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1376. Playing A Role Or Being A Truth

Matthew 16:21-28

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Maxie Dunnam

... such criticism, confusion and dangerous talk, that Jesus knew his life was no longer safe. To protect himself, he went to the Jewish authorities and made a public statement that he did not claim to be the Messiah. In his imagination, Gilbert sees Jesus promising that there will be no more scenes like Palm Sunday, no more claims about the kingdom and the rule of the Messiah, he just would back away from it. Pilot had already heard the news about the parade and the shouts of Hosanna, the obvious possibility ...

1377. Breaking The Negative Cycle

Matthew 5:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... , not where we hide from reality, but where we decide in the face of reality to give ourselves to those positive powers of redemption and renewal that are at work in ourselves, in the church, and most certainly in the world. We must break the negative cycle, claiming the truth that greater is he that is within us than he that is in the world. In the light of that, let’s sound some signal truths. First, there is a place for the negative. We dare not delude ourselves into thinking that we can positively ...

1378. Reconciliation: Our Gift And Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 5:14-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... he is or the way he is, if where he is and the way he exists is separating him from God. Let that burn in your consciousness. Paul said, through the Son, God decided to bring the whole universe back to himself. Now that’s an expansive claim, and the next time you hear one of these narrow radio, television preachers talking in such a narrow fashion about who God’s chosen people are, remember this text - through the Son, God decided to bring the universe back to himself. God’s intention for creation ...

1379. Curiosity Or Consecration

Romans 12:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... in proportion to our faith, if service in our serving. He who teaches, in his teaching. He who exhorts, in his exhortation. He who contributes, in liberality. He who gives aid, with zeal. He who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.” Let us pray. Lord we claim the promise, that your word will not return unto you void. Come Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, with all your quickening powers. Come shed abroad a Savior’s love and that will quicken ours. Amen. In the second Act of the play Gideon, the angel of the ...

1380. Participants In The Gospel

Philippians 1:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... that in another sermon, that’s not the issue. It doesn’t have to be. The issue is not whether we can or can’t lose our salvation. The glorious truth is that we don’t have to lose our salvation. We don’t have to lose it. Let us claim the promise and come again in faith, in commitment, in surrender, in yieldingness. The same kind of faith and commitment and surrender, yieldingness that was ours when we first gave our life to Christ – then we will know that he who began a good work in us will bring ...

1381. Gospel Through The Person

Philippians 1:12-30

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Maxie Dunnam

... about the fruit of my labor with you? I’m hard pressed to decide whether I want to go on and be with Christ, or whether I’m to stay with you. How precious and revealing. And interwoven into that struggle is one of the boldest of Paul’s claims – for to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Isn’t that the highest, clearest point to which our faith can take us. When we arrive at that juncture in our spiritual pilgrimage, we will then be able to live with joyful, self-giving abandon, welcoming ...

1382. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Maxie Dunnam

... in Christ Jesus. We have been laid hold of by Jesus Christ, and what really matters is to know him. And the only way to live as citizens of two kingdoms, without being torn apart and going to pieces inside, is to claim the power of his resurrection for our present day living. We must claim the possibility of living in Christ’s kingdom, now. Even though the fullness of that kingdom is yet to come. So that’s the theme of the message today – In The Kingdom Now. Because we’re in the kingdom now, Paul ...

1383. Remember Your Baptism

Romans 6:1-14, Colossians 2:6-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... me, as we will see shortly. But it’s a great example of prevenient grace. If parents and the church fulfill their responsibility in relation to the child, baptism becomes a means of grace for the child as the child comes to that point where he or she can claim for herself or himself the faith into which he or she has been nurtured. So what happens in infant baptism is not primarily an act of the parents, or of the child, but of the church and even more so of Christ in the church. Certainly there is value ...

1384. All This And Heaven Too

Revelation 21:1-27

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Maxie Dunnam

... even in dying, he was going to make it. Soul touched soul that day, and deep called to deep, as we faced the reality of death and claimed the promise of eternal life. So death is not to be covered up, and it’s not to be treated sentimentally. It is an inevitable part ... a new heaven and a new earth. And that brings me to the final sounding – heaven is a reality and eternal life is our claim as Christians. We have all this and heaven too. Why have we become so shy, talking about heaven? Do we think it’s ...

1385. Constantly Abiding

Philippians 2:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... ’t be anxious about tomorrow, let tomorrow be anxious about itself. Let the day’s on trouble be sufficient for the day. When we realize that there is nothing we can do without Christ, then there’s no place to go but to Christ. We claim his forgiveness when we sin and fail. We remember that our relationship with him does not depend upon our success, but upon his grace and forgiveness. We’re not under law where everything depends upon our performance we’re under grace where everything depends upon ...

1386. Leave Your Stuff Behind

Genesis 45:1-28

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Maxie Dunnam

... , we can’t name them all, but let me mention one other bundle that needs to be cast off as we stride into this New Year. I call it the bundle of cancelled sin. The phrase comes from Charles Wesley’s hymn, ‘Oh For A Thousand Tongues To Sing.’ He claims that this is the work of Christ. You remember that verse, he breaks the power of cancelled sin, he sets the prisoner free, his blood can make the foulest clean, his blood a veil for me. Scores of people who beat a steady stream to my study door for ...

