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3676. Come To the Water

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... can't believe it's really you. The Prospector said you'd come" Jessie then says, "Holy mother of Abraham Lincoln, the Prospector will want to meet you." Jessie and the horse, whose name happens to be Bullseye, bring out the Prospector, in mint condition, still in his original ... so immersed in the world that we forget who we truly are. It's not that we mean to. It's not even that we want to. Oh there are times when we choose to turn away. But then there are other times when we just sort of slowly drift away. ...

3677. The Inheritance

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... each other. We don't like that feeling of being alone. We search in the wrong places for the relationship to fix it because we simply want to belong. B. There's an old story about a little boy who was riding across town on a city bus. He was huddled close to ... the woman moved over to where the boy was sitting and put her arm around him. Then she hugged him in real close. All that boy wanted was to belong to somebody. There's a longing like that in all of us. It's a longing caused by our separation from God. ...

3678. Where Love Comes From

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... go out and smell each other.” Karl - age 5 “Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.” Emily - age 8 “Love is when ... (8) Who says you can’t find love in the NBA? Here’s what Christ’s greatest dream is for each of us. Christ wants to build within each of us the capacity to love as he loves. Not conditional love that says, “I’ll love you if you prove ...

3679. Chosen by God

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... None of them as perceptive of the heart of the matter and the kind of decision I was making a decision of vocation, of call. I want you to know that that is the reason I’m here. In the core of my being I feel called, and that will determine the ... called, this failure is cause for failure of the church to be the dynamic, transforming agent of God that she is called to be. I want to lodge one word in your mind as we probe the meaning of our identity as Christians, and as we begin our ministry together. That ...

3680. The Christian Gospel in a Nutshell

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... preached on what Christ can do within us as we receive him and seek to make him Lord of our lives. I talked especially about the healing of memories, and had offered the promise that not only could Christ save us from our present dilemma, he can and wants to heal our wounded psyches, the painful memories of our past. Judy responded, opened her life to Christ’s healing promise. I know I didn’t imagine it. When Judy shared that last time, a new calmness was present. And her speech was not as jerky. She ...

3681. More Than a Book

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... is an encounter with the Living God, an invitation from the living Christ, and a blueprint for living that brings us to wholeness and salvation, equipping us for every good work. I close by recalling the testimony of John Wesley which I shared in the Courier this week. “I want to know one thing - the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore. God himself has condescended to teach the way; for this very end he came from heaven. He had written it down in a book. 0, give me that book! At any price ...

3682. When You Have To Face Your Own Personal Goliath

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the timeless lessons here for the living of these days? Well, actually there are many wonderful insights for us here but for now I want us to zero in on a significant truth that I think is especially crucial for us to think about today, namely this: At one ... the heavy-weight champion of the world. But suddenly, he abandoned his plan… and decided to slug it out with Joe Louis. He wanted to knock Joe Louis out. You know what happened, don’t you? Joe Louis knocked him out! Billy Conn tried to wear someone ...

3683. On the Road with the Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

James W. Moore

... and the motor running. * Another staff member was there to introduce me to some visitors who were prospective members. * Yet, another staff member wanted to tell me that one of the babies scheduled to be baptized in the next service had not shown up yet. It ... she said: “Daddy, it’s Father’s Day… and I have a special present for you. I made it in Sunday School this morning… and I want to give it to you right now because I love you so much… and I’m so glad that you are my Daddy!” She handed me ...

3684. He Pitched His Tent Among Us

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... find the identical imagery, a Holy God “pitching his tent” among his people; first in the tabernacle, then in the wilderness, and ultimately in His Kingdom, when he comes again to establish a new heaven and a new earth. Now I don’t want to labor this too long; but I don’t want you to miss the depth of it, either. God has pitched his tent among us. Is there a more heartening message in the Bible than that? Dietrich Rischl thinks not. He wrote about the feeling that came over him one December night in ...

3685. Evangelism Jesus' Style

John 1:29-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... broken. Bobby McKenna who was one of those players called Bear Bryant and said, “Bear, I’ve got to come see you. I’ve been grieved about something you’ve said for two days. I’ve got to look at you, I’ve got to say something to you. I want to come to your office.” He said, “Come on up, Bobby”. Bobby walked in and said, “Bear, you said that if you retired probably in 30 days you would be dead.” “Bear, I love you and that breaks my heart. I’m a Christian, I know Christ. I don’t ...

3686. Exodus and Easter

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it was like an Easter to them? The whole nation had been brought from the tomb of slavery. And what does it teach us? Four big lessons: One, none of us escapes the trying circumstances of life. Two, in times of trial, we are most vulnerable. Three, God wants to use all of our circumstances for our good and his glory. Four, in the struggle with good and evil, victory is with the Lord. Let’s look at these lessons. I First, none of us escape the trying circumstance of life. How vividly that has been brought ...

3687. What to Do When You Are in a Fix

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... at the end of the dark tunnel through which we are passing, we need to stand firm. There is an added nuance in the translation, “Stand still.” It’s healthy advice when we are in a fix. Just stand still, wait a while. One of our problems is that we want to act too quickly. When we’re in a fix, we look frantically for our nearest way out. And many times we act foolishly. We do things we shouldn’t do. We take advice take we shouldn’t take. We spend our energy in futile efforts at escape. We need ...

3688. Whatever Happened to Respect?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of these deals with relationships in the family. That puts the family where it belongs - in the center. Unless people learn to live together in the family, they aren’t likely to learn to get along with anybody anywhere. So, let’s focus there, on the family. Now I want us to be clear at this point, there is no single pattern of family that is the norm. I have an idea that here this morning when you hear the word family, most of you think of a breadwinning father, a homemaking mother, two or three kids, a ...

