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1476. The Battle of the Wisdoms

James 3:13-18

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... don'ts. The author is not standing with a smile on his face and stating that "good" and "evil" are matters of individual tastes. To the contrary, he is walking across the stage of Holy Scripture, grabbing a code of conduct, raising its hand high in the air and screaming, "This is the winner in the Battle of the Wisdoms and this is the loser." James' ancient rhetoric meets our modern mind and often we are tempted to boo, hiss, and throw whatever is within our grasp at someone who would dare try to squeeze ...

1477. Yes! (Easter Sunday)

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... his fist. Then he froze and slid down into his seat--and sheepishly took off his headphones. It turned out he had been listening to the Auburn-Alabama football game, and his favorite team had just scored. (1) Easter is a day for Christians to pump their fists in the air and say, “Yes, Yes, Yes.” Yes is what Easter is about. God’s yes to humanity, as God grants to us the gift of immortality. God’s yes to Jesus and all Jesus taught us about the meaning of life. God’s yes to the victory of life over ...

1478. Yes, No, Someone Else

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... concerning the building of the Temple, Nathan is enthusiastic. In simple parlance, he tells the King to "go for it." No wonder Nathan is excited; prophets aren't accustomed to kings offering to do something for God. This is a breath of fresh air for Pastor Prophet Nathan. Nathan is immediately inspired. Pastor Nathan asks no questions; he gives no thought or reflection to the proposal. The prophet wholeheartedly endorses the king's idea. The king wants to build God a house. One does not have to think ...

1479. Morning Has Broken

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... has done begs the question: "What have we done with God's good creation?" Sad to say, humankind, created in God's image, has left his good world an ecological mess by our misuse of natural resources, despoiling of nature, and polluting of our air and water. Our Old Testament text reminds us that God evaluated his creation as good, something to be improved continually. We by our selfishness and greed have made that which God called "good" ugly and useless, almost returning God's creation to a chaotic state ...

1480. Lord of All

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... his oneness and uniqueness. In the spring of 1998, a series of tornadoes ripped through the southeastern part of the United States, spreading death and destruction. The day after one of the deadly tornadoes hit, the National Public Radio program All Things Considered aired a story about the Church of the Open Door, whose building had been destroyed by the storm. The children's choir was rehearsing when the storm hit. The pastor saw the tornado coming and hurriedly gathered the children into the main hallway ...

1481. The Reality of the Resurrection

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Brett Blair

... these questions, a scene in Luke's Gospel became the image that I felt might do it: Jesus is standing there. Actually he kind of suddenly just shows up, uninvited. The eleven (minus Judas) are gathered together, and Jesus, we get the impression, materializes out of thin air. He bids them peace and then offers his hands and feet as proof that he was the one that had just been nailed to the Roman cross beams we call the cross. That’s the scene. It was an absolute impossibility. It was unrealistic. It was ...

1482. Excited!

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... generators. One day they did that, and something went wrong. When they switched over, the resulting power surge blew a number of rectifiers. Not only did that knock out phone service in the area, it also disrupted communications for air controllers at Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark airports. Over a thousand flights were affected. Usually, technicians would fix that kind of blackout quickly. However, they didn't respond quickly on that particular occasion. While alarm bells rang unheard, the technicians ...

1483. Led by the Spirit of God

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... threats where no threat exists. I'm not going to ask if anyone is this room is afraid to fly. Many years ago, Time magazine reported on famous people who have a phobia about planes. Among them was former President Ronald Reagan. In an interview done aboard Air Force I, the president was asked if he had overcome the fear of flying. "Overcome it!" he retorted, "I'm holding this plane up by sheer will power." And yet, there are few places in the world you are safer than in an airplane. Yes, there are accidents ...

1484. When the Storms Come

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... earthquake and the subsequent power outage to appreciate the beauty of the stars. (6) I wonder if something like that didn't happen that night to the disciples. After the Master had calmed the storm, there was a great calm. But the wind from the storm had cleared the air in a wonderful way and, as they gazed at the heavens, they could see the stars as they had never seen them before. And they reflected on this man who had power over the wind and the waves. And they learned the meaning of a life built on God ...

1485. The Preacher Was Caught by Surprise

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... staying to pray and he, too, had a vision. "He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. Then a voice told him, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.' ‘Surely not, Lord!' Peter replied. ‘I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.' The voice spoke to him a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.' This happened three times ...

1486. Replacing a Fallen Comrade

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... you never had a dog your entire life." He tells about Bill Smith, an Assemblies of God missionary in Haiti who once had instructed an entire church that if anyone wanted to become followers of Christ, they should signify it by raising their legs into the air and coming forward on their hands. There were lots of puzzled looks, he says, but very little response to the altar call. One of the funniest stories he tells is about Dale Preiser, another Assemblies of God missionary. The word Dale had wanted to use ...

1487. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... more flood in during the summer months. It’s a quaint place in many ways, beautiful old Victorian houses, colorful tints that are brought out only during the summer times, old hotels with indescribable charm, creaking stairways and balconies open to ocean breeze, no air conditioning, but a constant breeze flowing in from the far corners of the earth. It’s one of my favorite spots. Jeri and I went a couple of days early, preceding my preaching engagement to get a little rest. On Saturday afternoon, we ...

1488. Dying And Rising With Christ

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and as we began, six women came into the room together. Almost immediately I knew there was something special about those women, they were very attractive, they were beautifully dressed, but that’s not what was special about them. There was about them a kind of air, a kind of attitude that really grabbed my attention, then the kind of questions they asked, the way they related to each other and the way they related to the group, caused me to know that there was something very special about those six women ...

