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John 6:1-15

Children's Sermon

Object: Umbrella, one shoe, one sock, one key, one hymnbook, one belt, one tie. You will need a man who will sit very inconspicuously in the congregation without these items until such time as the sermon for children reaches the point where he is called upon. Good morning, boys and girls. I was walking around the church early this morning before anyone else was here, and I thought that I would pick up some things that people often leave. You can't imagine all the things that people forget and leave in the ...

2. Parabola

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and how God wants us to live and love. They also point to himself as the Messiah, the Son of God. Jesus in fact knows the scriptures well, and one could safely say that every time he speaks, he is referencing a piece of scripture in some way. Jesus normally rephrases scripture a bit in order to explain them better. But also to verify his identity. As the parable-teller, he also plays a role within the parables. And by telling the parables as he does, he is fulfilling scripture, as God, as the Messiah. He ...

3. For The Love of God Is Empowering

Matthew 22:36 -40 · John 4:1-32

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... . They looked out at the world and saw all the sparkly things and heard the whispered promises of more and better. And suddenly they weren't satisfied. This wondrous gift from God wasn't enough for them. And so they began to trade it piece by piece, bit by bit for the sordid adventures of life. They became self indulgent. Besotted by booze; dazed and dazzled by drugs, they bartered and traded and used up the gift until one day it was empty. Even the wrapping looked worn and old and frazzled. For others ...

4. Daniel Interprets the Dream

Daniel 2:24-49

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... were sometimes formed of clay or pottery and overlaid with metal, but that is probably not what is meant here by “partly of iron and partly of baked clay,” because then the clay would not be visible. It is better to visualize pieces of iron set in pottery or bits of pottery set on iron, perhaps as decoration. The feet, which should be the strongest part in order to support the large, heavy statue, are ironically the weakest. When the rock. . . struck the statue on its feet (2:34), the whole colossus ...

5. Thy Kingdom Come

Luke 17:20-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the back: "Start the week off right. Attend the church of your choice." That driver is helping the Kingdom of God come a bit closer. Let's suppose that you review what you are paying your employees, asking the question, "Can a full-time employee live a ... . Hundreds of other people did the same. For at least 50 years following that event, lots of Richmond citizens would take out a ragged piece of frayed rope from a drawer, show it to a friend, and say proudly, "I had hold of the rope." The Kingdom of God ...

6. Is Jesus Like A Stapler?

1 Timothy 2:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... man can live together. That is why I think that we can talk of Jesus being like a stapler. It is Jesus who brought us together. Maybe the next time that you see a stapler you will think a little bit about how I explained to you that a stapler is something like Jesus, and that we are a little bit like pieces of paper. It would be wonderful if you could remember the plan of God and how he sent Jesus to bring us together. That is the reason he came and died for us. Will you try hard to remember? Wonderful ...

7. What to Wear to the War

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... man had cut off a rattlesnake's head with a shovel, and when he bent down to pick up the snake's head it bit him. For almost a year these doctors focused their research on what they called "the dead snake bite phenomenon. They discovered 15% of ... are going to study today, Paul tells us what we are to wear to the war that we fight everyday. You will notice there are six pieces of equipment that make up this armor: the first five are for our defense against Satan, but the sixth one is so that we might go ...

8. Out of Control (Good Friday sermon)

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

John Jamison

... of water before taking him to the now-prepared, high priest-to-be, Annas. While this was happening, if we pull our view back a bit from the room, in that dark little space near the gate to Annas’ house, we can see someone standing. It is Peter. The same Peter ... it off again, reopening the fresh wounds from the scourging. If their token landed on the drawing of the crown, they took the pieces of hedge thorn that had been bent into a circle, and crammed it onto the prisoner’s head. And if their token landed ...

9. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... mythological conflict (he cut Rahab to pieces), allowing the reader to see the two as reflexes of one another. Similarly, while Job describes God’s method in physical terms (“he cut Rahab to pieces,” his hand pierced the gliding ... as a symbol of “power over others” that is necessary to maintain Job’s position in society (Job, 21–37, p. 992). This is perhaps a bit too one-sided a view, as the bow can be a powerful tool in defense of others, as well. Perhaps the “bow” ought to be understood ...

10. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... warming to love and to life? Is your heart warming to Jesus? If so, come to the table. And be blessed. It only takes a little bit of God’s grace to bless every one of us! God blesses us with the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, and that pouring out is ... , and they in turn to the people. They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was four thousand, besides women and children. After Jesus had sent the ...

11. Click to Unfriend

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... Fortress where she watched as he was taken inside and the gates shut behind them. As the morning passed and became afternoon she tried to find people who could tell her what was happening inside the fortress; what was happening to Jesus. All she heard were bits and pieces, but it was enough to terrify her. She approached one soldier leaving the fortress who said the soldiers had taken Jesus to play the king’s game. Mary had heard rumors of the game. There was a series of little squares carved on the stone ...

12. Sharing What We Have

2 Corinthians 8:7

Children's Sermon

... . I'm so glad I thought of sharing. It makes me feel good to share. (By this time, someone will probably be complaining.) Oh, you don't think I was sharing! Why not? (Let them respond.) It's not sharing to keep a big piece for yourself and give a tiny bit to share, is it? (Let them respond.) You're probably right. What I did wasn't sharing at all! I didn't do what that poor church did to help Paul, did I? (Let them respond.) They gave more when they had less to start out with! That's why ...

13. So Close ... But Yet So Far

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... meal in the upper room, "Here is an anticipation of the last supper and a symbol of the reality of the church and Christ as the Lord of life." It comes as no surprise that scattered bits and pieces of information and random incidents are eventually understood to be snuggly fit together in the Bible's story. This piece must not be omitted: "A man came from Baalshalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, 'Give to ...

