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1676. Needy People Please Apply

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... took to be Christ’s vessel--even sell himself into slavery. Dober arrived in the Virgin Islands in the late 1730s, but he did not become a plantation slave. Instead he became a servant in the governor’s house. Soon he resigned his position, however, as he was concerned that even this position, as a servant, was still so superior to that of the slaves that it was detrimental to reaching them for Christ. So he chose to live in a small mud hut where he could work one-on-one with the slaves. In three years ...

1677. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... attention to culture. God wants this too. But we cannot pay attention to culture if we are narrow-minded, stupid, Christian philistines. Then we hand over the theater, music, literature, and politics to the so-called children of the world, and our somewhat belated agitation and concern that they may play hob with it, that they may make a cult of eros or an atomic witch's Sabbath of it, is completely out of place. "Is the plot of history to turn out in such a way," asked Schleiermacher in another connection ...

1678. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the last time, because just before she had taken off from Tampa, she had received a telephone call from her family telling her that her father was on his death bed. No wonder she was not interested in the sunset. I shared my love and concern - God’s love and concern and another divine transaction took place, like that one that had taken place on the park bench at Ocean Grove. Because I exercised my priesthood. I spoke to God for that young lady and miraculously I was given the opportunity to speak to that ...

1679. A Converting Presence

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and whether there is that continual conversion taking place within their life. That leads me to the second big concern of the sermon. A word about conflicting convictions about human nature. The conflicting convictions that we have about human ... s a remarkable man, full of life and joy despite a painful and limiting physical disability. A person of prophetic vision, pastoral concern, and practical wisdom. His humor and lightheartedness was captured in the fact that the first thing he asked me when I entered ...

1680. Why I Believe In Tithing

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... deacons. The board deliberated briefly and sent this reply, “We see no point in making an issue over this incident. The board will pay for the damages to the wall and charge it off to vandalism.” I. Precedent Granted, granted, we are not that ignorant concerning the Bible, even so, even so to our spiritual poverty, we are inattentive to Scripture. So let’s walk quickly through the Scripture this morning, to get the weight of the biblical witness. The story of the first offering to God in the Bible is ...

1681. Christmas Is On Top Of A Steep Hill

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... within me, filling the terrible emptiness of my life, driving out the self pity and self condemnation. My sins seemed to evaporate like moisture spots under a hot, bright sun. God was reaching down and touching me, a God who cared, a God who loved me, who was concerned for me despite my sins. Listen to this image now. Like a stricken child lost in a storm, I had suddenly stumbled into the warm arms of my father. Joy filled me, so intense it seemed to burst my breasts. Slowly I rose to my knees and looked ...

1682. Miracles In Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it with a peculiar Christ-like, child-like intensity. She gently examines it, is engrossed in it. She does not pick it up, rather puts her hands around it as though to protect it. She is oblivious to me and all the rest of the world. Nothing about her surroundings concerns her in the least. What Ruby has cupped in her hands today is a white wild daisy growing between the bricks. This daisy is a thing of color and beauty to Ruby, and to me. Ruby does not destroy it or injure it. She puts her hands around it ...

1683. Proclaimers Of The Gospel

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... your church, especially in the rain. I’ll walk along with you and show you where it is.’ As I dressed, I wondered what kind of fellow he was. As we walked along in the rain, with the two umbrellas, I said to myself, if this fellow is so concerned with my religion, I ought to know something about him. So I asked, ‘Where do you go to church?’ ‘Oh,’ he said, ‘my church is just around the corner.’ ‘Suppose we go to your church today,’ I said, ‘and we’ll go to my church next Sunday.’ I ...

1684. Gospel Through The Person

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... gospel. Paul never allowed anyone to get away from the ethical and moral demands of the gospel of Christ. The slurring comment about the guy who was so heavenly minded that he was no earthly good – could never be referred to a Christian, as Paul was concerned. Our arena of life is the practical everyday sphere where we live – our home, our job, our school, our church, our neighborhood – and in that arena, our conduct must be worthy of the gospel. So Paul gives us some guidance, and you can see it in ...

1685. Soul Drain

Psalm 63:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to discover the mystery as a personal experience. I want you to hear this scripture lesson now for the sermon. I deliberately waited now to read it because I want to share it with you from the Phillips translation. The most beautiful symbol in the New Testament concerning who we are in relation to Christ from the 15th chapter of John. Listen to Jesus. I am the vine. You are the branches. He removes any of my branches which are not bearing fruit, and he prunes every branch which does bear fruit to increase ...

1686. The Family: A Place For Persons

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ’s one thing for Jesus to be Lord of our personal lives, it is an added thing for him to become Lord of our families. While Christians are decent to their neighbors, pay their taxes on time, mow their lawns, and are involved in community concerns, this do not make them Christian families. Only when Christ is a living presence and persuasion in a family is that family Christian. Only when individuals in the family yoke themselves in Christ does that family become Christian. This may have its beginning with ...

1687. The Eternal Question

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is set vividly in our minds. It was in the court of Pilate that this trial of trials took place. A trial upon which hinged the destiny of the world. It is the wonder of the ages that Pilate or any person would have a decision to make concerning the incarnate God, but this is precisely what was taking place. Christ stood before the judgment bar of Pilate, on trial. He had been wrongly accused and was not subjected to derisive and contemptuous scorn in mockery and ridicule. The mystery of it all, and it is so ...

