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Sermon

David O. Bales

Back in the old days, meaning before Computer Assisted Design (CAD), blueprints for a house were drawn on paper with a T-square, triangles, and a real pencil. A carpenter friend of mine used those tools to painstakingly draw each house before he built it. He'd have every wall, joint, and joist drawn in such a way that any carpenter could take those plans and build the house. Of course, he didn't d...

177. The New-Covenant Blessings: Peace and Hope

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

Big Idea: Romans 5:1–11 presents three new-covenant blessings: peace, hope, and love (love will be covered in the next unit). Understanding the Text Romans 5 has been much debated in terms of its context: does it belong with 1:18–4:25, or does it begin a new unit?1Most scholars today believe that although chapter 5 does connect back to 1:18–4:25 (since the topic of justification so pervasive the...

178. Peace and Joy

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

After the blessing of justification for sinners (3:21–31), and after the blessing of the Gentiles’ becoming members of God’s new covenant people (4:1–25), Paul mentions in 5:1–2a another consequence of the revelation of God’s saving righteousness through Jesus Christ: peace with God. The godless and disobedient sinners of 1:18–3:30 have been granted peace with God, as they have come to faith in Go...

179. Peace and Joy

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

Romans 5:1–11 is a victorious passage. “In the whole Bible there is hardly another chapter which can equal this triumphant text,” said Luther (Epistle to the Romans, p. 72). It is like a mountain pass from which one revels in scenery after having labored through the inclines and switchbacks of argumentation in the earlier chapters. The view cannot be fully appreciated without the effort it took to...

180. Good Hearts

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!” That was the thunderous directive declared by the “Wizard of Oz” to Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion. Dorothy’s tiny terrier Toto had pulled back the curtain that kept the true identity of “The Wizard” a secret. Instead of being “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” the “wizard” was revealed by the pup to be an ordinary man, a con artist, practicing...

181. God’s Chain Reaction

Sermon

April Yamasaki

In 1980, NBC introduced a new television game show called Chain Reaction. Since then, the show has appeared in different forms, but the main idea has always been for different teams to fill in a chain of words. For example, the first word in a four-word chain might be "light," the last word "spring," with the team needing to guess the two words in-between. In this case, "light" comes from a light ...

182. An Altered State of Consciousness

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

Now we move to the fourth Sunday after Pentecost, and from the reading we select the text: "For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life." We shall come into new life by his life. That means a different life, a new way of seeing things, "an altered state of consciousness." Let me give it to you in the ter...

183. Strength to Overcome Suffering

Sermon

James R. Tozer

We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. Recently a letter came from a man who had lost his job. Though he faced discouragement and uncertainty, he refused to give in t...

184. Accept His Peace

Sermon

King Duncan

It was the deciding round of play of the 1983 U.S. Open golf tournament. A player named Larry Nelson was tied for first place. But then he hit a difficult situation. His approach shot to the sixteenth green left him sixty-two feet from the hole. His fans groaned. In the world of golf, sinking a sixty-two-foot putt is about as likely as a hole-in-one. Larry Nelson paused for a long moment. Then he...

185. Isn't It Time To Get It Right?

Sermon

King Duncan

Did you ever notice that some people always get it wrong? Paul Harvey, in his book FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, tells about a county jail in south Florida where jail officials found a plastic trash bag hanging to the bars of a cell. Inside was Jimmy Jones, a prisoner who hoped he'd get taken out with the trash. And he might have -- except during roll call his reflexes took over. And when the name Jimmy J...

186. Wayward Children - Father's Day

Sermon

King Duncan

Sue Monk Kidd was telling the story of Jonah to her six-year-old vacation Bible school class, and the children fell into a discussion about how they would manage to escape if swallowed like Jonah. "I'd start a fire in the whale's stomach, and he'd cough me out!" declared one fellow, no doubt remembering the scene from Pinocchio. "I'd stomp on his tongue till he spit me out," said another. The sug...

187. The Joyful Mystery of the Trinity

Sermon

King Duncan

A little boy on the Art Linkletter show years ago answered the ancient question of which came first-the chicken or the egg. "The chicken had to come first," he said, "because God can can't lay eggs." His answer is probably as good as any other. There are many things in life and even in Christian faith that none of us can adequately understand. I am reminded of a quotation I picked up. I am not ev...

