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3001. The Lions Are Shackled

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

King Duncan

... carpenter’s nails sprayed with Bactine, an assistant affixed the pastor to the cross, hammering the nails through the skin between the third and fourth fingers of each hand, and between his first and second toes. While a small crowd formed, Reverend Dicks remained on the cross for ten minutes, lecturing about crime and morality. “I would like to say from this cross that I’m disgusted that our senior citizens cannot walk through the streets of the cities they helped to build without being robbed and ...

3002. Morning Has Broken

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... Day and darkness as Night. God's evaluation is not one of finality but of an ongoing process within which it is possible to improve. "Good" here does not mean perfect but that what has happened has achieved his divine intentions. The use of "good" also implies that God remains involved with his creation. The Creator sees what he has created and is affected by what is he sees. God's use of the word "good" to evaluate what he has done begs the question: "What have we done with God's good creation?" Sad to say ...

3003. Going, Going, Gone

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... , who was a loner, wanted to be alone and spend some time alone before he met the living God face-to-face. No matter what the reason was, Elisha stuck with him. For ten years Elisha had been referred to as Elijah's servant, and he resolved to remain Elijah's faithful servant to the end. There is a problem area in this narrative in regards to the "double portion" that Elisha requested of his master. It must be understood that Elisha is not asking to be twice as powerful as Elijah. His request relates to a ...

3004. The Challenge of God Brings Hope

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... been greater. It was a test of his character. Could he perform as he had been trained; would he hold up under the pressure; could he meet this great challenge? The trial was a test of his will as well. In the face of overwhelming adversity, could he remain with his client and give her a fair and complete defense? Although the evidence was against his client, Carlo's perseverance would win the day. The trial took place in a small court room in the village where the crime had been committed. Carlo went to the ...

3005. Look Inside and Discover Life

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... and evil. Dorian locks the picture in his attic, but the image will not leave him. In a fit of rage he kills the artist, Basil Hallward, an act which makes the portrait grow even uglier. In the end Dorian Gray cannot live with himself. His outside beauty remains while inside his corruption grows. The portrait shows the true person the one whom Dorian knows but is unwilling to accept, the one no one else can see. Dorian Gray died as a tortured soul because he had no capacity to see himself as he really was ...

3006. The Paradox of Death

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... says something very profound about what we as a society think of death. We see it as something that is to be shunned and avoided; it is dishonorable to die. Certainly anyone in a normal situation wants to live and desires that all friends and loved ones remain healthy and active. Still, for the Christian, one's attitude toward death must be different. We have been given life by God for the ultimate purpose to return to our Creator. We are on a journey which leads to God, but one can only arrive at the ...

3007. Jesus Brings Us to New Life

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... fall of the Northern Kingdom. The people may well have been uncertain about their future and what God might do with their nation. In response to this possible consternation, Isaiah writes, as we hear in today's First Lesson, in beautiful imagery of how God will remain faithful to the people every step of their journey. God will provide in his house a banquet of the richest foods and choicest wines. God will take away the veil that has shrouded the people of all nations and kept them from knowing and loving ...

3008. Excited!

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

It happened back in 1983. Only eight minutes and thirty-four seconds remained in a game between the University of Nevada-Reno Wolf Pack and the Fresno State Bulldogs. Suddenly Wolf Pack running back, Otto Kelly, broke loose on an eighty-nine yard scamper and a touchdown, giving his team a 22-21 lead. During Kelly's run his coach, Chris Ault of ...

3009. The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... cause worth dying for. If we are to follow the shepherding model as laid down by Christ, then sacrifice must be a part of our faith. It means that the church must now lay down her life for a worthless and undeserving society. It is not enough that we simply remain sheep. Christ is calling us into the roll of shepherd. Jesus asked Simon Peter one day: Peter, do you love me? Lord, he said, you know that I do love you. Then, came the reply, feed my sheep. If we are to be faithful, there is no alternative. Amen ...

3010. Martyrs, Monsters, and Miracles

Acts 9:19b-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... who believe that real change isn't even possible. These people will quickly recite Jeremiah 13:23, "Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.” If Jeremiah were right, Saul would have forever remained a monster. But he didn't. He became one of the most positive, one of the most loving people who ever lived. How did it happen? Even more important, how is it possible for you and me to change our character or to help people we love ...

3011. The Preacher Was Caught by Surprise

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... we might also see what this move by the Spirit did for the church. When Peter baptized Cornelius and the other Gentiles, it opened the church to astounding growth. Soon those from Gentile backgrounds far outnumbered those from Jewish backgrounds. Imagine if Christianity had remained a Jewish sect. Would we have had the same impact on the world? Not by a long shot. Can we not see that inclusiveness is not simply a politically correct approach to life? Inclusiveness is part of God's plan for establishing God ...

3012. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is in readiness that in the next moment he may rise and meet God. But between these two instances, a miracle must occur -- the miracle of the spark of the spirit leaping from the outstretched finger of the creator to the man. Without that spark he would remain a creature of the soil, an earthbound clod. He might be a higher kind of creature -- for this man is beautiful even before he becomes a man! but he would still be something other than a "man", who can be God's child and partner. Michaelangelo portrays ...

