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1151. Imitators of God

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Maxie Dunnam

... is the servant of the church.” We have no reason for being apart from the church. At the heart of preparation for ministry is formation as Christian disciples. Thus my preoccupation with the nature of the church and Christian discipleship. I The residual unholy pride in being a known name and a known voice was glaringly revealed. Whenever I am tempted to think more highly of myself than I ought to think, I remember that experience. Yet, there is a need – a desperate need in all of us – for identity ...

1152. God Outwits Us

Psalm 31:1-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... , whom you love, and go to the region of Mariah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering…” (Genesis 22:2) Morrison said, “When Abraham lifted that knife and was ready to put it into the person he loved the most—his life, his joy, his pride, his hope—only then did he hear a voice that said, ‘Don’t touch the lad.’ “At that point,” said Morrison, “I think I heard another conversation. “It was a conversation between the eternal Father and the eternal Son. The Son said, ‘Father, this is ...

1153. Generic Christianity Is Not Enough

Romans 12:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... Christian. Ask me what I mean.” My interest was further whetted by the fact that the sticker was on an $80,000 Mercedes. I wondered how anyone driving such a car could be a generic anything. A couple of blocks on down the street, the driver pulled into Mr. Pride Carwash and I couldn’t resist. I didn’t need a car wash but I turned in behind him because I wanted to speak to the driver and find out what he meant with that intriguing message on the bumper of his Mercedes. The fellow told me he was a ...

1154. Keeping Our Souls

John 13:18-30

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Maxie Dunnam

... my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in thy sight.” You see, none of us are exempt. Judas and Peter warn us against the sin of pride and overconfidence. Judas thought he knew best. Peter thought his strength of commitment would sustain him. They teach us that none of us are exempt from the possibility of moral and spiritual failure. Our task as Christians and certainly as those who would be ministers is to ...

1155. God's Say-So

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

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Maxie Dunnam

... encounters with people who witness to us about Christ before any of us ever accept Him. And I don’t want you to think that you did it. There were 24 other faithful people that came before you.” Tuttle broke down and cried. He knew he had been feeling pride in what he had done, thinking that he had done it, that he had brought this person to Christ. He confesses now that the confrontation of that prisoner has shaped his way of doing evangelism ever since. You see, none of us have to do it all. We plant ...

1156. Partners In the Gospel

Philippians 1:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... have served -- “Preacher, I don’t want to be taken advantage of....I don’t want to be stepped on.” But what joy comes , what energizing of life, what power for ministry comes when we act out of the desire to be a servant, rather than the pride-producing choice to serve now and then, when and where, and how and whom we please. Paul says, “You are partakers with me of grace even in prison.” But he also says, “You are partakers with me in defense and confirmation of the gospel.” I could preach ...

1157. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Hebrews 11:1-40, Philippians 2:12-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... a professional woman – especially a woman pastor – balances all the demands of her life – the demand of family, children, church, the whole of her vocation. She has been sending me the chapters as she has written them – and I say with fatherly pride – it is going to be a very helpful book. Her fifth chapter is entitled “The Journey Toward Balance and Centeredness: Discovering Who We Are.” She talks about one significant experience of her own self-discovery. It happened on her “walk to Emmaus ...

1158. Power For Christian Living: Am I On My Own?

Romans 3:3-5

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Maxie Dunnam

... it. Herein lies the struggle. We have deep desires to live a holy life, but we have given up on the possibility. We have struggled long and diligently with particular sins and moral weaknesses. We may have overcome blatant sins, yet we struggle with anger, pride, jealousy, lust, racism, and unconcern for the poor. If not lazy or slothful, we waste time; if not gluttonous, we eat too much; if not completely idolatrous, we often make a god out of money and material security; if not blatant liars, we slip into ...

1159. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1160. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... who we are. We have become preoccupied with side issues – minor matters, institutional structures and functions. We are a one-issue church today and another-issue church tomorrow. We substitute ideology for theology. For at least three decades we have prided ourselves in being a pluralistic church – and we have interpreted that to mean that we are pluralistic in our doctrinal understanding. Taken to an extreme, we can believe anything we please to believe – after all, all roads lead to heaven – so ...

1161. The Work of An Evangelist

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... Christian – ask me what I mean”? My interest was further whetted in the fact that the sticker was on an $80,000 Mercedes. I wondered how anyone driving such a car could be a generic anything. A couple of blocks on down the street, the driver pulled into Mr. Pride Car Wash, and I couldn’t resist. I didn’t need a car wash but I turned in behind him because I wanted to speak to the driver and find out what he meant with that intriguing message on the bumper of his Mercedes. The fellow told me he was ...

1162. People With Shining Faces

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... R.I. firm, sells these ads mostly through websites geared to those 18-24. Live billboards like Johnson & Wales University sophomore Amy Johnson earn up to $200 a week. It’s easy money, she says. “You don’t do much, except suffer a little bit of your pride.” (2) What will they think of next? Advertising on the faces of college students. But this got me thinking along another line: Many people advertise what’s in their heart by what’s on their face. Let me tell you a story of two young people who ...

1163. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... . Mercy is not a policy or a procedure; it is an invitation to do business with God in the giving and in the receiving. A world with no mercy is a world with no future and everyone locked up in the chains of the past. If you pride yourself on being exacting and demanding, one who is always upholding standards and monitoring others for conformity as if you were God’s little police force, beware. You are in for a fresh engagement with the first four beatitudes. You need to be taken down a notch. And ...

