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1401. Navigating the Stages of Life

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . What are you going to do about it? What have you done for me lately?” II. SECOND, LOOK AT THE ADOLESCENT STAGE. Here the key word is “arrogance,” but other descriptive adjectives fly fast and furious… rebellious, restless, discontent, ruthless, prideful. Adolescent people quite simply are those who never grew up. In trying to “cut the apron strings,” they went overboard. They let the pendulum swing too far… and they have become hostile and resentful of any authority over their lives. They ...

1402. Give Yourself

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... makes $20,000 a year and gives $2,000 to the church. You see the tithe is the great equalizer. It puts us all on common ground, and none of us are left out. We can all tithe according to our means, and how this saves us from pride. How this guards us from thinking of ourselves more highly than we ought to think, because we may have been blessed with more material goods than someone else. “They gave according to their means.” But then that verse 4 is the most shocking one: “Begging earnestly for the ...

1403. When Are We Most Like God?

Exodus 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... there in the sixth verse. When she opened the little ark, she saw the child. The baby was crying, and she had pity on him. That’s what I want to underscore. She had pity on him. Curiosity was changed to compassion and her compassion overrode pride of race and station. She recognized the child as a Hebrew, and she knew that her father wanted all Hebrew baby boys killed. But as soon as the infant cried, her heart was touched and she entered empathetically into the Hebrew experience. That’s the point ...

1404. Redemption: A Wide Angle Picture

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ? or gambling? Is your energy drained because you live too close to the line of moral compromise - cheating in business? preoccupied with sexual lust? In your heart of hearts do you know that you are more than racially prejudiced; your feelings verge on hatred? Does your pride often put you in the position of thinking more highly of yours you ought to think, looking down your nose at others? We could go on and on. But you can do that personally — the point I am underscoring is that we need deliverance and ...

1405. Let God Be God - As if It Could Be Otherwise

Exodus 7:14-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... area where the truth cannot be played with, much less denied. There is a connection between sin and suffering. A dear person in my life confesses it almost every time we get together. His suffering from a divorce that was the result of selfishness and pride and lust gets worse almost every day because the pain of lost family love plagues his soul. Another friend who had given himself to ordained ministry followed the distorted desires of his flesh, sinning to the point that he couldn’t live with himself ...

1406. Fresh Every Morning - A Token and a Truth

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... She was raised by parents who were militant non-believers. She graduated with top honors from Hunter College, and began her adult life with a kind of cynical sophistication and skepticism which expects the worst and believes the least. In her arrogant, intellectual pride she conceived of religion and morality havens for the neurotic upon which only the untutored would depend. Then one day her husband, who had been growing more and more depressed, called from another city and told her that he was losing his ...

1407. Lessons from the Ordinances

Exodus 21:2-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for I am compassionate.” See it? – However faint the light might be, it shines, and the revelation is there, a compassion for the poor and oppression. And isn’t that the issue in every age? When Grover Cleveland was president, he succumbed to the pride of power and success. During the panic of 1893, and the resulting depression with its widespread unemployment, Cleveland was confronted with much labor unrest. One day a lean and hungry man came to the White House to dramatize the plight of the poor, he ...

1408. Clear to the Better End - Parent Burnout

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... refuge and strength, a very present help in the time of trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake and its swelling pride.” We believe that, don’t we? God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in the time of trouble. The question is, “Why don’t we avail ourselves to the strength right now?” God is immediately available, wherever you are, wherever you ...

1409. When You Have Everything You Need, Except What You Need (Managing Money)

Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a moment. The influence of affluence. Before we know it, the thirst for more grows in us until it is almost invisible. We begin to want more for ourselves and our family. We begin to measure our wealth by those who have more than we, and to feel pride that you have more than others. Look at your checkbook. Do you spend more on entertainment, for instance, than you give to Christ and his church? O, no, you say – but wait… How much did you spend on your last vacation, your last overseas trip, your last ...

1410. Three Wise Men

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the world, we have a Hitler and a Holocaust. We think government will do it, then in the boldest experiment in democracy, we have a system of slavery and a civil war. We think social enlightenment and secular humanism will do it, and in our nation that prides itself in such, we abort a million babies each year, and every city in the United States has the poor and the homeless to shame us and to show us the limitation of putting our hope in social theories or institutions. Charles Colson has helped us to ...

1411. Pastoral Prayer

Illustration

Brett Blair

... troops of the United States and our Allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer: Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness ...

1412. When God Seems Far Off

Psalm 10:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... but also to the cynics and skeptics of the community. In fact, they went so far as to pay no attention to God. No morning found them in the Temple offering morning sacrifices. No evening found them recounting his glories to their families by the fireside. In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, ‘There is no God.’ His ways prosper at all times, thy judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. He thinks in his heart, ‘I shall ...

1413. In the House of the Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of intimate affectionate love. That’s what the Shepherd Lord who has become our banquet host offers – his providence, expressed in love and daily care. Will you believe it? We sit at the table of God’s daily providence. So when you tend to pride over what you have accomplished, take a second thought. When you’re drifting further and further into that deadly pit of self-sufficiency, draw yourself back. Where would you be without God? The very air we breathe, God gives. Our physical life is but ...

