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1. What Would You Have Given the Prodigal Son?

Luke 15:11-32

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Fred Craddock preached one Sunday in a neighboring town when the regular minister happened to be away. Fred preached on this text ... not by choice, so much as by assignment. Leading a fellow to say after the service: "I really didn't care much for that, frankly." Fred continues: I said, "Why?" He said, "Well, I guess it's not your sermon. I just don't like that story." I said, "What is it you don't like about it?" He said, "It's not morally responsible." I said, "What do you mean by that? "Forgiving that ...

2. Anybody and Nobody

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Michael P. Green

This is a story about four people in the church whose names were Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. The church had financial responsibilities and Everybody was asked to help. Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it. But you know who did it? Nobody. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. Then the church grounds needed some work, and Somebody was asked to help. But Somebody got angry about that, because Anybody could ...

3. How Can God Know All About Us?

Luke 13:1-9

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Unknown

A man named Gerhard Dirks, the "father of the modern computer," was one who had to face up to life's most important question. During the years of the Second World War he made many inventions that led to the development of the first computers. He and his family escaped from Hitler's Germany and later Russian occupation to the west. He was a brilliant man, reported to have an IQ of 208. He had over 140 patents with IBM and even attempted theoretically to reconstruct the human brain. But he became completely ...

4. Only One Plan

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Editor James S. Hewett

There is a legend that recounts the return of Jesus to glory after His time on earth. Even in heaven He bore the marks of His earthly pilgrimage with its cruel cross and shameful death. The angel Gabriel approached Him and said, "Master, you must have suffered terribly for men down there." He replied that he did. Gabriel continued: "And do they know and appreciate how much you loved them and what you did for them?" Jesus replied, "Oh, no! Not yet. Right now only a handful of people in Palestine know." But ...

5. A Powerful Prayer

Matt 22:15-22; John 17:20-26

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Brett Blair

Pastor Joe Wright of Kansas was asked to lead the Kansas State Senate in prayer. They were expecting the usual formal prayer to open the session but that is not what happened. The pastor used the moment as a confessional and prophetic opportunity. As he prayed there were some senators who got up and walked out. When Paul Harvey (a national known radio news and editorialist) got a hold of the prayer and read it on his program he got more requests for copies of it than any other thing he had ever done. Here' ...

6. Getting Back to Work

Luke 17:1-10

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Brett Blair

Rabbi Harold Kushner tells a wonderful story about a bright young man, who was a sophomore Stanford pre-med student To reward him for having done so well in school, his parents gave him a trip to the Far East for the summer vacation before the start of his junior year. While there he met a guru who said to him, "Don't you see how you are poisoning your soul with this success oriented way of life? Your idea of happiness is to stay up all night studying for an exam so you can get a better grade than your ...

7. Cramming for the Finals

Luke 13:1-9

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Richard J. Fairchild

Johnny was going home one day past his grandfather's house with a couple of his chums. As they passed the house they spied the old gentleman out on his sun porch in his rocking chair with a big black book (the bible) on his lap reading rather intently. "What's your grandfather doing", asked one of Johnny's friends. "Oh, grandpa - he's cramming for the finals", Johnny replied. Our Lord and Savior is patient with us my friends. He cultivates us and tends to us, even when we ignore him, even when we fail to ...

8. Athanasian Creed

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Brett Blair

Athanasian Creed: Athanasius, known as Athanasius of Alexandria, was the 20th bishop of Alexandria. His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years, of which over 17 encompassed five exiles. He is traditionally thought to be the author of the this Creed named after him. It was created to guard Nicene Christianity from the heresy of Arianism. It is widely accepted as orthodox and some abbreviated versions of it are still in use today. And yes, the intro and outro are actually part of the original text. Whoever ...

