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626. The House of Hope

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... make jokes about him making a fool of himself around town. Sometimes when we had company, I would tie Dad up in the barn and tell them he had to go on an important call." When McDowell became a Christian, God's grace was able to transform his hatred for his father into love. Shortly after his conversion to Christ, McDowell was injured in an automobile accident. His father came to visit him in his hospital room. At one point as they were talking together, he broke down and said, "Josh, I've been the worst ...

627. An Affirming Presence

Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... our emotions, poisoning our feelings. It is a disease that always makes us neurotic, because it fills us with fear and anxiety, a disease that sometimes makes us psychotic, because if allowed to run its course, feelings of worthlessness turn into suspicion and hatred of others. Most of the people who commit suicide have become the victims of this disease. It goes by various names, according to how deeply we feel it - self pity, self depreciation, lack of self worth, low self-esteem, little or no self ...

628. A Healing Presence

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... into every area of our life, which we will open to him, to provide transformation and healing, not only physically but perhaps in even more important ways, Christ heals to the degree of our willingness and openness and yieldingness. We’re healed of bitterness and hatred and painful memories, and wounded spirits. We’re healed of the sores of the soul kept open and infected by estrangement from loved ones. We’re healed of the ravaging grief of a broken heart because of the death of a loved one. We’re ...

629. Proclaimers Of The Gospel

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... again, can you use them for something?” Inside the box, with that letter, were several Ku Klux Klan sheets. So those sheets were cut down into strips and eventually used to bandage the wounds of black persons in Africa. It could hardly be more dramatic, could it? From symbols of hatred to bandages of love, because someone had proclaimed the gospel, and someone had responded, and the spirit guaranteed the harvest. Don’t you want to be a part of an enterprise like that? I do.

630. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it, too. But she would not stoop to the tactics of her intimidators. She had an engineer hook up a recording machine to the telephone, and when persons called her late at night to spew out their venom, instead of getting an answer of hatred, they heard a baritone soloist singing the Lord’s prayer. What imagination. But also, what confidence in the Lord. What courage and undaunted commitment. The two come together in Ms. Tilly – as they come together in all Christians who are in the kingdom now, living ...

631. Getting It All Together Inside

Psalm 51:1-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... store up for the future anything that will ravage our lives, tear us apart and put us in the same spot that we’re in now – in desperate need of inner healing. That means that we don’t let the sun go down on our wrath; we don’t allow hatred to fester within us; we seek reconciliation with another as soon as we’ve become aware that the relationship is broken; we don’t allow lust to grow in us; we confess sin as soon as we’re conscious that we have committed it; we live as transparently we can ...

632. The Eternal Question

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... man to sit for him in his studio while he would paint his face on the figure. For several years, he looked for a face of Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed Jesus. Almost in desperation, he went into a tavern one day – there he found a man who had hatred and jealousy in his eyes, sneer and suspicion were on his lips. He had found his man. He took him to his studio and began to paint the face of Judas, the culprit in this drama of our Lord. During the sitting, the man asked, you don’t recognize me ...

633. Leave Your Stuff Behind

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Get it. A big trash bag, moving through every room of your life; select the stuff you need to leave behind, I’m talking about self-pity and illegitimate responsibility. Put it into the trash bag. What cancelled sin still has power over you, what hidden hatred, what frustrating fear, what devastating doubt, what powerful prejudice. Put it in the trash bag. Do it. Act it out in your imagination. Put it into the trash bag. Is there an unresolved relationship with a husband or wife, a parent or a child, a ...

634. Proclaiming The Gospel

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for something?" Inside the box with that letter were several Ku Klux Klan sheets. So, those sheets were cut down to strips, and eventually used to bandage the wounds of black persons in Africa. It could hardly be more dramatic, could it? From symbols of hatred to bandages of love because someone had proclaimed the Gospel and someone had responded, and the Spirit provided the harvest. We can count on it, Friends. When we accept the fact that we can proclaim the Gospel anywhere, and when we respond to the ...

635. A Love For All Seasons (i)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a few weeks ago that I'm reading Proverbs as a part of my daily prayer time. I'm circling those single proverbs that grab my attention. Someday I may go back and preach a series of sermons on these gems of pungent truth. Proverbs 10: 12 says: "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses" (Prov. 10:12). Does this mean that an Iranian arms deal, or the Boesky insider trading or the gambling escapade should never have been exposed? Not at all, if the right reason for exposing it was the purpose. Love ...

636. In The Beginning And The End...God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Maxie Dunnam

... into being in a great cry of joy. "Genesis is also filled with marvelous people flawed and human and underlines for me that God does not choose "qualified" people to do the work of love...Genesis has everything all the human vices and glories, love and hate, hatred, murder, sacrifice, and a great story. There is no end to plumbing its depths." (quoted by James A. Harnish, Journeys With The People of Genesis, Upper Room Books, 1989, p. 13). She's right. There is no end to plumbing its depth. But we are going ...

637. Draw Nigh To God

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Roman Empire -- and its fall? It was the passions of the Emperor. What about the Napoleonic Conquest? Was it not the monstrous ego of "the little general?" The Third Reich and the awful Holocaust? Hitler's maniacal passion, his lust for power, and his hatred of the Jews. The biggest factors in the Middle East crisis are undisciplined greed and the mad passions of a political leader. It continues to be so. There is a connection between the haves indulging their wild appetites and the have-nots continuing in ...

