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1501. At Home In The Daylight

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to the Lord. Do you remember Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager? They were the pilots who completed a globe- circling, non-stop flight without refueling. People said it couldn't be done, but they did it. More than 50,000 people greeted them at Edwards Air Force Base when they returned from flying 26,000 miles without refueling. They faced some anxious moments when an electrical pump, used to draw fuel from the tank, failed. Jeana also suffered from bruises when she was tossed into the cabin wall and ceiling from ...

1502. The Word And Words

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

I wish I had discovered Eugene Patterson long ago. He's a Presbyterian Pastor, and also an outstanding writer. He's the pastor of Christ Our King United Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. He has been there for 27 years; (maybe I'll make it that long here). This is one of Patterson's simple, matter-of-fact, powerful expressions of truth: "There is no such thing as successful churches. There are, instead, communities of sinners, gathered week after week by the ...

1503. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

A few weeks ago, I mentioned a preacher- writer I have recently discovered. His name is Eugene H. Peterson, and he has served Christ the King United Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland for 27 years. He has a book on the Psalms of Ascents -- Psalms 120 - 134 which he titled, A LONG OBEDIENCE IN THE SAME DIRECTION. He got that phrase from Friedrich Nietzsche. This was Nietzsche's word: "The essential thing in heaven and earth is...that there should be ...

1504. He Comes As He Came

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... as well as other parts of the world that were dazzled by the live demonstration they saw on CNN. Of course, this country could take the moral high ground and say, no, we will not help any of you short-tempered nations build bigger and nastier armies and air forces so you can start acting goofy again. But the Journal, which always has its finger on the racing pulse of the world's fat cats, indicates that it's unlikely we will let galloping morality make us do anything giddy and foolish. Because if we don't ...

1505. When Jesus Comes

Luke 8:22-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... traveler tells how they tried to pitch their tents in such a gale. "We had to double-pin all the tent ropes, and frequently were obliged to hang on with our whole weight upon them to keep the quivering tabernacle from being carried up bodily into the air." It was that kind of sudden storm that struck the boat that day, and Jesus and His disciples were in peril of their lives. The disciples woke Jesus, desperate with fear, and Jesus rebuked them. A first look, or a casual consideration of the story suggests ...

1506. As Real As It Gets

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... under false pretense. He made it clear that the demands were tough. Let's read verses 57 and 58 again: As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." It is a graphic picture. Jesus is pointing out that he didn't even have the comforts that such lowly creatures as foxes and birds have. They had their own holes and nests; He had no place ...

1507. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor earth sustain; heaven and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign. In the bleak mid-winter, a stable place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ. Angels and arch-angels may have gathered there, cherubim and seraphim thronged the air; but his mother only, in her maiden bliss, worshiped the beloved with a kiss. So, how do we respond to that? Isn't the question legitimate? What can I give him, poor as I am?If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;If I were ...

1508. Overcoming The Destructive Dont's That Have Shaped Our Lives

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the destructive don'ts we've got to be assertive. But, that assertiveness does not have to be self-serving. I read recently of a husband who was berating his wife for her extravagant spending. "How many times do I have to tell you," he warned with a superior air, "that its economically unsound to spend money before you get it?" That didn't intimidate her one bit. She replied, "Oh I don't know about that. This way, if you don't get the money, at least you have something to show for it." That woman was ...

1509. Getting Our Lives Out Of Hock

Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... alcohol and drugs. But too many of us are like Lucy in the "Peanuts" cartoon. Linus clutches his blanket and sucks his thumb in the first frame. He asks Lucy, "Why are you so anxious to criticize me?" In the second frame, Lucy responds with a superior air, "I just think I have a knack for seeing other people's faults." In the third frame, Linus in exasperation, throws up his hands; "What about your own faults?" Arrogant Lucy responds, "I have a knack for overlooking them." We have that knack also, don't we ...

1510. Reflections On A Calling (ten-year Anniversary Sermon)

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a clay jar. Now that's not difficult for me to do, that is, that's not difficult for me to stay aware of the earthen vessel that I am. I've always been terribly puzzled by those preachers who manage to move about with a sort of "other worldly air:, as though they were representing some third gender of human kind, or another order of life rather than one I'm a part of with my feet of clay. I remember a story of the preacher who was beginning his ministry with a new congregation. He prayed, "Oh Lord, give ...

1511. The Need To Pay Attention

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... been placed in this beautiful box, an ugly, seemingly lifeless cocoon. By the miraculous process of nature, a lovely butterfly had emerged from that cocoon. Caught in the dark prison of the beetlenut box, it could not spread its wings, could not find life-giving air and sunshine, and so it had died. In my fantasy I pictured how it might have been. I heard a dialogue between God and a caterpillar as the caterpillar moved through its different stages: from the egg to the larva, to the pupa, to the caterpillar ...

1512. To Live Is To Grow

1 Timothy 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to grow up. Growth is not on their primary agenda. Though September is two-thirds through the year, we see it as a kind of new beginning. We've had our summer vacations. Children are returning to school, we are at a transition period of seasons. The Fall air will soon become colder. Football has already begun, and tension over television between husband and wife will become more intense. And, of course, the Fall is a kind of kick-off for the church year here at Christ Church. So it's a good time to think ...

