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Colossians 4:7-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... tap on your arm? Have you ever experienced that supportive touch to let you know that in spite of your weaknesses you are loved? I have -- and I've experience it most of all within the church. Perhaps a more important question is this -- is that the style of your life -- to reach out and put your hand on the shoulder of that one who needs a symbol of strength -- to provide that supportive touch, letting another person know that they are accepted in the fellowship -- to speak that word, which is not a word ...

452. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (ii)

Psalm 137:1-9

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Maxie Dunnam

... saw the TV movie, The Women of Brewster Place starring Oprah Winfrey. I saw only a part of it and was inspired to read the book by Gloria Naylor. The movie and the book are gripping experiences. I relished the book because of Gloria Naylor's powerful writing style. She paints portraits in words in a way that etches the personality not only in your mind, but on your heart. You read the book and you feel you know the women of Brewster Place. Ms. Naylor "delicately and accurately brings to life the agonies and ...

453. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Isaiah 1:1-31

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Maxie Dunnam

... bed. His instruction for entering life each day is printed there -- two simple words: "Pants first." That gets us back to where we began this point. "While shepherds washed their socks" -- "pants first." Things don't do it. Just surviving is not enough... Even surviving with style isn't enough. We need a Savior! We need more than someone to tell us how to "win friends and influence people" or how to be successful by taking care of number one. We need as we sang in our theme hymn "wisdom from on high that ...

454. The Discipleship Question: Do You Wish To Go Away?

John 6:60-71

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Maxie Dunnam

... what people wear has nothing to do with who they are and their value and worth as persons. The problem is some of us adults haven't learned that. If there is any truth that our church is identified too closely with the so-called East Memphis mind-set and style, we need to repent and beg God's mercy. Others may be tempted to drop out of the church because it is too involved in social issues. All of us need to think about that, and to think clearly. Jesus calls us to be involved with people where they are ...

455. The Hinge of History

Luke 3:1-20

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... , and places," they seem to say. "Now, give us some hard facts regarding your gods and your beliefs." Such is the style with which Luke's Gospel introduces us to the person and ministry of John the Baptizer. He identifies the opening of ... an opportunity to bask in the spotlight. A primary secret of John's greatness was his commitment to something and Someone beyond himself. John's style does not fit well in our hype-and-publicity age. The late Andy Warhol said that we live in a time when everyone will be ...

456. Songs of the Season

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

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... us or those whom we are able to serve. We must come to measure our wealth not in the size of our endowments nor in the beauty of our buildings, but in the poor of body, mind, purse, and spirit who find comfort in our precincts. The very style of our churches makes it difficult for us to take Mary's song seriously. Clergy march down the aisle in impressive robes to bow at altars adorned by beautiful candles and ornate crosses. We seem to glory in conspicuous display. Would the peasant girl from Nazareth be ...

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

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Maxie Dunnam

... Upper Room, he was the editor of the British edition of The Upper Room. He was a marvelous preacher in the classic style of the Scot divines. I remember long walks in the evenings through the streets of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen. I remember extended ... -will in order that God can eradicate our self-orientation. I have a young friend named Tammy who is living this Jesus style dramatically. She was converted at the University of Georgia. She arrived at Asbury Seminary as a student about the same time I ...

458. Playing to the Right Audience

Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:1-4

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Phil Thrailkill

... highlights a character quality that stands out in our world of image management and celebrity seeking, where style is mistaken for substance and visibility is taken for virtue. The trait goes under various names. Some label ... the inside out. To get a tan, you lay in the sun. To grow fitter, you exercise. To learn to think, you read and listen; to develop style you read good writers. To grow in grace and the spiritual wisdom of the Christian life, you pay attention to which disciplines the Lord is calling ...

459. What If He Shows Up?

John 2:13-22

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Mark Trotter

... last week. Later when I research it, I discover they are right. But I'm a preacher. I guess my style of preaching could be called, "blatant contradictions, supported by sweeping generalities." I'll take responsibility for the sweeping generalities, but ... days when I was in high school, what a problem this story was for the teacher, and what a delight it was for the self-styled atheists and free thinking sixteen year olds in that class, who loved to point out that this was the same Jesus who told us to " ...

460. Advent 1

Matthew 24:36-51, Romans 13:8-14, Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9

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