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2326. He Pitched His Tent Among Us

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... West, this has been the central fact - the cross. Calvary is our Holy of Holies. Around the cross is where we feel nearest to God, more conscious of His Presence, pierced to the heart by His sacrificial love poured out for sinners such ... pitched his tent among us. Is there a more heartening message in the Bible than that? Dietrich Rischl thinks not. He wrote about the feeling that came over him one December night in 1944 during a bomb attack: “Many thousands of people died that night, and after the worse ...

2327. Born Again

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... he suggested that Nicodemus was one of the most honored of the deputation teams sent out by the temple authorities to examine John the Baptist’s preaching and to report to the temple about the whole movement. It was there that Nicodemus began to feel the nudging of the Spirit, the unsettledness in his soul, the gnawing conviction that something was lacking in his life. He not only heard John’s preaching, like others, he no doubt heard the rumors that John was the Messiah. He may have even questioned ...

2328. Dying to Live

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... But Jesus meant that he was going to the cross, and He was going to be glorified by being crucified. He was not going to be lifted up and crowned King. He would be lifted from the earth up on the cross as a crucified Lord. Do you get the feel of it now? When Jesus spoke that first sentence the hearts of all the listeners began to pound excitedly. An then Jesus staggered them, left them amazed and bewildered by what he said. His conquest would come, not in terms of over-powering the enemy with might and main ...

2329. There Is a Price for Everything

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a man who had visited this congregation. He was overwhelmed in so many different ways, but he wrote with such deep feeling about sitting in the pew and picking up the booklet that lists the 269 opportunities for us to be involved in volunteer ... s event was over. In fact, he saw his son moving rather dejectedly across the field, and he knew something was wrong. The father began to feel guilty that he had not been there to cheer his son on and to affirm him and to share with him in that important experience. ...

2330. Fresh Every Morning - A Test

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... He said something I’ve never heard before. “I know the pain will lessen - every body tells me it will - but I’m not sure I want it to - the lessening of the pain will mean distance from love. When we think about it, we know what he is feeling - the loss of a love that is fresh every morning. That ought to teach us. Don’t think you can store it up. Love must be kept alive in word and deed daily. It must be fresh every morning. Psychologists and marriage counselors usually agree that the three biggest ...

2331. Fresh Every Morning - A Token and a Truth

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... man wrote about the satisfying, sufficient, sustaining provision of God. It’s not great poetry, but it expresses deep faith and great hope. My prison house is cold and gray And made of rock and steel It’s filled with tears both night and day, There’s little love to feel. The sick and sad and broken men Who suffer here with me Cannot recall the joys of when They last were gay and free. Yet I am happy, and I’m free Though tombed within this hell For mighty acts of God I see Through the cold bars of my ...

2332. A Glimpse of God

Exodus 33:19-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... but my face shall not be seen.” So, here we are - where we began - suppose you had an appointment with God tomorrow morning. What would you feel like? I know Moses didn’t sleep that night - for I know I couldn’t sleep if I had a date with God tomorrow morning. If ... justice.” The friend said, with a twinkle in her eye, “my dear, what you need is not justice, but mercy.” Sometimes we feel imposed on by the universe and say to our selves, “There’s no justice in the world.” We think if only we ...

2333. The Geography of the Christian Experience

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... tombstone. One of the letter “N’s” in Dunnam was printed backward, very simple and crude. My parents didn’t know who the little one was or the family from which it had come - but it was a Dunnam baby and I had the sad and strange feeling of belonging to the earth there in Perry County where this little baby who didn’t live but a day was buried. You see geography - personal geography, is important. It was important to Paul, so I want to talk about the geography of the Christian experience. The ...

2334. The Gospel Through the Person

Galatians 4:8-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . Paul loved the Galatians. He saw them as his spiritual children. This was no surface bond, no sentimental affection. It was the kind of love that was tender, but tough. Integrity was preserved in the honesty of an open and trusting relationship. Try to feel the depth of that relationship. “If it had been possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.” (v. 15). What love! And sense the probing honesty. “Have I therefore become your enemy because I speak the truth?” (v ...

2335. The Harvest of the Spirit, Part 1

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for his sins, There’s one that unrepentant sits and grins; There’s one that loves his neighbor as himself and one that cares for naught but fame and self From much corroding care I should be free. If I could once determine which is me. Do you feel that way sometimes? Don’t we come all too frequently to those days when we are so befuddled arid immobilized by the perplexity of own human nature we wonder if we can even call ourselves a Christian? We’re so torn within. There’s so little of Christ ...

2336. Joy Comes in the Morning

Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , and Thou hast healed me.” That’s only one of the Mount Everest affirmations of this Psalm. So let’s look at it with our minds and hearts and receive the rich grace it offers. First, let’s consider the Psalm as a whole and get the movement and feeling of it. “Although this Psalm in Jewish ritual is used at the Feast of Dedication as a national song, it surely was entirely personal to its original author. A man had been sick to death; he was now well again, and he gave God the praise. Not only so ...

2337. Liberated Women

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... s vernacular, he had liberated them. That is why many of us are in this room today. Christ has done something wonderful in our lives. He has liberated us from the power of sin. He has liberated us from pride and self-righteousness. He has liberated us from feelings of unworthiness. And we have come to show our love and support so that he can touch other lives through us. It is probably no accident that the story of these women follows right on the heels of the story of the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet ...

