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2476. God's Job Profile

Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... and who seeks the welfare of all its people, then our willingness to order our lives according to His principles is quite important. A very old woman came to Jacob the baker to ask his advice. Jacob was renowned for his great wisdom. "Listen, young man!" she said sharply. "I want to ask you something. I heard you talk about dying, and I'm going to die soon. I have a great deal of money. If you're so smart, why not tell me how I can take it with me?" The old woman released a wicked little gurgle of greed ...

2477. Advice For Soldiers At The Front

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... newcomers was a psychiatrist, who joined Terry in speaking quietly with the girl. But the doctor's approach was psychiatric, and the girl wanted to talk about God. So Terry did most of the talking. He offered her a pin he was wearing. It had the words ... they would pray together if she returned to the roof. Hesitantly, the girl began moving backward to safety. The crowd that had gathered wanted to surround her and comfort her, but Terry waved them back. He told everyone to kneel, and, true to his promise, he ...

2478. An Empty Stage Or An Empty Tomb?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... with it for a while, and then when I'm tired of playing with it ” I think I'll kill it." He made that last comment with a wicked grin. Moved with compassion for the bird, Spurgeon asked, "How much would you sell me that bird for?" "You don't want this bird, mister," the boy said with a chuckle. "It's just a bleeding field sparrow." But then he saw the old gentleman was serious. "You can have this bird for ” two pounds," he said slyly. Two pounds at that time would be worth more than a hundred dollars ...

2479. Jesus Prays For Us

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... to know that the bonds that join us to one another and to God are eternal. Nothing will ever break them. Not even death will snatch us from Him or from those we love. 1. Harold S. Kushner, WHEN ALL YOU'VE EVER WANTED ISN'T ENOUGH (New York: Summit Books, 1986). 2. Jeff Scott Cook, ELEMENTS OF SPEECHWRITING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING (New York: Collier Books, 1991). 3. Contributed. Source: Keith L. Brooks, ILLUSTRATIONS FOR PREACHERS AND SPEAKERS, Zondervan Books 4. Carol Kent, SPEAK UP WITH CONFIDENCE (Nashville ...

2480. On Knowing What's Best For Your Kids

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sometimes parents rob their children of developing a sense of responsibility because it is easier to go ahead and perform a task for them than it is to get them to do it themselves. It is easier to give in than it is to set firm guidelines. I don't want to seem judgmental, but my guess is that in today's world there are more problem parents than problem kids. Did you see in St. Louis this year where they had to cancel the annual city-wide Easter egg hunt, because parents were getting out of hand? If you don ...

2481. A Message From Above And Beyond

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... shore, writes Buscalgia, "I had an uncontrollable urge to stop right there and take him into my arms and hug him. But Papa, always the nurturer, spared me the trouble. He stopped and reached out to me, took me into his arms and spoke the very thoughts I wanted to express. `Don't be sad,' he said. `We've had a nice life together.'" (3) We remember those special persons and give thanks to God for the privilege of walking beside them and for their positive influence in our lives. ON THIS ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY WE ...

2482. When God Speaks

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... God, your daily responsibilities? Do you take this church to God and ask God's guidance in how you may help us be what God wants us to be? Is the problem one of God's speaking or of our listening? Marshall McLuhan once made the observation that nature has not equipped ... eyes, but not our ears. Yet, says McLuhan, we compensate for nature's oversight by developing selective listening. We listen to what we want to hear. And I dare say, some of us are not listening to God. How does God speak to us? Do we limit ...

2483. What's The Matter? Are You Blind?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... to heal us. But you say, "Pastor, I don't need healing. My relationship with my spouse is just fine. My health is just fine. I'm not in any kind of pain right now. I don't need Jesus'healing." Maybe not, but we don't want to miss the central teaching of this chapter of John's Gospel. The central teaching of this chapter is that losing your sight is a tragic thing, but far more tragic is having healthy eyes and being spiritually sightless. If we took time to go through this entire chapter we ...

