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1. Handling an Unruly Child

Humor Illustration

An irritated father complained to his golf buddy, "When I was a kid, my parents sent me to my room without supper if I misbehaved. But my son has his own TV, telephone, computer, and every computer game and CD player in his room!" "So how do you handle it?" his friend asked. "I send him to MY room!" answered the father.

2. The Majesty And The Misery

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... For years he strived to prove to the world that he was somebodythat he had escaped the poverty, the worthlessness, the humiliating powerlessness of his youth. (2) Many of us have a little child from our youth who follows us around and says to us, "You have unruly hair, you're too fat, you're too short, you're dumb, you're nobody, you'll never amount to anything." The misery of being human. The awful agony of rejection. Is there any hurt more devastating than that one? Some of us find ourselves crippled for ...

3. Dressed For The Wedding

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... 'll give you five minutes to get out of town." The old cowhand holstered his gun, pushed the whiskey bottle away, briskly walked out, got on his horse, and rode out of town. When he left, someone asked the storekeeper what he would have done if the unruly cowhand had refused to go. "I'd have extended the deadline," he said. Many Christians have that concept of God if we miss a deadline, God will simply extend it. They do not take the judgement of God seriously. "I sin, God forgives," is their attitude. They ...

4. The Deadline Will Not Be Extended

Matthew 21:33-46

Illustration

King Duncan

It's like a tough, old cowhand who sauntered into a saloon and began drinking whiskey by the bottle. The more he drank, the more unruly he became, shooting holes in the ceiling and floor. Everybody was afraid to take on the old cowhand. Finally, the town's little, mild-mannered storekeeper walked up to the unruly cowhand and said, "I'll give you five minutes to get out of town." The old cowhand holstered his gun, pushed the whiskey bottle away, briskly walked out, got on his horse, and rode out of town. ...

5. If We Miss a Deadline

Mt 22:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

... 'll give you five minutes to get out of town." The old cowhand holstered his gun, pushed the whiskey bottle away, briskly walked out, got on his horse, and rode out of town. When he left, someone asked the storekeeper what he would have done if the unruly cowhand had refused to go. "I'd have extended the deadline," he said. Many Christians have that concept of God: if we miss a deadline, God will simply extend it. They do not take the judgment of God seriously. "I sin, God forgives," is their attitude. They ...

6. Restoration of Israel

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... tribes, Ephraim, one of Rachel’s sons, the Lord again acknowledges that he hears their moaning. At that point, the oracle quotes Ephraim’s complaint (vv. 18b–19). Ephraim states that God has disciplined it and done so as if Ephraim is an unruly calf (see Additional Notes). It takes rough treatment to tame such a calf, but Ephraim acknowledges that God has been successful in his discipline. Now Ephraim wants to be restored to God’s good graces. Verse 19 presents the sequence of events. It begins ...

7. Reproached Rolled Away

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... God and the leaders God appointed to liberate them caused them to be wayward wanderers in the wilderness. They complained, moaned, and instigated a rebellion against Moses. They wanted to return to the flesh pots of Egypt, turned to false idols, and were unruly, insolent, and at times intolerable. How quickly they forgot that it was God who delivered them from Pharaoh’s hand. How quickly they sank into cantankerous contempt for all that God had done and promised to do. So they lost their spiritual focus ...

8. Jesus Walks On the Water

Mark 6:45-56

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... of the sea, signifying divine control over nature, and especially over the sea as a symbol of chaos and unruliness (e.g., Job 9:8 and Ps. 77:19, NIV; cf. RSV, NEB [margin]). 6:49 They thought he was a ghost.: The term ghost in Greek can ... mean any kind of scary apparition, and since ancients often regarded the unruly sea as inhabited by sea demons, this is probably what is intended here. 6:50 It is I: The Greek phrase used here can ...

9. It's Hard to Be an Atheist with Neighbors Like That

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... meal she had hoped for . . . thanks to the family at the next table. But, of course, she didn’t say anything. Fortunately Mallory did. She leaned over to her Mom and said, “Mom, I have an idea.” Then she looked toward the woman with the three unruly children and said, “Let’s pay for their dinner.” Out of the mouth of babes. “Let’s pay for their dinner.” And that’s exactly what they did. It made for an exciting experience for Mallory . . . And Nancy learned a lesson in compassion from her ...

