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176. Used Up

Isaiah 26:1-21

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

... always burn out at night when you need them. Why don't they ever seem to burn out during the day? And how about the milk at your house? Do you ever come down for breakfast and find only a few drops of milk left in the container? How can you have a bowl of cereal with only a few drops of milk? That has probably happened to all of us! Now the last thing I have today is a rock. If you put this rock outside on a hot day, it isn't going to melt. And if you have it ...

177. The Sponge

Colossians 3:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A large sponge and some water with a couple of drops of food coloring. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we're going to talk about a special day called " ... that this is our world. The world that you and I live in has trees, flowers, buildings, cars, and all of those things. It also has people. The people are going to be these little drops that I am going to put into the water of our world. Those people are like you and me. We get all mixed up in the world. People, trees, buildings, cars, and all of ...

178. Living in the Dark

Ephesians 4:18

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... ) way in which this is made and how comfortable it is when it is worn. I never feel that it is choking me or about to drop off. It feels just right. While I was shopping I saw this and I couldn't resist it. (Hold up pie.) I guess I never see ... about? What did they sound like? What did you think about when we talked about the comfortable thing that did not choke or feel like it was dropping off? What does a farmer grow that you like with milk and coffee? It is hard to learn when you live in the dark. A box ...

179. Liquid Hope

John 7:25-44

Sermon

James Weekley

... would be no Easter; and without his dying there would be no life. His dying was the most difficult of all! Why should that be affirmed any less in the church? Look at it from another angle. Wasn't it through his dying that his love for us dropped anchor and held? On the cross Jesus was our stand-in before God and the whole of humankind - past, present, and future. If he could love those who tortured him without a legitimate cause, then his power wasn't counterfeit. Neither was God the "absent" Father. His ...

180. Breath Test

Mark 7:1-23

Children's Sermon

... onion, root beer, cinnamon, etc.) Parents: You can help your child understand the point of today's Gospel with a little guessing game you will both envoy. First collect a few aromatic foods, such as a peppermint drop, an onion, some root beer, cinnamon, and so on. Lay them out on a table or counter so that your child can see them. Briefly explain today's Gospel, and ask your child for some ideas about what Jesus might have meant by what he said. Now ask your child ...

181. You Provide The Bread

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

William J. Carl

... faith is in a God who became a man, who got hungry and thirsty even as we do today. In Buttrick’s words, “Not a marionette dropped heaven or angel come slumming.” He was very man of very man who knew our hurts. When he cut his finger it bled. He asked ... pulled up the cloth only to see a little Filipino man with a pitcher of water and four packages of grape fizzies! Dropping the cloth quickly, the missionary looked back at the crowd smiling confidently. Pretty soon a little brown arm came up and placed ...

182. Straight Talk, Due Process and Grace

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

William J. Carl

... remember grace. Grace is the bottom line when dealing with conflict because you never know how your actions and words toward another are going to affect the world. In a little church in a small village, an altar boy serving the priest at Sunday Mass accidentally dropped the cruet of wine. The village priest struck the altar boy sharply on the cheek and in a gruff voice shouted “Leave the altar and don’t come back.” That boy became Tito, the Communist leader. In the cathedral of a large city in another ...

183. The Call To Ministry

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

Robert Allen

... a rope right into the arms of a middle-aged, baldheaded man. Instead of tying the rope around himself, he passed it to a woman near him. The chopper lifted her to safety. Then the chopper flew back to the middle of the freezing river and dropped the rope again. Again, the baldheaded man passed the rope to his companions and four of them hung on as they were dragged to safety. When the chopper headed back a third time to rescue the baldheaded man, who had twice passed the rope to others, he was gone. The ...

184. The Mask

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... . Mary, you look great. What did you do, lose weight, change your hair? I can't believe how great you look. And Harry, you look more successful than ever. Made another million, didn't you?(To audience) Yeah, Mary has been trying to keep her weight down. It dropped alright. It dropped to her thighs. And Harry, he looks like a million bucks alright, all wrinkled and green. Harry: (Behind mask) Jane, it is good to see you, but I need to run. Why don't you and your husband come up to the cabin with Josie and me ...

185. The Needle’s Eye

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... skills. The sin is in the soul. It is at the Cross of Christ that the real source of sin is challenged for what it is. The burden of our souls rolls away. And what is this burden? Our chief, prized possession -- the self. Until we drop that burden which insists forever on its own addiction, anger, excuses, and self-will, there is no passing through the narrow defile into the Kingdom of God. No true life, salted and effective, no genuine discipleship with Jesus, no healing of our flaws, and especially no ...

186. The Best Offense Is A Good Defense

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... side by strong banks, becomes a mighty river that flows toward a certain destination. Likewise, our lives without structure become swampy and ineffective. Richard Foster helps us to visualize what positive discipline is by drawing a picture of a narrow ledge with a sheer drop-off on either side. The chasm on the right side is a way of life marked by human striving after righteousness, the teaching of moralism. The chasm on the left side is a way characterized by the absence of human striving, the teaching ...

187. The Victory Of The Cross

Sermon

Erskine White

... 't fall off the cross, the soldiers placed a small platform beneath Him. Now He could hang there indefinitely, to die as slowly as He could. A hush came over the crowd as the cross was pulled upright and dropped into the hole in the ground. This is what they had come to see! As the cross dropped into the ground, a searing, excruciating pain ran through Jesus' body. And as a final mockery - a final indignity - the charge against Him was inscribed on a sign and placed over His head: "This is the King of the ...

