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 1 to 25 of 158 results

1. Jesus Christ, the Truth

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... . I must do what is most expedient for the people I rule. Ruth: Does expediency ever take the place of your integrity, my Lord? Jesus is the only one in this land, in this whole Empire, who speaks the truth. Pilate: The truth again! The world can only stand so much truth, and then. Procula: And then? Pilate: And then the truth must be silenced for the sake of the masses. Procula: What will you do? Pilate: I have one more trick up my sleeve. I wasn’t given this job on a pass you know. There is a custom for ...

2. Pontius Pilate,Pragmatic

Drama

Peter C. Garrison

... be you because of your insistence that the right man died? Paul: If you are correct in your doubt, neither of us will ever know. If I'm right -- that is, if God is right -- and I believe he is -- then it's best to be on the side of truth and faith in Christ. Otherwise, you will be in for a sad surprise ... Pontius: Nothing surprises me more than my actually listening to your gibberish. God's love in a prison cell is a surprise indeed, a lot like the surprise of having the King of the Jews standing next ...

3. Ananias And Sapphira, Liars

Drama

Peter C. Garrison

... divinity. There is only one true God. Yet Satan struggles on to deceive the church. He bumbles on showing the church the truth of his lies through his illuminating failures. Joseph: "Illuminating failures," isn't that what Lucifer means in a way: "The bright ... that he contrived to lie about his being part of our communal family of faith. He wanted the money more than the church, more than the truth, more than God. Peter: That's it. We can't afford to "put the Spirit of the Lord to the test." In short, we can' ...

4. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... OFF) Beep -- Beep -- Beep. Red Alert. Red Alert. Arm photon torpedoes. Fire on my command. SUSAN: What did I say? I believe in myself? What's wrong with that? Don't most people believe in themselves? FLY: Of course they do, but we just said not all people are truthful. Some people are out to harm you. Those harmful people believe that they are right in what they believe and some of them want you to believe as they do. SUSAN: All right. I'm with you. FLY: Hooray! Let's get back to your question. SUSAN: I ...

5. That Heavenly Call

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

Drama

Karren Boehr

... significant interval) But what if ... No! No, I can't do it! (Quietly) And yet, if God says, I'm the one. He is truth ... He is wisdom ... He is knowledge ... He is light. (Frantically picks up the phone) Security, a gentleman just left my office. He's rather ... your pardon, Sir! The woman you have chosen to marry is to be the mother of the long-awaited Messiah. She speaks the truth when she says the baby within her was conceived of the Holy Ghost. JOSEPH: (Obviously shaken) This whole day has obviously been ...

6. Robin Hood?

Matthew 5:33-37, Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 5:27-30, Matthew 5:21-26, Matthew 5:17-20

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... trained to rob and steal, of course. Thou knowest this? JOHN: Yea and verily. It is what we do best, is it not? FRIAR: It is a truth, surely. It is what we do best, but I thinkest to myself that it is not the will of Almighty God, who rulest the vast universe. ROBIN: ... me. JOHN: Yea, but my pointeth is: the King stealeth so why shouldn't we? ROBIN: John graspeth upon a grain of truth, thou must admiteth, Tuck. FRIAR: One man's sin needeth not be reason for another's sin. JOHN: Zounds, that Abbot readeth ...

7. The Path of Quality

Drama

William Grimbol

... honestly - humanly - humbly, but with divinely inspired courage. The Cross, rather than being the dramatic pinnacle event of obedience, is to me the fitting finale of an entire life of such obedience, the quiet epilogue to a play - a script - that is a testimony to the Truth, the Truth that it is the will of God for HUMANS TO BE HUMAN ... it is the will of God for humanity to embrace the fullness and the wholeness of Life ... it is the will of God for Paradise to contain a serpent, and for Christ’s life ...

8. THE FINAL TRIUMPH

Drama

... him! I ... MARY: (Putting her arm around Mary Magdalene) Sh, my child. Don’t let them upset you. You know the truth. Sh. Sh. CAIAPHAS: (Triumphantly crossing up right) Ha! So that’s it! All this uproar over the ravings of a demented woman ... Punish us all for our faith, but, in the end, it will be the same. You have lost! My Son lives! That, my Lords, is the truth, whether you believe it or not! CAIAPHAS: I’ve had enough of this stupidity! Guards, take them away to prison! ANNAS: You forget yourself son- ...

