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2426. The Storms Of Life

Mark 4:35-41

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... going to do? (response) Now, what do you think Jesus is doing? (response) He’s on the boat with the disciples in the storm. What do you think he is doing about all this? (response) Jesus is down below in the cabin asleep. As you say “asleep” stop rocking, quite spraying, but keep the fan on. Can you believe that? He’s asleep! The disciples went down into the cabin and woke him up and what do you think they said to Jesus? (response) That’s right. They said, “Why are you sleeping? Don’t ...

2427. Lent 4

John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... , O Christ, In You Alone God Loved The World In Adam We Have All Been One On My Heart Imprint Your Image Lent 4 It is amazing, Lord! Something tremendous happens and the reaction is so divided. When Jesus spoke, some people listened and others stopped up their ears. When Jesus restored the sight of the man who had been born blind, some people were amazed and gave God glory, while others were offended by the miracle. After all, they reasoned, rules were broken! Procedures were violated! After all, this man ...

2428. Proper 18

Matthew 18:15-20

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Dennis Koch

... reveal our weakness when we select the path of pettiness in our dealings with others. Lance the boils of resistance in our hearts and begin the process of healing deep within us. Remind us that there is strength in forgiveness. Teach us to put forgiveness into practice. Help us to stop, pray and think before were act to our hurts. Amen.

2429. Proper 26

Matthew 23:1-39

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Dennis Koch

... , and sometimes we will do anything to win. You know how easy it is for us to become caught up in our games. To win at these games is,in fact, to lose. When we become caught up in our games, Lord, call "time out." Grant us the insight to stop playing our games and the foresight to take seriously your plan for our lives. Amen.

2430. Reach Out And Touch Someone

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Brett Blair

... heard the stories of Jesus' power, she declared: Even if I touch the hem of his garment I will be healed." We smile at that and say: How innocent, how naive. She reached out from the crowd and touched the garment of Jesus. Immediately he stopped, bolted upright, and asked: "Who touched me?" The disciples were taken aback. Was this some kind of rhetorical question? Who touched you? Why master, look around, everyone is touching you. The New English version quotes their words as being: "What is the purpose in ...

2431. Joseph's Pit

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... know. It would be good to just forget everything and stay away from them. I don't like that awful anger and fear that hit me when I was with them." "But you can't ignore them. You still have Simeon as a hostage." "I know," he said. And he stopped talking. He sat there a long time. And then he said, "Good night." He wasn't smiling. So I left. I asked him about it several times since, but he avoided the subject. Once, he said God would be with us in whatever happened. But that was it. Although I ...

2432. Rainbows

Genesis 9:1-17

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... all keep saying, 'No!' Well, then, what kind of bow was it? A rainbow!" says one little girl triumphantly. Why did God set a rainbow in the clouds? I'll give you a hint -- it was after forty days and nights of rain. To let Noah know the rain had stopped?" one of the children states with a question in her voice. "Yes, and to let Noah know that never again would God destroy everything on the earth with a flood. The rainbow was the sign of an agreement between God and all of creation, a sign that said, 'I will ...

2433. The New Commandment

John 13:34

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... went racing around the bed ... and over the bed ... and over the people in the bed ... and, obviously, he woke us up. "At first, I was very irritated with him. I thought about getting up, catching him if I could, and really scolding him for his behavior. But then I stopped myself. I realized that wasn't going to do any good. Besides, I had to ask myself, 'Why am I really angry with him anyway?' After all, Roy was just being a cat -- and that's what he is. He was just being himself. Nor would I want him to ...

2434. Children Of God

1 John 3:1

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... -- so I guess all of you are children, right?" The youngsters readily agree. "Am I a child?" I continue. "No!" comes the immediate response. "Well, then, perhaps I don't belong up here. Maybe I'd better leave ..." As I begin to get up, I get a thoughtful expression, and stop in mid-motion. "No, wait a minute," I say to the children, "I'd like to talk about this first. I think I AM somebody's child. My mom and my dad will always be my mom and my dad no matter how big or how old I become. I ...

