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1776. Guard the Good Treasure

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... for them, a sincere and authentic faith. Remember what you've learned and who you are. II. Rekindle A. Then Paul goes into a long description of the faith which Timothy already knows, so why rehearse it again? Paul reminds Timothy of the essence of his belief system so that he can rekindle that faith in Timothy. Sort of like fanning the embers of a fire so it won't go out. As parents, grandparents and adults we have an opportunity to both kindle and rekindle the faith of those around us, especially our ...

1777. The Real Thirst Quencher

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... .com/tabs/sons-of-the-pioneers/cool-water-1908.html. 2. NBC Dateline: Nov. 1998. http://www.lectionarysermons.com/mar993-07.html. 3. Parables, etc. 4. James Stewart, The Rending of the Veil. Cited by Dr. Gary Dennis, http://www.lacanadapc.org/transcripts/031608st.htm. 5. Edward W. Bauman, Beyond Belief (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1964). 6. Rumours of Another World (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003), pp. 223-224.

1778. No Instant Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... clearly defined model of maturity, and saying, “This is it. When you get to this point you will be a mature Christian.” It’s the kind of thing we have done in education. We have indoctrinated our young people in an elaborate set of fixed beliefs, we’ve stuffed their heads with vast bodies of knowledge. Doing this alone, we have guaranteed the child’s early obsolescence. John Gardner said it well: “All too often we are giving our young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow ...

1779. He Breaks the Power of Cancelled Sin

John 8:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the “threat of non-being” or the psychological efforts we put forth to escape the fact of death by clinging to some vague doctrine about the immortality of the soul. Yet this is what we were singing about and this is what we were clinging to: the belief that somehow we would be delivered from death. I know better now. We are never delivered from death. The threat and fact of death remain always. Yet, however crude and impressive the song may be, it still is meaningful, and I sing it to myself now and ...

1780. The Wise Men: Going Home Another Way

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... those ancient days all men believed in astrology. They believed that they could foretell the future from the stars and they believed that a man’s destiny was settled by the star under which he was born. It is not difficult to see how that belief arose. The stars pursue their unvarying courses; they represent the order of the universe. If then there suddenly appeared some brilliant star, if the unvarying order of the heavens was broken by some special phenomenon, it did look as if God was breaking into His ...

1781. Assurance: The Privilage of All Believers

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is always an ominous awareness for the Christian. Sin abounds – but we sing – because Grace does much more abound. So we talk today about sin in the life of the believer, and then about that song - inspiring Gospel of assurance which is a central belief of a Methodist Christian. I First, sin in the life of the believer. Does even the possibility sound completely out of sync with the Wesleyan teaching on Christian perfection which we enunciated last Sunday? Well it does, and that’s the reason we must ...

1782. One to Take the Place of Jesus

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with the second question. The Holy Spirit is a common term in the church. We use the term as though everyone knew precisely what we were talking about. Now and then we need to stop and take a sounding — affirm some basic tenets of beliefs and see if we are all together. More than that, on an issue like the Holy Spirit, we need to go beyond questions and theological affirmations, to an invitation — an invitation to Christians to claim their baptismal birthright — that birthright being the presence and ...

1783. Just When We Think We're Safest, There's a Sunset Touch

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of cancer - he clarified his purpose, and he regained the perspective that persons, not things, are of ultimate value. One little picture now to focus it all. During his younger days, the Irish statesman, Eamon de Valera, was often arrested for expressing his political beliefs. But he would not be silenced. The moment he was freed, he would bounce back with greater determination than ever. At one time he was arrested in the middle of a speech. He served a year’s sentence. When he was released, he returned ...

1784. The Gospel Through the Person

Galatians 4:8-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we are always endangered by two pitfalls. One is a Pollyanna tolerance that makes no demand and this reaps no harvest - a kind of religion – in general stance that says, “I believe what I believe, you believe what you believe: Either belief is as good as the other; let’s respect a person’ rights and not seek to convert.” The Christian missionary enterprise and world evangelization responding to Jesus’ Great Commission does not allow such Pollyanna tolerance. The second pitfall is a rigid ...

1785. He Presented Himself Alive

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... alive Look at verse 9: “And behold, Jesus met them and said, “Hail And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him.” II PRESENCE! Though certainly we don’t need to get into a hassle about proving the resurrection. This belief is central to the Christian faith. The fact is that a group of people were convinced that they had seen the risen Lord. “It resulted in a terrified band of fugitives becoming messengers, with total disregard for danger to themselves as they spread the gospel ...

1786. The Shared Life of the People of God

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Christ through his person. No wonder his prayer is the classic summary of the person in Christ. Lord, Make me an instrument of thy peace, where hate rules, let me bring love, where malice, forgiveness, where disputes, reconciliation, where error, truth, where doubt, belief, where despair, hope, where darkness, thy light, where sorrow, Joy! O Master, let me strive more to comfort others than to be comforted, to understand others, than to be understood, to love others more than to be loved! For he who gives ...

1787. The Harvest of the Spirit, Part 1

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the Spirit is the harvest of Christ’s life in us Isn’t that the reason that Jesus gave us that beautiful invitation: “Abide in me, and I in you…without me you can do nothing” (John 15: ‘ KJV). To abide in Christ as a belief as a disciple, as a loved and forgiven person, is one thing to have Christ in us as motivator, enabler, transformer of personality, is something more...much, much more. Paul was constantly singing and shouting about it – and nowhere did he sing about it more gloriously ...

