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2326. To Climb A Mountain

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... that seems best for them. Don't try to make them conform to your pace, And you need not conform to theirs, Just continue. There are those you'll find who have become so accustomed to the slow pace that they have opted to stay where they only stopped to rest, Their homes are pitiful shanties made of the same base material in which they were first bogged down, But you must continue. For your resting place is on the mountain, And as difficult as it is to reach, The more precious for the struggle. Continue when ...

2327. Fasting

Matthew 4:1-11

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... is renting space now? JAN: It's not finished. RON: Of course, but the building is really nice and we need to move the office. The lease rates are really low right now. JAN: Well, let's go look at it sometime. RON: Great, how about this afternoon? We could stop at that yogurt place and get a cone. JAN: Ron! RON: I'm sorry. I did it again, didn't I? JAN: Don't worry about it. If you hadn't mentioned dessert I probably would have. RON: This fasting is really getting to me. Of all the things we ...

2328. The Inmate

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... with Jesus has strengthened me, Sir. GUARD: How? You're in the hole more than you're out. Somebody could have gotten killed this time, Stinder. STINDER: I've been able to forgive every man who attacks me. GUARD: That's commendable, Stinder. How can you stop fighting? STINDER: Oh, I never fight, Sir. GUARD: I've got a fist full of reports that says you do. STINDER: Well, Sir, uh, they're wrong, Sir. GUARD: Wrong? STINDER: Yes, Sir. I've been attacked but I never fight back. GUARD: Do you mean that ...

2329. The Elevator

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... catch a movie or something. SAM: (SNEAKING A LOOK IN HIS WALLET) I don't feel much like a movie. NANCY: Well, what then? SAM: I don't know. NANCY: I don't feel like cooking tonight. Could we go out? SAM: Yeah, I guess. (THE ELEVATOR JOLTS TO A STOP) NANCY: I think this thing is stuck. SAM: Yeah, does look like it, doesn't it. NANCY: Oh, great. SAM: I'll ring the alarm button. NANCY: What'll that do? SAM: I don't know. Maybe someone will hear it. NANCY: And ...? SAM: And fix it, I guess. NANCY ...

2330. On The Job Training

Matthew 10:1-42

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... has nothing to do with religion. ED: Don't be too sure of that. JOE: Where in the Bible does it say anything about this training? ED: The Bible does say not to worship any other gods. JOE: You're just a radical. ED: The Bible also says when humans stop worshiping God they substitute the image of man. And that's what this training does. It substitutes the power of man for the power of God. JOE: I think you're way off base. ED: If people rely only on that power within themselves and not God, then who are ...

2331. Demonized

Matthew 15:21-28

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... acknowledge a basic truth. DR. WILLIS: Mrs. King, you are the one who discontinued the treatments. We have seen remarkable improvement sometimes in less than a year. I'm a busy man. I insist that you bring Debbie in to see me and continue treatments and stop this nonsense about demons and being demonized. MRS. KING: You never understood the causes of my daughter's problems and therefore you could never have helped her. DR. WILLIS: Mrs. King, I'm sure that we can work out our little differences. MRS. KING: I ...

2332. My Brother's Keeper

Matthew 18:15-20

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : But you don't want to go and confront him. THOMAS: I don't like to confront anybody But it has to be done. For our sake and for his. I can see how it might work. If he is caught in this sin and confesses and repents, it might stop him from doing something worse. MATTHEW: Well, I don't want to confront him again. But we have to. THOMAS: That's why we're going to take Simon along. Simon loves to confront anybody at any time. MATTHEW: Right. We take Simon. THOMAS: We might as well go do ...

2333. The Wicked Pie Bakers

Matthew 21:33-46

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... stuff in the book store and that glorifies God, doesn't it? SAM: What about the money changers in the Temple? DON: (STANDING) If you're worried about the money changers we won't let them in this church. I'll volunteer to stand at the door Sunday and stop them. "Sir, are you a money changer? I'm sorry, you're not allowed in here. Would you mind going to the Bath Community Church, please. They might need some money changed over there." SAM: Wise guy. This is serious. Do you think we ought to have bake sales ...

