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1. Gentle Touch

Isaiah 42:1-9

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... . The prophet Isaiah told the people of Judah that one day God would send a Savior to them. We believe that this Savior was who? (response) That is correct. Jesus. We might expect the Savior to fix us hold up one of the sticks that the children fixed by breaking off the bad parts of our lives. But the Bible promises that if there is a bruised stick, hold up the partially broken stick, he will not break it off. Jesus is gentle. Jesus is not going to hurt us with the things that are already broken. So if we ...

2. Daniel Interprets the Dream of a Tree

Daniel 4:19-27

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... Some would add in a verb for eating or being fed to v. 15 from vv. 25 and 32 (see the Additional Note on 4:15). 4:27 The NIV supplies the word renounce for the Aramaic word peraq [4:24 MT], which means “to tear away” or “break off.” As mentioned above in the commentary, if it denotes tearing away from something threatening or harmful, it might carry the extended meaning “to redeem” (cf. Zech. 11:16; Exod. 32:2); Lam. 5:8). The LXX translates peraq with lytrōsai, “redeem,” in Dan. 4:27, but ...

3. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... Job 27 brings the dialogue section of the book to a ragged conclusion. It is clear that Job and the friends have become completely polarized in their perspectives. Despite all their talk, they have failed to convince one another; instead, their communication breaks off as they come to an impasse. The friends do not budge from their commitment to the retribution principle and its apparent condemnation of Job, whom they regard as suffering because of his sin. Job, on the other hand, tenaciously insists on his ...

4. Finger Food

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... on your plate will be the focus of the meal. “Formal” dinners are all about “form,” not about food. What is that word — “presentation?” Jesus was definitely into finger food. Every meal Jesus hosted was a hands-on affair. Whether he and his disciples were breaking off the heads of wheat to munch on as they traveled the countryside, or when he was sharing a jug full of water with the woman at the well, Jesus took no notice of formal dining rules. The wheat-plucking took place on the Sabbath ...

5. Last Ditch Stand

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... my hands ... Tom and I - we were kids together. HELEN: I know. JOHN: We played football together in high school. Then college. He - he was best man at our wedding. Remember how he stayed with me the night Nancy was born? We walked and walked ... [he breaks off] HELEN: [stands, hand on his shoulder comfortingly] I know ... You did all you could. JOHN: [rises abruptly] Did I? Really? [paces as he talks] I was his DOCTOR. I knew his smoking was - Sure I told him to stop! Every time I saw him lighting up I ...

6. Selling One’s Soul

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Robert Allen

... wrong, but I still don’t know what to do.” “Okay, Jim,” I said. “Here’s what you need to do. Go to the woman and tell her exactly what you’ve told me. Tell her you don’t want either family to be hurt and you are going to break off the relationship this very moment.” “Is that all I have to do?” he asked. “No,” I said. “There’s one more thing you have to do. You have to seek God’s forgiveness. I want you to bow your head right now and ask God to forgive you.” “Do you ...

7. Flesh-eaters; Blood Drinkers

John 6:51-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... kneads the flour into a loaf. It is put into the already-heated oven and baked. By the time the service is finished, and the church moves into the celebration of the Lord's Supper and the breaking of bread, the loaf is ready. As each member breaks off his own portion, he or she is sharing grains of flour from every member of the church. When asked why they do this, one member replied, "As individual seeds we are each alone and separate from each other. Only when we are broken into flour and baked together ...

8. Joseph – The Promise Believed

Matthew 1:18-25; 2:13-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... her character, her purity and her virginity. He doubted God, because even though Mary had by now told him that God was the father of the child, he didn't believe God could do this. Then he doubted himself, because he did not know what to do. Should he break off the engagement? Several years ago a young lady wrote Dear Abby and she said, "Dear Abby, I've been going with this man for some time now. Just before our wedding, I discovered that he has a wooden leg. Do you think I should break it off?" Joseph was ...

9. There's A Better Way Than Shooting Somebody

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained a brother..." If you cannot express your anger constructively, if you cannot sit on it, if you cannot laugh it off and if you know deep in your heart that breaking off fellowship with this person is not right, then the Christian way of dealing with anger is to go to that person and seek to square accounts. Can you think of any other way of dealing with anger? There isn't any other. We might rather nurture our resentment ...

10. Living Beyond Unhappily Ever After

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... , because even if other stories don't end happily in your life, your main story which is your relationship with God does." The widow kept seeking Christ despite these two unhappy interludes in her life. And this brings us to an important point: You cannot break off your relationship with God and expect to be blissfully happy. Robert Frost has a great poem which contains a line reading, "I had a lover's quarrel with the world." Well, some of us have a lover's quarrel with God. Because we've had experiences ...

11. Good Reasons For Not Cheating

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... option, and therein was the problem. Telling the truth is not an option. Always seek to do and say what is right. If, however, you find yourself tempted or pressured to do the wrong thing, get out quickly. That may mean quitting a job or breaking off a relationship. Some temptations are like giants. They are almost unbeatable. In such cases, we need to flee. Some persons delight in getting others to do wrong. We need to separate ourselves from those persons. Always be honest; if you can't be honest, remove ...

12. What to Wear to the War

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... with God, you make sure you have on the breastplate of righteousness. You simply say to him, "Satan, I am the righteousness of God in Christ, and nothing you can say or do will ever change that." You know what will happen? The dagger of disapproval will break off in his hand against the breastplate of God's righteousness on your heart. III. The Gospel of Peace Is For the Dart of Dissension Verse 15 we are told to "shod our feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace." One of the most important pieces ...

