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4351. The Hinge of History

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... with, but a voice to be heard. He was not building a kingdom for himself, but preparing the way for another. And when the Other came, John had the ability to slip off center stage gracefully. Some of his friends pointed out, probably with devoted concern, that the crowds were now flocking to Jesus. John quickly reminded them that he had said all along he was not the Christ, but he had been sent before him. He described himself as "the friend of the bridegroom," who waits patiently until the bridegroom ...

4352. Saints in Shorts

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... with shorts on. He's wearing no shirt and no shoes, no coat, no gloves, no scarf. It's obvious that he is shivering and miserable. And his misery is soon compounded by some folks' pointing and taunting. A few thoughtful persons in the crowd, meanwhile, express concern for his health and well-being, and they offer him some of their winter wear. "Would you like my gloves?" asks one man. "I could just keep my hands in my coat pockets." "I've got an extra scarf," offers another. But the half-dressed man turns ...

4353. The Best Advice He Could Give

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely--be content with your pay.” In other words, the repentance John preached was not simply about our personal indiscretions and vices. He was concerned with our relationships with others. Our prayers this Christmas are with young women and young men on the fields of battle in Iraq, Afghanistan and in other places in the world. War is so dehumanizing, and yet there is no place on earth where ...

4354. The Baby Leaped

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

King Duncan

Dr. Jerry Schmallengberger, former president of Pacific Lutheran Seminary in Berkeley, CA, tells a hilarious story about a Christmas program that went awry. The story concerned a Pastor Paul Dahlrimple who had a great scheme to illustrate baby Jesus coming down from heaven. Pastor Dahlrimple asked Elder Fred to help. In preparation, he carefully rigged a baby doll to an invisible fishing line, stringing it through hooks in the ceiling and across to Elder Fred’s ...

4355. Headlines and Holiness

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... up and changed the channel after that. Am I getting these details right? For my money, this story of Jesus and the day's headlines is as strange and befuddling as any in the Gospels. What was Jesus thinking? His followers were clearly concerned about the news events of the day. Both reports are about atrocities visited upon innocents. One news story describes a case of evil devised by intentional malice. Pilate gruesomely kills some Galileans as they knelt at worship. The other story describes suffering by ...

4356. Return to the Father

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... us through all our years, and yet we have done nothing with it (2 Corinthians 6:1). It is that "end" that the prophet Joel is preaching about in our Old Testament lesson, the end of our lives, and in fact, the end of human history. Joel 2:1-2 concerns the Day of the Lord, the dies irae as it is called in so much music and liturgy. That is the final day, when God comes to earth to destroy all of his enemies and to establish his reign over all things and persons. Thus verses 1-2 of our ...

4357. A Longer Stride and a Larger Embrace

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... world. I like the way our own Howard Snyder has contrasted our stereotypical understanding of church to the Kingdom of which the church should be a sign: Kingdom people seek first the Kingdom of God and its justice; church people often put church work above concerns of justice, mercy and truth. Church people think about how to get people into the church; Kingdom people think about how to get the church into the world. Church people worry that the world might change the church; Kingdom people work to see the ...

4358. Compassion Fatigue

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... has been and is a big problem in my life. I still remember my life as a pastor, and there is a degree to which I carry this over into my life at the seminary. Hardly a week would pass when I would not be burdened by the cares and concerns of my congregation that I would awaken two or three mornings during the week at two or three o’clock and begin to think about those persons with whom I’d been sharing – or with whom I wanted to share. The young mother who was waging a courageous battle against ...

4359. If You Get Too Close to the Cross, You Will End Up Carrying It

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of law or business or teaching or a good job that provided security for their family; The Lord got hold of some of the younger ones in their last years of college. They thought they were going into a big moneymaking job; therefore they weren’t concerned about the big debts they were running up for their college education. They knew they could pay for it within a few years, out in the world at a high earning level. But there they are, in seminary – going out to serve – at a salary which through ...

4360. If I Have Not Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . If we have not love, we die. Do you remember Janice Joplin – the famous pop singer? Night after night she stood before screaming, applauding crowds in the great auditoriums of this country. She was on the top of the heap as far as popularity was concerned. One night, she was singing to an audience of twenty-five thousand people, and she asked herself out loud in the presence of those twenty-five thousand fans, “Janice, have you ever been loved?” And she answered her own question. “No, I have never ...

4361. God Outwits Us

Psalm 31:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 1999, I accepted a position as Director of Programs and Children’s Ministries at First United Methodist Church in Andalusia, Alabama. God has blessed me and given me many people with whom to minister. I have also been writing a book about grief…specifically concerning my unique circumstances… …God continues to bless and heal me with all His goodness. I am so very glad that Asbury was part of my healing journey. Tanya has found that God’s grace is always sufficient, but He outwits us by giving us ...

4362. On the Road Again

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of students, faculty, and staff during each week. About two weeks before I’m going to pray for them I write them a note, asking them to share with me what’s going on in their lives – their joys and celebrations – but especially their concerns and needs – what they would like for me to intercede about. It’s been a revolutionary experience for me – not only for my discipline in prayer – but for my identification with our community. This practice of prayer is a constant reminder of where emmaus ...

