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2901. The Stone Was Rolled Away (easter)

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 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 ...

2902. When Jesus Comes

Luke 8:22-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in our life. So, let me close. Throughout the preparation for this sermon, another question kept interposing itself. Not what Jesus does for us when he comes, which is the theme of this sermon, but what do we do in response to Jesus when He comes? That may be the biggest question. What do we do in response to Jesus when He comes. As that question hovered around the edges of my mind, my memory kept calling me back to an old poem by G. K. Studdert Kennedy. He was one of the great unconventional preachers in ...

2903. More Tolerable For Sodom And Gomorrah

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... very ground. That is where we got our image -- Shake the Dust Shuffle. It was an act of judgment on the part of the disciples. They would do their work, as well as they could do it, sharing the gospel, healing the sick, ministering to everyone who would be responsive -- but those who refused would come under the judgment of God. And the disciples were to remind them of that fact. Listen to verses 11 and 12 of our text again: "Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against ...

2904. As Real As It Gets

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... where it is today with our scripture lesson. Jesus' call is "as real as it gets": "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God." Jesus is talking about discipleship, about following Him. This particular word is His response to three men who said they wanted to follow, but gave reasons why they couldn't do it then. Let's look at these three men and their excuses. I. A Victim of Impulsiveness The first fellow was a victim of impulsiveness. No one ever followed Jesus under ...

2905. When You Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to you. Everyone who asks receives and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened.” As already indicated, one of our biggest problems in a consistent prayer life is no answers, or apparent no answers. Or, what appears to be a “delayed response from God.” Our approach to prayer is too mechanical. Our question is “Does it work?” And we seek answers to the question out of a distorted notion of what it means for prayer to work. I don’t want to over-simplify. But here is a simple ...

2906. A Pattern For Giving And Living

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you the richest person in Princeton. Your name will soon be listed among the wealthy and prestigious people of Princeton. All you have to do is take a six-year subscription to LIFE and your name will be added to the drawing. You may win!" "The psychiatrist wrote a response to this offer which was a gem of rhetoric. "In your letter, you offer to make me the richest man in Princeton. I want you to know that I am the richest man in Princeton. In addition to this, I enjoy a quality of life so exciting, it makes ...

2907. The Grace Question: Are You A Teacher...and Yet Do Not Understand?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... man, bringing fine linen and a bountiful amount of expensive spices to anoint the body of one who had died as a common criminal. Was he still mystified as he had been when Jesus told him that he must be born again? Was he still puzzled by the response of Jesus when he pressed his question about how one could be born again? Jesus' answer had been totally unsatisfying for his rational mind: "The Spirit blows where it wills -- you feel it, and you hear the sound of it -- but you don't know from where it ...

2908. The Wholeness Question: Do You Want To Be Made Well?

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... funds, and pay no price for it, we wonder why we should even take the time to vote? When persons are named to care for one of the most crucial areas of need in our city, public housing, and it is discovered that he has not been responsible paying his own taxes, we wonder what sort of people are minding the store. Where are we in our nation when after Super Tuesday, a woman is questioned on national television about a presidential candidates sexual indiscretion and she responds, "That doesn't bother me. All ...

2909. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Three, our minister of missions, James hasn't heard me say this, James, don't close your ears. James Loftin and some of the rest of you are going to have to spend enough Russia to make the contacts and learn from the para church groups there who are responsible and with whom we can work in order that we might give ourselves in the planning of churches in order that those people who are being won to Christ might be discipled and brought into a community of faith where they can grow and be nurtured, but also ...

2910. The Danger Of Straying From Home (Father's Day)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 've done a very destructive thing. I've heard the story told on so many occasions and in so many different ways, that if it isn't true, it ought to be. There was a man who was suffering from a general decline of vitality and energy. His "couch potato" response to existence, drove his wife to depression and despair. He didn't know what to do with her, so he did what most of us would do, he took her to a doctor, a psychiatrist. It didn't take the psychiatrist long in conversation with the two of them, to ...

2911. Fair Weather Friends

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ? Just another classic case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Do I show my concern for the needy, of the folks that are living outside, am I just pure greedy, Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde? To be a friend we must share ourselves -- our feelings, our time, our responsibilities. Paul put it clearly, in his letter to the Galatians, "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." Three, I would say, to be a friend, we must share faith. Research continues to prove over and over that no single factor more deeply ...

2912. You Can't Tell A Book By Its Cover

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... quickly than self-pity. A poor-me stance makes redemptive relationships with others impossible. An overdose of self-pity results in this kind of response to others: If you really knew me, you wouldn't love me.Anything that goes wrong is my fault.To be lovable I must ... . We are not willing to run risks in relationships. Why should we involve ourselves with the poor? "They should be more responsible." "They could get a job if they wanted it." "Nobody ever gave me anything, and I made it." "Why should we keep ...

