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2251. More Than a Book

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... .” If we miss that invitation in the Old Testament, we can’t miss it in the new. It is an engraved personal invitation, personally delivered by Jesus Christ. He taught about it, preached it. He pictured it with pristine clarity for us in a series of parables: The Lost Coin, The Lost Sheep, and The Lost Sons, one of the most beloved chapters in the Bible. This chapter has been called the “Gospel in the Gospel,” because it contains the distilled essence of the Good News. It’s the ultimate in Jesus ...

2252. More Than We Are

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... who seek first His Kingdom. We could go. Our commitments make us more than we are. Not only as individuals but as a church. As a congregation, we can be more than we are by the commitments we make. Do we want, as a church, to be a parable of mission and outreach for the entire denomination. Then let’s make the commitment to give 50% of our income in that fashion - let’s sanctify our imagination and discover the crucial needs of our city and respond to those needs in faithful commitment. Do we want our ...

2253. Take Off Your Shoes...You Are Standing on Holy Ground

Acts 7:1-53

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James W. Moore

... it?)… the friend jumped into the hole with him. The man said: “Why did you do that? Why on earth did you jump in the hole with me? Now, we are both stuck.” “No, we’re not,” said the friend, “because I know the way out!” This parable-story reminds us of how Jesus Christ jumps into the deep hole of our lostness and captivity… so that He in His love and compassion and amazing grace can lead us out to freedom and new life. That’s the way Jesus Christ loves us – generously, sacrificially ...

2254. On the Road with the Rich Young Ruler

Luke 18:18-30

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James W. Moore

... , here’s what you do: - Accept Jesus Christ as your Savior… and commit your life to following and serving him. - Commit your life to being His disciple. - Commit your life to continuing His ministry of love. In the movie Field of Dreams, a touching parable is told about life and death and reconciliation and forgiveness. Kevin Costner, the main character is driven to find an old doctor played by Burt Lancaster. The doctor (many years before as a young man) had been a professional baseball player. He had ...

2255. On the Road with the Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

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James W. Moore

... . This past week, I skimmed through the Gospels and put together what I consider to be a very impressive list. Listen to this listing and see if you can find the common thread that runs through this. Here is the list: The Good Samaritan Parable The Great Commandment The Blessing of the Little Children The Healing of the Gerasene Denomic The Healing of the Ten Lepers The Healing of the Paralytic The Healing of the man blind from birth The Rich Young Ruler Encounter Zacchaeus Blind Bartimaeus Nicodemus The ...

2256. Navigating the Stages of Life

Luke 15:11-32

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James W. Moore

... for you. Please let me help you… Please let me serve God by serving others. Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace and grace. Lord, let me be a conduit for Your love. We see these three approaches to life expressed dramatically in the parable of the Prodigal Son. - At first, the Prodigal childishly and selfishly demands. Give me my inheritance now! I don’t want to wait around until you die!” How presumptuous! How childish! - The, he moves into the adolescent stage and runs away to the far country ...

2257. The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Luke 10:25-37

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James W. Moore

... time when you were knocking and calling... but you see, I didn't come to the door because I was afraid... I thought you were the landlord coming to collect the rent... when after all you were a friend coming to bring a precious gift." Think about that! What a parable that is for us! God comes knocking at our door, calling our name... and He has a wonderful life-saving gift for us. And what do we do? We hide! We won't open the door; we won't let Him in because we are afraid He is the landlord ...

2258. That The World May Believe

John 17:20-26

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Maxie Dunnam

... children will be dishonest if it serves their purpose. Have we in our age stopped taking honesty for granted even from our children, and especially from ourselves? It was a spelling bee, and eleven and twelve year olds were the actors, but it’s a forceful parable. The world will believe when our performance is in harmony with our profession. When they see Christians who will not cheat on their income tax, who will stand up for peace with justice, who will love even when it costs, who will stand with the ...