1387. Christ Signs The Letter Of The Church

Colossians 1:15-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... paradoxical: MINIMUM PROTECTION, MAXIMUM SUPPORT? It is paradoxical in the fact that God's love and his present power for us in the risen Christ does not shield us from pain or suffering, nor from death. Christians suffer and die. We're not unlike those who make no Christian claims in that the same turmoil and trouble ravage all our lives. But, as Paul said, "If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's." A contemporary ...

1388. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (i)

Psalm 137:1-9

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Maxie Dunnam

... transforming power of Jesus Christ. It was sad because a couple of people were hung up on what they labeled "purity of doctrine". Not only were they surprised to discover what they labeled "born again Christians" among us Methodists, one of them made the arrogant claim that she had given her life to a quest for purity of doctrine. She said it as a kind indictment against other denominations than her own. "My Lord," I said to myself, "what an empty quest. That's what the Pharisees were about -- pure doctrine ...

1389. A Sovereign God With A Shepherd's Heart

Luke 2:1-7

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Maxie Dunnam

... to Messiah, should be declared to be irrelevant to John's ministry. It did not matter who his father or family was. "For Jesus, by contrast, the maintenance of family tradition was, as we have said, all important, and that for obvious reasons. To claim to be the Messiah was to claim to be the son of David, an heir to the covenant and the promises made by God with David. So, in the Annunciation Gabriel describes the destined role of Mary's child as follows: "....and the Lord God give to him the throne of ...

1390. Meeting And Mastering Temptation

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... he went in 'full of the Spirit'. When he came out it was 'in the power of the Spirit'. In the life of Jesus all that temptation could achieve was to turn fullness into power. "Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, in his book The Crises of the Christ, claims that we ought to make a clear distinction between the two words 'fullness' and 'power'. The 'fullness of the Spirit', he argues, 'is what happens when the Spirit is bestowed upon us; the 'power' of the Spirit is what happend when that fullness is tested through the ...

1391. Will The Real God Please Stand?

James 1:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

1392. Repentance: The No That Is A Yes

Luke 3:1-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... realized. You remember that word of Paul: "Jesus is God's Yes to all the promises of God." Repentance is our way of saying no to the Kingdom of this world, no to sin -- and that no becomes our yes to Christ and the Kingdom. To help us claim this good news -- to say a resounding no that becomes a glorious, life-changing yes, consider these truths. I. One, repentance is not an emotion, it is a decision. To be sure, repentance begins with a feeling -- feeling sorry for our sins. In that sense, it is emotional ...

1393. Hanging On To Every Word

Luke 19:45-48

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Maxie Dunnam

... . That's a poignant word Jesus speaks in verse 44: "You did not recognize the time of your visitation from God." My prayer is that of none of you -- of no single person leaving the worship today -- can that word be spoken. The offer of forgiveness is yours to claim. I close with this. "Kent Kilburn is the one who tells the story, a wonderful story about a 15-year-old girl at a Youth Conference some years ago. The girl was short and a bit overweight. She was not pretty and she was also crippled. And so when ...

1394. The Road Less Traveled

Luke 13:22-30

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Maxie Dunnam

... Two roads diverged in a yellow wood. And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then, took the other, just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them, really, about the same, And both that morning equally layin leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way ...

1395. Getting Our Lives Out Of Hock

Psalm 105:1-45

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Maxie Dunnam

... pleasure forevermore. Our theme today is "Getting Our Lives Out of Hock." Hear verse 11 of the text again: "You show me the path of life. In your presence, there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore." If that claim of the psalmist concerning God's work in our life is our claim, then we can indeed get our life out of hock. Do you understand that image? The image is most real in a pawn shop. Now, it may surprise you to know that I visit pawn shops now and then. In fact, that may ...

1396. The Medicine Of A Cheerful Heart

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Maxie Dunnam

... of this proverb knew what it has taken medical science a long time to discover -- that laughter is a healing medicine for body and soul. "I've been fascinated by Norman Cousins testimony that he laughed his way to recovery from a serious illness. He's modest about the claim he makes. He does not want to lead others into any false hopes. He did not even talk about what happened to him until about ten years after it happened. The event occurred in 1964, and it wasn't until the 70s that he wrote about it, and ...

1397. Remember Your Baptism

Luke 3:1-20

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Maxie Dunnam

1398. All This And Heaven Too

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1399. The Problem with Signs

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... with our Jewish friends. We even share it with our Moslem adversaries, as well as our Moslem friends. Moslems even accept Jesus, as a prophet. What makes us unique is that we boldly claim that in Jesus Christ we get a definitive picture of God. This is what God is like! We exclaim. God is like Jesus. Jesus is God in human flesh. It is an extraordinary claim, but we stake our lives upon it. So, it is not good enough for us to proclaim, as do the followers of Islam as well as the nation of Israel, "An eye for ...

1400. Holy Living

John 6:51-65

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... to every detail as the requisite to the good life, but St. Paul discovered that a set of rules could never provide salvation nor solve the deadly problem of sin and moral failure. Jesus, however, came with a new key to true life: accept his spirit, surrender to the claim of his will, allow him to enter the stream of everyday living; and, in this commitment, all we say and do will reflect the influence of his life within us. What does this do for and with those who resolve to do it? How has it worked in the ...

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