9. One Good Word for Santa

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Editor James S. Hewett

Nicholas was born of wealthy parents in A.D. 280 in a small town called Patara in Asia Minor. He lost his parents early by an epidemic but not before they had instilled in him the gift of faith. Then little Nicholas went to Myra and lived there a life full of sacrifice and love and the spirit of Jesus. Nicholas became so Christlike that when the town needed a bishop he was elected. He was imprisoned for his faith by Emperor Diocletian and released later by Emperor Constantine. There have been many stories ...

10. What Law is Operating Here?

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John Killinger

Note: We do not advise using this illustration in a sermon. In fact, we strongly advise against it, but we thought it a great meditation for us clergy, considering subjects of Law and Grace. Here it it: In Mary Gordon's novel, Final Payments, a book addressing the repression of many young Catholics of the 50s and 60s, a young woman named Isabel Moore has just buried her father after several years of illness, during which she was confined to his bedside. For several months, she flounders, trying to discover ...

11. Hi ho Silver, Away!

Matthew 21:1-11

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Roger Griffith

It was Palm Sunday and Jesus was coming into Jerusalem. He was riding on a blazing white stallion and kicking up a cloud of dust as he rode along. He was looking for trouble. The people that he passed on his way were in awe of such a beautiful animal but they were even more awestruck by the man who was riding it.As Jesus passed by, you could hear the people say, "Who was that masked man?" There were bad guys on the loose and Jesus had a job to do. As he rode into Jerusalem he quickly sized up the situation ...

12. Saved Alone

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Editor James S. Hewett

In the year 1873, Horatio Spafford, a Christian lawyer from Chicago, placed his wife and four children on the luxury liner Ville de Havre sailing from New York to France. Spafford expected to join them in about three or four weeks after finishing up some business, but with the exception of his wife he never saw them again. The trip started out beautifully. But on the evening of November 21, 1873, as the Ville de Havre proceeded peacefully across the Atlantic, the ship was suddenly struck by another vessel ...

13. Having a Life in His Name

John 20:19-23

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Ed Jansen

In Florence, Italy, a young artist labored long and hard over a marble statue of an angel. When finished, he was so proud of what he had done, he asked Michelangelo to examine it. The young artist stood along side as Michelangelo examined his work. No master looked over the work more carefully - it was perfect in every detail. The young artist waited, but his heart broke when Michelangelo said, "It lacks only one thing," and then walked away. For days the artist could neither eat nor sleep. He decided to ...

14. The Wayward Bus

Lk 3:7-18; Mt 3:1-12

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Brett Blair

In John Steinbeck's story "The Wayward Bus" a dilapidated old bus takes a cross country shortcut on its journey to Los Angeles, and gets stuck in the mud. While the drivers go for assistance, the passengers take refuge in a cave. It is acurious company of people and it is obvious that the author is attempting to get across the point that these people are lost spiritually as well as literally. As they enter into this cave, the author calls the reader's attention to the fact that as they enter they must pass ...

15. What Anger Leaves Behind

Jn 20:1-18; 24-31

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Brett Blair

There was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all ...

16. The Transforming Power of Friendship

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Editor James S. Hewett

As a part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis, a college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians on a reservation in the Southwest. As he did his research, he lived with one family, sleeping in their hut, eating their food, working with them, and generally living the life of a twentieth-century Indian. The old grandmother of the family spoke no English at all, yet a very close friendship formed between the two. They spent a great deal of timesharing a friendship that was meaningful to each, ...

17. The Wrong Nobel

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Brent Beasley

Alfred Nobel made his fortune as the result of an invention of dynamite. One morning he awoke to read his own obituary in the paper. You see, his brother had died, but a careless reporter had published the obituary of the wrong Nobel. It described him as “the dynamite king, the industrialist who became rich from explosives.” It made Alfred Nobel sound like nothing more than a merchant of death. Needless to say, Nobel was more than a little upset by what he saw...not simply that the wrong person was being ...

