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3276. A Fireside Conversation

John 21:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... who are young. Note that his first instruction to Simon Peter was, “Feed my lambs.” Did you know that most of the people who give their lives to Christ do so when they are young? We can never give too much emphasis to teaching boys and girls and being responsive to the needs of young people maybe even going to the point that we do everything in our power to making worship less boring. Young people are at the very heart of what it means to be the church. Maybe that’s what he meant when he said, “Feed ...

3277. Will 2012 Be the End of the World?

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... lifetime are very slim. Now those of you who are heavily into global warming may beg to differ. There is no question that we are in an unsettling time of climate change. We need to take seriously the warnings of reputable scientists, and make responsible changes in our use of energy. Our children’s future may be at risk. The spread of nuclear weapons is also a matter of deep concern. Years ago scientist Albert Einstein warned us that the unleashed power of the atomic bomb has changed everything, except ...

3278. John 5:1-9

John 5:1-15

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... faith is tied both to the limitations of his body and his conviction that only the first person into the stirred up water will be healed. Those two limitations have held him back from healing for almost four decades. Forty years is a long time. Jesus’ response is as definitive as the man’s had been defensive. As is characteristic of Jesus’ healing methods, the one who seeks healing is commanded first of all to take action. In this case Jesus commands the man whose problem is some sort of lameness to ...

3279. Condition Yellow Christians

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... will never, ever again have a completely worry free moment in your entire life. You may have even thought: “I shall never sleep again ... at least not like I’ve slept in the past.” There is now someone outside of yourself whom you will always have a responsibility for, a connection with. No matter if your child is eight or thirty-eight, five or fifty-fifty, or seventy-five, the joy and the worry, the delight and the distress, will be there every day, for the rest of your life, forever. That new worry ...

3280. Acts 2:1-21

Acts 2:1-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of the Holy Spirit, revealing the fulfillment of prophecies, declaring the messianic mission of Jesus Christ, and pointing towards the eschatological finale that God has promised. In the first portion of Peter’s first public sermon, the fiery fisherman begins with a good-natured response to the insinuation that he and the disciples are drunk. Of course they aren’t drunk. It is way too early in the day to be so hammered. Any reader of Luke’s text can almost hear the crowd chuckling back at Peter for ...

3281. No Instant Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... prayer, and I began to pray that God would save me and not let my house be destroyed. Well, I had to evacuate my house, and it was destroyed. I want you to know, you are a liar. God doesn’t answer prayer.” Dr. Angel’s undaunted response was beautiful. “Lady, God was too busy with his regular customers to get to you.” Now, we may not like that tongue-in-cheek theology, but there is something there. We want instant prayer power when we are up against it. We want deliverance now - never mind ...

3282. More Than a Book

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... own name than he would forget the Law. So from his earliest childhood Timothy had known the Word of God. (William Barclay, The Letters of Timothy, Titus, Philemon, The Daily Bible Study, pp. 228—29) It is your responsibility, parents. The church can help, and the Lord knows we try, but ultimately the responsibility is yours. To in scripture, to let it be a blueprint for your life, and to so teach your children that it will be a blueprint for them. Do you remember Psalm 119? Listen to part of it: “How ...

3283. More Than We Are

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... creator, but it by grace that man becomes the Child of God. There are two English words which closely connected, but whose meanings are widely different. There is the word paternity and the word fatherhood. Paternity describes a relationship in which a father is responsible for the physical existence of a son, but as far as paternity goes, it can be that the father has never even set eyes on the son, and recognize him, if in later years he met him. But fatherhood is more than paternity, loving, continuous ...

3284. On the Road with Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

... moment pass… go make amends… go set that right. Go say “I’m sorry and I want things to be well with us!” - But you may say… “It wasn’t really my fault”… well it may not be your fault, but if you are a Christian, it is your responsibility. For their sake, for your sake, for God’s sake… go fix that! Love means being able to say I’m sorry to God… and to other people. (3) THIRD AND FINALLY… LOVE MEANS BEING ABLE TO SAY “I’M SORRY” TO OUR FAMILY. The way families get torn ...

3285. On the Road with the Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the back of my robe. I turned around. It was our daughter, Jodi. She was 8 years old at the time. She had worked her way through the crowd, was tugging on my robe… and insistently motioning for me to bend down. She had something to tell me. My first response was (how shall I say this?) parental!! I thought: “Jodi, Jodi, couldn’t this wait til we get in the car after church? I’m doing big stuff up “up here!” But, I didn’t say that. There was something about that tug… and God was with me that ...

3286. The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... of money. She was about to be evicted from her home. Dr. Morgan's heart went out to her. He told his congregation her story and they also were moved to compassion. They took an offering for her and the people were amazingly generous. Dr. Morgan was thrilled by their response and he couldn't wait to go over to the widow's home to present her this gracious love gift. He knocked on the front door, but no answer; no one came. He went around to the back door and knocked even more loudly, but no one came to the ...

3287. Give Yourself

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... there are, Moses. You’ve got to get this thing organized. You’ve got to set up an every-member canvass. You’ve got to put some pressure on the people. You’ve got to twist a few arms. You’ve got to make people feel that they’re responsible and even make them feel a little bit guilty. Moses, you just don’t know how few generous people there are out there.” But Moses obviously knew what he was talking about. It was as though he was saying to those people who didn’t want to give, “Forget ...

