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1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , but over and over again -- for ever. And that speaks a word about hope for tomorrow and eternity -- which will be our last word today. Though everything is not going to be all right tomorrow, tomorrow is going to be all right. Now, that's not double-talk. Listen to Paul in verses 6 through 8: "In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound ...

577. It's All God's Doing

Ezekiel 17:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the edges. The title of it was "Don't Worry, Be Happy" . It went something like this: Here's a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry -- Be Happy.Every night we have some trouble, When you worry you make it double. Don't worry -- Be Happy. Ain't got no place to lay your head, Somebody came and took your bed. Don't worry, Be Happy.The Landlord says "Your rent is late." He may have to litigate.Don't worry -- Be Happy!Look at me. I'm Happy! At first ...

578. Saying Yes To Forgiveness

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Saying Yes to forgiveness is our clearest witness to the fact that we are Christian. III. Now, let's come at it from another direction. Say yes to forgiveness by forgiving yourself. The ongoing hazard each of us face in trying to be Christian is a double one. One side of it is to become so self-absorbed that our righteousness turns into self-righteousness. Do you know what I'm talking about -- persons can become so self-absorbed with their own righteousness that they allow it to turn into self-righteousness ...

579. My Stress Is Killing Me! -- Is It?

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... dungeon and the fetter. Listen to those beginning words of hope: "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins" (vss. 1 and 2). Listen to the proclamation that Christians shout every Advent to affirm Jesus as the coming Messiah: "Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and ...

580. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... head. After the accident, Douglas never knew when a headache might strike. He could not work a full day, and sometimes he would become disoriented and forgetful. Worse, the accident permanently affected his vision. One eye wandered at will, refusing to focus. He developed double vision and could hardly walk down a flight of stairs without assistance. Douglas learned to cope with all his disabilities but one: He could not read more than a page or two at a time. All his life, he had loved books. Now he was ...

581. Draw Nigh To God

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... near to God. Let’s read verses 7 and 8 again. "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts you men of double mind." There are our directions: One, we are to submit ourselves to God; Two; we are to resist the devil Three, we are to live repentantly. Let's look briefly at these directions. First, submit to God. Now that doesn't sound too exciting does it? We moderns ...

582. When Jesus Comes

Luke 8:22-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... deep ravines through the table lands down into the sea. These ravines act like great funnels to draw down the cold winds from the mountains; and thus the storms arise. The same traveler tells how they tried to pitch their tents in such a gale. "We had to double-pin all the tent ropes, and frequently were obliged to hang on with our whole weight upon them to keep the quivering tabernacle from being carried up bodily into the air." It was that kind of sudden storm that struck the boat that day, and Jesus and ...

583. Watering The Garden Of Our Life (communion Meditation)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... thought for a while and said, "Just a minute." She soon came back with twenty nine cents more making a total of fifty six cents to be divided in three way: for the homeless, for the hospital, and for fish. Each item so important to her that her gift was doubled to support all three. That's the joy of giving. Where, along the way, did we lose that notion of generosity? Did we ever have it? Whether we never had it or whether we've lost it, we need it if we are going to be whole, if we are ...

584. Can a Rich Person Go to Heaven?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... a black leather wallet containing precious family photos, personal ID documents, and $875. Finder can keep the photos and documents but please return the money, to which I am attached for sentimental reasons.” One man replaced all the windows in his house with expensive double-pane energy efficient windows. A year later he got a call from the contractor complaining that his work had been completed a whole year and he had yet to pay for them. So, the man proceeded to tell the contractor just what his fast ...

585. Two Small Coins

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... in most churches, lower income people give more than higher income people. In his seminars, financial counselor Ron Blue gives this staggering statistic: "If all Christians were reduced to a welfare income," he says, "and they tithed on that amount, the church would double its receipts." The average church member gives only 2.5 percent of his income to the church. Unfortunately, that figure does not increase when people’s income increases. If anything, it falls. Sadly, we don’t give in proportion to our ...

586. Songs of the Season

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

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... through Elizabeth as he had earlier through Gabriel. I think Mary may have been tied in knots of fear and bewilderment when she came to the home of Zechariah and Elizabeth. Gabriel's message had, perhaps, become a dim and mystical thing to her. Doubts and double doubts may have begun whispering in her ear: Had this really happened; and if it had, was it a madness that could persuade only a peasant girl like herself? Having heard from God, Mary needed now to hear from some human being. Gabriel's majestic ...

587. The Waster

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Frank G. Honeycutt

... . I don't know whether you noticed, but he was asking his dad to execute the will before the old man stopped breathing. In effect, the younger son was saying, "Drop dead, Dad." So tell the truth. Had you been in the older brother's shoes, working double shifts while your younger brother lived it up, would you have gone in to the party? A tongue-lashing, yes. Some clearly-defined way to make up for all the heartache, yes. A definite period of visible remorse, yes. But a party? Be honest. There is something ...

