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3426. Proclaimers Of The Gospel

Philippians 1:12-30

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Maxie Dunnam

... to make your stay here more pleasant, I want to do it.’ Then he asked me where I went to church, and I told him I was a Catholic. He said, ‘Well, I can tell you where the Catholic Church is, but it’s not easy to find. It’s quite a distance away, let me draw you a map.’ So he made an outline of the way I was to get to the church. When I awoke on Sunday, it was raining. It was my first day on the campus, and since it was raining so heavily, I decided not ...

3427. What Really Matters The Price Of The High Calling

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Maxie Dunnam

... on our laurels, but to be energized for the race ahead. Jeri and I, my wife and I, had the exhilarating joy of seeing Eric Heiden win 2 of his 5 gold medals at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid in 1980. I’ve never witnessed anything quite like it. Through the skintight gold suit, you could see the rippling movement of almost every muscle in his body, especially his legs, as he made his laps before us. Straining and stretching toward the final mark, his posture was so beautiful. His posture was that of ...

3428. All This And Heaven Too

Revelation 21:1-27

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Maxie Dunnam

... with confidence to our heavenly bodies realizing that every moment we spend in these earthly bodies is time spent away from our eternal home in heaven with Jesus. We know these things are true by seeing, not by seeing, but by believing, and we’re not afraid but are quite content to die for then we will be at home with the Lord. Do you get the feel of that? The discontent which is a divine discontent, our persistent urge to keep moving, to be transformed and to transform, and even to go on and be with the ...

3429. Saints In The Light

Colossians 1:1-14

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Maxie Dunnam

... a vocation. But there are others of you for whom your job and your vocation are parallel. That’s a special privilege it seems to me — to have a job in the area of your vocation. But it’s often easy to confuse the two. They are never quite the same. For example, many of you teach. Teaching is your job — your profession. Now your vocation, as you perform that profession is to call forth the gifts of your students and to motivate them to learn. In practicing law, your profession is to be an attorney ...

3430. Proclaiming The Gospel

Philippians 1:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... I wanted to communicate authentic caring. While I was mulling it over in my mind, trying to devise a strategic entree, communication was going on up front. It wasn't free-flowing, and it wasn't easy, but this fellow who looked like he didn't quite belong anywhere, was coming through with real concern for Hans, our German guest. Soon I heard him talking about his church, his Christian friends, and how in the past two years the Christian life had taken on deep meaning, and had sustained him through a recent ...

3431. The Primacy Of Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... to kneel and pray God to give us that kind of love. Dr. A. J. Cronin tells of the young couple who came to him in Scotland. She was to have their first baby. When the young man opened his wallet in the consulting room, two cardboard slips fell out, quite by accident on Dr. Cronin's desk. Cronin picked them up and saw they were pawn tickets. confusedly, he explained that he had been working only half-time and had pawned his watch to pay a deposit on the delivery of the baby. Cronin assured him that wasn't ...

3432. Loving The Jesus Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... of us are not guilty here. We don't love the Jesus way. Now and again we find ourselves taking pleasure in other people's sins, gloating over the wickedness of other people. We express this in the way we talk about other people's failures. I'm quite certain that there are more than a few white folks in our city -- maybe some here today -- who got some hidden joy over the accusations about the sexual promiscuity and manipulations leveled at Dr. Herenton. And I have an idea that there was delight for some in ...

3433. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

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Maxie Dunnam

... , just as are the birds and the beasts of the field. Often our dreams, which we cannot control by our will, are an appalling reminder that we have our roots in the animal kingdom. "Isn't it really a comfort that the Bible sees us quite realistically as being higher animals? (higher -- yes -- but animals, nonetheless) That God by no means thinks of us only as dwellers in the top story of creation, as occupants of the penthouse reserved for the possessors of conscience and reason. But that he also knows ...