1513. The Dividing Line

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Let's put the situation into two different locations. He asks her to marry him while he's in the middle of changing the oil in his car. Not the most romantic of situations, wouldn't you say? Now imagine he asks her the same question in a hot-air balloon over Paris. Which would you regard as the better setting? I know, some of you men see nothing wrong with the changing-the-oil scenario. It's no accident that Jesus asked his disciples this momentous question in the region of Caesarea Philippi. On the hills ...

1514. Learning to Give Thanks

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mount, Jesus speaks these familiar words, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the ...

1515. A Strange Kind of King

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... eldest son, He’d have to carry on and support the family. See Him in His dad’s workshop that first day, reaching for His father’s tools, tears streaming down His face--and just a kid. "Ever had no place to sleep? ‘Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head’--the words of Jesus. He even knows what it’s like to have no place to live--sleeping around campfires. Or on people’s floors. Ever had anyone beat your face in? You guessed it--the ...

1516. Saints in Shorts

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... the more desirable. The contestants are asked to gather in the middle of the night in an open field outside of town. You arrive at the field and discover that the snow is up to your knees, except in the spots where it has drifted even higher. The night air is frigid. And the wide open space of the field encourages a strong, cold wind. It is a bitterly cold time and place. Everyone there is dressed for the occasion. You could be standing next to your best friend and not even know it, for every inch of every ...

1517. Unworthy or Not?

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... not? This is an elite group. It takes a special sailor to qualify as a Navy Seal. This man tells about sharing his military exploits with his grandson’s kindergarten class. This former Seal regaled the children with his war stories. After he finished, hands shot up into the air all over the classroom. The kids were eager to ask questions. "So," asked one little girl, "can you balance a ball on the end of your nose?" Well, to be sure, a Navy Seal ought to be able to balance a ball on the end of his nose ...

1518. Get Rid of the Junk

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , did I remember to put the dog out last night?” and you could hear a muffled curse in the background and a man growling, “No, you didn’t.” One morning, the station phone rang and the perky DJ said, “Good morning, this is FM 106. You’re on the air. What was the first thing you said when you rolled out of bed this morning?” A voice with a Bronx accent replied, “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind ...

1519. Constantly Abiding

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... free. I took his wings gently between my fingers, pulled him clear of the seaweed, and for a few moments marveled at its beauty. He struggled in my fingers, but when I let go he didn’t seem to have the strength to fly. I threw him gently into the air, hoping to launch him on his way, but he plummeted to the sand. For a moment I felt pain. I identified with his helplessness. Had I held him too long and made his wings too nimble for flight? I crouched over him, and for a second I was one with ...

1520. Claim the Promise

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that hound of heaven, saying of Woodstock, that would-be bird of paradise; “Someday, Woodstock is going to be a great eagle.” Then in the next frame he says, “He is going to soar thousands of feet above the ground.” Woodstock takes off into the air and as Snoopy looks on he sees the bird upside down whirling around crazily. So he has second thoughts. In the third frame Snoopy says, “Well, maybe hundreds of feet above the ground…” But hardly had the words gotten out of his mouth when Woodstock ...

1521. Some Healing Is Up To You

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... eccentric people. And I use that word advisedly – eccentric. He learned to water ski when he was 75 years old. On his 80th birthday, he skied for twenty miles. He was one of those beautiful persons who come into the world like a breath of fresh air. He was a great evangelist, an effective preacher, a marvelous teacher, and the second President of Asbury Seminary. He was a person of prayer who exercised a ministry of healing for over fifty years. I feel honored to be his successor at Asbury. His son ...

1522. A Prophet Among Them

Ezekiel 2:1-3:15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... -of-factly. “Yes, it happens almost every time I fly out of here.” I could tell that she was not interested in the sunset or any kind of conversation, so I was gracious and returned to the book I was reading. When we were in the air, she left her seat to do her work. We usually think that airline attendants have a glamorous job – flying off interestingly to places around the nation and exotic spots around the world. But it really is a tough job – certainly while they are on duty. Serving drinks ...

1523. Awake to Glory

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... to "talk faith." Such persons can do something for us which sometimes not even the most inspirational book can do. And in all our searching, let us remember that God is on the side of our quest. We were built for faith, so to speak; it is our native air, and we function best when we breathe it in great drafts. We were not meant to be one-dimensional creatures, who live only by the perceptions of human reason and physical experience. We need to be shaken fully awake, so that we can see the glory of God. God ...

1524. Don't Fade Out On the Amen and the Hallelujah

Revelation 19:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to somber to please him. The service didn’t seem to fit the gallant soul whom they were remembering. Burne-Jones said this, “I would have given (anything) for a banner and much would I have given if a chorister had come out of the triforium and rent the air with a trumpet.” So let’s don’t fade out on the amen and hallelujah – this is the heart of worship. “Let us rejoice and exalt and give Him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready…” (verse 7 ...

1525. The Gospel

Colossians 1:3-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Serenely now, We name the same clouds in the same blue sky; from different sides. We lie down beneath the same dust flecked night, under the same awesome moon: on different sides. We speak the same prayers, our words going on 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. The fourth verse captures the difference of being “inside” and ...

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