3689. Lessons from Rephidim - Being the Lord's Intercessor

Exodus 17:8-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we need to realize intercession that is spiritual wrestling that we’re not wrestling with God, we’re wrestling for God, “Sometimes when we pray, “Thy will be done” it’s a declaration of submission in which we confess that we do not know what is best but we want God’s will. But when we wrestle in prayer, and say, “Thy will be done,” it is a challenge to hell, a very battle cry. We sense that there are those forces in our world which are opposed to the will of God; I speak of sickness, hate ...

3690. Taught by a Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... but begging God’s forgiveness. Again Laying his life on the line in that dramatic word, verse 23: “But now, if thou would forgive their sin, and if not blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou has written.” God didn’t respond the way Moses wanted him to respond - the sins of the people would still be held against them- but the Lord said to Moses: “Go, lead the people t the place of which I have spoken to you; my angel shall go before you.” A clear picture of the triumph of commitment. So ...

3691. Clear to the Better End - Parent Burnout

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we parents have is at precisely at that point – we are overly anxious about being wrong. We become defensive in relation to our children. They know so much, they’ve been exposed to so much, their possibility for knowledge and growth is so great – while we don’t want to admit it, we are often intimidated by them. And when we are intimidated, we react rather than respond. If we can remember that love has a right to be wrong, then we won’t be so anxious and we won’t live so defensively. Then there ...

3692. The Unsuspected Trojan Horse

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... —condemnation, feeling the devastating guilt of failure. Naming all that enabled me to cope, but my greatest freedom came when I named the big demon which was fear. It was a fear for my son’s future, but it was a fear tied with my own life struggle. I wanted him to have more options than I felt I had had. Naming that demon enabled me to deal with my own sense of achievement, but it also gave me a focus around which I could deal more objectively with the issues and more acceptingly with Kevin as a person ...

3693. For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , has become, I believe, a great poet. She’s teaching in one of the great universities of our country. Listen to one of her poems which celebrates the renewal of their marriage —— the fact that we are empowered by the freedom of forgiveness to be what God wants us to be. She called her poem, “Prodigal Wife”. Oh, call out the guards and stop the search Tell my love that I’m found again. Wandering is over, back home at last, Saved from the storm, returned to the fold. Oh sing out the welcome, find ...

3694. Two for the Price of One

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... He put them all outside.” I wonder how He did that? Did He do it with a kind of indignation?— Did His anger approach that which He demonstrated in the temple when He ran the money-changers out of that sacred place? They had no faith, and Jesus didn’t want them around. So He got them out of the house. And He took Jairbis and wife, the mother and father of this little child, and they went to the room where the child was. Here we come to a very tender moment. The scripture says that He took the little ...

3695. War and the Prince of Peace

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... not as important as what happens in your house. He was abused as a child. For the least little offense, actual or imagined, his father would beat him. He did not even call his own son by name. Instead, he whistled for him like a dog when he wanted him. Feelings of hatred, though never expressed, deepened into rage. As a young adult, the boy discovered that his father had Jewish ancestors. In his twisted mind he came to blame his father's behavior on his Jewish blood. You know his name. It was Adolf Hitler ...

3696. Light a Candle

Matthew 5:14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... that deep center of yourself. God created human beings in His own image. He breathed into us the breath of life. You belong to God and whether or not it is clear to you, He brought you to this place tonight. He loves you with an everlasting love and He wants you to become all that you were created to be. This candle I hold has been burned before. Some of you have been burned before, haven't you? In reality, when you have been burned before, sometimes it is hard to find the wick. You have got to scrape it ...

3697. On Being Faithful and Focused

Hebrews 11:1, 32 – 12:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... sensitive to this person at this moment in time." Every time I walk up the tall steps of this pulpit I pray, “Help me, Lord, be your instrument of peace." “Help me, Lord. Help me today. You know I need your help." That is a breath prayer. I want to suggest a breath prayer for this week. “Lord, make me a blessing." When you go home today and walk in your house, remember your breath prayer, “Lord, make me a blessing." Your family needs it. When you go to work Monday morning, when you are driving down ...

3698. An Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... is best to go where the fish are. One of the problems you and I have with people outside the church is we don’t associate with them very much. Who in your circle of friends, relatives, acquaintances, neighbors, and classmates knows not God and has no church? If you want to fish, go where the fish are. Get out of the church and go to the real world. Let us never be in a circle where there are only Christians. To be fishers of people, we must use the right bait. The right word, at the right time, in the ...

3699. How Can Jesus Save Me?

John 3:14-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to a ball game. His driver came to pick Sandy and myself up. We were driven right to the door. A policeman ushered us into a beautiful dining room where we had dinner together. When we finished, we were ushered to a suite where we had all the refreshments we wanted. It was the perfect place to watch a ball game. Sandy said, “Why haven't we done this before?" I said to myself, “Why haven't we?" Why haven't you? Accept an invitation from Jesus Christ to simply open the door and let Him in. How can I be ...

3700. When It's Time to Reconcile

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ?” Carlos responded, “Well, of course it’s possible. That’s the Christian faith. It’s grace all the way home. Any of us have a chance to make it into the kingdom of God.” The little lady looked up at Carlos and said, “Then I’m not sure I want to go to heaven if Castro is there.” People often ask me, “Will I meet my loved ones in heaven?” You know that is not the question that bothers me. The question that bothers me is, “Will I be ready to live for eternity with some of the people ...

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