Chardon church of Christ

THE BUCKET LIST Ephesians 5: 15 – 21 Did you realize all the things we do with time? We “MAKE” time, and we TAKE time, for things that are important to us. We “SAVE” time with all kinds of gadgets and doodads. We “MARK” time, we “KILL” time, we “RACE AGAINST” time. AND (someone noted) that the worst thing you can do with time, is “WASTE” time. ILLUS: One little girl complained to her mother after...

SOMETIMES the TRUTH HURTS Text: John 12:42-50 A woman was preparing some pancakes for her sons, Johnny, who was 5, and Alex, who was 3. The two boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. So their mother decided that this would be a good opportunity to teach them a moral lesson. So she said to them, "If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, 'Let my brother have the first pancake, I...

WHO CRUCIFIED JESUS? Three executives were being flow across Seattle in a helicopter. When without warning, a huge cloudbank descended. It was too high for the pilot to fly above it and too low for him to fly below it. So he carefully flew the helicopter through the dense mist. As he tried to regain his bearings, he could see a tall building through the cloud. As he flew towards it, he spoke to hi...

ANCHORED or DRIFTING? James 1:12-16 1 One day, a great storm broke out while this man was sailing in his small boat down the Thames, the wind was blowing and the river was raging, so he tried to tie his boat to the harbor wall. The next thing he knew there was a great big cruiser ship which collided with his small boat and substantially damaged his boat. Furious, he yelled, "Are you aware that pow...

Problems In The Church Acts 6:1-14 INTRO: Good morning. I hope everyone has had a pleasant and safe Independence Day. The pandemic situation does put a damper on celebrations and sometimes you have to get a bit creative. Speaking of that, I heard about a minister in a little church who had been having trouble with the collections. One Sunday he announced, "Now, before we pass the collection plate,...

FOR THIS REASON I KNEEL Ephesians 3:14-21 A teacher asked a little boy, “Johnny, tell me honestly, do you say your prayers before you eat?” Johnny replied, “I don't have to, my mom is a good cook! A co-worker asked a friend why he got donuts if he is trying to diet. He said, “Well, I came around the corner where the donut shop was. I told God, if He wanted me to buy some donuts ...there would be a...

When God Has A Mission  Acts 5:17-42 INTRO: Good morning. We are going to continue our study in the book of Acts and I invite you to turn to the fifth chapter of that book from which we will take today’s lesson. Our text will be Acts 5:17-42 . In general, I will use the NKJV or the KJV though I may paraphrase at times. We saw the last time we were together that fear can be a good thing, especially...

Fear Is A Good Thing Acts 4:32-5:16 INTRO: Good morning. This morning we will continue in our study of the Book of Acts. Our text this morning will be from Acts 4:32 through 5:16. I would like to begin with a story. There was a woman who was at work when she received a phone call from her sitter that her daughter was very sick and had a fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get s...

One Thing Leads to Another!  Acts 4:1-31 INTRO: Today we will move on to chapter 4 in our look at the Book of Acts. I’m enjoying going through this Book and examining God’s word for what it can teach me. I hope you are enjoying this too. We saw last time how the Apostles Peter and John were entering the temple and met a lame man by the Beautiful Gate, who they healed. What we are going to look at...

Something Beautiful Acts 3:1-26 INTRO: Good morning. We are going to continue our study in the book of Acts and I invite you to turn to the third chapter of that book from which we will take today’s lesson. In general I will use the NKJV though I may paraphrase at times. Before we go on though, I heard about an Ohio woman who was driving from East Townsend to Monroeville. As she was driving throug...

What Must We Do To Be Saved? Acts 2:37-47 INTRO: This morning we continue in our walk through the book of Acts. The last time we were together we saw how Peter gave powerful arguments concerning the Christ. He quoted from the prophets of old and showed them that they had been fulfilled in Jesus. In his sermon on that day, Peter convicts them of their role in killing the Messiah. Acts 2:36 – “There...

There’s a New King in Town  Acts 2:17-36 INTRO: We are continuing our study of Acts, and today we are in Acts 2:17-36 . Before we start I would like to tell you a story I heard about a preacher who was walking down a street one evening when he saw little Johnny jumping up and down trying to reach a doorbell. The preacher wanted to help so he walked over and pressed the button for the youngster. Af...

