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1751. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part IV)

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... or three credible Christian organizations that could demonstrate how the money was used and had a Board of Directors that held them accountable on the funds they received. They selected a ministry, and they are doing exactly that. I am very proud of them. The size of your gift is not a crucial issue, but you do it for the Lordship of Jesus Christ and it is a reflection of his love--that is the bottom line. Feast on action. Today our scripture lesson from II Cor. 5:16-21 shares the incredibly good news that ...

1752. Thanksgiving: Where Are You Looking for It?

Psalm 103:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to the chancel. One Sunday as they got to this part of the service, an older, oddly-dressed homeless woman came forward. They knew they were taking this very offering for people like her. In fact, they were afraid she might help herself to some of the gifts as she approached the chancel. They watched her as she drew near. Then she fell down on her knees and clasped her hands in prayer. She prayed intensely and then she rose and went back to the pew. There were few dry eyes in the church house that day. Why ...

1753. Preparing for Something Big

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... getting ready for it. Don't get me wrong. I like to get caught up in the "Christmas spirit." I like to put up and decorate the tree. I like to get out our Christmas music. I like Christmas cookies and Christmas parties. I like shopping for Christmas gifts. But if the theme of this first Sunday in Advent is to focus our attention on the real meaning of Christmas, then we need to realize that celebrating the birth of Jesus was important to our ancestors in faith because he was coming back again! I am not ...

1754. Heart Transplant

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... that will beat within your chest for the rest of your natural life? What will it be like to live, knowing that each breath you take, each word you speak, each thought and gesture and action is possible only because of this new heart, gift of a stranger, powering your body? Perhaps, half-embarrassed, you share some of your questions with the doctor or someone else. You're assured that, no, you're not suddenly going to gain the characteristics of a different gender or race; you're not suddenly going to start ...

1755. The True Story of the Magi

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... agrees there were three. One old legend even tells us the names of the three. Melchior was the oldest of the group, with a full beard. He gave the baby the gift of gold. Balthasar also had a beard, but was not as old as Melchior. He presented the gift of myrrh. The youngest of the three was Casper, who had no beard yet, but did present the gift of frankincense to the baby. Yet another legend goes on to tell us that after seeing the baby, the three continued traveling as far as Spain, telling the world the ...

1756. Who Can Ask for Anything More?

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... known; not that we understand, but that we are understood, and that all of life, and every event within it, is part of our Father's gift. Nothing can separate us from his love. Such a faith gives dimension and dignity to your life and mine. "Who can ask for anything more?" But ... our text: each of us exerts an influence on other believers for good or for ill. They need us; they are God's gift to us. Our faithfulness to them is crucial. We must never lose sight of this. Dr. William Barclay tells the story of ...

1757. Growing Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... , and your faith may just be lifted in spite of yourself. Like Abraham. Just by focusing on God's glory. Just by training your mind and heart to rejoice over life and every moment as a glorious gift of God. Every part of God's world and most especially the gift of God's love we have seen in Jesus, are all gifts of God. To be filled with, overwhelmed with the glory of God, to bring glory to God, instead of putting it elsewhere. And then feel yourself being hurtled to new levels of faith. It could happen. It ...

1758. Look Inside and Discover Life

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... scripture, stands willing and ready to receive us upon our return. God's invitation to a resumption of a good relationship is always present, but we must initiate this restoration. God will not beat us over the head nor tie our hands and demand compliance. The gift of free will that makes humankind unique from the rest of God's creation will not be violated by God. We always have the opportunity to say yes or no. After we have found reconciliation with self and others, it is possible and even necessary to ...

1759. The Right Word For Memorial

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... friend, Buford Dickinson, died, it was John Birkbeck, my Scot Presbyterian preacher friend and spiritual mentor, who gave me this beautiful word..."For the Christian, death is not a period in the written sentence of life -- but a comma -- for the eternal life is our gift." So it is. Death is not a period, but a comma. My friend, John, died this week -- what a time today, and how John would celebrate that -- dying the week before Easter. John was 80 -- and very sick -- fluid around his heart made it almost ...

1760. Remember Your Baptism

Romans 6:1-14, Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that way, the answer is none. None. Baptism is neither the value of vaccination – one jab and you’re safe for life, nor the cultic significance of a magic ceremony. It’s not a new gift of Christ to the child. Now listen to this. It’s not a new gift of Christ to the child, but the reaffirmation of Christ’s perpetual gift to the church, of which the child is now becoming a member. Baptism is a proclamation to the church and through the church to the world, that all men and move and have their being ...

1761. Soul Drain

Psalm 63:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint. Not much of a gift, some would say. Just to be able to plod along, no great promise there. Ah, if you’re the one who is walking and the ... ’t have any direction or the spirit to run; when life is reduced to a walk not to faint. Not to faint is a great gift. I admit, I verged on anger and bitterness at times. I was certainly confused and frustrated. In the midst of that ordeal, I couldn’t ...

1762. If I Have Not Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Dallas, and his name was on national news for days a couple of years ago. Walker rose to the pinnacle of success -- Senior Minister of that huge church in Dallas before he was 40 -- known nationally for his gifts as a preacher; recognized with honors upon honors for his leadership. You may remember the story. Someone sought to kill his wife, and police still insist that Walker is the prime suspect. His wife is still in a coma -- nearly two years after the event ...

