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1. A Love For All Seasons (ii) (communion Meditation)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... fixed position in relation to the earth. So, to speak precisely, one ought to say that the earth is rising." An absolutely brilliant statement for the classroom, but an unbelievably dumb statement for the beach in the presence of a beautiful young woman." (Rodney E. Wilmoth, "Beyond Explanation", January 29, 1989). Last Sunday we began and today we continue today looking at a love for all seasons. We are saying that while love may not be explained in words, it is explained by the lives of people who love ...

2. Watering The Garden Of Our Life (communion Meditation)

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the Ashwan Dam, the Nile river overflowed each year, generously depositing all over the valley layer upon layer of rich tropical soil, washed down from the jungles of Central Africa. (C. Thomas Hilton, "Broken Gifts", Preaching, November - December, 1990, retold by Rodney E. Wilmoth, "An Opportunity, Not An Obligation", November 4, 1990) What the Nile did until it was contained is a picture of our proverb for today: "A generous person will be enriched, and one who gives water will get water." Like the Nile ...

3. How To Fail Successfully

Mark 6:7-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... to the change in times.” "What will we do now?" Margaret asked. Her mother's answer reflected a faith that seemed never to change: "God never fails, but it will be interesting to see how God works this one out. But for now, we have coffee." (Quoted by Rodney E. Wilmoth, "The Day He Was Rejected") Isn't that it? There comes a time to stop trying. So, it may be an oxymoron -- but it's a solid truth. We can fail successfully -- and we can learn to live by failing successfully if we keep in perspective these ...

4. The Heart -- Our Mirror

Proverbs 25:1-28

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Maxie Dunnam

... our promises. Besides, I love her." When Margie died, their son, Dale, asked John how he had done what he had done all those years. "I never thought about doing anything else," John replied. "You just do it, and God helps you." (Dr. Rodney E. Wilmoth's sermon "On Spelling Potato With an E", June 28, 1992 with credit given to Donald Shelby for story). That says it doesn't it? We must think love if we are going to love. III. Now, a second corollary to support our proposition that we must first think right in ...

5. Counterfeit Christianity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... , THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, The Upper Room, 1982, page 36. 2. Thanks to the late Dr. Harold Brack of Drew Theological Seminary for this story he gave me in Voice and Diction class. 3. Eugene H. Peterson, PRAYING WITH JESUS, Harper and Collins, 1993, March 27th devotional. 4. Thanks to Rodney E. Wilmoth, Hennepin Avenue UMC for this illustration. Eric S. Ritz is the pastor of First United Methodist Church, Schuylkill Haven, PA.

6. Blank Walls or Filled Lives (Part V)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... (Word Publishing, 1991), pp. 50-51. Dr. Swindoll cites as his source G. W. Target, THE WINDOW, from The Window's and other Essays (Boise, ID: Pacific Press Publishing Assoc., 1973), pp. 5-7. 2. Max Lucado, AND THE ANGELS WERE SILENT (Multnomah Press, 1992), p. 59. 3. Thanks to Rodney E. Wilmoth via Brian K. Bauknight.

7. Maundy Thursday: Two Memorials

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Eric Ritz

Recently, my distinguished colleague, Dr. Rodney E. Wilmoth of Omaha, Nebraska, shared in a printed sermon some information about what I believe to be a sad legacy and memorial left by a man, John Jacob Astor. When he died in the 1800s, he was considered to be the richest man in America. However, the memory that many people ...

8. A Love For All Seasons (i)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... town and the church, but it was a judgment couched in love. The citizens of Jaffry, more than a century later, recognized it as such and honored the memory of the love of the ex-old slave...a love that was beyond explanation." (Story from Clarence Forsberg, told by Dr. Rodney E. Wilmoth, "Beyond Explanation", St. Paul United Methodist Church, Omaha, Neb., January 29, 1989). A love for all seasons, which bears all things and believes all things.

9. The Ministry Of Making Many Rich

1 Timothy 6:11-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... Rev. Samuelson said that a powerful silence fell over the church. People were deeply moved. Some of the people helped the man down to the communion rail. As the people knelt, tears of love, sorrow and joy were streaming down their face. (Dr. Rodney E. Wilmoth, “From Declaration to Demonstration”, St. Paul United Methodist Church of Omaha, January 8, 1989). “A real miracle happened in that church on Christmas Eve. It was the miracle of a congregation coming to an awareness of who they were — that the ...

10. Turn in an Account of Your Stewardship

Luke 16:1-15

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Maxie Dunnam

... God. There are some things money cannot buy. Money will buy a bed, but not sweet dreams. Money will buy books, but not wisdom. Money will buy a house, but not a home. Money will buy pleasure, but not joy. Money will buy a crucifix, but not a Savior. (Dr. Rodney E. Wilmoth, “Mentor, Mediator, and Master”) Give an account of your stewardship, Jesus says to us. Make course corrections in life as a response to His probing word: One thing you lack.

11. Generic Christianity Is Not Enough

Romans 12:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... of the students was to abort the pregnancy. “It was,” as a class member said, “the expedient thing to do.” “That is interesting,” replied the professor. “You have just kept Beethoven from coming into the world.” (Story told by Dr. Rodney E. Wilmoth, in a sermon preached at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis, MN, February 23, 1997). This is not a sermon on abortion, but the tragic holocaust of abortion illustrates what happens when we forsake the authority of scripture and ...

12. Five Most Memorable Days

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Maxie Dunnam

... striking paradox -- the Man who lived the most memorable life somehow failed to experience a single one of the days our society considers to be the most memorable.[1] Does that say to you what it says to me? I really need to look at what gives me meaning. 1. Rodney E. Wilmoth, St. Paul United Methodist Church of Omaha, January 8, 1989.

13. Freed From Fear

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't a dream, that has actually happened to us. You and I have been adopted by God. Why are we afraid? Do you know who your father is? Dr. Rodney Wilmoth was lecturing in Texas a few summers ago. The pastor of the church there had a son named Dolph who was twenty-seven years old, but still lived at ... 2. Carl Henkel. Mt. Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church. St. Paul, MN 3. Thomas E. Boomershine. STORY JOURNEY. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988) pp. 99-101. 4. James W. Moore. HEALING WHERE IT HURTS. (Nashville: Dimensions for ...

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