4363. Keeping Our Souls

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Peter -- folks like us -- betrayal and denial -- bombshells of thought. In a play by Channing Pollock, Archie comes home tired and beat. He has been down in the village taking a courageous stand against the government officials who are about to do something unethical concerning a proposed housing project. He refused to give in to their ways. He stood his ground, despite derision and scorn. He is disappointed and depressed and says to his wife, Jennifer, “I’m not a big man, Jen.” She asks, “What is a ...

4364. God's Say-So

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... little boy as high as she could above the heads of the crowd. As she held him there so that he could see, she was overheard saying to him, “Take a long look, honey. That man died for you.” The New Testament and the Christian Gospel have the singular concern to lift us above the things that could crowd it from our view and point us to the cross, saying, “Take a long look. He died for you.” So, “though our sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow -- though they be red like crimson, they ...

4365. Don't Fade Out On the Amen and the Hallelujah

Revelation 19:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... God for who God is. We thank God for what God does. David is among the students I am praying for this week. On the paper that he returned to me – when I requested that he share his praise and thanksgivings – as well as his needs and concerns – he praised and thanked God for the six adults that wanted to be baptized in his church sometime during the coming weeks – and he noted that ten adults had recently made professions of faith and were baptized. That hit me solidly and caused great joy to rise ...

4366. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, Spirit and discipline with which they first set out.” Could it be that his concern has become reality? The same thing is true of each one of us. We are as holy as we want to be. So, do you believe in the authority of scripture? If you do, you know that the Bible is more than a book – it is the revelation and an ...

4367. The Church: An Enclave of Resistance v1

Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... all that diminishes human life” (“An Enclave of Resistance,” a sermon preached by Mark Trotter, First United Methodist Church, San Diego, California, October 5, 1997). Whether it should be a part of the mission statement of every church or not is not my concern -- but that it should be a factor in our awareness of who we are as the Church is absolutely crucial. Let the image seeth in your mind. The Church -- an enclave of resistance. So, as we begin this Ministers’ Conference, with our theme -- on ...

4368. Why Being A Christian Has Worn You Down v2

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Christian, and especially for one who is called to ministry. I still remember my life as a pastor, and there is a degree to which I carry this over into my life here. Hardly a week would pass when I would not be so burdened by the cares and concerns of my congregation that I would awaken at two or three o’clock in the morning and begin to think about those persons with whom I’d been sharing – or with whom I wanted to share. The young mother who was waging a courageous battle against cancer, her two ...

4369. Why Being A Christian Has Worn You Down v1

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ’s the way it is for the sensitive Christian. I still remember my life as a pastor, and there is a degree to which I carry this over into my life at Asbury Seminary. Hardly a week would pass when I would not be so burdened by the cares and concerns of my congregation that I would awaken at two or three o’clock in the morning and begin to think about those persons with whom I’d been sharing – or with whom I wanted to share. The young mother who was waging a courageous battle against cancer, her two ...

4370. We Who Are Many Are One Body

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... after him. You may recall that Kunta Kinte was the great-great-great-great-great- grandfather of Alex Haley, the author. One of the most significant episodes captured in the television drama was recorded in the first chapter of the book. The custom concerning the birth, and especially the signal event of naming a child on the eighth day, was recorded. That ancient naming ceremony of the African people involved the mother and the father taking the child out into the center of the village where the people ...

4371. A Thousand Years Of Ashes

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... this Colonel was invited to speak to a group of doctors. He described to these physicians a personality change that he had experienced. Now, he declared, he was as temperate as he had once been intemperate, as considerate as he had once been severe, as concerned for others as he had once been selfish. In the audience was a psychiatrist of the school which says that personalities are set very early in life. He protested that at his age you can’t have a personality change. “Well,” replied this member of ...

4372. Dealing With Your Enemies

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but I would not lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed.” Interesting insight into David’s character. David was not always merciful to his enemies, but at least on this occasion, David’s faith in God was more important than either his desire for vengeance or his concern for his own safety, so he spared Saul’s life. Imagine that: HE LET HIS FAITH DETERMINE HOW HE TREATED HIS ENEMY. How shall we treat our enemy? Do you have any enemies? Most people do. We may not think of them as enemies, but let me ask ...

4373. Lessons In How To Give, Pray, And Fast

Matthew 6:16-18

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... neighbors and acquaintances. Let your Holy Spirit be upon us as we remember that it is through your Son, Jesus Christ, that we have the promise of eternal life. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Heavenly Father, there have been times when we have been more concerned about what people think of our religious practices than we have been about whether or not they draw us closer to you. May the spiritual disciplines which we undertake in this holy season give us a deeper understanding of the significance of Christ's ...

4374. Hope For The Future

Jeremiah 23:1-8

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... the coming of your kingdom. Bless our endeavors, we pray, and hasten the day when every knee shall bow before you and every tongue confess that you are our King and Savior. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, we get so wrapped up with the needs and concerns of our own families, our particular church, our workplaces that we forget you sent your Son so the world might be saved and his kingdom know no bounds. Forgive our narrow-mindedness, we pray, and send us forth empowered by your Holy Spirit to minister to ...

4375. God's Blessings Are For All People

Ephesians 3:1-13

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... : and Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth, People: a kingdom of peace and light. Collect Lord of the nations, we bow before you to pledge our allegiance to your kingdom. Send us forth, empowered by your Spirit, to tell the Good News of your love and concern for all people, and your willingness to give to those who ask the wisdom that will lead to peace on earth. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O God, Creator and Ruler of the universe, we seek the unity of the nations, and pray for that day when people ...

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