14. Kintsugi Vessels

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... was no small feat. And it makes them valuable. Then there is the human factor. Is there anyone who doesn’t have this shuddering memory: you’re drying a dish, moving a knickknack, or blundering into a piece of furniture and suddenly it happens: you watch almost in slow motion as some precious bit of china, some heirloom brick-a-brac, some priceless treasure goes sliding into the abyss. As it slipped from your hands or went sliding off the table, you knew what was about to happen, but were helpless ...

15. Daniel in the Den of Lions

Daniel 6:1-28

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... , because they devised the law to trap him. They go as a group and find Daniel praying and asking God for help (6:11). It is a bit ludicrous to imagine more than 120 men thronging to the king (see commentary on 6:6–7 and Additional Note on 6:6; see also 6:15) ... Hartman and Di Lella, Daniel, p. 196). 6:24 Literally, the words who had falsely accused Daniel mean “who had eaten the pieces of Daniel.” The idiom means “to slander,” “to accuse maliciously,” or “to denounce.” It is used also in 3:8 ...

16. Used Food

Romans 5:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... I think I ate them Friday night and were they good! (Look surprised that you don't have any volunteers.) Would you rather have a piece of toast or chew the meat off of the bone? The meat was from last night's dinner and I think I had this ... bit of us here and a little bit of us there, but Jesus still cares about us. Jesus is not ready to throw us away. He wants us all. He died for us all so that we could be with him and live with him forever. Now I don't know if you ever thought of yourself as a used piece ...

17. The Remnant Year

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... universal the Gospel. Out of the remnants, the most insignificant flotsam of humanity, Jesus has from era to era made giants of the faith. What is a remnant of my Christmas from which God might fashion a useful article in the year ahead? What is that bit or piece of the Spirit of the newborn Christ that captured my heart so that God can shape it into life abundant as the days go by? I remember an event which happened in the early minutes of Christmas morning as the congregation began to leave the church ...

18. How Do You Sell A Vacuum Cleaner?

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... hard to clean, but you can count your lucky stars because, boy, do I have a deal for you. This amazing little piece of machinery is the Super Suckomatic Deluxe 2000. Point to vacuum cleaner, (he points) and, boy, does this vacuum suck. It will ... know it's a vacuum cleaner. Oh, man, I get it, you're a vacuum cleaner salesman. Shirley: No. No, I'm not. (she gets a bit crazier) It's, uh, it's step aerobics. (she starts to step on the bottom part, pumping her arms, breathing loudly, counting out) Steve: All right ...

19. Don't Forget the Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

... pieces out of the window. That seemed to be the end of the story, but it so happened, in the Providence of God, there was a man anxiously seeking for truth walking along the line that very day. He picked up a little bit of paper as he walked along and looked at it. The words on the bit ... a follower of Jesus Christ, he became a preacher of the gospel in the Central Provinces of India. “That little bit of paper through God’s Spirit was indeed the Bread of life to him, satisfying his deepest need.” (3) This ...

20. The Plank

Matthew 5:38-48; 7:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. Luke’s Witness to Jesus’ Teaching About Loving and Judging “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who ... made of two large planks of wood raised on one side, with slats in the bottom, into which sharp stones or iron bits were inserted. The board would be placed onto the grain on the threshing floor (typically a hill with flat ground where ...

21. How Did You Do On The Test?

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... cannot pass with God's help. God will provide the way out so that we will be able to endure. We may think we will crumble. We may think we'll go under. But this is God's promise: we will survive. There was a story in the little magazine Bits and Pieces years ago that got my attention. It was about a 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a car accident. He started studying with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, but he ...

22. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools

Proverbs 27:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... Life Publishers, Inc., 1988), 253. 2 Justin Kaplan, ed., Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1992), 230. 3 Larson, 253. 4 Charles R. Swindoll, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity (Waco: Word Books, 1987), 236-237. 5 Bits and Pieces, October 14, 1993. 6 H. Wayne House and Kenneth M. Durham, Living Wisely in a Foolish World (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992), 101. 7 John Blanchard, ed., Sifted Silver (Durham, England: Evangelical Press, 1995), 106. 8 Charles W. Colson, Life ...

23. Passover Or Passalong?

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... the seder called the Yachatz, the breaking of the bread. The person leading the ritual had a plate in front of them, holding three flat pieces of matzah. The middle matzah would be picked up and torn in half. It was called the “bread of poverty” and in a few ... , and how God had divided the sea to help them get to freedom and make them whole once again. The disciples seemed a bit confused when Jesus changed the words. As he passed the broken matzah around the table, he told them from now on whenever they ...

24. The Suffering Servant

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... lovely daughter told me you were here, working hard. In fact, she said you have been burning the midnight oil quite a bit lately. You know, my son, that can be quite hard on a marriage. Caiaphas: Yes, I know; but the work of Yahweh ... Caiaphas: But before you leave, let us give you something for your trouble. How about thirty pieces of silver? That will help with your work. You can use the money to feed the poor. Judas: Thirty pieces of silver. Ha! That’s the price one would pay to buy a Gentile slave. Annas ...

25. Come Clean

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . The contemporary theologian Frederick Buechner gives us insight into the destructive nature of sin when he writes: The power of sin is centrifugal. When at work in a human life, it tends to push everything out toward the periphery. Bits and pieces go flying off until only the core is left. Eventually bits and pieces of the core itself go flying off until in the end nothing at all is left ... sin is whatever you do, or fail to do, that pushes [God] away, that widens the gap between you and [God] and also ...

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