2338. Damaged Goods

Luke 7:36-50

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Mickey Anders

... ." But not very many people bought them. Most just ignored them. Often we ended up sending them back to the manufacturers. Bass Mitchell adds, "It seems to me that a lot of people feel like this. Whatever the reason, things they've done, things life has done to them, things beyond their control, have made them feel like damaged goods...bent out of shape, crushed, of little value to themselves or anyone else." Rev. Mitchell once saw a woman being interviewed on television. She was a single parent with two ...

2339. The Shepherd Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... not anymore. I know the Holy Spirit. God is real to me. We are humanly powerless in face of the evil system, but our power from God is greater than the system. It is no wonder she could laugh her eyes danced - there was an uncommon joy that you could feel just by sitting beside her and listening to her. She was saying in it all “The Lord is MY Shepherd.” We can learn from Joy even though our lot will never be so painfully tragic. Jesus will not be content to be a shepherd, or even a good Shepherd. He ...

2340. He Leadeth Me

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... they watch the stars, they say things that they think they’re supposed to say. They say, “It sure makes you feel close to God, doesn’t it Father.” “You sure feel like God has a plan, don’t you Father.” Trying to impress a priest, and one as old as he is ... God’s will. It will require discipline and discernment to stay in His will. But the inner peace that comes, the feelings of worthiness, the ease of conscience, the assurance of God’s good pleasure and eternal life will affect any price. Many ...

2341. Characteristics of the Church

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the call for each of us and none can escape the fundamentals of it which was the dynamic of this early church the responsibility we have for one another which will make us a sharing people. That Church at Pentecost was a sharing Church. I ask you, can we feel anywhere near the vision of Christ’s spirit, if we’re not giving at least 10% of our income to Christ’s ministry through his church. I press the question. Are we anywhere near the vision if we’re not actively working in some way to help God’s ...

2342. Simon

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... time about people who have made a lot of money, without a lot of effort: “He was in the right place at the right time.” We say a similar thing when the unwanted happens to us. “I was in the wrong place at the right time.” Some of us feel that’s the story of our life — being in the wrong place at the right time. It’s a cynical word, expressing a sort of sneering surrender to fate. The word takes on a different meaning when we look at our scripture lesson today. I’m sure Simon’s immediate ...

2343. Facing Our Fears with Faith

Matthew 10: 27-31

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ever before. Never again will we board a plane, open a letter, or enter a stadium with the kind of innocence we assumed before September 11th. How will we learn to live with this kind of fear? To fear or not to fear. That is not the question. Only fools feel no fear. The question is: How can we use our present fears as a force for good? Fear can poison our lives with anxiety or begin a new wave of wisdom. I challenge you today, as Jesus challenged His disciples facing a cruel world so long ago, to face your ...

2344. Impossible Possibilities

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ? Tell me Lord, what did I ever do, to deserve loving you and the kindness you've shown?" Do you ever have those feelings? The feelings of awe, amazement, and wonder that God has a purpose, a place and a mission for you. At least once during the holidays ... God. A pastor received this letter from a parishioner challenging the pastor's obsessiveness about sermons. “Dear Sir, it seems ministers feel their sermons are very important and spend a great deal of time preparing them. Over the last 30 years I have ...

2345. Finding Answers to Family Feuds

Genesis 25: 21-34

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... scorn and hatred of myself for years and years. What parents think play a gigantic role in what children do and how they feel for a lifetime. Parents play a part. Of course, the siblings themselves wind up in a fight. My friend, Jim Harnish, writes about ... matter how you got to where you are, or how badly you hurt, or how embarrassed you may be, or how drained of hope you may feel, there is a ceaseless stream of God’s mercy flowing for you. By the waters of baptism our sins are washed away. At the fount of ...

2346. Soaring with Christ

Matthew 28:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... went into the nursery and edged up to the crib. Leaning close to her newborn brother she said, “Baby, will you tell me what God feels like? I'm starting to forget." We do forget. Do you remember when it was easy to pray? Now I lay me down to sleep, ... have you have climbed, it is have you made any difference since you have been here? Is life any fairer? Are there any people feeling loved just because you passed by? Is the world any better because you came here? Herein is the important. That is all that is ...

2347. Finding Our Place In All Creation

Job 38:1-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things, who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water and I feel above me the day blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world and I am free." In this drama of human suffering, at last God speaks. In Chapters 38—42 of the Book of Job, we have the longest discourse heard ...

2348. How to Make Heaven Our Home

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... often told you before and now say again, Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ...Their mind is on earthly things. As a parent, do you ever feel like you are swimming against the tide trying to raise children by Christian principles? As a business person, do you ever feel like you stand alone for the cause of integrity and honesty in the marketplace? As a teenager, do you feel the pressure of others to become what you are not? Of course you do. It is because of who you are. You follow a God who is at ...

2349. Foundations are Critical

Matthew 7:24-27

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... shorter than one of our “Faith Breaks” on television. But the truths are eternal. Everybody is building a life. The storms come to all. Foundations make all the difference. I. EVERYBODY IS BUILDING A LIFE. Whether we plan to or not, whether we want to or not, whether we feel good about it or not, from the cradle to the grave we are in the life construction business. We didn’t ask to be born and we will not likely decide about our death, but the days of our lives are in our hands. Piece by piece, plank ...

2350. Diving Deeper

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... obey—to go with Him all the way? One nudge to deeper waters may be DISAPPOINTMENT. “Lord, we’ve worked hard all night and caught nothing.” Or as I hear it expressed, “I’ve been faithful for years, what difference has it made?” Do you ever feel that way? Is your religion a load or a lift? We start the Christian life with high hopes and great expectations. We believe God can do anything but fail—then illness strikes, divorce happens, death comes, jobs disappear and God doesn’t seem so mighty ...

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