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2526. Yes!!!

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

King Duncan

... have your eyes on your circumstances . . . When we live down in the dumps we're looking at our circumstances the wrong way. If I looked at my crippled body or my limitations," says David Ring, "you'd better believe I would be down in the dumps. But the key is, view your situation not as a handicap but as a blessing of God or a tool He can use. Thank God, I don't look at cerebral palsy. I look at what God does in my life, and it becomes a blessing. It's not a disability. I thank God for ...

2527. Letters Straight From The Heart

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Sermon

King Duncan

... letter of commendation for Christ. Living letters. Think what it means. We are communicating daily to those around us whether God lives in our hearts. We are communicating daily whether we take this God-business seriously. We are communicating daily a positive or negative view of the universe. When the Holy Spirit lives in our hearts, we are living letters from God. According to Pastor Robert R. Kopp, there are three ways we communicate our love for God: by our CONFESSION (what we say), by our CONDUCT (what ...

2528. Hey, You Can Only Be Young Twice!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... He knows bike secrets, knows how to make it bend to take sharp corners, knows how to jump to clear high rocks, knows how to fly to shorten scary passages. And I am learning to shut up and pedal in the strangest places, and I'm beginning to enjoy the view and the cool breeze on my face with my delightful constant companion, Jesus Christ. And when I'm sure I just can't do anymore, He just smiles and says . . . "Pedal."(5) Are you ready to leap onto God's bicycle? Do you want to be young again spiritually ...

2529. Surprise!

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... punished for your sins, maybe even sins you've committed in a past life. It's a simple, but flawed equation: health and wealth are blessings from God. If you don't have health or wealth, then God must not love you. Jesus came to turn this world view upside down. No longer does might equal right. He came to declare that God loves the poor, the blind, the sick, the oppressed even more because of their humble state. There are no rejects in God's economy. He announced that riches on earth are meaningless; it is ...

2530. Who Are Your Gentiles?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... . And then the pastor prayed over all of them. After the prayer, Harry said gruffly, "You know, you still have to pay for the doughnuts. But from now on, the coffee will always be free." (2) Who are your Gentiles? Is there anyone you view with suspicion because they are somehow different from you? Call nothing that comes from God unclean. 1.From the newsletter OUR AMERICA. 2. From the video series CARPE DIEM, session #2 "Seize the Moment--With Passion," by Dr. Anthony Campolo, Word Publishing, 1994. Landon ...

2531. On Having The Right Credentials

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ . . ." Kenneth L. Chafin, in his commentary on 1 Corinthians, notes that Paul identifies himself differently depending on how others view him. If Paul is writing to a church where his authority is in question, he identifies himself as Paul, "an apostle." He is reminding them of his credentials, of his holy calling. If Paul is writing to a church that has full confidence in his ...

2532. Living With Difficult People

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the name of Paul?" In a sense Paul is identifying with members of the other factions to scold those who were united behind him in order that healing may take place for the whole community. It's not easy to identify with your teenaged son or daughter when their view of reality is in conflict with your own, is it? Sometimes we remember TOO WELL what it was like to be a teenager. Yet we need to recall the pain of being a teenager, too. We need to step back and clear our heads and our hearts and identify ...

2533. Building a Nation

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... co-opted by the fanatic fringe? To be "patriotic" is not to be blind to our nation's sins. Like every nation, we have our weak points. A family of refugees was very favorably impressed with America--especially the six-year-old daughter who rapidly adopted the view that everything American was not only the best, but also perfect. One day a neighbor told her she was going to have a baby, so little Mary marched home and demanded to know why she couldn't have a little baby too. Her mother decided to introduce ...

2534. Positive Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... car, his wife reached over and removed his glasses. After carefully wiping his glasses with some tissue paper, she then put them back on his face. The driver embarrassingly slumped down into his seat as he observed a spotless windshield! Critical people view others through their own dirty glasses. The dirt on their hearts causes them to see everything from an unclean, critical perspective. They become angry at what they perceive to be dirt on other people, when in reality they are looking at others through ...

2535. When the Best People Were Left Out

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... . This passage packs a powerful message. I. God's Grace is Shocking. Imagine splashing hot pink paint over a black-and-white picture. Imagine tearing open the windows of a darkened room and letting the sun blaze through. Now imagine showing people a whole new view of God that breaks down the boundaries of everything they think to be true. Jesus is talking about what types of people are acceptable to stand before a holy, holy, holy God. And he passes over the religious professionals in favor of the worst of ...

2536. Is It Time To Tear Down Our Church?

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

Pastor Daniel Bohlman had a problem. The front of his new church was very small only enough room for a pulpit. When a prominent member died, Bohlman had to figure out where to place the coffin for viewing. The most reasonable place seemed to be in the back of the church, where there was more room. All they needed to do was move out one of the back pews for the funeral service, then replace it afterwards. Problem solved or so Pastor Bohlman thought. But certain members of ...

2537. Easter In November

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... how God appeared to him in the burning bush, he speaks of God as `the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' To say that the Lord is some person's God means that person is alive, not dead! So from God's point of view," Jesus concludes, "all men are living." Again, what a unique argument. The Old Testament actually says very little about life after death, but Jesus indicates that it is implied. If God is `the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,' then Abraham, Isaac and ...

