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326. The Christian Life Defined By Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... s the kind of life which should characterize the Christian. The word to describe it is – discriminating. To be able to discriminate, to differentiate, not only between the good and evil, but between good and better, between better and best. Excellence is the quality we must seek. The categories of experience within which our choices are being made these days are multiple, and seem to be growing in geometric proportions each decade. That’s the reason Peter Drucker wrote his book a few years ago on Future ...

327. Constantly Abiding

Philippians 2:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... sure about that. The simple ritual consisted of congregational singing, a prayer by someone called upon in the congregation, announcements, sermon, altar call, and a dismissal. Now, our choir would not reflect too favorably on the quality of the music of that worship. But what was missing in quality was more than made up for in enthusiasm – total congregational participation and joy. We sang as though we meant it. And the songs were not pre-selected – worshippers had the opportunity to call out their ...

328. A Life Hidden With Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... life which is in Christ Jesus". This new life is not different from the "old" life only in degree; it is a new kind, a new quality of life. Paul makes the radical claim that this new life is nothing less than a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17). This means at least ... life which is in Christ Jesus". This new life is not different from the "old" life only in degree; it is a new kind, a new quality of life. Paul makes the radical claim that this new life is nothing less than a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17). This means at ...

329. Don't Mess With Mr. In-between

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... our lives and gaining the desire never to do it again. That is the process of gaining earthly wisdom. Of course, the longer we live, the more "hot stove" experiences we encounter; older people are usually wiser people. James is inviting us, however, to employ a quality of wisdom that far exceeds the earthly kind of wisdom." (The Communicator's Commentary, Vol. 11, p. 27) That wisdom has to do with guidance, with living life in the way God designed it. It has to do with knowing who we are as God's children ...

330. Meeting And Mastering Temptation

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... . The biblical use of the word, unlike the modern use of it, does not contain the thought of seduction or entrapment, but rather the putting of a person to a test for the purpose of deepening personal qualities. This then is the purpose behind temptation -- it is God's way of helping us deepen inward qualities and develop our character. Dr. Oswald Chambers says, 'God can, in one single moment, make a heart pure, but not even God himself can give a person character.' It is essential that we are subjected to ...

331. Will The Real God Please Stand?

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

332. The Cross Question: Am I Not To Drink The Cup?

John 18:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... nothing less than the power of God." So, today, on this Palm Sunday, as we enter Holy Week, and as we continue our series of questions Jesus asked, our is The Cross question. There are few scenes, if any, in the New Testament, which show us so clearly the qualities of Jesus as the scene in our scripture lesson -- his arrest in the Garden. Let's get that picture clearly in our mind: It shows us Jesus courage. Jesus didn't run away or hide when his enemies came with their torches looking for him in the garden ...

333. A Strange Kind of King

John 18:28-40

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King Duncan

... him from 1943 until the fall of the Third Reich in 1945. An old man in his seventies, imprisonment was hard on his health. He died two years after his release. (4) I don’t know anything about King Christian’s religious beliefs. But I do know the quality of life he lived. Such a life does credit to the name Christian. Our primary allegiance is to Christ. We demonstrate that allegiance by how we live. But here is the most important piece of information that we need on this Christ the King Sunday: Christ ...

334. Epiphany: A Faith to Work Miracles

John 2:1-11

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... secular leaders than among some of the people who claim to be his disciples. We Christians ought to be an expectant people, because we follow One who has the power to set the world right. Much of the living of our time has taken on the quality of a wedding feast in which the celebration has faded into silence. A miracle is needed, which will bring a true and worthy intoxication to life. Jesus Christ waits in the wings, ready to introduce such gladness. He waits to perform that great and necessary miracle ...

335. From Empty Nets to Full Lives

Luke 5:1-11

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... to a grand assignment. Jesus wanted him to become a fisher of human souls. How often do you and I settle for an achievement or a dream with boundaries no larger than the Sea of Galilee? I am thinking particularly of our capacity for goodness and Christian quality. We think little of Jesus's command that we should be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48). We discount the words as a kind of ancient hyperbole, or we push it aside with self-deprecating laughter: "Perfect? Who, me?" As one of ...

336. A Longer Stride and a Larger Embrace

Galatians 2:11-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... metaphors as they overlay my vision for a transforming theological seminary that self-consciously claims ministry belongs to the whole people of God, and the seminary is to be a catalytic agent helping move the church out of its institutional boundedness to recover a movemental quality. As a seedbed, the notion of academy and abbey are brought together as we genuinely seek God. That’s a big part of what we are about here—genuinely seeking God—head and heart going hand in hand. Let me focus that a bit ...

337. The Incredibility of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... face of Jesus Christ. This is the gospel in a nutshell. I don’t know another text that gathers up the essence of the gospel as this one does. I mean by “essence” what the dictionary says, “That which makes something what it is – the distinctive quality or qualities of something.” Now that which makes the gospel what it is, is here in this text. And there is only one word for it – incredible. So I want us to think about the incredibility of the gospel. Listen to this: The radiant glory of God ...

338. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

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Phil Thrailkill

... is especially too hard for Jesus Christ to handle.' After I have said that, I smile and I am ashamed."11 Not only is frantic worry an indictment against God, it accomplishes nothing. It is worthless and destructive of good health and sanity. It doesn’t add length or quality to life, “And which of you by being anxious can add eighteen inches to his span of life?” The answer to which is No one! No one wants to be around a worrier, and I observe that men or women married to one will find ways to be away ...

