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1976. Faith Working In Love

James 2:14-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ." Aren't we mocking the Gospel when we reduce the requirements of it to simply believing that Christ died for our sins -- and all He requires of us is to give intellectual assent to that and accept by faith the eternal security he offers? With that long, long introduction, let's focus on our scripture lesson. I. As you look closely at this word of James, you realize that James' is not asking whether works without faith can save us. But rather, whether faith without works can save. His answer to that is a ...

1977. Pack Up Your Troubles

James 4:13-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... verse what I often do with words of scripture that really grab my mind. I read it in other translations, and this was the striking way that Phillips put it: "Yet, what sort of harvest did you reap from those things that today you blush to remember? In the long run those things mean one thing only -- death." Isn't that a probing question? What sort of harvest did you reap from those things that today you blush to remember? It's true with all of us, isn't it? There are things in our life -- things that we ...

1978. The Trance Of Non-renewal

Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to her and began to cry to God for help. She said she heard a voice saying to her, "Why did you not ask me for help long before this? -- I've been here all the time." And she knew it was the voice of the Lord. She had spent the rest of the ... . We can now move out of this building and carry the Gospel beyond the Church to all the people. I knew that because of his long faithful witness. Five others had given themselves to be pastors in that church. And no wonder. He was alive and the Church is alive because ...

1979. The Church Of Our Dreams

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... oasis to which people come for refreshment, for teaching, for renewal, for that power which enables them to go out and live in their day to day world with more hope and more direction and with a greater sense of well-being and identity. I read an article not long ago in a sports magazine which talked about getting lost in the woods. The writer said that when we get lost we have a tendency to travel in circles. We tend to circle back on ourselves, and that's what it means to be lost. We exhaust ourselves in ...

1980. Baptized...and Baptized

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of a spouse or loved one simply means that you do not hear your name called the way you remember it being called for so long. Only time helps us to cope with that pain. In spite of her royalty, Queen Victoria needed someone to call her by name. That's ... tightly and she held onto him tightly too, because she could not stand up on her own. It was a beautiful sight to see. "Later that evening, long after the dance was over, Kent went up the guy and told him how special it was for him to do that and how much he ...

1981. When You Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the parable. “Because of his importunity, the friend who went begging at midnight got what he needed. We need to remember that not only in our intercession, but in all of our praying, we may not sense an immediate response. There may be delay - - long delay. Long, long delay! It may even seem that God is saying, “I cannot give you what you ask.” The problem of “no answer” or at least no apparent or immediate answer, is one of the plaguing problems of prayer. It’s not easy, against all appearance ...

1982. Blessed Are Those Who Are Awake

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is that it is certain, but we cannot know the timing. So, His call is to stay awake — to be ready. He makes His case in the language of His day. “Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning,” He says. Get the picture in that context. “The long flowing robes of the East were a hindrance to work; and when a man prepared to work, he gathered up his robes under his girdle to leave himself free for activity. The Eastern lamp was like a cotton-wick floating in a sauce-boat of oil. Always the wick ...

1983. The Wholeness Question: Do You Want To Be Made Well?

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and stir up the water. It was when the water was stirring that it had healing power. Every day the water would be stirred, but the man couldn't get in. Jesus came not to stir the water, but to stir the man's will. Over those long years of being an invalid, long years of disappointment and apparent hopelessness, the man's will had been numbed. So Jesus addresses that essential point of who we are: Our will. Many of you read Bernie Segall's book, Peace, Love and Healing. I recommend it to all of you, but I ...

1984. The Easter Question: Why Are You Weeping? Whom Do You Seek?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... anytime. As she neared the end of her life, Katie talked a lot about going to Heaven. Because she could not see, touch became one of her mean's of communication. One of her favorite things was to snuggle close to her mother and rub her mother's ear. Not long before she died, Katie said to her mother with a smile, "When I am in Heaven, and you feel a tickle on your ear, it will be me telling you 'I love you, Mommy.'" (Donald Shelby, "Grace-Full Humor"). Does that make you smile, or feel teary? Want to cry ...

1985. Naming And Being Named

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... better job than my daddy did". And little Allison wrote, "Dear God, the people in the next apartment fight all the time. You ought to only let good friends get married". Children are honest. So Kerry was naming herself before God. Now you may think it's a long way from a seven year old, second grader, to Martin Luther King, Jr., but let me share with you a testimony from Martin Luther King. It was one night in the middle of the Montgomery bus boycott. Bombings had taken place. The school and the church down ...

1986. What Do You Want To Be Like When You Are 65?

Proverbs 3:1-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the cumulative result of the decisions you make between now and then. When Dr. John E. Godbey, a beloved preacher and teacher, came to his eighty-third birthday, someone asked him, "Doctor, if you had the privilege of making such a choice, which ten years of your long life would you prefer to live over again?" Without a moments hesitation the answer came back, "The next ten." (Straight Talk, Dr. Hal Brady, January 5, 1992) Well, isn't it true for all of us? However many years we have left they will be good ...

1987. The Danger Of Straying From Home (Father's Day)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... her name here' thinks I'm not paying her enough attention." The doctor got out of his chair walked over to the couple, offered his hands to the woman who received them. She stood up before him and the doctor took her in his arms and gave her a long lingering passionate kiss. Her eyes lighted, and her face began to shine. You could see the shadows of depression going away. The doctor stood back and said, "That's it, that's all she needs." A bit puzzled, the man responded, "Well you know what's best doc, but ...

