Sermon and Worship Resources

Showing all results

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... did that on the back of old envelopes.” (1) There have been many great scientists, but there was only one Albert Einstein. In 1722, the Town Council of the City of Leipzig was looking for a person to serve as a cantor in the School of Saint Thomas and also as ... thrived as a servant to others. I guess we’d have to concede that somehow in the Sacraments that day long ago, little Laura “saw Jesus.” (3) I personally believe that everyone is looking for Jesus in his or her own way. We have what French ...

2. Crossing The Desert Or Protecting Our Vehicle?

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... the intellectual center of the world. Being the intellectual giant he was, Paul probably enjoyed roaming the streets of the renowned town. As he walked, he was struck by the number of statues to the various Greek gods. One day Paul decided to ... I knew instinctively that the Lord was in their life, and that was the reason for their special relationship." From that moment on Laura began attending church; her search was over. (5) Nothing is more appealing than a life that has been authentically touched by the ...

3. Rag Doll #37

Drama

Edward Long

... sit around the stove and drink hot chocolate. The business district is a small one, in the old section of this middle-sized town. The street is made of brick and the tires of passing vehicles make a distinctive buzzing sound. MR. McKENZIE: What do you ... sleep) (After a short time another doll appears, lighted by a single source of light). RAG DOLL #1: Laura, Laura! (LAURA covers her head and moans) Laura, Laura! LAURA: (She sits up, looking both bewildered and disgusted). I suppose you've got a story to tell ...

4. When Your Lips Are One Place But Your Heart . . .

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... synagogue. Instead of walking to Sabbath services, she would then have to drive, which would be breaking the Sabbath law. Dr. Laura couldn't get the young woman to understand the inconsistency between observing one tenet of her faith--honoring the Sabbath--but ... told. Jordan saw hypocrisy at work at an early age. His father was a prosperous banker and merchant in a small Georgia town. They lived within one hundred yards of the Talbot County jail. One hot summer night during a revival meeting, Jordan noted how ...

5. "Why Don't We Just Tell Them Our Names?"

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... peculiar." And so it was. Some places got their names by accident or error. Correct, Indiana, for example, is incorrect; its residents wanted their town to be named Comet, but someone misread the "m" as two "r"s. (1) Names. Everyone has one. Dale Carnegie said years ago ... when you get attached to it." Indeed. When you give it a name that's when you get attached to it. Even four-year-old Laura Beth knew this, and that's why President Bush quoted her in a speech he gave, and why her words found their way into ...

6. Bearing The Cross

Luke 14:25-35

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... got so bad, in fact, that Dr. McDermott just had to talk to somebody about it. At her church she had met and made friends with another woman about her age, Doris Pagel, who worked for the local chamber of commerce. Laura thought that Doris might have some insights for her about the kind of people that made up their town. Maybe she had the situation figured out all wrong. She hoped Doris could help. Dr. McDermott took Doris Pagel out for dinner one night and told her sad tale. Doris' first reaction caught ...

7. The Final Answer

Drama

Dave Marsh

... now. Regis: Well I should say so! Tell us a bit more about yourself Jim. Jim: Well, I live in a college town in Virginia and I work in admissions at a junior college there called Piedmont. I enjoy hiking and relaxing. Regis: Well, if you get this next question ... get to the million dollar question, don’t you? Jim: I’m ready. Regis: Well, you’ve got 1 life line left. You’ve got Laura in the audience and you have all of us rooting for you so let’s play Who Wants to be a Millionaire?! (PLAY 'thinking' music ...

8. Love Is Not Easy

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... go/ Pull a chair up to the TV set,/ "Good night David, Good night Chet"/ Dependin' on the channel you tuned/ You got Rob and Laura or Ward and June/ It felt so good, felt so right/ Life looked better in black and white/ I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys/ ... promise kept/ They never cussed or broke their vows/ They'd never make the network now/ But if I could I'd rather be,/ in a TV town in '63/ It felt so good, felt so right/ Life looked better in black and white/ I'd trade all the channels on the satellite,/ If I ...

9. Sheep Without a Shepherd

Mark 6:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... themselves in a boat to a solitary place. But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like ... means of her protection. She felt loved and safe. She felt important because her mother had taken this kind of action. In this case Laura’s mother was serving as a shepherd to her child. I wish every parent was that forceful when dealing with a predator. God is ...

10. Prophet Without Honor

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

David Coffin

... on the Prairie, the episode titled “Little Lost Girl,” the little sister Carrie tagged along for a school assignment, but Mary and Laura failed to keep a close eye on her. Their little sister wandered off and fell into an underground mine shaft. The only hope ... into the Holy Land. It was as if Jesus almost anticipated that his disciples would be rejected just as he was by his home town of Nazareth. There is some good news for all of us here in church today. Sometimes we can do so much, or at least our ...

11. Gathered Around Jesus

Mark 6:30-34; 53-56

Sermon

David Coffin

... or Walnut Grove, which they had believed to be homesteading land. The community leaders failed to defeat the land baron’s claim on legal grounds. Finally, the townspeople were inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilder’s rage to vent their anger at what they saw as an injustice, so they decided to take a drastic plan of action. Their beloved town of Walnut Grove was laced with sticks of dynamite, as the townspeople decided to blow up the buildings rather than allow them to fall into the hands of a greedy land ...

12. Surprise!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... then we remember that one day, 2000 years ago, a heavenly messenger came to a young girl (probably in her mid-teens) from a no-account family, in a no-account town, in a no-account nation and announced that she had been selected for the great honor of giving life to the Savior. I doubt that any of us could be more ... ) Amen! 1. Matthew 1:20-24 2. John 1:46 3. Acts 9:1 4. Laura King, "Oh, Little Town Lies Still Indeed," New York Times, 12/18/02 5. Greensboro News & Record, 12/10/94, p. B1-2 6. Phillips Brooks

13. A Vision of Beauty and Hope

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... in lights. They put up so many lights that you could see Wauconda from the interstate freeway! Wauconda looked like an entirely different town. All night it was as bright as day because the people decided to turn on the lights of Christmas. (6) What is the ... 1. A story related in The Associated Press. Copyright 1998. All Rights Reserved. 2. Can Water Naturally Flow Uphill? by Laura Geggel, March 26, 2017, https://www.livescience.com/58416-can-water-naturally-flow-uphill.htm. 3. “A Christmas Story” The ...

14. The Complete Picture

John 11:1-45

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... that Jesus could have healed Lazarus from afar, as he did for the royal official’s son in John 4. Bethany, the town of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, was just two miles from Jerusalem. Many Jewish friends were at their home mourning for Lazarus when Jesus ... , Daniel Hans, a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Beth lost their three-year-old daughter, Laura, to cancer. One of the sermons Daniel Hans preached during that last year of Laura’s life was titled, “Caution: Your God is Too Big.” What did he mean by ...

15. Happy Marriage...It's All About Choices

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James W. Moore

... play “Have I walked life’s road… with care? Measuring each word with rule and square? Or am I one of those who roam the town, Content with the labor of tearing down!” Isn’t it sad that so many people have gotten it mixed up? They have turned it completely ... we feel like we have to spread gloom? It is so much more fun to lift people up… rather than to tear them down. In Laura Huxley’s book, You’re Not the Target, (Farrer, Straus & Co, N.Y., p.3), she puts it well when she says: “At one time ...

16. I Am Baptized!

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... knows that.) “You should not be the first one to fall asleep at a slumber party.” Katie, age 12 And this final thought from Laura, age 13: “No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize a cat!” (1) I can’t speak from experience, but I imagine ... tack outside the front door of their home. That same afternoon, some of their friends who lived nearby and who had been out of town for the week drove by the house. They saw the banner bearing the child’s name. The banner also bore the date and the ...

17. Queen Of Hearts!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... , age 8. "If I forget to tell my mom I need my shepherd costume tomorrow morning, she finds one in the night. That is a mother." Laura, age 6. "Mothers are wonderful! She spends all her time on you. A mother is like God, except God is better." As with these children, today's ... she sings, "I'm awfully glad I'm me!" And she busies herself making the most of who she is in her family, town, and day with God. In verse 21 she is "not afraid of the snow." Verse 25 mentions her dignity, laughter, and strength. Verse ...

18. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... kill them. There were times when they did their very best and no one responded. Sometimes they were run out of town. Being a follower of Jesus required patience and endurance. It still does. Bruce E. Olson tells of his experience as a missionary ... Florist. I had leukemia when I was seven years old. I'm 22 years old now. Good luck. My heart goes out to you. Sincerely, Laura Bradley." Douglas' face lit up. His mother said, "For the first time since he had been in the hospital, he had gotten some inspiration. He ...

19. Spin-masters Need Not Apply

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... at Ed," says Watson, "œyou'd feel sorry for the man. You'd think 'Here's a soul to be specially kind to.'" Ed cleaned up on this. He had a little office in a town right on the Arkansas border. He handled all the law for miles around, which wasn't much. He made up the difference by moonshining. One night, a man came to Ed's office and ... Publishers, 1995, p. 21. 7. Tim Stafford, Christianity Today, September 14, 1992, p. 36. 8. "Toxic Thoughts Syndrome," by Laura B. Randolph, Ebony, September 1998, p. 30.

20. A Man Named Pain (Part 1)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... long run of things, being a person of integrity, a person who can be trusted, is essential to true success. It’s like a story that Laura Simms tells about a young man who played a wooden flute. One day, the man wandered into the royal gardens. There sat the royal princess, the ... . He changed the man into a charismatic and ruthless warrior, and nicknamed him the Black Prince. Soon, the whole town buzzed with news of this powerful new warrior. The king arranged a marriage between his daughter and the Black ...

21. 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 off. Mallory was out of ... little bit and we become willing to believe that, yes, things 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- ...

22. Household of Faith

II Timothy 1:3-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... building a household of faith. How can you do it? Let me suggest some ways. I. WE CAN BECOME FAITHFUL DISCIPLES. In the little town of Lystra, a middle-aged missionary by the name of Paul and a teen-ager by the name of Timothy struck up a friendship that ... perspective, but I remember Louis. He cared about me in my struggling years of adolescence when I tried to find my direction. In fact, Laura and Owen Faris never said much of anything. They just showed up at my house on Sunday morning, let me ride to church ...

Showing 1 to 22 of 22all results