Theme: Salvation history is not a series of whimsical happenings. What happens is by design. The Biblical witness suggests not only a loving God, but cosmic evil forces in combat with the Almighty. The archangel Gabriel shares all this from the perspective of an "eyewitness."

Setting for the Sermon Monologue
[I have used this monologue on two occasions. The first time, I used it in slightly different form for Easter. The second time, I wrote it for Christmas. With slight modification, it could be used for any Sunday.]

Dramatic Monologue
You look out into the sky and call it the heavens.You look beyond that immediate atmosphere you see into space, where your mighty spaceships have explored.You see the sun, the moon and the stars.That, too, you call heaven.But I come from a place, beyond t…