638. Speak And It Will Be

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . What made him so? "He loves our nation," they said. "And he built us a synagogue." Now this was quite remarkable for that day -- that a centurion, a Gentile -- would be friends with the Jews. The rule of the day was not love and respect, but rather hatred and contempt between Jews and Gentiles. But these Jews felt good about the Centurion-- they measured his worthiness on the basis of what he did for them. Their measurement had to do with outward signs. Now here is what we need to wrestle with. There is a ...

639. Who Loves More?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... becomes a kind of motion picture recording of life. My notion is that if that was the case with Jesus, if during those three hours that He hung on the cross dying, if in the midst of that suffering inflicted by indifference, misunderstanding and hatred—if during that anguishing time of death, He remembered his pinnacle moments of love and gratitude, He would have remembered this experience that we have read about in our Scripture lesson. Luke is the only Gospel writer who records the story and we’ll ...

640. When Jesus Comes

Luke 8:22-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to church, Protestant and Catholic and back to Protestant in Belfast, Ireland--the center of most of the violence. It's a symbol of love that forgives, heals and builds bridges of understanding and peace. It is a symbol of what must happen in Ireland if hatred and violence and destruction are going to cease. Since that time, Joseph Parker over and over again has risked his life in the face of threats, has held meetings and feasts, fasts and vigils and has inspired thousands of persons to sign a pledge and ...

641. Adopted! (New)

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... time he made this commitment, Jimmy Gibson was an inmate in Ireland's McGilligan Prison. Gibson was a Protestant terrorist, and he made a career of killing Catholics in terrorist attacks. Jimmy Gibson knew that his new life in Christ would mean giving up his hatred of Catholics. So one evening at dinner, he deliberately sat down at a table full of Catholic inmates. That was asking for trouble. Jimmy sat next to an inmate named Liam McCloskey and said, "Brother, I want to tell you about Jesus." The mess hall ...

642. The Dividing Line

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... few years ago, Rabbi Jan Goldstein had the opportunity to meet Mrs. Jihan Sadat, widow of the former Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat. In the beginning of Sadat's presidency, he had championed war against Israel. He was part of the destructive cycle of hatred and bloodshed that has stalked the Middle East for decades. But then one day, Sadat determined to become a peacemaker. He wanted to break down the walls of violence and misunderstanding between the Egyptians and Israelis. He knew that members of his own ...

643. God's Anxiety Reduction Plan

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

John P. Jewell

... but temporary bumps and obstacles on a road that leads to certain peace. A second quality is that we are to let our "gentleness" be known to everyone. "The word signifies a humble, patient, steadfastness, which is able to submit to injustice, disgrace and maltreatment without hatred and malice, trusting in God in spite of it all."¹ The reason we are able to embrace these qualities is a wonderful Advent theme. "The Lord is near." How can we rejoice in the face of trial? "The Lord is near." How can Christian ...

644. Passover and The Lord's Supper

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... his people and a journey to be undertaken. They were not at home in Egypt. There was a promised land awaiting them. And you and I are not at home where we live either. The land that we inhabit is much too filled with violence and corruption, with evil and hatred to be called God's kingdom. We cannot be satisfied with the status quo, for it does not at all match what God desires for us and for all people. And so God says to us, as he said to Israel, be prepared to travel. Set out on the journey ...

645. We Must Obey God

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... their followers. The Moonies, for example, think they have a new messiah in the person of Sun Myung Moon. Jim Jones lured a whole colony to their death, as did the leader of Heaven's Gate. Louis Farrakhan sometimes preached a message of racial and religious hatred. Many parents have agonized over the entrance of their son or daughter into some cult or sect, and some have gone to extreme measures to try to free their children from the effects of such groups, hiring persons to de-program the young person and ...

646. Let Me Say That Again

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it’s true: you are the only Bible some person may read. you are the only Christ some person may see. One of my favorite saints is St. Francis of Assisi. His best-known word is his prayer: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace! Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is discord, union; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console, To be ...

647. Paul Piper's Funeral

Proverbs 1:8-19

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Maxie Dunnam

Much of the wisdom of the Book of Proverbs is stated in the expression of stark contrasts between the righteous and the wicked, the wise and the foolish. Chapter 10 is full of those expressions. Listen to a few of them: Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offences (vs. 12). The wise lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near (vs. 14). When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but the prudent are restrained in speech (vs. 19). The lips of the righteous feed many, ...

648. Some Healing Is Up To You

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... affair? It’s a cooperative endeavor – a pooling of a lot of resources in order that the powerful work of Jesus might go on. I remember a dramatic example of this in my ministry at Christ Church. The demonic power of shame, guilt, resentment and hatred was working in a young woman’s life. Powerful deliverance came when she shared her secrets with some significant others who loved and cared for her unconditionally. The young woman had been sexually abused as a child by her father. She broke from the ...

649. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... creature? He wept at Lazarus’ grave and over Jerusalem. He grieved at the hard hearts of the religious leaders of his day. Jesus felt the pain of our fallen world every moment and on his cross welcomed into his body the piercing fangs of our hatred and the deadly venom of all our accumulated poison. Every day he was sustained by his Father and the inward encouragements of the Holy Spirit. So if there is nothing that disturbs you deeply, nothing that regularly moves to sadness and tears, if your heart ...

650. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... . Who will break the cycle? Who will respond out of God rather than out of their hurt? Kingdom people, that’s who. People loyal to Jesus Christ who believe that his wisdom of non-violent creative response is more powerful than all the hatreds of this world. And in this they become star-throwers. A South African woman stood in an emotionally charged courtroom; she listened as white police officers acknowledge the atrocities they perpetrated in the name of apartheid. Officer van de Broek acknowledged his ...

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