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2551. Preparing The Way

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" John was that man. His task was to lead people to Jesus the Messiah. Matthew reports that people from all over Jerusalem and Judea "were going out to him." They responded to John's ministry. They were touched by his message. JOHN THE BAPTIST TOLD THE PEOPLE TO PREPARE FOR THE MESSIAH BY STRAIGHTENING OUT THEIR LIVES. There was a sense of urgency in John's message. There wasn't much time left. The Christ was coming soon. They needed to be ready. Pastor ...

2552. Way Down In Egypt's Land

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... for him to use a local music school’s piano. There, alone with his thoughts and a piano, Dorsey describes what happened: "I sat down at the piano and my hands began to browse over the keys. Then something happened. I felt as though I could reach out and touch God. I found myself playing a melody, one I’d never heard or played before, and words came into my head ” they just seemed to fall into place: `Precious Lord, take my hand,/Lead me on, let me stand,/I am tired, I am weak, I am worn,/ Through ...

2553. Promises Kept!

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Church. It’s here that he sees the promises of God taking on human shape. It’s here that he finds his faith confirmed in the songs and the people and the meetings and the classes. It’s here that he knows the shape of God’s promises. God touched his life, and he came back to the Church! That’s really what’s so special about all of you who volunteer in the ministries of the Church. You are the arms and legs of God’s love, reaching out to others. In the work of the Church the promises ...

2554. Transforming Moment

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Seeing Jesus speaking with Moses and Elijah was the experience of a lifetime for the three disciples. When they heard the voice of God speaking to them from the cloud, they fell to the ground and "were overcome by fear." Jesus comforted his disciples and touched them, saying, "Get up and do not be afraid." The season of Epiphany ends as it began, with the voice of God giving divine confirmation to Jesus. As Jesus and the three disciples make their way down the mountain, Jesus tells them to remain silent ...

2555. Who's The Blind One Around Here?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... . At that time the people at the Cancer Society discovered that their reliable driver was a blind man. Life has been full for Stanley Krawczyk. He has brought laughter and fun into lives that would have known nothing but despair. Not only have patients' lives been touched, but also all the volunteers that he has ministered to over the years. After forty years of helping people, Stanley says, "I count my blessings and thank God for allowing me to go blind. It was very difficult at first...but I wouldn't have ...

2556. Sorry, The Doctor's Been Delayed

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... this. If you need help, just give her a tug!" There he was lying on the ocean floor, stuck, unable to move. "This is it!" he thought to himself. "This is how it all ends." After several minutes which must have seemed like an eternity, Don Webb felt a gentle touch on his shoulder. The crew sensed that he had lost his life line and was in trouble. An experienced diver came down to save him "to pick him up, to unstick him from the mud, to give back his life line, to show him how to walk and survive.” (4 ...

2557. Beneath The Cross

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... it over with; to get out of there and put it down, because I felt very uncomfortable with it." Then something unexpected happened. "When I got out into the narthex, I turned and watched as the children started to come out of the sanctuary." A little boy looked up and touched the cross. He asked, "Did Jesus really die on a cross like this?" "It was all that I could do to say yes," Kenneth later said, "but I did manage to get it out. I’ll never forget what happened next. His face lit up as he began to ...

2558. Meeting Jesus Along The Way

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... I ™m not reading the Bible all the time." The tree for Claudia is some kind of sign, though. "I just think people may be able to take some hope from it," she says. Eve Mizera, another Hawley Avenue neighbor, brought her 17-year-old son over to touch the tree in the hope it would cure him of the seizures that he suffers. "You never know," Eve says. Another resident, Cathy Cornwall, says she brought her three children over to see the tree. "We have a lot of single mothers in the neighborhood," she explains ...

