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876. Sowing Good Seed - Father's Day

Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... . When there were disputes in the community, the elders called on Paul's father to mediate. He was so honest that if one party in a dispute was lying, they often confessed their lie as soon as they saw Paul's father. His noble character made him influential in his community. Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, inspired Paul because he used non-violence and communication to bring about peace between enemies. Paul claims that the examples of his father and Nelson Mandela inspired him as he faced ...

877. The Christian Life Defined By Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... out for us, that you may approve the things that are excellent, but Paul adds another characteristic in verse 10 – that you may be sincere and without offense. Waymoth translates this, that you may be men of transparent character. I like that. Persons of transparent character. Now neither the adjective nor the noun form of the Greek word translated sincere or transparent is common in classical Greek. Therefore, the derivation of the word is not clear. Once suggestion of etymology has a challenging meaning ...

878. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of him? Onesimus -- yeah -- vaguely. Aristarchus -- no -- don't know him. And on we could go. We are familiar, really, only with Luke and Mark in this lineup. So it is well that we pause now and then to celebrate the support cast. It is possible for the main character to come through with impact at center stage, only if the backup crew are performing well. I'd like to pick up on three of the names in the list, and what Paul said about them, to define the shape of the Christian fellowship of the church. The ...

879. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... verse says, "Better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and angry woman." Now I don't want to be tough on women -- because it's not just women that are contentious. But I ask you, what enables us to cope with contentious characters some of our mates turned out to be? What enables us to be calm in the midst of the confusion three children bring to any household? What provides us clarity of perspective and consistency of commitment when the circumstances swirling around our household are so ...

880. A Sovereign God With A Shepherd's Heart

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his love -- to be his love. III Now let's close by going back to the beginning of the story and focusing upon the innkeeper. In all these stories with which we have been dealing during this Advent season, there have been central characters. The innkeeper is really not a central character, though some have sought to make him so. In fact, he has been given a tough review. More often than not, he is associated with the other bad guys in the story -- Herod, and even Judas. Many consider him guilty of the most ...

881. Walk By Faith Not By Sight

Philippians 1:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... him my star, my son, and in that light of life I'll walk, til traveling days are done." As Christians we are to walk by faith, not by light. III. And then this third affirmation: God calls us to faithfulness. In Chinese there are two characters for our word "crisis". Those two characters signify danger and opportunity. We've all heard the story of the fellow who had been tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. He said, "Gentlemen, if it weren't for the honor of the occasion, I'd just as soon ...

882. God Is Like A Mother

Isaiah 66:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you have it. There are all sorts of images, symbols, metaphors, similes -- all sorts of ways to talk about God. And every term we use is limited -- no image is complete. So all the metaphors and figures that we use to portray God's personality-- to color God's character -- to reveal God's relationship to us -- all of them apply -- but none of them can be taken singly. But here is one we need to give more attention to than we have. God as a mother eagle stirring the nest -- or as a mother hen setting up a ...

883. Who Needs A Doctor?

Luke 5:27-32

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Maxie Dunnam

... by the company you keep." Now for them, and the way we interpreted that, meant a very specific kind of thing. We were not to keep company 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 ...

884. Who Loves More?

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it means reunion in spite of hostility; it means acceptance of those who are unacceptable; and it means reception of those who are rejected. Forgiveness is unconditional, or it is not forgiveness at all. Forgiveness has the character of “in spite of,” but we righteous ones give it the character of “because.” That’s not it.. We are forgiven “in spite of” what we have done, not “because” of something we do. The Gospel puts the “in spite of” and the “because” together. “In spite of ...

885. Getting Our Lives Out Of Hock

Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to do with a particular step is shaded and the step it is related to is designated in the margin. For instance, our Scripture lesson for today is shaded, and designated "Step 6". That step is " We're entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." Now let me remind you what step five is. "Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs." Now let me read the lesson again. I bless the Lord, who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs ...

886. To Live Is To Grow

1 Timothy 4:1-16

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Maxie Dunnam

... ). When we shut ourselves up in the security of relating to "our own kind", we become provincial and growth is stymied. An old movie which made it to the late spot on television sometime ago provided a parable for this failure. The scene was a tavern where the main character stood at a bar, drinking. His wife came to the door of the barroom and called to him, "John, come on home." The man turned slowly and looked at her, then said deliberately, "I am home." That's the way it is in life. We are "at home" in ...

887. How To Fail Successfully

Mark 6:7-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... , it's also true that we can keep trying too long. We can keep driving on, pressing on regardless of what takes place with great commitment and tenacity, but end up wasting our time and ruining the joy of life. "Stubbornness can be a character strength but it can also be a weakness of character." My friend, and mentor, the great Quaker Douglas V. Steer, tells a story that comes out of Maine. A short in stature young blacksmith in a small town fell in love with a tall local girl, but he was so short that he ...

