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201. This Present Time

Luke 12:54-59, Luke 12:49-53

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... to talk about them. WENDY: I know. I know. DAD: They have decided they didn't want us in their lives. WENDY: I can't help thinking about Mom and Sammy. DAD: Please, Wendy. If you're going to talk about them I'm leaving. WENDY: Okay. I won't talk about them anymore. You wouldn't really leave me, would you? DAD: Of course not. You think like I do. We have to stick together. WENDY: And if I didn't think like you do? Then what? DAD: But you do, so we're together. That's all. Now, let's ...

202. Love Your Enemies--It Will Drive Them Crazy

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... what happened to him, especially on the road to Damascus. He would in time say something so boring as "the love of Christ constrains us." Thank God we have some persons who can give a parallel to it, someone who came after that to say that the love of Christ "leaves us no choice." Jean Valjean knew that. In the mystery of being forgiven we have no choice but to find that incendiary moment in life that we might be called up to do the same even though in any given moment we don't feel like doing it. Another ...

203. Begging For Mercy

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... have no idea how many people are after the same few jobs. 2ND BEG: I have three small children. I don't want to leave them alone. The 3RD BEGGAR, obviously brain-damaged, sits rocking back and forth. RICH MAN: Why aren't the government social services doing ... want to hire a broken-down dirt farmer? 2ND BEG: Who would want to hire a tired mother? Besides, I don't want to leave my kids. RICH MAN: There are day-care facilities provided by the government, aren't there? 2ND BEG: They've got waiting lists into ...

204. The Gift of Lent I: A Widow Gives Her Mites

Luke 21:1-4

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... 'll go prepare the meal and share it with you. We will eat and rejoice together in God's faithfulness. And even if there doesn't seem to be enough for me, don't worry. My Lord has a food closet from which he will fill my plate after you leave. He always does. And even if he shouldn't, I praise him anyway. In these last few years I've learned there's so much more to life than bread and clothes and water. In Jesus, I've found the water of life that never ...

205. Easter 6

Jn 14:15-31; Acts 15:22-29, 16:6-15; Rev 21:22--22:5

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... "I send the counselor, the Holy Spirit, promise of my Father upon whom the Father will send you. "in my name." 2. John 14:28 "I go to the 2. Luke 24:51 "He Father." parted from them and was carried up into heaven." 3. John 14:27 "Peace I leave 3. Luke 24:50 "And lifting with you." up his hands, he blessed them." 4. John 14:28 "I go away 4. Acts 1:11 "This Jesus ... and I will come in the same will come to you." way as you saw him go into heaven." Sermons Combining Easter 6 ...

206. Jacob And The Night Wrestler

Genesis 32:22-32

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... , I had no place else to go. Bilhah, Rachel's maid, has taken Joseph across the river along with the flocks. Rachel is the last to leave. Rachel: Jacob, darling, please come with me. Father is not too far behind and we will need all the extra time we can get to stay ... hundred out there waiting for us. I really don't have a chance. I've cheated both of them. It's me they want. Maybe they'll leave my wives and sons alone if they don't find me. I can't hide out here anywhere. It's so desolate. They've both got ...

207. Mary: After The Angel

Drama

Arlys M. Winkler

... to tell my parents. If you want to walk with me, you are welcome. I'll tell you more on the way. I need to remember everything. If I go over it and over it I'll be more calm when I tell them. (ESTHER, JUDITH, and MARY start to leave.) MARY: (Turns back) Deborah, won't you come with us? (DEBORAH turns away from them. MARY sadly shrugs, links her arms with ESTHER and JUDITH and they exit.) (Curtain closes) Act II Anne and Joachim's house (Curtain opens. Mary's parents, ANNE and JOACHIM, sit at the table. ANNE ...

208. Proper 9

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10, Mark 6:1-13, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... weaknesses, such as the thorn in the flesh. 3. God showed him how to rely on God's grace in his weaknesses. 4. The cross is the prime example of offering to God our thorn for redemptive purposes. Gospel: Mark 6:1-13 1. Sermon Title: Don't Leave Home Without It. Sermon Angle: Jesus instructed his disciples to take nothing with them except their rod or staff (v. 8). One could interpret this staff to mean a walking stick, which would provide something to lean on for their long journey. I choose to see a deeper ...

