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2476. Let Your Soul Catch Up

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... guests. Mary, on the other hand, lifted not one finger to help. She sat at Jesus’ feet and listened to the conversation and the teaching there. Now reading this story with our 21st century cultural spectacles on, we might grow somewhat disappointed in this character Mary for her unconcern for her sister’s labors. We would have reason to think that she was inconsiderate or rude to her sister. But if we had been first century Palestinian Jews, we would have seen Mary’s behavior in a much more profoundly ...

2477. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the next speaker, his polar opposite. A dissident who specialized in writing political satire. Slovenly dressed, ungroomed, and passionate. Bald headed but as Yancey described him, spectacular two inch eyebrows. He looked as though he had just stepped out of a Dovesky novel. And this character spoke loudly. He had a stutter. Odd to hear a stutter in a foreign language. Just as he would reach a climactic point, he would hang up on a word, and he said in a loud voice, "You are our ssssalvation. And then he ...

2478. What If

1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to write a story for little Kay and illustrate it with some of the most beautiful watercolors she has ever done. Once each week for eight or ten weeks, she sent little Kay a sequel to the story -- a story about a little girl named Kay who played with imaginary characters down by the creek behind our house. One of the most precious things she has ever done. Jerry never heard from Kay. She even tried to get in touch with her by phone, but was unable to do so. I'm quite certain that little Kay died. But I'm ...

2479. What Do You Want To Be Like When You Are 65?

Proverbs 3:1-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... desired, I would want to be the man George Bernard Shaw could have been, but wasn't." Do you get it? We can be the sort of person we want to be if we make that decision now, and begin to practice habits that will shape us into that person. Character doesn't come naturally; it is the expression of accumulative habit. It's a very practical proverb. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths.". It's our ...

2480. You Can't Tell A Book By Its Cover

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... tell a book by its cover. Most of you have heard that proverb: "You can't tell a book by its cover." It's a warning about superficial judgment, about measuring a person by the obvious exterior signs that are easy to observe. It's about assessing the character of a person by the mask the person may wear in public. I believe that many of the people who are with - holding their assessment of Ross Perot and his candidacy for President are paying attention to this proverbial admonition, "You can't tell a book by ...

2481. All This And Heaven Too

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... died, his body was placed in a rough, hand-made casket. Even though no preacher was among them, the family and friends gathered for a funeral and their minds inevitably turned to God in the mystery of death. And one of them turned to Penny, the one character in the book who stands out and stays clean in the midst of that primitive surroundings of hardship. And that one said, Penny, you’ve had Christian raising, we’d be proud that you’d say something. Penny stood at the open grave and lifting his fact ...

2482. Adopted! (New)

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... a legal heir. The person who was adopted was treated as having all the privileges of an only child. Donald Grey Barnhouse in his book, Let Me Illustrate, explains the Pauline concept of adoption by citing an illustration from The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas. A character named Lucia tells about a ceremony which was held for her older brother in which he was acknowledged publicly as the son of his father. As they all assemble in the forum to see Marcellus step forward to receive the white toga of sonship, his ...

2483. The Problem with Signs

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... was subjected to all manner of humiliation and torture. She watched her sister die there in that camp. And yet later Corrie ten Boom would write, "However deep the pit, God's love is deeper still." Christian faith is rooted in God's love. The Old Testament character Job experienced all manner of grievous misfortunes. He lost his health, he lost his children, he lost his great wealth--and yet he was able to cry out, "Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him . . . "(Job 13:15) Later he exclaims, "Oh, that my ...

2484. And the Word Is...Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... others, they will automatically fill their own deep needs for attention and love. (4) No person can be said to be a whole person who is not able to love as well as be loved. The word is love. When the Bible seeks to sum up God’s character, it simply says, "God is love." (1 John 4:8) Love is our primary responsibility as followers of Jesus Christ. Now, whom are we to love? We begin, of course, with those closest to us, those for whom we are responsible. Tom Tewell, the pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian ...

2485. A Strange Kind of King

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... , tells about one man who deserved to bear the name Christian. In fact, that was his name, Christian X, king of Denmark during World War II. The people of Denmark remember him the way any of us would want to be remembered, as a person of character, courage, and principle. Every morning, King Christian rode without bodyguards in an open carriage through the streets of Copenhagen. He trusted his people and wanted them to feel free to come up to him, greet him, and shake his hand. In 1940 Nazi Germany invaded ...

2486. God's Sneak Attack

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... including a certain newly married couple from Nazareth. See how Luke begins to set the stage for the Christmas story. Rome, not a manger, is at the center of the stage. The Roman Emperor, not a baby, is the star of the show -- or at least the character with the top billing at the start. And the prospect of an Empire-wide tax, not some anonymous birth, is the headline. Luke goes on to tell how the decree from Caesar Augustus prompted Joseph to travel from Nazareth, where he lived, to Bethlehem, which was his ...

2487. The Best Advice He Could Give

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Spirit and with fire . . .” He was speaking, of course, of Jesus. John’s third word was his best one. Repentance is good and necessary, but we can carry it only so far. We can never, by our own power, correct all the imperfections that make up our character. And right relationships are important. But just because your heart is right with your neighbor does not mean that you have an overall meaning and purpose for your life. Look to Jesus. He is the only one who can fill the God-shaped void at the center ...

2488. Jesus, Desirous

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... of John the Baptist at a wild party where anything went. A chicken's head won't matter much. Put it on the chopping block and be done with all this squawking about peace and poor people. How annoying. Herod, by the way, was a character with a notorious reputation for bizarre immorality and rather raunchy party-going. The very last person you'd want your daughter to date. Curiously, the Greek word for "fox" that describes Herod is here rendered in the feminine, which, according to Frederick Buechner, "may or ...

