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2501. Pretenders

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... the evening: ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE YOUR ALL TO CHRIST? By now, most of us know the story of Cassie Bernall, the brave teenager from Columbine High School who was killed when she stood up for her faith. On April 20, 1999, two fellow students bearing guns took the student body hostage. According to witnesses, they mockingly asked if some of their hostages believed in God. Staring down the barrel of a gun, Cassie Bernall said yes. She was shot and killed for her answer. Just before her death, Cassie and her ...

2502. Secrets Of Successful Parenting

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... just to get you relaxed, so they can drown you at the end of one of the services." (1) Johnny's experience of going to church was not as positive as Jesus' visit to the Temple when he was twelve years of age. In fact the two stories bear little resemblance. Jesus' parents were devout Jews. They went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover. But this year went a little differently from prior years. On the way home Jesus' parents realized that Jesus was not with them. This was not like their son ...

2503. Hurting People Hurt People

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... retired seminary professor, Dr. Fred Craddock--a man who has influenced thousands of pastors and lay people of every religious persuasion. Craddock and his wife were on vacation in Eastern Tennessee in the Smoky Mountains. They had gone to a place called The Black Bear Inn, a restaurant. One side of the building was all glass. You could look out over the mountains and have your dinner. "It was just beautiful," says Craddock. While they were waiting for their dinner, an old man perhaps in his eighties, with ...

2504. I'm O.k.; You're A Little Suspect

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... mother, a poor widow, wrote a letter to Judge Lowrey, asking him to overturn the judgement and forget the fine. She explained that her son was broke and unemployed; it would fall on her shoulders to pay his fine. The financial burden was more than she could bear. With tears in his eyes, the judge signed the docket which sealed the poor man's fate and adjourned the court. To remit the fine would violate his oath to uphold the law, and justice would suffer for the sake of mercy. But when the judge wrote back ...

2505. Smart As A Goat

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... who walked into his garden one day to find almost everything withered and dying. Speaking to an oak near the gate, he learned that it was sick of life because it was not tall and beautiful like the pine. The pine was upset, for it could not bear delicious fruit like the pear tree, while the pear tree complained that it did not have the lovely odor of the spruce; and so it went throughout the entire garden. Coming to a pansy, however, the king saw its bright face full of cheerfulness. “Well, little flower ...

2506. A Healthy Body

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... circle of going around crying out, 'I'm fine. How are you?' So many of us have been stuck in this knothole for years, though everyone knows the joy's not coming out our ears." (6) Are you caught in that vicious circle? We weren't meant to bear our burdens alone. The body of Christ was meant to suffer with those who suffer and rejoice with those who rejoice. Pastor Alan Wright tells of visiting Lester, an elderly man suffering from cancer. Often, Lester was in such pain that he would just lie on the bed ...

2507. I Didn't Expect This In Church!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

First of all, a word for the ladies. If you think the man in your life is a world-class, gold-medal sports freak, Linda Geyer has a sporting wager for you. Any horror story you have, she can top. Your husband can't bear to watch anything but the sports channels? Linda's husband Mitch has four TV sets placed throughout their home in suburban California, a fifth in the garage, a sixth on the patio and a portable TV in the car. Your husband watched sports on your honeymoon? At the wedding altar ...

2508. Living In Sin Or Synergy?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... be tempted to buy just for the title. The title is WHEN I PRAYED FOR PATIENCE . . . GOD LET ME HAVE IT! Zornes reports that on this plantation one set of workers cut down the man-sized stalks containing dozens of green bananas. Then others would bear these across their shoulders and back to a central loading place. Gently they'd roll these burdens off onto cushioned trailers. She concludes that like those workers we need to bring him our entire heavy, unmanageable burden, and just roll it onto God's strong ...

2509. Beaten Up, But Still Standing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... died. (4) Prayer works. We don't always get what we ask for when we pray, but God is responsive to our prayers. We have resources the world does not have. We have faith. We have prayer, and we have the community of the saints. We draw strength from bearing one another's burdens. There are people in this room who will testify how much it helped in a time of crisis to have the love and support of the people in their church. III. God Is in Control. Life happens. Faith has little to do with what happens ...

2510. Like Everest Without Oxygen And Wimbledon Without A Racquet

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... tried to "climb Mt Everest without oxygen, or played Wimbledon without a racquet." You just can't do it. Three philosophies of life: What is yours is mine, What is mine is mine, What is mine is yours. All three are still around today, but only one bears the character of Jesus Christ. Jesus asks us, "Which of these three was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robber?" 1. The Jokesmith. 2. Information gleaned from Neal Fisher's The Parables of Jesus, pp. 83-84. 3. Christopher L. Coppernoll ...

2511. Time to Pull the Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'" (NIV) We're told that in Syria and Palestine there is a weed known as the bearded darnel which grows plentifully. Here's the problem with this weed: it bears an uncanny resemblance to wheat--until the head appears on the plant. Only then is the difference easily discerned. The weed appears to be wheat--even an experienced farmer could not tell the difference--until the time comes for it to produce fruit. Only then is ...

2512. Tevye's Question

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... he talked, they are his presence in the world. And so I ask this day: Do you love him? I. Do you have his heart? Do you love those he loved. Much damage has been done to the Christian witness through the centuries by people who bear Jesus' name but do not have his heart. They say they are Christian yet their attitude toward others is cold, demanding, sometimes even cruel. Michael Slaughter in his book Unlearning Church tells about a religion editor from a local newspaper who came to his church to interview ...