888. Fit for God

Psalm 24:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’t want to be saints. Isn’t that the truth? Saints are so boring. When we think of the word saint, most of us conjure up the idea of a Goody Two-shoes character that everyone wants to avoid. By the way, do you know where the expression "Goody Two-shoes" came from? It derives from the name of the title character of a nursery tale, The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes. Attributed to Oliver Goldsmith, Goody Two-Shoes was published in 1765 by John Newbery, one of the earliest London publishers of children ...

889. Standing In the Gap: The Work of Intercession

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... prayer life. I hope you’re not bothered too much by my confession of weakness and limitation in sharing a Peanuts cartoon with you. Some of you who have known me a while would know that I might do that. Lucy is the meanest character of all the Peanuts characters. She’s the one that is always taunting Charlie Brown and Linus—in fact, she’s the one that is always pulling tricks on everybody. In one cartoon, the artist, Charles Schultz, has Lucy kneeling beside her bed praying. This is her prayer: “I ...

890. The Vocation of Leadership: A Prophet Among Them

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Maxie Dunnam

... and be blameless.” (Gen. 17:1) Oswald Chambers reminds us that the word “walk” is used in the Bible to express character: “John looking on Jesus as He walked, said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God.’” (John 1:29) So Paul urges us to “walk worthy of our calling ... .” Whatever else leadership is, it is calling, and it is character. So I want to focus that in terms of our function – what we do, and our person—who we are. For our primary image ...

891. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... them, and for those who habitually look at the world through lustful eyes, what is God to do when their habits have become who they are? Remember the proverb? “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.” Put them in the trash pile is what Jesus says. The phrase thrown into hell in verse 29 highlights that they have become human refuse, while the parallel phrase go to hell in verse 30 may highlight that this is what they ...

892. Playing to the Right Audience

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

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... of self-control and wisdom. Whatever the name, the measuring stick for approval is internal, not external. The right thing to do is the right thing to do, particularly if no one is looking, because there is One who is always looking, One who, as Jesus said sees in secret. “Character,” wrote D.L. Moody, “is what a man (or woman) is in the dark.”2 Each of us has a private life and an inner world. Only we know it in depth, and only God who sees the heart knows it fully. We know in part, but we are ...

893. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... won, the first thing that came to my mind was that verse," Tim says. "God wanted to show himself to me."18 Make of that story what you will. The reward was not the win or the purse or the fame or the bragging rights. It was a lesson in character and kingdom priorities for Tim Shutt. God loves wrench turners and table waiters and will show himself to anyone who dares to modify their life in order to seek the kingdom of God. What is God teaching you these days? Are you hearing as clearly as Tim Shutt? And how ...

894. A Messianic King

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... of Israel’s Davidic rulers mirrored in verse 1. None of them has been the fulfillment of Israel’s expectation of a saving messiah. None has measured up. But the promise here in our text is that such a messiah will come, and a description of his character is given in detail. Most importantly, the coming messiah will be given the Spirit of the Lord that will rest or remain with him permanently (v. 2). Usually in the scriptures, the Spirit is given only temporarily in order that a task may be done, but the ...

895. Discovering that It’s Not about You

Genesis 22:1-14

Sermon

James L. Killen

... lives, God is likely to be our God, a little God who, like our friends and family members, serves our purposes in life. I suppose it is natural for us to slip into that way of thinking. We all do it to some extent. Put some faces on these characters now. Put your face on the person in the center. Which are your things? Who are your people? What is your story? Can you understand how Abraham must have come to think that everything that happened was about him? But what happens to that picture of things if some ...

896. Strong Medicine

Judges 4:1-7

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... not exceed recommended dosage." For our part, we don't make much of an effort to break into the medicine cabinet to sneak a swig of the book. A Bible study on Judges would not likely pack 'em in. Most of us have heard of only two characters in the whole book: Samson and Delilah. Even as fascinating as that story is with the flawed athletic hero and the cunning temptress, we usually wonder what spiritual insights we might gain from it. Samson lets us know that a person can be physically strong, but morally ...

897. Reconciled Enemies

Romans 5:1-11

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Frank Ramirez

... : through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. One: And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, All: and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, One: and hope does not disappoint us All: because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. (based on Romans 5:1-5) Collect Great are you Lord, and great is our ...

898. Spiritual Calisthenics

Romans 5:1-8

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Frank Ramirez

... Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed ...

899. Surprised by God’s People

Romans 9:1-5

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Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship Sisters and brothers, let us come together as God's people confident in our salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Like the Apostle Paul, we know that suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope. This hope based on the love of God does not disappoint us. Therefore we gather confident that the Holy Spirit will be present with us today. Let us gather together today, bearing not only the marks of our suffering, but the badge of our salvation. In ...

900. Surprised by God’s Bounty

Matthew 14:13-21

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

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