Baptism Of The Holy Spirit Acts 2:1-16 INTRO: Good morning. In our study of the Books of Acts the last time, we were in Acts 1:4-26 , we were talking about the days immediately following the crucifixion. This morning we will be going on to Acts 2 verses 1-16 and in general I will be using the NKJV. First though I’d like to tell a story. Three religious men of different faiths decided to combine th...

Thy Kingdom Come Acts 1:4-26 INTRO: Good morning. This morning we will continue in our study of the Book of Acts. Last week we discovered that this Book is really about Jesus. I want to start by telling you a story I heard. There was a couple who after spending a lovely evening out together came home to their children whom they had left in the care of a babysitter. They had a great night out toget...

It’s all about Jesus Acts 1:1-3 INTRO: Good morning. What I would like to do this morning is start a walk with you through the Book of Acts. If the Lord is willing we will continue this walk throughout the quarter. I selected Acts because it speaks so much about the beginning of the church. I’m sure we all realize that this will take a number of lessons. We have possibly all read through Acts more...

Are We Willing To Get Out Of The Boat?   Matthew 14: 22 – 33 Once there was a tourist who was taking a tour of biblical sites, when he came to a beach on the Sea of Galilee, he saw a boat and a sign advertising, “FREE BOAT RIDE TO THE EXACT PLACE WHERE JESUS AND PETER WALKED ON WATER!!!” He boarded the boat and enjoyed the ride to the middle of the lake where the boat captain stopped the boat and...

How Can We Know the Way John 14: 1-6 OPEN: Back in 1950s & 60s, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra played for NY Yankees and became close friends. One day, Yogi Berra invited Mickey Mantle to his apartment, but Mantle... got lost. He stopped at a pay phone and called Yogi and said, “I'm trying to find your apartment, where is it?” Yogi said, “Where are you now?” Mantle replied, “I'm at the corner of 5th...

The Reality of Jesus  Luke 21:1-12 Let me start out with a riddle ~~ A man lives on the 10th floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator down to the ground floor in order to leave the building. When he returns home he takes the elevator to the 6th floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He does this everyday, unless it’s raining. If it rains, he rides the...

That’s All I Want Psalms 23 ; Philippians 4: 11 – 12 For those of us who grew up in the country... we probably knew of someone who raised sheep. One large rancher of sheep once said that there are three levels of stupidity in this world. There’s dumb. There’s dumber. And then there’s sheep. He then said that if someone says that sheep are as dumb as a brick, they are actually insulting the brick!...

I’m Doing Fine Luke 22: 31 – 34 In light of how we are living daily as our “current reality” due to the world wide statistics related to the Coronavirus and how those statistics have affected our daily routines. I am sure there a number of people who ask, “How are you feeling?” And most of the time we answer, “I’m feeling fine.” In fact, I sometimes say, “I’m feeling great!” Forgetting our aches &...

The Tiny Voice 1 Kings 19: 1 - 8 Ever since there’s been a Post Office, it seems that children have written letters to God. Here are just a few of them: One girl: “Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.” Nan observed: “I bet it is very hard for you to love everybody in the whole world. There are only four people in our family and I can never do it.” Norma asked “Did you...

How Do You Want to Be Remembered? 2 Timothy 4: 6 – 8 It was January, 2003, & the Ohio State Buckeyes were playing the #1 ranked Miami Hurricanes for the NCAA National College football championship. The Buckeyes were considered "underdogs" because Miami had a 34-game winning streak - meaning that they had defeated every team they had played in nearly 3 full years! Just before they left the locker r...

What If Jesus Had Never Come?   1 John 5: 11 – 12 & Colossians 1: 15 – 16 Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who shared a passion for art with his son. Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet & many others adorned the walls of the family estate. The widowed father looked on with satisfaction...

When Things Go Wrong Genesis 37: 1 – 28 Years ago there was a TV show called “The Honeymooners”. Jackie Gleason was its star, & Art Carney played his best friend & neighbor, Ed Norton. Ed was a happy-go-lucky, but fairly slow thinking, worker in the sewer systems of the city. And Ed once summed up his “philosophy of life” with these words: “When the tides of life turn against you, & the current up...

Overview of The Bible INTRO: Good evening. It’s good to see you back this evening. This morning we started a lesson giving an overview of the Bible. We thought it might be a good lesson to encourage us to look deeper into things in God's word, and to excite us about this wonderful book. We mentioned that although the story of the Bible is a fascinating story it is also a very simple story and that...