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826. The Cross: God's Answer To Our Deepest Needs

Colossians 2:8-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... when we felt that we did not have a place. We felt we didn't belong -- not even to our spouse -- not even at our job -- not even with our friends who seemed to be getting ahead of us. Maybe we have even felt our church was leaving us behind -- or, our family was leaving us out. That's when the Cross speaks its most dramatic word to us. The ground around the cross is level. We all stand there stripped of pride, knowing that we are impotent to save ourselves, and we are drawn into an experience of love which ...

827. The Future You Hope For

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... my Bible reading, or other study. I've simply made a note of them, and put them in a working folder. On my last Study Leave, I selected seven of them with which we will deal this summer. It seems to me that summer is a good time to do this. ... prophecy, Chapter 30, verse 11, there is this word from God: "I will chasten you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished." You see, struggle is essential for growth. "There's a wonderful story in one of Nikos Kazantzakis' books about a profound ...

828. If Only -- In Spite Of

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... prayer -- because this is a part of our scripture lesson. "Three times I besought the Lord about this," Paul said, "that it should leave me, but He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'" William Sloan ... that Paul discovers the true mercy of failure. Because it was the third time that the Lord told him that the thorn was not going to leave him, but he added, "You'll be able to bear the thorn because my grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in ...

829. How To Be Rich And Poor

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... very kindly at her. Moments later, the same thing happened again. She reached for a cookie and he reached for a cookie at the same time. It made her furious that he should be doing that, and she glared again though he simply smiled. Finally the woman got up to leave. Her coffee break was over, it was time to go back to work, and she angrily walked past the man and out to the elevators in the lobby. Then it happened! As she was standing there and still fuming, she opened up her purse to put her magazine back ...

830. Who Needs A Doctor?

Luke 5:27-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... into the country to the Bolton Full Gospel Church where the party was being held. For the first time, I began to catch my breath and think, now what can I say about Pauline? The mystery of the way our minds work is fascinating. On my way back from Study Leave I had spent some time with my Mother and Father down in Richton, Mississippi. I'm sure my visit with Co-Bell was fresh on my mind and in my heart. She's 85 and Pauline is 84. I'm sure that had something to do with the way my ...

831. The Danger Of Straying From Home (Father's Day)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... one of them jumped up and yelled at the other: "What about the powerful interests that control you?" And the other man yelled back: "You leave my wife out of this." That is supposed to be a joke. But there is a setting when it should not be joke. Home ... , The Skin of Our Teeth, a man named George comes back from the war to his wife, Maggie, only to tell her that he wants to leave her for another woman. Maggie replies that she has a few words for him: "I did not marry you because you were perfect. I did not ...

832. How To Fail Successfully

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... from your door. In Nazareth, Jesus met opposition He perceived as unyielding, so He stopped trying and He went elsewhere to minister. When He sent out the disciples on their mission, He advised them: "If any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, leave and shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them." We can keep trying too long. (Shelby) III. And that brings me to this last word. It's another way of saying what I just said: We can keep trying too long -therefore ...

833. From Hurting to Helping

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

Two psychiatrists were at a convention. "What was your most difficult case?" one asked the other. "Once I had a patient who lived in a pure fantasy world," replied his colleague. "He believed that a wildly rich uncle in South America was going to leave him a fortune. All day long he waited for a make-believe letter to arrive from a fictitious attorney. He never went out or did anything. He just sat around and waited." "What was the result?" asked the first psychiatrist. "It was an eight-year struggle," ...

834. The Divine Opportunity

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... destroys us. But repentance is a gift from God -- a wholesome way to look the past in the eye, confess it for what it is, and leave it behind. On, then, to a new start. Perhaps that's why people were drawn to John the Baptizer. They felt hope when they heard ... speech wasn't very complimentary, but it was true to his sense of urgency. John presented his message in a take-it-or-leave-it fashion. I remember an automobile salesman who bargained faithfully for a time, then said, "This is my last offer," and, as ...

835. Get Rid of the Junk

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... things away in her head and eventually they come out in a song. She took that fishing shack sign and wrote a gospel song called “10,000 Lures.” The chorus goes: “There’s vices and voodoo always enticing you, from the day that you’re born ‘til the day you leave this world, the devil’s got a line for you for sure, and 10,000 lures.” One of the verses goes like this: “He knows every weakness, knows just when to strike, you know he was an angel once and he knows what you like, for you it might ...

836. On the Road Again

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to salvage and sort out our feelings, summon the desire and courage to keep going on, or try to forget. It may happen at the betrayal of the one we respect very much, or as the one we loved the most, and with whom we have shared intimacy of marriage, leaves us for someone else. The death of our spouse or a parent may take us to emmaus. An illness that confines us and there’s no respite from pain, or an illness that strikes our child and she hovers between life and death and there’s nothing we can do ...

837. Let Not Thy Will Roar, When Thy Power Can But Whisper

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... was, “Lord, renew me, body, mind and spirit – and teach me what You will.” God answers our prayers. He not only has a sense of humor; He has a sense of irony. We arrived in Navarre Beach, on the panhandle coast of Florida, to begin our renewal leave. That is one of my favorite places in all the world. We arrived there on Monday evening, September 21. Hurricane Georges was doing his thing way down south of us. But by the following Saturday we had to evacuate the island. We moved in with my sister and ...

