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2201. Naaman, the Leper

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Don Yocom

... with the Lord. A lady had a dream in which Jesus came to her house. When He knocked on the door, she invited Him in, of course! Oh, maybe she took a quick look around to see if there might be something that she ought to put out of His view. After some talking, the Master said, "Perhaps you didn’t understand me. I have come to stay." She answered, "I am delighted!" Then, producing some keys, she gave one to Jesus and took Him to a room. "This room can be yours," she said. He turned away, answering, "I am ...

2202. Measure of Success

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... so important, Phillip? Is being rich so important? PHILLIP: It is to me. Money is what I want. Money is power. [Picture off. Spot on interview.] MAGNATE: My father died when I was young. My mother - well, she didn’t stand in my way. She saw my point of view. REPORTER: Well, you’ve proved her faith. She must be pleased at your success. Does she live with you? MAGNATE: Well - no. She isn’t well, you see. I have her in a very good nursing home out in the Shady Acres district. It seemed best. Shady Acres ...

2203. What About Heaven?

Revelation 5:11-14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... about? [Let them answer.] You think of angels, but what else do you think about? [Continue to get as many answers as you possibly can from them. Resist the temptation to get laughs from what they say and they will tell you many interesting things about their view of what heaven is like. If they feel that they are being made fun of at this point they will keep their imaginations to themselves.] Those are very good answers. I thought that you might say some of the things you did so I had some things like ...

2204. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... to flourish rather than devour itself. How each Commandment affects us, and why it was given, we shall see as we deal with them individually. Here it is important to understand that the basis for them all is two-fold. First, the Commandments rest upon a high view of the worth of a person. Behind them is the conviction that man is the highest form of God’s creation. Because he is this, each person is to be treated with the reverence he or she deserves by virtue of his humanity. There is a basic equality ...

2205. Chapter III

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... somebody ... but not us. We are moving more and more into personal isolation. And that is not just true of those who run to high-rise apartments with doormen to keep unsolicited "guests" away, and with neatly separated living boxes so arranged that they gave us a good view of the city, but cut off any neighbor’s glimpse of us, or ours of them. It happens in all sorts of places where we come into physical proximity to people but still are able to put up our invisible shields that keep them from touching us ...

2206. Chapter IV

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... Saturday and Sunday were days of special significance. Since most of the early Christians had once been Jews the keeping of the seventh day as special, was part of their being. One of the destinctive marks of Jews all over the world was that they viewed that day as kadosh, a term often translated into English as "holy," but which in its broadest sense means "to treat as peculiar," or "to set apart for sacred use." As such it was a day devoted to activities and things that helped renew their relationship ...

2207. Chapter VI

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... . As has been pointed out many times, men never can do evil so completely as when they can do it in the name of God. As history illustrates in such gory detail "religious" men have slaughtered other "religious" men because they would not knuckle under to the views, even about God, that they held to be superior. Sometimes the most ruthless men have been ones whose piety had more zeal for men’s orthodoxy than for their lives. A film made a few years ago about the life of a man who so well personified ...

2208. Chapter X

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... the way a man lives. What determines how we relate to what we find in life is not so much the people we meet, nor the circumstances in which we find ourselves, but how we think about them. Long before Freud came along the Bible knew that thoughts, points of view, and attitudes determine not just our state of health but the whole trend of our lives. Life will be happy or sad, good or bad, healthy or destructive, depending upon what goes on inside of a man. "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he," wrote the ...

2209. Whispering The Lyrics (revised)

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Thomas Long

... of amnesia to its highest power. "Imagine," he writes, "a soap opera in which a character awakens every morning with amnesia ...." Every day, the character is in a strange house with a strange and attractive man or woman. Everything is new and fresh -- the view from the window, the partner, the sense of the self. "Does this prospect intrigue you?" asks Percy. "If it does, what does this say about your non-amnesiac self?"2 Percy's point, of course, is the lure of forgetfulness. One way to describe sin ...

2210. Let the Son Shine in

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... walk in utter darkness, dependent on the descriptions of others perhaps, but actually ignorant of each other. When they meet, the light is turned on; it is the moment of truth, be it pleasant or painful. For life to be seen as it really is, it has to be viewed under the penetrating rays of God’s light. His is the X-ray of Truth. Most importantly you and I must see ourselves and who we really are. Walking in God’s light means far more than a vague, sentimental notion that "Somebody up there likes me," or ...

2211. Three-Dimensional Christianity

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... something more important. What is most significant about the Bible is illustrated by Stephen Vincent Benet in his poem John Brown’s Body. In that poem Benet tells of the sea captain in the African slave trade who prayed regularly and piously, privately or in view of his ship’s crew. He read his Bible regularly - in great earnest. Yet he saw nothing at all wrong in buying, selling, whipping, chaining, and killing some of his human brothers. The purpose of faithful Bible reading is to allow God’s living ...

2212. ATHLETE

1 Corinthians 9:25; 2 Timothy 2:5

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... their sons circumcised because of this habit. Also, to the Jew, this glorification of the body was a sin. Paul, however, having been brought up in an atmosphere in which athletics were so important, makes many references to athletic contests. He might have viewed such contests at Corinth and Antioch, and he uses them to compare the athlete to the good Christian. Of course, the obvious comparison is with today’s athlete. If you are aware of the strenuous and rigorous training schedules required of athletes ...

