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2301. Three Wise Women

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , or they tell you you’re over-qualified for what they have to offer. You’re getting and your family members have clouds of worry on their faces. Your husband says he’s in a mid-life crisis. He’s doing things you don’t understand, and he says he doesn’t understand either. You don’t know what to do, because he won’t talk. You’ve suspected it, but now you know. Your wife is drinking everyday. It’s gone beyond the point the two of you thought was just a matter of “social grace.” She ...

2302. The Shared Life of the People of God, Part 2

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... coin, and we need to constantly guard against a pride that leads to destruction. It causes envy, jealousy, anger, greed, intolerance and useless worry. So, there is a healthy pride and a false pride. Within the shared life of the people of God, self-understanding, self-appreciation, and self-affirmation mark the integrity of each one of us. Here is what I’m talking about. “The country priest in George Bernanos’ diary is counseling with a young woman whose lack of healthy pride had led her into endless ...

2303. When You Want to Run Away

Psalm 11:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... power of God. Not he, but hi should do the fleeing. I want to make a point here that is absolutely crucial for us to understand as we talk about the power of God. I can make my point, but I think, by talking about the language we use. How often have ... to God.” Now there is enough truth in that to make it worth our consideration. But, it misses the point if we see that as an understanding of what faith is about. Faith is not holding on to God: it’s trusting God to hold on to you, even when you think you ...

2304. In the House of the Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... pit of self-sufficiency, draw yourself back. Where would you be without God? The very air we breathe, God gives. Our physical life is but a flickering light dependent upon a remarkable infrastructure of life which God provides. That’s the reason I can’t understand people who do not tithe. Not to tithe is like glaringly snubbing your nose at God. It is a gross stance of ingratitude and selfishness. That’s the reason Jesus told the story of the successful farmer who tore down his barns and built bigger ...

2305. A Parable in a Miracle

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... have one that can play with you? I’m afraid this crippled puppy will never walk right.” For an answer, the boy pulled up his pant leg and showed a steel brace on his leg. “I don’t walk so good, either. I reckon that the puppy will need some understanding til she gets used to her bad leg. I did.” The “lepers” are all around us… and to some degree we are all lepers. But as Christians we know where grace and healing is. “If you want to... is the cry of the world to us. And our response? We ...

2306. The Unforgivable Sin

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... enable us to say that Jesus is Lord. Now I don’t mean that that’s the total ministry of the Holy Spirit, but that is a big part of the Spirit’s work in our life. Paul put it clearly in I Corinthians 12: “Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says, ‘Jesus be cursed’, and no one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit.” Do you see what that means? Within our own self, our own strength, our own wisdom, our own gifts – within our own ...

2307. Fulfilling the Vision

Acts 2:14-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... he held it up with the bow. “A thousand dollars, and who'll make it two, two thousand! And who'll make it three? Three thousand once, three thousand twice and going and gone," said he. The people cheered but some of them cried, “We do not quite understand what changed its worth." Quick came the reply: “The touch of the master's hand." And many a man with life out of tune, and battered and scarred with sin, is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd, much like the old violin. A “mess of pottage," a ...

2308. Finding Our Place in All Creation

Genesis 1:1, 26-31

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... 15 states “Turn from worthless things to the living God who made the heavens and the earth. Hebrews 11:13 says, “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” Isaac ... in God who has created and is creating, says the creed we use often in worship. Let that old Biblical creation story empower us to understand that we are the creation of God. II. AND GOD SAW ALL THAT HE HAD MADE AND IT WAS VERY GOOD. V. 31 In fact, ...

2309. Soaring with Christ

Matthew 28:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... I have loved you? Who could ever be bored with a mission like that? I am pleading with you today not to set your beliefs to match your life. Set your life to match your beliefs. The risen Christ is here. Soar high. Life is an adventure to be lived. Understand what meaning and significance is all about. Be all you can be. Be a loving person. Don't settle for anything else. Life. I love it. One more thing about it I want to share. Life is a hope we embrace. Jesus was standing at the tomb of his closest ...

2310. How To Triumph Over Terrorism

Ephesians 6:10-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... stand up tomorrow and tell us to love our enemies, I’m going to get up and walk right out of church.” To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven. I understand that speedy lovers are not usually very lasting lovers. I understand that quick forgivers are not usually quality forgivers. I understand that it takes time and space, but I need to say to you today, a year later, my friends, sooner or later in the troubles of life, you and I are going to decide. Will we get bitter ...

2311. Why Join a Church?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ’t have to be. The Church can be a mighty force for good moving people toward faith, hope, and love. It can sound the trumpet for peace above the rumblings of war. It can call attention to the least, when everybody is wanting more. It can challenge us to understand even as we long to be understood. Why join a church? Because there are moments and times in a person’s life when you just need to know the deep questions of faith. III. WE NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Why join a church? Because we need to make ...

2312. Singing With the Saints of Glory

Revelation 5:11-14

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, have mercy on us. O Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, grant us your peace.” A teenager leaving the Passion of Christ movie came up to me and said, “For the first time, I understand the meaning of Holy Communion.” The Body of Christ broken for me. The blood of Christ shed for me. Twila Paris sings: Your only Son, no sin to hide But you have sent Him from your side To walk upon this guilty sod And to become the Lamb of God ...

2313. Marching Forward by Faith!

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... writes us a prescription we cannot read, that we take to a pharmacist we do not know. He gives us a chemical compound we do not understand and tells us to take it in the sure and certain faith that it will make us better. If that is not faith, I don't ... leap of faith. Are you willing to jump? Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard had it right; - to believe in God or even make the attempt to understand the nature of God is to make a leap of faith. For years I've been telling the story about Desert Pete. A man ...

