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826. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of Common Sense." So, I believe it's a book we are well advised to heed. Its purpose is not to proclaim the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, yet here is wisdom and guidance for those who would be followers of the risen Lord. In fact, some have even thought it was a commentary on sections of the Sermon on the Mount. Throughout the Letter, you will find those words of James that sound very much like the words of Jesus. I like to think of it as a manual for discipleship, or as I said earlier, a manual ...

827. Will The Real God Please Stand?

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... counselor, "I have a real struggle here. I feel like I'm violating my conscience. I'm not being completely honest with myself. I'm living a broken life." The counselor said to him, "Well, would you like to see me about strengthening your will power?" The man thought for a moment and replied, "No, what I would like to talk to you about is weakening my conscience." That reflects our age, doesn't it? We are not so much interested in developing our conscience as we are in finding a way to live the way we wish ...

828. Who Needs A Doctor?

Luke 5:27-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with those people who were "bad" -- those who drank and smoked and caroused around. We were to keep company with people of good character, and that's the way we would be known. Now, that was good advice. But all of a sudden -- as I drove to the party and thought of the tribute I might pay to Pauline, it dawned on me in a very significant way that advice is wrong. It's wrong in the way that it was given and in the way that it is interpreted. Jesus would give that same advice -- but its meaning would be ...

829. Come To The Party!

Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in a quarter. The machine whirred and buzzed a bit, and out came a slip of paper: "Your name is Bill Jones, you are 35 years old, you're from Athens, Georgia, and you are waiting for a bus to Greenville, South Carolina." "That's amazing," the man thought. "I wonder if it can do it again." Another quarter went in. More buzzing and whirring. Another slip of paper: "Your name is Bill Jones, you are 35 years of age, you are from Athens, Georgia, and you are waiting for a bus to Greenville, South Carolina." Now ...

830. The Commitment Question: Will You Lay Down Your Life For Me?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that Dr. Barth "refused to become his own follower." He went on to point out that Bart had changed his mind about some things from time to time and that he steadfastly refused to take himself so seriously that he would deliberately establish a school of thought. Now to be sure, there is an entire Barthian School of Theology, but that was not Carl Barth's intention. I like that word: "He refused to become his own follower." Unfortunately, that's a temptation of all of us -- to become our own follower -- to ...

831. Fit for God

Psalm 24:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... a little deeper. He got in up to his belly. The mud was nice and cool. Wool and mud, however, don’t mix well. The mud began to cake on his wool and eventually he realized he was stuck. He couldn’t move, he couldn’t get out. What he thought would bring him pleasure became his prison. After crying for help, the farmer rescued him. His mother reminded him, "Sheep don’t wallow!" (6) And they don’t. We who are disciples of the Good Shepherd don’t wallow. "Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may ...

832. God Outwits Us

Psalm 31:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... holiness. I could not have imagined such joy and meaning as I have had during my tenure at Asbury. And I thought I was giving up something, sacrificing. God outwitted me. Does the phrase evoke resonance, a response in your own mind and heart ... ?… Life seems unfair and all I can do is ask, “Why?”… I’ve been told that your ways are not my ways and your thoughts are not my thoughts (Isa.55:8). I’ve been told that all things work for good (Rom. 8:28)… But how can I trust when you allowed these ...

833. The Church: An Enclave of Resistance v2

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it. Shortly after it came to my attention, I used it as a centerpiece for the keynote address to last year’s Ministers’ Conference and my opening convocation address at Asbury this past fall. I haven’t been able to get away from it. I’ve even thought about writing a book on the theme. We’ll see what happens there. I Let’s begin by thinking about the nature of resistance. In one of my favorite Peanuts cartoons – you expected that, didn’t you? – Lucy demands that Linus change TV channels and ...

834. The Vocation of Leadership: A Prophet Among Them

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . I awoke, and immediately 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 ...

835. The Work of An Evangelist

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to see this man, with shabby clothing and matted hair, standing in the center aisle about four rows back and waiting for permission to approach me. I nodded and gave him a weak little wave of my hand. Look at how this Easter Sunday is gong to end, I thought to myself. He’s going to hit me up for money. That happens often in this church. I’m so tired… When he came close I saw that his two front teeth were missing. But more striking was his odor – the mixture of alcohol, sweat, urine, and garbage took ...

836. The Incredibility of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Incredible! God’s ultimate revelation in Jesus. We call it incarnation. Let me put it in contrast. There are a few men in the twentieth century who seem as immortal as Mao Tse Tung. Chairman Mao became the incarnation of a movement, a system of thought, and a revolution that impacted nine hundred million people – that was the population of China back then. He lived to be 83 and was China’s leader for over three decades. It was difficult for even the most casual observance to imagine a China without ...

837. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... compound hypocrisy, the appropriate response to which would be, “What an amazing grasp you have of the obvious. Only human. Did you think that I thought you were a worm or a slug! You acted like one, but that is not what you are.” We want to stay away from ... up for us. He stood up and stretched himself out for us; who will stand up and stretch out for him? Who will risk being thought corny and old fashioned? Who is willing to be out of step with the times? Who is willing to sting like salt and shine like ...

838. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... myself. I don’t even glance at the Victoria’s Secret catalogs that come in the mail! Out they go! I have developed a zero tolerance for media that appeals to the worst in me. Lori and I recently walked out of movie. I have enough problems with my thought life without pouring gas on the fire. Every Annual Conference we kick out pastors for breach of trust in the area, and it is a sad sight indeed. A dose of holy fear is good for us all, particularly when one poll says that forty percent of pastors viewed ...

839. Loving Like God Loves

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... his pre-game routine. The man never yelled at Boggs again; in fact, he became one of Wade's biggest fans at Yankee Stadium.”16 Love your enemies. It might change them, and we know it will change you. Perfect is one of those words that tends to philosophical thought and abstractions, as in the sense of flawless and ideal. A new BMW may be the perfect car in one sense, but a broken down 75 Nova may be a perfect fishing car. To the Hebrew mind that which was perfect was not flawless but that which fulfilled ...

840. Where's the Fire?

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . Horeb. He is on a lonely hillside there. The only sound is the wind sweeping across the desert. In circumstances like that, when you are all alone, all by yourself, and it is all quiet, do you know what you are left with? Just your own thoughts, and that is dangerous. If you don't want to think about your life, then always keep busy, keep moving, keep talking, keep listening to the radio, keep listening to the television, because sure enough, when you get off by yourself someplace where you are all alone ...

841. Surprised by God

Genesis 28:10-19a

Sermon

James L. Killen

... there who is greater than yourself adds a new dimension of possibility to life. We may not receive specific promises like Jacob did. But knowing God is at work out there can generate a new expectancy in us. It can encourage us to venture out beyond what we once thought was our "comfort zone" to see what can happen. It can teach us a new way of being alive. When things like that begin to happen in your life, you may discover what Paul meant when he talked about living according to the Spirit. It is living a ...

842. Heaping Coals and Virtues

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... most important Christian Commandment, is parallel to the divine love, especially because both are best understood by looking at the actions which spring from the love. Paul has written famously about divine love and the nature of the actions that spring from divine love. Those same thoughts lie behind Paul's words here. The call to let the divine love be genuine is a call to us to let our entire lives be ruled by the model of divine love. As people who live their lives by genuine divine love, we know that ...

843. Blind Ambition

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... humble, and to be the servant of all. I pointed that out, as a member of this panel. Afterwards a woman theologian came up to me and said, "Do you realize what many women feel when they hear those passages about being humble and being last?" I confessed that I thought they read them the same way that I read them, the right way. It is the only way you could possibly read them. She pointed out that there are many factors that determine how one will hear a text. She said, if you have been taught all your life ...

844. Is There Anything I Can Do?

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... can do?" That is so appropriate and most welcome, even though there is probably nothing that you can do, except express your concern and keep them in your prayers. There are just times when it is the right thing to do. It is good manners and a sign of thoughtfulness to ask, "Is there anything I can do?" There was a time 2000 years ago when it was the most commonly asked question of serious-minded people. "Is there anything I can do to prepare the way for the Messiah?" In those days it was believed that the ...

845. Let Us Pray

James 5:13-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of the letter from the beginning was that it is not like Paul's letters. Paul's letters dominate the New Testament. They have an enormous theological depth to them. In the eyes of some, not only does James not have that same kind of depth, but James, it is thought, might even contradict Paul, and Paul's main theme, "We are saved by our faith in God's grace alone." Which is why Martin Luther, in the 16th century, wondered why the Letter of James was in the New Testament at all. He said, "It is an epistle of ...

846. No Fear

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the lives of people, then make that love visible. St. Francis said, "Preach the gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words." I thought it was significant that we read this lesson on this Sunday, which is the convening of the President's Summit on the Future of ... eyes, said, "I don't know how I am going to tell her father that she is dead." Wallis' friend was astonished. He said, "I thought she was your child?" He said, "Aren't they all." That is the way God looks upon it. They are all God's children. No ...

847. Now What?

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

848. Poor Mary

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... is also going to have a baby." So the text says, "In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth." I imagine Mary came to the older woman because she thought Elizabeth would have some wisdom as to what all of this meant. At "The Annunciation," it said, "Mary was greatly troubled, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be." That is why she went to Elizabeth, to ask her, "This has happened to ...

849. Scandalous News

Luke 4:16-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... get outside of herself, her own sorrow, long enough to comfort a little boy. She said, "I have my own problems to deal with." In the middle of the Pacific the ship was torpedoed. The woman came up on deck to prepare herself to do down with the ship. She thought that was the solution to her sorrow. On the deck she saw the little boy. The little boy was shivering with cold and with fright. He came over to the woman, clung to her. Something came over her. She led him over to one of the lifeboats. They both got ...

850. Try to Be Nice

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... come to the end of his thank you note, in which he wasn't going to say anything controversial, just a nice, pleasant note, but he changed his mind because he remembered he would probably never see them again. This may be his last letter to them. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He is in prison. He can't get out. These "Judaizers" have free reign of his churches. He can't do anything about it, so he let go his frustration. "Watch out for the dogs." He got that off his chest. Then he said ...

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