18. Can't vs. Can Do Attitudes

Philippians 4:10-20

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Unknown, Edited by Brett Blair

CAN'T CAN DO We've never done it before...............We have the opportunity to be first It's too complicated...........................Let's look at it from a different angle We don't have the resources............Necessity is the mother of invention It will never work...............................We'll give it a try There's not enough time...................We'll reevaluate some priorities We already tried it.............................We learned from the experience There's no way it will work ...

19. Priceless Scribbles

Eph 6:1-4

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King Duncan

A story appeared in the Christian Reader called "Priceless Scribbles." It's about a father who touched his child's life in an unexpected way. A young boy watched as his father walked into the living room. The boy noticed that his younger brother, John, began to cower slightly as his father entered. The older boy sensed that John had done something wrong. Then he saw from a distance what his brother had done. The younger boy had opened his father's brand new hymnal and scribbled all over the first page with ...

20. Christian Hope Had Changed His Life

Luke 3:7-18

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James W. Moore

Some years ago a military airplane crashed at Sonderstrom Air Force Base in Greenland. Twenty-two people were killed. The runway and the nearby fields were strewn with bodies. It was a tragic and horrible moment. There was only one chaplain on the base at the time… and the entire burden was laid on him to bring comfort and the Word of Christ to a shocked community staggered by the horrendous accident. But there was little time to mourn that day. The grisly task of gathering up and identifying the bodies ...

21. Jesus Calls the Common Man

John 1:29-42; Matt 4:12-22

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Gary Inrig

In May 1855, an eighteen-year-old boy went to the deacons of the church in Boston. He had been raised in a Unitarian church, in almost total ignorance of the gospel, but when he had moved to Boston to make his fortune, he began to attend a Bible-preaching church. Then, in April of 1855, his Sunday school teacher had come into the store where he was working and simply and persuasively shared the Gospel and urged the young man to trust in the Lord Jesus. He did, and now he was applying to join the church. ...

22. Bread As A Weapon

John 6:25-59

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Brett Blair

200 years before Jesus arrived on the scene, the Roman Emperor Aurelian initiated something called the "bread dole." This meant that grain could be supplied to the poor for half price. The dole quickly became a political tool to be used by tribunes to buy voters. If Jesus were not careful, this whole thing of giving bread could quickly degenerate into a tool to win friends and influence people. He would become as just another demagogue. Bread can be used as a weapon. Indeed, there are those in our own ...

23. Regret & Comfort

John 14:1-14; 1 Cor 15:8-9

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

Regret. It has powerful strength to trouble our hearts. Some of our most painful regrets are for opportunities lost. As John Greenleaf Whittier said: Of all sad words of tongue or pen. The saddest are these: It might have been! How many people go under a dark cloud by thinking, even momentarily, of the person they almost married, the investment they almost made, the position they nearly won. But for every person who is filled with regret for an opportunity lost, there is another who regrets a deed done, a ...

24. Obedience

John 14:15-31

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Erma Bombeck

Erma Bombeck wrote about having the meanness parents in all the world: I had the meanest parents in all the world. When I was seven years old they dared to spank me just because I told them I would not do what they asked me to do to help around the house. My friend next door never got spanked. He didn't have to help at home. He had nice parents. I had the meanest parents. I had to eat all my broccoli and carrots before they would ever let me have dessert. My friend next door never had to eat vegetables. He ...

25. The Advance Miner

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Editor James S. Hewett

The following story was told by Robert Hughes from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Dr. Hughes' father was a coal miner in northeastern Pennsylvania. His job was to check the mines for methane gas before the miners went down into the mines. Every morning he would descend alone into the mines, taking with him the safety light, and he would check out each of the tunnels and shafts of the mine to make sure that there was no deadly methane gas present. Of course, if the light of the safety ...

26. Religion in the Valley - Religion That Works

Luke 9:28-36

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James W. Moore

Bishop Arthur Moore loved to tell the story of a man who had been away from his home church for some years, involved in all kinds of shady practices and criminal activities. But when he came back to his home church and testimony-time came, he was ready. He stood and said, “I’m so glad to be back in my own church, and I want to tell you that while it’s true that I have beaten my wife, that I have deserted my children, that I have stolen and lied and done all manner of evil and served several terms in jail— ...