1414. Audacious Faith

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... eliminated the word from their vocabulary, as well as those folks who have allowed their efforts at morality, their commitment to righteousness to blind them to the most devastating expression of sin in their life. Anger, hostility, impatience, competition run wild. Pride - people actually thinking they can control their lives. Neglect — the sin most common to us because we’re so self— centered and so self-serving. These are the sins Jesus dealt with most. These sins that play havoc with our physical ...

1415. The Unforgivable Sin

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... sinning against the Holy Spirit. In how many ways do we do sin against the Holy Spirit? Fired by our own self-will and self-determination, we convince ourselves that we can control our lives without the help of the Spirit. Giving ourselves to arrogance and pride, we think that we can shape relationships the way we wish them to be and handle our problems on our own terms, refusing to receive the energizing power that the Holy Spirit offers for us to live the Christian life. We even become more distorted in ...

1416. Turning Evil Into Good

Genesis 45:1-8a, 50:19-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... is true. We catch up with our hero, Joseph, in the waning years of his life. His father is dead. His brothers are feeling guilty and afraid. But this young dreamer has lived too long to be revengeful. He has spent enough time in prison to swallow his pride. In a tearful, touching moment with his brothers he makes this statement concerning their acts of evil. “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good." Will you reflect with me on that statement for a moment? I. YOU INTENDED TO HARM ME When I ...

1417. Wrestling Alone at Night

Genesis 32:22-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... thing to fall into the hands of a living God. Indeed it is. You see, God-lite religion will not do in a down and dirty world. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Let us never forget that Jacob’s God will get us in the gut, punch our pride, grab our greed, level our lust, demand our honesty and command our all. When our boys were little, I used to wrestle with them every night after supper on the thickly padded carpet on the hallway floor. It really was not much of a struggle. I was 6’3”, 225 ...

1418. What Would Jesus Say About Modern Churches?

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... he would say: Lose yourselves in order to find yourselves. Certain things must die in order for better things to live. That is what baptism is all about. We are buried with Christ in baptism in order that we can be raised with Christ to new life. Pride must go. Prestige no longer matters. Position is a misnomer. When I earned my doctorate degree my farmer father said to me, “I always thought those little initials after peoples' names were sort of like a tail on a pig: kind of cute to look at but they ...

1419. Crying Out of the Depths

Psalm 130:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... (Psalm 130:7). Henri Nouwen puts it this way. “The Lord kneels before me holding my naked feet in His hands and looking up at me with a smile. The intimacy is too great for me. So I say, ‘Lord, you don't really know me, my dark feelings, my pride, my lust, my greed. I may speak the right words, but my heart is so far from you. I am not good enough to belong to you. You must have someone else in mind.' Then with utter tenderness He says, ‘I want you to be with me. I want you ...

1420. The Bread We Daily Need

Luke 11:1-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... without troubling the whole place. Go home till another day.” All the while the answer to somebody’s prayer is in our cupboard or in our checkbook. When are we going to learn to trade bombs for bread, to trade greed for grace, to trade pride for prayer, to trade competition for community? Give us this day our daily bread. Give us bread. II. BREAD Americans have a love affair with food. Statistics tell us Americans eat 75 acres of pizza, 53 million hotdogs, 167 million eggs, 3 million gallons of ice ...

1421. From Hunger to Satisfaction

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... fat we accumulate from overeating. Is hunger a solvable problem in the world? Well, you would think so, wouldn't you? Is there any grace for us gluttons? We've been talking about the Seven Deadly Sins during this Lenten season, among them: laziness, pride, greed, envy, lust. Gluttony is the sin that shows. Society considers greed to be good. Lust is embraced in smoky clubs and secret cyberspace. But gluttony, the need to swallow or gulp down excessive amount of food, drink, or intoxicants to the point of ...

1422. The Power to Make a Difference

Acts 16:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... for not killing your own kids when they were teenagers. In a culture that worships youth, I see why we resist that role. As one mother exclaimed, “How can I have a son 30 years old when I just recently turned 30 myself? We need to get over our pride and seize the opportunity. Grandparents now have 20 to 30 years of time after retirement. What could be a better use of that time than to shape the spiritual life of the next generation? If you don't have grand children close, I think the Church can help you ...

1423. Worship

Hebrews 10:19-25

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... altar instead of the Almighty, but I personally don't want to go to a church where I can't see a cross. “For when I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride." I need to see a cross when I get to church. We worship by tradition. We worship by Reason. In Isaiah 1:18 we read, “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow." Christians need to be ...

1424. From Laziness to Passion

Psalm 51:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of his life. What he concludes is something I hear often from reluctant confessors. "Yes, Lord, I have sinned, but I have several excellent excuses." I plan to focus our attention this Lenten Season to something the Church calls "The Seven Deadly Sins" - Pride, Envy, Anger, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust. Even a casual listener will likely react by asking, what's so deadly about these seven? Compared to murder, rape, and theft, anger, lust, and greed seem rather tame. Tell me one war that has been ...

1425. The Power to Be Saved

Acts 4:5-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. Because Christ lives, death is swallowed up in victory, causing Christians to shout, “O, death where is your sting. O grave where is your victory?'" How sweet to hold a new-born baby, And feel the pride and joy he gives. But greater still, the calm assurance, This child can face uncertain days, Because Christ lives. Isn't that the hope of every parent and grandparent on earth? C. BY HIS POWER The whole question in this interrogation of Peter and John ...

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