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1651. Whose Servant Are You? (Part II)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... heart of thine. Art thou working for them or me? Nazareth was a little place, And so was Galilee.''" (2) Like the little boy said, "I wish I could be a brother like that." May we be a servant after the example of our Lord who cared enough for his disciples to wash their feet, thus giving us the right path to travel in our earthly journey. Recently, one United Methodist Bishop, Judith Craig, shared: "Let the servant image be the stretching image toward which we move....remember, God can use even faltering ...

1652. The Tenacity of Trouble

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... folks as though he were the only one who is right." Brother Rule then complained against Brother Sandpaper and said, "I just don''t care for him; he is rougher than he ought to be. He is always rubbing people the wrong way." In the midst of all this ... stood up for himself. When he got home, the first thing he saw was his own wallet on the work bench. (4) We must be careful how we address rights and wrongs in the church. Mercy is always better than the mouth in the church house. James writes that everything ...

1653. Mother's Day

Proverbs 1:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... responded, weeping through every word, "I am so sad and dejected. A month ago I married a beautiful and loving woman who is 25 years of age. She is a wonderful cook. She keeps the house in perfect order and never forgets to give me my medicine. She cares for me so much, and I love her so much." The policeman commented, "But sir, that sounds like a magnificent relationship. Why are you so despondent?" The man looked up, sighed, wiped away a tear and said, "Because I cannot remember how to get home." It is ...

1654. Extravagant Guestures in a Cost-Effective World

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... used costly; her act was an expression of extravagance, too. To be extravagant literally means to "stray beyond." We need parents who "stray beyond" an average commitment to their children; pastors who "stray beyond" a minimal level of pastoral care; doctors who "stray beyond" ho-hum medical care; teachers who "stray beyond" lick and promise pedagogy. The list is endless. Jesus is saying, I believe, that there are those times when we should feel free to let go and be extravagant, in the service and praise ...

1655. If You Are Willing

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... even though healing was not his primary objective, people came in droves to be healed. It got so bad that he had to slip into towns unobtrusively. It was interfering with what he had primarily come to do. It was a “catch 22.” He could not help caring about people. They could not help telling about the wonderful things he had done. I wonder if this doesn’t illustrate God s greatest dilemma. Bear with me for a little outside-the-box thinking. If I were to ask you the most troubling thing about our faith ...

1656. Things That Make Jesus Angry

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... Meanwhile they were ignored the real spiritual needs of their flock. So, Jesus got steamed, and he fashioned a whip and drove both people and animals out of the temple court. It is a dramatic scene. And it tells us something very important about Jesus. All Jesus cares about is people. This is so very important. At the heart of everything Jesus did was his love for people. Law wasn’t as important to him as people, though he was a law-abiding man. Tradition wasn’t as important to him as people, though he ...

1657. The Hillside and the Basket

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... He learned that a famine had hobbled the Indians for over a month. And the people were starving. Each was simply afraid to share amidst so much deprivation. Praying to Jesus how to help them, he got an idea. Calling the Indians around a campfire he preached God's loving care in Christ. Then he said, "I'm going to feed you by making some stone soup. Ummm! It's tasty! I grew up on it! And you'll like it just fine!" Then he opened his rucksack and produced the rock he'd found that morning. The Indians demurred ...

1658. Such As I Have

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Such as I have. When we give back to the Lord, he uses it. When we invest our talents through the church, his fellowship grows and is enriched. When we give such as we have, we begin to realize how much can be accomplished for Christ if we don’t care who gets the credit. III. The Gift of Our Tithe Our time, our talent, and our tithe. That’s the third gift that belongs to all of us. We all have the tithe, whether of a $5 a week allowance, or a $5 an hour job, or a $50,000 ...

1659. God Does The Unexpected

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... life as a gift -- capable of blessing the whole world. John Killinger has stated it well: If the mystery is everywhere, then we ought to be falling to our knees everywhere to worship. If the heart of the mystery is here and here and here, then we must be careful not to be arrogant before it or to claim its rights. In short, we've not been given the authority to handle any life casually – not the life of the prisoner who has been found guilty of murder; not the lives of the people in the trajectories of ...

1660. East Of Eden And The City Of Beginning

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... one -- the first born, the blessed, the one who has everything. Those who find themselves in that position find it easy to put themselves in the center of things. We've got to be careful, friends. Careful that we do not _confuse blessing with privilege_. Register that clearly. We must be careful that we do not confuse blessing with privilege. Because we are especially blessed, economically, educationally, culturally, does not mean we should have privileges others don't have. Have you seen the movie "Driving ...

1661. Walk By Faith Not By Sight

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... know many will think this far too personal. But how else can I make the witness and sound the call. Back during the Because We Care Program, we called people not to equal gifts but to equal sacrifice. Jerry and I prayed about our response- what we might do that ... the need is not as great – and because there are so many of you that did not have a chance to share in "Because We Care", and because I believe God's people are going to make a faithful response, Jerry and I are not going to pledge another $32, ...

1662. The Ministry Of Making Many Rich

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... God was upon them to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, to recover the sight of the blind and to set free those who are bruised...to make others rich by sharing the good news of salvation and by letting them know by our love, care, and attention that they are important, that they mean something to God. So, there it is — the ministry of making many rich. The Christian Walk is a walk of generosity, because we come to know that all of life is gift — that the call of the Christian ...

