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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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1851. To Live Is to Choose

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... endure. I will withdraw my face. Veil me in shadow for a certain space Leaving behind me only a broken clue A crevice where the glory glimmers through Some whisper from the sky Some footprint in the road To track me by. I will leave man To make the faithful guess Will leave him torn between the no and yes. Leave him unresting until he rests in me Drawn upward by the choice that makes him free. Leave him in tragic loneliness to choose With all in life to win Or all to lose. With all in life to win, or ...

1852. East of Eden or Home

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

A friend of W. E. Sangster, the great English Methodist preacher, was stopped by a tramp one day. “Excuse me, sir,” said the tramp. “I know I have no business to stop you. If I am caught begging I’ll be the guest of his Majesty for a bit. I guess I’m not much to look at. Poverty doesn’t help a man look handsome and there’s no denying I don’t live straight, sir. I paid the penalty to the full, but by heaven, sir, you don’t know the man I meant to be!” Peel the pathos ...

1853. More Than a Book

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... back into this country, and anxious to move through customs. On that particular trip, I had a very close schedule with a place that would take me to Nashville. So I needed to get through customs as rapidly as possible. The customs officer obviously sensed my anxiety, and I guess she was trying to do as much as she could to facilitate the process. So, after I had told her about my close plane connection, she asked, “What is your vocation?” Now I don’t know what that had to do with it - but that was the ...

1854. Three Great Resolutions for the New Year

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

James W. Moore

... believing them. But, when I got to the new school, the new coach there believed in me and he encouraged me. He kept saying: ‘Larry, without question, you are the greatest football player I have ever coached’ and he told me that so much that I guess I started believing him!” That is called the power of encouragement. Now, where did that coach learn to do that, to encourage like that? You know, don’t you? He learned it from Jesus… because you see that coach was not only Larry’s football coach ...

1855. The Third Kind of Love

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James W. Moore

... of everyone and everything. Some people are so insecure that they even turn genuine compliments into defeats and insults. One time I said to a lady, “My, My! Don’t you look nice today! Quick as a flash she retorted: “You said ‘today’! I guess that means you think I usually don’t look nice!” That kind of bitter insecurity which springs from a dislike of one’s self is destructive and depleting. It robs us of the joy of life… and makes everybody uncomfortable. II. SECOND, DISLIKING OURSELVES ...

1856. Bearing the Marks of Christ

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

James W. Moore

... produced so many quality leaders and good citizens? I love her answer. She said: “Oh, I don’t know. When I look at the talented young teachers in our schools today, so well-prepared with training and learning, I realize how ill-prepared I was to teach… I guess I had nothing to give but Love!!” What else is there to give, but love? What else can you and I (as Christian disciples) give to God and to the people around us but the highest level of love? When people look at us today, what do they ...

1857. On the Emmaus Road with Cleopas and His Friend

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

James W. Moore

Let me begin this Easter Sunday morning with a couple of human interest stories. These two stories are said to be true but my guess is that they probably fit best in the category of urban legends. In any case, listen, if you will, for the common thread that runs through them. The first story is about a woman who was staying in an elegant hotel, in a large city. One morning she went down ...

1858. Whatever Happened to Respect?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... responded if you read on in the Bible, you’ll discover that Jesus walked everywhere he went.” To respect means to listen. I’m concerned about the extreme to which we have gone with the cult of the child during the past thirty years. I guess Dr. Spock spawned this cult. The child became the center of everything. He certainly became the high priest. To be sure, we needed to give more attention to children. The adages, “Children are to be seen and not heard,” as a caricature of children treated ...

1859. The Ark of the Covenant

Exodus 25:10-22

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with pity. “Isn’t it hard?”, I asked him. He smiled and said enthusiastically: “Christ is a wonderful saviour!” He was hoeing in his garden at the leprosarium, holding the hoe clumsily in his fingerless hands. Nearby a younger man, new to the leprosarium I guess, was struggling with a big weed in his own garden patch. The old man leaned over and between his paws jerked out the weed. Then he showed the younger leper how to jerk reluctant weeds. Under the hot sun I saw him tremble with the exertion ...

1860. Why Jesus Didn't Perform Funerals

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a newspaper’s classified section. It was an ad for a USED TOMBSTONE. The ad read like this: “Used tombstone for sale. Real bargain to someone named Homer Jones. For more information please call . . .” and a number was listed. A used tombstone? I guess the deceased no longer needed it. A resurrection, perhaps? Dr. E. Stanley Jones, the famous missionary, once told about a layman who was called upon to conduct a funeral service. Being an exact man, he wanted to do it right. So he turned to the ...

1861. Shaping People’s Lives through Forgiveness - Sermon Starter

Luke 7:36-50

Illustration

Brett Blair

... two insights. On the first he is correct and on the second he is incorrect. Here they are: First he is correct about the lady. She was known in the community as a sinner. Her sin is not revealed to us but most of us could come pretty close in guessing it. Whatever it was the Pharisee rightly judged the woman's character. But here is where he failed. His insights and perceptions about Jesus were wrong. He said that if Jesus were a prophet he would know that this woman was a sinner and he would not let her ...

1862. Fish or Cut Bait

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... spotted a young man back in the corner of the room who was wearing a sweat shirt. This young man had been particularly attentive during the evening. “You, back there, you wearing a sweat shirt. Would you please come up here too?” said Dr. Orr. “Well, yes, I guess so,” said the young man, and he came up to the front of the group as well. As he was walking up to the front, Dr. Orr said, “Son, let me ask you something, too. Do you believe in marriage?” The young man replied, “Well, yes, yes, I ...