2513. Family Survival

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Stephen DeFur

... you're the only you in the whole world, and I get to be your dad." Can you imagine how this story would have turned out differently if Jacob had loved like that--if he had gotten twelve little robes instead of one? You see, the truth is . . . every child bears the image of God and every child that you see is counted by God precious enough to be worth the life His son sacrificed on the cross. If I could love as well as God loves, I'd see it in each person as clearly as God sees it --and ...

2514. So, You Want To Know About Love?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... from her five pregnancies. Jackie spoke of the pride and joy that those scars brought her, because each one represented a dearly-loved child. Jamie Buckingham writes, "When I think of Mother's Day, I think of Jackie's scars." (9) There is another person whose body bears scars because of his love. It is Jesus Christ. Love was the whole reason he came. It is the legacy he commanded us to share with the world. He gave us the perfect example of love himself. CHRIST-LIKE LOVE IS SECURE, IT IS SUPPORTIVE, IT IS ...

2515. Building A Faith

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... boys who starve to death go to heaven?" That little fellow was more patient than most of us. I read recently that only nine percent of adults are willing to wait more than five minutes for a waiter to ask for their beverage order; 20 percent can bear only one minute. (1) We don't like to wait. We are people who want instant gratification. Officer Aaron Graham of Louisville, Kentucky, tells of a woman who was strolling through a park en route to a company picnic. Swinging from her shoulder was her trusty ...

2516. Like A Mighty Army

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... songs that has fallen into disfavor with many Christians--especially since the Vietnam War--is the grand old hymn, Onward Christian Soldiers. It is too militaristic say some. And perhaps it is. We need to be reminded that early Christians refused to bear arms. They trusted in God, not the weapons of war. Christians must always regard war as a drastic action reserved for the most desperate of situations. Others say Onward Christian Soldiers is too triumphalist. It is not sensitive to the presence of people ...

2517. A Friend In High Places

Hebrews 7:11-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... sent his friend Claudius to tour the world and report back on what he learned. Claudius would be traveling outside the Roman Empire among the savage barbarian tribes. His life would be in danger. Augustus sent him with a small party, and a scroll bearing the Imperial Eagle of Rome. Claudius was to show this scroll to the chief of any tribe he encountered. It said this in several languages: "DO NOT UNDERTAKE TO HARM CLAUDIUS UNLESS YOU ARE CERTAIN YOU CAN DEFEAT CAESAR." Claudius returned to Rome unharmed ...

2518. Children Of The Light

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the darkness, afraid and alone. They can become children of the light. We are those who are watching, but we do our watching together as a family. AND WE ARE THOSE WHO ARE WITNESSING. Like John the Baptist, we are not the light, but we bear witness to the light. The story is told of a rather self-important man who made it his mission to visit the Sunday school classes in his church each week. Often teachers were a little intimidated by him sitting there in silent judgement. One young woman nervously ...

2519. Held Hostage

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... be delivered up . . . but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm." Pilate therefore said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice." (NASB) No wonder Pilate wanted nothing to do with Jesus. Here was Someone the likes of whom he had never encountered before. He WAS a king. But the word "king" was inadequate for the role he was ...

2520. Passing The Test Of Faith

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... on television know that Linus always carries his blanket everywhere he goes. When we are small, something soft and cuddly can make us feel better when we are afraid. As we grow older, though, it gets kind of embarrassing to carry around a blanket or a teddy bear every place we go, so our security has to come from within. The best kind of security comes from knowing that we are God's children. God wants us to be confident and friendly. Have you ever known anybody who was very timid or shy? Sometimes adults ...

2521. The Divine Balance

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... and wholly an act of God. The only requirement that God puts on us is that we believe that Christ has saved us. The only requirement is that we trust in the power of God's love for us. Having said that, though, it is equally true that saving faith bears fruit. If I say that I believe that a certain bridge will support my weight, but I refuse to cross that bridge, it is questionable whether my faith in that bridge is authentic. In the same way, if I say that God so loved the world that God gave His ...

2522. Come Home To God

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Angela Akers

... sincerely repent of our sins, when we come home, God stands ready to bless us. Further along in Joel, chapter 2, God promises the people of Judah and Jerusalem that repentance will lead them to revival and restoration. He will restore their land and make it bear fruit again. He will return the people to prosperity. And here lies one of the most beautiful promises of the Old Testament in verse 25: "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten . . ." There is a beautiful quote on repentance from the ...

2523. The Bold And Beautiful

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... send them to unfriendly places. Surrender to God might make them uncomfortable and even bring them pain. Was Mother Teresa weak? How many of you would have the courage to bathe the decaying limbs of a leper? How many of you have the strength to bear the stench of living among desperately poor, forgotten and diseased people? It is godless people who are spineless. They live only for themselves. They do only what conveniences them. When difficult times come, they take refuge in chemicals or some other form of ...

2524. Search For Tomorrow

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... reports? No one would fabricate a story with as many troubling discrepancies. These are the jumbled eyewitness accounts of men and women who are experiencing something that never happened before. Who could help but get excited reporting such news? Then to bring it to bear on our lives, the writer of Colossians sums up the meaning of the resurrection like this: "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on ...

2525. I Wish Life Came With An Eraser!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... the corner staring at the once pristine walls which are now decorated with his artwork"”a dinosaur, a house, a cowboy, the sky with sun and clouds. Evidently, mom didn't much appreciate his drawing skills, so there he sits in his rocking chair snuggling his Teddy Bear, alone with his thoughts. Hank Ketcham allows us to overhear what he is thinking: "Boy, I wish life came with an eraser!" Indeed! Don't we all? I suspect there are times in each of our lives when we, too, wish life came with an eraser, when ...

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