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Maxie Dunnam

 

Maxie Dunnam is minister at large of Christ United Methodist Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

Pondering and Kindling

PONDERING: to think about something carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion…. giving thought to, reviewing.

KINDLING: to light or set on fire, arouse or inspire (an emotion or feeling)

Painting above by Kerry Peeples

 

Victory Over Death

There is no if about death. The question is more accurately put, “When a person dies, shall he or she live again?” Not one line of the New Testament was written… not one sentence was penned apart from the conviction that He of whom these things were being written had...

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What Happens When Everyone Stops Sinning

The preaching must have been powerful. In a recent cartoon, as he leads his parents from worship, Dennis the Menace confronts the preacher. “What happens when everyone stops sinning? What will you do?” While we are not strangers to sin, Dennis stuns us with his ...

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God’s Breathed Word

I recently heard this story of a boy who desperately wanted a car for his sixteenth birthday. He didn’t hesitate in making that desire known. When that day finally arrived, he looked out the window, hopefully thinking that surely his new car would be there. But to his...

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Saints Alive!

Lessons from persons whose writings have endured through the centuries.

 

John Wesley: Assurance and Perfection

“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:16-17, NIV) In John...

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John Wesley: Going on to Salvation

“This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ...

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