1688. Living Deliberately

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . In the foreground of the painting, barely visible are the sampans, then the miserable shacks that have provided the humble homes for thousands. Dominating the painting are the tall resettlement complexes built by government and other concerned agencies to provide homes for the thousands who came to Hong Kong as refugees and through the years have lived in filthy misery. A part of the painting is shadowy and dim, but the clouds are breaking in the background and the sun is barely bursting through. It ...

1689. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... single person within the fellowship of the church should ever have a need without having persons around to seek to meet those needs. Now we may not always be able to do so -- but we can try. We can reach out and touch. We can extend that word of compassionate concern -- that cup of cold water to a brother or a sister who is seeking to follow the same Lord that we claim as our guide. Let me plant a question in your mind that I hope will be your guide to relationships both within and outside the church. Will ...

1690. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (ii)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... air waves into intelligible sound, but she couldn't make out the words. She stopped straining when it suddenly came to her that it wasn't important what song it was -- someone was waiting up for her. Someone who would deny fiercely that there had been any concern -- just a little indigestion from them fried onions that kept me from sleeping. Thought I'd pass the time by figuring out what you see in all this loose-life music. "Etta laughed softly to herself as she climbed the steps toward the light and the ...

1691. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... her personal growth. For years, memories of that encounter shut down the free flow of her feelings. Depth communication was rare. Thank God, that changed. It changed because I got my head straight -- and my heart right – as far as the expression of love and emotion is concerned. But it changed even more because we learned to patiently live with one another. If we are going to love close up, we are going to have to be patient. Not I know there are those who are ready to criticize the over-patient and the ...

1692. God Does The Unexpected

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , unrepeatable task: how should her mortal flesh stand the psychological and spiritual strain and the long nine months of waiting? We have earlier thought of modern man's difficulty in believing Mary's story. That is not the question that concerns Luke here. He is concerned, rather, with how Mary herself, being an ordinary human girl of flesh and blood, believed it, and went on believing it, and bore the incalculable honor and the immeasurable burden without losing faith and nerve and proper humility and ...

1693. And God Breathed Into Man

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1694. Look Carefully How You Walk

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... install the motor for the elevator down in the basement. But it was going to be very messy, and it was going to take a lot of time and it meant that the hotel would have to shut down for some time until the project could be completed. This concerned the management, of course, because they would lose a lot of revenue. One day they were all talking about this problem down in the lobby when the janitor who was mopping nearby overheard them. "Gentlemen," he said, "I don't mean to intrude, but I think I know a ...

1695. Singing In The Rain

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... what the Lord requires -- keeping God's commandments. One of those commandments has received so little attention that most of us will be surprised when you hear me talk about keeping it as a source of joy. I'm talking about stewardship -- the Lord's command concerning our money. Nowhere is the command the promise of joy in keeping it stated so dramatically as in the prophet Malachi: "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, says the Lord of Hosts, and prove me therewith, and see if I will not open the ...

1696. The Day Is Not For Sleeping

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... about the struggle in their church between so-called "moderates and fundamentalists". Do you know the difference between a fundamentalist and an evangelical -- or that you can be an evangelical orthodox Christian without being a fundamentalist. But that is not my primary concern. My concern is that somewhere your friends and co-workers who are not now open to the faith -- somewhere along the way a crisis of tragedy or loss will quicken them to turn to the faith. They may turn to you for answers. Would ...

1697. The Word And Words

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... been married before. We don't play the self-righteous game of denying them leadership in the church. We don't do anything that would even hint that the blessing of Christian community cannot be theirs. We love and care. We reach out in compassionate concern realizing that they have hurt enough already. We let them know unequivocally that their sins and failures in one area of life are no graver than our sins and failures in other areas. I hope you get the point. Life is difficult, confusing, demanding. We ...

1698. Who Needs A Doctor?

Luke 5:27-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... those facts to determine other questions and shape our reflections. I. The first fact of Scripture: Levi made a great feast in his house and invited a large company. That's a beautiful picture isn't it? Levi was so excited. His conversion gave him a love and concern he never had before. He wanted to celebrate that. But not only so, he invited persons whom he wanted to introduce to Jesus to celebrate with him. He had a desire for them to experience what he had experienced. Now out of that fact, I ask you two ...

1699. I've Been To The Mountain

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to leave a forwarding address." Mental and spiritual lethargy will cause us to miss the glory of God. It's not likely that the glory of God is going to come to us when we are at ease, when we are not thinking things out, and working through issues and concerns. So there are things that will cause us to miss the glory of God. Mental and spiritual lethargy are among them. The other side of that coin is that there are also things that keep us awake to God's glorious presence. A sense of sin will do it. A ...

1700. The Wholeness Question: Do You Want To Be Made Well?

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... injuring her knee. Like most little girls, she came to her mom and dad to show them the full extent of her scraped knee. After taking time to bandage it, they sent her on her way to play. Some hours later they found her in her room, crying. They were concerned about this and questioned her if her knee was still hurting. "No," she sobbed, "but when I hurt it, you and Mommy didn't feel sorry enough for me, so now I'm crying for myself!" Sort of sounds like the man in our Scriptural story doesn't it? He ...

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