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  • The Immediate Word

    Dean Feldmeyer
    Christopher Keating
    Thomas Willadsen
    Katy Stenta
    Mary Austin
    Nazish Naseem
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  • Emphasis Preaching Journal

    Mark Ellingsen
    Haggai 1:15b--2:9
    The First Lesson is found in a book which is set early in the reign of the Persian emperor Darius I (around 520 BC), nearly 20 years after the Babylonian exiles had returned home. Work had ceased on the planned rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. The book recounts the prophet Haggai’s efforts to exhort the region’s Persian governor Zerubbabel...
  • Emphasis Preaching Journal

    Mark Ellingsen
    Bill Thomas
    Frank Ramirez
    Haggai 2:1-15b--2:9 and Psalm 145:2-5, 17-21 or Psalm 98
    Talk to the point. The prophets Haggai and Zechariah have been trying to energize the people to shake off their lethargy after years of neglect, after all their talk about how they were going to rebuild the temple when they got back to the Holy Land, and get them to actually build the temple. But now that they’ve...
  • CSSPlus

    John Jamison
    Object: A couple of board games or card games.

    * * *

    Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Great! But, before I tell you our story, I have some things to show you. (Show the games.) Who can tell me what I’ve got here? (Let them respond.) I’ve got some games, haven’t I? (Let...
  • StoryShare

    Peter Andrew Smith
    “Hey Pastor Tom!” Mary waved from in front of the university library. “Are you heading to the flag raising?”

    “I am,” Pastor Tom said. “Are you attending?”

    “Not me — I’m afraid.” She gestured at the Physical Sciences building. “I have a class in a couple of minutes. See you on Sunday!”

    “See you then. Have a good class!”

    Pastor Tom made his way through...
  • The Village Shepherd

    Janice B. Scott
    Call to Worship:
    Jesus responded to a trick question by telling people the good news that after death we live on forever in a new kind of life. In our worship today, let us explore the theme of life after death.

    Invitation to Confession:

    Jesus, sometimes I find it hard to believe in life after death. Lord, have mercy.

    Jesus,...
  • SermonStudio

    Carlos Wilton
    Psalm 145 is known not so much in its entirety, but piecemeal, by those who are familiar with Christian worship texts. Words like "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised" (v. 3); "The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season" (v. 15) and "The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth" have often called us to worship. The words, "The Lord...
  • SermonStudio

    Robert R. Kopp
    When I asked Dad to go to Israel with Mom and me about fifteen years ago, he said, "Son, I've been in two wars. That's enough dodging bullets for one lifetime."

    But after almost two decades of trips to Israel, I've discovered Jerusalem is a lot safer than walking around Yankee Stadium or Central Park. Indeed, I'd be willing to wager a round at Pebble Beach that there are more crimes...
  • SermonStudio

    John E. Berger
    Here is a true story about a strange funeral service.

    The deceased man had no church home, but that is not the unusual part of the story. The man's widow asked for a certain clergyman to be the funeral preacher. The desired clergyman had performed a family wedding a few years earlier. That is not unusual either. It is what is called "an extended church family relationship." In other...
  • SermonStudio

    Richard E. Gribble, CSC
    I fled Him, down the nights and down the days;
    I fled Him, down the arches of the years;
    I fled Him down the labyrinthine ways
    Of my mind; and in the midst of tears
    I hid from Him, and under running laughter.
    Up vistaed hopes I sped;
    And shot, precipitated
    Adown Titantic glooms of chasmed fears,
    From those strong Feet that followed, followed after.
    But...

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