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201. Good Friday

John 18:1-11, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Genesis 22:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Hebrews 10:1-18, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... will that we might order our lives accordingly. Gospel: John 19:17-37 1. Sermon Title: Beneath The Cross Of Jesus A Place To Stand. Sermon Angle: The mother of Jesus, Mary, the wife of Clopas, Mary Magdalene and John stood beneath the cross until the bitter end. They must have struggled in vain to understand why this was happening. We can never completely understand why God chose the way of the cross. All we can do is stand under the cross and claim the salvation that it has brought. Outline: 1. How painful ...

202. The Angry Jar

Ephesians 4:31

Children's Sermon

... for each lid to pop! What does that pop mean? (Response) It means the canning jar is sealed and closed tight so no air can get in to spoil the food. The reason I brought a canning jar today is because our verse says to put away bitterness, anger, wrangling, slander and malice. Do you know what those words mean? (Response) I know you've heard of anger before. Wrangling is a funny word that means arguing. Do any of you argue? (Response) I thought so. The other words all mean different ways for acting nasty ...

203. What Ever Happened to Wisdom?

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... hard to teach them that hurricanes didn’t result from that cause. At long last he prevailed, but his health weakened until he could no longer walk up and down the rough path on the hill. He could have spent his days with evil, complaining bitterly about his failing health and blaming God, but his ministry of reconciliation to those villages kept him so busy that he didn’t have time to complain. Even bedridden, he pointed to the sunlight streaming through his window and said, “I will never allow a ...

204. Stooping Is a Divine Posture

Isaiah 23:1-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... taught the Eskimos on the expedition how to breathe properly in Arctic cold and how to conserve energy on the exhausting trek. He made the stoves and sledges that went to the Pole. Yet, when Peary received all the credit and fame, Henson was not bitter about being relegated to the background but humbly accepted that role. Jesus taught, “Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.” Jesus tied humility inseparably to service. It is in ...

205. Charlie Used To Do That

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... pain, she told him a little about her own history. "My father and I were deported from our home by the Turks," she said bitterly, "and my father was thrown into prison. In 1915 they took him out of his cell, rolled him in a carpet and hoisted him ... your heart, for I see them in your life." How glad Elizabeth was that God had given her the power to forgive her enemy! It cleansed all bitterness from her soul. Now she was free to love and live again.1 Charlie was a man who, beyond a shadow of a doubt, knew he was ...

206. All Saints' Sunday

Jn 11:32-44 · Mt 5:1-12 · Isa 25:6-9 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:1-6 · Ps 24

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... face of the earth. In Christ, that pall is removed; death is swallowed up by the victorious Christ. Death is a bitter pill to swallow (v. 7). Isaiah exalts that God will swallow up death forever. We are able to taste the feast of victory because Christ first ... tasted the poison of death for all people. It was a bitter pill indeed! Because Jesus freely swallowed death for our salvation, we can feast forever. Epistle: Revelation 21:1-6a It's a new ball ...

207. New Life From Old

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... servant ... just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many." Selfishness is the old life; service is the new life. There was once a widow who visited the cemetery weekly. Tears were shed and bitter words expressed, as she reminded her husband of how he was so careless with his diet and ate himself into an early grave. One day the pastor happened to walk by and noticed her standing by the headstone. He approached just in time to hear her describe the kind ...

208. A Whale Of A Tale

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Erskine White

... is what He wanted to do anyway), but Jonah got upset. After all, a prophet's job is to foretell God's actions and when the prophecy doesn't come true, it makes the prophet look bad. Besides, these were foreigners who pleased God with their repentance! That was a bitter pill for Jonah - for Israel - to swallow. So, that is the story of Jonah, a whale of a tale which has almost nothing to do with a whale. In fact, there are really a lot of messages in this little story, a lot of questions to be asked. Think ...

209. No Need For Weeping Anymore

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... lives might try to imagine what went through her mind that day. Perhaps she wept in order to nurture her grief, to make herself recall the bitter events of the last few days. We all do that sometimes, don't we? We replay in our mind's eye the images of sorrows we ... the end, we will all "live happily ever after," so even the tears we shed in the middle of the book aren't quite so bitter or hopeless as they surely would have been otherwise. This is what Easter has done for us and what a difference this makes in ...

210. Pie in The Sky

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... even matter that the "good old days" weren't really that good! Do you remember the Hebrews when Moses led them out of Egypt? They forgot how they "groaned in their bondage and cried out for help" (Exodus 2:23). Instead, they got out into the desert and complained bitterly: "Why did you take us out of Egypt in the first place, Moses? You should have left us there - at least when we were slaves to Pharaoh, we knew where our next meal was coming from. Take us back to Egypt, Moses; take us back to the 'good old ...

211. Forgiveness Freely Given

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Erskine White

... and Jew go on hating and fighting each other from age to age, from the oldest citizen to the youngest child? Neither side can forgive! Neither side can let go of the past! In fact, both sides feed from the past and teach their children to eat that bitter food. They glorify the memory of every abuse and commemorate the anniversary of every injustice - so the past becomes prologue to the future. On and on it goes, and when it will stop, God only knows. There is a better way. There is a way to break through ...

212. Have You Accepted Jesus' Invitation?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

George Johnson

... acceptance. God wants to put loving arms around you. God wants to lift you up out of the miry clay you are in. God wants to forgive you. God wants to free you from bondage and guilt. God wants to give you rest. If there is bitterness in your heart, God wants to take that bitterness away. If there is no joy in your life, God wants to bring laughter. If there is regret or shame, God wants to wash it away. God will remember your sin no more. If you are living under the power of sin, if you are driven ...