2489. God's Messenger

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... . Now Christ can come again at any hour -- maybe this afternoon, or tomorrow, or perhaps not for years. So the admonition simply is, "Watch!" G. Campbell Morgan, a great preacher of the past generation, once wrote that here is the test of true faith and character. Can we gladly say, "Come, Lord Jesus. Yea, quickly come!" Are we ready eagerly to welcome Christ and to stand before his burning love? Or would we like to put off the coming of the kingdom, with its last judgment, indefinitely? There is a hopeful ...

2490. Growing with God

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... foreshadowing of our Lord, as a decisive figure in the history of God's chosen people. God works through centuries to fulfill his plan of salvation. Samuel grew in stature, which simply means he grew taller, as every child grows taller. We sometimes get the impression that characters in the Bible are not real people. But Samuel was a real human boy, as Jesus was a real human boy. They both grew in height, and Samuel's mother had to keep making a new robe for him every year. As we know all too well, children ...

2491. Return and Be Forgiven

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... than ours. Thus, we always need the revelation of God's thoughts and ways that are illumined for us by the Holy Spirit and spoken to us through the scriptures. Apart from that biblical revelation, we do not know God's ways and will for us. The specific character of God that is emphasized in verses 8 and 9 of our passage, however, is his incredible, forgiving mercy. We human beings do not forgive very readily. If someone has ignored us for most of our life, we have eliminated her from our list of friends and ...

2492. Escape from the Island of Spiritual Sloth

Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... conditions of life." There is quite a bit of material out there referring to the deadly list of seven but by far the most intriguing theological website was one I discovered titled, "The Seven Deadly Sins of Gilligan's Island." I am not making this up. Seven characters on the island. Seven sins. You're welcome to look it up for yourself. The Professor obviously represents the sin of pride. What else are you going to feel after rigging up a ham radio with wire and two coconuts? Mary Ann? Oh, she's an easy ...

2493. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the Gospel is not seen as a life alternative over death. We don’t groan, so people around us continue to experience the Church as a possibility to fill their need for connection and fellowship, rather than a call to repentance and reformation of character – holiness of heart and life. Listen to the Lord, students. You are on a ministry journey with heaven and hell implications. “Son of man, groan. With trembling loins and bitterness shall you groan.” One of my favorite Mother Theresa stories is of a ...

2494. Keeping Our Souls

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... We ask ourselves the question, “When did I have the opportunity to share Christ, to witness, but failed to do so? When did I fail in relationship to others -- to love, to care, to understand, to listen, to support? Did I stand by when someone maligned the character of another? Did I fail to lend my moral weight to a cause of righteousness? And we could go on. Keeping our souls demands vigilance and discipline. That’s the reason Wesley was so insistent on the class meeting. Speaking of the failure of the ...

2495. Let Not Thy Will Roar, When Thy Power Can But Whisper

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I cleaned it because Dr. Mulholland had to go in there and sit at that desk and be the Acting President. And he doesn’t like messed-up desks. Most of your cards and greetings showed that you were aware of the fact that I do appreciate the characters in Peanuts cartoons. One of them had Lucy kneeling beside her bed praying and this is what she said, “Lord, I would pray for greater patience and understanding, but I am afraid I would get it.” Well, my prayer was, “Lord, renew me, body, mind and spirit ...

2496. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... past by crying over it. They don’t cling to it, but they cry over it. Thus they live in the past by nursing old grievances, rehearsing old regrets, wallowing in guilt and shame about what has happened in the past. Do you remember the character, Ms. Haversham, in Dickens story, Great Expectations? Twenty-five years before, she had been jilted by the only man she ever loved? She received a letter from him on their wedding day, calling off their wedding. She was putting on her wedding dress when the letter ...

2497. The Work of An Evangelist

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... He suggested that Paul was a homosexual. He said that, “Every image of God is mythological. The resurrection and virgin birth of Jesus did not literally happen but were just interpreted that way. Likewise, the disciple Judas and Jesus’ father, Joseph, were fictional characters whom the early church created.” It is that kind of ear-tickling that is challenging the church. I have had two experiences recently that have shaken me to the core. One of them came in an all-day “Consultation on the Bible in ...

2498. A Thousand Years Of Ashes

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... about the effects of their choices. Their sense of empathy and remorse motivates many of these hardened criminals to change their behavior. (5) If you have come into this service with a feeling of remorse, that is a good thing. It says something about you and you character. It says something good about you and your search for God. REMORSE IS THE FIRST STEP IN AUTHENTIC REPENTANCE. Now it’s time to take the next step. It is time to confess to God your sinfulness and to covenant with God that you are making ...

2499. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... by the Sea of Galilee” sounds like a morning stroll when it is in fact a divine appointment. Jesus walks with a purpose. This is the day for calling disciples and forming a floating seminary in which watching Jesus operate is the primary form of spiritual and character formation. The call of Christ will meet the lives of men who have been prepared to answer. The Holy Spirit is at work on both sides of the coming transaction. He knows; they do not! 13 Fishing was a prosperous trade on the shores of the ...

2500. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... guides will help out at this point: St. Augustine wrote in the fifth century as Rome was crumbling, “Happiness consists in the attainment of our desires, and of having only right desires.” Clement of Alexandria agreed that happiness is more about our character than our circumstances, “Happiness,” he wrote, “is the practice of the virtues.” Closer to our own time, C.S. Lewis said, “God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing ...

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