1863. Peter, Our Folk Hero

Mark 14:27-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... yourself on this schedule on the basis of what Christ and this church means to you.” That word penetrated their hearts. That night, the woman looked more seriously at the chart. “Oh, God,” she prayed, “Christ Church has meant more to me than I could ever express. Lord, I guess, it can never be, but I’d like to show what Christ Church means to me by what I do in my giving to this program. I’d like to be among those top 10 people that it’s going to take to meet our needs.” She and her husband ...

1864. Simon

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... fate. The word takes on a different meaning when we look at our scripture lesson today. I’m sure Simon’s immediate response to his awful situation —— being compelled to carry a heavy cross through crowded streets and up a steep hill — was a cynical “I guess I was in the wrong place at the right time.” But on reflection, the phrase was turned, “Thank God — I was in the right place at the right time.” Think about it. No other man ever carried upon his shoulders the actual wooden cross upon ...

1865. War and the Prince of Peace

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... kids and say, “It doesn't seem like you all are having a lot of fun, does it? Got any suggestions on how we might work this out?" You have been there; you have done it. You know the long silence that comes afterward and finally Billy says, “Well, I guess we could take turns." And Susie says, “Well, if we just take ten minutes at a time, maybe we could." If you can figure out which one is going to ride first, then you have become a peacemaker in your family. It is not easy; it is just essential. You ...

1866. Should America Repent?

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and go in another way. Repentance is a change of mind. It does not necessarily have much to do with emotions. It has to do with a change of mind that leads to a change of life. I wrote in the word, repentance, on the World Wide Web. Guess what I got back? I got the name of several rock bands, the names of two nighclubs in Texas and a website called “Confession World." Here you can post your confession and read the confessions of others, be they funny, serious, bizarre, raunchy or fantasy. If babbling our ...

1867. Touching Hearts and Transforming Lives

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to self-acceptance. We are in the business of touching people where they are. A few years ago, a research project at Purdue University, had the librarians alternately touch and not touch the hands of students as they handed back their library cards. Guess what they found? They discovered in the research that those who had been touched reported far greater positive feelings about both the library and the librarian than those who had not been touched. The same kinds of studies have been done with physicians ...

1868. We Hold These Truths To Be Essential

1 Peter 3:8-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... some “buddy" that I carry around in my pocket. “Me and Jesus got our own thing going." “Me and Jesus got it all worked out." Well, Christ is so much more than that. It reminds me of the story of the pastor who began a children's sermon by saying, “Guess what I have in this paper bag? He lives in the woods, but sometimes visits our yards. He has a big, bushy tail and likes to eat nuts. His favorite past time is jumping from tree to tree." Johnny spoke up and said, “I know the answer is supposed to ...

1869. Unusual Joy

Psalm 126:1-6

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Like a child who has received the best Christmas gift ever, I still can't believe it. And sometimes I pray: Lord, you really shouldn't have done it. But even in my feeble understanding I delight in it. What makes Christmas most wonderful is that nobody could have guessed it. God came down to save the likes of you and me. So I want to bring some joy back to the Church. Our doxology should never be a dirge. Our great thanksgiving should never be a lament. Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of ...

1870. Praising God All Day Long

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... by the blood of the crucified One. According to the dictionary, to redeem is to regain possession of. We belong to God. We are His. II. ALL THE TIME, GOD IS GOOD. ALL the time. ALL the time. Do you believe that? Oh, that God is good sometimes, I guess all of us would buy into that, but what is this ALL the time? Verse 5, “For the Lord is good, God's steadfast love endures forever." When the storms of life are raging, His steadfast love endures forever. When all that is nailed down seems to be coming ...

1871. Let Go of the Stone

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... but such correspondence did no good. It was only after Jim hired a lawyer and took legal action that Jim officially moved from the dead to the living. Jim, who kept his sense of humor through the ordeal, said to a reporter: “You have heard of Dead Man Walking. I guess you could say I am Dead Man Rolling as I go here and there in my wheelchair." Things are not always what they sometimes seem to be. Have you discovered that to be true? Such was the case that first Easter so long ago. Very early on the first ...

1872. Convening A Construction Crew: Nobody Builds Alone

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... every Wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. We met at my office. He brought the donuts. I made the coffee. The format was simple. We inquired about each other’s family. We read a few verses of scripture. We prayed for each other. What neither of us could have guessed is that both of us would wind up with cancer—his in the colon, mine in the lymph system. As Lyman was dying he said to me one day, “Howard, the last of life is the best of life.” He had discovered at the end of life the real meaning ...

1873. Engaging the Master Designer

Psalm 139: 1-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a relief! It’s not all up to you. You don’t have to think it all up or work it all out. A person weary of life’s pressures once lamented, “Sometimes I wish someone else were the captain of my fate and the master of my soul.” Guess what? Somebody else is. This Master Designer, this Divine Architect, is more interested in working with you than you are in working with Him. We talk about searching for God, but that is hardly the reality. Our search for God is, at best, our feeble rising to open the ...

1874. My Country, Is It of Thee?

Psalm 9:9-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Kentucky school. Miss Anna taught us to stand at attention, to speak with reverence, and placing our hands over our hearts to pledge our allegiance to “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Life seemed much simpler back then. I guess it was. I didn't know anybody who didn't believe in God. Unlike Michael Newdow out in California who last year tried to get the “God-word" out of the pledge, parents back then seemed pleased that President Eisenhower had put it in. “One ...

1875. The Kingdom for Which We Long

Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... a pearl worth more than everything he owns. So sacrificing his entire inventory, he purchases the one pearl of great value. Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like that.” The kingdom of God is costly, but it’s worth it. Jesus never hesitates to ask for our all. I guess that’s our problem with religion in the long run, isn’t it? If we could give him the leftovers, if we could give him a little bit of devotion here and there, if we could give him a little bit of attention, a little part of our lives ...

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