Sermon and Worship Resources

Synonyms: forgery, counterfeit, copy, sham, fraud, hoax, imitation, mock-up, dummy, reproduction, lookalike, likeness, charlatan, quack, mountebank, humbug, impostor, pretender, masquerader, hoodwinker, hoaxer, cheat, cheater, deceiver, dissembler, trickster, confidence trickster, fraudster, forged, fraudulent, false, bogus, spurious, pseudo, artificial, synthetic, simulated, replica, ersatz, plastic, man-made, mock, so-called, feigned, faked, put-on, assumed, improvised, invented, affected, insincere, unconvincing, forge, falsify, feign, mock up, reproduce, replicate, pretend, simulate, put on, make-believe, affect

Antonyms: genuine, authentic, true, real, sincere, honest, actual, legitimate, veritable, natural, heartfelt, candid, bona fide, frank, truthful, unfeigned, straightforward, unaffected, valid, factual, original, open, literal, artless, pure, proper

Showing all results

1. I'm Number Two (A Drama about Putting Christ First)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... idea what you are talking about. Prove to me what? Dave: Why that Jesus is number 1 in my life? Beth: I’m sorry? Look, Mr Literal (get’s a look from Dave), er, Dave, I’m not sure you understand. I’m here.. Dave: Well, it’s a good thing you’ ... What do you mean? Beth: I mean that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that you’re taking this stuff way too literally. You don’t make the changes out here, you make it in here (points to the heart). Here’s where you make God number 1. ...

2. God, The Son

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... felt that God was like that. And here was Jesus doing it. Jerry (to congregation): As John the Baptist experienced Jesus, he saw Jesus as the primary example of God's love. Therefore Jesus was the Son of God, as far as he was concerned. But he was literally a relative, as well as a comrade in ministry in the first century. Marshall, I'm going to bring you back and let you reflect, as John the Baptist might if he were alive today. Marshall: You still have to decide for yourself. I think God acted in history ...

3. A Widow's Plight

Luke 18:1-8

Drama

Karren Boehr

... and, obviously distraught, exits far right) Scene III (TWO JUDGES enter from front left, again in urgent conversation. WOMAN runs down center aisle) WOMAN: (Falls at 1st Judge's feet, frantically) Oh, Sir, you must help me! I am in such desperate need, I literally fear for my life! I must be protected. I must be defended ... (Begins to sob) 1ST JUDGE: (Sighs) Woman, I neither fear nor reverence God, nor do I have any respect or consideration for man. But because of your intolerable annoyance and harassment ...

4. All Choices Have Consequences

Drama

Karren Boehr

... in Dad's eyes ... in my sister's eyes when I see them. (Breaks down) Man, I don't know if I can take the pain! I've hurt the people I love best in the worst possible way. I couldn't have done anything worse to them. I've literally destroyed their lives. (Long pause as he regains his composure. Moves in a daze to the stool, faces audience) Who would have thought that an occasional Saturday night innocent beer bash at Farmer's Valley would end like this? I lost track of time ... I thought I had only had ...

5. That Heavenly Call

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:26-38

Drama

Karren Boehr

... us both, but our Savior deserves the best home the world can offer to grow up in, don't you think? I want to be there. (Tenderly) I love you. Now, get some sleep. (Hangs up) (Stands center stage) Joseph, do you realize what you have just done? You've literally thrown your life away! You have agreed to help raise God's very own Son. (Pauses, shakes head) And how does one raise God's very own Son? Oh, Mary, our walk of faith has only begun, and I am so afraid. Yet, together, we'll put our hands in ...

6. Is Christ In The Manger?

Drama

Karren Boehr

... :BROTHER: College-age young manSISTER: Grown-up young woman Costumes: Modern winter apparel, stoc_esermonsking caps, scarves, and so on Props: Christmas packages (Spotlight on) BROTHER: (Obviously overloaded with packages) You said that was the last store, remember? My arms are literally killing me! SISTER: (Laughs and continues to study her list. She has no packages) I lied, and quit complaining. Do you know how much like Dad you act? Let's see ... BROTHER: (Obviously disgusted) Hey, I didn't come all ...

7. The Lord, The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... world, the Holy Spirit descended upon me in a manner that seemed to go through me, body and soul. No words can express the wonderful love that was shed abroad in my heart. I wept aloud with joy and love; and I do not know but I should say, I literally bellowed out the unutterable gushings of my heart. I continued in this state for quite a long time until I was interrupted by one of my choir members, for I was then the leader of the choir. He entered and seeing me in this state of loud weeping, said to ...

8. Gifts of Lent, Ash Wednesday: A Man Gives His Donkey

Matthew 21:1-11

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... for Jesus began to melt away. But on Monday it was a completely different story. I had gone to the temple to discharge a vow, and Jesus was there again. That's when I saw a side of him I hadn't known about, a side of Jesus that literally put the fear of God into me. I saw him angry! I saw a holiness and wrath about him that reminded me of Moses smashing the tablets of the Ten Commandments. Jesus was there overturning the tables of the money changers, smashing cages holding birds, loosing the ropes that ...

9. The Babel Disaster - You Are There

Genesis 11:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... experience, comes from that. With a few bits remembered from that incident, and knowing the congregation had a teacher from the Medical College of Wisconsin, an accountant, a union member, and an engineer working for the telephone company, I put together the following text and literally hand the various pieces to the respective church members as they came in the door. The first time I did this sermon, I was both the narrator and the reporter. I did it three years later in the same church with nearly all the ...

10. Called To Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... wasn't crucial. It wasn't even important. Barnabas: Wait up there! Not even important! How can you say that? You were the one who made it sound so important. That's why they reacted so strongly. Paul: Can I help it if people take everything I say literally? You remember I only preached it. I didn't demand it. Barnabas: Sure sounded like you demanded it. Paul: Look, I happen to like the Abraham story very much, and I respect the way he started so many of our traditions. I still think we should encourage the ...

