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3526. Good News!

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... to be freed from their fears and have the joy of living restored. When we look at this lesson for the Third Sunday of Advent, it is as if we are seeing a woman dressed for a funeral. The symbols of ashes, the sound of weeping, and a faint spirit are apt descriptions of those in mourning. Judah suffered these symptoms because the people had lost all hope and felt they were doomed to death. This lady who has received a death notice and is dressed for a funeral receives a message that a mistake has been made ...

3527. Joy to the World

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... is there so much joy when there had been doom and gloom everywhere? God has given his people a new status, which is highlighted by new clothing. God himself has put this new clothing on his people. God clothes the whole person -- body, soul, and spirit -- with the garments of salvation. The story is told about Betty Hutton, a former movie star and box office attraction of the late '40s and '50s. Hutton fell on hard times and battled alcoholism and depression. A few years ago she encountered God and invited ...

3528. A Healing Presence

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in the world at large. Be happy in your faith at all times. Never stop praying. Be thankful, whatever the circumstances may be. If you follow this advice, you will working out the will of God expressed to you in Jesus Christ. Now listen. Never damp the fire of the spirit, and never despise what is spoken in the name of the Lord. By all means, use your judgment, and hold on to whatever is really good. Steer clear of evil in any form. May the God of peace make you Holy through and through. May you be kept in ...

3529. The Christian Life Defined By Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... others or the weaknesses of others, but sees them clearly, looking beyond them to the heart of things, and continuing to love. Though connected with the light for which Paul prays is not the same as love. Spiritual knowledge and discernment are gifts of the spirit desperately needed in our day, but I don’t know any of the mainline churches that are talking about discernment as something that ought to be present in the life of a Christian. The only people I hear talking about that are the Pentecostals and ...

3530. Constantly Abiding

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is at work within us, and this is what the Christian life is all about. It is not our working for God, it is our allowing God to work through us. It is not service unto the oldness of the letter, but it’s service in the newness of the spirit. Not trying but trusting, not straining but surrendering. Is it coming clear? Not only are we saved by grace, we are to live by grace. But how? That’s still the question. How do we allow grace to operate in our lives by allowing Christ to be alive in us ...

3531. Gethsemane: Prelude To The Cross

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... convincing reality if they throb with the deep feelings of the one who shares them. Our words will come through with authenticity and power if they come from persons who have not slept in Gethsemane—but who have been awake with the Master, struggling in their own spirits to find God’s way for them. “Could you not stay awake for one hour?” The larger question is the question of being with Christ. Our being with him in such an intentional way that we will be awake to those around us that we will be ...

3532. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the Lord asks us to do. Joy comes when we obey the commandments of the Lord. II. In talking about the source of our joy, we have defined the essence of it. Remember, we said earlier that we would return to this: Joy is the gift of the Spirit that becomes a condition of the heart which is confident of its relationship with Christ. That's the essence of joy. So, we need to keep reminding ourselves that joy is more than pleasure, more than happiness. It is a blessedness that is ours because we are fulfilled ...

3533. Walk In Newness Of Life

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... weak word that we normally see it as, into something strong -- not being simply good -- but being good for something. IV. Now a third movement: Give compassion a chance. There is a sense in which this is a coming together of all the fruit of the spirit. Compassion is goodness and kindness lived with passion. It was a primary characteristic of Jesus' life. Over and over again in the Gospels, that word is used -- He had compassion on them. One of the most beautiful uses of that word in reference to Jesus is ...

3534. The Church Of Our Dreams

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... theologically sound -- holding tenaciously to the essentials of the faith -- the great evangelical orthodox doctrines -- but is not theologically bound. That's what Paul was talking about in his letter to the Ephesians. Listen to him, verses 4, 5, and 6: "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all, who is above all and through all in all." That's where we need to stand -- in a church that ...

3535. Pay Attention To The Inside

Luke 11:37-54

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 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 souls. (Jim Moore, Enemies Within, April 16, 1989) It happens in all walks of life. It happens among Clergy. I've known two persons, Methodist Ministers, who became bitter and cynical, and I think it began with envy. They envied the position, power and ...

3536. Reflections On A Calling (ten-year Anniversary Sermon)

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... are stewards. I believe that when I do that as a person and when you seek to do it as persons within the congregation, then together we will realize that full calling of ministry to which we were all summoned by Jesus when He laid out His own call, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor to set at liberty those that are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.." and then we will give ourselves by His grace and through His power to the ...

3537. Seeing the Good News

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

John P. Jewell

... valleys, he was talking about justice and righteousness becoming the norm. He was pointing to a world where "good news" was a reality. He spoke of the kind of world it would be when God was truly in charge, a world Jesus said his ministry would be all about: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor ...

3538. And the Word Is...Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... of a great and wise King with three sons. This King had a precious gift--a magic ring that gave him great compassion, generosity, and a spirit of kindness. As he was dying, each of his sons went to him and asked the father for the ring after his death. And he ... in health, for as long as we both shall live.’ "And that’s when it happened," says Tom Tewell. "God’s Spirit penetrated those groomsmen, and they heard those words in all their fullness. You could see it wash over their faces. Suddenly they ...