209. Cut Down And Lifted Up

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Lee Griess

... you cannot use me unless you cut me down, then do your will and cut." "Bamboo," the master said, "I would cut off your leaves and branches and strip you naked." "Oh, Master, spare me," Bamboo begged. "Cut me down if you must, but do not lay my beauty ... , but use me." And so the master of the garden took Bamboo and cut him down and hacked off his branches and stripped away his leaves and divided him in two and cut out his heart and lifted him gently and carried him where there was a spring of fresh, sparkling ...

210. The Pageant

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... back to the Christmas tree behind the lectern and puts on a crown. The wisemen form a semi-circle around him with their backs to the congregation.) With the help of his own scholars, Herod tells them to go to Bethlehem and search there for the child. He then leaves them with the request that they come back to tell him what they find. (Herod comes down, removes his costume, and takes his seat.) (Mary takes the baby as Joseph puts the manger to the side and brings a chair for Mary to sit with the baby near ...

211. Proper 14

Mt 14:22-33 · Rom 9:1-5 · Ex 14:19-31 · Ps 106:4-12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... was done, he sends his men across the lake and again goes to the hills to be alone to pray. Between three and six o'clock the next morning he realizes that his disciples are in trouble. They are caught in a storm and their lives are in danger. He leaves the hills and walks on the water to them and calms the sea. Another reason for his going to a place to be alone is his desire to escape the crowd which wanted to take him by force and crown him their king. According to John's account, he escaped ...

212. The Vanities Of Work

Ecc 2:1-26

Sermon

Erskine White

... learn that the next raise or even a prosperous and happy home, does not make life complete, they open the door to that restlessness the ancient Preacher knew, "Vanity, vanity, all is vanity. What do we gain from our labors under the sun?" When people who work to leave a mark for the good of others are unhappy with the fruits of their work, it is again because they have a view of life which begins and ends in the world. But this time, they look only to the world and expect too much. They forget how Creation ...

213. Such a Good Time

Matthew 17:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... make three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." Good morning, boys and girls. Tell me about some place you have been where you had really good time. (Let them answer.) What place did you visit where you wished that you did not have to leave and come home very soon? (Let them answer.) I just love to go to the movies and watch a very good picture show. Sometimes I hope that the show will not end and I can go on watching it forever. Have you ever felt like I feel? (Let them answer ...

214. Trying to Face the Strain

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Jacob, "Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." When Jacob woke up the next morning and shook the cobwebs from his head, remembering the ... , even here, even now. We are never alone. In the midst of our journey, this ordinary place becomes a sacred place. We will leave here today, wondering at all that we have seen and heard, because we have experienced the love of God and it’s just ...

215. One Plus One Equals One

Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... and I heard another exception to this mathematical rule, read for us in our scripture text. We learned that in the realm of Christian marriage, one plus one equals one. Do you remember what Jesus said as he quoted from the book of Genesis? "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one." You see, one plus one equals one! That is God's ideal for marriage. It is the ideal that Jesus refers to twice in Matthew's Gospel. It is the ideal that all ...

216. Many Parts, One Rose

Romans 12:1-8

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... a box so that they cannot be seen. Lesson: Good morning friends. How many of you like flowers? (response) O good, I like flowers, too. Well guess what I brought with me today? Let’s look in the box and find out. (Pull out the stem, with no thorns or leaves or petals) Isn’t this a pretty flower? (response) No? What’s the matter with it? O, it’s not all together is it? Hmm. Wait a minute. I know what it needs. (Pull some of the greenery out) Now it looks like a flower doesn’t it? (response) No ...

217. Pruning Season

Luke 13:1-9

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... space for something else. The TREE looks horrified. H.G.: You're sure? OWNER: If it doesn't bear fruit, it doesn't deserve to live. The TREE looks as if it were trying desperately to bear fruit. H.G.: Look! I think it's trying. OWNER: (Carelessly, starting to leave) Too little, too late. H.G.: Wait! I've got an idea. The TREE looks very interested. OWNER: (Sitting back down) What? H.G.: What if I were to give it extra fertilizer for a year? I'll prune it, and dig around it to loosen the soil, and then ...

