Sermons

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Back to School (an object lesson using a pencil box)

This Back to School children's sermon uses a pencil box filled with school tools to help children think about the tools God has given us so we can learn to know him better.

Evangelism: The Evangelist as … The Rebel Love (Text: II Samuel 15:1-5, 18:5-9, 14, 33)

Calvin Miller

Evangelism: The Evangelist as ... The Rebel Love (Text: II Samuel 15:1-5, 18:5-9, 14, 33)

The Road Most Traveled

Browning Ware

Traffic is heavy, and there are some awesome tragedies along the road, and few escape unscathed.

Freedom: Freedom

William H. Willimon

Freedom: Freedom

Beatitudes: Beatitude Sermon Series Concludes

Alton H. McEachern

Third of Three-part Series

Take Your Temperature (an object lesson using a thermometer)

In the same way grown-ups sometimes take a child's temperature to check up and find out just how sick she might be, as we read God's Word every day, we get a regular "check up." This children's sermon talks about how God's Word and Spirit help us take our spiritual temperature.

The Transforming Power of God (Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17) (an object lesson using a transformer toy and a cocoon or butterfly)

A Transformer can change from a truck to a robot and back again, but a caterpillar, once it becomes a butterfly, can never be a caterpillar again. This object lesson for children focuses on God's transforming power, power that makes us into a new creation.

Faith: Why Doesn’t God Do Something? (Text: Mark Chapter 15 — Selected Verses)

Gary Fenton

Many Christians will not make a total commitment -- or will make only a shallow commitment -- until God does something miraculous. As a result they often run from church to church, from worship style to worship style, waiting for the miraculous to happen so that they will know that God is real.

When the ‘Rude’ Becomes Holy

Francis C. Rossow

"Rood," of course, in the expression "Holy Rood," is spelled "r-o-o-d" (and I see no point for the present in annoying you with its linguistic history; the mention of Shakespeare has done enough to strain your patience already). But permit me today to spell it "r-u-d-e." Spelled that way, doesn't the designation "Holy Rude" capture the paradox of the cross?

Commandments for Ministers

Derl G. Keefer

Malachi spoke to the ministers of his day, and laid down some "Commandments for Ministers."