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Mark 8:31--9:1

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... You know we can't do that. There's no more money. There's no more Time. SYLVIA: (CRYING) Why? Oh, why? REGGIE: I don't know. SYLVIA: Why won't God take care of us? REGGIE: Do you know what I was thinking the other day? SYLVIA: What? REGGIE: I was thinking that this was good. SYLVIA: This is good? What are you saying? REGGIE: I'm saying that maybe God allows this sort of thing so we can be more like Christ -- suffering, you know. SYLVIA: Oh, that's hogwash and you know it. REGGIE: No, I don't. Think about it ...

2. Show Me Your Baptismal Certificate

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... I told her nothing I did would count in Heaven. But she insisted, just the same.” “What will you say? What will you do?” inquired Sylvia. “Oh, I don’t know,” Eliot said as he became enchanted by the problem. “Go over to her shack, I guess. Sprinkle some water on ... words that resounded through the castle grounds: “I am baptized.” Notice, not “I was baptized.” But “I AM baptized.” Every day we need to look in the mirror and say two things: “God is God and I am not.” That’s first ...

3. Get the Garbage Out!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the family’s golden retriever. Sylvia Perantinides from Campbell, OH, had the strangest story, in my opinion. Sylvia admits that she nags her forgetful husband all the time to take the garbage out. However, Sylvia and her husband were both surprised ... But a friend shared the message of Jesus with Festo, and he prayed to follow Jesus as his Lord and Savior. He says, “That day God smashed my heart open and introduced me to the living reality of Jesus Christ, who entered in. My top stopped spinning, and ...

4. Sometimes It's Simple

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... clarity is needed. Not everybody is a philosopher -- or needs to be. Many of us in the clergy shy away these days from saying anything too clearly or too pointedly. We have been taught, as counselors, to reflect people's feelings so they ... stretch of the imagination. I told her nothing I could do would count in heaven. But she insisted just the same." "What will you say?" inquired Sylvia. "Oh -- I don't know. I'll go over to her shack, I guess, sprinkle some water on the babies and say, 'Hello babies. Welcome ...

5. Wayward Children - Father's Day

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... till he got me out." (1) Now there's a young lady who is very fortunate. She has learned to trust her Dad. This is Father's Day. Never has there been a time when Christian Dads were needed more than today. So we honor our Dads. One author has listed some ways to know ... s love for us ” God's wayward children. 1. WHEN THE HEART WAITS (New York: Harper & Row, 1990), p. 80. 2. Sylvia Harney, EVERY TIME I GO HOME I BREAK OUT IN RELATIVES, (Brentwood, Tennessee: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., 1990), p. 130. ...

6. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... rule of thumb, just keep this in mind. It is all right to borrow for necessities, but you should pay cash for luxuries. c. Save for that rainy day. I was astonished to read that eighty-five out of one hundred Americans end up with less than $250 in cash savings when they reach sixty-five.14 ... Religious Faith: Firm Foundation for Charity, Christianity Today, 19 November 1990, 63. 9 John Ronsvalle and Sylvia Ronsvalle, "Giving Trends and their Implications for the 1990s," a paper presented at the North ...

7. Welcoming Jesus

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... true story:(5) recently a church youth group was on a wilderness back-packing expedition and got lost. It was supposed to be a half-day trip, so they soon ran out of water in the Texas heat. One boy especially became dehydrated and seriously ill. Another hiked miles to get ... , Luke 18:17 3. William Schwein, "Preaching on the Lessons," Clergy Journal, July 1997, p. 43 4. John and Sylvia Ronsvalle, Behind the Stained Glass Windows: Money Dynamics in the Church, (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, 1996), p. 218 ...

8. Where Is Your Heart?

Luke 12:22-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... what to do about our schools especially school violence. In the book When the Bough Breaks by Sylvia Hewlett, Chicago sociologist James S. Coleman says that family background matters more in determining student achievement than any ... the One who sent him. Jesus' heart lay in showing us how much we are loved. Such love and obedience gives us courage in difficult days. Such love and obedience compels us to be Christ-like toward all people. Such love and obedience reminds us to prostrate ourselves in humble ...

9. God And Groundhogs

Psalm 56:1-13

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... up. I nod to Sylvia. "We'll have six more weeks of winter," she says confidently. "That's right," I continue. "According to tradition, if the groundhog sees its shadow, it will be afraid and return to its burrow -- and we will have six more weeks of winter." Andrew, the boy who was present during the earlier service and who has had some time to think about this, raises his hand. He obviously wants to say something, but I am not ready for what I think he might offer, so I ask, "What if the day is cloudy and ...

10. Here Comes The King

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

George Bass

... one of God, as he entered the Holy City as rightful Ruler of the Jews. It was a strange way for God's anointed king to enter his capitol city. On a day in May, 1991, another strange arrival and entrance into Jerusalem occurred. Some 14,000 refugees were air-lifted from Ethiopia to Israel. They had been living in Ethiopia for some 2,500 years. Sylvia Krugman comments: "They are said to be descendants of Queen Sheba and King Solomon, 3,500 years ago. Who said they have no 'right' to Jerusalem! and the land of ...

11. Let Not Thy Will Roar, When Thy Power Can But Whisper

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... overstuffed sofa surrounded by large fish bowls filled with all sorts of swimming creatures. She said, “Well, that is the way it happens, Sylvia. I kissed this frog, he turned into a prince, we got married and wham – I am stuck at home with a bunch of Pollywogs ... the following Saturday we had to evacuate the island. We moved in with my sister and her husband on the mainland. For three days we were there, and that is where God taught me. I had gone to the beach to be alone with God – just Jerry and ...

12. Giving Dangerously

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... each $10,000 in income. Pretty puny. Meanwhile, total church giving averaged out to 2.64% of income. According to Sylvia Ronsvalle who, together with her husband Dr. John Ronsvalle, coauthored the new study, "These numbers suggest that churches are ... , one pitcher from each family poured into a cask set up to receive the gifts in the center of town. On the appointed day, everyone gathered in the square, heard speeches commending this good man and thanked him for his faithful care. The wine was presented. The ...

13. The Thick Darkness

1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... sampling: Dear God, Count me in. Your friend, Herbie Dear God, Are boys better than girls? I know you are one but try to be fair. Sylvia Dear God, Your book has a lot of zip to it. I like science fiction stories. You had some very good ideas and I would like ... these letters funny, of course, is that the children have assigned to God more or less human characteristics. I read the other day about a man whose four-year-old son asked him if mosquitoes bite God. How do you answer something like that? Such ...

14. Three Basic Attitudes about Life

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you ... time we see someone in need, our first response will be, “What can I do to help? 1. In Other Words, 1996. 2. Sylvia Moreno & Leef Smith in The Washington Post. Cited in “That’s Outrageous!” Reader’s Digest, Sept. 1998, p. 45. 3. Darley & Batson. ...

No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit.

Sylvia Ashton-Warner

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