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Epiphany 5 | OT 5 ›
Matthew 5:13-20
1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)
Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12)
Psalm 112:1-9 (10)
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  • Children's sermon, Illustration, Preaching, Sermon, Worship

    Thomas Willadsen
    Mary Austin
    Christopher Keating
    Dean Feldmeyer
    George Reed
    Katy Stenta
    Nazish Naseem
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  • Children's Story

    Janice B. Scott
    Praxis, the pixie whose skin changes colour according to his mood, was bright, bright blue. He was feeling very fed up. All by himself with nobody to play with, he had nothing to do but get into mischief. His mother was annoyed with him for eating all the jelly she had ready for tea, and she had ordered him out of the toadstool.

    The Wise Old Pixie, the only other pixie with skin that...

  • Illustration, Stories

    Peter Andrew Smith
    David O. Bales
    Contents
    "The Way to God" by Peter Andrew Smith
    "Looking Up" by David O. Bales


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    The Way to God
    by Peter Andrew Smith
    Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12)

    In his story "The Way to God," Peter Andrew Smith tells of a people seeking to know God in their lives who discover the answer is not about what they do but...

  • Preaching

    Carlos Wilton
    This is a dangerous psalm -- dangerous, because it is so open to misinterpretation.

    "Happy are those who fear the Lord...." Well, who could quarrel with that? Yet this psalm goes on to describe, in concrete terms, exactly what form that happiness takes: "Their descendants will be mighty in the land.... Wealth and riches are in their houses" (vv. 2a, 3a).

    Power? Wealth?...

  • Preaching

    John R. Brokhoff
    THE LESSONS

    Lesson 1: Isaiah 58:1--9a (9b--12) (C); Isaiah 58:7--10 (RC)
    A comparison of proper and improper fasting. The passage, written by Trito--Isaiah in the sixth century B.C., deals with the returned exiles in Jerusalem where conditions were deplorable. In those days fasting was used to express great sorrow or supplication. This encourages many fasts, but God seemingly did...

  • Sermon

    John N. Brittain
    I had a much-loved professor in seminary who confessed to some of us over coffee one day that he frequently came home from church and was so frustrated he had to go out and dig in the garden, even in the middle of winter. Robert Louis Stevenson once recorded in his diary, as if it were a surprise, "I went to church today and am not depressed." Someone has said, "I feel like unscrewing my head and...

  • Sermon

    Charles L. Aaron, Jr.
    Sometimes when we read a passage of scripture, we may need to pay careful attention to who in the text is speaking. Our understanding of the words themselves may change, depending on whose mouth they come from. If we are reading Job, we need to know which character is speaking in the passage. If Job's friends are talking, we know their words cannot be trusted. They are too self-righteous....

  • Sermon

    William B. Kincaid, III
    Of all the pressing questions of the day, a sign on one person's desk asks, "How much can I sin and still go to heaven?" The question seems amusing until we stop to think about it. Inherent in this question is a bold-faced confession that there is no interest at all in pursuing a life shaped wholly by the spirit of God, but at the same time we do not want to be so recklessly sacrilegious that we...

  • Sermon

    Robert A. Beringer
    A Japanese legend says a pious Buddhist monk died and went to heaven. He was taken on a sightseeing tour and gazed in wonder at the lovely mansions built of marble and gold and precious stones. It was all so beautiful, exactly as he pictured it, until he came to a large room that looked like a merchant's shop. Lining the walls were shelves on which were piled and labeled what looked like dried...

  • Sermon

    John T. Ball
    When pastors retire they have a chance to check out some of the Sunday morning religious television before going off to worship, presuming they don't succumb to the Sunday paper. One retired colleague who has the leisure to monitor Sunday morning television says that churchy television fixes mostly on the personal concerns of the viewers. Anxiety, depression, grief - all important and life--...

  • Worship

    Beverly S. Bailey
    Hymns
    Hail To The Lord's Anointed (LBW87, CBH185, NCH104, UM203)
    When I Survey The Wondrous Cross (PH100, 101, CBH259, 260, NCH224, UM298, 299, LBW482)
    Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light (CBH203, NCH140, PH26, UM223)
    God Of Grace And God Of Glory (CBH366, NCH436, PH420, UM577)
    You Are Salt For The Earth (CBH226, NCH181)...

  • Commentary

    One of the difficulties that confronts us who drive our vehicles is forgetting to turn off the lights and returning to the car after some hours only to discover a dead battery. I have found that the problem occurs most often when I have been driving during a storm in daytime and had to turn on headlights in order to be seen by other drivers. By the time I get to my destination the rain has often...

  • Commentary

    Wayne Brouwer
    Schuyler Rhodes
    Some years ago Europa Times carried a story in which Mussa Zoabi of Israel claimed to be the oldest person alive at 160. Guinness Book of World Records would not print his name, however, simply because his age could not be verified. Mr. Zoabi was older than most records-keeping systems. Whatever his true age, Mussa Zoabi believed he knew the secret of longevity. He said, "Every day...

  • Children's sermon

    Good morning, boys and girls. I brought some salt with me this morning. (Show the salt.) What do we use salt for? (Let them answer.) We use it for flavoring food. How many of you put salt on your popcorn? (Let them answer.) What else do we use salt for? (Let them answer.) We put salt on the sidewalks in winter to keep us from slipping. We put salt in water softeners to soften our water....

  • Children's Activity

    Teachers and Parents: The most common false doctrine, even
    among some who consider themselves strong Christians, is that we
    can earn our way into Heaven by our own works. Our children must
    learn the basic Christian truth that Heaven is a gift of God and
    that there is no way to be righteous enough to deserve it. We
    must rely on the righteousness of Christ for our...

  • Children's sermon

    Good morning! Once Jesus told a whole crowd of people who
    had come to hear him preach that they couldn't get into Heaven
    unless they were more "righteous" than all the religious leaders
    of that day. Does anyone know what that word means? What does it
    mean to be righteous? (Let them answer.) It means to be good, to
    be fair, and to be honest. Now, what do you...

  • Children's sermon

    Good morning! How many of you own your own Bible? (Let them
    answer.) When you read the Bible, do you find some things that
    are hard to understand? (Let them answer.) Yes, I think there are
    some tough things to comprehend in the Bible. After all, the
    Bible is God's Word, and it's not always easy to understand God.
    He is so much greater than we are and much more...

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