2435. Don't Lose Your Marbles!

2 Timothy 1:7

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... an opportunity to practice self-control right here in church this morning. I want every one of you to take a marble." At this suggestion, there is a noticeable intake of breath from some of the adults in the sanctuary. "Now, this is VERY important ..." I stop speaking until I have made eye contact with every child present. Then I continue: "I want you to have enough self-control that you don't play with your marbles until AFTER church -- and whatever you do, don't drop them during the rest of our worship ...

2436. God Was A Child Too

Luke 2:41-52

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... of this to you," I tell them. "Kathy has shown much improvement. She works well with our group. She's trying hard to develop good listening habits. Sometimes Kathy needs my help in seeing that she is an attentive listener when someone else is talking." I stop reading and ask the children, "Do any of you ever have that problem?" My question elicits their grins; after all, who hasn't been caught talking in class at one time or another? "Well, the point of this discussion," I continue, "is that, believe it or ...

2437. The Guy In The Ditch

Luke 10:36-37

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... unclean), he was also a Jew. And, you see, the Jews and the Samaritans had been enemies for a very long time because of some religious differences. Under normal circumstances, Samaritans and Jews would not even speak to each other. "And yet, it was the Samaritan who stopped to help the wounded man. The Samaritan helped him up, bound up his wounds, put the battered man on his own animal, and took him to a nearby inn. There the Samaritan paid the innkeeper to take care of the Jew. The Samaritan even told the ...

2438. The Meek

Psalm 37:1-40

Sermon

John A. Terry

... is too weak to love when it hurts thinks that meek people are afraid. They are, in a way, but they are afraid of hating. It is easier to hate, sometimes, than to love, and meek people have to be strong. People who are not meek stop loving when it hurts." Russell Criddle, Love Is Not Blind "The meek are not those who never get angry, for such are insensible, but those who, feeling anger, control it, and are angry only when they ought to be. Meekness excludes revenge, irritability, morbid sensitiveness, but ...

2439. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... just not sure what to say. Daughter: I can come back later. Rabbi: No, stay. I'm just sorting out a few things. What got you started? Daughter: It was six years ago. Rabbi: Six years!? Daughter: I was downtown shopping when I saw a strange thing happen. A rabbi stopped to give first aid to a blind man. I had seen him many times before. Rabbi: The rabbi? Daughter: No, the blind man. Everyone knew he was that way from birth, so no one tried to help him medically. In fact, no one tried to help him at all ...

2440. The Adventure Of The Empty Tomb

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... Wells replied, "but he did not complain either." "Then let me be off," Holmes responded. He climbed into the contraption. It began to vibrate and then to shake rather violently. I became alarmed and rushed toward it to help my friend when it suddenly stopped. Holmes jumped out safely, thank goodness. "Thank you, Doctor. Come Watson, we must now interview the Archbishop," he said as he strode rapidly toward the door. He was silent as we rode to the Cathedral. It being Saturday, the streets were not busy. The ...

2441. Jesus Heals A Paralytic

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... one biblical story this week. Tell the story of this text in all of its richness. Take some time with it. Elaborate where necessary. A lot of explanatory comments can be woven into the fabric of the story. Explanation doesn't always call for us to stop the flow of the story for a mini-lecture on some finer point. The scribes accuse Jesus of blasphemy, for example. The explanation of blasphemy can be told as the thoughts of the scribes. "The scribes accused him of blasphemy," we might say, "thinking in their ...

2442. Peter's Confession, Christ's Prediction

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... move us toward a revelation of the true identity of Jesus the Messiah. Werner Kelber states in the strongest terms, however, that Peter's "confession" is a false confession.... The correctness of Peter's so-called confession can only be maintained if one stops reading at this point ... Whatever Peter's concept of Christ, it is in conflict with Jesus' concept of Christ ... Mark sets it up in such a way that the reader almost instinctively identifies with Peter and his Christ confession. He teases the reader ...