3288. Being and Doing as the People of God

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... be the people of God s vaguely related to being religious, to being a church member, This is where many of us are today. It isn’t the claim is less real than it has been. The problem is we are frustrated in working out a style of life fully responsive to that claim. We try to work it out in a lot of ways. The most common mistake most of us make it to reduce the Christian way to a set of do’s and don’ts. Mostly don’ts. Those negative restrictions change from generation to generation. But always ...

3289. The Church: The Dwelling Place of Wonder

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... questions: One, “Do you confess Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, and pledge allegiance to His Kingdom?” Two, “Do you receive and profess the Christian faith as contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments?” We assume that a positive response to these questions are essential as a Christian affirmation of faith and for membership in the church. The Church is the Dwelling Place of the Wonder of the Gospel — where the faith once delivered to the Saints — the faith that has come to ...

3290. Discipline and Means of Grace

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to excite them to an earnest examination of their lives, to such zeal and care and concern after Christian perfection as they use in any matter that has gained their heart and affections. Responsibility and grace are the twin pillars that support the foundation of the Christian life. At times, we will be tempted to shirk responsibility. At other times, we may forget about grace. The latter is as much a temptation as the former. As fallen men and women, we can only progress so far, but we can progress. That ...

3291. Born Again

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , the unsettledness in his soul, the gnawing conviction that something was lacking in his life. He not only heard John’s preaching, like others, he no doubt heard the rumors that John was the Messiah. He may have even questioned John about that and heard John’s response: “No, I’m not the Messiah; the Messiah is coming after me, he is mightier than I, in fact, I am not even worthy to unlatch his sandals. I baptize you with water unto repentance, but he that is coming after me is mightier than I; He ...

3292. The Ministry of Unbinding

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is sufficient, divine power will not be put forth. Let me lodge in your mind what may appear to be an irreverent truth: Is it possible to be too dependent upon God? Get that…Is it possible to be too dependent upon God? Don’t jump to giving a response now. Let’s be clear about it. I’m not supporting that folk philosophy that God helps those who help themselves. I know full well that the message of the Gospel is that God helps those who are helpless – not just those who are down –and-out-helpless ...

3293. Some Second Thoughts about Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... have plenty left, while the widow had given everything that she had.” (Barclay, The Gospel of Mark, Daily Bible Study, p. 316). It is one of the clearest lessons we have from Jesus about giving. It is a poignant lesson for us as we think about our responsibility to the ministry of our church. The call is not for equal giving, but equal sacrifice. Have you heard of the mother who received a note from her son’s teacher concerning the discipline problems she was having with the boy? The mother sent a reply ...

3294. There Is a Price for Everything

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... centers, which is designed to reach the young people who live in the inner city, a housing ministry that will go beyond the two houses we have been building each year, to a partnership with other churches that hopefully is going to make a dramatic response to the housing needs of this community. And we could go on and on - and we are not neglecting our own here in this congregation — we are not: neglecting the Christian training, the spiritual nurture of our own membership. Our care for children - our ...

3295. The Burning Bush

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... brings these tragedies – the point is that God uses tragedies to get our attention. Now there are all sorts of ways that God gets our attention. I’ve known some couples ho have given God their attention when their first child was born. The miracle of birth, their responsibility as parents, the binding of their lives in the event – all combine to call their attention to the fact of God and their need to be in relation with God. I’ve known a few people…very few and I’m sorry for that, but a few ...

3296. The Reluctant Prophet

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I think will surprise you – because I have an idea that most of us concentrate on all the excuses that Moses made and really do not get down to the heart of the matter. So, the first truth is this: In the Christian life, in our response to and relationship with God, most of us do not arrogantly aspire for too much, we sheepishly settle for too little. So, we are onlookers to God’s activity in history — spectators and recipients — but not actors and participants. Have we forgotten the word of Jesus ...

3297. Live the Questions

Exodus 5:22--6:12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , that I should heed his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go.” There followed after this a period of brutal oppression. Pharaoh set his jaw in opposition to Moses and the exodus of the Hebrews. His response was to make the work for the Hebrews even heavier. They were slaves already, for the most part, but now Pharaoh decided that he would rub that fact in. So he made the slaves find their own straw to make their bricks and yet the quota would remain the ...

3298. Fresh Every Morning - A Test

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... couple was sued by the parents of the child. A court trial took place. On the stand, this woman was asked whether the dog ever frightened other people or not, by growling at them and threatening to bite them. The lawyer, according to this woman, short-circuited her response, and she felt that she had not been able to tell the whole truth. She’s been plagued by that every since - guilt has eaten away at her soul, because she has felt through these years that she lied on the stand. She was in a quandary as ...

3299. Whatever Happened to Respect?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ceased. We never had that very important thing - fun. Oh, we had love, or what we thought was love. Prompted on my side by an ever-present fear of my mother and pity for my father, and prompted on their side by the thought that I was their responsibility and if I went wrong, they would be punished by God…What is the result of this excellent upbringing? I’m eighteen years old, drink whenever I get the chance, have smoked pot, and as of a very eventful Thanksgiving vacation, am no longer a virgin. Why ...

3300. Being the Lord's Instrument

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with: 1. being the Lord’s instrument; 2. Being the Lord’s intercessor, and 3. being inter-dependent with the Lord’s people. Let’s concentrate on one of those lessons today: BEING THE LORD’S INSTRUMENT Look again at verses 5 and 6. This was the Lord’s response to Moses when he cried out to him. “And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the rod with which you struck the Nile, and go. Behold, I will stand before ...

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