27. Born to Play This Game

Matt 10:1-4; Mark 13:13-19

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Brett Blair & Stephen Brown

During the 1980 Olympics, almost everyone expected that the Russian ice hockey team would defeat the United States team. Russia had won game after game against some of the finest professional teams in the world, and the amateurs from the United States didn’t seem to have a chance. The only thing uncertain was how big the Russian win would be. The United States’ victory is recalled by many as one of the most exciting in American sports history. But most people don’t know the words spoken to the United ...

28. Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (Long Version)

John 3:1-36

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Staff

It is very hard these days to know who to believe. Everyone is trying to lead us to their version of truth. In 1997, Nathan Zohner, a 14-year-old student at Eagle Rock Junior High School in Idaho Falls won first prize at the Greater Idaho Falls Science Fair by showing how conditioned we have become to alarmists spreading fear of everything in our environment through junk science. In his project he urged people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total elimination of the chemical "Dihydrogen ...

29. Too Busy To Build Fires

Matthew 22:1-14

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King Duncan

There is a good story from years ago about a top executive with a telegraph company who went on a trip. It was extremely cold outside when he arrived at the bus station, so he went into a local telegraph station hoping to get warmed up. When he got inside, however, it was cold. He noticed there was no fire in the fireplace. He said to the young telegraph operator, "Why don't you build a fire in this place and warm it up?" The young man said, "Listen mister, I'm too busy sending telegrams to build fires." ...

30. A Priceless Gift

Matthew 25:14-30

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King Duncan

Lois Cheney in her book, God is No Fool, tells a revealing parable about a man who was touched by God. God gave this man a priceless gift the capacity for love. The man was grateful and humble, and he knew what an extraordinary thing had happened to him. He carried this capacity for love like a jewel and he walked tall and with purpose. From time to time he would show this gift to others, and they would smile and stroke his jewel. But it seemed that they'd also dirty it up a little. Now, this was no way to ...

31. Christmas Is about Finding

John 1:1-18

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I suppose when you get done slicing and dicing it, Advent is about seeking and Christmas is about finding. Which works, sequentially. But which doesn't always make sense, experientially. Because when you've lived as long as I have, things tend to get jumbled together. I've got 60 years of seekings and findings ... and losings ... and reseekings ... and refindings. Except, as I remember it, the surprise was on John, in that Jesus found him. I guess it's like that, sometimes. To those who wait for it long ...

32. Words From a Father

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John Trent

Recently, I heard a touching story which illustrates the power that words have to change a life. A power that lies right in the hands of those [reading this article]. Mary had grown up knowing that she was different from the other kids, and she hated it. She was born with a cleft palate and had to bear the jokes and stares of cruel children who teased her non-stop about her misshaped lip, crooked nose, and garbled speech. With all the teasing, Mary grew up hating the fact that she was "different". She was ...

33. He's The Clumsy One

Mark 2:1-12

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Brett Blair

Perhaps you have heard about the father who introduced his children: "This is Pete. He's the clumsy one of the lot." "That's Kathy coming in with mud on her shoes. She's the sloppy one." "As always, Mike's last. He'll be late for his own funeral, I promise you." That dad did a thorough job of labeling his children with their faults and mistakes. People do it to us and to those we love all the time. They remind us of our failures, our errors, our sins, and they won't let us live them down. Try as you may to ...

34. Making Your Mark

Mt 23:1-12

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King Duncan

A legend during the classic time of Greece tells of a terrible thing happened in one of the temples. One night the statue of Zeus was mysteriously smashed and desecrated. A tremendous uproar arose among the inhabitants. They feared the vengeance of the gods. The town crier walked the city streets commanding the criminal to appear without delay before the Elders to receive his just punishment. The perpetrator naturally had no desire to give himself up. In fact, a week later another statue of a god was ...

