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3276. A Confidence for All Seasons

Psalm 27:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the loss of friends and the loss of whatever social status we have. So the hosts of fear encamp about us. II Given that fact -- the fact of fear -- let's talk about confidence in the midst of trouble and fear -- and how confidence in God's love and care can be our stronghold for living even in the midst of trouble. First, begin at a low rung on the ladder: Some of our troubles are quite manageable. They devastate us because we fear them. Hear that now because it is a key for living, as the Psalmist said ...

3277. Cheers (communion)

John 16:17-33

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in wide-eyed curiosity as the plate of wafers passed down the row. As his father had instructed, he took one. When given the signal, he ate the wafer -- watching his father very carefully. Then came the tray of small communion cups. Now the lad was on the very edge of his seat. He took a single cup from the large tray. Carefully, he studied the small container from every angle. Then, with the broadest smile upon his face, he suddenly raised the cup to touch his father's hand, and said, "Cheers!" (story by ...

3278. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . The flower of love burst into full blossom and Jerry and I became one in marriage. I didn't know it then, but the flower of love is a fragile thing -- demanding a lot of attention. It must be watered with intentional honestly and fed with deliberate care, else it will fade and lose its fragrance. During the early years of our marriage -- perhaps the first seven years -- I didn't give our flower of marriage that kind of attention. At least, I remember, I almost chopped the flower down. We had been married ...

3279. A Love For All Seasons (ii) (communion Meditation)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... clerk aside. He whispered to her that the man asking for the room was Pierre Monteux, who for many years was the distinguished conductor of the San Francisco Symphony. The clerk came back to the desk, apologized and said, "Why of course we can take care of you, Mr. Monteux! Why didn't you tell me you were somebody." Whereupon Maestro Monteux turned to leave, replying, "Madame, everybody is somebody!" So they are -- and if everybody is somebody, then they are worthy of love. The table that is set before us ...

3280. The Rest Of The Story

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the story. Here we see how sin gets at us. Outlining that lesson, note first that evil is ever present in the world. If you read carefully, you can't miss the fact that temptation to disobey God came to Eve from a voice outside herself. It was a clever voice. The ... the branches of the forbidden tree, with wings and claws, while below an apprehensive Adam received the fruit from Eve. A careful reading of the scripture shows that Rembrandt could have been right in his depiction. The serpent was not a snake as ...

3281. A Fragrant Offering

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... The woman responded without hesitation, "So she will know life in all its fullness." The reporter was obviously taken aback by this. He thought it incredulous. With a tone of cynicism in his voice, he said, "How can this pitiful baby know life in its fullness?" And the caring shepherd of this baby said, "She will know that there are people in this world who love her." That's what everybody needs to know, isn't it? And those who are on the Christian Walk must be the channels of that love. That story says it ...

3282. The Day Is Not For Sleeping

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of his speech: The worst thing is that we are living in a decayed moral environment. We have become morally ill because we have become accustomed to saying one thing and thinking another. We have learned not to believe in anything, not to care about one another, and only to look after ourselves. Notions such as love, friendship, compassion, humility, and forgiveness have lost their depth and dimension; and for many of us they represent merely some kind of psychological idiosyncrasy, or appear as some kind ...

3283. The Trance Of Non-renewal

Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the style of his first coming, gently and humbly without notice. But the whole New Testament, no matter what language it uses, expects Him to come again. It leans to the future. It's watching the horizon like a watchman on the wall. So while we need to be careful about how we hear messages about the Second Coming -- we should not close our ears to those messages, because that's at the very center of the Christian Gospel. Jesus is going to come again. And He's going to come at a time when we least expect it ...

3284. The Rejected Cornerstone

Luke 20:9-19

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... " with God, don't we? We hope that God doesn't catch us with a "hot potato" in our hands. But, we had better be careful. Eventually, we are going to be caught. We can't escape. The day of reckoning will come. So, we can't forever count on God' ... was; because He was clear in His mission; He did not back away. Even in telling the parable, Jesus shared his identity. Note carefully how the parable reads. Jesus deliberately removes himself from the succession of the prophets. They were servants. He is the Son. So, ...

3285. The Art Of Borrowing And Lending A Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... anyone would want. Jesus makes plain, however, that we and God have business with each other. God's self-revelation and gift of love in Jesus Christ inaugurate a mission in which we are to share. The same spirit that dwelt in Christ is to fill us. The ministry of caring love lived out by Jesus is to be lived out by us. The Good News of salvation and peace which Jesus embodied, we also are to announce through who we are and what we do. Our gifts and graces from God are needed by God. We are to offer what ...

3286. When Jesus Comes

Luke 8:22-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , and Jesus rebuked them. A first look, or a casual consideration of the story suggests that Jesus' rebuke of the disciples was too harsh and unfair. Wasn't their fear natural? It looked as though they were going down any minute and that Jesus didn't care. Certainly their fear was natural. The more you think about it, the less excuse there is for their lack of faith. Think what had happened just a bit earlier than this experience--just one incident. We preached about it a couple of weeks ago, the Gentile ...

3287. Pay Attention To The Inside

Luke 11:37-54

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... praying for God to keep you humble and at the same time help you to afford that new B.M.W. So we must be careful about our motivations. That's the lesson -- Jesus' call to pay attention to the inside. II. Let me now support that admonition of Jesus ... surgeon in town.” But if you tell him that Mr. Y is the best lawyer in town....envy may begin to perk up unless he's careful. It's in our own field...against our own competitors when room at the top is limited...that envy can pervade our spirits and poison our ...

