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2176. My Prayer For You: Barefoot Days of the Soul

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... what freedom comes – barefoot days of the soul when Christ dwells in our hearts by faith. We may not become immediately untangled from our sins – the struggle with temptation may still go on – and for some of us the marks of our sojourn as prodigals in the far country will still be upon us – and some of those marks we may carry with us to the grave. But the road is a joyous one because the One who indwells us walks beside us as our companion to give us strength in our inward being. Let me lodge a ...

2177. If You Get Too Close to the Cross, You Will End Up Carrying It

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the Via Dolorosa – the way that Jesus walked from the place of trial and sentencing to Golgotha where He died that we might live. The Stations of the Cross are designated along the Via Dolorosa, marking the happenings on that long trek up Golgotha’s hill. The most meaningful station for me was the one that marks the place where Jesus stumbled and fell. Roman soldiers looked out on the crowd of pilgrims packed into that narrow street, saw a big strong black man, Simon of Cyrene, and “pressed him into ...

2178. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... about this new land, nor gift of prophecy as to its imminence. I do believe, however, that persons of faith need to be in to mark the road of God’s coming. We need to seek new visions and dream fresh dreams. Anticipation is not enough; we cannot merely wait and ... sick unto death. It was this kind of call and witness of scripture that led John Wesley to say that the distinctive mark of a Methodist Christian is “holiness of heart and life”. Listen to Mr. Wesley. “If you preach doctrine only, the people ...

2179. In the Wrong Place At the Right Time

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2180. Keeping Our Souls

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we do not deny Christ in one way or another. Peter could tell you about that. He loved Jesus. He wanted to be faithful, but the pressure was too great. There in the courtyard when the heat was on and the Galilean woman recognized the accent that marked him as being a possible follower of Jesus, she confronted him. But Peter denied that he knew Jesus -- in fact, he repeated that denial three times. That’s when the rooster crowed, and that’s when Peter knew -- that’s when that bomb went off in Peter ...

2181. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Hebrews 11:1-40, Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . She was under some time pressure, so she told the carpet layer that if he would finish the job in a day, she would pay him double. But she was a perfectionist, and it had to be done right. The craftsman worked diligently, but with great care – dollar marks in his eyes. Not eating at all, but taking a cigarette break now and then. About 3:00 p.m., he was moving rapidly to finish, happy with his work. When he surveyed the expansive space, the living room, right in the center – there it was – a rise ...

2182. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . She was under some time pressure, so she told the carpet layer that if he would finish the job in a day, she would pay him double. But she was a perfectionist, and it had to be done right. The craftsman worked diligently, but with great care – dollar marks in his eyes. Not eating at all but smoking a cigarette break now and then. About 3:00 p.m., he was moving rapidly to finish, happy with his work. When he surveyed the expansive space, the living room, right in the center – there it was – a rise ...

2183. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Spirit and with power.” More than a Book, the Bible is a revelation and an encounter with the living God. We serve many gods: wealth, materialism, greed, money, but the Bible says, “For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36) We worship the god of sex and pleasure, but the Bible says, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit with you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you have been bought with a price. So glorify your ...

2184. The Vocation of Leadership: A Prophet Among Them

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... town. One cemetery is for the common people and the other for the special ones. Father Malloy was buried in the cemetery for special people, and this is what is said about him: You’re over there, Father Malloy, where Holy Ground is, and cross marks every grave. Not here with us on the hill – us of wavering faith, and clouded vision And drifting hope, and unforgiving sins. You were so human, Father Malloy, taking a friendly glass sometimes with us, Siding with us who would rescue Spoon River from the ...

2185. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... is the order of the day. I call it Jesus junk. Don’t impress me with a frilly Bible cover; impress me with a marked-up Bible. Don’t impress me with the latest Christian tunes on your I-Pod; impress me with the depth of your prayers. I’ ... meant to be. A blessing is an invitation; a curse, either stated or implied, is a wake up call to rouse a morally sleepy world. Blessing and curses mark who is in and who is out, who is to be cheered and booed, who is full of virtue and who is fill of vice, who in the ...

2186. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... ; I’m glad I do as well, but are we willing to actually do what he says and to support one another in learning these incredible skills of the kingdom? 1. Loren Eiseley, The Unexpected Universe (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969), 69-91. 2. Mark 1:16-20. 3. Dr. Martin Luther King, “A Knock at Midnight,” 4. PreachingToday.com search under Matthew 5:33-42. 5. "The Power of Promises," A Chorus of Witnesses (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994). 6. The Book of Discipline 2004, 65. 7. PreachingToday.com ...

2187. Playing to the Right Audience

Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... 1:11, 9:7. 8. Life After God (New York: Pocket Books, 1994). 9. C. H. Spurgeon in Faith's Checkbook, Christianity Today, Vol. 32, no. 5. 10. Quoted in "Reflections," Christianity Today, June 2, 2000. 11. Mark 2:18-20. 12. Book of Discipline 2000, para. 321, question 16. “Fasting has been a part of Methodism from it's early beginnings. John Wesley considered fasting an important part of a Christian's life and he personally fasted weekly. To Wesley, fasting was an important way to express ...

2188. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... us, Damian. No one is looking out for us. So we're looking out for ourselves." It is the same philosophy which stands behind Mark Twain as he mocks the first question of the Westminster Catechism: “What is the chief end of man? To get rich. In what way? Dishonestly ... we read them so we will recognize the Presence when it shows up asking for attention. The One we read about in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John is still on the scene from beyond the grave, looking for students and rebuilding lives. Learning to spot what ...