35. Dance the Offering Forward

John 1:29-42

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James W. Moore

A missionary in Africa was preaching his first sermon in a mission church. When time came for the offering, the people danced their offerings forward. They danced and sang praise to God as they brought their offerings to the altar. It was a beautiful moment. What do you think? Should we get our ushers to do that? After the service, he asked one of the people, "Why do you dance and sing when you bring your offering forward on Sunday morning?" Back came the answer: "How could we not dance? We are so grateful ...

36. Water Walkers

Matthew 14:22-36

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Leonard Sweet

I'll bet every one of us this morning can think of some remarkable water-walkers we have known. We all have watched simple, straight-forward, hard-working men and women, little toddlers and tormented teens, the shut-in elders and the shut-out homeless, perform acts in their lives that defy the limitations of the world in which they live. The chemotherapy patient who gets out of bed, puts on clean clothes, picks up the house, before going for treatment . . . What are they doing but walking on water? The ...

37. A Positive Affliction

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James Dobson

Stephen Hawking was an astrophysicist at Cambridge University. He has advanced the general theory of relativity farther than any person since Albert Einstein. Unfortunately, Hawking was afflicted with ALS Syndrome (Lou Gehrig's disease). It took his life in 2018. AS you probably know he was confined to a wheelchair for years, where he could do little more than sit and think. Hawking lost the ability even to speak, and communicated by means of a computer that he operated from the tiniest movement of his ...

38. The Organ

Luke 13:31-35

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John R. Steward

In a small Swiss town there was a cathedral. It was called the Mountain Valley Cathedral. There has been a great deal of money spent on the wonderful stained-glass windows and tall arched ceiling. The cathedral also boasted of an outstanding pipe organ. The organ was designed in such a way that when it was played, people could hear it from all over the valley. As the people would work on their farms, they could often hear the organ as it was played. It gave great joy to the people of the valley for many ...

39. Divided They Fall

Hebrews 11:1-40

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John R. Steward

In Plato's Symposium there is an allegory that imagines the beginning of human beings. The gods created humans in a very unique way. Each human was a mixture of both male and female. In other words, each human had four hands, two noses, four feet, and two mouths. They also had both male and female genitals. Having been created in this way they were extremely powerful. They were so powerful that they became aggressive against the gods. Fearing that they would try to take over, the gods decided that they ...

40. Ice Cream for the Soul

Luke 13:1-9

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James W. Moore

Tim Bruster tells a powerful story about a mom who took her children to a crowded restaurant one day. Her six-year-old son asked if he could say the grace. He prayed: “God is great and God is good, Let us thank him for the food, and God I would thank you even more if Mom gets us ice cream for dessert. And liberty and justice for all! Amen!” Along with the laughter from the other customers nearby, the woman at the very next table growled loudly: “That’s what’s wrong with this country. Kids today don’t even ...

41. A Time for Kneeling

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In Copenhagen, Denmark, stands a most beautiful statue, "The Christus." Done a century and a half ago by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvalsden, this marble interpretation of Christ is one of the world's masterpieces of the sculptor's art. It is said that when the statue was first shown, there was considerable consternation among some who saw it. Somehow, something about it seemed not to be right; it was as though some essential quality was not there. Then Thorvalsden explained: "You cannot see His face unless ...

42. We Interrupt This Service

John 1:1-18

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Brett Blair

It was question and answer time at the worship workshop. Pastor and Author Thomas Long had been speaking on the theme of worship all morning to a group of people gathered in a church fellowship hall in a suburban neighborhood in Indiana. Dressed in sweatshirts and jeans, they had given up a Saturday of golf and gardening to sip coffee and listen politely as he rambled through discussions of Vatican II, Calvin's view of the Lord's Supper, the pros and cons of children's sermons, the development of the ...