588. God's Messenger

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

If we read the Old Testament in tandem with the New Testament, we sometimes have to employ a double focus. Verse 1 of our passage promises that God will send a messenger ahead to prepare the way of his coming. And that is certainly true when we look toward Christmas. God gives all sorts of preparatory signs before Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem. An angel choir announces to ...

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

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... verses of this letter. Christ has delivered us – we’ve been transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Jesus in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. So what then is our task? We’re to finish what is finished. Now that’s not double-talk. We’re to finish what is finished. How can that be? Christ’s work of salvation is a finished work, so what is it that we are to finish? Ah, I know there’s a mystery here and I don’t pretend to probe the mystery. But listen ...

590. Our Journey With Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you – but we’ve discovered that God is calling us to far more than that. You will learn a lot about Asbury – and you’ll be thrilled about what you learn. We have our largest enrollment ever – over 1650. Our enrollment has more than doubled in the past ten years – that ought to be sign enough that God is doing a great work at Asbury. Though we are an independent seminary, we educate more ministers for three denominations than any other seminary: the United Methodist Church, the Free Methodist ...

591. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Hebrews 11:1-40, Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... dining room of a very wealthy woman. On a whim, to get ready for a big party, the woman decided to do some redecorating. She was under some time pressure, so she told the carpet layer that if he would finish the job in a day, she would pay him double. But she was a perfectionist, and it had to be done right. The craftsman worked diligently, but with great care – dollar marks in his eyes. Not eating at all, but taking a cigarette break now and then. About 3:00 p.m., he was moving rapidly to finish, happy ...

592. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... dining rooms of a very wealthy woman. On a whim, to get ready for a big party, the woman decided to do some redecorating. She was under some time pressure, so she told the carpet layer that if he would finish the job in a day, she would pay him double. But she was a perfectionist, and it had to be done right. The craftsman worked diligently, but with great care – dollar marks in his eyes. Not eating at all but smoking a cigarette break now and then. About 3:00 p.m., he was moving rapidly to finish, happy ...

593. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... will want to know why I did not count Jesus’ wisdom as superior to my own. Why not confess my wrongs and ask for mercy? Why not cut the losses? Why not avoid pain now and the possibility of hell later on? It is no accident that the double petition to forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us immediately precedes the petitions and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the Evil One. Unforgiveness is demon food, and when you carry it in your heart you invite them to come ...

594. Playing to the Right Audience

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

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... reward. This is the bread, which eaten by stealth, is sweeter than the banquets of kings. How can I indulge myself today with this delightful luxury?”9 Just this past week in private conversation I had a man tell me with joy that he and his wife were at the double tithe level of giving and were aiming at more. He then left me with money for an ex-convict who was coming to see me in an hour. The next day a woman was able to start a job to support her four children because that money bought two pairs ...

595. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways, will receive anything from the Lord.”12 Wisdom, you see, is a step beyond knowledge. Knowledge is know that; wisdom is know how and know when and know why because God has worked it into your character over time. What is sought ...

596. Torn Curtain

Luke 23:44-49, Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... to both of them. The curtain in the passion drama is the temple curtain--the curtain used to separate the place called the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple. According to James Stewart, the great Scottish minister, the curtain was there to fulfill a double function: On the one hand, it was there to keep mortals out--a warning to sinful humanity to stay away, to keep a respectful distance from all of the mystery surrounding God. On the other hand, it was there to shut God in. For behind that curtain ...

597. Guidance for a Time of Chaos

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... safe to be on the streets at night with that much money.” It’s a crazy world. It’s a confusing world. In his book, The Pursuit of Happiness, David Meyers writes that from 1957 to 1990, per capita income in the US more than doubled, but the number of Americans who reported being very happy remained the same. All the advances in medical sciences, all the achievements in technology, all the increase in material wealth and prosperity has not supplied us with an answer to our deepest yearnings or fulfilled ...

598. Thank God for Dads

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... --for many years one of baseball’s top players. Hernandez is considered by many to be the best‑fielding first baseman of his time, winning eleven straight Golden Gloves and setting major league records for most seasons leading the league in double plays (six) and lifetime assists by a first baseman. Hernandez won a batting championship for having the highest average, the Most Valuable Player award in his league, and even the World Series. Yet with all his accomplishments, he missed out on something ...

599. Pigs Get Slaughtered

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... church and community. In fact, this man taught an adult Sunday school class. He watched his investments grow by leaps and bounds. Then he got the idea to cash in his life insurance policies and use the proceeds to buy even more stock. In no time, he doubled his family’s assets. Now he was really hooked. He decided to quit his job and make his millions by trading so that his family could spend the rest of their lives free from financial worries. The article indicated that his wife intervened, just in time ...

600. At War with Myself

Romans 7:15-25a

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . The experience opened my eyes to see just something of what it must be like. Then we hopped on a plane and flew back to New York. As soon as we hit the ground, I begged our group to stop at a Burger King so I could gobble down two double Whoppers with cheese. What was I thinking? When it dawned on me what I had done, it made me sick. Of course, the Whoppers didn't help. Sometimes, we like to rebel against some standard. Some authority says this is the way things are, and we say, "No, it's ...

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