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1951. Chosen

John 15:1-17

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... weeks were the best days of their marriage. Tearfully, she thanked Dave for what his words had done for her husband and for herself. Sometimes, our words fall on fertile ground. But witnessing is not only about words. Selwyn Dawson has written: The living truth is what I long to see: I cannot lean upon what used to be, So shut the Bible up and show me how The Christ you talk about is living now. Cecil Northcott tells of a group of young people from many nations who were discussing how they might witness to ...

1952. Keeping Sunday

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... corn coming up in clean, cultivated fields. God's world was the man-sized bike and the legs that made the wheels go round. God's world was Dad and I and Lodi's Mill. God's world included people going to church or going fishing, just as long as they really loved the Lord." Later, as the boy stood by the pond, watching the green flakes of algae, the shimmering lily pads, the beds of watercress, the silent mill wheel, and the other fishermen standing around the bank, an old hymn started ringing in his mind ...

1953. The Fox

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... overlooking the Sea of Galilee, and named it after the Emperor. I established another city in Perea, south of the Sea of Galilee, and named it Livias, after the Emperor's wife. For myself, I built the fortress of Machaerus, near the Dead Sea. All that was a long time ago. Reflecting on the events which brought me to where I am now has taught me some important lessons about life. I'd like to share those with you, if you will listen. The first lesson is: "Control your passions." When I was Tetrarch, I married ...

1954. Making Compassion a Verb

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... II ended, the members of a church in Frankfurt, Germany, began reconstructing their bombed-out sanctuary. One of the main objects to be restored was a statue of Christ that had been sorely broken apart. All the pieces were found except the hands. After long debate, the congregation decided to leave the figure without hands. Under it they inscribed the words: "Christ has no hands but our hands." The job that Christ wants done still involves compassion. We are the ones called upon to show it. 1. Stan Gooch ...

1955. To a Life Beyond

John 6:51-58, Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... dying as he rolls his head on his pillow, looks me in the eye, and broods, "Preacher, has God got a place in paradise for someone like me?" I suppose we all remember how when Jesus was born there was no room in the inn. We ourselves have made a long journey, arrived late, and found "no vacancy" signs at every motel. And deep inside, aren't we all afraid heaven won't have room for the likes of us? Yet look what John saw through heaven's open door! "A great multitude which no man can number" (Revelation 7:9 ...

1956. Don't Fence Me In!

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... of the students in her large suburban high school. She quoted one of the seniors as saying, "This is a public school; I can do what I please in it." You say, "What that boy needs is a good whipping." Perhaps so, but don't be too sure about it. Long before he adopted such an idea, he needed the help and guidance of some older folks who knew the meaning of life. Instead of getting such help, he probably came under the influence of the sort of persons who write some of our modern novels and plays. The advice ...

1957. Grace in the Midst of Guilt and Shame

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... of Nazareth. And why not? He was the latest sensation. His reputation as a teacher was starting to get around. He was the local kid who had made good. There must have been smiles and gentle ribbing as Jesus got up to read the Scriptures on that Saturday morning a long time ago. "Remember when he was just a child, helping Joseph around the carpenter's shop? Wow, look at him now." Manuscripts weren't bound like books in the ancient Middle East. Important documents were on scrolls. A very ...

1958. Getting Ready for Advent

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... his council and issues a complete or full pardon because the people of God have paid what God has required them to pay. Their sentence is commuted. They are fully pardoned, and a new day is dawning. How will God reveal to his people that their long nightmare has ended? What means will he use to reveal himself to a people who were deaf and blind? Isaiah helps us prepare for Advent ... By Announcing Comfort The "good news" of comfort comes to a people who have suffered moral degradation and mental humiliation ...

1959. Good News!

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... and well-manicured garden in which the mansion was set. Not a weed was to be seen anywhere. As the tourist was admiring the garden, he spotted one of the staff, the curator, and began to praise its beauty and order. He asked the curator, "How long have you worked here?" "Twenty years," was the reply. In the ensuing conversation, it was disclosed that the owner of the mansion was absent most of the time. "How often has the owner been in residence during your twenty years of service?" "Four times," replied ...

1960. The Church: Identity And Function

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... That’s who each one of you is, a priest. And that’s the expression of our function, to speak to the people for God. How long has it been since you did that? Do you see yourself functioning in that fashion? Listen, there are some people who may not be spoken to ... it in our own power, we are that impotent. But Peter instructs again. Listen to him from our scripture. Like new born babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up to salvation, for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. ...

1961. Confession And Supplication

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... made known to God.” Supplication is not a common word, but it’s an intense word, a powerful word, and it combines what we may refer to as petition and intercession in our praying. It is a kind of brooding, a kind of longing act of remembrance and hope. Sometimes this brooding and longing cannot find expression in word, that may by when we’re doing our most effective supplication. In times like that, the spirit helps us in our weakness, as Paul said, for we don’t know how to pray as we ought. But the ...

1962. Curiosity Or Consecration

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... shed abroad a Savior’s love and that will quicken ours. Amen. In the second Act of the play Gideon, the angel of the Lord recognizes that his chosen one has rejected him. Gideon has vacillated between love and disenchantment, between a desire to serve and a longing to be served. Finally, in a fit of resentment, he turns away from the Lord’s representative, and the angel speaking for the Lord says, “I meant for you to love me, but you were only curious.” I meant for you to love, but you were only ...

