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Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... It was Christmas and they were thinking up phrases and themes from the Christmas story which they could represent in drawings. Their nine-year-old daughter, Sarah, drew the difficult phrase, “Glory to God in the highest.” According to her father, Sarah had difficulty representing “glory” and “highest,” but not God. “Without a moment’s hesitations she drew a human form—with face, arms, legs and then large hands . . . with nail prints. It was Jesus she had drawn to convey to us God.” That ...

2. Resurrection: From Lesser to Higher Morality

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... the little village six miles away from Capernaum, Jesus was growing up in Nazareth, some 25 miles southeast of Capernaum. The respect that Sarah’s grandfather had with the village people grew from his knowledge of the Law. He read with great reverence the early books of scripture, the first five books of our Bible. From these ancient writings the people of the Hebrews drew their "life qualities." The law, or Pentateuch, shared the story of the beginnings - including the gift of Law from God, a gift that ...

3. Never Too Old For God: Abraham And Sarah

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... or shape, is where we learn how to make it in the world. And today I want us to look at the family of Abraham and Sarah and see how God used them and taught them how to make it in the world. Genesis 18:1-15 (NRSV) [1] The LORD appeared to ... 't lived. So, he shied away from the challenge. Those 40 years passed. He often thought of trying his luck in Alaska but always drew back thinking, "I'm too old." Then irrationally, after a major heart attack and a quintuple bypass and just before his 80th birthday, he ...

4. Abraham and Sarah: Backing Into the Future

Hebrews 11:1-3; 8-11

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... it, but he believes every house needs a baby buggy….a sign of the hope in God's promise, the hope for the future. Abraham and Sarah went out when they were called, not knowing where they were to go, trusting God for a future. They went out… 2. Living in tents, ... tents where we live out most of our days and the eternal city whose builder and maker is God. Dennis Kinlaw once drew the contrast in a slightly different way: "Abraham pitched his tents and built his altars." If you track Abraham's journey, ...

5. God's Laughter

Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... happy, then we aren't going to do it." So she laughed her way out of her execution!6 She could testify, I suspect, with Sarah that "God has brought laughter for me." One Sunday, a mother woke up not feeling well, so she was not able to accompany her family ... the pastor's sermon title was. He answered, "Be joyful; your Comforter is coming." Dr. Samuel Upham was a professor of theology at Drew University years ago. He died in 1904 at the age of seventy. In his last hours, he was lying on his bed, surrounded by ...

6. Acting on Faith

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... his descendants did receive an undisclosed amount of rupees. (3) That’s a long time for a family to wait for justice 761 years. Abraham and Sarah only had to wait for twenty-five years, but that was surely a test of their faith. That’s a test that many of us would ... . Sheen was known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. At one time his nationally televised show drew as many as 30 million viewers, making it one of the most popular programs on television. How did Sheen get to ...

7. Proper 11

Colossians 1:15-23, Luke 10:38-42, Genesis 18:16-33, Colossians 1:24--2:5, Psalm 15:1-5

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... For The Day Psalm 15 (E, L); 15:2-5 (RC) - This psalm has been called an "entry" psalm, sung by the pilgrims as they drew near to the temple. In sharp contrast to Psalm 14, which spells out in graphic detail the character of people who are not acceptable to ... in human affairs and cause an old woman to bear a son. "Is anything too hard for God?" Like many who doubt the Mary-Jesus story, Sarah was not at all hopeful that God could work that kind of a miracle. 3. God was able to make good on his promise to these ...

8. Mark Twain's Briefcase And A Great Mental Attitude

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... the young man looked at this picture and knew that it no longer represented how he felt. He took a yellow crayon and drew vibrant yellow streamers pouring from the crack in the vase. Then he explained to the doctor, "You see, here ” where it is broken ... mission. The secret of a great attitude is to get out of ourselves and to lose ourselves in God. That's what Sarah Flower Adams did. Sarah studied hard to be a great actress. And she proved her tremendous abilities in the role of Lady Macbeth on the stage. ...