2334. The Glory Of The Lord

Matthew 25:31-46

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. THIRD MAN: Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. FOURTH WOMAN: In the center, around the throne, were the four living creatures, and day and night they never stopped saying: FOUR LIVING CREATURES: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is, and is to come. FIRST WOMAN: Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne and who lives forever and ever, the twenty ...

2335. A Light Verse

Matthew 17:1-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... questions, Ollie. We're memorizing Bible verses, here, you know. This is serious and we don't like you asking questions that are unimportant. OLLIE: I just wanted to know how His face changed. Was it like this? (HE MAKES A FACE AND THEN ANOTHER) Or like this? MARK: Stop that. That's no way to talk about Jesus. Of course He didn't make weird faces. OLLIE: Well, how, then? (PAUSE. GREG AND MARK THINK. OLLIE LOOKS FROM ONE TO THE OTHER) GREG: How did His face change? Uh ... I don't know. It just changed. You ...

2336. The Lesser Commision

Matthew 28:16-20

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... ENTERS) Thank you for being faithful and meeting me. (THE DISCIPLES WORSHIP JESUS) THOMAS: My Lord and my God. JESUS: (AS JESUS SPEAKS DISCIPLES FREEZE THROUGHOUT) All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. THOMAS: (THEY UNFREEZE AS THEY SPEAK) Wait! Stop! What did He say? JESUS: All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. THOMAS: I doubt if He means all authority. MATTHEW: He certainly must mean something else. JOHN: Maybe He means "quite a lot of authority has been given to ...

2337. On The Twenty-Fourth Day

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... . If a family was discovered cooking a feast for Christmas, the ham was confiscated and the people were thrown in jail! But, as Dr. Seuss pointed out in his delightful little book How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch didn't stop "... Christmas from coming. It came. Somehow or other it came just the same." Germanic Christians, English Christians, Italian Christians, all have their own customs. When African Christians or Asian Christians or Native American Christians join the fellowship some people are ...

2338. Is There Any Seed Left In The Barn?

Haggai 2:19

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... has a different focus for celebration and worship. In many countries gifts are given on December 6 or January 6, and many of the days in between. To cease singing Christmas carols on December 25 would strike many Christians around the world as ludicrous. Stop? We're just getting started. Christmas is for the long haul. It's a season, not a day, and that requires some serious resolutions. Here are my Ten Commandments of Christmas: 1. Honor the Lord of the season -- not through deprivation or some misplaced ...

2339. The Lord Is Our Sustainer

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... . We praise You in Christ's name. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so many times we have turned away from Your will for our lives yet You have never turned away or forsaken us. So many times we have failed to give witness to Your love yet You have never stopped loving us. Forgive us, Lord, and lead us into more opportunities where we might reach out and share Your love with others. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns: Love Divine" "O Sing A Song Of Bethlehem" "God Of The Ages"

2340. The Season Of The Resurrection

Luke 24:44-53

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... , nation, home, vocation, vacation, social event, political event) among the rich and poor, among every race of people." As John Bodo points out in a Pulpit Magazine sermon, "The ascension points to Pentecost. The angelic command is touchingly practical: Stop loafing! Get to work!" In the name of the ascended, and present, Christ! Hymn of Commitment "Our King and Our Sovereign, Lord Jesus" Meditation "If the message of Christmas is 'Beachhead Secured,' Ascension Day spells out 'Mission Accomplished' " (John ...

2341. The Season Of Expectancy

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... rear of the sanctuary. The chancel choir sings, with joy and exultation, "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"; the other choir sings "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" a little above a whisper. Give thirty seconds of silence. Pastoral Invitation Now, I invite you to stop for a while, and ponder the ways of God. (Thirty seconds of silence.) Declaration of Joyful Expectations Pastor: What have you thought concerning ways of God compared with our ways? People: Our own ways are complicated. Pastor: God has shown us the way ...