2538. The Tenth Man

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... and to the suffering of those who love them. Some homeless people may also know what it is like to be lepers. No one wants to be near someone who is dirty and unkempt. So we try to get them off our streets, out of the public view. People who have certain handicapping conditions or disfigurements may suffer social discrimination as well. In addition to their physical infirmity, they may experience a far more hurtful social infirmity. In our mind's eye we may see lots of people standing afar off--left out by ...

2539. Through The Storm, Through The Night

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... respect for people." (Luke 18:2) He was motivated by money and she had none to offer. This judge is no charmer. We assume he was a Gentile for had he been a man of faith it would have been assumed that he cared for people. In the Biblical world view, one can't have regard for God without regard for God's people. This poor widow proves to be a hero for she has dogged persistence. She wanted the judge to hear her case so she keeps at him, badgering and pestering him until he hears her case just to ...

2540. Insincere Religion

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... me a bill," says the confused Kleinman. "We had a dispute, a decision was rendered." "Oh, that!" says Putterman. "I just wanted you to see what kind of schmuck we have for a rabbi." (4) The lawyer who came to Jesus didn't really want to know Jesus' views on the great commandment. He simply wanted to show him up as a schmuck, as a fraud. Imagine how surprised the lawyer was when Jesus answered his question in such a way that his authority could not be denied. He showed why people were flocking to hear his ...

2541. What Makes A Person Successful?

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Some time back some graffiti from the 1800s was discovered by workers renovating the Washington Monument. This graffiti has quite a different tone from that usually found today on the sides of buildings and subway cars. Here is how this graffiti, which can now be viewed by visitors to the monument, reads: "Whoever is the human instrument under God in the conversion of one soul, erects a monument to his own memory more lofty and enduring than this." It is signed BFB. No one knows who that is, or who left ...

2542. Entertaining Angels

Hebrews 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... Melissa was sleeping soundly at his hospital bedside on the morning of Jan. 4 when Chris managed, somehow, without being seen or heard, to maneuver himself and his portable IV pole around her, out of the room and past the nurse's station with its 360-degrees view of the ward. All Melissa remembers is being shaken awake at 3:00 a.m. by a frantic nurse who was saying something about not being able to find Chris. Melissa hit the floor running. As she approached the elevator she happened to glance toward the ...

2543. Playing The Comparison Game

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... want a cabin just like his." "Sir," the officer replied, "The cabins are identical." "Yeah," said the man, "but his cabin looks out on the ocean and my cabin looks out on this old dock." Hello? Is anyone home? Soon they will be on the ocean and all the views will be the same. Have you ever noticed that we are perfectly content with what we have--until we compare what we have with what someone else has. A sparrow complained to Mother Nature, "You gave beautiful colors to the peacock and a lovely song to the ...

2544. Life Is What Happens When You've Made Other Plans

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Dr. Robert E. Lair

... 20/20 hindsight. Life is what happens--when you've made other plans. Yes, but maybe there is more to it than that. Maybe our perspective is important. As the famous stoic philosopher Epictetus put it, "Men feel disturbed not by things but by views which they take of them." Or, as Shakespeare's Hamlet would rephrase this idea centuries later: "There (exist) nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." Your tradition and mine has emphasized that God can use even innocent suffering to accomplish His ...

2545. Would You Please Listen To Me?

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... you do not know. He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie." The removing of another's sandals was the job reserved for the most menial, least respected servant in a household. Yet this is how John views himself and his mission in relation to Jesus. It is interesting to note that the word "witness," used in both its noun and verb forms, appears more times in the Gospel of John than in any of the other three Gospels combined. This is John the Baptist's "singular ...

2546. Names For The Christ Child

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... us." Never was this truth more eloquently expressed than in John's gospel. John begins his gospel saying that "In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God . . ." Note. With God. Not with us. But the transition, the condescension, the incarnation, is in view by verse 14: "The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, 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 ...

2547. The Defining Moment (A Sermon for New Year's)

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

We're only a few days away from the New Year, and I can feel the anticipation--or dread, depending on your point of view--growing. I heard one guy say he already dreads the new year. He said, "The holidays aren't quite over and 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 ...

2548. Caught Between God And Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... beholds the Christ Child his perspective changes. Someone asks Prince Taor, "What did Bethlehem teach you about power?" The prince answers, "The example of the crib . . . taught me the strength of weakness, the irresistible gentleness of the non-violent, the law of forgiveness . . . In view of all this, I laid the gold coin struck with the effigy of my father King Theodenos at the child's feet. It was my only treasure, my only proof that I was the legal heir to the throne of Palmyra. In relinquishing it, I ...

2549. This Is Not What You Expected

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... in his day. What did his disciples think of all the hoopla? They probably thought something along these lines: "Hey, this is great! We're finally getting some respect around here. All our hard work and sacrifice are paying off. People are coming around to Jesus' view of things. It's time to begin campaigning for that new kingdom the Master's always talking about. Time to get our candidate's message out there. And what better place to do it than Jerusalem, the largest and most cosmopolitan city in the region ...

2550. Redefining Life

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... 365-Day Devotional Commentary, when Paul writes "there was given me a thorn in my flesh," he uses the same verb form for "was given" that he uses in other places to indicate that he had received a special favor from God. (2) How could Paul view his suffering as a special favor? How could he possibly delight in this thing that tormented him? How could he possibly write that he delighted "in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties." Paul trusted God. He knew his life was in God ...

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