188. Life Always Springs New!

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... bones, hear the word of the Lord.' " Ezekiel 37:1-4 (RSV) To some disappointed people, life is a long valley of dried bones. To them, the world is like a glass marble that has dropped, unnoticed, from the pocket of the Almighty, and is rolling its unhindered way down the gutter of time to drop into oblivion. No matter where they look, they see the bleached bones of lifelessness and hopelessness. There are reasons for these feelings of futility. A student goes to school for years, but upon graduation there ...

189. Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... object and falls into the pool of coins. So here comes this little old lady and she has two small coins worth nothing and drops them in. They barely make a noise. You can almost see the Temple leaders as they roll their eyes and hope for better results ... bone in his mouth, and that dog passed a flee bitten mutt that was near starvation, do you think that the healthy dog would stop and drop his bone in front of the sick dog? Oh, no. He would clinch his bone that much tighter in his teeth as he passed by. ...

190. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Winston Churchill is named British Prime Minister 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; U.S. declares war on Germany and Italy 1942 Mahatma Gandhi arrested for demanding independence for India 1944 D-Day *1945 V.E. Day ends war in Europe; U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japan surrenders 1948 The Jewish state of Israel comes into existence 1951 Color television is first introduced 1954 Brown versus Board of Education decision requires desegregation of the public schools in the U.S. *1956 Elvis ...

191. The Clanking of Coins

Matthew 27:1-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... to close your eyes and listen to the sound that money makes, what would it remind you of? ... A bank teller spilling out a deposit for counting?... A child shaking a piggy bank in hopes that a coin will slip through the slot?... A clerk dropping the money from your purchase into a register?... An expectant gambler at the fair, trying to make a penny land between the lines?... A woman searching through a change purse, trying to locate money for a parking meter?... A cafeteria cashier pushing a button that ...

192. Help Me See

John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... do I go? (response) Slowly proceed toward the glass and slowly pass over it and past it. What about now am I over the glass? (NO, you went to far) You want me to go back? (yes) Now place the spoon over the glass. What about now? (yes!) Can I drop it? (yes!) Great! Depending on the time you have you might make the first attempt a failure so that chocolate falls all over the tray. Line up over the glass but when you turn the spoon miss the glass and ask them, "What Happened?" and then repeat the process of ...

193. The Paradox of the Cross

Mark 15:33-41, Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Robert Allen

... through his hands and his feet. There was agony as these nails tore at his shredded flesh when the cross was lifted up and dropped with a thud into the hole prepared for it. This is the paradox of the cross. There is no question that the cross was ... conquering death which gives us hope. Because of Jesus Christ, we can see hope beyond the crosses in our lives. A few years ago, a man dropped by my office to see me. I did not know him, although he claimed to be a member of this church. He was one of those ...

194. To Be Somebody

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

... ’d say, "Then I’ll lend it to you and the interest will be $10 a month." Zaccheus was doing all right. Not everyone will realize his or her dream but Zaccheus seems to have done it. II Or did he? The name-calling really hadn’t stopped. And nobody dropped in at his house just to visit. No one smiled at him on the street or called out a cheery "Shalom!" Not even his family was proud of him. Yes, they accepted the good living he provided - but that’s about all he was good for. They didn’t care ...

195. The Sermon on the Level

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

... the blessed one, but the accursed one. The human has a yen for praise, applause, appreciation. Witness how church bulletins list names of persons to be thanked for lifting a little finger for the cause. Or follow down the list beyond this little paragraph as Jesus drops one jewel on another through the Sermon on the Level. Love your enemies! I thought I heard in your confession that you had not loved your neighbor as you ought. What, then, can you say about your enemies? "To him who strikes you on the one ...

196. Fixing The Fox!

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... the view of pluralism. This is the view that it does not matter what you believe as long as you believe in someone or something sincerely. Here is the view that one religion and one god is as good as another. You may take your pick. This means we drop any notion of trying to win one for our belief - no evangelism allowed! This does not correspond with the Bible. The Scriptures are very clear in stating that there is only one true God. There is only one mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ. The ...

197. The Confessions of a Younger Brother

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

... dies and goes to live in the bosom of Abraham, which is a place of peace. The rich man is able to see Lazarus enjoying his life, but that’s all. There is a great divide between these two people which makes it impossible for Lazarus to take even one drop of water to the dry, parched lips of the rich man. The pain of the rich man is so excruciating that he begs for an opportunity to go and warn his five brothers. That’s me! He wants to warn me by making a special appearance in my life. The ...

198. Christmas 1

Lk 2:41-52 · Col 3:12-17 · 1 Sam 2:18-20, 26

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... because the clothes represent a new Adam. A Christian is one in whom Christ lives. Thus, his/her life is to match Christ's life in terms of the qualities of Jesus' life. 2. Binds (v. 14). One brand of glue, the ads say, has such bonding power one drop can lift an auto. Love, says Paul, is the greatest of all virtues and has utmost power to draw together. Love binds people together and binds people to God in harmony. Love causes all things to come and stay together. Love makes people loyal and true. It was ...

199. A Call for a Change in Lifestyle

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

... , the rookie policeman jumped out of the car, drew his gun, ran up to the door, threw it open, dashed into the house right to the man with the gun held to his head, pointed his pistol at the man, and shouted, "Drop it, or I’ll blow your head off." The man was so startled that he did drop the gun, but the recruit had violated procedures and could have caused the man to pull the trigger and kill himself. Christ, we may be assured, has come to give us life and to give it abundantly, but it takes a kind ...

200. Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

... of serving Holy Communion in his church one Sunday morning. Along with all the other people who quietly took their places at the chancel rail, there was an eighty-two-year-old man. He reached for a wafer and dropped it, and had to get another. Then, taking the cup from the pastor, he dropped it also, spilling the wine. In exasperation and frustration, his automatic response at that altar, receiving the body and the blood of our Lord, was to whisper, "God damn!" Our Lord deserves better. As the Jews come to ...

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