339. The Problem with Promises

Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

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James L. Killen

... a whole market so that they could do with it what they chose. They also had a reputation for buying healthy companies and doing things to them that turned them into unhealthy companies in the process of making the owners richer. If they could get Abe's high quality service out of the way, they could have the market to themselves. They made Abe an offer to buy his company -- and they let him know that he had better consider it very seriously. Abe had a decision to make. The success he had hoped for really ...

340. Different

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

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James L. Killen

... of your life. Wouldn't that be life at its best? Wouldn't that be salvation? Do you know anyone who seems to be living that kind of life more fully than you are? Does that person's life have about it qualities that you would like in your own life? And what about the salvation of the world? We have all seen things falling apart because people keep exploiting and threatening and abusing each other for their own advantage and profit. Many of the important structures of life in our society, things ...

341. All Your Facilities Intact

Acts 17:16-34, Colossians 1:15-20

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Mark Trotter

... Maybe first we lose the sense of beauty and harmony. We can no longer sense those thing in the world and in nature about us. Especially when we live in environments of ugliness and dissonance, tawdriness and violence. It is why some of us are so concerned about the quality of life in our cities. It can dull your senses. Pretty soon you no longer look for God. You have lost the sense of the holy. Years ago I read J. D. Salinger's famous short story, For Esme With Love And Squalor. In it Esme, a thirteen year ...

342. Let Us Pray

James 5:13-20

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Mark Trotter

... have thought about this for some time, about those people that we consider saints, those people who are so spiritually attractive to us. Why are they so attractive to us? I know such people. You know them, too. There is something about their life, its depth and quality, an inner peace, an ability to accept all the seasons of life, love and compassion that go out to other people freely. It is as if they had something in their lives that is missing in our life. Mother Teresa's death has called attention once ...

343. This Is the Day

Matthew 6:25-34

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Mark Trotter

... we recited this morning. Let me begin by suggesting a thesis. And that is, that we have something to do with determining the quality of the day. Now I have some reluctance to say that because I know that there are things that happen to us, forces ... live for a long, long, long time. But in the New Testament, eternal life is not a matter of duration, it is a matter of quality. Eternal life is what happens when time is suspended. Have you ever had an experience that you wished would never end? Did you ever have ...

344. Proper 19

Exodus 13:17--14:31, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 18:21-35

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John R. Brokhoff

... judge and give an account of our lives. We may get away with crime on earth but we will never escape the final judgment. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35 1. Forgiveness Unlimited (18:21-35). Need: There is need for us to understand the quantity and quality of forgiveness. On the one hand, we may be willing to forgive a person one time. But a second or even a third time? Jesus says we are to forgive seventy times seven; that is, always. Does that make forgiveness ask too much of us? On the ...

345. Try This on For Size!

Matthew 11:25-30

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Stephen M. Crotts

... tight, too small, or heavy or rough. Otherwise, it would gall the oxen's neck. That would never do, for it would cause the oxen to suffer; it would inhibit their work. With Joseph and Jesus, you see, it was a matter of reputation, a matter of quality. The yoke must fit perfectly. And now in the last years of Christ's life, we find the carpenter no longer fashioning yokes for animals. He now fashions them for men. Likewise, these yokes still fit well. They are smooth and light of weight. In fact, they, too ...

346. The Incomparable Christ

Matthew 16:13-20

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Stephen M. Crotts

... God because my conscience bears witness." The interesting thing about world religions is that they all appeal to epistemological verification in at least one of these four areas and to varying levels of quality. Jesus Christ, however, can be verified in all four areas and to the highest levels of quality. As James 3:17 teaches, "The wisdom from above (Christ) is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason...." Consider: 1. Experience: All varieties of people on every continent have experienced Jesus ...

347. What God Requires of Us

Micah 6:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... words in today's text are God's expectations for all who claim to walk in a covenant relationship with the divine. God doesn't declare that mishpat, hesed, and hasnea are characteristics found in the general world. No. Mishpat, hesed and hasnea are the qualities God expects of God's own people. God has a higher standard for us. Just as Micah spoke to the covenant community of Israel then, Micah speaks just as directly to the covenant community called the church today. The church claims to live in a covenant ...

348. To Be a Pilgrim (Thanksgiving)

Hebrews 11:1-40

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Alex Gondola

... on it)."2 Christians make up far more than two percent of our town, far more than two percent of Massachusetts, far more than two percent of Americans. So, why don’t we have a greater effect: on issues of the environment, on justice for the needy, on the quality of life on Cape Cod? Could it be we need more courage to act on our commitments? To be a Pilgrim means to stand up for what you believe, no matter what. To be a Pilgrim also means sharing what you have, and turning thanks into giving. The Pilgrim ...

349. Straw Polls and Soul Quakes

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

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Leonard Sweet

... Refuser. A maverick, more masculine. You don't like to color inside the lines. Then there's the Actor. This is the person who plays with the straw and swirls around the ice. Actor type like to take charge and have leadership qualities. "You can't hide from somebody else who understands body language, what you're truly, truly emotionally feeling," says Hargrave. What Straw-Sipping Signals are you Sending? Here are some other interpretations by Strawologist Jan Hargrave. · The Straw Chewer likes nourishment ...

350. The Real Winning Attitude

1 Timothy 6:3-10

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Leonard Sweet

... and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction." (verse 9) Instead of succumbing to the temporary pleasures of life, the Pauline author lists those qualities possessed by true winners. "...pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness." (Verse 11) These qualities don't guarantee worldly success. They don't even make you a winner every time. In fact, winning isn't the goal at all here, the epistle proclaims. What is expected of ...

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