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Philippians 1:12-30

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Maxie Dunnam

... witness had great impact upon those within the Christian community. Listen again to verse 14 – most of the brethren in the Lord have been made confident in him because of my imprisonment and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear. Mark this down. The fruits of our proclaiming the gospel are not only in the winning of persons to Christ, but the encouragement we give others to be bold in their Christian living and witnessing. Now this has special meaning for a congregation like ours. All ...

4302. The Eternal Question

Matthew 27:11-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... was free. Likewise, each of us, what will you do with Jesus – you’re free to answer that question. But not only does the question presuppose a person’s freedom, it implies as a necessary prior condition the fact that we are responsible for our freedom. Now mark that down. If we are free to act, as we certainly are, then we must accept responsibility for our freedom and the decisions we make. A liberated slave met his former master on the streets. “Are you as well-off as you were when you were free ...

4303. Justification By Grace Through Faith

Galatians 2:11-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... all about. The prodigal did not earn his way back into the family fold, he did not have any of his inheritance that he could put back into the family farm. It probably took him months to recover from that prodigal journey. And I’m sure that he bore the marks of the far country for a long time after he returned to the father’s house, but he wore the robe and the ring of a son. His place in the family was not dependant upon his condition or his performance, it was dependant upon the father’s love to ...

4304. Saints In The Light

Colossians 1:1-14

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Maxie Dunnam

... facile words are empty and do not affirm the Almightiness of God as we presume they do. Nor does such an easy slogan authenticate our faith. The will of God, to be sure, is often enshrouded in darkness, clouded in ambiguity. Silence as well as speaking marks His communication with us. In prayer we struggle to discern God’s will. We talk. We listen. We ponder scripture. We reflect. We wait. And graciously the response comes. Not according to our timetable, nor in the form and mode of our design, but in God ...

4305. Christ Signs The Letter Of The Church

Colossians 1:15-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... being the head of the church, by talking about Christ as the first born from the dead. This is his ever- recurring reference to the Resurrection. It is the Resurrection of Christ that bestows life and power. It is the Resurrection of Christ that marked the beginning of a new humanity, a recreation in which we as Christians participate. Therefore, more than anything else, the church is a community of Resurrection. Let's be very clear what we are talking about. The Church as a Resurrection community speaks of ...

4306. Put To Death The Old; Put On The New

Colossians 3:1-17

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Maxie Dunnam

... , for the larger theme is what it means to live the new life Christ gives us. Baptism is Paul's reference point for talking about life "hidden with Christ in God." A Christian's baptism is not unlike Jewish circumcision, Paul says. In baptism we are marked as Christians. This is a circumcision made without hands, the circumcision of Christ in which we are "buried with Him in baptism." He then becomes our life. Giacomo Manzu, the artist friend of Pope John XXIII, sculpted the newest doors of St. Peter's in ...

4307. Put My Tears In Thy Bottle

Psalm 56:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... to look is in verse 12: "My vows to Thee I must perform, O God; I will remember thank offerings to thee. The Psalmist knew that gratitude is the virtue for all seasons. To be able to express gratitude -- to see the reasons for being thankful -- is to a marked degree the measure of any person. I'm so grateful for the firm foundation laid for this church by my two predecessors, Dr. Charles Grant and Dr. Harold Beaty. I'm happy that you who have been here a long time have shared with me so many stories about ...

4308. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (i)

Psalm 137:1-9

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Maxie Dunnam

... of biblical authority and what that means. I want you to hear what I say with the awareness of my commitment to scripture. Some of you know that I was one of six Methodist ministers who initiated The Houston Declaration that shaped to a marked degree the direction of the General Conference of United Methodism in 1986. The first issue of that declaration was the primacy of scripture. The new theological statement of our church underscores that clearly -- that the Bible is the word of God -- that it is ...

4309. Cheers (communion)

John 16:17-33

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... very edge of his seat. He took a single cup from the large tray. Carefully, he studied the small container from every angle. Then, with the broadest smile upon his face, he suddenly raised the cup to touch his father's hand, and said, "Cheers!" (story by Mark Trotter, quoted by Brian K. Bauknight, "Cheers!", October 5, 1986). The setting is The Upper Room. It's the day before his crucifixion. Jesus may not have known it was going to be the day, but he knew it would be soon. He called his disciples together ...

4310. In A Mirror Dimly

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... phrase that the singer Mary Martin used to describe her grandmother. She said her grandmother lived in a state of "incandescent amazement." Isn't that beautiful? "Incandescent amazement." No wonder Mary Martin's grandmother lived to be 99. Incandescent amazement -- the mark of child-likeness -- finding the world interesting, astonishing, surprising, and enjoying every minute of it. Open to the world -- trusting God -- that's child-likeness, and we don't want to give that up. II. But Paul has something else ...

4311. Loving The Jesus Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... -perception -- having inflated ideas about our own importance has had tragic and disastrous outcomes. Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, and Jim Jones in San Francisco and Giana. Their self-perception worked havoc in the world, and led to their own self-destruction. So let's mark it down. To love the Jesus way is to love enough to keep ourselves in perspective. Sometime ago, Ned McQuirter showed an admirable side of himself in a brief anecdote which he wrote, and it was published in the newspaper. He said it was ...

4312. A Love For All Seasons (i)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... first time, or at least the second time. (Harold Platter brought me a poster the other day -- three big words. READY -- FIRE -- AIM. That's the story of our lives. We fire before we aim. We misfired back then, and we are still misfiring. It is the mark of our humanity. Fortunately, God is patient and kind." (Ibid., Ritter). How we work it out -- the number of times we take the Prodigal back will never be easy to decide. But we must always bring the weight of the Gospel to our consideration. Loves bears all ...

4313. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

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Maxie Dunnam

... of less value than agriculture. In fact, it is worthless. If God exists, then theology is more important in a university curriculum than agriculture." (This debate was reported by William M. Logan, In the Beginning, God , John Knox Press, 1957. Portions in quotation marks are taken from his book, pages 31 and 32). It would appear that Hutchins lost the debate. I don't know a university in which the theology school and the theology curriculum is seen as unifying discipline for everything else. NOTE: INSERT ...

4314. Look Carefully How You Walk

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Maxie Dunnam

... after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do; forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Jesus Christ." So, like Paul, Wesley knew that he'd been laid hold of by Christ, but he would make no claim to have attained the fullness of what he knew was his by gift and promise. And ...

4315. I Am Christ's

2 Corinthians 5:17

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Maxie Dunnam

... say that it's hypocrisy -- pretending to be someone you really aren't. But not in the Christian walk -- when we walk in Christ, we seek to walk as Christ would walk. And, as Martin Luther would say, "We actually become little Christ's." (Abe Lincoln story told by Mark Trotter in "You're Better Than You Think", February 21, 1988). So, there is a sense in which the Christian walk is an imitation of Christ -- a call to walk as Christ walks. But it's more than that. We must go beyond the imitation of Christ to ...

4316. Declaration Of Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

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Maxie Dunnam

... over 100 years old, was being carried on the shoulders of a group of young men. They were taking him up the steps of a courthouse in a Southern town to register to vote. The caption beneath the picture said he was born a slave. To a marked degree he had remained a slave, even after the Emancipation Proclamation. Unable to vote, subjected to the rigid discriminatory demands and tests of others, he was kept in subjection. But now he was free, and the look on his face showed his joy. He was going to express ...

4317. The Little Madness Of Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... to the eleven disciples to share the great good news. But do you remember that word -- verse 11: "But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them." A little madness there -- and in each of the Gospels it's the same. In Mark's Gospel the women who see Jesus on Easter morning "said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid." In Matthew's Gospel, the authorities tell the guards they must "Tell people his disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep." A little madness ...

4318. It's All God's Doing

Ezekiel 17:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... expressions of our dependency upon God. A woman talking about giving thanks at meals said, "We say grace every night around here, because we think it's a good idea to give up our egos to God." So there you have it...patience and gratitude -- primary marks of the Christian Walk -- in our homes especially, but in the whole of life. So rehearse: 1 . Patience recognizes that we are not in control.2 . Patience shows we value the other person.3 . Being grateful keeps our values clear. and4 . Being grateful is one ...

4319. Where The Spirit Of Jesus Is

John 20:19-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... here is that something new is being created. Jesus breathes on them the breath of life, and says, "Receive the Holy Spirit." Then he gives them the power to forgive sins. "So what we have here is John's version of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church." (Rev. Mark Trotter, "Then What Happened?", April 10, 1988) Now we're more familiar with the story in the Book of Acts. That's where we go to tell the birth story of the Church. But both stories say the same thing: the Church was formed by the Spirit. And ...

4320. Meeting And Mastering Temptation

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... of the universe."The rough, the wicked, and the wild, that keeps the spirit undefiled. With these I match my little wit and earn the right to stand and sit. Hope, love, create, or drink and die: These shape the creature that is I. (quoted by Mark Trotter, "Long Live the Weeds", July 19, 1987) It's a beautiful exposition of the Biblical understanding of life. We don't understand the presence of weeds in our lives nor the bitter rock, nor the barren soil. Weeds and rocks are just there. And, interestingly ...

4321. Will The Real God Please Stand?

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... of the universe." The rough, the wicked, and the wild, that keeps the spirit undefiled. With these I match my little wit and earn the right to stand and sit. Hope, love, create, or drink and die: These shape the creature that is I. (quoted by Mark Trotter, "Long Live the Weeds", July 19, 1987) It's a beautiful exposition of the Biblical understanding of life. We don't understand the presence of weeds in our lives nor the bitter rock, nor the barren soil. Weeds and rocks are just there. And, interestingly ...

4322. How To Be Rich And Poor

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... is the same message that Jesus sounded. In his parable of the Sower, he describes the seed that fell among the thorns, "And the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in, choked the word, and it becomes unfruitful" (Mark 4: 19). I read recently of a woman who went down to the coffee shop -- "She went over to the table and sat down, not disturbing the gentleman. She opened up her purse and took out her magazine and started reading. In a bit, she reached for ...

4323. The Trance Of Non-renewal

Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 24:36-44

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Maxie Dunnam

... -renewal", there is also the "chant of non-renewal." It goes like this: "It will never work." There are other versions: "We've tried that before." "We are too old to change." "We are too small to take on anything that big." "We're too weak." "We're too poor." (Mark Trotter, "Don't Miss Out," December 3, 1989). The chant of non-renewal. Advent is a time when we train our vision to see how God works in history -- and to see how God works in our present time, and to see how God works in our individual lives. I ...

4324. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... discipline in her daily devotions... It was during one of those recitations of George Herbert's poem on love that, she said, "Christ himself came down and took possession of me." It was grace...but she had prepared herself for it to happen" (Mark Trotter, "Make a List," December 4, 1988). Perhaps you have had an experience like that an experience when, unexpectedly, you became aware of the presence of God in your life. We call that an Epiphany the appearance of Christ, an unexpected revelation. But ...

4325. Repentance: The No That Is A Yes

Luke 3:1-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... Christ. But Luke doesn't stop there. He continues with Isaiah's metaphor. The ancient Hebrew ran: "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together" (Isaiah 40: 5). Luke is saying here, and it is a marked theme of his Gospel, that our Lord Jesus Christ -- the One John the Baptist is announcing -- possessed the glorious, divine prerogative of granting forgiveness. Jesus used that prerogative to confer salvation on people. Now here is the key -- and the big point we are making ...

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4301. Proclaimers Of The Gospel

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4302. The Eternal Question

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4303. Justification By Grace Through Faith

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4304. Saints In The Light

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4305. Christ Signs The Letter Of The Church

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4306. Put To Death The Old; Put On The New

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4307. Put My Tears In Thy Bottle

Psalm 56:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4308. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (i)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4309. Cheers (communion)

John 16:17-33

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4310. In A Mirror Dimly

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4311. Loving The Jesus Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4312. A Love For All Seasons (i)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4313. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4314. Look Carefully How You Walk

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4315. I Am Christ's

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4316. Declaration Of Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4317. The Little Madness Of Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4318. It's All God's Doing

Ezekiel 17:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4319. Where The Spirit Of Jesus Is

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4320. Meeting And Mastering Temptation

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4321. Will The Real God Please Stand?

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the universe." The rough, the wicked, and the wild, that keeps the spirit undefiled. With these I match my little wit and earn the right to stand and sit. Hope, love, create, or drink and die: These shape the creature that is I. (quoted by Mark Trotter, "Long Live the Weeds", July 19, 1987) It's a beautiful exposition of the Biblical understanding of life. We don't understand the presence of weeds in our lives nor the bitter rock, nor the barren soil. Weeds and rocks are just there. And, interestingly ...

4322. How To Be Rich And Poor

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4323. The Trance Of Non-renewal

Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4324. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

4325. Repentance: The No That Is A Yes

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

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