9. Haunted By The Cross

John 18:1-11; 18:33-19:16; 19:28-42

Drama

King Duncan

... friends and colleagues thinking I'd gone off the deep end. Some members of the Jewish ruling council were intrigued by him; most were enraged. But I couldn't deny the miraculous things he had done. He really threw me off when he said, "˜I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.' "He said that eternal life doesn't come through pleasing God. Eternal life comes through knowing God. And Jesus Christ was God. A man could get killed for saying something like that. But it's ...

10. Doubters All, Part III

John 14:15-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . TOMMIE: What is it? GERRIE: I know the fundamentals about your religion now. But I can learn about it until the facts run out of my brain, but that doesn't make me a Christian, does it? TOMMIE: No. It doesn't. GERRIE: I have to accept it as truth, right? TOMMIE: Right. We call it believing, but it's more than what you've already done. GERRIE: It's got to be more than just understanding the facts. I can understand the facts about what an elephant is, but that doesn't make me an elephant. TOMMIE: Believing ...

11. Worship Aid, Drama

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... us to see past any lies which human reason and pridewants to teach. C: Teach us, O Lord, to ever trust in the complete work ofYour Son as He died and as He rose again for us. P: Remind us of the reliability of Your Word, as it teachesus the truth about Your salvation. C: Keep us always trusting in You for our forgiveness andeternal salvation. P: We pray this in Jesus' Name. C: Amen. Epistle Lesson 2 Timothy 1:8-10 Psalm 118:14-24 Gospel Speech Drama Matthew 27:62-66; 28:11-15 NARRATOR: The next day, the ...

12. The Bridge

John 1:1-18, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

H. J. Hizer

... like I'm in Hell. One: Uh, but you are in Hell, Lowliness. Five: Propaganda -- how could you let Jospeh believe that absurd story Mary told him? One: Well your Lowliness -- after all she did tell him the truth. Five: Truth? Truth? Truth has nothing to do with it -- anybody would rather believe a lie than believe the truth. One: That's bad. Two: No -- that's good. Five: I gave you a lot of tools to work with, Propaganda. Four: He gave you jealousy and anger. Two: He gave you fear and pride. Three: He gave ...

13. Alesander The Mediocre

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : That is true. I am the foolish one. \nPEASANT BOY: That is true. \nALEXANDER: If our city was not in such great peril I would have \nyou killed for such insolence. \nPEASANT BOY: When death is near it is time for truth. They call \nyou Alexander the Mediocre. \nALEXANDER: Truth? Truth? Is it true, then, that I am a fool? \nPEASANT BOY: It is.\nALEXANDER: How could I become wise?\nPEASANT BOY: Wisdom comes from the Creator, God. \nALEXANDER: Zeus?\nPEASANT BOY: No, not Zeus or any other god that a person ...

14. Gifts of Lent VII: Joseph Gives His Tomb

John 19:38-42

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... where it was all leading, to death by crucifixion. My heart told me to speak, but my tongue refused. Most of the charges were absurd. Others were based on a deliberate misrepresentation of what Jesus taught. And some charges I had concluded were true. Jesus was in truth the Christ, the Son of God, the King of Israel. But if I spoke up in that den of hatred and violence, would I not be killed too? How frightened I was! Just before noon Pilate made his decision: Jesus would die by crucifixion, even though he ...

15. Pass The Buck

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... it? I agree with some of that, and I'm not sure that I have enough to make a decision. Hey, making a decision about truth is difficult. It's hard to tell what is real and what isn't in this world. Angel: Make a decision and get on with ... who didn't consider it true about him. Didn't you just go with the ... Character: Flow, that's right. Ijust went with the flow. Isn't truth what everybody believes? I've been told that if one person tells you you're a horse, then ignore it. If two people tell you that you ...

16. The Women

John 20:1-9

Drama

William Grimbol

... he teaches. SHIRLEE: Take care of the poor. Give your money away. Love is all there is. Don't be greedy. Don't worship worldly things. Is that his miraculous message? PATTI: I know it has been heard that he preaches a very basic Still, I feel it is the Truth. KAREN: So do I. I don't care how many times we hear about caring for those who are without, those who are lonely, those who are suffering or hurting for whatever reason ... that is what life is all about. We become better people by our loving. That is ...

17. Monologue: Mary Magdalene - Liberated Woman

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... -country teacher with strange healing powers. In curiosity, I listened: “If you continue in my word ...you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free ...everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin ...if the Son makes you free, you ... long last I could try to be the wife such a good man deserved. When my husband died, what did I have to live for? The truth, the truth embodied in Jesus, had set me free. I was liberated from the demons of my past; surely God had some purpose for my new freedom. In ...