838. Power For Christian Living: Am I On My Own?

Romans 3:3-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... less than He promised and far less than is possible. The setting for this promise in John’s gospel is the occasion of Jesus promising the Holy Spirit. “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever…I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you…All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” (John 14 ...

839. The Proof Is In the Pudding

Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . I was looking through some materials recently and came across a file where I keep things that mean so much to me. This was a file of letters that Jerry and I received during our last weeks at Christ Church, after it was announced that I was leaving to become the president of the seminary. Jerry and I were overwhelmed with the outpouring of love. The letters that moved me most deeply were those that witnessed to the transformation that had come through the ministry of the church—and this was the file of ...

840. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of resurrection. I said I wouldn’t comment on it – but I can’t resist letting Scripture speak to it. You remember the word of the psalmist? “This is the day which the Lord has made, let us be glad and rejoice in it.” This, this is the day. Leave the past behind. Don’t get buried in the hell of a predictable situation, rather than risk the joy of an unpredictable one. (III) Now this final lesson from the text: I put it in a word that will make sense in a moment: remember your proper subject. I ...

841. The Vocation of Leadership: A Prophet Among Them

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ran down the mountain, and hurried to the coast. I found a ship about to set sail; and although the captain did not want to take me, one of the old sailors smuggled me aboard. I was overjoyed to see my family again, and at first thought I should never leave them again. But one night I had another dream in which a voice spoke to me. The voice implored me to return to Ireland, and preach the Gospel. When I awoke I felt as if I were a slave again – but now God was my master.” (Celtic Parables, Robert Van ...

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

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , I returned to my effort to find something to say. Then it was time – time to go on. I grabbed some notes and started to leave the room and go to the podium. I had on a freshly starched white shirt and my best suit – so I thought. The truth was ... faith is not strong enough to stand on. But my instinct to survive this lonely stretch of my life is so compelling that I’m able to leave the security of my past and go on. Why do my thoughts wake me up in the night, screaming out for paper and pen? There are ...

843. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... measures would do. We could only be rescued by God coming in person, living among us as a humble servant and exposing himself to the very worst our world could deliver, which in his case was an ugly death for an innocent man, then rising from the dead and leaving behind a body of people who, with his story in books called gospels and his Spirit in their midst, would continue to worship and point to him as the world’s only Savior. In Jesus the soot settles, the fog evaporates, and we get a clear glimpse of ...

844. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... instructions and warnings in Scripture are just as clear. We ignore them at our peril, and tragically, at the peril of innocent others. Think about Sasha. What radiation does to embryos, lust does to family life across the generations. It distorts what is good. I leave you with five challenges: First, if there is anything offensive in your home, throw it out. Better to cancel the cable than for you to be cancelled by God. Get the demon magnets out; ask forgiveness from your spouse if married. Repent of self ...

845. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... gain a reputation for courage and integrity, and one of these kind of kingdom citizens in any family or any church or any town can make a big difference. One can then become two. These people also give up the right to hurt others who hurt them. They leave settling scores to God and refuse to be consumed by bitterness over old wounds. You simply can’t make them respond in kind. They know that to copy the tactics of their opponents is to become like them, which they refuse to do. They have learned that it ...

846. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... pounds per year, equivalent to more than $160,000 today. Still, he chose to live simply but comfortably on just 30 pounds while giving the rest away. In fact, he donated nearly all of the 30,000 pounds he earned in his lifetime. He once wrote, "If I leave behind me ten pounds, you and all mankind [can] bear witness against me, that I have lived and died a thief and a robber."6 The early Methodists lived lean and talked straight. We also note that Wesley died a widower without children. Still, his example is ...

847. Obedience Really Matters

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... were on the right way and finding too late you were on the wrong way? Oops! Matthew’s answer to the question he raises is given in verses 24 through 27 in the story of the two houses, one of which stands and the other of which crumbles, which then leaves us facing a further question: If I was to face the flood of God’s testing today, would my life stand or fall? D. Elton Trueblood wrote, “The chief way you and I are disloyal to Christ is when we make small what he intended to make large.”10 For ...

848. Torn Curtain

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... I saw the curtain.” Buck said, “The curtain has to come down.” “Good,” said Craddock, “Bring it down.” Buck said, “That’s easy for you to say. Come in here from out of state and tell me how to run my business.” “OK,” said Craddock, “Leave it up.” Buck said, “I can’t leave it up.” “Well, take it down.” Buck said, “I can’t take it down.” He’s in terrible shape. Conflicted. After a while, Buck said, “If I take that curtain down, I lose most of my customers. If I ...

849. Big Fish

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... scene in which people hear that Edward Bloom, his Dad, is dying. They begin to gather in front of his house. First just a few, and then more and more, until dozens of people are in the front yard. Finally, his widow tells William to ask them all to leave. As they leave, one man says to William, “We all have stories [about Edward], just as you do. Ways in which he touched us, helped us, gave us jobs, lent us money, sold it to us wholesale. Lots of stories, big and small. They all add up. Over a lifetime it ...

850. A Friend in Low Places

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... in organized major league baseball. Immediately he is tempted by the corruption of the game, by agents, and hangers-on, who try to seduce him. Especially a woman, the classic image of temptation. He rejects her. She takes a gun, shoots him, wounds him. He retreats, leaves the game, goes into obscurity, saying, "Life didn't turn out to be the way I wanted it to be." But then at the age of thirty four, he makes a comeback. He returns to the major leagues. Once again, temptation confronts him. This time in ...

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