188. A Squirrel Crossing a Busy Street

Sermon

King Duncan

There’s a ridiculous story going around about a man trying to cross the street. However, when he steps off the curb a car comes screaming around the corner and heads straight for him. The man walks faster, trying to hurry across the street, but the car changes lanes and is still coming at him. So the guy turns around to go back, but the car changes lanes again and is still coming at him. By now, t...

189. What the Trinity Does

Sermon

King Duncan

Welcome on this Trinity Sunday, 2013. Tomorrow you can start taking down all the decorations that you put up for this special day in the church year. You did put up decorations, didn’t you? I know the children have been counting down the days in joyful anticipation of this day. I can hear them now, “Mommy, how many days is it until Trinity Sunday?” It is an exciting time. I hope each of you got w...

190. Access Denied

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

We live in a world of secret passages. We need keys, and perhaps more than one, to get behind locked doors. We need photo ID's to get past security guards. We need passwords to access computer files. We need PIN numbers to get money out of our own bank account or to charge groceries on our bankcards. Some buildings are so sophisticated that you have to use your handprint to get clearance to enter ...

191. Open Access

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To demonstrate that we have access to God through Christ. Props: A key and a lock, a club membership or job identification card, and a bank card. Bring them out in a small box or bag in order to conceal them. Lesson: [Hold up the bank card.] Do you know what this is? (response) It's my bank card. If I ever need to get some money from the bank machines, I just put this card in the...

192. Home Free

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: The grace of God protects us in tribulation. Props: A baseball base, a glove, a ball, a bat, and hat. Have the base on the floor before the children arrive. Lesson: Have any of you ever played baseball. (response) Good, I need your help. I’ve been watching baseball on television and something has me confused. Pick up the bat and put on the hat. I see this guy get up and wave his ...

193. Third Sunday in Lent

Bulletin Aid

First Lesson: Exodus 17:3-7 Theme: Hardened hearts and God's salvation Call to Worship Pastor: There is a very ugly side to human nature: God guides, protects, and loves us. Yet we find it so easy to rebel against him. People: God blesses us so much, that when we must face hardships, we feel he has deserted us. Pastor: When the Israelites complained to Moses about not having water, God proved he...

194. Scrubbing Our Social Media Accounts

Sermon

King Duncan

We’re about two months away from high school and college graduation season. It’s a very exciting and stressful time for students, teachers and parents. Our prayers are with all our young people as they make the move into jobs or college or some new chapter of their lives. There’s an online company called BrandYourself that claims it has the perfect graduation gift for high school and college stud...

195. Spiritual Calisthenics

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship Sisters and Brothers, take your rest from God's appointed labors. In God we find our true home. Taste and see that the Lord is good. Collect Blessed be the Lord forever and ever. Blessed be the Lord forever and ever. Blessed be the Lord forever and ever. Amen and Amen. Prayer Of Confession - Statement Of Faith Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God thr...

196. Reconciled Enemies

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship One: Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, All: through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. One: And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, All: and endurance produces character, and chara...

197. Peace With God Through Christ, Our Lord

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. Come, let us worship Almighty God, revealed to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! Collect Almighty and Everlasting God, we give you thanks for the hope that is within us revealed to us by your Son, Jesus Christ. This hope that one day we will share your eternal glory is strengthene...

198. The Christian Life Joy in Adversity

Bulletin Aid

Leader: Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, even in our sufferings because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. Men: We rejoice because God has promised never to leave us or forsake us, no matter who or what fails in our lives. Youth: We...

199. Justification Leads to Reconciliation with God

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

Call to Worship Pastor: God gives us faith that we may be justified through his Son. People: That means forgiveness of sin is possible through Christ Jesus, our Lord. Pastor: Amen! And not only are we forgiven, but we are also at peace with God, restored in our fellowship with him. People: Praise God for our reconciliation that transforms even our troubles into reasons to rejoice! Collect Loving ...

200. Managing Disappointment

Bulletin Aid

Clement E. Lewis

Instrumental Meditation Words Of Preparation Using words which Jesus quoted while on the cross, from Psalm 22:1-5 (NRSV) My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night, but find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you they trusted, and you delive...

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