2484. A Message For Big Bird

John 11:17-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... the likenesses. He's left with Mr. Hooper's picture. "I can't wait till he sees it," says Big Bird. "Say, where is he? I want to give it to him." One cast member explains: "Big Bird, don't you remember? We told you . . .Mr. Hooper died. He's dead." Big Bird ... that is not the end of the story. JESUS CALLED LAZARUS FROM THE TOMB AND GRANTED HIM THE GIFT OF NEW LIFE. Here is where we want to focus our attention this day. Jesus is the giver of new life. Not only new life beyond the grave, but new life here and ...

2485. I Can Have Anything?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But he had discovered that verse, "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do. . . " He believed that verse meant that all he had to do was ask and he would pass the exam. He told God he was believing God's promise, and he wanted a good grade. The next day young Weatherhead took the examination, but when the grades were in, he had failed. He was disillusioned. He rebelled and almost lost his faith. He came to the conclusion that the promises of the Bible were not good ” all because God had ...

2486. A Reason For Living

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... of psychiatrists with religious upbringing now profess to have no religious beliefs. (4) No wonder psychiatry has never fulfilled its promise. Where there is no meaning, there is no power. Having said that, though, let me add this thought: IT MAY BE THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALLY WANT AN ULTIMATE MEANING TO LIFE. There is a danger, isn't there? If we declare in our hearts that the Gospel is true, that there is a meaning to life, that there is a God who exists, who has created us in God's own image and has ...

2487. Do You Have The Glory?

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... . God is a 100% guarantee of a problemfree life." (Don't you wish!) Others said things like, "I believe in the God that sent his only Son to die on the cross . . . He loves all people even me . . . Kind, just, merciful, stern . . . Fun has a sense of humor . . . He wants me to obey him. (5) Those Junior High young people have a pretty good grasp on who God is. Certainly God is all those things and more and all of these are wrapped up in God's glory. Jesus, of course, shared in God's glory. In fact, in the ...

2488. Sister Act

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... at a moment's notice. Martha sometimes comes out as the heavy in this story. That's unfortunate. She was excited to see Jesus. He was a visitor in their home on more than one occasion. And it was always a pleasure. Jesus was the kind of person anyone would want to have for dinner. He was so loving, so accepting. There is evidence that he had a great sense of humor. This was a happy occasion. So, it was something of a downer when Martha made her cryptic remark to Jesus, "Sir, doesn't it seem unfair to you ...

2489. Sitting At God's Table

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , he must look the part. Unfortunately, a tuxedo was out of his budget. How did he solve this dilemma? The day of the tribute he applied for a job at an upscale restaurant in L.A. as a waiter. He was hired. He didn't really want the job. What he wanted was the uniform. That night Griffith appeared at the banquet wearing a tuxedo which was really a waiter's uniform and had a great time. The next morning he returned the uniform to the restaurant apologetically, explaining that he had a change of heart. Today ...

2490. Where's George?

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... admitted with a heart attack, and he had seemed restless and anxious all evening. He perked up when the door to his room opened, but then looked disappointed to see Sue walk in. As Sue checked Mr. Williams chart and asked about his condition, she sensed that he wanted very much to ask her something. Finally, with tears in his eyes, Mr. Williams asked Sue to call his daughter and tell her of his heart attack. She was the only family he had left, and he seemed very anxious that she know of his condition. Sue ...

2491. Day Of Decision

Mark 14:10-26, 43-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... , it had been Judas who complained when Mary the sister of Lazarus took precious ointment and anointed Jesus' feet. "Why was not this ointment sold . . . and given to the poor?" he asked indignantly. (John 12:3-5) Today, Judas might have been a social reformer. He wanted to help the poor. He looked at religious institutions getting fat, and he thought he knew a better way. And certainly we can appreciate that. Zig Ziglar tells about a boy who grew up in a wealthy, privileged household. One day, he got in a ...