1763. East Of Eden

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... known better. "Pete Rose was not created equal. Neither was Ted Williams nor Willie Mays nor anyone else who could hit 95 mile per hour fast balls, let alone fork balls low and away. "Such men were blessed with unequal abilities, skills beyond the reach of less gifted souls." Dunning went on to tell the story of Pete Rose's collapse into what he called "a black hole." I like the way he closed his story. "Gambling alone did not bring Pete Rose down. His main problem was failure to pay the price that society ...

1764. Walk By Faith Not By Sight

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... together!The neatest thing is that's it's been such a natural, smooth, and real change, and I'm giving thanks each day that we have this so early in life and most importantly seeing all the ways God wants me to respond to others to give back the gift we received." Now I know that there are countless persons in the congregation who are on the not-yet side, rather than the victory-side of God's faithfulness. Your spouse is still drinking and you wonder how long you can hang in there. You still don't have a ...

1765. It's All God's Doing

Ezekiel 17:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... have learned to identify with the grace that is sufficient for every need. "Now thank we all our GodWith heart and hands and voices,Who wondrous things hath done,In whom his world rejoices,Who, from our mothers' arms,Hath blessed us on our wayWith countless gifts of love,And still is ours today. "Squeezed from a life that was stripped of so much, this pastor found the grace of God sufficient for his ever need." (Pulpit Digest/November 1969, p. 28) Being grateful is one of the clearest expressions of our ...

1766. God Shaves With A Borrowed Razor

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to visit the monastery started to talk more and more with the old monks. After a while one asked if he could join them. Then another. And another. So within a few years the monastery had once again become a thriving order and, thanks to the rabbi's gift, a vibrant center of light and spirituality in the realm." (M.Scott Peck, M.D., THE DIFFERENT DRUM, Community Making and Peace, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1987, pp. 13 - 15). There is a Chinese story of an old farmer who had an old horse for plowing his ...

1767. Gratitude Takes Practice

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... much, and miss the richness of life. We can get so used to the familiar things of life that we never really see them as the gifts of God they are: life, love, friends, beauty, work and worship. We begin to take sunsets and sunrises, moon shadows and butterflies, a friend's smile, ... that husband who asked Donald Shelby to read poetry over his wife's grave. We can become so busy, forgetting the gifts, but also assuming too much assuming that we're going to have our loved ones with us always, presuming on God ...

1768. The Grace Question: Are You A Teacher...and Yet Do Not Understand?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... wad of paper inside. Slowly, she unfolded the paper and a quarter fell out. Spreading the paper out in front of her, she found a note written on it in Richard's 7-year-old scrawl. "I done it for love." Love is a matter of grace. It's always gift. And we could go on and on: The most important things that are ours are ours because of grace. III. Now a final word. Not only our salvation, but the Christian life -- the whole of the Christian life -- is grace. That's what Jesus was telling Nicodemus. You must be ...

1769. Watering The Garden Of Our Life (communion Meditation)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... six cents to be divided in three way: for the homeless, for the hospital, and for fish. Each item so important to her that her gift was doubled to support all three. That's the joy of giving. Where, along the way, did we lose that notion of generosity? Did ... need to eat it because we unlike anything else we do in worship it's the dramatic acting out of our receiving Christ's greatest gift to us -- His body, His blood. When we receive this gratefully and when we reflect on what it means, maybe, we'll go from ...

1770. You Can't Tell A Book By Its Cover

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... has to be earned. We don't need to be constantly comparing ourselves to others, envying what they may have and missing the blessing and the gift that is ours. It may seem right that things are not right with us, that we have not been given a fair shake -- but that ... of addition in life by hoarding it. Emerson said, "the days come and go, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away." You can't tell a book by its cover. There is a way that seems right, but ...

1771. Remember Your Baptism

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

1772. Strategic Kindness

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... we understand the power of strategic kindness--kindness that turns enemies into friends. How does that happen? Jesus, of course, said it best: "If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift." (Matthew 5:23-24) My guess is that right here in this church family there is some reconciling that needs to be done. For someone, it is a ...

1773. The Divine Opportunity

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... , until we spend endless waking hours in the miserable enterprise of regret. Thanks be to God, there is something better than haunting regard. Regret, you see, leads nowhere. It is a sea of misery in which we can wallow and fret until it destroys us. But repentance is a gift from God -- a wholesome way to look the past in the eye, confess it for what it is, and leave it behind. On, then, to a new start. Perhaps that's why people were drawn to John the Baptizer. They felt hope when they heard him preach. He ...

1774. The Glory of Christ

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... . Set in that context, this Isaiah passage takes on an interesting twist when it is applied to Jesus. When it speaks of "kings," verse 3, coming to the "light," the light is understood as Jesus, and verse 6 says that the foreigners will bring him gifts of "gold and frankincense." That of course calls the story from Matthew 2 to mind. Originally, however, the unknown author of this passage intended it as a proclamation of salvation to post-exilic Israel in the last quarter of the sixth century B.C. Many ...

1775. Following Summons

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... piety, "Truly, I say to you, they have their reward" (Matthew 6:2), namely, the admiration of their fellows. But it is God's reward that has any worth at all, and we do not earn that reward by our good works. Rather, his gifts to us of his forgiveness and eternal life are gifts solely of his grace and mercy. We do not earn our salvation. As Jesus taught, when we have done all that is commanded us by God, nevertheless, we are still unworthy servants; we have only done what is our duty (Luke 17:10). None ...

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