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Drama

Edward Long

... NARRATOR: A sudden Christmas Eve snowstorm has swirled into the forest and lake region of Wisconsin, catching even the winter-seasoned folk who live in this area by surprise. Minute by minute the large flakes cover homesteads, fields, ... feel better than I've felt in some time ... yes, in some time ... and I'm not sure how come. Guess we'd better turn in ... JOHNNY: Those kids (Points out the window.) are back at the lake singing; listen (CAROLERS sing from far away Joy to the World.) NARRATOR: After a good ...

2. Daddy, I'm Afraid

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in our life. Different stages of life bring different fears. There was a passage in a book sometime back written by comedian Jonathan Winters. Do you remember Winters? He died last year. Winters was a comic genius who influenced many other comedians, especially Robin Williams. In his book, Winter’s Tales, Winters assumes the voice of a child: “What are you frightened of, Johnny?” “I’m frightened of that cloud that’s over Russia. “I’m scared of war between Libya and us. “I’m really scared ...

3. Captive Free!

Romans 7:15-25a

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... they can't jump either, because it will be to their certain death. Have you ever been on a frozen pond in the middle of winter when the ice begins to slowly crack under your feet? You can't stay put with the ice slowly caving in under your feet, but ... wouldn't get caught. But I still couldn't help myself." "I know." "You knew this all along ... and still...." "Yes, Johnny, I love you anyway!" And Johnny never had a hug feel so good. It felt like a burden had been lifted, like the chains had been cut loose ...

4. Remember the Rooster

John 18:25-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Can’t you imagine that, from that day forward, whenever Simon Peter started to feel good about himself like Sally reminding Johnny he had killed Grandma’s pet duck the Tempter whispered in Simon Peter’s ear, “Remember that rooster”? That happens in ... book Will Daylight Come? Robert Heftier tells about an event that occurred inside the Salt Lake Ice Center at the 2002 Winter Olympics. A panel of nine judges filtered into a room for a post-competition meeting. The meeting was twelve hours removed ...

5. When the Doctors Can't Help You

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... all they can do and you are no better? It happens, doesn’t it? Even today it happens. The whole world was saddened last winter when Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died in a medical clinic in Mexico. What was she doing in Mexico ... in his voice. He spoke of a hope for the future which neither of the others had. (3) No doctor could have healed Johnny Cash. Only Christ could do that. Only Christ can heal a broken marriage. Only Christ can heal broken relationships within a family. Only ...

6. The Best Places to Live

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ? You could mope and moan and miss the mountains. Or, you could take up cross-country skiing and start traversing those snowy frozen winter plains and get on with your life. In today's text Jeremiah sounds a bit like Mayor Giuliani has this past month. Jeremiah' ... he had not sung in years. For the finale, he sang 'New York, New York.' The audience exploded in a standing ovation. Johnny Desmond, his face wet with tears, walked out into the audience, hugged people and said, 'This is the greatest night of my ...

7. Eyewitness News

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... in Pennsylvania. One day, the young boy set out for New York to seek his fortune, and as he left home, his mother said to him: “Johnny, you are going to New York but I want you to remember one thing. If life ever really gets bad for you in the big city, ... painter to recognize that it is all too wondrous to have happened with no design. He’s alive! The birds returning from their winter homes and the tiny buds of the flowers that peek out from the earth so recently cold and lifeless testify to all who ...

8. Losing Favor Or Losing Flavor?

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... FAITH? There is more and more a blurring of lifestyles. Lloyd Ogilvie tells about a good friend, Johnny Grant, a popular television and radio host who is also an outstanding community leader and a committed Christian. Johnny Grant used a oneliner that Ogilvie says is worth remembering. Many of you remember a popular movie ... , 1987). 2 Jay Kesler, FAMILY FORUM (Wheaton: Victor Press, 1984). 3 COME BEFORE WINTER 4 Wade T. Burton, Coronaca, S.C. 5 FUNDAMENTALS OF PREACHING (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985).

9. Hurts Can Heal

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... afternoon paper route. But I was in band and in plays, and the only free time I had was early in the morning. But in winter the early morning was the coldest time of the day. I delivered papers in a region of the country that often averaged 150 inches of ... is flowing back into your soul? Just before Johnny Cash died, he brought back a Nine-Inch Nails song and made it into a video. It’s called “Hurt.” As we throw this song up on the screen, and as you listen to Johnny Cash sing the words, I invite you to ...

10. A Squirrely Holiday

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Third Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul.” Here is the story in its entirety, the story of someone named Daniel, a Johnny Appleseed figure who had squirrely priorities about what it means to “seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will ... day for the month of May. Spring had arrived and everything was alive with color but a cold front from the North had brought winter's chill back to Indiana. I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town ...

11. What Do We Need For Christmas?

Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... divided between liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats, hawks and doves, those who lived in the community all of their lives, and Johnnys and Marys who had come lately, having moved from larger cities in the southern part of the region. There was a ... the mountain and rescue crews needed to be formed in order to save Carmen from dying of exposure to the cruel elements of winter. Each little group and faction of that community began to form their own little groups to search for Carmen, but to no ...