2443. Jesus' Ministry Beyond Galilee

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... 5:24b-34. This is the woman with a flow of blood that lasted for twelve years. She was desperate. But she knew something special. She believed that all she had to do was touch the hem of Jesus' garment and she would be healed. She touched! "Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease" (Mark 5:30). We have looked at this woman's story before. It is part of that great "good soil" chapter: Mark 5. She is one of the first "good soil" people we hear about in ...

2444. Outsiders and Insiders: A Gospel Surprise

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... side of outsiders!" Jesus says to us through these stories. "I am on the side of the weak. I am on the side of the 'little ones.' I am on the side of children and those with childlike faith." Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. (Mark 10:14). 1. Mary Ann Tolbert, Sowing the Gospel (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989), p. 209. 2. Ibid., p. 210. 3. David Rhoads and Donald Michie, Mark As Story (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982), p ...

2445. A Dead Girl and A Sick Woman

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live" (Mark 5:23). There is great urgency in this story. The girl is near death. But on the way to Jairus' house Jesus' entourage encounters a delay. A woman with a twelve-year flow of blood stops his procession. But what about the little girl? Sure enough, word comes that in the delay the daughter has died. Jesus eventually arrives at Jairus' home. He says to Jairus, "Do not fear, only believe" (5:36). Once again we see these two roads open to people in ...

2446. Fifth Sunday of Lent

John 12:20-36

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... : (He ignores her hesitation.) I was finishing my evening prayers when I heard it. Terry: Heard what? Ken: It was like this voice. It was all so clear. I understand everything now. Terry: You sure it wasn't just thunder from the storm that is moving in? Ken: Stop kidding, Terry. I'm serious. Terry: I know you are dear. And that always frightens me. Ken: The decision whether this church is going to live or die is being made right now. They're either going to become more and more ingrown and die, or they will ...

2447. Who Do You Say I Am?

Mark 8:27-30

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RobertT D. Ingram

... is following Jesus, why not have a religious parade? Meet at the church building, and then have a parade to a nearby park or a parishioner's home (with a big yard). Have the worshipers put on nametags at the church. Then, partway along the parade route, stop and explain how those who lose their lives for Christ's sake will save it. Have the worshipers throw their nametags in a trash can to emphasize this point. Then, at the park or parishioner's home, give the worshipers new nametags and invite them to ...

2448. Taking Christ's Side

Mark 9:38-41

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... of Confession God of heaven and earth, forgive us for our jealousy. We see the congregation down the street succeed where we have failed, and we assume that their theology is wrong or that maybe they have sold out to the world.We would demand that they stop using your name, because they do not follow us.Remind us again of Jesus' words, "Whoever is not against us is for us. "Like scribes and Pharisees, we have drawn a circle to keep others out; but Jesus drew a larger circle and brought others in.(Continue ...

2449. October 2-8

Mark 10:1-12

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... joined together let no one separate. (from Genesis 1:26-31 and 2:18-25; Jeremiah 33:10-11; John 15:9-17; Ephesians 5:21-33; Song of Solomon 8:6-7; 1 Corinthians 13; and Mark 10:9) Commissioning and Blessing There are those who would stop you from going to Jesus.Know that Christ intervenes on your behalf, lays his hands upon you, and blesses you eternally. Amen. Commissioning and Blessing Husbands and wives, honor God, as you honor and care for each other.Singles, honor God, as you keep your celibacy.Little ...

2450. A Solitary Witness

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... By the end of that decade of his life a change had occurred. It was a change that those close to him said was "sudden and total." "It was," said a neighbor, "as if he had been possessed by a higher power." Now he never passed a church without stopping in for meditation. Now he was sometimes noticed interrupting his labor in the field in order to pray. For a time he thought about joining a religious community, but ultimately he decided in favor of family life and farming. He married in 1936. He and his bride ...

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