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Bill and Tom are cousins... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2007
Bill and Tom are cousins born only ten days apart. Growing up they became best friends
It's an assumption we make... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2007
It's an assumption we make often. We're standing firm. We know we're right and God's
A Christian said to a... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2007
A Christian said to a suffering person, "God must have a reason." Such speculation ranks
Hope -- I was visiting a... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2007
Hope -- I was visiting a patient one day at the hospital following a major setback
In Luke 13, Jesus answers... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2007
In Luke 13, Jesus answers a question everyone struggles with. Are disasters God's way of
Since the book of Job... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2007
Since the book of Job, people have been pointing fingers at the sufferer. The old Jewish
While coaching a girls softball... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2001
While coaching a girls softball team, I was determined that one girl should be cut.
A church was having a... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2001
A church was having a youth retreat.
Galileo, 1564-1642, the great Italian... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2001
Galileo, 1564-1642, the great Italian astronomer and physicist, challenged Aristotle's position that
Thirty-three-year-old Gary... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2001
Thirty-three-year-old Gary Hawkins had always lived in the fast lane.
Who is our spiritual... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2001
Who is our spiritual rock?
Don't make the same mistakes... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2001
"Don't make the same mistakes I made," Jim said to his son on his wedding day.
The text attests to God's... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2001
The text attests to God's provision of all that is sufficient for the challenges one faces.
Allen was alone in the... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 2001
Allen was alone in the house. No one would be back for three hours.
Our actions paint the true... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1998
Our actions paint the true picture of who we are. I know of a church that had a softball team.
When you are invited to... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1998
When you are invited to a wedding, it is expected that you will show up in the appropriate attire.
1) A young student, studying... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1998
(1) A young student, studying in America, zeroed in on American thinking about heaven when he said,
A Christian family was once... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1998
A Christian family was once traveling by airplane.
Why? is a favorite question... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1998
"Why?" is a favorite question we often ask when unjust suffering shatters innocent lives.
What pastor has not heard... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1998
What pastor has not heard some person, who has faced difficulties and troubles, say in effect, "The
The daughter brought her bad... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1998
The daughter brought her bad attitude to breakfast.
I can overcome anything but... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1995
"I can overcome anything but temptation," Oscar Wilde once said.
Neil Postman has sounded an... -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1995
Neil Postman has sounded an alarm that the brave new world of which Aldous Huxley warned has arrived
Fruit growers have years of... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1995
Fruit growers have years of expenses before they reap even one harvest.
Condemnation of others may be... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1995
Condemnation of others may be a judgment upon ourselves.

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The Godness Of God -- Exodus 3:1-8b, 10-15 -- John R. Brokhoff -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1976
Ex-Senator Sam Ervin tells about a man known as the most ignorant man of Burke County, North Carolin

The Immediate Word

A Working Faith -- Luke 13:1-9, Isaiah 55:1-9, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Psalm 63:1-8 -- Carlos Wilton -- Third Sunday in Lent - C
Many of our everyday religious words are notoriously difficult to define, which suggests that we oft
A Skeleton In God's Closet -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13:1-9, Isaiah 55:1-9, Psalm 63:1-8 -- Scott Suskovic, Thom M. Shuman -- Third Sunday in Lent - C
As you are no doubt aware, the controversy over the "Jesus family tomb" has generated quite a bit of

The Village Shepherd

We Are What We Eat -- Isaiah 55:1-9 -- Janice B. Scott -- Third Sunday in Lent - C
The government has finally woken up to the fact that the health of our children in this country is t
Justice Or Forgiveness? -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Janice B. Scott -- Third Sunday in Lent - C
During the 1987 Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, a bomb planted by the I
All These Things Are Sent To Try Us? -- 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 -- Janice B. Scott -- Third Sunday in Lent - C
I took a funeral a while ago, where the person had died suddenly and in rather horrific circumstan

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John Jamison
Object: This is a role play activity.

Note: You will need to select six children to play roles in this activity. If you have a smaller group, you might ask some older youth or even adults to play the parts of the two attackers and the man being attacked. I will give suggestions for how they can play their roles, but feel free to help your children make the story as fun and memorable as you can. I have used boys and girls in the various roles, but you can change those however you want to change them.

