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1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... having two Air Force T-34 aircrafts chained to his arms going in opposite directions, and keeping them from taking off. He has done the same thing with Harley Davidsons, two on each side. He bends 1/2-inch steel bars, 18 inches long, into a perfect U-shape. He bends 10-inch crescent wrenches, breaks handcuffs, lifts refrigerators with one finger, and pounds nails through 2 by 4's with his bare hand. Yet, even with all of his records and accomplishments, when asked what the greatest moment of his life has ...

2627. It's All In The Blood

John 18:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... years ago when Jesus was crucified. It is during the week of Passover, the Jewish holy celebration commemorating the time when the Spirit of God came through Egypt and killed off the firstborn in every Egyptian household. Yet, because of the blood of a perfect lamb on their door, the Spirit of God passed over the Israelite households. Blood is an important symbol of the Passover celebration. Every year at this time, thousands upon thousands of lambs are sacrificed on the temple altars to atone for the sins ...

2628. As The World Turns

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... time in a brutal Japanese prison camp. Daily, he watched soldiers dying of treatable illnesses. Most of the illnesses and infections came from drinking contaminated water in the rivers and swamps near the camp. A little stomach virus, some dehydration--all perfectly treatable during peace time--meant certain death in the prison camp. One day, Dr. Dawson remembered a piece of advice someone once told him: the water inside of an unripe coconut is almost always sterile. Coconuts grew in abundance around the ...

2629. "Why Don't We Just Tell Them Our Names?"

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... Laden, "Once we lived in a golden age that has been destroyed by a Jewish conspiracy, by the presence of undesirables who took away our glory." Yes, bearded Osama with weapon by his side and that hooded Kluxer in front of a burning cross would understand each other perfectly. Something of the past is faded and gone, and if our action can't restore it, at least we can let the world know of our rage. (3) When a great and noble people has been defeated, a certain segment claiming a desire to recapture the past ...

2630. Counterfeit Christianity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... --and let's make the church together." (2) There's a young man who is not far from the Kingdom. False prophets build their own little kingdoms--and divide the body of Christ. They point out everyone else as lacking, while preaching their own perfection. They draw attention to themselves and demand honor and glory. Over the long haul you can tell the difference. It is as obvious as the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. It is like the difference between Dr. Billy Graham and his organization ...

2631. What Are You Afraid Of?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... hard to admit that our loved ones belong to God, and that we must surrender them to Him. The second area we struggle with is the right to know why God does what He does. God is a sovereign God. His ways are higher than our ways. His will is perfect. We want an explanation for our suffering, an answer for our doubts. But God is not obligated to us. He expects us to trust Him even when we don't understand His ways. The third area we struggle with is our love for money and possessions. Things enslave us. True ...

2632. Sons And Daughters Of God

Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... mud began to fall away and reveal the true nature of the statue. For centuries, no one had known its true value. (8) Within the clay of your life and mine is a better person, a more complete person, that the world still has not seen, not in its perfect fulfillment. We are more than we appear--and one day we will be like Jesus. Even if sometimes we have straws dangling from our noses, we never lose sight that we are sons and daughters of God. 1. From the Internet. Source unknown. 2. Denis Waitley, Empires of ...

2633. It's A Good Thing There Weren't Unions . . .

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... blood of the Lamb. And my crown will be just as radiant--though it may slip off a little to the side. Whether we've served seventy years or seven minutes in the fellowship of Christ, the reward is the same--the presence, purity and power of perfect love. We shall see Christ face to face. There's an old story told about a little church west of Winchester, Virginia. One Sunday morning, their minister was rather preoccupied. His sermon did not make as much sense as it usually did. As the congregation listened ...

2634. Expectant Living

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... to earth in the form of a man. Christ lived among us and shared our suffering and pain. He died a horrible death in order to save us from our sins. He opened up the way to eternal life for us. And someday, he will come again to establish his perfect and eternal kingdom here on earth. Until that day, our job is to share the love of Jesus Christ with everyone we know. Louis Pasteur, the pioneer of immunology, lived at a time when thousands of people died each year of rabies. Pasteur had worked for years on a ...

2635. How A Christian Grieves

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... honestly and openly the pain we are feeling, including our anger and our disappointment. The widow says, “I am so angry with him for dying and leaving me alone that if he were here right now, I believe I would kill him.” And we understand. Her feelings are perfectly natural and she needs to express them. The widower says, “I will never forgive God for allowing my wife to suffer like that.” But time passes and he does forgive God, and he learns to lean on God for support as he adjusts to a new life ...

2636. Reaching Our Full Potential

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't refuse it. Didn't seek it, didn't choose it, But it's up to you to use it. You must suffer if you lose it, Give an account if you abuse it, Just a tiny little minute, But eternity is in it." (2) This catchy little poem perfectly captures our first point for today. ACCORDING TO JESUS' PARABLE OF THE KINGDOM, WE WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR "STEWARDSHIP" OF OUR LIVES. Most of us connect the word "stewardship" to the wise management of our money or our time. But God has blessed us with infinitely more ...

2637. There's Something About A Mystery

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... topic, Mystery. Many of our most-watched television shows are mysteries. Mysteries challenge our imagination. They keep us asking who and why? Someone wrote about a mystery involving a cooking class. The teacher, Mrs. Pritchard, was extolling her secrets for preparing perfect sauces. When she ordered the class to the stoves to prepare their assignments, she said, "Don't forget to use wooden spoons." As this class member and would-be sleuth stirred his sauce, he contemplated the physics behind the mystery of ...