9. Exit and Entrance

Galatians 4:21-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... our text. To grasp allegorical meaning, we need to rehearse the story from Genesis 16, 17, and 21. Sarah and Abraham were without children. They were getting old; Sarah far too old to bear children. She did what any wife would have done in that social/cultural context ... pray together.” Describing what happened, Don Shelby said, “A great silence followed, out of which real prayer often arises. God drew near in the choking plea of the driver, and in the loving benediction from the woman who lay without her ...

10. Till Death Do Us -- Unite

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... ?" "Lots of things." The grandson replies, "Thanks, Gramps ..." "No problem." Too bad the comic sketcher didn't talk about the cross he drew sticking out of the mound of dirt! I guess it wouldn't make a good comic strip to show the cross as the ... there are things that I know I want." The two talked quietly for a long time. When it seemed that they had covered just about everything, Sarah paused, looked up at her pastor with a twinkle in her eye, and then added, "One more thing. When they bury me, I want my old ...

11. A Man Who Laughed at God

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... the covenant? What about the future? What about the Lord’s own promises concerning Isaac? Why had God given Isaac to him and Sarah, if now he were to be slain? He knew not the answers, but Abraham obeyed - completely and quickly. The next day, the journey ... They reached the top. A large altar was built. The wood was placed. Isaac was bound, then laid on the altar. Abraham drew his knife. Sunlight flashed on the blade, as Abraham lifted it over his head. And then suddenly ... "Abraham, Abraham! Stop!" It was ...

12. The Power of a Vision

2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... from God. As Stephen Doughty tells the story in Weavings, a couple adopted a little girl. When Sarah was about 18 months old, her parents would say, “How big is God’s love?” Sarah’s arms would shoot straight away from her shoulders, her fingers pointing to the end of the ... , intentionality, sincerity, sensitivity, sacrifice, empowerment, interdependence. He drew a circle that shut me out, Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had a wit to win, We drew a circle that took him in. You ...

13. A Great Love Story Gone Awry

Genesis 24:1-67

Sermon

King Duncan

... most beautiful love stories in all Scriptures--but there were still occasional fireworks. We have already seen how God granted Abraham and Sarah a son in their old age. They named him Isaac, “Laughter.” Then we saw Abraham’s willingness to offer his beloved son ... praying, a young beauty named Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water. The servant approached her cautiously and said, “Please give me a drink.” And Rebekah quickly lowered her jar from her ...

14. Rediscovering Our Spiritual Dimension

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... is a world merely of surfaces, and they very much remind us of a remark made once by Lynn Harold Hough of Drew University about a great European house of entertainment: "The lights of the music hall have blotted out the stars." At no time ... son, except a foster child Ishmael, and he hoped to get by with that. God, however, had a higher plan, his own purpose for Abraham and Sarah his wife; he called Abraham to be faithful to his ancient covenant with the Hebrew people and for this a true son, Isaac, would be ...

15. Believe in Jesus

Acts 16:25-34

Sermon

James W. Moore

... out of prison on his watch. The jailer was so scared, so upset that he would be held responsible for their escape… that he drew his sword to take his own life. But, Paul saw what he was about to do and Paul shouted to him. “Wait! Wait! ... Kids PG13 – Don’t take kids under 13 R – Bad Idea NC – 17 – Hire a Sitter!” Even though she is only 11 years old, Sarah realized that we all need Guidelines for Living. As Christians we are so fortunate in this respect because we have Jesus. Jesus died on the ...

16. The Lord Is My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... couple who was very devoted to the church, but now ill health prevented them from attending services. Every time I visited, the wife, Sarah, would say, "Oh, Bill, here comes our shepherd." It took me a while to realize she was talking about me. They always appreciated ... forgotten her. During my time serving these churches, I was studying at Drew University, the School of Theology, for my Master of Divinity degree. During my time at Drew, I studied under Dr. Thomas Oden. Dr. Oden repeatedly explained that the ...