3013. The Right Word For Memorial

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I live, you will live also" -- that's present tense. When we look at it this way, the proof of the resurrection is not the empty tomb – but the incredible transformation in the lives of the disciples. That's a matter of record. They remained ordinary men after the resurrection -- but they began to live extraordinary lives. Something had happened to them -- something had come over them -- they were living the resurrection now. "There was a line right down the middle of their life, before and after. Before ...

3014. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Not that nation that’s being established in the Holy land. We are the new Israel. We are the covenant community. Have you been following the newspaper account of the Yahmit settlement of Jews in the Sinai? It has been a dramatic story of a nation remaining faithful to its agreement to return the Sinai back to Egypt as a part of the previous peace negotiations. But more dramatic than that, is the picture of the tenacity and commitment and steel will of the settlers in Yahmit who see themselves as God’s ...

3015. A Forgiving Presence

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... them to overcome. When will we get it clear? The church is not a hotel for saints, but a hospital for sinners. And no church can be pleasing to the living Christ unless she is willing to get her hands grimy, to get some dirt under her fingernails, to remain aloof from a world of pain and suffering, of sin and ugliness, to seek to protect ourselves from those of no reputation or those of bad reputation, is to deny the primary reason Jesus called us into being, to seek and to save those who are lost. Jesus ...

3016. Living With The Nitty Gritty

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 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. The mundane is always with us. If airplanes take off, they have to land. We ...

3017. What If God Is Dependent Upon Our Praying?

2 Chronicles 7:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Prayer is the Continuing Source of Power of Obedience in Love. A second principle has become clear. Prayer is the continuing source of power for you and I to be obedient in love. Prayer is the continuing source of power for you and I to remain obedient in love. Our discipleship, our dynamic for witness moves on this center - obedience in love. How much of our fervor as Christians is dependent upon the circumstances in which we find ourselves. Yet, prayer is that source of strength enabling us to rise above ...

3018. Such A Babe In Such A Place

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in which his crucified body was laid. The soft cry of the infant dies and in its place come the severe commands and the tough summons of the savior. The adoration of men turned into the bitter hatred of rumors. The Christ child in the New Testament does not remain the child of sentiment; he grows into the savior on a cross. We complicate that too, we get it all messed up in theological speculations. We want to know how it’s done, and how one man could take upon himself the sin of us all, and how through ...

3019. Proclaimers Of The Gospel

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... imprisoned, not because he was a criminal, but because he was a Christian. And while in verse 13 the impact of those outside the Christian community is shown, in verse 14, the impact upon those within the Christian community is shown. Because Paul remained faithful to Christ, and continued to witness joyfully despite the awfulness of his circumstance, the other Christians in Rome were much more bold to proclaim the word without fear. That’s what it says in verse 14. They were much more bold to proclaim ...

3020. Servants Of The Servant Who Was Lord

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... word translated “being” in our text is not the common Greek word for being. It describes what a person is in essence. That which cannot be changed, the innate, unchangeable characteristics of a person, through chances and changes and all circumstances, this being essence remains the same. Paul, I think, would not regard as possible, the surrender by Christ of his divine nature. His own experience of the risen Lord was such a vital factor in the formation of his thought, that he who had come to mean so ...

3021. What Really Matters The Price Of The High Calling

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... was so beautiful. His posture was that of perfect balance, gliding swiftly over the ice, and it was as though he was so eager to reach his final goal that he was trying to touch it from his present position. Past laps did not matter, the laps that remained and the goal ahead was everything. Don’t forget the goal of the Christian race – the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Now this does not mean the calls that come to us along the way – the summons to duty here, and unselfish service ...

3022. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of Rome who had become Christians. Paul would have emphasized the word “our.” Our citizenship is in Heaven. Paul was saying to the Philippians, though you are citizens of Rome, you are in Christ’s kingdom now. That was not alone the problem of Philippi, it remains our problem until today. Let me tell you of one person who dramatically witnesses to the case. I met her when I was the editor of the Upper Room. In fact, we published a little book of her poems, and I had a telephone conversation with her ...

3023. This Is Eternal Life (Easter Message)

John 17:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

3024. The Secret: Christ In You

Colossians 1:24--2:5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you are most solemnly charged to do...there in the Big Top, a man is hanging by his teeth, twisting, spinning, spotlights playing over him, the drums beginning to roll. He's going to fall and nothing can be done -- no net -- but in the moments remaining he may yet achieve something remarkable, some glittering stunt, a movement, perhaps of breath taking beauty...any turning away to watch the dancing bears is a betrayal of the dangling man...hold fast, stay with him." Now Wheelis' advice can be adapted to the ...

3025. How May We Come To God?

Psalm 24:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... doesn't get us off the hook. I titled the sermon, "How May We Come to God?". I don't mean by that an initial coming -- or, our conversion -- I mean how may we come to God in our ongoing relationship with Him -- in our ongoing covenant. The emphasis remains: Clean hands – our action; pure hearts -- our attitudes. We are not freed from the commitment and discipline of acting rightly as God would have us act, and feeling with love as God would have us feel, but we don't do it for merit. We do it because our ...

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