2189. Now Here Is the Plan

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , but that the world through him might be saved." He is preparing himself to bring his mission to a close. What a closure. What a climax to his mission. This is really a most fascinating scene when you compare it with the other gospels: Matthew, Mark and Luke. In Matthew, Mark and Luke, the preparation for the cross takes place in the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus cries out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me. If it be your will, let this cup pass from me." That is what happens in the Garden ...

2190. How to Look Foolish

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the cross is love. Love is what we saw on the cross. It was because of love that Jesus got on that cross for us. A love that is given to us freely, so that we would take that love into our own lives, and then love one another. The mark of a Christian, according to Paul this is what he tells the Corinthians who came to church in order to exalt themselves is to exalt others. That is what love looks like. It's to lift up others. Love is patient with others. Love is kind to others. Love is ...

2191. Something to Sing About

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... came by, found her, took her to the hospital. She broke her pelvis, which had been weakened by cancer, or the therapy. She knew that it was pretty bad. She knew that she may not recover from this one. I called on her the next day. She said, "You know, Mark, I made a list of all the places I wanted to visit, all the trips I wanted to make. This trip to Russia was the last one on that list. I just came home, and then this happened." I asked her, "What are you going to do now?" She said ...

2192. Stick to the Knitting

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , they are revealing that they are more "Greek," than they are "Christian." The New Testament understanding of the Christian life is that we are involved, loving our neighbor. There are others, who are like the ancient Jews, who say that to be religious is to mark off a little bit of life and surround it with rules, holiness codes, morality codes, and say that those who do not live up to those codes are therefore not religious. But if the essence of Christianity is simply to be a "servant of Christ," then ...

2193. Pigs Get Slaughtered

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, [Greed] cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms--greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge--has marked the upward surge of mankind, and greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.” Here is the irony of the movie, Wall Street. Gordon Gecko was supposed to be a villain. Instead, we’re told, he ...

2194. An Incredible Encounter

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... appears amazingly when God "mixes it up with Jacob," challenges, convicts, evaluates, and judges him. When the stranger sees that he does not prevail against Jacob, he strikes Jacob on the thigh and puts his hip out of joint. Jacob is marked permanently, just as Christians are marked permanently with the cross of Christ in Holy Baptism. As Jacob goes limping about, he turns to his adversary and demands, "I will not let you go unless you bless me" (Genesis 32:26). "What is your name?" the adversary asks ...

2195. Forgiveness and Reconciliation at Last!

Genesis 45:1-15

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... our lives. The lack of purpose is deadly. Lack of purpose is like a limp handshake. It's a sky missing the North Star, a compass without a pointer. We've met people like that. No direction, no goals, aimless; lives as empty as a brown paper sack. Mark Twain once quipped, "Don't expect too much of human beings. We were created at the end of the week when God was tired and looking forward to a day off." Nonetheless Richard J. Leider and David Shapiro have listed common threads of people who possess lifestyles ...

2196. Strong Medicine

Judges 4:1-7

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... afraid that all of the blood and gore would turn our stomachs and all of the sex would distract us. So, the bottle marked "Judges" has a sticker from the committee that reads, "Caution, do not exceed recommended dosage." For our part, we don't make much ... be toxic to our faith. Fortunately, we have some words about love elsewhere in our medicine cabinet. For example, from the bottle marked "Matthew" we read, "You have heard that it was said, â€˜You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say ...

2197. Are You Feeling Sheepish?

Psalm 23, John 10:11-18

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... in Sheol, thou art there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. In those days to go to those places was a frightful thing. He is marking the extremities of life where the demons and evil powers that would ruin our lives dwelt. We, too, know those boundary situations where no one goes willingly. But sometime all of us will be cast to that place where we will fear for our life, or our sanity. Even ...

2198. Body Language

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... people of means, who have been blessed by God. We are being called to reach out, as Christ would have reached out, to those who need a helping hand. "Be doers of the word." It is also the lesson that is given to us in the Gospel lesson from Mark. The scene that was read to you this morning is a strange one. Jesus is in a controversy with the Pharisees over the holiness laws. Holiness laws determined for the Jew what they could eat, when they could eat, and with whom they could eat. They are ancient laws ...

2199. Can't Help Dreaming

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... his novel, which would have been 1605, and the second edition in 1615, Galileo was looking through his telescope, and discovering that what Copernicus said was right, the earth is not the center of the universe, but rotates around the sun. That is when you can mark the end of the Age of Faith, the end of culture dominated by religion. From that point on in history, to be a Christian, a person of faith, in the minds of many people, is to be like Don Quixote, looked upon as ridiculous, an anachronism ...

2200. Get Lost

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Wayne said that. Everybody listened to him real good, because what he was about to say, they knew, was going to shape the story from there on. The Bible uses literary formulas too. You can recognize them. In our text for this morning from the Gospel of Mark there are two of them. They serve the same purpose as, "Listen, and listen real good." That is to say, they prepare you for something important. The first formula is the phrase, "And he said this plainly." Which means, this is not debatable. This is not ...

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2176. My Prayer For You: Barefoot Days of the Soul

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2177. If You Get Too Close to the Cross, You Will End Up Carrying It

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2178. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2179. In the Wrong Place At the Right Time

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2180. Keeping Our Souls

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2181. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Hebrews 11:1-40, Philippians 2:12-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2182. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . She was under some time pressure, so she told the carpet layer that if he would finish the job in a day, she would pay him double. But she was a perfectionist, and it had to be done right. The craftsman worked diligently, but with great care – dollar marks in his eyes. Not eating at all but smoking a cigarette break now and then. About 3:00 p.m., he was moving rapidly to finish, happy with his work. When he surveyed the expansive space, the living room, right in the center – there it was – a rise ...

2183. The Authority of Scripture: God's Breathed Word

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2184. The Vocation of Leadership: A Prophet Among Them

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

2185. The Way Up Is the Way Down

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill