19:28-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... he had completed the only method by which God's justice and mercy could remain uncompromised even as sinners like you and me were drawn back into right relationship with God, with others, and with ourselves. A second task Jesus completed on the cross was this: He revealed the character of God. As the Bible declares, "No one has ever seen God; but God's only Son, he who is nearest to the Father's heart, he has made him known. "(John 1:18) The cross reveals a God who hurts when we hurt, who is wounded when we ...

1959. Holy Tares!

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... church. It could be the result of the church’s low membership standards. It is harder to join a club or a fraternity than it is to join a church. The church asks no questions about the personal life of prospective members. It makes no investigation of the character of the candidate. Unlike some clubs, a church member does not have to be voted in as a member. Instead, the church goes out to every Tom, Dick, and Harry and begs them to join, as though they would be doing the church a favor by joining. This ...

1960. Caiaphas and Pilate

Drama

Jon Joyce

... religion or the state of the people of Judea, but his own power, prestige, and wealth. A Sadducee, he has his own strong beliefs that this life is the only existence. ANTONIUS, a Greek servant, is devoted to PILATE; he exhibits no particular character traits, although he is a kind of confidante for the governor. As the scene opens, PILATE, with ANTONIUS standing stage right, is alone on the balcony; PILATE paces and looks out at the city, musing over his work and Jerusalem. ANTONIUS stands at attention ...

1961. Mary Magdalene, Stephanus, and Lucia

Drama

Jon Joyce

... . Lighting Lighting should remain constant during the drama. If possible, the lighting should be lowered from normal room or stage lights to indicate that it is night. Make-up Depending upon the lighting, you may want to use some make-up on all the characters. Mary Magdalene should appear to be wealthy, as well as healthy, and should wear heavy make-up. The young Romans need stage make-up only if lighting requires it. Directions When the scene opens, Mary Magdalene is pondering, aghast at what she has seen ...

1962. Annas, Caiaphas, and Judas

Drama

Jon Joyce

... beautifully appointed room in Caiaphas’ palace. This set requires three or four chairs, a cocktail or coffee table laden with wine and fruits, and any other appointments which make the room look as if it belongs to a wealthy person. Costumes and Characters Caiaphas: rich robe of bright colors; sandals; colorful turban wrapped around his head. One sparkling ring on each finger. Neatly trimmed beard. He may be graying with age. Annas: rich robe of bright colors; sandals; neatly trimmed beard; gray with age ...

1963. The Deeper Meanings of The Christian Faith by Dr. Bryant M. Kirkland

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... , studied, and fought up there. One night in the course of a friendly battle, our very dignified father with his pince-nez glasses came upstairs to stop us. For some reason I can’t explain, the three of us teenage boys walked up to him, as Bonanza characters, picked him up bodily off his feet, and laid him like a log on our shoulders and carried him downstairs to his floor. We gently and respectfully deposited him on the carpet and said, "Sir, is there anything else you wanted to tell us?" I shall never ...

1964. It Is Really Something New by Dr. Frank Bateman Stanger

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... tense spirit of that city during those days. Last summer my wife and I walked again the streets of beautiful Berne, Switzerland. To us Berne is as lovely a city as the Old World offers. We walked there early in the morning. The spirit and character of the people were everywhere evident. They were cleaning the sidewalks, watering the flowers, putting out the fruit stands, hurrying to work. We soon realized that here were an industrious people, a people who love beauty and culture, a people who took pride in ...

1965. Men of Distinction

Acts 11:19-30

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... which stopped at the point where it came to cost or to clash with the reigning codes. They had elected to choose God’s side and there was no wavering from their stand, no looking back at Sodom and Gomorrah. Their conduct, character, and conscientious pursuits of excellence in outer and inner things distinguished them from a non-discriminating society. What of our Christian practices in the pluralistic society in which we find ourselves? There have been provided for us tools of the Christian faith ...

1966. When The Cheering Stopped

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... That was something new. Earlier they had been afraid to speak out for fear of the masses, but they began to perceive that the fickle public was turning on him. Soon the opposition began to snowball. When they discovered that they could not discredit his moral character, they began to take more desperate measures. Before it was all over a tidal wave welled up that brought Jesus to his knees under the weight of a cross. Why did the masses so radically turn against him? How did the shouts of Hosanna on Sunday ...

1967. God Made Me Do It!

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , he became the most valuable person around there. Joseph could not believe that his selfish, wicked brothers held the plans for his life, so he did the best he could for them and for the King of Egypt. Wherever he was, he had integrity, strength of character, and they found he was honest and could be trusted. And useful? It turned out that he was the most important and useful person around - all because God talked to him, directed him, and led him. The result? He saved the lives of his father, brothers ...

