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651. The Secret: Christ In You

Colossians 1:24--2:5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... -- each more distant from God, until those farthest from him created the material world. This theory preserved a rationalization that matter was evil and spirit was good. Since God was spirit and therefore good, the evil material world could have no contact with him. One can immediately see what a challenge this was to basic Christian understanding as Christ as the Incarnation of God. The Christian teaching that God came in the flesh of Jesus Christ, loved, forgave, and reconciled the world, could ...

652. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... hand, and it held on, firmly, supportively, and then, from the other side, a tap on the arm, then again. The room was dark and the coach was talking, but there was a shuffling and a sound of scraping chairs as one after another they moved to make contact with me. They wanted to convey the unspoken message: 'We're with you.' I wondered how I could have doubted them. I knew one thing. I'd never forget that moment." Rentzel's strength was found in the frank expression of his weakness. And in that courageous ...

653. Walk By Faith Not By Sight

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... has been waking up each morning since Emmaus and reading his newly purchased Bible and having prayer time. He has started taking his lunch to work so he can come home early to be with us. He has been less stressed out over his job.He has been in close contact with James Loftin and we are about to start in a couples growth group. He's very interested in missions. He has been meeting with his reunion group bi-monthly. He has been writing notes and letters to people whereas it used to be more "my job". We are ...

654. The Word And Words

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to him. I had tried to witness to him about the Christian faith when I learned that he was a Communist and professed openly that he was an atheist. He cut off the conversation with me when he learned that I was a preacher. He had had almost no contact with the church, and what he knew about priests did not make him happy. So he simply did not want to have conversation about religion with me -- a professional. But Jerry turned the key of his attention by telling him the story of Paul in the New Testament. We ...

655. The Gospel Of Another Chance (choir Dedication)

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... he was in. He had deep, deep problems. We convinced him that he should seek professional help, and sure enough, the next morning, he admitted himself to the hospital. We visited him in the hospital, talked to him on the phone, stayed in touch with him, but then lost contact. We didn't know what happened to him, where he had gone, because we couldn't find him. However, a few months ago, we received a letter from him. Let me share that letter with you: Dear Mr. and Mrs. Dunnam: It's very early in morning. I ...

656. Getting Our Lives Out Of Hock

Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... all. Nine. Made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Ten. Continue to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Eleven. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Twelve. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to ...

657. What If

1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... prayer, I had the opportunity to come in touch with those whom I deemed to be the giants of prayer; and we had most of them in our church. Louise Eggleston, E. Stanley Jones, Sister Lelah, Frank Laubach, Estelle Carver and countless others. Now while I count those contacts and relationships some of the most significant growth-encounters of my life, I began to do a very stupid thing. Now I know you find that difficult to think I would ever do anything stupid. But I began to do a very stupid thing. I began to ...

658. Making Your Days Count

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... are those who understand life is about serving. The unhappiest people are those who think it is about being served. When will we learn this truth? James Citrin and Richard A. Smith head up an international executive search firm. Their job puts them in contact with some of the most successful CEOs in the business world. Citrin and Smith have studied the patterns of the great leaders, and out of their research comes one surprising finding: the best leaders are the ones who promote others' success. Only 4% of ...

659. Choices

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the rock for 10 hours, managing to produce only a small handful of dust. Obviously this was not going to work. Days were passing. No one knew where he was. Even worse, his family and friends were used to his going off for days without contacting anyone, so they were not even looking for him. With his arm still wedged beneath this enormous boulder Aron Ralston recorded a video message to his parents telling them good-bye. At the end of several days with no food or water, however, Aron made a remarkable ...

660. God's Anxiety Reduction Plan

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

John P. Jewell

... There is nothing that is exempt from this remedy. In everything that comes our way, we are to turn first to the only One who can do something about our circumstances. In absolutely everything, we are to use: a) Prayer: Meaning continuous, conscious contact with God in all things - and - b) Supplication: Meaning specific petitions in which we turn the difficulties over to God - with - c) Thanksgiving: Meaning - we rest assured that God is taking care of the situation. We may not have the answer we desire ...

661. From Hurting to Helping

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... special interest in the child. Along with a friend, he paid for an optical implant, a medical procedure performed in a nearby city. But that effort failed and all but destroyed one of Elisabeta’s eyes. David McGuire refused to give up. He contacted a church in the United States, where people began raising money. He wrangled with governments to arrange visas. An airline donated seats to get mother and daughter to the state of Washington. Paul Shenk, a surgeon, offered his expertise. During the operation ...

662. Preparing for Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... he knew something he had said must have been wrong. He backed away and left the shop. The men ran outside after him. But the kid had disappeared. A few weeks later, he was back. This time, however, if anything, he was even more reluctant to make eye contact with anyone at the store. He looked carefully at every new bike on display, as always, carefully scrutinizing each in turn. But this time he kept his head down whenever anyone else came near. Then he went to the repair area where he had given the men the ...

663. God Communicates in Humanly Understandable Terms

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Richard D. Campbell

... and have forgotten that all life ought to be baptized into a larger meaning if religion is to be true to the beauty of Christ. Worst of all, they have treated religion as though it had nothing necessarily to do with the everyday matter of keeping human contacts warm and lovely. Some persons of official standing in the church, both clerical and lay, have a kind of formal piety, but are poison to live with, like Mr. Murdstone in David Copperfield. It has been rightly said that not much credit can be given to ...