1164. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... an infection? Sin as a habit eats away Christian confidence and leaches away our salty savor. When people point out flaws and sins in my words or deeds, as some of you do on a regular basis I might add! I am at first defensive because of a silly wounded pride, but later on after honesty rises up and humility kicks in, I am grateful. Here is why: I want to keep the gap as narrow as possible between my theology and my ethics, between what I preach and how I actually live. It might not make John Wesley happy ...

1165. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... . Repent of spiritual and physical sloth. Fourth, find a friend who will ask tough questions and keep you honest. If a man, come to me; if a woman, I will help you find someone. This is not a battle you will win alone. Repent of prideful isolation. Finally, remember that you are worth saving and that not much will happen without your heartfelt surrender. Letting your convictions run your life instead of your feelings and impulses is the only path to maturity. Jesus Christ is waiting for you to take him ...

1166. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... make us look better than we are. And when we give in, something is lost that is hard to recover. When I fudge the truth I feel the pain in my conscience, and when I ask, “Why did I do that again?” the answers are typically two: fear or pride. Too often I would rather look good than be truthful. The words we speak have implications for everyone around us as the effects extend out like rings from a stone dropped in a pond. So let the words of Jesus’ prick your conscience and let the Holy Spirit monitor ...

1167. Playing to the Right Audience

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

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... more of the spiritual disciplines which are grounded in Scripture and church tradition across the ages. Spiritual disciples are places I am saying a deliberate Yes to God. Of themselves they do not make anything happen; in fact, each contains its own temptation to pride and self-deception. They only work when God works through them. Two stories come to mind, the first from the Jewish tradition. Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach once said to a student, "Full experiences of God can never be planned or achieved. They are ...

1168. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... not to believe. It is a myth, and a most powerful one at that, perhaps because it makes such a deep appeal to the hope that perhaps we in this country are indeed the last, best hope of this world which, when you examine it, is nothing more than human pride. My guess is that this is what every great Empire has believed about itself from Egypt to Babylon to Greece to Rome to Charlemagne and on to the more recent British and American Empires. When you are on top it is easy to believe God is with you and that ...

1169. The Word Of Life

John 1:1-18

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... we never choose to ignore that light and walk in darkness. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession O Lord, like a person who drowns in shallow water because he refuses to put his feet down, so we flounder in the sea of life because of our pride and self-centeredness. Grant us a new vision of what life is meant to be when lived according to your will. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Offertory Prayer Almighty God, when your Word became flesh and dwelt among us, you opened to all humanity the power of ...

1170. The Holy Spirit Came Upon Them

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... on all nations at the Tower of Babel has been reversed. In the story of Babel, in Genesis 11, which is actually the story of us all, God confused the languages of all peoples and scattered them abroad on the earth, as a judgment on their pride and attempts to run their own lives. In short, all forms of human community became impossible, because there was no understanding any more between husband and wife, brother and brother, society and society, nation and nation (the story of Genesis 3-11). And that is ...

1171. The One Who Came Still Comes; The One Who Spoke Still Speaks

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... in Christ and believe that on the cross He bore our sins to think that someone would put the cross on the level with such profane things. But Goethe hated the cross for he despised the humble Christ. You hate the cross when it convicts you of your pride and sin; yet, you do not turn to Christ. You hate the cross and the humility of Jesus Christ when you value yourself above others. But Jesus still comes in humility. He still comes riding on a donkey, grabbing our hearts with the voice of a child, tugging ...

1172. What's in It for Me?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Michael Milton

... right. He had kept the law outwardly. He hadn’t murdered, committed adultery, stolen anything, lied, defrauded anyone. I have every confidence that he was the perfect, obedient child. What we are dealing with here, my friends, is a “goody, goodly two shoes.” He prides himself on a careful attention to the outward things of life. This young man was relying on his own righteousness—What must I do to be saved. But what about the inner man? In His sermon on the mount, Jesus showed that a man can ...

1173. Thank God for Dads

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... in me . . .” What does Paul mean when he says that he has been crucified with Christ? Certainly it does not mean that he has been crucified literally--with nails in his hands and feet. No, what is crucified is Paul’s old way of living. His pride and his self-righteousness. His sense of moral superiority. His disdain for people who did not think as he did and worship as he did. Paul became a new person. It is amazing that the Paul who persecuted people because of their religious beliefs could be the ...

1174. The Perfect Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , my husband was in all morning! He never heard a thing!” After apologizing, the postal employee got the woman’s parcel. “Oh good!” the woman gushed. “We’ve been waiting for this for ages!” “What is it?” the postal worker asked. The woman said with pride, “My husband’s new hearing aid.” Well, no wonder . . . ! When we speak to one another, there are some people who can’t hear us, others who don’t listen to us. But when we speak to God, we speak to One who hears all and listens ...

1175. An Incredible Encounter

Genesis 32:22-31

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Arley K. Fadness

... pilot ... repeat after me ... â€˜Our Father, which art in heaven....' " Adversity potentially changes and transforms people by the work of the Holy Spirit. Jacob discovers a new humility. He can never walk in arrogance again. Lame Jacob becomes a better man. His pride is laid aside. Eventually he will confess his wrong to Esau, ask forgiveness, seek re-entrance into the relationship he knows he has abused. A postscript to the story of the wrestling match at Peniel is that Jacob does meet Esau. They are ...

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