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2876. Don't Forget What You Look Like

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... front of his third farm house. The elderly farmer sat on his front porch gently munching a cracker as he rocked in his rocker. With a flourish the young salesman bounced up the rickety steps to the porch. "Howdy," he exclaimed. "Howdy, yourself," came the response. "Sir, can I show you a catalog of modern farm equipment?" "Nope," said the old farmer. "Well, sir, don't you want to know how to improve your farming methods?" After a few minutes of uneasy silence, the thoughtful old farmer raised his head and ...

2877. The Battle of the Wisdoms

James 3:13-18

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... how we live. According to James, not all wisdom is true wisdom come from above, and we do ourselves and those around us no great favor when we pretend that it is. James recognizes the battle of the wisdoms. While we humans do have responsibility and genuine options concerning the character of our lives, James does not minimize our difficulties. There must be no waffling back and forth. Spiritual death is a genuine possibility. Our cravings for the material things of the world can take over our lives and ...

2878. And When You Pray

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6:5-6). Prayer just the word elicits a wide variety of responses and feelings. Everything from the most pious of responses to the most piteous of excuses, the concept and practice of prayer has evoked much writing and discussion in Christian circles down through the ages. Most of us would profess fairly easily that we believe prayer is important. Most of us ...

2879. Come On Down

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... shoreline, accusations and finger pointing began immediately. In the midst of the fray, a suggestion was made that Exxon's president make a trip to see firsthand the horrible damage to the environment. His response was to imply that such a trip would be a waste of time. He could have gone, but chose not to. The response of people everywhere to this disaster might have been different had the president of Exxon gone and gotten down in the muck, and cleaned and freed a few geese. A Chinese Confucius scholar ...

2880. The Gospel According to Johan

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... Jonah this question; "And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?" (Jonah 4:11). Amazingly, Jonah's response is not given. Jesus ends his ministry, not with a question, but a command, "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything ...

2881. Look Inside and Discover Life

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... that of Dorian Gray, is limited to themselves and their immediate situation. They are not ready nor apparently willing to look inside and discover their true selves. The complaint of the people against Moses and God brings a swift, powerful, and deadly response from Yahweh. Serpents are sent by God to punish the people for their incessant complaints, lack of gratitude, and inability to look at their interior lives and judge honestly the relationship that exists in the community at large and in the hearts ...

2882. The Reality of the Resurrection

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Brett Blair

... too and I also admire Jesus. But there's one slight thing that's wrong. I said the greatest living person, and of course Jesus lived and died almost two thousand years ago. Do you have another name in mind?" And I love the simple, innocent, wide-eyed response of little Donnie. He said, "Oh no, Mrs. Thompson, that's not right at all. Jesus Christ is alive! He lives in me right now!" The greatest affirmation of the Church, in my opinion, is not the affirmation that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. It's ...

2883. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... who claims to be a Christian is a priest. And what is the function of a priest. It is twofold. First, we speak to the people for God. Now that’s our primary task. Everyone of us is a priest and we have the opportunity and the responsibility of speaking to the people for God. Let me illustrate. Last summer, I preached at the Ocean Grove Count meeting. That’s one of the most notable count meeting centers in America. It’s located on the beautiful New Jersey Atlantic coast, and it has been designated ...

2884. Dying And Rising With Christ

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... actual life we live, must be brought into harmony with our new position. And that’s the process of sanctification. A man once said to Dwight L. Moody, “Sir, I am a self-made man.” Moody replied, “You have certainly saved the Lord of a very grave responsibility.” It is the Lord who made us and who remakes us. Two things happened in the fall of Adam and Eve, and in our own fall. One, we became estranged from God. And two, his image within us was broken, distorted, defaced. Likewise, two things must ...

2885. Playing A Role Or Being A Truth

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... eat grass and bleat as they did. It wasn’t long before the tiger cub came to think of himself as a goat. But one day a magnificent king tiger came along and asked the cub what he meant by all this masquerade and all the cub could do in response was to bleat nervously and nibble on the grass. So the king tiger carried the cub over to a pool where he forced him to look at their two reflections side by side. Then he gave him a piece of raw meat to eat. At first the cub recoiled from ...

2886. Breaking The Negative Cycle

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , broken, estranged, unfocused. Every word a negative word. One minister in the group was marching out of step, his one-word response to the world as he saw it was…amazement. He had broken the negative cycle. It wasn’t that he was ... family. This is healthy. If he’s saying no to those things in order to say yes to the demands of maturity. Yes to the adult responsibilities he must begin to assume. There is a place for the negative. And sometimes we need to deny in order to affirm. Jesus marked the way, ...

2887. Living With The Nitty Gritty

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... no spark of creativity or inspiration. Not long ago, the residents along the approach pattern of the Denver airport complained about the noise. The landing of airplanes drove them almost to madness, so they protested. And the airlines issued a response, it was a marvelous response. Here it is. Granted the current state of aviation technology, it remains necessary for aircraft in order to land to come within some proximity of the ground. Isn’t that great. Isn’t that great. It really addresses the issue ...

2888. Such As I Have

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I unto you. It is significant that this is choir dedication Sunday and in the next service we’ll be dedicating all our choirs. It’s also Circuit Rider Sunday. A time when we recognize and express appreciation for the stewardship that God has made us responsible for in terms of the material resources that are ours. A time when each one of us will be asked to share an estimate of giving commitment to the Church for this year. I think those two things are tied together. The fact that we dedicate people ...