3434. East Of Eden And The City Of Beginning

Genesis 4:1-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... like to see in this city?", Barth inquired. "Yes," he said. "I'd love to meet the famous theologian, Karl Barth. Do you know him?" Barth replied. "Well, as a matter of fact, I do. I give him a shave every morning." The tourist got off the street-car quite delighted. He went back to his hotel saying to himself, "How about that? Today I met Karl Barth's barber." (Bradley P. Kalajainen, "The One Who Stands Beside You", May 21, 1989) He missed the man -- the man he wanted to meet. But more than that he missed ...

3435. Walk In Newness Of Life

Romans 6:1-14

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Maxie Dunnam

... steak and they stay there." Well, this woman in Melbourne, Australia, was 70 years old. She experienced a dramatic and transforming relationship with Christ at that age. She went to her pastor and told him about her call to serve God. Now what should she do? He didn't know quite what to say, so he told her to go home and pray about it. Well, she did what he told her to do. She prayed, and would you believe -- she came up with a plan. She bought a batch of 3 x 5 cards and wrote on them, "Are you ...

3436. A Fragrant Offering

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Maxie Dunnam

... to hear what was being said and defensively protested: "I'll have you know that I've had twelve years of teaching experience." Because the supervisor was concerned for the teacher and recognized her potential as a master teacher, he replied, "That's not quite true." Haven't you had instead one year of experience and eleven years of repetition?" His love was tough, and his remark opened the door to an incredible career for that woman. So, because it hangs tough, love sometimes has to do the painful thing ...

3437. The Future You Hope For

Jeremiah 29:1-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... in order to select a set we like better. According to Hassidic legend, in the end, we freely choose our own personal set of sorrows once more. That's a charming way of saying that when we see the suffering and sorrow of others, more often than not, we are quite happy to keep our own. As true as that is, it brings us back to the quote from Winzell's, "If even half our wishes came true, we would have twice as many troubles." We need to be careful and clear about the future we hope for -- it would be ...

3438. God Is Like A Mother

Isaiah 66:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... get letters all the time addressed Miss Maxie Dunnam. Now that's made a little more probable to strangers when they see Maxie and Jerry Dunnam on a piece of paper, with the Jerry spelled with a "J". But I'm Maxie. That's it, and my Dad isn't quite sure where he got the name. But you know, I couldn't imagine myself with any other name. Our name is important. There is some sense in which it becomes who we are. When someone forgets my name, I have a twinge of pain, feeling that maybe I, not just ...

3439. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... really began to take off. You see, that man was none other than Issac Watts, one of the greatest hymn writers of all time. The one who wrote, "Joy to the World", and "O God Our Help in Ages Past." But it didn't happen for him until he quit looking around, comparing himself with others, and committed himself to living his own unique life. So, if we are going to learn how to count it all joy -- and move through our suffering and trials to be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing, we need to know that it ...

3440. Who Are Christians?

James 5:13-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... overcome the world" (John 16:33, italics mine). With that kind of assurance, it is no wonder that G. K. Chesterton said that joy "is the gigantic secret of the Christian." Brian Bauknight, a minister-colleague, tells about when he and his sisters were quite young, their father used to love to demonstrate his zest for living by jumping into the air, and then clicking his heels together before descending to the earth again. What he especially loved was doing this at what were deemed inappropriate times. The ...

3441. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

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Maxie Dunnam

... converted to Christianity. After his military time, he returned home as a Christian, couldn't get a job in Budapest, again because his family was known as Christian. He had to go to an out-of the way place where the government was not quite so oppressive in order to earn a living and live with a Methodist pastor and prepare himself for ministry. He has been the superintendent of the Methodist Church for almost 20 years now remaining faithful, living expectantly, and waiting patiently. As I visited with ...

3442. God Who Is Mighty Has Done Great Things

Luke 1:46-56

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Maxie Dunnam

... them had a lot of time to talk. Out of the blue, Dr. Lindgren's junior high son asked, "Dad, what is the toughest thing God ever tried to do?" Lindgren said the question caught him by surprise, and he didn't know what to say. That's quite an admission for a theological professor! But true to the profession, he answered the question by asking a question. "Why, what do you think was the toughest thing God ever tried to do?" "Well," the boy said, "in science class at school, I thought maybe the toughest thing ...