18. The Unjust Steward

Luke 16:1-15

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... Solo 3: Why did you do it? Solo 2: Why? Solos 1, 2, 3: Why? Rich Man: There is so much dishonesty, Solo 3: dishonesty ... Solo 1: dishonesty ... Solo 2: dishonesty ... Rich Man: There is much more dishonesty in this world than truth. Solo 2: truth ... Solo 3: truth ... Solo 1: truth ... Rich Man: But will you get to heaven by dishonesty? Accountant: But ... Solo 1: No! Accountant: I ... Solo 2: No! Accountant: I ... Solo 3: No! [Solos 1, 2, 3 start softly to chant "honest" when Rich Man says "honest" in the ...

19. A SERMON DRAMA FOR CHRISTMASTIDE

Drama

Tom Eberle

... time I thought Luke was the dumb one for talking about them. But it’s me. I didn’t understand that there are times when words just can’t say what you want to say, and you need an image - a symbol - like an angel, to really get at the truth. I guess that is what he meant when he said I have no imagination. I didn’t understand that more was being said than just words. Female: But don’t forget that it takes insight too. I always thought it was enough just to look at the picture. I didn ...

20. A SERMON-DRAMA FOR EPIPHANY

Drama

Tom Eberle

... serious - didn’t you ever wish you were somebody famous? Female: Well, did you? Male: I asked you first. Female: You tell me who you wish you were, and then I will tell you mine. Male: O.K., but you’ve got to promise you will tell the truth, and that you won’t laugh at mine. Female: I promise. Tell me. Male: I wish I were Mark Spitz. Female: Wow! Mark Spitz! You gotta be kidding. That’s the most ridiculous ... Male: [interrupting] Hey, wait a minute! You promised you weren’t going to laugh. Female ...

21. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR LENT

Drama

Tom Eberle

... disease we are healed together. Or I can cling to the playground of my childhood, only to find it overrun by a world that won’t allow me to remain a child in it anyway. Mother: That is what I brought you here to show. It is the terrible, beautiful truth that we only live by dying - we only heal by being wounded. [pause] The altar is waiting for us, son. Son: I am ready for it. *Affirmation of Faith Take My Life, And Let It Be [Mother and son return to the first pew] Parish Concerns The Sacrament of the ...

22. THE MARK

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... . (He gives, she takes the knife) That’s all you’ve got to do. One clean stroke. EVE Why don’t you do it yourself if you know so well what you want done? CAIN No, it has to be you. Just deep enough. So you can tell him the truth; I marked him, you can say, so nobody will mistake him. EVE So nobody will punish him again: that’s what you mean. CAIN Just do what I say. Get it over with - for both of us. You bled for me once, didn’t you. Now it’s your turn ...

23. THE OLD MAN IS WASTING

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... might as well. I’ve forgotten why. (She lays down the cards; SETH cuts the deck) SETH Do you want to go first? JAREL The truth is you’re just like your brother. You start out so exuberant and all, and you end up and everything’s depressing. SETH Go ... sell the right to the future. My God! In the FIRST place, you can’t beat what comes out of the ground. The soil’s the truth; so when you bet on the soil you’ve got a sure thing. The smart money goes down, into the ground. JAREL Cain never fooled with ...

24. Anger

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . Sooner or later you run out of things to yell at me about and then you have to start insulting my parents. RENA: It's not an insult when it's the truth. Your mother was lazy and your father was a drunkard. SAM: Oh, so that's the truth, huh? Well, do you want to know the truth about your parents? Huh, do ya? RENA: I already know the truth about my parents. SAM: Your parents are ... well, they're perfect. RENA: That's it? SAM: Yes, that's it. They were perfect and never let anyone who was less than perfect ...

25. The Witness Of Caiaphas The High Priest

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... died for thesins of all people in order that none who believe on His Name mayperish eternally. They say that the Holy Spirit continues toteach this faith to Jews and Gentiles alike. People are being ledto see great truth in my statement of prophecy. Not the truth Itaught, rather the truth they say the Holy Spirit teaches. Thisbelief in the salvation of Jesus has taught Christians to rejectthe need for sacrifices in the temple because they believe thesacrifice of Jesus was sufficient to cover the sins of the ...

Showing results