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The Immediate Word

Dean Feldmeyer
Katy Stenta
Thomas Willadsen
Christopher Keating
George Reed
Mary Austin
Nazish Naseem
For July 13, 2025:
  • Samaritans Among Us by Dean Feldmeyer based on Acts 2:1-21. Samaritans were despised and dismissed by the original audience who first heard Jesus tell this parable. Who are the Samaritans in our lives and how does this parable apply today?
  • Second Thoughts: The Helpers by Katy Stenta based on Amos 7:7-17.

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Frank Ramirez
I say, “You are gods,
    children of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals
    and fall like any prince….”
(vv. 6-7)

There have been any number of brother-sister acts that achieved a measure of fame. Take the Carpenters, famed for their singing, musicianship, and songwriting skills. Also worthy of mention are John and Joan Cusack who have acted together in over sixteen films.

Emphasis Preaching Journal

Wayne Brouwer
An ancient legend tells of a remote mountain village where people used to send their senior citizens out into the woods to die. The villagers had an eye to the future; they felt that those beyond a certain age would only slow down progress or use up valuable resources to no economically profitable end. Those who reached a certain age weren’t “put out to pasture” or “put out of their misery”; they were simply put out of other people’s way.
Mark Ellingsen
Bill Thomas
Frank Ramirez
Amos 7:7-17 and Psalm 82
The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It is more than 2,700 feet high—over half a mile tall. It has 160 floors and is twice as tall as the Empire State Building in New York City. It is home to the world’s fastest elevator which reaches speeds of forty miles an hour. The Burj Khalifa also hosts the world’s highest outdoor observation deck (on the 124th floor) and the world’s highest swimming pool (on the 76th floor).

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Mabel hummed a familiar hymn tune as she made her way to church. She always enjoyed her Sunday morning walk. It was one of the few times she felt safe to walk alone through the inner city, for she knew nobody would be up at 7.45 in the morning. Today was a particularly beautiful morning, with blue sky, warm sunshine, and the song of a few intrepid blackbirds who still inhabited the city.

SermonStudio

James Evans
Often, a distinction is made between the pastoral or priestly work of the church and the prophetic work. Pastoral care has to do with the care of souls, the offering of comfort in times of loss. The priestly character of pastoral work seeks to mediate the presence of God to those who are hurting.

Schuyler Rhodes
Trusting is never easy. Even in the best of relationships, people step into trust slowly. There is wariness -- questioning -- worry. What happens if trust is betrayed? What if this doesn't work? Sometimes it's like a dance. We step in and out of trust, moving to the rhythms of fear. For many, the routine is achingly familiar. Indeed, it's not easy to trust.
John Jamison
It was back in the days when the railroad was the most common mode of transportation. There were automobiles, and some airplanes, but the steam locomotive was the way most folks traveled and the way that most of the goods were distributed around the country. After dinner, people sat in the drawing room and listened to the radio programs, fading in and out from some faraway location, over the magical broadcasting signal.
Robert Leslie Holmes
Not many tourists to Washington, D.C., look for the Federal Bureau of Standards offices. It's the Capitol and the White House, the Supreme Court Building or the Smithsonian most of us want to see when we go there. Yet, at the Bureau of Standards offices something very important is stored, something that impacts your life and mine every single day. Have you ever bought the materials for a new project? When you did, most likely you purchased so many inches or feet or yards. Or, you stopped to buy gasoline for your car and purchased it at a certain price per gallon.
David O. Bales
I have the two best jobs in the world. I teach social studies at Leon Griffith Junior High School (a fairly small junior high) and I am Sunday School Superintendent at Calvary Presbyterian Church (an enormous church school). Each job is my vocation. I tell people that at school they'll find my room where the halls cross. At church they can look but probably won't find me. I'll be in someone's classroom. At each job I practice what I most deeply believe: it's how you see the world that determines how you respond to it. I'll give you an example, actually, two examples.
Erskine White
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed,
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
(Stuart K. Hine)

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