3288. Growing In Self-esteem

Psalm 81:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... He intended. And what did God intend? You heard it in our Scripture lesson, the eighth Psalm. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers.The moon and the stars that you have established;what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them a little lower than God.And crowned them with glory and honor.You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet. That's pretty clear isn't it? We are taken ...

3289. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... initiative and productivity and responsibility and certain inalienable rights. And those things don't come to people overnight. People have been cared for seventy years. They've been a part of a giant machine, and plenty of them, plenty of them would prefer ... Well brother I'll pray for you". They gave him their attention. They took his hands. They looked at him. They let him know that they cared. And they said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, I give to you in the name of Jesus, rise and walk". ...

3290. The Danger Of Straying From Home (Father's Day)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... aunts and uncles I had never known. Standing there I could smell the coal burning in the engine and I could see the steam and hear the whistle of the train. My mother knelt down and said, 'Now Nels, remember that you have great potential and that God will take care of you.' "When I arrived in America and disembarked in Manhattan, the aunts and uncles who were to meet me were no where to be found. I was let go only to wander the streets of New York City for a week." Sitting down on a park bench, he finally ...

3291. To Live Is To Grow

1 Timothy 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... door of the barroom and called to him, "John, come on home." The man turned slowly and looked at her, then said deliberately, "I am home." That's the way it is in life. We are "at home" in a certain place, among certain people. If were not careful though we become hide bound, closed, shut up, and are never exposed to anyone or anything that stimulates growth. If we're going to grow we need exposure exposure means nothing unless we are open. IV. Let me suggest one other condition for growth. We must have the ...

3292. When the Doctors Can't Help You

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... from getting married. She was not even supposed to go into the temple for worship or religious instruction. She was a despised and solitary woman. And there was no one who could help her. The Gospel writer tells us that "she had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.” The doctors had taken her money, yet had not given her any relief. So, here she is impoverished, an outcast, almost without hope. What do you do when the ...

3293. Can a Rich Person Go to Heaven?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... the lean-to had been. “What is the meaning of this?” the monk asks. The disciple replies, “Holy Father, there was no other way for me to keep my loincloth.” (1) That’s how it happens. As comedian George Carlin has said, “Stuff is important. You gotta take care of your stuff. You gotta have a place for your stuff. Everybody’s gotta have a place for their stuff. That’s what life is all about: trying to find a place for your stuff. That’s all your house is: a place to keep your stuff. If you ...

3294. Two Small Coins

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... I know this is a difficult time for you." "But what bothers me the most," the man continued, "is the two million dollars I had pledged to the church building fund. It’s gone, too." "Don’t stress yourself over it," replied the pastor. "The Lord will take care of everything. He’ll provide a way for us to build the new church." The once wealthy man thanked the pastor, and soon fell asleep. The pastor, however, didn’t sleep another wink that night! Let’s talk for a few minutes about giving. It’s one ...

3295. Faith for Troubling Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... real baby," the nurse marvels to herself. "Jesus was a real baby. It was not just a story. He cried and fussed and messed. He caused his mother anguish. He was one of us, just like us." Then she thinks to herself, "God really cares about us. God really cares about real life." She becomes radiant at the thought. She buttons her coat and steps from the church into the cold streets. She smiles at strangers. Something in her has changed. All that, because suddenly she realized Jesus was real. Jesus is real, my ...

3296. The Divine Opportunity

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... to challenge the established power brokers of the day, and to speak with such directness. Yet, when he spoke of his relationship to Jesus, he was quick to bow in the most dramatic humility. "I can't even qualify to take care of his shoes." Perhaps it was the very strength of his ego which made it possible for him to submit so thoroughly to his supporting role with Jesus. He knew who he was and what he was called to do; and he was at peace with his role. Indeed, he ...

3297. Epiphany: A Faith to Work Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... purely a symbolic act. They question whether it actually happened, and think of it rather as a kind of dramatic parable, to show the power of Christ to bring excitement and renewal into human life. Others say this is a beautiful way of showing God's care for the common business of life. In a way, it is a living-out of Jesus' statement that the hairs of our head are all numbered -- God is concerned about the most routine details of our lives, even though they have no eternal significance. Still others say ...

3298. Epiphany: The Tragedy of Rejection

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... was difficult for them to look at Jesus as outsiders might. But he pressed the issue in way that offended them. Jesus reminded them there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's day, but, for some reason, God chose to use a widow in Sidon to care for Elijah. That stung their national pride and their sense of chosenness. Then Jesus underlined the point by recalling that in the days of Elisha there were many who suffered from leprosy, but that the one who was healed was Naaman, a Syrian. I can easily imagine ...

3299. A Celebration of Love

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... back. No two beings have ever loved so deeply for so short a time. I stood awestruck. The old man rocked and cradled Erik in his arms for a moment, and then his eyes opened and set squarely on mine. He said in a firm commanding voice, "You take care of this baby." Somehow I managed, "I will," from a throat that contained a stone. He pried Erik from his chest--unwillingly, longingly, as though he were in pain. I received my baby, and the man said, "God bless you, ma’am, you’ve given me my Christmas gift ...

3300. On Defeating the Devil

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... a vow -- whether a marriage, confirmation, or baptismal vow. Do you promise? Do you pledge? Do you give your word? "I do." No sweat. The harder thing, as we come to discover, is living out a specific vow in a family or certain community of people. I don't care what you call "the devil and all his empty promises." But I've come to believe that the naïve person isn't the one who believes evil is real, but rather the one who believes evil can be rationally explained away. Do you renounce all the forces of ...

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