2259. Some Second Thoughts about Giving

Mark 12:41-44

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Maxie Dunnam

... him a little sad to note that some of the clothing was hardly worth sending — it was ragged and torn and needed mending. But the saddest thing of all, he said, was that some people had cut all the buttons off the clothing they had given! Isn’t that a parable of our pattern of giving — we give, but often not ‘til it helps. Can you imagine some thin and hungry refugee trying to keep out the bitter cold of winter with a coat that has no buttons? Or can you see him in your mind’s eye trying to work ...

2260. Come Forward to God's Throne Where There Is Grace (Relief for Guilt)

Hebrews 4:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... sin, when we play havoc on our lives and the lives of others the door is closed. Now that may well be good tribute to us - because it certainly says we know the seriousness of our offenses. But the truth is the door is not closed. That’s what the parable of the prodigal son is about, the door is always open. How rich is our scripture lesson in telling us that? When we confess, when we are willing to give an account of ourselves to the God from whom nothing is hid anyway. What a wonderful God we encounter ...

2261. When Being Christian Has Worn You Down (Compassion Fatigue)

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... were sea creatures. They had big eyes, their skin was very thin, and yet they were swimming around the Thresher, in the same environment. Scientists told us that inside those sea creatures was an opposite and equal pressure to that which was without them. Now that’s a parable for us. That’s the way it must be in your life and mine. The Indwelling Christ is to be cultivated to the point that inside us His power prevails, and gives us the strength to go when our own strength fails. And we can survive the ...

2262. Proper 4

Lk 7:1-10 · Gal 1:1-10 · 1 Ki 8:22-23, 41-43 · Ps 96

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John R. Brokhoff

... series of gospel lessons from Luke extending from the Sermon on the Plain to the Passion account (7-19:27), from Pentecost 2 to Christ the King. For the balance of the church year a preacher can cover Luke's account of Jesus' teachings, parables, and miracles. Today's Gospel is the account of Jesus' healing the critically sick slave of a Roman centurion who recognized Jesus' authority to heal. The centurion believed that only a word from Jesus could heal the slave. Jesus commended the pagan foreigner for ...

2263. Audacious Faith

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Which brings us to the second consideration about sin and human nature before we move to our primary consideration of the audacious faith demonstrated by the four main characters in our drama. Look again at the scripture – Jesus’ first word to the parable, you remember, was “Your sins are forgiven.” One of the most relevant issues raised here is the connection between forgiving sins and healing a person, and that raises the further issue: the connection between sin and sickness. I know need to tread ...

2264. The Holy Spirit and You

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... permission to drill a wildcat well on Mr. Yates' land. At 1,115 feet they struck oil to the tune of 80,000 barrels a day. All Mr. Yates needed was suddenly provided. When I read that old story, one that Bill Bright tells, I wondered if it is a parable of our spiritual life. All I have needed God's hands have provided, says the hymn. The power we need to become what God intended us to be is already in our souls. The church and our faith should never say you ought without immediately being able to say, you ...

2265. What Would Jesus Say About Modern Churches?

Mark 1:4-11

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J. Howard Olds

... and engagement rings that were lost over the holidays." I don't know if God cares about lost rings; I know He cares about lost people. When religious persons criticized Jesus for spending too much time with tax collectors and sinners, he gave them a trilogy of parables describing God's compassion for the lost. One sheep is lost out of a hundred; the good shepherd leaves the 99 and searches for the one. A coin is misplaced and a house cleaning happens until the coin is found. A lost boy comes home and a ...

2266. What Would Jesus Say About the Marginalized?

Luke 4:14-30

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J. Howard Olds

... of bells. I'd like to build a rescue shop within a yard of hell. Will you help me? We cannot live in the suburbs isolated from the city and hope to be saved. Here is a way to go about it. Practice compassion in Jesus name. In Jesus' troubling parable of the last judgment and the separation of sheep and goat. (Mathew 25: vs 31). The Son of Man comes in all his glory to separate people as a shepherd separates sheep from the goats and on his right he will assemble the sheep and say “Enter into your Masters ...