43. Take Off the Grave Clothes

John 20:1-18

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James W. Moore

Her name was Carol. She was the organist at her church. She was an outstanding musician, but she did something no organist should ever do. She overslept on Easter morning and missed the sunrise service. She was so embarrassed. Of course, the minister and the church forgave her. They teased her about it a little, but it was done lovingly and in good fun. However, the next Easter, her phone rang at 5:00 in the morning. Jolted awake by the loud ringing, she scrambled to answer it. It was the minister, and he ...

44. The Shifting Sands of Tower of Pisa

Matthew 7:21-29

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Brett Blair

In the 1990's the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" was finally reopened to the public, after having been closed for several years. During that time, engineers completed a 25 million dollar renovation project designed to stabilize the tower. They removed 110 tons of dirt, and reduced its famous lean by about sixteen inches. Why was this necessary? Because the tower has been tilting further and further away from vertical for hundreds of years, to the point that the top of the 185-foot tower was seventeen feet further ...

45. Do What You Need to Do

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

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King Duncan

Ron Del Bene was searching for answers in his life. Someone told him about a man in Los Angeles who has a reputation for being a very wise spiritual guide. On a business trip to the west coast Ron made an appointment to see this wise man whom he was sure could help him in his spiritual quest. The day Ron was to meet the wise man he had a hard time concentrating on his business. All he could think about was the upcoming meeting with the one who surely had The Answer. He drove up the coast only to discover ...

46. Walking the Walk

Luke 24:36b-48

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Carlos Wilton

A Civil War chaplain approached a wounded soldier on the battlefield and asked if he'd like to hear a few verses from the Bible. The wounded man said, "No, I'm so thirsty, I'd rather have some water." The chaplain gave him a drink, and then repeated his question. "No sir, not now – but could you put something under my head?" The chaplain did so, and again repeated his question. "No," said the soldier, "I'm cold. Could you cover me up?" The chaplain took off his inside coat and wrapped the soldier. Afraid ...

47. We Cannot Not Be Sinners

Mark 6:14-29

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Scott Hoezee

Most people are loathe to admit that they are just generally bent toward the bad, inclined to do it wrong. So when the Christian tradition declares to any and all, "You are a sinner," most people these days reply, "What did I do?" If sin exists at all, it is merely episodic, an occasional (and inexplicable) "lapse" from our better nature, which is at bottom "pretty good." How foreign is the notion articulated by theologian Emil Brunner. Brunner once noted that we can, in principle, avoid any particular sin ...

48. One Task

Luke 9:51-62

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Ernest Munachi Ezeogu

A guard in charge of a lighthouse along a dangerous coast was given enough oil for one month and told to keep the light burning every night. One day a woman asked for oil so that her children could stay warm. Then a farmer came. His son needed oil for a lamp so he could read. Another needed some for an engine. The guard saw each as a worthy request and gave some oil to satisfy all. By the end of the month, the tank in the lighthouse was dry. That night the beacon was dark and three ships crashed on the ...

49. The Highest Priority

Luke 10:38-42; Matthew 6:33

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Arthur E. Dean Windhorn

Have you ever been in a hurry and buttoned up a long overcoat with lots of buttons and when you were done, found out that the coat was uneven? What went wrong? I'll tell you what went wrong. When you don't get the first button in the right hole, all the rest are out of sequence too, right?! That's a parable about life. Jesus said it this way in the Sermon on the Mount: "Seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well." (Matthew 6:33) If the Lord is not the high ...

50. Tradition!

Luke 20:27-38

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Johnny Dean

A new husband watched curiously as his bride prepared to place a ham in the oven. Before putting it in to cook, she took a knife and carefully trimmed off both ends of the ham. The husband asked, "Why did you do that? I'm not an expert at cooking hams, but I don't think I ever saw anyone cut off both ends of the ham before cooking it." The wife answered, "You know, I don't really know. I never cooked a ham before, but that's the way my mother always did it." Her curiosity aroused, she telephoned her mother ...

