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3476. Learning from the Spider

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... important to do does that spider venture forth. And when the job is done, back home it goes. Think how the spider would be unable to focus on its purpose if it were wandering about on the web, rather than staying at home. I thought about us. I thought about myself. Scampering about on the web, doing so many things, important things, good things, but not necessarily the most important thing, which is "abiding in God," absorbing the mind of God. For Christians that means coming to know the mind of Christ. You ...

3477. Grace in the Midst of Limited Resources

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... back as he could remember, intervened. "Listen, you two, I'll make you a deal. I'll give you both a ride for free if you promise not to say anything during the flight. If you speak even one word, I'll charge you the ten dollars." Stumpy and Martha thought that sounded fair, and off they went. The pilot put on quite a show. He took his plane through banks and spins and loop-the-loops, and then did the whole thing over again. Amazingly, he never heard a single word. When the plane landed he looked over at ...

3478. Don't Forget What You Look Like

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... chivalry to read. But he could find no such books in the house. The only books available there were a four-volume Life of Jesus Christ (Vita Jesu Christi) and a kind of dictionary of saints. To combat his boredom he read those books. He possessed no thoughts then of either piety or religion. In his later autobiography Ignatius wrote that as he read the books over many times, he became rather fond of what he found there.5 He began to acquire a vision of himself far beyond what he had previously held. He ...

3479. Good News!

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... stood in a Sabbath service in the synagogue and was handed the Isaiah scroll to read. He read a portion of this lesson. To everyone's amazement, when he finished, he stated: "Today this scripture is fulfilled!" Who would have thought that God would appear in Nazareth, of all places? Who would have thought God would come down to dirty old Nazareth? They didn't rejoice or celebrate when Jesus made that claim in Nazareth. He was just a hometown boy. Their response was to rush him out of the service and try to ...

3480. I'll Be Somewhere Listening

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... , our friends, and the Holy Spirit. God may use only one of these means to communicate to us, or he may choose to reveal his will to us by using all. The fact is, God still speaks! Too often when God speaks, we remain ignorant of the fact that this thought is coming from God, and our response is negative. When God sends us a message, are we available to do what he wants? There is a story that comes out of the Civil War about General Stonewall Jackson. He was at his camp with his troops, miles from the ...

3481. Going, Going, Gone

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... was deeply gratified and thanked the farmer over and over again. He finally said to the farmer, "I want to know something. Why did you call Dusty by four different names?" The farmer responded: "Well, it's like this. Dusty's eyesight is about gone, and if he thought for a second that he was the only one pulling, he wouldn't have tried at all!" When Elijah established his seminary for prophets, he realized he would not have to pull by himself. In so doing, he left the Church a legacy that the "good news" is ...

3482. Look Inside and Discover Life

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... is good; it leads us in the reverse direction that we seek. The Israelites were certainly guilty in this vein; they looked at their lives, wished there was more, and then complained about what they did not have. They and all of us need to place our thoughts on what we have and what is today. Having a more positive outlook on life helps all, not only ourselves but others to whom we communicate by words and actions. Yes, things might be better and we should always strive to improve who we are personally and ...

3483. Jesus Brings Us to New Life

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... my sermon." The next day David did not talk about New Being or estrangement from authentic selfhood; he simply told the story of how God raised Jesus from the dead and in the process gave him and all people new life and hope. People in the congregation thought the sermon was good but what really got them talking was the strange group of visitors who parked their shiny motorcycles in front of the church and sat in one of the front pews. When one of the ushers inquired about the visitors, one burly man ...

3484. Excited!

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... two or two and a half years old, you'll notice a lot of exuberance appearing. This is your test as a parent. If you fail this test the child will end in prison or drug addiction." Not all child psychologists of the time thought in this way, but many did, and their thought affected the lives of millions of children. One way of curing exuberance, they said, was to keep the severity of punishments unrelated to the offense. If the child spills milk, for example, don't speak to the child for three days. (2) That ...

3485. Led by the Spirit of God

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Paul is asking us to imagine ourselves as children of God. Of course, this isn't just our imagination. In Christ, we are indeed children of God. But in our minds, in our imagination, many of us have not accepted that truth. How would we walk if we thought of ourselves as God's own child? Wouldn't we walk with our shoulders thrown back and our chest sticking out, not out of pride, but out of confidence and assurance that we can handle whatever life may throw at us? This is so important. Many people live ...

3486. Waiting for God

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... 54 Ford station wagon roll up at any moment. He had no desire to play outside or even move from that chair. He focused all his energies and attention on that long, empty road. (1) Is there anything harder to do than to wait? Have you ever thought about what a big role waiting plays in Scripture? The children of Israel waiting in Egypt to be delivered from slavery. The Jewish people awaiting their Messiah. And now Jesus says to his disciples that they also are to wait. The writer Luke is telling the story ...

3487. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the future as a little child is of the dark night alone. He said he had nobody to talk to. Nobody with whom to share. Now that struck me as being strange, very strange. There we were in God’s square mile, supposedly thousands of Christians around, but he thought he had no one with whom to share. How ironic. Jeri and I became his priests that day. We witnessed to him, shared God’s good news of love and care with him, and my wife, the hugger in the family, embraced him. And we had prayer together right ...

3488. Dying And Rising With Christ

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... no power over us. The risen and exalted Lord conquered death. We do not wait for eternal life, it is ours now. Risen with Christ, the glorious possibility of beginning now, new life with Christ, which will continue eternally, is ours. Sometimes we tend to discredit thoughts about life after death as mere sentiment, not so. It is the very heart of our faith that God will finish what he has begun, and nothing is finished in this world until God is finished with it. Nothing is finished in this world until God ...

