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2526. Crossing To A Land Of Hills And Valleys

Deuteronomy 11:1-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... . These aren't the ten suggestions or the ten friendly reminders. These are commandments from a just and loving God. This is how you shall live: "You shall not kill . . . You shall not steal . . . You shall not commit adultery . . . You shall not bear false witness . . . etc." During your growing up years, you witnessed some traumatic events such as the killings at Columbine as well as violence at other schools around the country and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. You also ...

2527. Tongue-tied By Three Zeros

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... the majesty of the triune God in our little box of brains, but there is a knowing that is at least as real--and many times more powerful--than intellectual reasoning. It is the Christ who dwells within our hearts. It is the Spirit that bear witness to our spirits. It is the God whose hand of providence brings into our lives blessings beyond description. Comedian Jay Leno tells about his mother who was an immigrant to this country. His mother lived in constant fear of deportation. Her fear can be traced ...

2528. Memorial Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other." (John 15: 12-17 NIV) As you know, there are two main words used for "love" in the Bible: phileo and agape. Phileo refers to ...

2529. Set Free Through Forgiveness!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... enjoyed by Western nations. One of the reasons may be Albania's culture of revenge. It is unlike anything seen elsewhere in the modern world. It is common in Albania to have blood feuds which date back many generations. In each family the men of the family bear a solemn obligation to avenge any harm done not only to their families, but also to their ancestors' families, and this obligation is passed down to each son as soon as he reaches an age of responsibility. If one man kills another man, the family of ...

2530. Names For The Christ Child

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." Emmanuel. God with us. This name comes from Isaiah 7:14: "The Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the young woman is with child and shall bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel." (RSV) There are other names for the Messiah. In another Christmas favorite, Isaiah prophesied in chapter 9, "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty ...

2531. The Defining Moment (A Sermon for New Year's)

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... already I'm about 90 days ahead on my calories and 90 days behind on my bills." Some of you can identify with him. Our calendar did not come down from above. It was established by human minds. There is no real reason why one day on the calendar should bear more significance than any other day of the year. Yet still we invest the changing of the year with a great deal of meaning. It is a time of hope, of planning, of vision-casting, to use a business buzzword. And, of course, it is a time for resolutions ...

2532. Can We Really Trust God?

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... God's sundials so he could understand the Almighty's timing. When Abraham was ninety-nine years old, God reminded him that he would father a mighty nation. And this time, Abraham fell on his face and laughed. Wouldn't you? Abraham and Sarah were well past the age of bearing children. The idea of starting a family now sounded more like a pipe dream than a promise. If we were to go through the Bible and make note of all God's promises to us, we might laugh too. Did God really mean that He would never leave us ...

2533. This Is Not What You Expected

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... their Lord. This fit perfectly with all they had been waiting for. But then Jesus zigs where they expected a zag: "Very truly, I tell you," he says, "unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." What's that? If it falls? If it dies? What's he talking about? But he doesn't stop there: "Those who love their life will lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life." "Oh, Jesus," they think with ...

2534. Faith-based Living

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... great Christian once wrote: "Christianity is not a voice in the wilderness, but a life in the world. It is not an idea in the air but feet on the ground going God's way. It is not an exotic to be kept under glass, but a hardy plant to bear twelve months of fruits in all kinds of weather. Fidelity to duty is its root and branch. Nothing we can say to the Lord, no calling Him by great or dear names, can take the place of doing His will. We may cry out about the beauty of eating bread ...

2535. What Must I Do?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... person and he asked the wrong question. And yet, says the writer of Mark, "Jesus loved him." Jesus turns to the young man and says to him "You know the commandments: You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother." And the young man says, "Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth." And Mark tells us that Jesus, looking at him, "loved him." That is so significant. Jesus isn't out to trip this ...

2536. When Life Tumbles In

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... through his property and flattened his barn. Surveying the damage, he looked up at the sky and said, "Now that is more like it." He should have realized that no one evades the storms of life forever. And sometimes the damage is almost more than we can bear. Sarah Rehnberg was just fifteen years old when she was stricken with Bell's Palsy, a nerve disorder of the face. As if the teen years aren't hard enough, Sarah also had to deal with the physical side effects and altered appearance that are hallmarks of ...

2537. A Visit To Millennium Manor

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... weighs 423 tons. Over 4,000 bags of cement were used. In theory, however, it should be possible to remove all cement from the entire building and it would remain standing, since the only function of the mortar was to fill gaps and not to bear a load. Why did the Nicholsons build such an imposing structure? The story is intriguing. The Nicholsons were very religious people who believed in a literal interpretation of Revelation 20:6, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. Over such ...

2538. An Unforgettable Day

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... to reply, his mother responded, "Nothing much. Ralphie had a fight." His father put down the paper and gazed at Ralphie. "A fight? What kind of fight?" Mom replied again, "Oh, you know how boys are. I gave him a talking to. Oh, I see the Bears are playing the Packers Sunday." Distracted by the sports page, the father forgets about the fight. Ralphie beams a smile at his mother for overlooking his bad behavior. Ralphie says to himself, "I slowly realized that I was not about to be destroyed. From then on ...

2539. Taking Charge

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... a boy who suddenly realizes his strategy for life isn't working--and he knows he needs a new plan. Let's shift gears for a moment. Let's look at our Old Testament lesson. It's from the book of Joshua. On the surface it seems to bear no resemblance to Luke's story about the Prodigal boy. The people of Israel have been wandering in the wilderness. During the time they have been in the wilderness, God has been feeding them with manna from heaven. Our story takes up when they have finally entered the promised ...

2540. Needed: A Radiator Cap Solution

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Won't you open up yourself to this One who offers you the opportunity for a new beginning, a new heart, a new soul, a new mind like unto the mind of Christ? Don't settle for anything less than a radiator cap solution. 1. "Bear Essentials, Frank Facts, and White Weddings," by Alice Cary, Biography Magazine, June 2002, p.25. 2. "The Woman Who Loved Children" by Marti Attoun, Ladies' Home Journal, December 2003, pp.94-105. 3. Colorado Comments, http://coloradocomments.com/ 4. "Forever Young?" by Sharlene K ...

2541. What Love Looks Like

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... and became one of us. He experienced weakness and exhaustion and hunger and pain. He humbled himself continually to show others the incredible extent of God's love. And as final proof, he gave his life in the most painful and humiliating way possible, all to bear a burden that remains rightfully ours. What does your love for others cost you? Love should never cost you your health, or safety, or self-respect. Those things are abuse, not love. But what does your love for others cost you? Perhaps you give up ...

2542. No Plastic Easter

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... death. One magazine titled the story, "Soul On Ice." His mother said that shortly before his death, Steven made a tape to be placed in the capsule, for he realized he might suffer some brain damage. She commented that his death was easier for her to bear because there wasn't the same finality of putting someone away under the earth. She said, "I had talked about it with Steven, not morbidly, just ordinary conversation, and I came to accept the idea." When asked if she expected Steven to be raised from his ...

2543. Trust Your Upbringing

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... equip us for life. We find guidance in the scriptures, we find comfort, we find inspiration. Knowing chapter and verse won't get us into heaven, but it will help get heaven into us. The scriptures are at the center of the Christian's devotional life. They bear witness to the acts of God. They help us grow into the likeness of Christ. They equip us to do God's work. Trust your upbringing, says St. Paul. Grow in your understanding--particularly in your understanding of the Word of God. Finally, he says, live ...

2544. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his loins. The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox." Isaiah is foretelling the Messianic age. This is what the world will be like when the fullness of Christ's kingdom comes. "The wolf shall live with the lamb, the ...

2545. Something To Brag About

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... rite of circumcision. This was a horrific idea to St. Paul. He had tried desperately to live according to the law of Moses before his conversion on the road to Damascus, and it had brought him not liberty but bondage, not freedom, but fear. He could not bear the thought that new believers would have this yoke pressed upon them. And so he wrote forcefully to the church of Galatia that salvation was by faith alone. Not by works. Not by ceremony, nor by the cutting of human flesh. But by faith in what Christ ...

2546. Drowning In A Sea Of Stuff

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... says. Jane is the only child of Jim and Melissa Carrey, who divorced in 1995. (1) I feel sorry for Jane Carrey. I really do. Not because, as a 15-year-old, she can't get by on $10,000 a month. I mean we all have our crosses to bear. But because she will probably never have a proper perspective on the place of money in life. In his book The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse, author Gregg Easterbrook observes that the more prosperous and free a people are, the more likely they are ...

2547. You Can't Please Everybody

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... constant barrage of backbiting took its toll. This leader's criticism was one more piece of wood used to construct the cross on which the Savior died. The tongue is a powerful weapon, isn't it? Whether it's idle criticism, or vicious gossip, or actually bearing false witness against somebody, the tongue can kill. In a sense, it killed Jesus. The nails driven into his hands and feet were just an extension of the animosity stirred up by his enemies through their lies and criticisms. We can say with the bard ...

2548. You Will Not Leave My Soul In Hell

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , there must be an end in view." (4) Victor Frankl discovered in the Nazi concentration camps that those who survived and even thrived by prison standards were the ones who clung to finishing a book, returning to their children, or to helping others bear their suffering. They had something to keep them going. Robert Schuller tells about a hopeless old drunk who was brought into a New York City hospital. "You know, this is your 50th visit," said the admitting doctor. The old man considered that information ...

2549. Who Are You?

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... No matter what the outside is like, there is something on the inside of us that is more than flesh. We cannot see it under a magnifying glass anymore than we can take a violin apart and find the music. The spirit of God, together with our spirit, bears witness that we are God's children. The greatest tragedy in most of our lives is that we think too little of ourselves. But there is an important qualification that we must make at this point"”the life that the spirit gives is optional. Plato taught that we ...

2550. On Names That Preach

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... Room that this prophecy of Isaiah is first spoken. Isaiah says, "Ahaz, trust the Lord. Don't look to political alliances." To underscore the divine source of his message, Isaiah offers Ahaz a sign. A virgin (Hebrew, "˜almah,' young woman") shall conceive and bear a son with the symbolic name, Emmanuel. Isaiah assures Ahaz that before this Emmanuel is three years old, the kings Ahaz feared would be destroyed. You see, Isaiah's words are addressed to a contemporary situation. "How can that be so?" one might ...

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