1788. A Goodly Heritage

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... what our nation does with its money doesn’t witness to such trust. Even so, despite how much we may have distorted the motto, misused it, hid behind it, as a nation we still have a goodly heritage. That heritage includes our trust in God, and our belief that we have a destiny under God. The question is whether we are going to choose that part of our heritage – those persons who have held that trust in God. Yet the paradoxes abound. We are the most powerful nation in the world – yet how often we ...

1789. A Parable in a Miracle

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... sociology communicated by touching, humorous, revealing anecdotes, after the style of Mark Twain. It tells what Southern life is like on the rough side, where the lathe and the plaster have not been smoothed off, including matters of daily bread, race relations and belief in Jesus Christ. Will is a master writer, a genius with a parable. In BROTHER TO A DRAGONFLY he shares a confrontation with an agnostic friend who compares the church to an Easter chicken. Let me share that with you. “You know, Preacher ...

1790. War and the Prince of Peace

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Eisenhower to say during his presidency, “I think people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it." Peace, we want it, we long for it. Historically, people have held one of three religious beliefs about war. I entitled this sermon, “War and the Prince of Peace." So, let me get to the point. War for some people is a divinely inspired CRUSADE. They are called by God to kill people. Christians led those crusades in the 11th and 12th century ...

1791. Making Wise Investments

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... in the United States right now in this age category. There will be 54.3 million of them in school by 2008, the largest group of children and young people that the world has ever known. This active, media-literate, generation will establish their beliefs, core values, and faith before they reach the age of twenty-five and they will most likely do it through experience-based learning and relationships. Unfortunately, 20% will live in poverty and even a larger percentage of them will experience a home broken ...

1792. Why Doesn’t God Do Away With Evil?

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... neighborhoods started protecting streets and loving neighbors and watching out for children and caring for the environment, and eliminating poverty? What if the good people of the world just said, “STOP IT! THAT IS ENOUGH OF IT!" Through our resources, our hope, our faith, our beliefs and our collective unity, what would happen in this world if we joined hands to stop the evil in the world? A reporter asked the late Mother Theresa, the lover of the least, where is God when a baby dies in a Calcutta alley ...

1793. Building a Lasting Legacy

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... not prevail against it." On Christ the solid rock we stand. All other ground is sinking sand. Lest we forget, let us remember that what we are ultimately talking about today is not money but ministry. It is not size but service, not bricks but beliefs, not charity but Jesus Christ. Let the banners that have led our procession proclaim our purpose - God is touching hearts and transforming lives. God cares that 50% of this county has no church home. God wants children to be blessed, prodigals to be welcomed ...

1794. Household of Faith

II Timothy 1:3-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... tradition in order that they might be instruments for the transformation of the social order into the kind of eschatological utopia that God willed from the beginning of creation. And what, may I ask, do you do for a living?" When it comes to core beliefs and foundational values, what happens at your house is more important than what happens at the White House. In the close quarters of family life we learn to honor God and respect ourselves. In the daily routines of our relational lives we develop a ...

1795. Why Join a Church?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... I believe in God but I’m not into organized religion.” Somebody in this community says that to me every week as I move from place to place. Maybe there was a time when we could practice our faith privately, get our religion electronically, pursue our beliefs individually. After all, rugged individualism is the American way. For nearly half a century, the mass media has told us we could “have it our way.” So why bother with people in a church when we can build our own sacred spaces and have the money ...

1796. Come to Bethlehem and See

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... sees with innocent eyes, eyes rinsed clear. I want to see to the heart of the thing, to know what is happening. Jimmy, Sally, Henry and Helen, wake up, wake up, Christ the Savior is born. Don't miss it! Attentiveness is the first step toward belief. II. Come and See – Bow and Worship I am experiencing the oddest Christmas in my 58 years of life. Due to my compromised immune system, I have not been to a single Christmas party, eaten a single Christmas meal, or attended a single Christmas open house. My ...

1797. What Would Jesus Say About Marriage?

Matthew 19:3-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... count. At another table two people sit in a catatonic state. They have placed their order and have nothing else to say until the food arrives. Marriages die. The same God who raised Jesus from the dead can break hearts of stone. That is our Christian belief, isn’t it? It also takes willing persons to enter in to that resurrection. When is it time to go? When trust is destroyed. Jesus was quite explicit about this in all of his teachings. He always made an exception to this covenant rule, for adultery ...

1798. What Would Jesus Say About War?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a history lesson to provide a foundation for a call to prayer that I want to make in this service. Historically, moral people have looked at war in varieties of ways. There has historically been what is called a Holy War Tradition. It is the belief that God uses war to accomplish His will. Deuteronomy 20 contains the children of Israel’s instructions for war: In the cities that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them. Otherwise ...

1799. How Can We Stand on Holy Ground?

Psalm 24:1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and everything in it; the world and all who live in it, for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters (Psalm 24 :1-2). GOD REIGNS. Rabbi Harold Kushner in his book, Who Needs God says religion is not primarily a set of beliefs, a collection of prayers or a series of rituals. Religion is first and foremost a way of seeing. Religion gives us eyes with which to see the world. “I envy the Psalmists the way I envy natural athletes or gifted musicians," continues Kushner. “I envy them for ...

1800. The Constant God in a Changing World

Psalm 48:1, 9-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... his power to embarrass his colleagues. He turns his stunning abilities into personal fame. But the thrill is thin-lived. Bruce soon discovers that being God is no piece of cake. There are prayers galore and people not to be ignored and responsibility beyond belief. Overwhelmed, Bruce learns what all humans need to learn. Only God can be God. The judgments of God are just and fair. Traditionally, Christians have viewed God's final judgment with fear and trembling. As sinners in the hands of an angry God, we ...

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