3489. The Indwelling Christ And Holy Communion

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Brother Simon and I exchanged letters about every six weeks or two months. To show you the kind of fellow he is, shortly after we began to correspond with each other, I sent him a copy of my book, Dancing at My Funeral, because that’s very autobiographical and I thought that would enable him to know who I am and sort of get him on board with me. On the back of that book is a picture of our family, Jeri and Kim and Kerry and Kevin. By return mail, Brother Simon wrote, “Kim, Kerry, and Kevin are the best ...

3490. Curiosity Or Consecration

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Clifton Phataman has described our boredom as a special kind. Not unhappiness, not fatigue, he says. But that odd, modern, stunned look that comes from a circuit of toys and a deficiency of thought. Isn’t that descriptive? That odd, modern, stunned look that comes from a circuit of toys and a deficiency of thought. Carl Hine has spoken of a serene secularist. The person who asks no ultimate question and is not concerned even that he’s not concerned. Does that describe us? Major revolutions and untold ...

3491. Why I Believe In Tithing

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to leave on our trip, we had a letter from Dr. Nanboudrapad expressing his regret that he would not be able to see when we visited Ludiana. He would be away on family business and vacation. We were sorely disappointed. And I confess to you, we had some ugly thoughts. How could he do this to us? We were coming all the way from the United States. It was the trip of a lifetime. He was a key person, and after all, our church was paying his salary. How ungrateful. But we went to India anyway, regretting that we ...

3492. Who Are You Waiting For?

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that it would take a lot of theologians many words and many long hours of dissertation and debate to produce the weighted thoughts of that one little member of God’s kingdom. And she operated out of the style of God himself. God knew that not ... the water of eternal life. A man all torn up inside, possessed by demons, moved out to the cemetery to live among the dead. He thought there was no peace for him among the living. But God is like Bayer aspirin – he works miracles. Jesus came to the man, cast out ...

3493. Miracles In Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... claims about the life and character of Jesus, this one who came at Christmas time. These are assertions are flung down in a kind of wild abandon and confidence as though the writer is stumbling over himself, rushing hurriedly on, trying to get down on paper every thought that he has, lest he fails to put something down that’s coming to his mind. We almost hold our breath as we read that story, the atmosphere is so charged. Then we come to that mighty assertion in the 4th and 5th verses, and we have ...

3494. The Christian Life Defined By Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the value, to detect whatever faults or flaws may be in the article you’re interested in. Sun judged. To be able to stand in the clear sun of God’s judgment and the judgment of our brothers and sisters with no need to hide or conceal our thoughts and desires. Paul said to the Ephesians, live like persons who are at home in the daylight. Isn’t that beautiful? Live like persons who are at home in the daylight. That’s what it means to be transparent. Sincere, and without blame, sun tested and sun ...

3495. Getting It All Together Inside

Psalm 51:1-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to this affirmation of Paul. He who calls you is utterly faithful and he will finish what he started out to do. Isn’t that a thrilling thought? Let’s try to get our minds around this promise. Paul is saying that the new creation which has begun in us is going to be ... within that doesn’t go away when we get that new car or that new job or that new house which we thought would make us happy. The aching void that perhaps you haven’t confessed to any other person, because everyone thinks you have ...

3496. A Scream And A Laugh

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... says to him: "Art is whether or not there is a scream in you wanting to get out in a special way...a scream or a laugh." When I came to the 13th and 14th verses of Chapter 1 in Paul's letter to the Colossians, I thought about these words concerning art. I thought about them because Paul could never get far in any of his writing without expressing in some jewel of a sentence what is "screaming inside him, what he is laughing with joy about. This truth of the gospel and inner experience of Paul is wanting to ...

3497. Put To Death The Old; Put On The New

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... competition in the Super Bowl. Prior to the Super Bowl game, a reporter was interviewing a member of the Patriots Team: "How is it," he asked, "that a team can fire its coach in mid-season, hire a new coach, and still make it to the Super Bowl." The player thought for a moment and then replied, "I guess the coach brought us back to the fundamentals." That's what Paul is urging us to do. Get back to the fundamentals. Put off the old – put on the new. I close with this. Some of you will remember when Arturo ...

3498. A Christian Style Of Being And Doing

Colossians 3:18-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... kept muttering to himself in the presence of Alice, "I'm late! I'm late! No time to say hello, good-bye, I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!" We move from one thing to another, scheduling ourselves to the minute, without giving any thought to the quality of involvement, or the value of time. We allow what we consider urgent to rob us from doing the important, or enjoying the meaningful. Just as sinful and destructive is the other extreme -- the persons who make no commitments, who have no meaningful involvements ...

3499. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (i)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... requires you with what you have done to us! Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!" What is a passage like that doing in Holy Scripture -- a man of God, a singer of Israel's songs in praise of God, relishing the thought that his enemies would be punished by having the heads of their children bashed against a stone. That's a long way -- a galaxy away from the prayer of our Lord on the Cross, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." But that's not the only ...

3500. The Primacy Of Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... not what I'm attempting to do. I would not pretend at all to clarify one of the most transparent expressions of truth in the Bible. What we will be doing in these sermons will be to simply live with this hymn, reflecting, savoring, pausing with a word or a thought, long enough for it to sink in. Because this is a great piece of poetry, certainly a hymn, as it has been called, it is easy to read it, relish in its beauty and miss the radical and liberating truth of what Paul is saying. So we're going to ...

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