664. At the Corner of Church and Main

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... at several levels. At the one level, there is the Incarnation itself -- Heaven and Earth intersect in Jesus Christ. At another level, we see the angels and the shepherds, the star and the Magi, the crowds around Jesus -- Heaven and Earth intersect by contact with one another, though always at Heaven's initiative. And, at another level still, we find the teachings of Jesus -- Heaven and Earth intersect in ethics and lifestyle. We have before us Luke's version of the teachings we call the Beatitudes (so ...

665. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the flu. We’ve come such a long way! We have a whole new technological vocabulary. It is a new world – and we are going to have to live in that world whether we like it or not. I am told that the average person comes in contact with seventy microprocessors before noon each day. We are dependent upon computer chips that we don’t even realize exist. The Y2K problem will dramatically underscore that dependence as we come to January 2000. I’m trying to be technologically literate, but my big concern is ...

666. People With Shining Faces

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... the woman and her husband to an open house. This was the woman’s opportunity to make a better impression. She colored her hair, put on a girdle, glossed her lips, applied eye shadow and false eyelashes, polished her fingernails, and popped in her colored contact lenses. She stepped to the mirror and admiringly told her husband, “Now the new neighbors will get to see the real me.” (1) For years advertisers have sold us many new products because of our obsession with how we look. But now I understand ...

667. Dealing With Your Enemies

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... an old friend named Massala has become Juda Ben Hur’s enemy. Because of Massala’s evil doing, Ben Hur is captured and forced into service down in the galley of a slave ship. Meanwhile, his mother and sister are sent off to prison. Ben Hur loses contact with them and later is told that they are dead. Juda Ben Hur, returns to Israel intent on one thing--revenge. Because of Massala, he has lost everything. And now he lives for one thing, to avenge himself upon Massala. This passion consumes Ben Hur to such ...

668. By Your Fruits You Are Known

Luke 6:43-45

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... : We are grateful for another spring, and we look forward with hope to the promise of harvest in the fall. Amen. Collect Heavenly Father, use this time of worship to instill in us a new commitment so to live our lives that those with whom we come in contact may know by our deeds that we are Christians. Keep us ever faithful to the teachings of Christ, our Lord, in whose name we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Almighty God, you have provided us with all that we need, but we confess that we have often failed ...

669. Peacemaking and Self Control

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... that your brother has something against you....” This is not an accident of recall; this is the work of the Holy Spirit calling to mind a broken relationship that may be largely our fault. So take seriously who the Lord brings to mind! This past week I contacted two people with whom I have broken relationships. I can’t make it right alone, but if I don’t make a move, nothing will happen. What Jesus calls for is radical and immediate action. Stop what you are doing or your offering is nothing but a ...

670. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... particular thing, and just as gluttony is the perversion of the satisfaction of hunger, and just as sloth is an excess of rest without labor, so lust takes what God intended to be a permanent bond of soul-to-soul and makes it into a temporary contact of skin-to-skin. What is intended as holy becomes merely hooking up. The lustful think they are having a little sophisticated fun; what they are accomplishing is the step-by-step destruction of their capacity for fidelity to one person. And in the taking from ...

671. Playing to the Right Audience

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

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... revelation walking around on foot. He lived in the midst of many but before an audience of only One. He loved people, but aimed to please only One. The secret of Jesus was his secret life with God. He was able, as we are not, to maintain full contact on two dimensions at once: with whoever stood before him and also with the Father through the intermediary ministry of the Holy Spirit. Secure in the Father’s love, Jesus did not need his ego stroked. He had lots to display, but no need for show. “This is ...

672. Comfortable Christianity Is a Big, Fat Lie

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... we quick to apologize and make restitution, and do we prize unity? Do we hold grudges? Are we laying up treasures in heaven? Here is the test of a prophet for Matthew. Lay their life alongside the Sermon on the Mount, and if you cannot find increasing points of contact, don’t listen to them, even if they work miracles. Comfortable Christianity is a big, fat lie, and the reason I have repeated this line over and over is that I do not want to be found among the false prophets who at the end will be cut down ...

673. To Live Is to Dance

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... partners and for fellow dancers whose presence and whose response to life evoke creativity in us. Whose common willingness to risk and to dare supports us and encourages us and gives us the inspiration and the strength and the boldness to go on. In the Christian life, we contact our partners and we dance together. Our partners are God’s people, and the place of the dance is the mission and the labor that goes on in the world. That’s the reason it’s so crucial to keep clear in our mind who the church ...

674. The “Sad-You-See” Syndrome

Mark 12:18-27

Sermon

Michael Milton

... do not have all of the answers. We need another to help bring the cure. Mankind without Christ is lost. We cannot diagnose our own sin. Not long ago, we sent out an ingenious Mars rover, but the space capsule, as amazing as it was, lost contact with our signal, entered Martian atmosphere at the wrong angle, and the mission was lost. We, too, are like spaceships hurling through space without a signal from ground control. We are sophisticated beings, but we were made to receive our signals from God in order ...

675. You Are Somebody!

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... and sisters in Christ. Whether they were Christian or not, she treated them that way. When some of the patrons of her route were interviewed they said, "She is a breath of fresh air to us." Some of those who were homebound said, "She is the only contact we have with the outside world. She is so important in our lives." (6) Because Rose Marie discovered that she was somebody in Christ, she became committed to letting other people know they were somebody as well. I hope that’s happened to you. People who ...

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