1663. The Future You Hope For

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... suffering and sorrow of others, more often than not, we are quite happy to keep our own. As true as that is, it brings us back to the quote from Winzell's, "If even half our wishes came true, we would have twice as many troubles." We need to be careful and clear about the future we hope for -- it would be tragic if we substituted our future for God's future. That means we need to give up our frantic and frustrating waste of energy and doing our own thing, and spend more time and prayer seeking God's thing ...

1664. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his Aramaic tongue, taken down by someone who translated it into impeccable Greek, edited it, judiciously added to it with loving care, and issued it to the Church at large. I have little or no problem with this theory of authorship. We are ... t understand my struggle with pretension, or self- righteousness. People who say one thing and mean and do another. So we need to be careful about judging others. We never know what may be going on inside, driving them to their actions and attitudes. If we are not ...

1665. Faith Working In Love

James 2:14-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... patience and calm, mixed with megadoses of love. Her cure works, but that is just the beginning of being one of "Mama Hale's children." (Claire Safran, The Reader's Digest, September 1984, pp. 49-50) It's a moving story that tells of Clara Hale spending a lifetime caring for other women's children. In a fifth-floor walkup, she raised 40 foster children as well as three of her own. And now she operates a place called Hale House, a unique haven in the heart of the drug darkness of New York's Harlem. The time ...

1666. How Is It With Your Soul?

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... else's eye. Most people you know can't see a speck in somebody else's eye. In fact, most people don't care if there is a speck in somebody else's eye. But if you have a beam in your eye, you are probably going to look for a speck in somebody else's ... verse 37: "Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn and you will not be condemned." So we need to be careful. How is it with your soul? Are you seeing in others what you fail to see in yourself? That's a form of hypocrisy. After ...

1667. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... shepherds washed their socks" -- "pants first." Things don't do it. Just surviving is not enough... Even surviving with style isn't enough. We need a Savior! We need more than someone to tell us how to "win friends and influence people" or how to be successful by taking care of number one. We need as we sang in our theme hymn "wisdom from on high that will order all things far and nigh". We need someone "to us the path of knowledge show -- and show us in her ways to go." To us who think we have everything ...

1668. The Wholeness Question: Do You Want To Be Made Well?

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... insufficient funds, and pay no price for it, we wonder why we should even take the time to vote? When persons are named to care for one of the most crucial areas of need in our city, public housing, and it is discovered that he has not been ... quick to say that faith does not always bring healing in terms of physical and emotional cure for our maladies. I think we need to be careful even in talking about this. It's evident as we look around us that some folks are healed by faith, and others are not. It happens ...

1669. Food That Is Needful

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... slow.Accomplishments he may not show.And he'll require extra careFrom the folks he meets down there. He may not run or laugh or play;His thoughts may seem quite far away.In many ways he won't adaptAnd he'll be known as handicapped. So let's be careful where he's sent.We want his life to be content.Please Lord find the parents who,Will do a special job for You. They will not realize right awayThe leading role they're asked to play.But with this child sent from aboveComes stronger faith and richer love. And ...

1670. Clean Hands

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... is out. However, if we were to look at the subsequent history of Christian churches over the centuries, we would conclude that some Christians either weren't listening or don't care, for so often, it is in the church that legalism still resides. In case you somehow missed the Gospel somewhere along the way, let me say it again:THE ONLY THING GOD CARES ABOUT IS PEOPLE. And it doesn't matter who those people are, what they look like or what they've done. Even if they are prodigals off in a far country giving ...

1671. Songs of the Season

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... of low degree because they don't receive enough attention to restore their egos. In some instances they need money, clothing, dental work, or education to restore some lost or never-possessed dignity. But in many instances they need nothing more than a caring human being. I don't want to over sentimentalize it, but I'm sure there are some people whose low estate could be substantially changed by little more than a word of sincere interest and appreciation. And they're not necessarily people in poverty ...

1672. Saints in Shorts

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... away from the harsh and berating speech they sometimes hear. The most Christ-like alternative to retaliatory words or action that they had found was to beat a hasty exit. The only choice they saw was fight or flight. That is the kind of advice a caring mother would give, I suppose, if her son found himself in some antagonistic setting at school, on the playground, or in the neighborhood. "Just walk away" is the policy most likely to keep him out of fights and away from harm. On the other hand, our "just ...

1673. The Baby Leaped

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... the highest point in the sky and I will introduce you to this great one." The great chief said, "Very well. I will be there and we shall see who is the greatest." The chief went home and slept very soundly to gain strength. In the morning he prepared himself carefully and put on his finest clothing. As he did he reminded himself of all the great things he could do. "There is no one greater than me!" he repeated to himself as he walked over to the old woman’s house. When he reached the house he called out ...

1674. Timing

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... , if we are gardeners, we know that peas and lettuce should be planted in the early spring. If we are attending a funeral, we are aware of the fact that it is no time to laugh. If a family member is unreasonably angry with us and thinks we don't care for him at all, it may be the time to put our arms around him and assure him of our love. Words and actions have their proper times, and that is part of the Wisdom teaching that comes to us from the book of Ecclesiastes. Especially, says Wisdom tradition, is ...

1675. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... period of our history that the very nature of the Church provokes some form of resistance. There’s always a sense in which Kingdom ideals are in conflict with the world in which the Kingdom is set. This expresses itself in different ways. We have to be careful about the nature and focus of our resistance—of how we live as “aliens.” We must not deceive ourselves into thinking that if we can get the right king on the throne—that is, if we can elect the right president, the right congress, the right ...

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