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2326. Click to Unfriend

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

John B. Jamison

Mary Magdalene stood at the edge of the road and cried. She knew this was going to happen. Jesus had told them over and over that he would be arrested and killed. She thought she had prepared herself for it but she was not at all prepared for what had actually happened. As she stood at the edge of the road, her eyes moving back and forth from the men lowering his body from that cross to his mother standing just behind them watching it happen. She thought about all that had happened since last night. After ...

2327. “POW!”

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

Sermon

John B. Jamison

Let’s remember the story together. It was a quiet night. We leaned our backs against the tree and tried to relax our aching muscles. It had been another busy day. We started the morning up on the hillside where the grass was deep, but as afternoon came and it got hotter, we led the sheep down into the valley where it was cooler and they could drink from the stream. That’s when the young one got caught in the current and we had to pull it out with our shepherd’s crook. Again. As the sun started to set, we ...

2328. Swimming Against the Tide

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Salmon and Steelhead Trout are what scientists call anadromous fish. This means that they hatch in fresh water, then swim to the ocean to live out their lives, then return once again to fresh water to spawn. When the tide turns, they literally swim upstream against the current in order to reach their spawning grounds. This strong instinctual behavior to swim against the flow is driven by their need to reproduce.[1] That drive to reproduce is also the key to how we carry on our faith. We have an astute old ...

2329. Worship Aid, Drama

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

Invocation Hymn Responsive Dialogue 1 Corinthians 2 P: When I came to you, brothers, I did not come witheloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimonyof God. C: We have not received the spirit of the world but thespirit who is from God, that we may understand what God hasfreely given us. P: For I resolved to know nothing while I was with youexcept Jesus Christ and Him crucified. C: This is what we speak, not in words taught us by humanwisdom but in words taught by the Holy Spirit, ...

2330. Christ the King

Colossians 1:1-14, Jeremiah 23:1-8, Luke 23:26-43

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:1-6 The Messianic King. This, scholars say, is the most important messianic passage in Jeremiah. The leaders of Judah are blamed for scattering Judah into bondage. But, Yahweh promises to raise up faithful shepherds who will serve the people. He will gather the exiles back to their homeland. Above all, Yahweh will give as king a son of David who will save his people. Epistle: Colossians 1:11-20 We belong to the kingdom of Christ who, as the image of God, is preeminent ...

2331. Proper 14

Psalm 50:1-23, Luke 12:35-48

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

Call to Worship: (responsively) "Gather to me my faithful ones," invites our God,"who have a new covenant with me by the sacrifice on the cross!"The heavens declare the worthiness of the Lamb,for God receives the offering of Jesus Christ. Prayer of Confession Forbearing God, despite your call for absolute obedience and the rejection of all other gods, we continue to follow old customs, unexamined behaviors, not unlike our neighbors, not in accordance with the teaching of Jesus and contrary to the law of ...

2332. As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Steve Burt

A man got out of the Navy and planned to attend college. Before departing for the college town, though, he and his wife stopped by his parents' house in their old hometown so they could pick up a few items he'd left there in the attic -- pictures from school days, bowling trophies, a high school letter sweater, and a coin collection. The trouble came when the man couldn't find the coin collection that had been his joy growing up. He had collected nearly every Lincoln Head penny from 1909 on, including a ...

2333. Dressing For The Marriage

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Mary Venema Swierenga

For A Protestant-Catholic Marriage Well. Here you are, finally, __________ and __________, all dressed in your wedding clothes: a lovely, lovely bridal gown and a dashing GQ wedding tuxedo. You are a very attractive couple on this most significant day of your lives, a couple I like very much -- each of you separately, and as a couple. Behind my affection for you is my respect: you each have deep spiritual convictions which have shaped your character as Christian young adults. You've done a lot of work with ...

2334. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

Christian thinking about salvation has divided itself into two main streams which I like to think of as: "Monkey-hold" salvation or "Cat-hold" salvation. The difference in theological viewpoint is seen in how monkeys and cats protect their young. A mother monkey will sound the alarm when danger lurks. The baby monkeys come running to her and hold tightly to her fur as she runs to safety. A mother cat, on the other hand, picks her kittens up by the nape of the neck and carries them in her mouth out of harm' ...

2335. Exercise Your Faith in Jesus!

1 Corinthians 9:27

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: An exercise bicycle or some form of exercise equipment. Good morning, boys and girls. I brought along something that many of you have seen but I wonder how many of you have used? (Show them the exercise bicycle.) How do you like this for a bike? (Let them answer.) You can't go very far on a bike like this but it is a great thing to have. How many of you know what a bike like this is good for? (Let them answer.) That's right, exercise. You can't ride to the grocery or down to the park on a bike like ...

2336. Mary Christmas

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

So, where are the shepherds? And what about the "multitude of the heavenly host" shining their glory on everyone and breaking into song about God, and salvation, and peace? Sure, there is an angel. One angel, who sounds more like a meditating attorney in a three-piece suit, speaking in one long sentence which tells Joseph he ought to see this thing through and try to work things out with Mary. And that even happens in a dream. But that seems to fit Matthew's purpose. Matthew isn't interested in the ...

2337. The Bread Of Life

Psalm 121:1-8

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 121, Exodus 16:2-41 Corinthians 11:23-26 and John 6:25-35 There are certain people in every church who have a special love for the Lord's supper. I knew a man once who served as an elder in an open church. He and others came to the table and with their prayers asked God's blessing on the communion service and the congregation. "It's the most awesome thing I've ever done," he told me. "I never step up to the table without a sense of my own inadequacy and a certain fear." Sometimes it is easy to forget ...