2342. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

John 6:16-24, John 6:1-15

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... on water? Seems like something out of the X-Files, doesn't it? Here's what some of us do, instead. Jack Sellers in his book, The River to Pickle Beach, spent many days watching the bird in the birdbath. The bird comes every day, and every day, stops there and looks and takes a long time before he sticks his foot in the birdbath. Along with the disciples, you and I live our lives that way, for whatever reason. Another character in the book talks about "trickling out our days," just living, as opposed to ...

2343. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 4:35-41

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... Sanaoon" Charge to the Congregation The storms will continue to rage. Some of those storms you and I initiate every day of our lives, by what we say or fail to say, by what we do or fail to do. In the midst of our next storm, stop and listen carefully, intensely, obediently to Jesus' words, "Peace, be still!" Meditation Former Sister Corita, in her book, To Believe in God, wrote, "To believe in God is to lay down together our minds to rest a while, while we mind one another's thinking." MUSIC POSSIBILITIES ...

2344. The Season Of The Nativity

Luke 2:21-40

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... a part of our growing and learning. Then, translate verse 40. Reading from the Scriptures Dramatize the scripture using a reader, Simeon, Mary, and Joseph. Proclamation of the Good News Here are some possibilities for bridging the gap between nostalgia and cynicism: (1) Stop giving Christmas presents. Hold it! I said that to get your attention. It is so easy to give material gifts on a day, because everyone is doing it. How much more difficult to give of ourselves during the year. Physical gifts are poor ...

2345. Gifts of Lent III: A Family Gives Their Home

Luke 22:7-38

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... Monologue Are you bothering me? No, not at all. I come here often to reflect and pray. It's quiet in here, isn't it? Here the noise and bustle of the old city seem so far away. I was hoping you would come. Mary of Bethany said you might stop by. I see you had no trouble getting through the heavy oaken gate to the courtyard, and then up the staircase to this room. It hasn't always been that easy. There were times when that gate was locked against our enemies. Not that locking it would really have done ...

2346. Gifts of Lent IV: Simon Gives His Strength

Mark 15:1-15

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... . But he would have to do it without my help. I would worship and mind my own business. It was a walk of some 35 miles uphill from the port town of Joppa to Jerusalem. After so many days on a ship my legs complained. Thankfully, we stopped for the night in Emmaus, an unimpressive village where I doubted anything of significance had ever happened or would happen. Tomorrow I would be in Jerusalem, the holy city. I would arrive just in time to take part in the eight-day Feast of Unleavened Bread. How excited ...

2347. Gifts of Lent V: A Soldier Gives His Wine

Matthew 27:45-56

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... nothing worthy of crucifixion, Pilate symbolically washed his hands of the whole thing. Jesus was turned over to me, Longinus. Following the governor's orders, we stripped Jesus and flogged him with a Roman whip tipped with bits of bone and lead. But it didn't stop there. My men, irritated at being aroused in the middle of the night to deal with a problem created by a people they despised, proceeded to humiliate Jesus further, forcing a crown of thorns into his head, beating him in the face again and again ...

2348. Sometimes It's Simple

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... than be caught telling anyone what they ought to do. But not John. Now and then I shock myself. Someone comes to me with a problem, and after listening for a long time to what they have to say, I find myself blurting out, "You must stop doing that!" Heavens! I may lose my counselor's license. I may have just violated the Rogerian categorical imperative. I've told someone, without shading it a bit, to cease and desist! I have just given advice! Occasionally my counselee is as shocked by my outburst as ...

2349. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Unknown Apostles

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... you may not know who go out of their way to help you out. A while back a mother was driving home, and an eruption of discontent came from the back seat -- two little boys who could not get along. She pulled off to the side of the road and stopped. Sensing there might be a mechanical failure, a police cruiser with two officers pulled up next to her inquiring if she needed help. "Well, you see, officer," she said, "I had such a commotion in the back seat that I knew it wouldn't be safe for me to continue ...

2350. The Three Kings--And The King Of Kings

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... men who make the trip for them all. So these three wise men leave the city to find the King. They had lost sight of the star there in the lights of the city, but they find it again. They follow the light until they see it has come to stop over the place where the child was, and "they were overwhelmed with joy." They went inside and found the Messiah, the Christ child, the King of kings. What do you do when you go into the presence of a king? This was not just the potentate of a small country ...

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