218. The Bells Of Christmas Eve

Drama

... the curse? HANS: The murder - and that's what it was: murder - of Signora Fruzzetti was a great act of hatred. It must be countermanded by an equally great act of love. A miracle of love, if you will. FRANCO: Can you be more specific? HANS: I will take my leave now. It is for you and your parishioners to find in your hearts the love that will remove the curse. (He exits.) FRANCO: Well, Sister Sophia. You knew the widow Fruzzetti well. Do you believe she was a witch? SOPHIA: She was no more a witch than I am ...

219. The Mystery of Christ's Life

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Sermon

... not see Him in the flesh then, we would see Him. That since we did not know Him intimately then, we could know Him intimately. God would not leave us with abstract theories about Him. God would not leave us with only words about Him. God would not leave us with only pictures in our imaginations. God would not leave us to flights of fantasy about Him. God would not leave us without a means of intimate contact with Him. But in Holy Communion, God would give us a way to participate in His life, to share in His ...

220. Your Calling from God

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

... said, "Just make sure that, when God calls, he speaks loud and distinct enough for me to hear also!" Do you suppose that Sarah may have had that same feeling when Abram, at the age of seventy-five, came into the tent and said, "Sarah, God has called me to leave our country and kindred to go where he leads me." If you think Sarah laughed - and she did - when Abraham, at age ninety, told her she was going to be pregnant and have a baby; you might also imagine that Sarah had a few choice words to say when ...

221. Easter 6

Jn 14:23-29 · Acts 14:8-18; 15:1-2, 22-29 · Rev 21:10, 22-27

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... Ascension lessons have a number of parallels, making it possible to combine the two Sundays: Easter 6 1. John 14:26 - "But the counselor, The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name." 2. John 14:28 - "I go to the Father." 3. John 14:27 - "Peace I leave with you." 4. John 14:28 - "I go away and I will come to you." Ascension 1. Luke 24:44 - "I send the promise of my Father upon you." 2. Luke 24:51 - "He parted from them and was carried up into heaven." 3. Luke 24:50 - "And lifting up ...

222. The Hidden Corn

Colossians 3:3

Children's Sermon

... wonderful moment and you remember how surprised everyone was when they saw him. The same thing is going to be true with us. We are like an ear of corn that is growing after we have died. We stay hidden with God just like the corn stays hidden inside the leaves. But when the right moment comes and everything is just right, then we will be made alive again in the most wonderful way. Only God would promise this, and have it happen, and we are glad that he had made us a part of his plan. If you are wondering ...

223. Counterfeit Christians and the Rest of Us

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... , "O.K., what’ll yuh have?" The tramp sat down at a table and had a good meal, a first class handout. As he was leaving, the hobo walked up to the proprietor and bummed a cigarette. He fished in a pocket for a match and along with the match he ... you cannot see that you have a fly in your eye. Jesus said that we do not see our own beams. This is why Jesus invited us to leave judgment up to God. Jesus once told a parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while the man ...

224. Father Damien

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... priests; no serving brothers were to go. Fate and a fever intervened. Illness struck Father Pamphile, and he was not able to leave for Hawaii. The zealous Damien petitioned his superiors to allow him to go in Pamphile’s place. His request was denied. Damien ... feel that he could order a priest to Molokai. The Board of Health had decreed that once someone went to Molokai, he could not leave. Consequently, if the bishop sent a priest to the leper colony he would have to remain there for the rest of his life. ...

225. "American Express Traveler’s Cheques ..."

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... are very effective ways to communicate ideas. Again and again we read in the Scriptures parables which are used to communicate God’s message to us. Jesus is a master at the short story. He tells us that the kingdom of God is like a father who had a son leave home with his inheritance. The son is welcomed home after a disastrous journey. Or, the kingdom of God is like a woman who lost a coin and celebrates when she finds it. Or, the kingdom of God is like a field with a treasure in it. From these and other ...

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