2638. Willing And Able

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus was able. WHAT HE WANTED TO KNOW WAS IF JESUS WAS WILLING. Mark tells us that "he knelt in front of the Master and pleaded, "˜If you are willing, you can make me clean.'" If you are willing. Think about it for a moment and it makes perfect sense. Sure Christ was able, but did the Master really care about his suffering? After all, there were so many others who also had great needs. Would Jesus take time for him? In his novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens tells about two very different men ...

2639. Scamming God

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's in it for me? As the world seems more complex and threatening, we are turning our focus inward. Fear causes us to focus on ourselves. Self-centeredness also stems from a lack of love. First John 4: 18 reminds us, "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." Whatever the reason, no one can argue that much of our society chooses to "look out for number one." And this attitude eventually spills over into our worship of God. We want some return on our investment here! If we are going to pray ...

2640. Choices

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... or resisting temptation. If we can't recall any "crossroads moments" in our lives, then we need to examine whether our faith has any impact on our daily lives. Our faith should make us uncomfortable with some aspects of our society. And the Lenten season is a perfect time to confront this question of choices, because this is the season in which we remember Jesus' sacrifice for us. It is a time to realign our lives with a Savior who made the ultimate choice, the choice to lay down his life on our behalf. It ...

2641. If God Is For Us

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... the nursery, intact, scrubbed and shining in the sunlight--neat, prosperous and healthy. So was the balance in the bank passbook handed to the Japanese father. And the house was just as clean and welcoming as the nursery. And there in the dining room was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold--the gift of one neighbor to another. (3) Is there anything more beautiful than the grandeur of a promise kept? God has promised us that whenever two or three are gathered in the name of Jesus, God would be ...

2642. This Is Not What You Expected

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... victory--the day they had been waiting for. And their expectations were only heightened when they heard the Master say: "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified." YES! That's it! Finally they are on the same page with 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 ...

2643. Faith-based Living

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... as a baby's bottom: Grandma could be sitting up there sipping lemonade. I was thunderstruck. After all the anxiety, after all the anticipation, breaking the sound barrier was really a letdown. The sonic barrier, the unknown, was just a poke through Jell-O, a perfectly paved speedway. Later I realized that this mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky, but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight." (2) In that very moment when Chuck Yeager went supersonic, he ...

2644. Flesh-eaters; Blood Drinkers

John 6:51-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... . What makes the difference? It is the position of the observer. The sculptor carved the face in such a way that its true beauty could only be seen by those who bow before it. (5) How can we, who are hopeless sinners, ever fulfill God's standards of perfect holiness? We can't. The wages of sin are death, and we have earned every penny of our condemnation. But Romans 5: 8 reminds us, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." In 1992, Don Butcher ...

2645. Children Of Dust Or Children Of God?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... that neither death nor life nor angels nor rulers nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation can separate me from the love of God in Jesus Christ." Each child recited the passage perfectly, but the congregation was holding its breath for the last child, Rachel. Rachel was a beautiful Down Syndrome child. Would she face embarrassment when her turn came? Finally, the teacher turned to the end of the line and asked, "Rachel, what shall separate ...

2646. I Am Forsaken

Psalm 29:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... forget the much that is right. Remember these four important words, "This too shall pass." And remember the words of the prophet. You are not forsaken. 1. "Let's Have a Revival!" by Agnes Cunningham Lawless, Light and Life, April 1996, p. 17. 2. Wes Neal, The Handbook on Athletic Perfection (Milford, Michigan: Mott Media, 1981). 3. http://www.sermons.org/illustrations.html 4. "A Chance for Anna" by Sarah Avery, The News & Observer. Reprinted in Reader's Digest, July 2003, pp. 85-90.

2647. I Can Make It By Myself . . .

1 Corinthians 12:12-31, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... said to Wilbur, "It's the only way to fly!" (4) Not a great poem, perhaps, but a profound truth. We need one another. Our need for community is not a weakness; it is a strength. In fact, it is the basis of the church. Paul describes the perfect church as a body, something that is only strong and healthy if all the parts are closely connected and moving in the same direction. The strongest muscle or toughest bone, when separated from the rest of the body, becomes weak and useless. This is one reason God ...

2648. I Am Only . . .

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Hundreds of people came to Christ, and many vowed to quit drinking. Eventually the Hall had to close down, due to decreasing business. Thomas wanted to buy the Hall, but he didn't have the necessary 4,000 pounds. He signed the contract anyway, in perfect faith of God's plans. Two weeks later, 45 minutes before the deadline, Thomas got the last 10 pounds needed to buy the Hall. What had once been a tavern became the Coffee Palace, a hall for evangelistic activities. Almost 3,000 people worshiped there ...

2649. A Terrifying Darkness

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... who asked the same sort of question and the instructor said, "If you don't like what you see, repeat after me: Our Father, who art in Heaven . . ." And sometimes life is like that. An old man named Abram is nearing the end of his life. Abram was not a perfect man by any means. But he was a man who tried to do what God wanted him to do. But Abram was no longer young, and he was troubled. He and his wife, Sarah, had no heirs. And she was far past her child-bearing years. When he was younger ...

2650. Begin With The End

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... news for today. God is with us each step of the way. Beginning with the end in mind reminds us that everything matters. We are conditioning our hearts for eternity. But that's also why everything's all right. Our hearts belong to God. We don't have to have perfect hearts--only hearts with God's love in them. And one day, we know we will be fully in God's presence. And that is why life is good. 1. (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2004), pp. 12-13. 2. Simon & Schuster, 1990. 3. The Jokesmith. 4. Cited in God ...

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