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4026. Evangelism Jesus' Style

John 1:29-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... truths. A. JESUS INVITES. John the Baptist is holding forth with his mighty preaching calling people to repentance. People are flocking to hear him, are responding to his preaching, and are being baptized by him in the Jordan. They thought John was Elijah returned to earth. Some even thought he was the Messiah. But no Messianic complex controlled John the Baptist as it often does great public figures. He knew who he was and he knew who Jesus was: “I baptize with water unto repentance,” he said, “but ...

4027. Lessons from Rephidim - Being the Lord's Intercessor

Exodus 17:8-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... dark prison of Peter. The angel called for Peter to get up, and when Peter did, mysteriously the chains seemed to fall off from his wrists and his ankles. The angel told him to put on his sandals and wrap his cloak around him and follow him. Peter thought he was dreaming; he was having some sort of vision; this couldn’t be happening. However, he soon became convinced. The cell door was opened, and he followed the angel down a corridor. At the end of the corridor there was an iron gate that was kept locked ...

4028. Come Forward to God's Throne Where There Is Grace (Relief for Guilt)

Hebrews 4:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... outside for a visit. What began as a casual exchange flowed into the sharing of deep feeling. A question about his family triggered a brief convulsion of distress and pain. He was estranged from his son. He’s done everything he could, so he thought, to bring about reconciliation, but there was still the tension, the strain, the cold, formal relating without genuine warmth. The fellow told me he dreamed about his son, and would awaken in the middle of the night and remain sleepless for hours, thinking ...

4029. When You Have Everything You Need, Except What You Need (Managing Money)

Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... perspective we need. It keeps us to asses whether we have money, or whether money has us. I hope you’ll remember all this when you make your pledge to the church for the coming year. I close now by reviewing. The problem with the rich fool was that he thought only of himself and this world. Jesus gave us a way of meaning with or without money. That way includes a sense of belonging and a call to care. And Jesus’ big point was: not whether you have money but whether money has you. When you come to the ...

4030. Opening and Closing Doors

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . So, we want to begin today by acknowledging the fact that worry can be constructive. I Will you note that first in your mind? Worry can be constructive. There is no question about Jesus’ teaching. It’s as clear as it could be - be not anxious - take no thought for tomorrow - that’s as clear as it could be, isn’t it? We are not to worry. But, any virtue, pressed too far can become an evil. If anything is worse than taking life to seriously, it is taking life too lightly. That is, being completely ...

4031. The Unsuspected Trojan Horse

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , making an affirmation that the Lord had searched him and known him, that the Lord knew everything about him. And then he closed that Psalm with a prayer. Listen to the Psalmists words again: - Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting! Resentment comes from two roots. The first, ‘re” means again, as in repeat - that is, say or do it again. The second is the Latin word, “sentire” which means “to ...

4032. Who Are We Waiting For?

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... she went for. God is like Coke – He is the real thing. Jesus gave her the water of eternal life. A man, all torn up inside, possessed by demons, moved out to the cemetery to live among the dead. There was no peace for him among the living, so he thought - but, God is like Bayer aspirin: He works wonders. Jesus came to the man, cast out the demons, set his soul at ease and the scripture says he went to his family clothed in his right mind.” A woman’s life was stained by affair after affair — a life ...

4033. Three Wise Women

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you don’t understand, and he says he doesn’t understand either. You don’t know what to do, because he won’t talk. You’ve suspected it, but now you know. Your wife is drinking everyday. It’s gone beyond the point the two of you thought was just a matter of “social grace.” She’s not functioning well as a mother; the children know something is wrong. The days of our lives have turned desperately dark for these and a thousand other reasons. Where do you turn? Unfortunately to a lot of sources ...

4034. Justification and Grace

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... looking at the two key-words: justification and grace. Look at our text: verse 16, We “know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ.” That of course, is where we get the key thought, the core thought of evangelical Christianity: Justification by Grace through Faith. This is our signal as Christians. Let’s look at the word, justification. It is a metaphor primarily from the law courts. Keep in mind the supreme question: How can sinners get into a right relationship ...

4035. Crucified with Christ

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 5: “For though we live in the world, we are not carrying on a world war. For the weapons of our warfare are not worldly, but we have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle to the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” You see, as Christians who have been baptized into Christ, we do not live out of our own resources. We live by faith in the Son of God who gave himself for us. We hear a lot in out day about “spirit filled Christians ...

4036. Not a Servant, but a Son

Galatians 4:6-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his mind. Both had the status of sons after the prodigal’s return. But the elder had only the status. He did not enter into the life of the father, and would not even share the joy of the welcome home party. He kept acting like a servant, even thought the father wanted him as a son. In fact, that is precisely what the father would not have — sons who acted like servants. He would not accept the pleas of the prodigal “Make me a hired servant.” “No! Bring the robe and the ring and the shoes; kill ...

4037. Why Jesus Didn't Perform Funerals

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a marvelous way with a long bout with a disease. Dr. Peale asked him, “At any time during this experience were you afraid?” “Yes,” he replied, “there was one time when I was afraid. That was when my temperature stayed at 104 degrees for three days. The thought crossed my mind that maybe I wasn’t going to make it. But I was afraid only temporarily. I just began to apply common sense, and as I did so the fever went down. All the common sense I had told me that the doctors on this case were ...

4038. The Shared Life of the People of God, Part 2

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... this truth - first, the whole matter of affirming strength. Paul doesn’t stop by admonishing us not to deceive ourselves by thinking we’re something when we’re not; he urges us to examine ourselves that we will rejoice in ourselves. Christian character is not to be thought of in terms of weakness, of self-loss, and/or anemic living. To be forgiven and accepted by God, to be called and commissioned is to be made a child and an heir – to be made a new person in Christ – to be given a vocation. All ...

4039. The Harvest of the Spirit, Part 1

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it was too late. His father had died. They buried him the next day, a cold and windy day; and then Roy Smith went back to the mill to get his father’s tools and the coveralls that he had been wearing at the time of the accident. Someone had thoughtfully put all of them into the tool box his father had used. They had carefully folded the bloody coveralls, and then had placed his old brogans bottom side-up there in the box. When Roy Smith opened the lid of that box, the first thing he saw was his father ...

4040. When God Seems Far Off

Psalm 10:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... went so far as to pay no attention to God. No morning found them in the Temple offering morning sacrifices. No evening found them recounting his glories to their families by the fireside. In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, ‘There is no God.’ His ways prosper at all times, thy judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. He thinks in his heart, ‘I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity ...

4041. Room When in Distress

Psalm 4:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... bit of terror in my heart what if this thing stuck. The experience of feeling trapped suggests another fear – the fear of abandonment. Many of us not only live with this fear, we live in it a substantial part of our lives. Each one of us gives battle to the thought of being left where we are who we are, with no way out. The poet, Kenneth Patchen, expressed it this way: Isn’t all our dread a dread of being Just here? Of being only this? Of having no other thing to become? Of having no where to go really ...

4042. In the House of the Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Lord who has become our banquet host offers – his providence, expressed in love and daily care. Will you believe it? We sit at the table of God’s daily providence. So when you tend to pride over what you have accomplished, take a second thought. When you’re drifting further and further into that deadly pit of self-sufficiency, draw yourself back. Where would you be without God? The very air we breathe, God gives. Our physical life is but a flickering light dependent upon a remarkable infrastructure of ...

4043. Characteristics of the Church

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that even at a casual reading: “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” The psalm for my daily devotion during this past week has been Psalm 130. One section of the psalm spoke to me as I thought of the sermon, Verse 5: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. I’m sure that psalm was often upon the lips of the ...

4044. The Beginning of the Story

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... unfortunate stereotypes if you can and listen to this word of Paul to the Romans - Romans 2:4, this puts the word repentance in its gospel perspective. Listen: “Do you not know that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?” Have you thought of it that way? We thought it was God’s judgment that led us to repentance -and to be sure, there is judgment. But here Paul is saying something else. “Do you not know that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?” What can we do when He ...

4045. Jesus' Baptism: Affirmed by God

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... about this text. He said that Jesus went to the cross so that we too could hear the same word Jesus heard at his baptism - So that you and I can hear – “This is my beloved daughter, this is my beloved son - with whom I am well pleased.” Have you thought about it that way? Jesus’ paid the price so that for you and me, the heavens could open, and we could know the reality of God’s Spirit as a living power and presence, in our lives. Jesus wanted us to know the reality of good news in the dark ...

4046. Peter, Our Folk Hero

Mark 14:27-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a nice hotel, and celebrated the day that Roy Riegels ran the wrong way in the Rose Bowl. So no matter what Roy Riegels does, the world won’t let him forget that 50 years ago he made a mistake. (Mark Trotter, “How to Forget the Past”) I thought of Roy Riegels as I began preparation of this sermon, because we’re focusing our attention today on Simon Peter. Peter was a blunder often running off on his own, and many times in the wrong direction - doing those things he shouldn’t have done, and failing ...

4047. Living on Full Alert

Matthew 24: 36-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... lives. In the Upper Room a few years ago, there was a devotional written about Theresa. Theresa is in the choir today. Two months ago she gave birth to her first born child, a son. He lived ten days. Everyone prayed that he would be fine. The doctors thought he was getting better, but suddenly the baby died. But, Theresa is in the choir today singing about Jesus being a rock in a weary land, a shelter in the time of storm. She could have gotten bitter. Instead, she got better. Theresa is in the choir today ...

4048. On Being Faithful and Focused

Hebrews 11:1, 32 – 12:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... 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 the highway and you are caught in a traffic jam and you are having all these evil thoughts, pick up your breath prayer, “Lord, make me a blessing." When you get to work on Monday morning and you have to face some people you would rather not face at all, offer that prayer, “Lord, make me a blessing." When you get on your knees after ...

4049. Doing Our Best

Romans 12: 1-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... one of them. The catalogue even tells you how many hours you need to volunteer for that particular service. The church is not a spectator sport. It is a participant opportunity. Somebody here, by the power of God, will be moved to do a ministry that we have not even thought of yet. God is calling on you. Write it down on the Service Card. If there are four other people that God moves in the same way in this service, we will help you facilitate it and see that it happens. I see a great explosion of what God ...

4050. When It's Time To Unite

I Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... my pleasure. I was in my second pastorate. Things were going extremely well; success was going to my head; I was on a roll. Then, I had a really difficult Board meeting one night and furthermore, the denomination decided it was going to slam some doors that I thought to be opened. On Monday morning, I was out of sorts. The money was counted by a layperson of the church. He came in and I wailed and bemoaned the restrictive nature of the church. I said in that conversation, “ I think I'll just go out and ...

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