2559. Stranglers Or Wranglers?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... ; a sense of direction. (3) The Bible is the point of reference for the Christian. We can’t listen to the Apostles teach in the flesh, but we can hear them teach as we listen to the Word of God being read. As we listen we, too, will be touched with the love of Jesus. We need to take the teaching ministry of the church seriously if we are to be Wranglers and not Stranglers. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH WAS ALSO A PRAYING CHURCH. They thanked God daily for all their many blessings and for the opportunity for ...

2560. Eating Cold Grits

John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the antics of the clowns, but they weren’t funny to me at that moment." In this young boy’s moment of panic and confusion he thought, "How can they laugh at a time like this? How can they laugh when I feel so lost?" Just then Jim felt a touch on his shoulder. He turned around and saw his father. "My father had come after me and had found me. He held me down, reassured me, then bought me a Coke, a hot dog, a Yo-Yo, a lizard, a little stuffed bear, and a candy apple. I learned a ...

2561. Crossing The Desert Or Protecting Our Vehicle?

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... John," she says. "I knew instinctively that the Lord was in their life, and that was the reason for their special relationship." From that moment on Laura began attending church; her search was over. (5) Nothing is more appealing than a life that has been authentically touched by the Master’s hand. Some of the Athenians saw that in Paul. Do they see that in you? In me? Crossing the desert or just protecting our vehicle? Only we can decide. 1. Lift Your Sails. Vincent Dwyer, O.C.S.O. New York: Doubleday ...

2562. The Second Step

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... boy?" Tom asked. "The same, your Grace. I am Humphrey ” Humphrey Marlow." All this means nothing to Tom in his new role, so he pretends that his memory has failed and asks Humphrey to refresh it. "Tis matter of small weight, my liege," says Humphrey, "yet will I touch upon it an' it please your Grace. Two days gone by, when your Majesty faulted thrice in your Greek in the morning lessons ” dost thou remember it? "Y-e-s ” me thinks I do," answers Tom. (It was not much of a lie. Tom knew that if he ...

2563. Like A Rock

Isaiah 44:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... the supports. Many years later, when both the artist and his patron were dead, some repairs and cleaning were performed on the hall. The workmen were surprised to find that, invisible from the floor below, the extra columns Wren put in were two inches short of touching the roof. Wren put in the columns as his critics insisted. But he knew his building would stand. So the columns he erected were no more than decoration. (5) Like a rock. God is the rock upon which our lives are built. The church is God’s ...

2564. The Greatest Discovery Of All

Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... much. Sometimes God's greatest gifts are totally unexpected. Having Christ in our lives is the greatest treasure of all. When Jesus finished telling his disciples parables he asked them, "Have you understood all this?" "Yes," they answered. If the Word of God has touched your life this morning, if you are willing to make Christ the priority in your life, I hope you will respond inwardly with a "yes," too. 1. Charles R. Swindoll,THE GRACE AWAKENING, (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1990, pp. 114-115. 2. Nancy M ...

2565. It's Not Nice To Call Someone A Dog

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Oh, what about Braille?" she asked. No one had even told Jack about Braille let alone taken the time to teach him. "You can read with your fingers!" Catherine explained as she stroked his rough hands. "Please," she said, "let me see your fingers." She touched his fingertips, and said, "You can read with your fingertips. I’ll teach you." And she did. Then she found another inmate and discovered that he was deaf. He could not hear or talk. Catherine learned sign language so she could communicate with this ...

2566. Surprised By Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the chili spilled on Ron’s hand. Without thinking he licked it off. Then it hit him. That was the hand the other man had just clasped! Ron momentarily froze, repelled to think that he had licked something that smelly, dirty man had just touched. It was a moment of revelation for Ron. “The light of awareness changed my vision and my heart warmed with new understanding,” Ron says. “No longer was Jesus only the handsome man I had pictured in my mind and seen in paintings,” he continued. “Now ...

2567. When Christ Shall Come

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The man had been stuck in the drain for some time. He was completely covered with dirt and maggots. The good sister cleaned the man up and took care of his open wounds. As she was doing this something beautiful happened. "I knew I was touching the body of Christ," she said. That's real conversion. That's the kind of conversion that counts. One Sunday morning Dr. William Quick was in his study going over his sermon before worship at Metropolitan Church when a layperson knocked on the door. The gentleman ...