12. Heaven: One Way And One Way Only

John 14:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... do it. Finally, the teacher asked him to sit down and think about it while she called on somebody else, so she turned to a kid named, Johnny. He said, "My dad is a bookie. B-O-O-K-I-E. If he were here, he would lay you 8 to 5 that Jimmy ain ... in the chapel if you want to see him. He is awfully upset, because he couldn't understand why you didn't come to help." Doctor Winters walked hurriedly down the hallway and entered into that chapel. Weeping at the altar was a man dressed in a dirty flannel shirt and gray ...

13. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

James Bjorge

... talk show with a phrase that never varies. Big Ed McMahon bursts forth with the introduction, "Here’s Johnny!" Then the talk man comes forth from the wings to entertain his audience and television viewers. As the ... for the Lord Jesus Christ." That is prophetic. Dr. Fredrik Norstad of Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago was presenting a lecture on a cruise this past winter. Toward the end of the talk he told about the death of his daughter as cancer stalked her and she finally succumbed. It was told with ...

14. Courage Under Fire

Jude 1:22-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... we be entering into those flames and rescuing the perishing. You know, you never know who you might snatch from that fire. One cold winter night in Epworth, England, the church bell began to ring. People ran into the dark night and saw that a house was on fire ... the fire. Samuel and Suzanna had escaped the flames along with six of their children, but no one could find little Johnny. Realizing the worst, Samuel headed back toward that inferno. The people held him back from certain death. The crowd stood there ...

15. Now

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Each day it was a longer walk to the barn to feed the livestock as wind swept across now-frozen winter fields. “You boys take care of things for the winter,” the master had said. “I’m out of here. Write me in Palm Beach and tell me how things ... Now I'm leaving and I had better not hear a word out of you…” Absence is a test; the return is occasion for accounting. "Johnny, what were you doing on top of my desk?" Jesus' stories of the master's absence are stories about testing. And a servant who can ...

16. Does God Give A Damn?

Exodus 5:22--6:12

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... wilderness for forty years. It is a matter of sharing what little we may have as the boy in Jesus’ day shared his lunch. On a cold winter day at the city gates of Amiens, a beggar was about to freeze to death. He begged for help but no one listened to him. A young ... many panels. Lipstick told of a name that was kissed. Notes on scraps of paper were squeezed between the panels, saying, "Johnny, we love you." Many just stood quietly touching the name with the tips of their fingers. Was God concerned enough to ...

17. The Cross Way of Life

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... to be damaging the child by creating pressure. Grades are bad because they are hard on the child’s ego. The result is mediocrity and Johnny can’t read. In 1976 the state of Florida passed a law that all graduating from high school had to be able to read and ... because of the energy crisis. Some of the hardship is keeping your speed down to fifty-five, turning your thermostat during winter to 68 degrees, eating less that more food can be shared with the world’s hungry, and refusing to waste natural ...

18. Good Medicine

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... days later - Easter - Jesus comes out of the tomb...and if he sees his shadow there will be 6 more weeks of winter." I told you it was stupid. Are there more? {Opportunity here for members of the congregation to share "prescriptions for a merry ... you except at Christmas and Easter?" And with a totally straight face, he whispered back, "I'm in the Secret Service." Person 4: Little Johnny was walking down the beach, and he spied a matronly woman sitting under a beach umbrella on the sand. He walked up to her ...

19. A Great High Priest

Hebrews 4:12-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... as if nothing had happened. One of the little boys' mother asked him why they were speaking to each other now. He responded, "Me and Johnny are good forgetters." (4) God is a good forgetter. Christ has experienced what it is to be human, and he has conquered sin. He has ... the mine field. In the meantime, while they had been pinned down, snow had been falling for it was the middle of winter. By the time the decision was made to forsake their mission and start back, enough snow had fallen to cover up the ...

20. Preparing for Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

Pastor John Ortberg was giving a bath to his three children. Johnny was still in the tub. Laura was out and safely in her pajamas. He was trying to get Mallory dried ... might just be better than we have imagined. I read recently about a bike shop in a little town that was constantly busy, especially in the run-up to Christmas. One winter, a young boy wandered in, dirty-faced, poorly dressed and obviously not from a well-to-do family. Although at first the staff was worried about his shoplifting something, it ...

21. Good News about Death

John 11:38-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... sent them manna. Clark Wallace wanted a wife, and the Devil sent him Anna.” In a New Mexico cemetery: “Here lies Johnny Yeast . . . Pardon me for not rising.” In a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery: “Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake. Stepped on ... fully recover from his death. Tabb says they didn’t set foot in his room for months after he died. The scars inflicted that cold winter day may never go away. (2) We don’t understand why it happened. We don’t believe it was in God’s plan. But we ...

22. Sitting at the Big People Table

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. Johnny Carson, in describing Thanksgiving, once said: "Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only ... too little. Those old boys in the fall of the year, if they could gather in a few pumpkins, potatoes and some corn for the winter, they were in a thanking mood. But if we can't gather in a new Buick, a new radio, a tuxedo and some government ...

23. The Stranger in the Manger

John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28

Sermon

Johnny Dean

What do you do at your house to get ready for Christmas? Over the years I've noticed that family customs vary from household to household. Some like to decorate the house inside and out, while some only put up a few modest decorations in the living room. Some like to put the Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving, while others wait until Christmas Eve and make the decorating of the tree the last order of business for the season especially if the tree is a LIVE one! (How many needles does this thing ...

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