2492. Spin-masters Need Not Apply

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... to us Christians." Christian faith does not need defenders, for it is never in conflict with truth. Marilyn vos Savant, the brilliant woman who reportedly has the highest I.Q. ever recorded, writes a syndicated column in which she answers tricky questions from people who want the benefit of her intelligence. Someone wrote to ask her what was the most powerful idea that she knew of. She replied that "truth" was the most powerful idea she knew of, because it is not affected by how we relate to it. Whether or ...

2493. He Touched Me

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... act was? If not, you need to know that no one touched people with leprosy. For one thing, the Hebrew law required that no one touch a leper. They were ritually unclean. Secondly, leprosy is a loathsome disease in which the skin putrefies on the body. Who wants to touch someone in such a condition? So, this man may have gone for many years without the simplest human contact. Think about that, years without a touch. Every one of us needs physical, human touching. Experts tell us that infants need to be held a ...

2494. Letters Straight From The Heart

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Sermon

King Duncan

... husband would drive him back to his old way of life. But he was a changed man. His faith was real. Now, she wanted that same change in her life. Together, Tony's mother and father knelt down and prayed, and Mrs. Evans accepted Jesus into her heart ... old lady looked hungry, so he offered her a Twinkie. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Once again, she smiled at him. The boy was delighted. They sat there all ...

2495. Jerry's Story . . . And Ours

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... about how much we mean to God. It's called, "If God Had a Refrigerator." If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart. What about the Christmas gift He sent you in Bethlehem; not to mention that Friday at Calvary. Face it, friend. He's crazy about you. (4) That's why God sent Jesus, God ...

2496. What Does It Mean To Be Really Free?

Galatians 5:1-15

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... and women to be soldiers, they didn't have fancy television commercials. All they had was a poster. On it was a drawing of a man with a tall hat, a goatee, and a finger pointed outward with these words underneath: "Uncle Sam Wants You!" That meant that the United States government wanted you to be a soldier. But how did Uncle Sam become a symbol for the United States? I'm told there was once a man in Massachusetts named Samuel Wilson who was around when Paul Revere made his famous ride to warn the American ...

2497. Faith In Conflict

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... and consulted her mother, who told her, "Ask for John the Baptist's head!" So Salome hurried back to the king and told him, "I want the head of John the Baptist--right now--on a tray!" The king was sorry he had made this vow to her, but he was ... for Herod Antipas. He had allowed an innocent man--a man whom he admired--to be put to death simply because he did not want to be embarrassed in front of his friends. James Russell Lowell wrote these haunting words: "Once to every man and nation /Comes the moment ...

2498. Right Choices

Matthew 13:24-30

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... this strainer. All the water pours out and goes down the drain, but the pasta stays in the strainer. That's how you separate the water and the spaghetti noodles. Strainers are important things because they help us to separate the stuff we want, like the spaghetti noodles, from the stuff we don't want, like the water. Don't you wish we had something like a strainer that would help us to separate the good and the bad stuff in our lives? What if we had a strainer that could separate all the sin and the bad ...

2499. Where Are Your Chickens?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Cossett, and be able to survive herself. One evening she is abused and beaten by a group of men. Jean Valjean takes her to a safe place and cares for her. But Fantine says to him, "Why are you being so kind?" At first she thinks he wants what all the other men wanted. When it dawns on her that there are no strings attached, she says, "You don't understand. I'm a [prostitute], and Cossett has no father." Jean Valjean responds with these amazing words of grace: "She has the Lord. He is her father, and you are ...

2500. Clean Hands and Dirty Hearts

Matthew 15:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... on the one hand they know that God doesn't mean for His people to wall themselves off from others; on the other, they want their young person to be around other young people who will influence them in a positive way and to stay away from people who ... to see the unique quality of every person he met. (4) This is Christ's will for us. Let's not major in minors. Jesus wants us to build bridges, not walls. All that really matters in life is our relationship with God and our relationships with one another. Let's ...

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