2913. A Rod For The Back Of Fools

Proverbs 25:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... names, without warning the preacher sang out, Do you love Jim Clark -- the Sheriff?" The people at first were stunned. They hesitated on the certainly Lord. But the preacher wouldn't let them off. He repeated it, "Do you love Jim Clark?" And the response came a little bit louder, a little bit stronger, certainly Lord. But the preacher pressed them, "do you love Jim Clark?" By then the point had sunk in and the crowd sang, "Certainly, certainly, certainly, Lord." The preacher then spoke his heart and mind ...

2914. Remember Your Baptism

Luke 3:1-20

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 ...

2915. 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 ...

2916. Can a Rich Person Go to Heaven?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... everything else, God comes first. If anything in life comes before God, then we are not following Jesus Christ. If we can buy season football tickets, but cannot tithe, we have a spiritual problem. If we can make a payment on a nicer home, but cannot meet our responsibilities to the church and to the poor, we are worshiping mammon and not God. That’s tough talk, I know, but as your pastor I owe it to you to say it as it is. In one of his LakeWobegon stories, Garrison Keillor tells about a Sunday morning ...

2917. And the Word Is...Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... 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 Church in New York, tells of a wedding he once conducted. Tewell was requested to perform this wedding, not in a church, but on a farm. The ...

2918. Songs of the Season

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... she wants is to tell Mary the joy she feels. She sees herself as a privileged woman, and she wonders why such favors should come to her. Perhaps the best evidence of the quality of Elizabeth's testimony is to be found in Mary's reply. Mary's response is the glorious Magnificat. If one cannot write a great poem or compose some classical music, surely the next best thing is to inspire such creation from another. I wonder how many artists could credit a spouse or friend for the work of genius which came from ...

2919. A Celebration of Love

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... over the centuries have been used to dramatize the presence of these guests at the first Christmas. The shepherds represent the least and the lowest in society. Their social status was practically nil. And that’s important to us. It reminds us of our responsibilities to the least and lowest in our own society. Perhaps you’ve seen the story that has circulated on the Internet about a family who went to a restaurant one evening and encountered a very awkward circumstance. It’s so beautiful. Let me read ...

2920. The Book that Changes Lives

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... the day. “Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people answered, ‘Amen, Amen,’ lifting up their hands.” This was a lively congregation. I know it’s the custom in some churches. However, if you were to break into an “Amen, Amen,” response in our services, I would probably faint. But the congregation did more than say “Amen” and lift their hands. We read in verse nine, “All the people wept when they heard the words of the law.” They wept! They were moved to tears to hear ...

2921. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ” and “Co-bell”—they are buried there. Co-bell died eight years ago; and Mutt five years ago—I still miss them. On Co-bell’s tombstone are the last words she spoke to Mutt from her deathbed, “I’ll see you.” On his tombstone is his response, “I’ll be there.” A great witness to their confidence in eternal life and Heaven as our home. Last words are important. Listen again to some of the last words of Jesus: Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ...

2922. A Longer Stride and a Larger Embrace

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... shift of rather monumental proportions. The Church will have to change from seeing itself as an institution, or as an organization, to seeing itself as a Movement—an organism. This will require a move from being clergy-centered to ministry as the responsibility of the whole people of God? Put simply, the ordinary Christian is a minister and a missionary. This ministry and mission takes place in one’s personal life—home and family; in societal occupations -- in the workplace and in politics; and in ...

2923. Some Healing Is Up To You

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that is congruent with all that Jesus was, everything Jesus did, and everything Jesus said. He doesn’t violate our freedom. He doesn’t trample on our personhood. He invites us to be saved, to be healed. He calls us into His kingdom but we have to make a response. Now please hear what I am saying. I am aware of the fact that there are stories in the New Testament, of people who are healed without any knowledge of the fact that Jesus is doing it. And there are stories about the faith of one person working ...

2924. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... was Murdock; hers, Cora) -- are buried there. Co-Bell died seven years ago and Mutt five years ago, and I still miss them. On Co-bell’s tombstone are the last words she spoke to Mutt from her deathbed, “I’ll see you.” On his tombstone is his response: “I’ll be there.” A great witness to their confidence in eternal life and heaven as our home. Last words are important. This is not my last word to you – but is my last chapel service as your president Last words are important. So here in our ...

2925. In the Wrong Place At the Right Time

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of sneering surrender to fate. But the word takes on a different meaning when we ponder our scripture lesson and think about Simon. Could it have been that Simon’s immediate response to this awful situation, being compelled to carry a heavy cross through those crowded streets and up a steep hill – could it be that his was a cynical response? “I guess I was in the wrong place at the right time” or, could it be – just think about – could it be that on reflection, the phrase was turned and Simon ...

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