3539. The Divine Opportunity

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire" (v. 16). John was a man of powerful ego or he would never have cared to challenge the established power brokers of the day, and ... . His was a baptism with water, to symbolize a washing of life. But Jesus, he said, would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. Fire is itself a symbol of cleansing, but an interior cleansing quite beyond the reach of water; thus metals ...

3540. The Baby Leaped

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... . An interesting thing happened when Mary entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. Elizabeth was in her sixth or seventh month of pregnancy. Luke tells us that when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice Elizabeth exclaimed to Mary: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting ...

3541. Passing From Old to New

Joshua 5:13--6:27

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... , or from despair into meaning, from mourning into joy, or from death into life. We walk no more by the flesh, but by the Spirit, or we are no longer conformed to the world, but to the will of God. Throughout the scriptures, the newness of life that we ... see God's work in us too, and be drawn to confess his lordship. We have a new life in Jesus Christ, and we have been given the Spirit of our Lord to enable us to walk and serve in his ways. And now the question for us is, as it was for Israel, will we be ...

3542. God Shows No Partiality

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Chorus," "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever, to the glory of God." Our scripture lesson tells us that after the assembly in Cornelius' house heard Peter's sermon, the Holy Spirit descended upon them all, and they were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. God, through the preaching of his gospel, offers the forgiveness, the new life, the eternal life, the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ, to all. To me, and to you -- to all ...

3543. A Longer Stride and a Larger Embrace

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... as an Orthodox/Wesleyan/Methodist/Holiness/Evangelical community of learning. We stand firm, but we move forward. We take the longer stride and the larger embrace. Let me reflect on the vision as you have helped sharpen it. I don’t know to whom the Holy Spirit first gave the word that we are using as a kind of descriptive slogan, but I’m grateful for someone’s sanctified attention: WHERE HEAD AND HEART GO HAND IN HAND. ATS has long been a center for prayer. Both the college and the seminary were ...

3544. Alive In Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... be born in us.” Whatever the language, the faith and experience is that as we confess and repent of our sins, we are forgiven. We are justified, accepted by, and enter into a new relationship with God who then lives in us through the power of his Spirit as the indwelling Christ. So it’s a common theme in Scripture, one of the most exciting possibilities offered us Christians -- to be alive in Christ. What does it mean? How might that happen? What would be the result of our being alive in Christ? I First ...

3545. Being Christ

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Christ has been and done for us we must do and be for others. Our life in Christ and our ministry in his name are inseparable. A spirituality that does not lead to active ministry becomes an indulgent preoccupation with self, and therefore grieves the Holy Spirit and violates the presence of the indwelling Christ. Paul's powerful prayer in Ephesians is a profound expression of our call to live a life in Christ. It is an amazing affirmation of God's power working in us to fulfill that ministry. Listen to Eph ...

3546. Constantly Abiding

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... our human plight. Made for meaningful life and fulfillment, most of us are stuck in the web of grueling circumstance. Made for flight, we never rise above the plodding earth of getting on as best we can. Something clicked inside me. I’m sure it was the Holy Spirit calling my soul to attention. I became ecstatic; I wanted to sing, to leap, to dance, and to shout. More powerful, and just as real as the roaring waves, a flood of words swept over me. “I am come that [you] may have life, and that [you] may ...

3547. Fulfill Your Ministry

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in the mainstream of the church, revisionist leaders like Bishops Spong and Sprague who would diminish Scriptural authority and denigrate the doctrine of the triune God – God who is our Father, God’s Son who is our Savior, and God the Holy Spirit, who guides, gifts, and empowers us for ministry. Ideology has become more important than theology. Diversity and inclusiveness are seen as redemptive within themselves. A leader of the United Methodist Church: “We can’t depend on a 2000-year-old book to ...

3548. The Nature of the Church and Christian Discipleship

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the Lord. Come to Christ, the living stone, and be yourselves built into a spiritual house, be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices.” There’s the source of power – Jesus Christ – the Living Stone. He builds us into a spiritual house. His Spirit, indwelling us, is the constant source of power which keeps us going and growing as God’s people. I have time only to illustrate it. When I was pastor at Christ Church in Memphis, I preached a series of sermons on the devil. That series ...

3549. The Church: An Enclave of Resistance v1

Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the models a Los Angeles Times reporter wrote a review of the cathedral. This is a part of what the reporter said: “Moneo is creating an alternate world to the everyday world that surrounds the cathedral, a testimony to grandeur of the human spirit, an antidote to a world that is increasingly spiritually empty.” Then he used this phrase: “The cathedral, set in the midst of the secular city, will be an enclave of resistance.” My friend, Mark Trotter, who shared that story, suggested that that word ...

3550. Lessons In How To Give, Pray, And Fast

Matthew 6:16-18

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... in your presence to receive the mark of these ashes as a sign of our mortality and repentance. We want this to be a time of close communion with you, and we are not interested in making a show for our neighbors and acquaintances. Let your Holy Spirit be upon us as we remember that it is through your Son, Jesus Christ, that we have the promise of eternal life. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Heavenly Father, there have been times when we have been more concerned about what people think of our religious practices ...

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