2314. What Is the Future of United Methodism?

John 2:12-22

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , settled for intra-quarreling and political positioning? Is it not time to lay down the weapons of half-truths and outright lies and repent of our endless battles that have marred God’s love and diminished our witness to the world? Is it not time to understand that the gospel cannot be reduced to politics and we are not called to be the church of the political left or right? Our calling is not to be conservative or liberal, practical or even American. Our calling is to be faithful to the gospel of ...

2315. The Family As Church

2 Timothy 1:3-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... me as a child. Now I belong to Jesus, Jesus belongs to me. We need to belong. Dick Murray tells in one of his books about Mrs. Pickford, his primary teacher. “I do not remember the lessons she taught, but I remember Mrs. Pickford very well. She was gracious, understanding, warm. She made us feel valuable and able. Her only problem was she was naïve. She kept saying she was sure I wouldn’t do anything wrong, when I knew all along I was fully planning to do so. The strange thing is I often proved her ...

2316. The Road of Peace

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... into our midst—fear is winning. So about this time of year, I long for a different message. I need to hear Elizabeth saying to Mary, everything is all right; it's going to be okay. I need to hear Gabriel saying to Joseph, I know you don't understand, but trust me on this one. I need, like the shepherds of old, to see a multitude of heavenly hosts filling the sky saying, “Fear not for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be for all people." Someone said an acrostic for FAITH could ...

2317. What Can Christians Learn from Buddhists?

Romans 8:18, 28

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... life. Siddhartha lived in the lap of luxury, carefully protected from the sufferings of the world. He married at sixteen and had a son. As to the things of life, he had it made. Siddhartha eventually became restless in his life of luxury. He needed to understand who he was and his place in the world so, according to legend, he started slipping out at night with a chariot and driver to see the rest of the world. Legend has it that these excursions confronted Siddhartha with the harsh realities of human life ...

2318. The Power to Be Saved

Acts 4:5-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . But you can have a song in your heart in the night. That is salvation; it is the bone marrow of the gospel. I didn't understand bone marrow until they started chasing stem cells out of it and suddenly I realized, that is life. My life at its elemental level is stem ... Christians say we cannot save ourselves. The first step in salvation is to come to believe there is a God. The second step is to understand that I am not God. It's the power beyond us who can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. Do we have ...

2319. Something to Brag About

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... not many people who revile the cross today, of course. Indeed, what concerns me is that not many people today take the cross that seriously. We see a cross hanging around people’s necks, but how much power does it exercise in their lives? Do they understand that the cross signifies salvation from sin? Most people today don’t even consider themselves to be sinners. Nowadays we make mistakes, not sins. Would somebody die on a cross to save us from mere mistakes? I don’t think so. Maybe it would be good ...

2320. Brightening the Corner Where We Are

1 John 1:5-10

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... generously gave me a couple of years ago, I sang that old song which goes, “There is a fountain, filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel's veins, and sinners plunged beneath that flood, lose all their guilty stains." The cleansing power of blood, I now understand very well. So the Blood of Christ, spiritually speaking, continues to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. It gets the stains out. III. WE CAN REJECT THE DARKNESS If we say that we have fellowship with Him while we are walking in darkness, we lie ...

2321. The Joyful Provider

John 2:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of Jesus Christ to be forgiven. Today your sins can be washed away. Your record can be purged of wrong. You can be set free. If that truth ever got down to our toes it would set our feet to dancing. Peace that Endures — Peace that the world doesn’t understand. I hope you read the Gospel of John during this Lenten season and if you read far enough over in the 14th chapter you'll run into a phrase that Jesus says to his troubled disciples on the eve of his departure. He says Peace I leave with you; my ...

2322. Giving Our Gratitude

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... circumstances." Contentment comes through communion with God. Will you join me in ceaseless prayer, in intercessory prayer, in Wednesday night prayer? A large part of prayer is paying attention to God. I think I am beginning to understand what it means to “pray without ceasing." Do you understand that? I understand what it means to receive the prayers of others. Your intercessory prayers make a difference. I can be present. To offer our presence to another is one of the finest gifts we can ever give. To ...

2323. Living in Gratitude

Philippians 4:4-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . Many people ask me if the heart transplant changed my life. It has in the following ways: 1) I have a renewed sense of URGENCY. I know that if I want to stop and smell the roses, I had better to it now. 2). There is GRATITUDE. I do not understand this miracle. All I can do is accept it and feel grateful for each additional day. 3.) Finally, I walk a LITTLE CLOSER TO GOD. When someone goes with you through the valleys of the shadows of death, you develop a special bond with them. My God and I went ...

2324. Finding Our Place in the Body of Christ

1 Corinthians 12:12-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... essential. Our Long Range Planning Committee told us the other night that our number one internal concern should be communication. Of course they are right, provided we correctly understand the nature of communication. Effective communication results in unity and understanding. People participate in proportion to their understanding. There is another side to communication. Some people confuse an over active sphincter muscle and an enlarged nose with communication. Occasionally, folk say to me, "I just don ...

2325. Embracing Christ—The Light of the World

John 8:12-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... . We can embrace His light. I want to walk as a child of the Light. I want to follow Jesus. How about you? II Corinthians 4:6 says, “The light of the knowledge of the glory of God shines in the face of Jesus." I know that's hard to understand. There are many things about the nature of Christ that my small mind cannot comprehend. Christians have done things in the name of Christ that surely make God shudder. We've used His name to support our ideas and our ideals that would be far away from the way of ...

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