2568. Surprised On The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Forty Days of Love. I realized on Wednesday that I was wrong." "Wednesday?" his pastor repeated. "What happened on Wednesday?" "I got one of those letters!" the man said. The letter came as a total surprise. It was from a person the man never expected to hear from. It touched him so deeply he now carries it around in his pocket all the time. "Every time I read it," he said, "I get tears in my eyes." It was a transforming moment in this man's life. Suddenly he realized he was loved by others in the church ...

2569. Profits And Losses

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... . His wife is a witch, from the way he describes her. Always suspicious about what he's up to. I would never be like that," Joan thinks to herself. The irony never occurs to her that perhaps Jim's wife has a reason to be suspicious. She puts the finishing touches on her hair. "Oh, I know Bob would be crushed if he found out. But it's not like he's the perfect husband or anything. He's so preoccupied with his work, he scarcely has time for me. And he's always so tired. I've found him frowning ...

2570. Help Me Make It Through The Night

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... tried leaving a light on in the hall and a night-light on in Bob's room. Nothing she did helped; he was still scared of the dark and would cry out in the middle of the night. One night as she held him against her to comfort him, he touched her round abdomen. Little Bob asked, "Mama, is it dark inside there where my little brother is?" He was convinced that his yet unborn sister would be a boy. "Yes," his loving mother replied, "it's dark in there." As Bob thought further he asked, "He doesn't even have ...

2571. Watchers, Walkers And Worshipers

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... all the sports, he watches Mother spank us, and he watches us do our homework. He watches us leave to go to church and PTA and shopping. He watches Mom write letters and me play with my dog. He watches Mom pay the bills. But mainly, he said with a touch of sadness, he just watches." (1) This morning we want to talk about watchers. But we want to talk about walkers and workers as well. Let's start with today~s story. After the disciples received the gift of the Holy Spirit, they were filled with a new sense ...

2572. Strength Through Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't see Jesus. But when he turned at another angle to see Jesus, he could no longer see himself. He either lost himself in the image of Christ or he lost Christ when he concentrated on himself. He couldn't see both at the same time. Lolley was deeply touched by that experience, and he never forgot it. Nor should we. Faith is the willingness to take our eyes off of ourselves and trust God as we lose ourselves in the image of Christ. (3) So Paul doesn't boast about himself. Instead he shares his weaknesses in ...

2573. Standing On Your Head For God

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But he took it without seeking the will of God, and a tragedy occurred. While David and his soldiers were transporting the Ark, the cart it was resting on shifted, and David's friend Uzzah reached out to prevent it from falling. But when Uzzah touched the holy Ark of the Covenant he was instantly killed. King David was devastated. This tragedy halted the movement of the Ark and forced David to reevaluate his plans. Only then did he consult with God. Unfortunately, we often find ourselves doing the same ...

2574. A Family Celebration

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... of God's glory. Think of what he's done ” he tasted death in our behalf. Then think of who we are ” we are brothers and sisters of Jesus ” his own family. 1. Bob Morely, AEROBICS FOR THE SPIRIT, (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1990), p. 111. 2. LEADERSHIP . . . WITH A HUMAN TOUCH, pp. 19-21. 3. Lauren Picker, "All in the Family," AMERICAN HEALTH, March 1994, p. 22. 4. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER, June 3, 1993, p. A3.

2575. A Long Line Of Love

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... his soul. What does Hollywood know about such despair? And here is someone who loves him so much that she causes him to face up to his wrongdoing and then sticks by him through all the subsequent punishment. Hollywood would never buy it. It's out of touch with where we are. It's about faith and values and undying loyalty. But, friends, that is what love is. That is what real love is. I wonder, as young couples stand before the altar and light the Ruth candle in their wedding ceremonies, if they understand ...

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