1489. What Really Matters

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to parachute out of an airplane. He had seen pictures of it, he had read about it, he had seen movies where it happened, he knew that there were people who did it as a sport, and he thought it would be a most marvelous thing to sail through the air, gliding in a parachute. Finally, his craze got the best of him. He went to a class where he was taught how to put the parachute on, how to secure it, how to adjust it, how to pull the ripcord to open it. All those things, all those fundamentals of ...

1490. What Really Matters The Price Of The High Calling

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... come the men of the Royal Navy whom everyone knew had kept the vital sea lings open. There would pass by the Army, who had come home from Dunkirk, and had then gone on to defeat Rommel in Africa and to fight under Montgomery in Berlin. There would come the Air Force, who had driven the enemy forces out of the sky and beat them at their own game. Then he said, last of all there would come a great host of sweat-stained, soot-streaked miners. And someone from the crowd would say – where were you? And from 10 ...

1491. In The Kingdom Now

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we can stand fast in the Lord. I heard a funny story the other day that illustrates the opposite of standing fast. Two hikers were enjoying some of the less-difficult trails of the Rocky Mountains. The scenery was beautiful. The terrain was not exceptionally difficult. The air was invigorating. Relishing all of that, they rounded a bend and about 50 yards ahead of them, they saw a bear ambling down the trail. They had heard that bears can sometimes run as fast as 40 miles an hour. They froze in their tracks ...

1492. He Is Not Here He Is Risen

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for Him. On Friday, they heard the ring of the hammer against the nails as the spikes were driven through his wrists and feet. On Friday, they saw the cross lifted up and dropped into the ground. On Friday, they watched as Jesus struggled for every breath of air. On Friday they heard his final words from the cross, until at last He said, “Father, into thy hands I commit my Spirit.” (Luke 23:46). On Friday they watched as his dead body was taken down from the cross. They saw his mother, Mary, hold Him ...

1493. A Scream And A Laugh

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... poems: Serenely now,We name the same clouds in the same blue sky;from different sides. We lie down beneath the same dust reflected night,under the same awesome moon:on different sides. We speak the same prayers,our words going up to the same quiet air;petitioning the same quiet God,from different sides. You dream dreams that come to pass as I dream nightmares I pray will not. And we sleep the same sleep,in different beds,on different sides. (Communicator's Commentary on Colossians, p.343-344.) Do you get ...

1494. Christ Signs The Letter Of The Church

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... creation, a fellowship of Resurrection life. We are a letter of Christ; His seal is upon us. Christ signs the letter of the Church. Let me try to tie it all together with a marvelous story that Bishop Goodson tells. It is the story of the radio program aired on Sunday nights probably 35 years ago now. "All of America fell in love with a little man who sang his songs, clapped his hands, and rolled his eyes. He began every program by singing, "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider", and he closed by singing, "If I Could ...

1495. Put To Death The Old; Put On The New

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... conductor in America. In 1931 NBC put together a concert tour of Latin America and invited Toscanni to conduct. The day came for the musicians, gathered from orchestras across the country, to begin rehearsal. It was a hot August afternoon, in an un air conditioned rehearsal hall. They began rehearsing Beethoven's Sixth Symphony. These were professional musicians who knew the music, knew where they come in and where they rest, they would know where they could get up and have a smoke and still be back ...

1496. The Gift Of Sleep

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... get. He walked up and down the aisles but for the life of himself he could not remember. But then in a flash he had a sudden insight. He remembered what his wife had asked. So he drove back home, opened the door of the house, and said with an air of confidence, "I'm back, Dear, and I got what you wanted." The wife took one look at what he had purchased and she was horrified. All he had bought was a dozen eggs. She shouted at him, "What, a dozen eggs. How could you? You forgot the bacon!" We ...

1497. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... she was only a year out of high school. She had not been exposed to preacher images or "preacher's wife models." On this occasion, she really expressed herself! I responded calmly, which upset her all the more. Soon she was crying. "This," I said, "is outrageous." My superior air made her feel like dirt. I stalked out of the bedroom and went downstairs, calling over my shoulder. "When you're ready to discuss this calmly like an adult, I'll be in my study." I'm sure a big hunk of Jerry died that day, and a ...

1498. In A Mirror Dimly

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in reply. He said, "I don't know what you call them in Boston, but out here in Arkansas, we just call them hot tubs!" Don't you love being around common folks? They don't try to impress or overwhelm you. They don't put on airs or masks. And yet somehow, in their simple honesty and in their simple humanity, there's something remarkably strong and there's something terribly refreshing." (Norman Neaves, "Go About With Humble Folk!", September 25, 1988). It's the same with children, and I believe that's what ...

1499. The House Of Our Dreams

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it, Nazareth wasn't much of a place to go back to -- a dusty, out of the way sort of place. "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?", one of the disciples later asked when he first heard about Jesus. "The heavenly hosts are gone. Their songs filling the air are heard no more (do I hear someone say beneath his breath, you can't really get an angel when you really need one). Now, Mary and Joseph have a son to raise. Religious obligations to keep, and a long, dusty trip back to Nazareth, and what could be ...

1500. It's All God's Doing

Ezekiel 17:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... exile to Palestine and starting their life over again. Just a sprig; the smallest of branches on the tree. But in time, the allegory says, it grows into a noble Cedar under which all the animals of the earth find shade, and in whose branches all the birds of the air can build their nest. It began as a little sprig and grew to a noble Cedar, and it's all God's doing. That' the point. It's all God's doing. And do you remember the passage ends with the declaration of who is in charge around here: "I ...

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