2213. BAKER

Genesis 40:1; 1 Samuel 8:13

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... near a big bakery early in the morning and smelled the aroma of newly-baked bread? It’s got to be the greatest perfume that has ever been made! And have you walked into a bakery and had to chose between all the delectable goodies spread out to view? It’s often a difficult choice! They all look and taste so good! The profession of baker is very much with us today, and an ancient profession it is indeed. In Egypt, the chief baker at the royal court seems to have been a person of some importance. During ...

2214. LAWYER

Matt. 22:35; Titus 3:13

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... were scribes. It has been said that, perhaps, the scribes were public expounders of the law, while the lawyers were the private expounders and teachers of it. The Greek term for lawyer signified those absorbed in legalistic discussions. In general, they are viewed negatively in the New Testament: they are described as neglecting justice, rejecting sound knowledge, and burdening their fellow men. There were honored judges, to be sure, but these come under the classes of the "Doctors of the Law," which is an ...

2215. PHILOSOPHERS

Acts 17:18

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... the early Christians held philosophy in ill repute - they had the ultimate meaning and they felt that anyone who chose to look for meanings anywhere than in Christ was to be shunned. Of course, there were many who refused to hold to such a strict view as advocated by St. Paul, since the philosopher in general was held in high regard by the pagans. The Greek and Roman philosophers gave lectures and taught in the schools and held discussions for which they charged fees. Many rich families paid philosophers to ...

2216. SHEPHERD

Gen. 47:3; Luke 2:8

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... flock was counted every morning and evening, and the shepherd cared for the sick animals, helped in lambing, and often carried weak lambs. The Hebrew patriarchs were nomad-type shepherds, and, later, Moses and David were both shepherds. In the Talmud, the rabbis viewed shepherds as dishonest and uncouth because many grazed their flocks on the property of others. But we have before us the Good Shepherd, who cares for us as the shepherd cared for his sheep. We spoke before of the herdsman, and we said that ...

2217. SHOEMAKER

Exodus 3:5; Luke 15:22

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... as a symbol of the bridegroom’s authority over his wife. The progress of civilized man, the vagaries of fashion, and great changes in manufacturing are woven through the long history of shoes and shoemaking, which also gives us a comprehensive view of changing social trends through the centuries. Today’s shoe makers and shoe repairmen keep pace with the changes in technology, and more improved methods of making shoes gives us better footwear at less cost. In its first hundred years of existence ...

2218. SANTA CLAUS OR CHRIST?

Drama

G. William Genszler

... to the earth To look at the Star That hangs over Bethlehem and shines from afar It speaks to our hearts what real Christmas means The gift of the Christ Child that exceeds all our dreams. (Human curtains come back together to shut off view of chancel.) Curtains: That is the story that happens each year In thousands of homesteads both thither and near. Reader: Yes - we clutter up Christmas This memorable tryst Forgetting that CHRISTMAS means - THE WORSHIP OF CHRIST (Curtains open while Santa and Mouse hold ...

2219. Pillars of the Church

Exodus 17:8-16, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... us needs to be upheld by a few other pillars of the church. William Broyles in his book "A Brother in Arms" says this: "A part of me loved war. Now don't get me wrong. I'm a peace-loving man, fond of people and animals. In my view, war should have no place in the affairs of men." But then reflecting on his experience in Vietnam he wrote, "The comradeship our platoon experienced in that war provides an enduring and moving memory for me. A comrade in war you can trust with anything because you regularly trust ...

2220. A Personal God in an Impersonal World

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... must be wrong. Either his wife has tossed him out or his heating system is on the blink." I understand that in California where all that is new occurs first, drive-in funerals are offered. For those too busy to attend a funeral, they may drive by, view the body through a window, and for a small fee record a message of condolence to be played later to the family. What an impersonal world! The baby Jesus came to place God's personal finger-print on this impersonal world, and things have been changing ever ...

2221. At The Manger By Invitation

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that they borrowed things without intending to return them. Shepherds as a group were so notoriously dishonest that the law courts of that day did not allow them to give testimony. Yet, the shepherds were the only group which received a personal invitation to come view the baby Jesus. Luke is our guide today into the Bethlehem event. Luke was the best writer among the New Testament authors. Whether Luke actually ever talked with Mary, the mother of Jesus, we don't know. By the time he wrote his gospel, she ...

2222. Written On God's Hand

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to snatch free. She glances at him, assuming that he will stay close by until she can grab his hand again. But four-year-olds hold the Olympic record for the 5-meter shopping mall dash. In a crowded store, lots of big people can obstruct a mother's view as she searches for a little person. Suddenly he is lost. That mother represents God. You and I are the stubborn 4-year-old. We get loose from him occasionally. At first it's fun. We can do exactly what we want, no restrictions, no limitations. But then ...

2223. Overcoming Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... misery than all the sin and sickness of our lives combined. We are not sick all the time. We are not sinning all the time. But most people are afraid of something or somebody all the time." The 19th century philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, expressed this view even more starkly. He wrote: "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." When Jesus was awakened in the middle of that stormy sea he asked, "Why are you afraid?" That might have seemed a foolish question to the disciples. "Isn't it obvious why ...

2224. Stand Up Straight

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... today, whatever it is in your life. It could be your whining, your complaining, your fault-finding, your tendency to count problems instead of blessings, your habit of manipulating family members rather than just loving them. God can even cure your fixation with your rear-view mirror; that is, always looking back on some dream that got derailed rather than keeping your eyes open for a new dream God wants to show you. Whatever your bad back, bring it to the altar and commit it to God. He wants to liberate ...

2225. 'Nevertheless': A Word of Faith

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... order to find something God-appointed?" Today you are probably holding a pledge card in your hand, or there is one in the pew rack in front of you. The idea 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 ...

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