10. Unfair - The Prodigal Son

Luke 13:1-9

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... of his home and pit himself against the world. To "find his fortune," if you will. This first interview is with his seventh grade teacher. JOHN'S TEACHER: (BEING INTERVIEWED; INTERVIEWER IS NOT SHOWN) Johnny was a good boy in class. I can't remember his being unruly or misbehaving. He was one of my best students. I remember he was voted the most likely to succeed. The other students liked him. He was popular. HOST: (THE HOST IS NO LONGER SHOWN ON CAMERA) This is one of John's closest friends, who still ...

11. No Box Seats In The Kingdom

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

William G. Carter

... of Mark. One minute, he screams away the demonic forces that torment human minds, telling them to hush. The next minute, he gathers little children and lepers into the embrace of God. One day he shouts at wind and waves and all the turbulent powers of an unruly creation. Another day he rides a humble donkey into a hostile city. Once Jesus put his fingers in the ears of someone who has never heard the good news of God. Immediately he uses his words as a scalpel for cutting away the cancerous lies that keep ...

12. Proper 13

Luke 11:1-13, Hosea 11:1-11, Colossians 3:1-17, Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... and insurance policies. All may represent goals in life and attempts to provide security without relying on God's grace and mercy. CONTEXT Context of Luke 12 The parable is placed in the context of an address Jesus was making to a large, and apparently somewhat unruly, crowd, since Luke says that they trampled on one another. Prior to the telling of the parable Jesus speaks about persons not fearing those who can kill the body. After the parable he issues the call not to worry that is also found in Matthew ...

13. Clear The Way!

Luke 3:1-20

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... Usher First Church Official Second Church Official Length: 6 minutes There are three stools placed at the front of the sanctuary. JOHN the BAPTIST, wearing clothing made of camel's hair or animal skins with a leather belt around his waist, his hair wild and unruly, comes into the sanctuary through the back door. His first speech should be memorized and his script could be waiting for him on his stool. The USHER must also memorize his few lines. JOHN: (In a loud voice) Prepare the way of the Lord! Make ...

14. Week Four Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... other side of the tracks generally means the bad side; one does not want to be caught on that side. What would people think? A stereotype comes to mind when we think of those on the other side of the tracks. People who live there are poor, many times unruly. They are certainly not of the ilk with whom we choose to associate. Contact with such people will only lead to problems for us. In his lifetime Jesus was cast in a similar stereotype. In today's Gospel we hear about Jesus as being from Galilee. For Jews ...

15. A Misguided Game of Hide-and-Seek

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... . Do the people congregate "before" Aaron? "Around" him? "Against" him? Aaron himself probably wasn't sure. And there's no reason to try to sort it all out, because the whole affair soon becomes sordid enough as it is! Telling the anxious, and now perhaps unruly, crowd to take off their gold jewelry, Aaron promptly casts the image of a calf, shines it up like some cheap trinket to give it at least the semblance of holiness, and then brazenly declares, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up ...

16. Life's Loose Threads and The Tie That Binds

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... knowing and not knowing, between having and not having. After all, it was for this that he had endured decades of frustration and disappointment. For this he had struggled to lead a people often as stiff-necked as the bondage they escaped, and as unruly as the wilderness they tramped aimlessly about. For this he had given up herding sheep to herd slaves. No doubt, in some respect, the sheep proved easier, and in almost every respect, better company. Small wonder Yahweh had heard the Hebrews complaining in ...

17. The Seven Last Words Of Pilate

Sermon

Thomas Long

... To watch in astonishment as a seemingly sane shepherd walks away from 99 perfectly good sheep, leaving them to the perils of the wilderness, while he searches with wild and passionate abandon for one scraggly runaway is to be confronted with some extravagant and unruly grace at the heart of the gospel. The story in the Gospel of John of the trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate is another example of a biblical story that discloses itself only through dramatic reenactment, a story that must be seen in motion ...

18. Shouting At A Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

William G. Carter

... distress. Over ten years later, Mrs. Stewart says, "Whenever I see a black storm cloud coming, I fall apart inside. You can't know quite how that feels unless you have been through it yourself." No wonder that people in the first century identified the unruly powers of nature as demonic powers. A storm, particularly a storm at sea, seemed every bit as irrational as the forces that drove people out of their minds. You cannot reason with a tornado. You cannot negotiate with the wind and waves. It is true ...

19. Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday

John 13:1-17, Exodus 12:1-30, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, John 13:31-38

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... 11:23-26 (27-32) The institution of the Lord's Supper appears within the context of the apostle Paul dressing down the Corinthians for abusing the Lord's Supper. In recalling this direct verba from the Lord, the apostle wishes to impress upon the unruly Corinthians the sacredness of the Eucharist's origins. The church members are to remember the roots of the church's meal and observe it with reverence. The verse about profaning the Lord's Supper (v. 27) has been widely misunderstood. Discerning the Lord's ...

20. May I Take Your Order

John 6:1-15

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... there. How many do you think there are? (response) That’s a lot! Look at them. Turn to a couple of the children. You see that look on their faces? We’ve got a problem. I think they’re all getting hungry. We have to feed them before they get unruly, but before we feed them we have to do what? (take their order) Each of you has a pad and pencil; I want you to go out and take everyone’s order. It’s easiest if everyone gets a hamburger and fries so try to get them to order that ...

21. The Kindergarten Kingdom

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Erskine White

... back to her seat, the little girl cried out for everyone to hear, "But I want to eat with Jesus! I want to eat with Jesus!" Just like the disciples in our text, I imagine some of the grownups in the church were clucking their disapproval at this unruly child and at the mother who failed to keep her in line: "Our children didn't do things like that when they were young. We had them more under control and better behaved than parents do today!" But I wonder how many of those disapproving adults could emulate ...

22. An Easier Way?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

... I think that's unfair. I may be impulsive, yes, that's true; but when action is needed, I'm ready to go! That's right! And when Jesus called me, I went with him. I was with him when he healed the sick. I saw him satisfy hungry and unruly crowds with food, yes, and more than food. I witnessed his commanding the world of nature as if he were God. I marveled at his love for all those people the others of us regarded as nuisances, as interruptions in other work we thought more important. That day he called ...

23. Hail! Your King!

Mark 15:1-15

Drama

... monologue even before he sits. Guard motions for everyone to sit after Pilate is seated.) PILATE: Jerusalem! How I loathe this city! Especially at this time of year. The streets are overcrowded with foreigners and natives alike, with all manner of fanatics to incite unruly mobs. I wish I could be back in Caesarea, or better yet, in Rome. This is a frustrating assignment. Sometimes I wish Pompei had never conquered this province, in spite of the revenue it brings the Empire. (Stands) You see, I am a soldier ...

24. "I appeal to Caesar!"

Acts 24:1-27, Acts 25:1-12

Sermon Aid

CSS

... D. 60. Although he died after holding this office for only two years, he established during that brief period a reputation as a strict but fair and honest governor. He sought no bribes and offered no favors, but made an effort to understand the unruly Jews, who were notoriously hard to govern, and he almost won their confidence. Festus found a privileged prisoner holding court in the Praetorium, but with no formal charge on file against him. A few days after his arrival, Festus went up to Jerusalem to visit ...

25. More Bad Guys Pour In

Luke 11:14-28

Illustration

Jon L. Joyce

... only way to be rid of a demon for good is to crowd him out with the best. Don’t leave any room for his return. The room will be filled. If you don’t fill it with good friends, it will attract vandals. Our lives are like the old unruly western frontiers. Lawbreakers bully the town that has no competent marshall. And even if there is a posse and a successful shoot-out, more bad guys pour in. Manitoba, Canada used to be a free-for-all territory. Nobody was tough enough to put it in order. Lawbreakers and ...

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1. Handling an Unruly Child

Humor Illustration

2. The Majesty And The Misery

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

3. Dressed For The Wedding

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

4. The Deadline Will Not Be Extended

Matthew 21:33-46

Illustration

King Duncan

5. If We Miss a Deadline

Mt 22:1-14

Illustration

King Duncan

... 'll give you five minutes to get out of town." The old cowhand holstered his gun, pushed the whiskey bottle away, briskly walked out, got on his horse, and rode out of town. When he left, someone asked the storekeeper what he would have done if the unruly cowhand had refused to go. "I'd have extended the deadline," he said. Many Christians have that concept of God: if we miss a deadline, God will simply extend it. They do not take the judgment of God seriously. "I sin, God forgives," is their attitude. They ...

6. Restoration of Israel

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

7. Reproached Rolled Away

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

8. Jesus Walks On the Water

Mark 6:45-56

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado