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4326. Who Are Christians?

James 5:13-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... our hearts. There are all sorts of occasions when it's so comforting to have someone's hand to hold. The church ought to be that kind of place -- where people hold the hands of people in need. And more...where people who care reach out in love and concern to persons outside the Church. It's not likely that persons who need the saving Gospel and the sustaining fellowship the Church has to offer -- it's not likely they'll receive it unless it is given in the hands of genuinely caring folks. So, there it is ...

4327. The Church Of Our Dreams

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of Christianity. Does our mode of baptism -- how we baptize -- strike at the root of Christianity? Does whether or not we have musical instruments in the church -- or what kind of instruments those are -- make any difference as far as real Christianity is concerned? Is how we serve communion a grave issue in terms of faith? Is any argument about the Millennium, whether you are pre-millennial or post-millennial -- whether there's going to be a thousand-years of peace and then Christ will come, or whether ...

4328. Baptized...and Baptized

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... back to our scripture lesson. People were full of expectation -- looking for the Messiah -- and many of them felt that John the Baptist was the Messiah. Let's read verses 15 and 16 again. "As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ, John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with ...

4329. Hanging On To Every Word

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Jerusalem, as well as other events that took place outside the city during that week that changed the world. But we want to see them now in the context of Jesus speaking -- and the fact that people hung onto every word. I. Let this be our first point of concern. Jesus wept over the city. Do you think that was one of the reasons the people hung onto his words? He cared so much that He cried. So, mark this down: Words mean little unless they come from someone who cares. Get that! Words mean little unless they ...

4330. He Comes As He Came

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you would expect me to talk about. Bu listen. The war in the Persian Gulf brought it to a head again. The enemy that we fought had received weapons and military technology from us. And, as you know, there is an investigation and debate going on now concerning how we supported Hussein even up to a few months before the war. Mike Royko has put it in perspective in his column on March 12 (1991). He titled his article, "To Arms Makers, War Was Good Advertising". Listen to a part of his article: "In winning ...

4331. On Level Ground

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , and was working as a fire inspector for Ingles Ship Building Corporation. I had moved back from California to Nashville and so we were able to see each other rather often and cultivate our brother- love. Lloyd was always a tenderhearted person -- always concerned about others. He was a little man, and on the surface had the appearance of being cocky and a bit arrogant. But, inside, he was really insecure. In fact, he had some feelings of inferiority. But, inside, he was tenderhearted, unselfish, the kind ...

4332. The Whole Load

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... request "Lord please send me $200 for the rent and for food for my children." There was a man walking by on his way to a church meeting. He heard the poor man's prayer. He was deeply touched. At the board meeting he shared with other members this deep concern and they took up an offering. It was $100. He took it by the poor man's house. The next day he passed by and heard the man praying again. This time he was praying a prayer of thanksgiving. He was saying, "Lord, thank you for your generosity. Thank you ...

4333. Building A House

Luke 6:46-49

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is, in the feeling dimension of my spiritual life. This is confession time. I had come to a place in my prayer time, where it was difficult to keep my thoughts centered, and either verbalize or center my thoughts on persons and issues about whom I was concerned to bring those persons and issues into a prayerful relationship with God. I had begun a practice which is very meaningful to me. When I would be struggling with my prayer time with feeling the presence of God, I had begun to resort to singing -- just ...

4334. Who Loves More?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... us righteous folks who back away from association with a lower class, knowing deep down that to even think in terms of a “lower class” hurts God’s heart. We are forgiven. That’s Good News for us righteous folks who talk a good line about equality and concern for the poor, and education for all, yet who often feel the rage boiling up when we think about all the money we pay in taxes and all the people cheating the welfare system. We are forgiven!That’s Good News for us righteous folks who honor the ...

4335. Blessed Are Those Who Are Awake

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... me focus that in a very specific way in closing — Our relationships with each other. Time is fleeting, and we never know what’s going to happen to any one of us — we need to stay awake in relationships — to be caring, affirming, concerned, attentive — investing ourselves in family, in love, in ministry, because we never know when something important is going to be taken from us. Richard Sewall, Professor of English at Yale, shared a word in a Convocation Address at Williams College, which I would ...

4336. Gratitude Takes Practice

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... diploma because it hadn't enabled him to get a job. Aldridge sent it back to him with a letter explaining what it means to be an adult and the meaning of a university. The purpose of a university is to help you become self-sufficient, to become concerned about and involved in society. A university is here to help you gain wisdom, morality, and maybe even, he concluded, the purpose of the university is "to equip you for the struggles of life, not to guarantee you victory." Well, that's a model of faith as ...

4337. A Pattern For Giving And Living

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and I know you're going to like him very much. I do. And I hope you'll be happy to know that you'll be grandparents in seven months. Now, in closing, I want you to know that I don't want you to worry -- don't be too concerned about all this. There really was not a fire in the dormitory. I didn't suffer a concussion. I'm not living with a young man; I'm not even going with one, and I'm not pregnant. I've told you all this to let you know that I ...

4338. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to the global crisis. "While diseases still bring suffering and death, doctors, nurses and research teams work diligently with hope to control it and reverse it. While the Mafia is at work, so are the police and institutions and individuals concerned enough to redeem the causes and conditions in which crime festers. While nations rage and warfare devastates, there are also movements for peace and understanding and there are struggles for justice and reconciliation." (Shelby, Ibid.) However faint these signs ...

4339. Getting Our Lives Out Of Hock

Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... right hand are pleasure forevermore. Our theme today is "Getting Our Lives Out of Hock." Hear verse 11 of the text again: "You show me the path of life. In your presence, there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore." If that claim of the psalmist concerning God's work in our life is our claim, then we can indeed get our life out of hock. Do you understand that image? The image is most real in a pawn shop. Now, it may surprise you to know that I visit pawn shops now and then. In ...

4340. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... them to do there. Sixth, I think that's six. We need to form a partnership with Methodist Health Systems here in Memphis. So that everything that is done will have a specific, explicit, evangelistic dimension to it. To send humanitarian aid alone without a spiritual concern and a specific word of witness is a betrayal of the Gospel. It's a betrayal of the Gospel. Now my boldest dream, or part of that dream. I want four or five young people out of this congregation, who are just graduating from college or ...

4341. Naming And Being Named

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that to him. And we finally made the decision that we would do it in one of the questions that we asked. We decided that we would say to him, "Mr. President, we're Christians and people of faith. Therefore, we're persons of prayer. Are there personal needs and concerns for which you would like for us to pray? We assigned that question to be asked by Dr. Sundo Kim. Some of you know Dr. Kim. He preached in our church a few months ago. He is the pastor of the largest Methodist Church in the world, a church in ...

4342. The Medicine Of A Cheerful Heart

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of laughing at ourselves. There is a story about a man running down the pier, heading for the ferry-boat. He thought he was going to miss it. He was dressed in such a way to convey the fact that he was a man of status, a man who was concerned about his dignity. He wore a pin-striped suit, carried a black umbrella in one hand and a black leather briefcase in the other. As he ran toward the ferry-boat, he kept waving his umbrella and shouting, thinking that he was going to miss the ferry. He ran all ...

4343. The Heart -- Our Mirror

Proverbs 25:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... your image?" Ustinov said, "I don't know what my image is, I don't want to know." And then he continued, "It is a sad state when the man looking at you from a mirror is more important than the man looking into the mirror." If you are overly concerned about your image -- if you are preoccupied with the impression you are making on other people -- the chances are you are not certain of your identity. You don't quite know who you are -- and, more seriously, you are not yet the person God created you to be. Now ...

4344. To Live Is To Grow

1 Timothy 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is self-affirmation. Fulfillment and growth are dependent upon our capacity to affirm ourselves. This self-affirmation comes from an awareness and an acceptance of the many sidedness of our being. We are able to recognize and affirm our weakness and strength, our concern and apathy, our hopes and fears, our potentials for creativity and destructiveness. We are aware that we are all these things, and yet we're a unique unrepeatable miracle of God. Woodrow Wilson was a man of great personal gifts. He was not ...

4345. We Can't Afford It! Oh, Really?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... for each one to have a bite!” Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” As far as the disciples were concerned, the problem was resources. They didn’t have enough. Jesus knew better. What they had was not a resource problem, but a faith problem. I. It Is Not a Resource Problem. Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and ...

4346. Your Dreams Are Too Small

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... . To retire while we’re young enough to live out some of our dreams. Nothing is more natural than to dream. In fact, most people dream too small. When Michael Dell was in college, his parents drove up for a surprise visit. They were concerned that Michael’s “hobby”--building computers in his dorm room--was distracting him from his studies. His father demanded that he get more serious about his college work, asking Michael, “What do you want to do with your life?” And the young college student ...

4347. Seeing the Good News

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

John P. Jewell

... spiritual wilderness of our contemporary world. "Make room for God!" "Get rid of everything in your life that is a barrier to God!" "Every person will see the promises of God come to pass!" There is a natural division of this message into two areas of concern. There is first of all, the area of: [1] "That which is possible for mortals..." and "That which is possible only for God." [1] "That which is possible for mortals..." When John the Baptist brought his message to the wilderness, he said there were two ...

4348. God's Anxiety Reduction Plan

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

John P. Jewell

... a formula which we can treat as a basic program on reduction of anxiety: 1. "Do not worry about anything..." So - how much of a role should worry play in our lives? (None) Let's try this as a litany. I will suggest some things that would concern most people and you reply with the words, "Do not worry about anything!" "Paul, I am worried about some bad news I received about my health." "Do not worry about anything!" "Paul, I am anxious about our economic situation." "Do not worry about anything!" "Paul, I am ...

4349. When God Comes with a Blessing

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

John P. Jewell

... the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior..." ¹ Hannah Whitall Smith, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, Westwood; New Jersey: 1985 (p.215) ² Bruce Larson, The Communicators Commentary, Vol.3 Luke, Waco, TX: Word Books, 1983, p.39 For an interesting article on developing a social concerns ministry in the local church, see: "How to turn a Lukewarm Parish into a Hotbed of Social Justice"

4350. Preparing for Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Packages to wrap. Christmas cards to write. How does anybody ever get it all done? We can get so busy that we forget to reflect on the meaning of it all. That’s what I invite you to do for the next few minutes. Forget your outside cares and concerns. Pretend that you have nothing to do but reflect on the meaning of the coming of the Christ child. Listen to the words of the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. Every valley shall be ...

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