213. A Conquered Enemy

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Eulogy

W. George Easson

... is the supreme life giver, the bread of life, the source of living water. He is the glorious sun of a bright new day. Death, where it touches those we love, shatters our world. It brings heartache, distress, pain, and bewilderment; perhaps even a little bitterness and resentment as our stability is shaken. Death may be the last enemy to be destroyed, but in Christ the victory is ours in spite of circumstances. For the Christian, instead of it being the symbol of hopelessness and despair, death is but rest ...

214. The Secret Of Effective Living

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Robert Allen

... he was set for life. But he was devastated that his company would let him go in the prime of life. For weeks he was lost and didn’t know what to do. His self-confidence was replaced with frustration. His friendly attitude changed to one of bitterness. The anger and emptiness he felt even made him consider suicide. After weeks of feeling helpless and not knowing what to do, Jack began to take an inventory of his life. His wife, who had been his high-school sweetheart, still loved him. His children were in ...

215. The Same Cup

Matthew 20:22

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of lemon juice and let a couple of children taste it. When the others see the expression on their faces they will not want to try it.) Don't all of you want to taste my cup? (Let them answer.) It tastes bitter, doesn't it? None of us like to drink lemon juice in this way. It is a bitter cup. Jesus had to do something much harder than drinking lemon juice. When he asked the disciples if they would drink out of the same cup that he drank out of, he meant something more than just drinking out of a ...

216. Faithful To The Lord

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... was sold by his brothers. Trying to be moral and resist temptation, Joseph was thrown into prison as an innocent victim of a plotting and scheming woman. Trying to be a man of faith, Joseph spent years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Bitterness is generally made of such ingredients. Resentment builds in the human heart under such a devious set of circumstances. "Where was God when I needed him?" Joseph might have said. Instead, Joseph saw the hand of God working through the bad times as well as ...

217. Charlie Used To Do That

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

218. Seek Good, Not Evil (That You May Live)

Amos 5:1-17

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... be justified in the eyes of God through his death. Christ did just the opposite of the people of the text. He did not make justice bitter but made it richly sweet. What a way God chose to make clear his sense of justice - to give us that which is too good to ... walk haughtily, for it will be an evil time. In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you, and wail with bitter lamentation, and say, "We are utterly ruined; he changes the portion of my people; how he removes it from me! Among our captors ...

219. Step Nine - Discipline

Mt 5:21-26 · Eph 4:25-32 · Num 5:5-10

Sermon

John A. Terry

... behavior on our part is scandalous? Paul wrote this letter to the church folks in Ephesus. He assumed that church folks are equally tempted to lie, lose their temper, steal, and talk dirty. He must have assumed that we are people who can at times be characterized by bitterness, wrath, clamor, slander and malice. The good news is Jesus did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. One part of the good news is that we do not have to pretend we are something we are not. God loves us as we are ...

220. The Clop, Clop, Clop of a Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... a U. S. Army Hospital. He had been crippled by a war injury ten years prior to the surgery, which was performed to improve his ability to walk. Noel was in the hospital for two months. He told me of a young man whom he had met in therapy there. Bitter, cynical, angry at the world because he had lost a leg in the Vietnam struggle, the soldier had not let his family and fiancee know the extent of his injuries, and he was determined not to let them know. He had decided not to go home after his discharge, but ...

221. A Night of Farewell - Peter

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... ungodly talk about death. Tonight is a happy time of remembering our heritage. Tonight we shall eat lamb, bitter herbs, wine and bread. It will be good to remember Moses and the journey tonight." "Tonight we are ... . He still loves me. I can't stand the thought of it. That look. I ran out of the place, not knowing or caring where I was going. I wept bitterly until there were no more tears. Then I cried without tears for a while ... What had I done? Say it to yourself ... you denied him. Say it ... you are a ...

222. Nobody - Simon of Cyrene

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... didn't know it. I didn't know it. Nobody knew it. Nobody. The walk to the green hill outside of town started out in bitterness, resentment and hatred, Do you know how hard it is when you cannot scream out with the howlings of your soul: "Why do you always ... Jesus were like no others. They looked into my soul. They understood the pain of being black. They pierced through my bitterness and found my hurt. They felt my feeling of being made unclean. The unclean criminal and the unclean black man spoke without ...

223. Praying With Tears in Your Eyes

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... tears in our prayers. It may be the case of barrenness. For years Hannah longed to be a mother, but year after year she was sterile. With her husband she went to Shiloh to pray. The account says, "She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly." With tears, she poured out her soul for a child. God saw her tears, and in due time Hannah had Samuel. Our lives, too, may be barren and unproductive. If so, we have reason to pray with tears for loves that are fertile with good works. There may ...

224. Monologue: Naomi And Ruth

Ruth 1:1-22

Drama

Lynda Pujad

Naomi I said before to the people of Bethlehem to call me Mara, meaning a bitter woman. I was not always bitter. Once, I had a wonderful husband and two fine sons. They were the pride of my life. They meant everything to me. They married two nice girls in the land of Moab where we had gone to find food. I am Naomi. (Bows) In our home in Bethlehem, there was ...

225. Monologue: Mary Magdalene - Liberated Woman

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... my word ...you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free ...everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin ...if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. “The words sank in. I knew how horrid had been my words, my thoughts, my constant bitterness and complaining. I knew they were sin, and I loathed myself for them. I knew I was a slave to the feelings I despised, and I wanted to be free ... free! I looked again at Jesus. “If the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. “My soul ...

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