2338. To Rebuild or Not to Rebuild

Galatians 2:15-21

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

Exegetical Aim: To explain that we should not keep doing things that we know are wrong. Props: Some building blocks. Lesson: [As you talk to the children, illustrate by using the building blocks. Begin by building a "barn" with a couple of blocks falling off, and then adapt the structure as you tell the story.] Sometimes you can drive on the highway or out in the country and see an old barn that is falling in. Have any of you ever seen an old barn that was falling in and rotting? (response) When a barn ...

2339. Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock

Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

On October 20 of this year, I will celebrate (God willing) the fourth anniversary of my entrance into what has been called "The Golden Years" of life. I have several friends who seem to feel it is their calling in life to keep reminding me that I fall into that category. Their method, for the most part, consists of forwarding to me via email every list of telltale hints that you’re getting older that they can find. One item seems to find its way into every one of these lists. It’s the one that says, "Your ...

2340. Innocent of the Blood of Jesus

Matthew 27:1-10

Drama

Joe Barone

As we continue our walk with Jesus to the cross, it might be well to consider where we've been. It all started when Mary anointed Jesus with an expensive flask of oil. From there Jesus went to the last supper where he acknowledged that Judas would betray him. We were at Gethsemane with the apostle James, and we watched Jesus stand before the Sanhedrin through the eyes of the high priest Caiaphas. Today, we look through the eyes of Pontius Pilate. Dramatic Monologue: Pontius Pilate He was no threat to the ...

2341. Is Free Just Loose?

Galatians 5:1-15

Children's Sermon

Object: a wristwatch or a pocket watch on a chain. Good morning, boys and girls, and how are you today? Did you get up this morning filled with God's love and joy? Are you very glad to be alive? Is that the way that you got up this morning? Very good! When you got up this morning, did you also thank God for being free? [Wait for some answers.] What does it mean to be free? Is free being loose? Suppose I grab [Take one of the boys who wouldn't be frightened] Jim and just hold him so that he cannot get away ...

2342. Is Free Just Loose?

Galatians 4:21-31

Children's Sermon

2343. Jesus Fulfills God's Plans

Matthew 21:28-32

Children's Sermon

Object: A record player and a record. Good morning, boys and girls, and welcome to Advent. That's right, it is only four weeks until Christmas. Advent is a wonderful time of the year for all of us because we take the time to think about what it is going to be like when Jesus comes back to earth to live as God has promised. But we are not here today to talk about seasons like Advent or Christmas or fall or winter. We want to talk about Jesus. Have you ever wondered what Jesus was really like? You know that ...

2344. Christ the King

Lk 23:35-43 · Jn 12:9-19 · Col 1:11-20 · Jer 23:2-6 · 2 Sam 5:1-5

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY 2 Samuel 5:1-5 David is crowned king of Israel at Hebron at age thirty. Among the Hebrews David was always regarded as the ideal king. The promised Messiah was to be a son of David and be a king like David. In the Old Testament the king was an expression of Yahweh's kingship. Christians see David as a type of Christ the King. Like David Jesus was our "bone and flesh" through the Incarnation. Like David as a military leader and conqueror, Jesus had the power over sin, sickness, and death so that ...

2345. Tears in Raniah

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

In my first year in seminary in Washington, D.C., I visited the Embassy of the Lithuanian Government in Exile. This government has not existed in Lithuania since 1940, when the Soviets invaded ostensibly to save that land from German invasion. In fact, however, Stalin had something else in mind. It was called degentrification, transporting masses of people from their homeland to another section of the Soviet Union, and then bringing other peoples, also degentrified, to settle in that land. I remember ...

2346. What Will He Find… When He Comes? - Shorter Version

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

In Paul’s great letter to the Corinthians he addresses many issues: conflicts, divisions and hardships abound on every side. The crowning achievement of that letter is the 13th chapter. The chapter on love. At the end of that chapter Paul says that of all the qualities of our faith there are three most important: Faith, hope and love. I would like to spend our time this morning on hope. In difficult times we must have hope. But hardship is relentless and can come in many ways. I am reminded of Lucy's ...

2347. A King Worth Having

Zechariah 9:9-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your ...

2348. No Sooner Said Than Done!

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

"For the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it." Words! Words! Words! Today we are bombarded on every side and saturated throughout with words coming to us through press, radio, and TV. There are 490,000 ...

2349. A Person Approved by Christ

John 1:43-51

Sermon

George Bass

Jesus, according to the information that John gives us in the beginning of his Gospel, had a strange system of recruiting his disciples. Two of John’s disciples left the Baptizer when he identified Jesus for them as "the lamb of God" and spent the rest of the day with Jesus. Andrew was one of the two, and he recruited his brother, Simon, whom Jesus immediately labeled "the Rock." The next day Jesus encountered Philip and said to him, "Follow me!" - and he did. Philip went out and found Nathanael, or ...

2350. The Need for Transfiguration

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Hubert Beck

Who has not felt the need for transfiguration? Who has not felt the Cinderella in them needing to be transformed from a deprived stepsister to a beautiful princess? Who has not felt so drab, so hum-drum, so dull, so boring even to one’s own self that one could hardly stand it? In moments like that - and for some people a good part of their life seems to be spent like that! - we feel that we simply must get beyond ourselves. We want to feel transfigured at least, to feel bright and cheery and extraordinary ...

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