11. The Healing Of Simon Peter's Mother-In-Law

Mark 1:29-34

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... and immediate attention toward the members of the family. Keep the needs of those closest to you in the urgent category. At times, family members use the words or the actions of busyness as a camouflage for their suffering. Extend a symbolic or literal hand. Interviewing The Disciples Asker: James, John, Simon and Andrew, who does the telling here? It is all in third person narration without dialogue. Somehow, we assume a disciple is telling the story. The storyteller did not say that Simon and Andrew were ...

12. Gabriel: I Was There

Luke 1:5-25

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... pettiness of the Roman leaders and some of the Jewish rabbis and priests to have Him executed.So much for the plans of the Creator.It appeared to be all over.His execution was awesome and bloody.It was a terribly dark moment.The skies rumbled -- literal darkness swept the land -- an earthquake ravished Jerusalem.Even Yeshua, hanging on a cross, was heard to say, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me!" Moments later, as the earth and skies split apart, the "Savior" of mankind was heard to yell, "It is ...

13. Hail! Your King!

Mark 15:1-15

Drama

... city. They said it was an abomination and violated their commandment against graven images. (Shrugs) Day after day crowds were demonstrating and raging on, until finally I ordered my troops to draw swords to scare them off. But, get this, they literally bared their necks like this, (Demonstrates) perfectly willing to be slaughtered like chickens rather than have Roman standards inside their gates. Since then I’ve learned religion is a very serious matter with these people. Same thing with this incident ...

14. When Old Nick Met Nicodemus

Drama

... of fire that were spitting out sparks. Huge fireballs (he shudders) ... can you even imagine these balls of fire? ... Soldier I (Interrupting again) And the angel never said a word. And those who were asleep just slept on, and those of us who were awake literally passed out with fear! Soldier II (Very excited) Just passed right out! I was so afraid of those two fireballs staring at me, I just passed right out! I was just out like everyone else ... just like this (falls down) Konk! I was just out! Soldier ...

15. A SERMON DRAMA FOR CHRISTMASTIDE

Drama

Tom Eberle

... pageantry of Christmas is not "just a play," or "just a story"? The sermon drama for Christmas, "The Messenger," uses the presence of angels in both the Advent and Christmas Scriptures to respond to this question. It seeks to overcome the dual barriers of simple literalism and the "it’s just a story" mentality, to proclaim the meaning of incarnation. The incarnation is not just the story of the birth of a baby, but also the recognition that the telling of that story again gives birth to the incarnated God ...

16. A SERMON-DRAMA FOR EASTER

Drama

Tom Eberle

... witnessing now the climax of our Easter vigil. To our surprise it is not the sermon. Let’s remember to tell our minister that when we arrive back home. No, the concluding ritual of this Easter gathering is the Lord’s Supper, the Eucharist - meaning literally - the thanksgiving. Again we are mystified. Not only do they engage in the ritual of the Lord’s Supper each Sunday, they understand it to be central to their life as a Christian community. What is their secret concerning this ritual we find to be ...

17. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR ALL SAINTS’

Drama

Tom Eberle

... Lord led me among them and gave me pity for them. [begins moving toward the box] And when I left them, that which had been bitter to me was turned into sweetness of soul and body. And a short time afterward I began the religious life." [Literally, "left the world." Quote taken from Francis’ Last Will and Spiritual Testament of 1226.] Box: Who is that? Minister: St. Francis of Assissi. Box: What is he doing here? Minister: I have called him as my witness. One of the meek who has inherited the earth. Born ...

18. Mary Magdalene, Stephanus, and Lucia

Drama

Jon Joyce

... is pondering, aghast at what she has seen in Judas. Stephanus, who is in his later teens, and Lucia, who is about ten years old, enter after Mary Magdalene’s soliloquy. Stephanus may carry Lucia piggy-back. The encounter is abrupt, as if they literally run into one another. Mary is a fine, responsible woman, with a loving heart, totally devoted to the Master who has healed her. Stephanus, feeling his approaching manhood, is arrogant, cocky, and is subdued only by the love which Mary radiates. Lucia is a ...

19. Box O' Jesus

Drama

Dave Marsh

... The Attic' to focus on why how people know that we are Christians. When you hear the old song 'They will know we are Christians by our love...' what does that mean to you? How do we show others that we are Christians? Although no one has a literal 'Box O' Jesus' where they keep evidence of their faith, many people show their relationship with God based on stuff rather than how they live... Cast: John: A man who wants to be taken seriously as a Christian Katie: John's wife Props: A number of cardboard boxes ...

20. 82 Questions (A Drama About Dealing With Anxiety)

Drama

Dave Marsh

Director's Notes: Anxiety and worry can incapacitate us. If we don't trust that the Father will provide and care for us, we can literally worry ourselves to a spiritual death. I don't know about you, but sometimes when I go to bed, even though I'm physically exhausted, I won't be able to fall asleep because a million anxious thoughts are bouncing around inside my head. I decided to write this drama ...

21. Where's Dad?

Matthew 2:13-18

Drama

Arley K. Fadness

... hits table) Stranger: Sure you’re not just feeling sorry for yourself? Brad: I am — I know — but I have felt so left out of his life. He played ball in the semi-pros and I tried to do the same, but never made it to first base — literally. (stifles laugh) Stranger: Say, would you like to bowl a line? Brad: Sure, why not? (Brad and Stranger get up, check balls, and begin to bowl, making small talk about the game.) Brad: Dad and I planned to talk today. Really talk. I have some unresolved issues to ...

Showing 1 to 21 of 21all results