1988. Food That Is Needful

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... strength to deal with the surprises and the changes in life we never counted on or planned for. My preacher friend, Norm Neaves, tells of a couple in his church, Don and Candye Chavez who adopted a child a couple of years ago. They had wanted a child, for a long time, but had not been able to have one. To be able to adopt was like a dream come true. They had all sorts of dreams and aspirations for their baby. Don couldn't wait for him to grow up and be big enough to ride bicycles and build and ...

1989. Through God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Sunday and reading my Bible every night." The father said, "Yes," I know son, and I'm proud of you. But you still haven't gotten your hair cut." The son's face lit up. "Yes, I know Dad, but I've discovered in reading the Bible that Jesus had long hair too." The father's reply was really disarming. "Yes, son, I realize that, but if you will keep reading the Bible, you'll also discover that Jesus walked everywhere He went!" That's not all we'll discover if we will keep reading the Bible. We will find life ...

1990. Strategic Kindness

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." WHAT DOES HE MEAN, "BE IMITATORS OF GOD . . . "? Just this. All the anger and hatred of humanity were focused that day long ago when the innocent Son of God hung on Calvary's tree. What was God's response--to wipe us off the globe? God could have done so, and been totally justified. Instead God played the adult to humanity's petulant child. God took that awful event and ...

1991. Can a Rich Person Go to Heaven?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... and not God. That’s tough talk, I know, but as your pastor I owe it to you to say it as it is. In one of his LakeWobegon stories, Garrison Keillor tells about a Sunday morning in LakeWobegonLutheranChurch. The sermon has been droning on far too long, and Clarence Bunsen has checked out early. He realizes it’s almost time for the offering, so he quietly reaches for his wallet. Upon opening his wallet, Clarence discovers he has no cash. He takes out his pen and hides the checkbook in the middle of his ...

1992. Promises, Promises

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... made when we stand before a minister to be married. There we promise to love and comfort, to honor and keep our spouse, in sickness and in health. And we promise that we will forsake all others and be faithful to that marital partner as long as we both shall live. We even have the organization of "Promise Keepers" these days -- thousands of men who meet together in conferences, and who promise to be good and faithful husbands, and to instill in their home life piety and trustworthiness and love. Sometimes ...

1993. Peter's Vision

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... the market. All you need is a perfunctory confession of faith in Jesus and you're in. So, from such a standpoint, why wouldn't Peter accept the Gentile converts? Everyone should be accepted. On the other hand, within the church, those who have been members for a long time often have the attitude that the circumcision party had in our text. They don't want to let people in of whom they disapprove. How can Mr. So-and-So be a church member; he drinks and smokes. That woman certainly shouldn't be in our circle ...

1994. Compassion Fatigue

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... s hair. His mother asked him, “Son, why did you do it? That’s just not like you.” “Mama,” he responded, “I just got tired of being good all the time.” Do you think that happens to the Mandellas of the world? Of course it does – read his book, The Long Journey to Freedom. It happens to all of us, doesn’t it? We get tired of being good and tired of laying our lives on the line for peace and justice ministry to the poor, reaching out to the least of these And its not just a periodic getting ...

1995. Constantly Abiding

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... him on his way, but he plummeted to the sand. For a moment I felt pain. I identified with his helplessness. Had I held him too long and made his wings too nimble for flight? I crouched over him, and for a second I was one with him, wanting to do something to ... time right after lunch and walked off down beside a lake and sat down on an old friendly log and began to share. It wasn’t long before the 66-year-old woman began to pour out a pathetic story of tragic years. She was one of two children in her family. ...

1996. If I Have Not Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that again: If I have not love, I become less than human. (TELL THE STORY: (Who in the world would have us) Not long ago I was preaching at a laity conference in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. We had a couple of thousand people and they were ... explosive moment of blinding rage. It was, rather, a crime absolutely devoid of passion, a murder within the law and over a long period of time, four and half decades. It was murder by indifference and neglect.” What a stinging indictment: murder by indifference and ...

1997. Some Healing Is Up To You

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a woman who had that very problem with her mother, who was in a nursing home. Her mother did not want to be healed. As long as her mother was in that position, everybody in the family would coddle her, be extra attentive; respond to her at every beck and ... waiting for the angel to come and the pool to be stirred in order that he might be healed. For thirty-eight years – that’s a long time. For thirty-eight years he had waited and he had waited in vain. Why? Because Jesus was not there. If it’s only a ...

1998. Generic Christianity Is Not Enough

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:1-2) 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’s the difference?” the caller replied. “Well,” came the snobbish response, “with a tub, you sit down.” Being a Christian is not just ...

1999. Equipping the Whole People of God: Penultimate Questions

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... voice, said, “I am the elevator mechanic.” Sometimes we feel bereft of power, but listen to Peter as he answers the question “Where is our power?” In fact, he answers this question first. Listen to it again in verses 2-4: “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. Come to Christ, the living stone, and be yourselves built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices ...

2000. A Prophet Among Them

Ezekiel 2:1-3:15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... went to start her own family and left the profession. She and her husband had three children. They raised them well and not too long ago they sent the last one off to college. This teacher decided she wanted to go back to the teaching profession. She applied ... . But I sensed something was going on in the life of this young woman, so I begin to pray for her. Well it wasn’t too long before we were landing in Atlanta and she took the seat beside me. I am certain of it, she was a different person. She wanted to ...

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