2889. Remember Your Baptism

Romans 6:1-14, Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... baptism of an infant is primarily for the parents. It isn’t. It’s for the child, it’s for the parents, and it’s for you and me, as we will see shortly. But it’s a great example of prevenient grace. If parents and the church fulfill their responsibility in relation to the child, baptism becomes a means of grace for the child as the child comes to that point where he or she can claim for herself or himself the faith into which he or she has been nurtured. So what happens in infant baptism is not ...

2890. All This And Heaven Too

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , as we know it, the grave has been defeated and death is swallowed up in victory. Now hear this clearly. The Christian view of reality is not the Greek notion about immortality. Yet that is the way most of us talk about it. We do it in response to that basis discontent, this contorting drive within us for something more. The Greek philosophers were the ones who talked most about the immortality of the soul, and they used a beautiful analogy to explain it. They saw the soul like a homing pigeon taking to a ...

2891. The Power Of Purpose

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , for most of us, relocating is not the key to finding the power of purpose. I know people, and so do you, you may be one of them, who would not toil at their present job another single day if only they could be relieved of the burdens and responsibilities of supporting their family; or if they could find another more meaningful way to do it. For some, going to work is a bitter task; leaving work is like dropping a heavy load off their shoulders. I have great sympathy for such people. I’m sorry that I can ...

2892. Living Deliberately

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the story is not accidental. The scripture says, when the Lord saw that Moses turned aside to see, God called to him out of the burning bush. It was when Moses attended to what he saw that God spoke to him. The height of the mystery is Moses’ response to the happening. The scripture says, ‘he hid his face for he was afraid to look upon God.’ The root of the word mystery is a Greek word meaning literally to shut ones mouth. That’s what it means. To shut ones mouth. This is a part of reflection ...

2893. A Confidence for All Seasons

Psalm 27:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a wide study of the relation between handicaps and achievements, and going down the list of notable men and women, came up with this conclusion, that most of the shining lights of history were made so by their struggles with either some disability or some responsibility that seemed too great for their powers. And then she put down this definite rule as the result of her research. "No one succeeds without a handicap. No one succeeds in spite of a handicap. When anyone succeeds, it is because of a handicap ...

2894. The Gift Of Sleep

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... reasons why I should." "All right," the mother said. "One, the people would be friendly to you if you would be nice to them." "Two, you are 40 years old, and the people don't have to like you. Besides that, you'retheir preacher, and you have a responsibility to preach whether they listen or not." Sleep is an important thing, and many of us take advantage of those hours on Sunday morning to catch up. This morning I am talking about the gift of sleep. We're looking at Psalm 127. Most of us know that Psalm ...

2895. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (ii)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . The reason it is true that a static faith is not an adequate faith is that we are always finding ourselves in a strange land. Have you been following the news account of the "embryo trial" in Maryville, Tennessee? Boy, I'd hate to be that judge. What a responsibility! I have an idea he didn't bargain for this, but it comes with the territory. His name is W. Dale Young, and his assignment is to decide what to do with the seven frozen pre-embryos in dispute in the divorce case between Junior Davis and Mary ...

2896. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... has written poetry, hymns, books on Christian doctrine, and has taught in three or four leading schools of theology in our nation. We were part of a tour group and she was a lecturer. She happened to be traveling with the smaller group for which I was responsible. We missed our plane, because of no fault of our own, and I was trying to make arrangements. We were in Cypress. And I was having some difficulty. It was a frustrating, trying situation. And there was some fear involved because we were stuck in a ...

2897. Declaration Of Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of matrimony. A woman was talking about her marriage. "We've been married for five years," she said, "and we've never had a quarrel. If a difference of opinion arises, and I'm right, my husband gives in." "But what if he's right?", came the question, and the response, "Oh, that hasn't happened yet!" Then there was the judge who said, "The best thing you can do is go home and make up with your wife." The man responded, "And what's the second best thing." The nature of the liberty in which we are to stand as ...

2898. The Ministry Of Making Many Rich

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the community’s most wealthy and influential men. As they were talking about the problems of the world and what a Christian’s response should be, a man rose from his desk and walked to the windows of his penthouse-type office with its commanding view ... , how we use our money tells so much about who we are — but the more important thing is that it tells whose we are. Our response to “Claiming the Promise” will be a part of that story — the story of whose we are, told by how we use our money. What ...

2899. At Home In The Daylight

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , and application of that divine work. It is the sort of thing he was talking about when he said, "Work out your salvation, for it is God that worketh in you." You see, God's light is within us -- the living Christ indwells us -- but, we have a responsibility. We must walk as children of the light. So it's not a matter of not doing what is displeasing, but of doing what is pleasing to the Lord. Do you remember Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager? They were the pilots who completed a globe- circling, non-stop ...

2900. Draw Nigh To God

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... me with a new Cadillac" "Is that right", the evangelist asked. "Oh yes sir" the man responded. "I gave the Lord 10% of everything I made and prayed for a new Cadillac and the Lord came through. Ain't that wonderful?" The evangelist was very pointed in his response: "That's interesting", he said. "You prayed to God, and He gave you a Cadillac. But when His own son prayed to Him, God gave Him an ugly Cross on which to die. You see, there's something contradictory about seeking to be humble and obedient and ...

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