13. Passover

Mark 14:16b

Children's Sermon

... . Every year they had this same meal. It had some special things that they did every year the same way. They ate the same food and told the same stories every year. One of the foods they ate was unleavened bread. Look at this unleavened bread. (Show it to them. Break off pieces and let them taste it.) It is a little different than regular bread. Can you tell me about it? (Let them tell you.) Some of you say it's flat. It's crunchy. It's chewy. Some of you may remember the story of Moses leading the Hebrew ...

14. Feet Of Clay

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... me and said, "Sam, you stay here." Of course, I didn’t argue with my father, but I wonderod why he would leave me out there instead of taking me back to safety with him. My father did make it back to the village. Some people had seen the ice break off and had rung the bell. A group of men had brought down some other kayaks. My father tied on three other boats behind him and found his way back to the ice floe. I can remember Father’s coming up to the ice, and the water that splashed on him ...

15. Which End Is Up?

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to both Jews and Gentiles, is the truth of Christ’s love and grace and redemption. This weeks’ text opens with a verse that seems to go on tour, not returning home until 3:14. The prayer formula that beings in 3:1 immediately breaks off into a lengthy digression (an “anacoluthon”). It first explains Paul’s mission, its origin and content (vv.2-7). It then goes on to explore the “mystery” itself in greater detail (vv.8-12). The first “credential” supporting Paul’s apostolic mission and ...

16. Daniel Interprets the Dream and Confronts Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel 4:19-27

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... are stated generally as “doing what is right” and specifically as “being kind to the oppressed” (literally, the “poor and miserable”). Though “being kind” is not stated in the imperative form, it carries the same force as its imperative parallel, “break off.”9This twofold description of a righteous king also characterizes the ideals of Solomon and Josiah (Ps. 72:2; Jer. 22:15–16), as well as the messianic descendant of David (Isa. 11:4). The clause “it may be that then” might ...

17. Claudia Procula, Peter, and Centurion

Drama

Jon Joyce

... man, the Master. He teaches love and patience. It doesn’t make any sense, what is happening. He never hurt anyone, ever. He did just the opposite. He healed people and helped them tolerate their lives a little better. I don’t understand ... [He breaks off, sobbing, alone in his misery, as CLAUDIA and the CENTURION stare at him. In a moment, the CENTURION smiles triumphantly, and gestures as if to reach for PETER, looking as if he is about to say something to the sobbing man. CLAUDIA, without a word ...

18. Salvaging Our Lives

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

... There is a striking similarity here with what we find in the New Testament when Joseph's betrothal to Mary is marred by what appears to be a devious action. Mary is found to be pregnant before she and Joseph are married, so that Joseph decides quietly to break off the engagement. Joseph might well have said to Mary the very words Jacob spoke to Laban: "What is this you have done to me?" But again what appears to be a misdeed proves to be blessing. Of course, in the story about the birth of Jesus, God speaks ...

19. Marriage: God's Idea

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... first letter of Peter, marriage partners are described as "heirs together of the grace of life." The editor of a large newspaper kept a certain woman in his home as his mistress for a number of years. Finally, she insisted that they marry or she would break off the relationship. He agreed and they were married. Someone asked her later why she was so insistent on marriage. She replied, "A man may love his lover, but he will cherish only a wife. And I wanted to be cherished." Marriage---that life-long union ...

20. Can't We All Just Get Along?

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... Baptists, Free Will Baptists, Duck River and Kindred Association Baptists, and the Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists. That’s just Baptists. Almost every other major group has off-shoots as well. A group called the Church of God had a branch break off, calling itself the True Church of God, and a group split off from that calling itself the Only True Church of God. (1) Each of those denominations was formed when somebody got upset about something and headed off on their own. This is ironic ...

21. A Courtroom Confrontation

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... this question: What are the unseen ropes that bind us? There is the rope of excessive ambition which makes vocational success a god, and in the process causes family neglect and abuse of health. There is the rope of greed. I have seen brothers and sisters break off relationships because they were greedy for their parents' estate. Some time ago I read about the way monkeys are trapped in India. A hole is drilled in a coconut and rice is put inside it. A monkey will come along, stick a paw into the coconut ...

22. Lessons From A Girl In Trouble

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... she got back the tell-tale signs of her pregnancy began to show. Joseph jumped to some logical conclusions: Mary had been unfaithful. It took an angel from God to change his mind. After Joseph had prepared himself quietly, and with as much kindness as possible, to break off his relationship with Mary, an angel came to him and told him to go ahead with his plans to marry the girl, because that which had been conceived in her "was of the Holy Spirit." It was all part of God’s promise, the angel told Joseph ...

23. Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... earthly Jerusalem, a conclusion that clarifies the author's intentions in verse 10. Because of the abiding faithfulness of those desiring to dwell in this heavenly homeland, God remains devoted to these sojourners. The final portion of this week's epistle lesson breaks off midway in this chapter's last section. Verses 17-22 continue to follow the lineage of faith from Abraham to Isaac through Jacob and Joseph. Verses 17-19 deal with the theologically intimidating episode known as the Aquedah or "the binding ...

24. Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

25. A Family Celebration - Maundy Thursday

John 13:18-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and kneads the flour into a loaf. It is put into the already-heated oven and baked. By the time the service is finished, and the church moves into the celebration of the Lord’s Supper and the breaking of bread, the loaf is ready. As each member breaks off his own portion, he or she is sharing grains of flour from every member of the church. When asked why they do this, one member replied, “As individual seeds we are each alone and separate from each other. Only when we are broken into flour and baked ...

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