3443. The Church Of Our Dreams

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Maxie Dunnam

... the United Methodist Church, at her best, and in her official position, is theologically sound, but not theologically bound. John Wesley talked about the "catholic spirit". By that he didn't mean a namby-pamby, you-can-believe-anything-you-wish stance. He made it quite clear what he meant: "As to all opinions which do not strike at the root of Christianity, we think and let think." Remember now, Wesley was talking about things that do not strike at the root of Christianity. Does our mode of baptism -- how ...

3444. Baptized...and Baptized

Luke 3:1-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... of repentance as the "no" that becomes a "yes." We talked about the fact that the call to repentance is a call to repent of our sins, but it's also a call to repent of trying to hide from our sins. We never repent of our sins until we quit hiding from them. Also, repentance is more than a feeling. It is a mind-change -- a mind-change that involves admitting we have been wrong in supposing we can manage our life as if we were God. A second aspect of the mind- change is the acknowledgement that we have ...

3445. At The Fork In The Road

Luke 4:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... have to make a decision as to which direction we are going to go. Do you remember the story of the woman who was trying to get into a parking space in a heavily congested lot one Christmas. She tried to manipulate her beautiful, long, sleek Cadillac, but couldn't quite get the angle needed to squeeze into the space. Finally she backed a good distance back, and swung out as far as she possibly could. But then, just as she was ready to point the nose of her car toward the space, a young guy in a bright little ...

3446. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Luke 22:39-46

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Maxie Dunnam

... : Zen, faith-healing, human potential, para-psychology, successful living, choreography in the chancel, Armageddon. We'll try anything -- until something else comes along. I don't know what it has been like for pastors in other cultures and previous centuries, but I am quite sure that for a pastor in Western culture in the latter part of the twentieth century the aspect of world that makes the work of leading Christians in the way of faith most difficult is what Gore Vidal has analyzed as "today's passion ...

3447. The Stone Was Rolled Away (easter)

Luke 24:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

"One day a teacher was asking the kids in her fourth grade class to name the person whom they considered the greatest human being alive in the world today -- and the responses were quick in forthcoming and also quite varied too.A little boy spoke up and said, "I think it's Joe Montana. He led the 49ers to another Super Bowl win this year." A little girl said, "I think it's Mother Teresa because she cares for people who are dying and doesn't get paid for ...

3448. Speak And It Will Be

Luke 7:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... estimate of worthiness that comes from judging outward signs. The elders of the Jews wanted Jesus to know that the Centurion was worthy of his attention. What made him so? "He loves our nation," they said. "And he built us a synagogue." Now this was quite remarkable for that day -- that a centurion, a Gentile -- would be friends with the Jews. The rule of the day was not love and respect, but rather hatred and contempt between Jews and Gentiles. But these Jews felt good about the Centurion-- they measured ...

3449. Let Your Soul Catch Up

Luke 10:38-42

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Maxie Dunnam

... — a graphic reminder of Jesus’ life broken and poured out in love for us. But this story in Luke’s Gospel is a bit different. It seems that these two sisters, Mary and Martha, have a household. At one point in Jesus’ public ministry, he and, quite likely, some of his disciples came to Mary and Martha’s household and stayed with them. Martha was busy with all the things that hostesses have to do. She was cleaning, cooking, baking, and attending to the needs of her guests. Mary, on the other hand ...

3450. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Isaiah 1:1-31

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Maxie Dunnam

... to him as she went about her work. Finally, the man with rising voice declared: "Jesus is coming sooner than you realize -- young lady." The expression on the waitress' face did not change as she mumbled with an edge of sarcasm: "Maybe I'd better quit early, go home and clean house." Is the waitress' response too casual for you? Too sarcastic? Well, maybe. But think about it. However serious the young woman was, her point is well taken. If Jesus is coming, we'd better get ready. Our Scripture lessons ...

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