2267. My Country, Is It of Thee?

Psalm 9:9-20

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J. Howard Olds

... It is help for the needy. The needy will not always be forgotten" (Psalm 9:18a). The judgment of God upon nations from generation to generation has been in proportion to its ability to care for the least of its members. There is an old parody of Jesus' parable concerning the least of these which goes something like this: I was hungry and you formed a committee to discuss my hunger. I was thirsty and you debated the ethics of certain drinks. I was a stranger and you called the welcome wagon. I was naked and ...

2268. What Would Jesus Say About the Media?

Mark 9:1-9

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J. Howard Olds

... on WSIX radio every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45 a.m.—Why? Some people ask that question. Are we so desperate for members that we need to advertise? Why invite more people to church when it’s already full? Let me answer that question with a parable of Jesus. Once upon a time, a certain man prepared a great banquet. When everything was ready those who were invited sent regrets that they couldn’t come. So the master gathered his servants and said, “Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the town ...

2269. Can the Rich Be Saved?

Mark 10:17-27

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J. Howard Olds

... is the root of all evil. Abraham, Job, David, and Solomon were very rich men. They managed large holdings for the glory of God and the greater public good. Lydia and Deborah were very wealthy women and God used them to build His church and govern His kingdom. The parable of the talents suggests that God will hold us accountable for all that He has entrusted to us. So don’t dig a hole and bury your assets in the ground. God is going to hold you accountable for them. Use them for the glory of God and the ...

2270. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-10

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J. Howard Olds

... He was so concerned that he told a trilogy of stories about lost things. A sheep is lost. A coin is misplaced. A boy runs away from home. The Bible never gets more personal than here in Luke 15. So I want to spend a couple of weeks bringing these parables to life, to speak to us in the depths of our lives and to help us to understand something about this business of being lost and found. I. WHY ARE PEOPLE LOST? Consider the reasons. We, like sheep, have this problem of nibbling. So there was ninety and nine ...

2271. Making Sure Our Robes Are Washed

Revelation 7:9-17

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J. Howard Olds

... white? III. THEY ARE THOSE WHO SERVE GOD DAY AND NIGHT. If you think heaven is one eternal retirement plan, you had better think again. Resurrected bodies are not intended to float in space, or flit from cloud to cloud. We have work to do. Remember Jesus’ parable of the talents? The one who had two produced four and the one who had five produced ten. The Lord was happy. Remember their reward. “You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.” All of that sounds like ...

2272. The Holy Spirit and You

John 14:15-27

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J. Howard Olds

... me by walking half as fast as I was. He had boarded the moving sidewalk that I had missed in my rush to make the next plane. I was going with all of my energy and he was just coasting on by. Suddenly it dawned on me that is a parable of my life." The Holy Spirit reminds us not to try harder, but to try smarter. When we walk in the Spirit, He comes underneath us and bears us away. We are still walking, but we are dependent upon Him. Do you remember whose you are today? Come Holy Spirit ...

2273. Dad, Shouldn't We Stop?

Luke 9:51-56

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Alexander H. Wales

... , we have to get to the restaurant before they stop serving lunch." The little boy continued, "But he looks like he could really use some help. Shouldn't we help?" "We just don't have time," the father snapped back. The boy then queried, "Is this kind of like the parable of the Good Samaritan that we studied this morning in Sunday School?" Why are children so good at getting to the point of things?

2274. David: The Problem of Family

2 Samuel 18:28-33

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J. Howard Olds

... those words? Do they ever come to your lips? You know the story; you know the setting. God's not going to let David off the hook; he is a man after God's own heart. So, Nathan the prophet confronts David the king with one of the most remarkable parables that you can find in the Bible. Nathan says, ‘Let me tell you a story about a rich man who had all kinds of livestock and cattle and sheep, everything you could imagine. He had an abundance of them. There was a poor man who had a tiny little pet ...

2275. From Pride to Humility

Luke 18:9-14

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J. Howard Olds

... himself, “God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get" (Luke 18:11-12). What's happening here? It's one of those straightforward little parables that really doesn't need a sermon around it. You can just read it and get it. The Bible says “He prayed to himself saying these words." I think that's a revealing little statement. He prayed to himself about who he was. He's praying, or is he ...

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