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1. What Would You Have Given the Prodigal Son?

Luke 15:11-32

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2. Anybody and Nobody

Illustration

Michael P. Green

3. How Can God Know All About Us?

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

Unknown

4. Only One Plan

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

5. A Powerful Prayer

Matt 22:15-22; John 17:20-26

Illustration

Brett Blair

6. Getting Back to Work

Luke 17:1-10

Illustration

Brett Blair

7. Cramming for the Finals

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

Richard J. Fairchild

8. Athanasian Creed

Illustration

Brett Blair

9. One Good Word for Santa

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

10. What Law is Operating Here?

Illustration

John Killinger

11. Hi ho Silver, Away!

Matthew 21:1-11

Illustration

Roger Griffith

12. Saved Alone

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

13. Having a Life in His Name

John 20:19-23

Illustration

Ed Jansen

14. The Wayward Bus

Lk 3:7-18; Mt 3:1-12

Illustration

Brett Blair

15. What Anger Leaves Behind

Jn 20:1-18; 24-31

Illustration

Brett Blair

16. The Transforming Power of Friendship

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

17. The Wrong Nobel

Illustration

Brent Beasley

18. Can't vs. Can Do Attitudes

Philippians 4:10-20

Illustration

Unknown, Edited by Brett Blair

19. Priceless Scribbles

Eph 6:1-4

Illustration

King Duncan

20. Christian Hope Had Changed His Life

Luke 3:7-18

Illustration

James W. Moore

21. Jesus Calls the Common Man

John 1:29-42; Matt 4:12-22

Illustration

Gary Inrig

22. Bread As A Weapon

John 6:25-59

Illustration

Brett Blair

23. Regret & Comfort

John 14:1-14; 1 Cor 15:8-9

Illustration

J. Ellsworth Kalas

24. Obedience

John 14:15-31

Illustration

Erma Bombeck

25. The Advance Miner

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

26. Religion in the Valley - Religion That Works

Luke 9:28-36

Illustration

James W. Moore

27. Born to Play This Game

Matt 10:1-4; Mark 13:13-19

Illustration

Brett Blair & Stephen Brown

28. Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide (Long Version)

John 3:1-36

Illustration

Staff

29. Too Busy To Build Fires

Matthew 22:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

30. A Priceless Gift

Matthew 25:14-30

Illustration

King Duncan

31. Christmas Is about Finding

John 1:1-18

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32. Words From a Father

Illustration

John Trent

33. He's The Clumsy One

Mark 2:1-12

Illustration

Brett Blair

34. Making Your Mark

Mt 23:1-12

Illustration

King Duncan

35. Dance the Offering Forward

John 1:29-42

Illustration

James W. Moore

36. Water Walkers

Matthew 14:22-36

Illustration

Leonard Sweet

37. A Positive Affliction

Illustration

James Dobson

38. The Organ

Luke 13:31-35

Illustration

John R. Steward

39. Divided They Fall

Hebrews 11:1-40

Illustration

John R. Steward

40. Ice Cream for the Soul

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

James W. Moore

41. A Time for Kneeling

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42. We Interrupt This Service

John 1:1-18

Illustration

Brett Blair

43. Take Off the Grave Clothes

John 20:1-18

Illustration

James W. Moore

44. The Shifting Sands of Tower of Pisa

Matthew 7:21-29

Illustration

Brett Blair

45. Do What You Need to Do

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Illustration

King Duncan

46. Walking the Walk

Luke 24:36b-48

Illustration

Carlos Wilton

47. We Cannot Not Be Sinners

Mark 6:14-29

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

48. One Task

Luke 9:51-62

Illustration

Ernest Munachi Ezeogu

49. The Highest Priority

Luke 10:38-42; Matthew 6:33

Illustration

Arthur E. Dean Windhorn

50. Tradition!

Luke 20:27-38

Illustration

Johnny Dean

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