1963. What Really Matters

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... snow, wrestle with the cold and the wind. Go when you don’t want to go. And when you least expect it, you may glimpse through an open door, a revelation. Now I’m sure that all of us, certainly this is true with me, all of us have a long way to go in understanding and experiencing what Paul is talking about - the fellowship of Christ’s suffering. I think we can all know this though – the deeper we love, the more we will suffer. The more we suffer, the more we will pray. The more we will pray, the ...

1964. Recovering The Essence

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and special prayer time and the Methodist church closest to the ominous Berlin wall. I had felt the needs of the people of Russia as I saw long lines waiting for a quarter of a pound of butter, and then moving on to another store to wait in long lines for another item of food goods. Winter was coming on and I had felt the needs of people who stood in long lines to purchase blankets. I had looked intently into the pinched faces of the people on the streets, and had tried to enter their souls through their ...

1965. Leave Your Stuff Behind

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it seems to us that we’re being put down. That someone else is receiving special treatment, so we get a kind of stepchild complex. We suffer physically and we get the idea that the whole universe is out to persecute us - such an easy snare to fall into. As long as we carry this burden of self-pity you see, we can blame our failures on someone else, or something else. But to go through life with the burden of self-pity, is to go through life as a cripple. It’s to stumble along at an uneasy and faltering ...

1966. Christ Signs The Letter Of The Church

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God" (2 Cor. 3:3 RSV). The church is never in a defensive position as long as she remembers who she is -- the Body of Christ through whom He intends to become head over everything else. Christ Himself signs the letter of ... to thank you and to bring you something. But it's only candy, and you don't want candy. So, I'll make you a promise: as long as I live, I shall try to be a good son of Abraham." He turned to leave. But he paused for a moment and called back ...

1967. The Secret: Christ In You

Colossians 1:24--2:5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Christ". He used that picture over and over again. The phrase "in Christ" or its equivalent is used at least 172 times in Paul's epistles. His most vivid description of his own life in Christ was written to the Galatians: "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no long I who live; but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (2:20, RSV). In one of the boldest prayers every prayed, Paul interceded "that through ...

1968. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is to get the full impact of this designation. Onesimus is one of the two primary characters in the little book of Philemon. I hope that you will read that book this week. You may have difficulty finding it in your Bible, because it's only one chapter long. It's wedged between Titus and the book of Hebrews. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of literature in the Bible. Onesimus was a runaway slave belonging to Philemon -- and Philemon is a member of the Colossian church. Paul doesn't refer to him as a ...

1969. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (i)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a foreign land? It's a question that we find ourselves asking now and again. But let's stay with Israel for a moment. Israel had long found help in the songs of the Lord. The Lord and His songs were identified with the land of Zion. "But this new crisis called ... the cheese from the trap without getting caught. Some of us have mastered that. We read the story as though it was about someone else a long time ago. That way we don't get caught. But if we see the Bible as the story of the triumph of God's grace, ...

1970. God Does The Unexpected

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... his curiosity finally got the best of him, went over and tapped the little man on the shoulder, and asked why he stood so long before the portrait. The old man was obviously irritated. He turned to the Curator and said, "Hush, young man, hush! -- Can't you ... chosen for a gigantic, unprecedented, 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 ...

1971. East Of Eden

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of crime and treason. When a man commits a crime, he violates the laws of a state. It's a legal transgression of law. Now that does not forfeit the man's citizenship. He can break as many laws as he wishes, but he remains a citizen, as long as he recognizes the right of the state to make its laws -- whether he obeys those laws or not. But treason is something else. Treason is challenging the power of the state to make laws, thus it challenges the very foundation of ultimate authority -- the sovereignty of ...

1972. Look Carefully How You Walk

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... place we wanted to be. The big truth we must reckon with as we consider our walk is athat there is a spiritual thirst in our life that will never be satisfied apart from a growing relationship with God. The psalmist spoke for us all "As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for Thee, O God." (42:1) The King James version translates it "as the hart panteth for the water brook ..." (42:1) Now we may not know it. We may think we're driven by something other than a thirst for God -- the need for ...

1973. I Am Christ's

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... would add to that the primary aspect of our total existence as Christians is to be in Christ. A hotel clerk received a long-distance phone call about an overnight reservation. "Do you want a room with a tub or a shower?" the clerk asked. "What' ... of the death of his wife -- but is not going it alone -- Christ dwells in him;--I could name five recovering alcoholics without having to think long, who make it one day at a time and they would tell you they make it by the power of Christ.--Scores of people are ...

1974. God's Hello People

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of them, "You are so much better at saying goodbye than hello. With hello you are wary and cool...hello? You don't want to get involved. You are suspicious. You open the door just a chink. But when you say goodbye, you are warm and palsy. So long -- see ya, Buddy -- Take care -- Keep the faith -- Goodbye. Robert Raines from whom I got the image and the title of this sermon, "God's Hello People", says much of the time, we are the goodbye people, fending off intruders from our privacy. We don't want people ...

1975. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to make any difference at all. Why can't I be like them?" But then one day, someone talked with this young man and helped him see that his life had its own purpose apart from that of anyone else. He began to realize that he would get nowhere so long as he compared himself with everyone else... he had his own life to live, apart from that of anyone else. And ... what mattered was that he live his own life fully and completely and to the very best of his ability. When he did that, his life really began to ...

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