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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.
It was the annual partners... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1995
It was the annual partners meeting to evaluate the associate members of the firm to determine who wo
My family and I lived... -- Luke 13:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1995
My family and I lived on the Gulf Coast of Texas for a number of years, in an area where fig trees h
The subject of a radio... -- Isaiah 55:1-9 -- Third Sunday in Lent - C -- 1995
The subject of a radio talk show was the condition of the world.

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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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Emphasis Preaching Journal

David Kalas
In the sometimes-tiresome debate over science and scripture with respect to creation, it’s easy to become distracted. While the argument typically requires a focus on the how, we may lose sight of the what. And so, for just a moment, let me invite us to think for a moment about what God created.
Mark Ellingsen
Frank Ramirez
Bonnie Bates
Bill Thomas
Acts 8:26-40
As a local church pastor, I was often asked if I would baptize a child whose family were not members of the church. Some churches rebelled against this, but I remember this scripture — the hunger for understanding and inclusion of the Eunuch and Philp’s response — to teach and share and baptize in the name of our God. How could we turn anyone away from the rite of baptism?

StoryShare

Peter Andrew Smith
“Dad, I think you worked a miracle.” Rolf slowly walked around the tree. “After that windstorm, I assumed this tree was as good as gone.”

“We just needed to give the branches time to heal and come back,” Michael replied.

 “I know, but so many of them were battered and broken I figured that it couldn’t recover. Now though it looks just like it did before the storm.” Rolf paused. “Do you think it will bear any fruit this summer?”

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John Jamison
Object: A live plant that produces fruit, and a broken branch from that plant. I used a tomato plant from a local greenhouse. Ideally, find a plant with blossoms or small fruit already growing. If you use a different kind of fruit-producing plant, just change the script to fit.

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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Excellent!

The Immediate Word

Christopher Keating
Katy Stenta
Thomas Willadsen
Mary Austin
Elena Delhagen
Dean Feldmeyer
Quantisha Mason-Doll
For April 28, 2024:
  • On The Way To Gaza by Chris Keating based on Acts 8:26-40. On the way to Gaza, Philip discovers the startling ways the Spirit of God moves across borders, boundaries, customs, and traditions.
  • Second Thoughts: Abiding by Katy Stenta based on John 15:1-8.
  • Sermon illustrations by Mary Austin, Tom Willadsen, Elena Delhagen, Dean Feldmeyer.

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

Jesus is the vine, we are the branches. In our service today, let us absorb from the vine all the nourishment we need.

Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, sometimes our branches become cut off from the vine.
Lord, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes our branches are withered.
Christ, have mercy.

Jesus, sometimes we fail to produce good fruit.
Lord, have mercy.

SermonStudio

Stan Purdum
We will meet Psalm 22 in its entirety on Good Friday, but here the lectionary designates just verses 23-31. The lectionary psalms generally illuminate the week's First Lesson, which in this case is about the covenant initiated by God with Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 17. The nine verses from this psalm, while not inappropriate, nonetheless leave us looking for an obvious connection with the First Lesson.

John S. Smylie
I think some people are natural-born gardeners. Our Lord grew up in a society that was familiar with agriculture. The images that he used to explain the ways of his Father in heaven are familiar to his audience. Growing up, my closest experience to agriculture was living in, "the Garden State." Most people, when they pass through New Jersey, are surprised to see that expression on the license plates of vehicles registered in New Jersey. Most folks traveling through New Jersey experience the megalopolis, the corridor between New York City and Washington DC.
Ron Lavin
A pastor in Indiana went to visit an 87-year-old man named Ermil, who was a hospital patient. A member of his church told the pastor about this old man who was an acquaintance. "He's not a believer, but he is really in need," the church member said. "I met him at the county home for the elderly. He's a lonely old man with no family and no money."

Paul E. Robinson
"Love is a many splendored thing...." Or so we heard Don Cornwall and the Four Aces sing time and again. Of course you or I might have other words to describe love, depending on our situation.

Love. "I love you." "I love to play golf." "I just love pistachio lush!" "It's tough to love some people." "Jesus loves me, this I know."

Love.

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