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376. Who Loves More?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to her. And nothing greater can happen to a human being than that he or she is forgiven. Forgiveness means reconciliation in spite of estrangement; it means reunion in spite of hostility; it means acceptance of those who are unacceptable; and it means reception of those who are rejected. Forgiveness is unconditional, or it is not forgiveness at all. Forgiveness has the character of “in spite of,” but we righteous ones give it the character of “because.” That’s not it.. We are forgiven “in spite ...

377. I Saw Satan Fall

Luke 10:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... bag, no sandals; and greet no one on the road. What a trust! And that kind of trust is what made Satan fall. It is a radical trust Jesus is calling for. His tactic was to send his disciples out utterly defenseless, totally dependent on him, and on the reception of the people to whom he sent them. They were to carry no cash, no spare clothes or provisions. Jesus was not only testing them, he had something else in mind as well. To be confronted by these servants of Christ, the people to whom they went would ...

378. Blessed Are Those Who Are Awake

Luke 12:32-40

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Maxie Dunnam

... they began to tell sad story after sad story. When they got to the 50th floor, they had run out of stories seemingly. No one spoke up. Then it happened. One fellow broke the silence, “Fellows, here is the saddest story of all. I forgot the key at the reception desk.” The key — whether a door is being opened, or a door is being closed; the key is that we stay awake. Because we never know when we are going to be surprised by a new possibility; nor, do we ever know when something important is going to be ...

379. What If

1 Chronicles 7:1-5

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Maxie Dunnam

... as we have shared with Christians who have to ask the question and who have to make a response. It's one of those what-if questions -- you know the kind I am talking about. "What if?" What if it rains today, what will we do about the outside reception for Don and Marjorie Sanford. One of those "What If" questions that demands more action and life response than it does reason or argument. This is the question. What if -- just "What if?" What if there are some things God either cannot or will not do until and ...

380. Smart Living

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... wire. I was dragged from the village and left to die in the bush." Joseph somehow managed to crawl to a water hole, and there, after two days of passing in and out of consciousness, found he had the strength to get up. He was puzzled about the hostile reception from family and friends whom he had known all his life. "I decided that I must have left something important out of the story I told them about Jesus. So I practiced it over and over, then limped back to tell them the good news. I went again, from ...

381. Equipping the Whole People of God: Penultimate Questions

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... praying and fasting – the Church is growing dynamically. When a person is converted and professes faith in Jesus Christ, he or she is not immediately brought into membership of the church. A training period is required, sometimes as much as six months. So baptism and reception into the church occurs only two or three times a year. The bishop decided to have one of these mass baptisms while we were there. The government gave him permission to do that publicly, either on the beach or at a river. But the day ...

382. Last Words Are Important

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

383. A Prophet Among Them

Ezekiel 2:1-3:15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . In the record of God’s call in chapter 2 and 3, there are some lessons, directions, and promises for us. First, God says, “Stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.” (2:1). The lesson? We are to listen. Our stance must always be a receptive one. “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Now note this second thing. After hearing God tell him to “stand on his feet” so that he might speak to him Ezekiel says, “As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard ...

384. Standing In the Gap: The Work of Intercession

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with guilt, shame, and depression—unable to free herself from destructive memories of that cruel violation. She was under psychiatric care, as well as pastoral care from ministers in our congregation. I noted that she always kept her distance from me. One day in a social reception, I walked up to her from the side, put my hand on her shoulder, and greeted her. She reacted in a very emotional way, and I knew that for some reason, I had frightened her. She moved away from me as quickly as she could, without ...

385. Some Healing Is Up To You

John 5:1-15

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Maxie Dunnam

... with guilt, shame, and depression, unable to free herself from destructive memories of that cruel violation. She was under psychiatric care as well as pastoral care from ministers in our congregation. I noted that she always kept her distance from me. One day at a social reception, I walked up to her from the side, put my hand on her shoulder, and greeted her. She reacted in a very emotional way, and I knew that for some reason I had frightened her. She moved away from me as quickly as she could, without ...

386. The Vocation of Leadership: A Prophet Among Them

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Maxie Dunnam

... . In the record of God’s call in chapters 2 and 3, there are some lessons, directions, and promises for us. First, God says, “Stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.” (2:1). The lessons? We are to listen. Our stance must always be a receptive one. “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Now note this second thing. After hearing God tell him to “stand on his feet” so that he might speak to him, Ezekiel says. “As He spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard ...

387. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Maxie Dunnam

... us as we contemplate the fact that the fruit and progress that result from our leadership are based on strong character. First, God says, “Stand on your feet and I will speak to you.” (2:1) The lesson? We are to listen. Our stance must always be a receptive one. “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” Now note the second thing. After hearing God tell him to “stand on his feet,” so that He might speak to him, Ezekiel says, “As he spoke, the Spirit came in to me and raised me to my feet and I ...

388. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... had rejected the blessing of the kingdom of God, and so it bypassed them for Capernaum. They rejected his kind hands, and so his feet went elsewhere. Just because some don’t want much of Jesus does not mean others do not. God is always looking for a receptive audience; history tells us that one time it was the Methodists who said Yes! It was precisely in that series of movements from Judea in the south to Galilee in the north and from Nazareth in the west to Capernaum in the east that Matthew heard the ...

389. Loving Like God Loves

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... planted deep in the heart. I imagine they spent much of the time dizzy and disoriented. Jesus hooked them deeply, and it was not so much a curriculum of try harder as one of please pay attention, not so much white knuckled effort as open handed receptivity, and not so much make something happen as watch something happen. They were experts in fishing and tax collecting and novices with Jesus and the kingdom agenda. I cannot live this life, but perhaps he can dwell in me and live it through me. I cooperate ...

390. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

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Phil Thrailkill

... are each a mixed bag, but that God is not like us in this regard. God is not a mixed bag. “God is light,” claimed John, “and in God is no darkness at all.”15 All that is good in your life is from God. Our children may find us receptive one day and peevish the next, but not the great God in heaven who only gives good things to those who ask him. The reason some of your prayers meet with a No or a Later or an It All Depends is because it is against the nature of God ...

391. How to Be a Blessing

I Peter 3:8-12

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... time that he went home for his mother's funeral. His sister had taken care of their mother the last years of her life, and the death was hard for the sister. They had the funeral, and after the service friends brought food to the house for a reception. Everybody was there. One woman came to his sister, and said something pious, like, "She's better off now in heaven," impervious to the emptiness that a loss creates in another person's life. His sister didn't say anything, but Craddock went up to the woman ...

392. Advent 2

Isaiah 11:1-16, Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 14:1--15:13

Bulletin Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... thinks of Christmas as a giving time and so we go through a mad rush to buy gifts. If Christ is to come to us this Christmas, we need to prepare to properly receive him. Thus, Advent is a preparatory season of repentance as the only way to be receptive. 3. Fire (vv. 10, 11, 12). A tree with bad fruit is to be burned, as millions of orange trees diseased with canker were destroyed in Florida. At the end of time, the chaff is to be burned with "unquenchable fire." John the Baptist promised that Jesus would ...

393. Advent 3

Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 11:1-19, James 5:7-12, Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

394. Lent 2

Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-25, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, John 3:1-21

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... to suffer and die, we are reminded that there is a reason for it: our salvation. The motive for this sacrifice is God's love. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us out of love for God and us. How does this affect us? Faith is the receptive agent which brings to us the benefits of God's love. In the Gospel, faith in the crucified Christ brings us eternal life. Abraham by faith in God's promise is blessed (Lesson 1). Paul uses Abraham (Lesson 2) as an example of faith which brought him and us ...

395. Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50:1-11, Matthew 27:11-54, Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... problem of time. Can he observe both in one hour plus a few minutes? a. The problem of long lections. With the Palm Sunday Gospel, it means four lessons. The Gospel for Passion Sunday is two chapters long. b. Extra items for the day. Confirmation? Reception of new members? Infant baptism? Extra choir music? Distribution of palms? Must the sermon suffer by being cut to a brief meditation? Three Lessons: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 27:11-54 You And The Suffering Servant: Need: There is more ...

396. Easter 6

Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... god with a place - v. 24. c. Imagining God as a physical being - v. 29. Lesson 1: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 (RC) You, Too, Can Have The Spirit (8:14-17). Need: As the Easter season comes to a close, we begin to look toward Pentecost and the reception of the Holy Spirit. In today's Gospel, Jesus promised to send the Counselor. The need for this sermon is the people's need to prepare for the Spirit's coming and to know how they may receive the Spirit. In this text, we learn how we may receive the ...

397. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3-13, Psalm 104

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Pentecost 1. What to preach? Pentecost is one of the busiest days of the year. The preacher needs to decide what is to be emphasized and preach accordingly: a. The outpouring of the Spirit. b. The birthday of the church. c. The rite of confirmation and reception of new members. Shall the preacher preach about the Spirit or the church? If there is confirmation, shall he speak primarily to the youth being confirmed? 2. Two accounts. The Lessons give two accounts of the coming of the Spirit. Lesson 1 is Luke's ...

398. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 9:1-29, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... be repeated for 500 million? Outline: How the same miracle can happen again. a. Our part in the miracle - v. 16. Share your food, though small - v. 17. Distribute the food to the hungry - v. 19. b. God's art in the miracle - vv. 14, 18, 19. Compassion - v. 14. Reception of the food - v. 16. Blessing of the food - v. 19. 3. Give Your Little To The Master. 14:13-21. Need: This miracle shows how Christ can change a minimum into a maximum. The minimum was a boy's lunch - five loaves and a couple of fishes. It ...

399. In Our Pastor's Success, So Is Our Own!

Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... their value. I once worked for a tough church. I couldn't do anything right. The grumbling and gripes were never-ending. So were the politics. After four years of patience, I shook the dust off my feet and moved on. The next church was so kind, so receptive. I kept wondering why they liked me and the other did not. Then I understood. It's in the first four beatitudes of Matthew 5. The one church was not poor in spirit, mournful, meek, or hungry and thirsty. The other, however, was all these things. And the ...

400. Set Life Free

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... realities that face all who carry on cultivation efforts of their own. We can sow. But whether the seed germinates, grows to maturity, produces fruit, and results in a harvest – all that is dependent upon the quality of the ground it falls upon, on the receptivity of the soil. In Jesus' first example, the seed falls upon the hardened path. The rich word, filled with promise of new life, never even gets into the soil. It lies neglected on the path, and is quickly eaten up by hungry birds – snatched up ...

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