1968. For Losers And Cowards

Judges 6:1-40

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , all fearful people, all defeated people - for all those who discount themselves and either have given up completely - or are just ready to throw in the towel. Gideon is so much like us that his story, out of the Old Testament, sounds like some poor character in a best-selling paperback in today’s book store. The nation of Israel has done wickedly, they’ve turned from worshiping the Jehovah God to idol worship, and as a result, God has allowed them, for seven years, to be harrassed by their enemies ...

1969. Hooray for Humility!

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... humble thing. He started out by God becoming man - by leaving heaven to come down to earth. He was born in a barn instead of a palace. He lived on earth without a home of his own. Even in the parade in which he was the principal character (We Christians call it Palm Sunday), he was unbelievably humble. It was a rather second-rate parade, when you stop to think about it. No prancing Arabian horse to ride - just an unbroken colt. No greenhouse flowers - just dandelion-type wildflowers thrown in his path. No ...

1970. On Being a Tenant

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... had worked before or would work in the future. Alfred Adler, a psychologist and a Jew, in answer to the question of a Los Angeles pastor, "What do you think of Jesus Christ?" said, "Whenever I hear his name, I stop for reverence to the greatest character of human history." If Jesus can call forth such a response from a Jew, certainly we who are Christians, and tenants of his abundance, ought respond in a greater fashion. Leslie D. Weatherhead has declared: "Life will work only one way, and that is Christ ...

1971. Double Citizenship

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... things out of them, but it was not the government primarily that put the great things into them. What put the great things into them was their home life, their religion, their personal sense of responsibility to a mighty God, their devotion to education, their love of liberty, their personal character. When their government pumped, it drew from profound depths in the lives of men and women where creative spiritual forces had been at work."

1972. While We Watch for the Coming

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... leader appeared the other day, they crucified him." Charles L. Wallis said, "It is reported that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt at San Juan Hill never said ‘Go!’ to his Roughriders. Always his command was, ‘Come on, boys.’ " Laurence of Arabia, one of the most colorful characters in World War I wrote of the Arabs: "No man could be their leader except he ate the rank’s food and wore their clothes, lived on a level with them, and yet appeared better in himself." That’s real, and not false, leadership ...

1973. Embalmed Alive

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... And the other group who looks around them in frustration, bewilderment, and a plaguing sense of uselessness and asks: "What’s life all about, anyway?" A periodical tells us a story about the last days of the late actor, John Barrymore. That incorrigible character was confined to his bed most of that time with a serious illness. His instructions from his physician were quite clear and simple. He could have very little to eat, very little to drink, very little exercise, and very little visitation from his ...

1974. Salvation as Hope

Romans 13:8-14, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... world is passing away") indicates that he is speaking about the coming of a new world which is already taking place. Where the Spirit creates new life, there the power of the world to come already breaks through into the old world and exposes its transitory character. Through communion with Christ the believer walks in "newness of life," a new leaf. In principle he is detached from the affairs of the old world and oriented to the new. Eschotology in this sense is not confined to "the lost things." It may be ...

1975. Drastic Surgery

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... Life Is Life Without Sin His concern, however, is not simply with where sin leads one; it is also with what it keeps one from: It keeps one from entering into life. Not everyone, of course, thinks of life as the supreme good, as Jesus must have. The main character in the novel, The Stranger, has been sentenced to die because of a murder he has committed. He is planning to appeal the decision of the court, but he does not want to build up his hopes too much. So he tries to find ways of consoling himself. One ...

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Showing 1951 to 1975 of 4340 results

1951. THE WITCH OF ENDOR

Drama

Marcia Miller

1952. A STORY OF THE FIERY FURNACE

Drama

Marcia Miller

1953. THIS MAN NAMED JESUS

Drama

Marcia Miller

1954. THE GOOD SAMARITAN

Drama

Marcia Miller

1955. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

1956. Living Water for a Thirsty Soul

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

1957. Living Water for a Thirst Soul - Sermon Starter

John 4:1-42

Illustration

Brett Blair

... class heard the unvarnished truth from the Rev. Peter Gomes, minister at Harvard and the author of several books on the Bible, including The Good Book and Sermons. In his gentle ringing tones, that call to mind a cross between a Shakespearean actor and the TV sitcom character Frasier, the inimitable Doctor Gomes took no prisoners as he began: "You are going to be sent out of here for good, and most of you aren't ready to go. The president is about to bid you into the fellowship of educated men and women and ...

1958. It Is Finished

John 19:28-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

1959. Holy Tares!

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

1960. Caiaphas and Pilate

Drama

Jon Joyce

1961. Mary Magdalene, Stephanus, and Lucia