17. But God Can

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Larry Powell

... to live long enough to bury a son or daughter. We want to be mercifully spared that ... at least that. "As he (Jesus) drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, ... laughed so hard that he literally fell down on his face, saying, "Shall a son be born to him that is 100 years old, and shall Sarah bear a child at 90?" A similar story is found in the first chapter of Luke. Zechariah and Elizabeth, old in years, received the unbelievable news ...

18. The Beginning of the End

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

... the patriarchs of the Jewish and Christian faiths were buried. Some had shopped for replicas of the cenotaphs for Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, and Leah - since no pictures could be taken inside the large building that was erected over the cave of Macpelah where ... couple of years later he was assigned to a smaller parish twenty miles from Moscow - "still the crowds came as the end drew near in 1980." Twelve days before his arrest, Fr. Dudko declared in a sermon on the eve of Epiphany: In our days the ...

19. After Good Friday

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... to a man who should have been a great-grandfather by this time, and who, as yet, had no children with his wife Sarah. But God promised, and Abraham believed, and a covenant was made. God made his stipulations to Abraham and gave circumcision as a ... mother, she stretched out her other arm. "Mommy," she said, "give me your hand." Then with a final effort of her faltering strength, she drew them together. This is a picture of what Christ did on the cross. Our Savior took the hand of sinful, hateful humanity and ...

20. What Happened to the Leftovers?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... group receives this bread. It is a open gift for all. So, what happened to the leftovers? Journalist Elizabeth Jarnagin, a Drew University Ph.D. student in history, creates an imaginary character Esther who was there for the feeding of the 5000 and ... lame ever since an accident when he was a child? Jesus told him he could walk. And suddenly, he could. Then there was my little cousin Sarah. She's six, you know, and she's never uttered a sound since birth. She cried out in joy when Jesus touched her. Oh, I want ...

21. Overcoming Obstacles - Together

Luke 2:1-7, Psalm 107:1-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... month long we've been look at "The INS and OUTS of Families." We've looked at one of the IN families, Abraham and Sarah. And we’ve looked at a couple of the families who were sort of on the OUTS with God. Even though God was faithful ... took place, and their eyes met, maybe not even for the first time, I think they knew. There was something more than attraction that drew them together. I think part of that attraction was the depth of each other’s faith. Faithful people look for faithful people. They are ...

22. On the Road with Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

When our granddaughter Sarah was 12 years old, she tried out for cheerleader at her Middle School. After her try-out we asked her how she did. She said ... marketing theme for that movie. She said to him: “Love means never having to say ‘I’m sorry’!” Now, that sounds great… has a nice, sentimental ring to it… and evidently it drew people to the box office, but there’s only one thing wrong with it… It’s just not true! That phrase “Love means never having to say you’re sorry”… ranks ...

23. What Can Christians Learn from Muslims?

Genesis 21:1-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the Scripture lesson today, we recall the story of Abraham and Ishmael. Ishmael is Abraham's son by his maidservant, Hagar. When Sarah, Abraham's wife, becomes miraculously pregnant, she wants nothing to do with Hagar and Ishmael. So, Abraham sends the two of ... at least once in a lifetime if they are physically able. You may have noticed in the news that a recent pilgrimage drew such a crowd that some persons were unfortunately crushed and killed. III. HOW CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS DIFFER A. THE QURAN: There are ...

24. You Never Noticed

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... surprise and horror. It was the first time that he had ever really seen a slum. When he got back to the street he drew a deep breath of fresh air. “My God,” he whispered, “I didn’t know people lived like that!” (1) Obviously that experience ... . “By naming Lazarus and not the rich man, Jesus’ story completely contrasts with worldly understandings of who’s who,” writes Sarah K. Bunge. “As was his style, Jesus reminds us that heaven is the opposite of this world in many respects, especially ...

25. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... away in close confinement, losing strength and moldering like something rotten. Elsewhere the verb “wastes away” describes the physical decline of Sarah in her old age (Gen. 18:11). Additional Notes 13:27 The term for shackles (Heb. sad) is used only here ... kinds of observations of the natural processes of the plants are typical of the wisdom methodology of the sages. They drew on observation and experience in all of life to provide analogies to understand the meaning of, and appropriate responses to, ...

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