THE TEN SADDEST WORDS IN THE BIBLE (5 OF 5)
Scripture: Luke 2:1-7
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The Ten Saddest Words In The Bible (5 of 5)
Series: A New Look at an Old Story
Donald Cantrell
Luke 2:1-7
Luk 2:7b KJV - ‘‘...because there was no room for them in the inn.’’
Christmas Series ‘‘A New Look at an old Story’’ Sermon
Theme: The world had no room for him then, but are we any different?
I - The Past Situation
II - The Present Scenario
III - The Proposed Solution
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
No Room
Years ago, when the Germans invaded the Low Countries, the officials of a small Belgian community prepared to flee. Their village church contained a famous Van Dyck painting of Christ and to save this treasure, the burgomaster and his wife loaded it on a truck and started for Southern France. During their whole hazardous journey they found no welcome for the priceless painting of the Savior, no roof under which the masterpiece could be sheltered. Because the weather was cold and stormy, they used its large frame and canvas as a shelter from rain and wind, until, months later, it was safely housed.
Walter A. Maier
I have a friend who teaches in the upper peninsula in Michigan. He has one of those schools that run from kindergarten all the way up through eighth grade, including special ed. One of his students was intellectually slow, couldn’t do very well in classes. And when Christmas Pageant time came he wanted to have a part in the Pageant. What’s more, he wanted a speaking part. He wouldn’t settle for anything less.
So they made into the innkeeper. They figured he could handle that because all he had to do was say, ‘‘No room,’’ twice: once before Mary spoke, once after she spoke. The night of the Pageant, Mary knocks on the door he opens the door, and he says in a brusque fashion, ‘‘No room!’’ Mary says, ‘‘But I’m sick, and I’m cold, and I’m going to have a baby, and if you don’t give me a place to sleep, my baby will be born in the cold, cold night.’’
He just stood there. The bo ...
Series: A New Look at an Old Story
Donald Cantrell
Luke 2:1-7
Luk 2:7b KJV - ‘‘...because there was no room for them in the inn.’’
Christmas Series ‘‘A New Look at an old Story’’ Sermon
Theme: The world had no room for him then, but are we any different?
I - The Past Situation
II - The Present Scenario
III - The Proposed Solution
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with subpoints.
No Room
Years ago, when the Germans invaded the Low Countries, the officials of a small Belgian community prepared to flee. Their village church contained a famous Van Dyck painting of Christ and to save this treasure, the burgomaster and his wife loaded it on a truck and started for Southern France. During their whole hazardous journey they found no welcome for the priceless painting of the Savior, no roof under which the masterpiece could be sheltered. Because the weather was cold and stormy, they used its large frame and canvas as a shelter from rain and wind, until, months later, it was safely housed.
Walter A. Maier
I have a friend who teaches in the upper peninsula in Michigan. He has one of those schools that run from kindergarten all the way up through eighth grade, including special ed. One of his students was intellectually slow, couldn’t do very well in classes. And when Christmas Pageant time came he wanted to have a part in the Pageant. What’s more, he wanted a speaking part. He wouldn’t settle for anything less.
So they made into the innkeeper. They figured he could handle that because all he had to do was say, ‘‘No room,’’ twice: once before Mary spoke, once after she spoke. The night of the Pageant, Mary knocks on the door he opens the door, and he says in a brusque fashion, ‘‘No room!’’ Mary says, ‘‘But I’m sick, and I’m cold, and I’m going to have a baby, and if you don’t give me a place to sleep, my baby will be born in the cold, cold night.’’
He just stood there. The bo ...
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