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2651. The Things In Mary's Heart

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... in her heart may have been how much she loved and appreciated her husband, Joseph. It had not been easy for Joseph. She knew that. There was a lot of trusting in this relationship. Even when Joseph thought that Mary had done him a great wrong, there was no desire on his part to punish her or humiliate her. Joseph had an inner strength that Mary surely admired. Mary would nurture a great love for her son Jesus and for his brothers and sisters yet to be born, but her love for Joseph was a special kind of love ...

2652. What If The Lord Really Did Come Today?

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... would be rejoicing? An obvious question, you say, but be careful. The answer may not be as obvious as you may think. The people of Israel in the time of Amos the prophet were piously looking forward to the day of the Lord. Amos warns them, "Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord." That day has some surprises. It is as if a man escaped from a lion, Amos writes, only to meet a bear. "The day of the Lord is darkness and not light," he warns. There will be some surprises. What if Christ should return today ...

2653. Congratulations, Joseph, It's A God!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... sermon become sweeter as their message comes alive in our hearts. A transformation takes place-a transformation that occurs under no other circumstances. How does it happen? How does one come to know Jesus as more than a great person of history, but as the Living Lord? A simple desire to know him and him alone as the Author of our salvation is all it takes. "Lord Jesus Christ, I trust you as my Savior and my Lord." That will do it. That's all it takes. If that sounds too simple, that's all we have. We are ...

2654. Written In Our Hearts

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... . How do determine what is right or what is wrong in an outer directed society? We take a poll and see what the majority believes. The result determines our values. For outer directed persons peer pressure is irresistible. Such persons are dominated by the desire to blend in, to be popular. The dangers of such an orientation should be obvious. God says "I will write my law... in their hearts." John Burroughs, one of America's greatly beloved naturalists, made a neighborly call upon a woman who knew him ...

2655. A House Divided

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... crew was left. Friction and fighting for the women had quickly led to murder and suicidethey had no purpose to rally around other than their selfserving lusts. (5) So it is with our lives. Many of us live fragmented lives tossed and buffeted by conflicting desires. We need to unite our lives around one love, one Savior, one Lord. "A house divided against itself cannot stand...." That is true. No house is big enough for cohabitation by the spirit of Christ and by a spirit of malice, of envy, of hatred ...

2656. A New Daddy

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... not been more overt expressions of love between them. "Not one male interviewed," reports Salk, "wished his father had been less demonstrative. No one said, 'My father was demonstrative, but I won't be that way with my son.'" Salk summarizes this commonly expressed desire for closer contact with our fathers by referring to his own experience: "Caring is one thing," he says. "I mean, my father cared more about us than anything in the world, but he cared from afar...I believe the most important thing about a ...

2657. God Of Compassion

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... in gleeful anticipation of plunging sinners into a lake of fire. Some people lean completely the other way. They create a God who is their "buddy buddy." He is the sweet grandfatherly figure who always is on our side and will always bend to our desires. The Christian Century recently printed an amusing account of a high school football team in the San Fernando Valley of California that is defying the ban on prayer in public schools. Bob Francola, coach of the Kennedy High School Cougars, said that his team ...

2658. Something Is Missing

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Something's missing and in its place we substitute all sorts of things. Affluence. Tom Sine in his book “Why Settle More and Miss the Best?” tells about Mill Valley, California. Mill Valley is nationally touted as one of the most desirable suburban communities in the United States. The prestigious residences are priced at a million dollars and up. Driveways display a sparkling array of Porsches, BMWs, and Winnebagos. The schools are equipped with state-of-the-art computers, lab equipment, and video ...

2659. He Has Done All Things Well

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... excellence in every area of our lives and who is with us as we seek to go beyond the token commitment of the majority. When the Father asks, "Did you do your best?" how will you answer? He can help. He will help if that is your desire. 1 (New York: Harper and Row, 1985), p. 131. 2 Richard B. Wilkie, THE LORD'S PRAYER TODAY (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1978), pp 4041. 3 Cecil G. Osborne, THE ART OF GETTING ALONG WITH PEOPLE (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1980), pp. 17677. 4 Norm Lawson 5 Elton Trueblood, WHILE ...

2660. Waiting On God

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... Whose nature is Love. Sometimes that is a faint hope to hold on to. Fatigue and desperation suggest: "throw in the towel"; "give up." How often we need to remember the words of the psalmist: "Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass." (37:4,5) The lives of three great Christian workers of the past demonstrates the validity of these words. "The great colonial pastor Cotton Mather prayed ...

2661. Fans or Followers

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... average players giving their best. I’m certain that a Hall of Fame coach like McKay understood the value of having players of a certain level of talent, but he also understood that many talented players never fulfill their potential because of a lack of desire and dedication. In the play, Green Pastures, God asks Gabriel to recruit a leader and Gabriel asks in return, “Do you want the brainiest or do you want the holiest?” God answers, “Get me the holiest. I’ll make him the brainiest.” And that ...

2662. Not Having Seen Him, You Love Him

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... though, and he has done what the Word declares he has done. And we know life does make sense. There is every reason to laugh, to love, and to liveto make every moment count. W. Kingston Greenland tells the story of visiting a vacant home with a friend who desired to purchase it. His friend was particularly struck with the beauty of one room which he wished to turn into his study; but he objected to a cupboard in the corner. "I will have to remove it," he said to the architect. "No, you won't," was the reply ...

2663. A Most Successful Sermon

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... host carries on business as usual while Christ sits out in the hallway. You get the picture. The baptism that you and I need is a baptism of the whole person--all of our attitudes, all of our actions, all of our dreams and all of our desires. Christian faith is more than a “just inside the hallway experience.” You may know the story of Constantine, the Roman Emperor who became a Christian. Having taken this step, he wanted everybody else to become a Christian as well. He took his soldiers out into the ...

2664. A Service the Church Will Never Forget

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... E. Stanley Jones once said, “The streams that turn the machinery of the world take their rise in silent places.” You and I need a source of power for our lives, and we need a source of power for our church that comes from beyond our own energies, desires and commitment. It is a power that takes its rise in silent places. We need to spend time in prayer. One of the most effective men who ever lived was Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was a lawyer already in his forties and living in South Africa when he conceived ...

2665. Lightning Struck

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave utterance." That could happen here! I am not certain how we would handle it, if it did. Nevertheless, the same Spirit is available to us today if we really desire it. There is a story about a very dignified pastor who was visiting a lady in a nursing home who was confined to a wheel chair. As he stood to leave the lady asked him to have a word of prayer. He gently took her hand and prayed that God ...

2666. Freedom!

Romans 6:3-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... You and I are free! The brokenness between ourselves and God is no more. We are slaves only because we have not acknowledged and accepted what God has done in our behalf. Political freedom is grand. Even grander still would be freedom from our own destructive desires. Neither of these can compare, however, to the importance of the freedom which was granted to us 2,000 years ago by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Because of what he has done, we are free forever! 1. David Wilkerson 2. Richard Carswell, HOW ...

2667. It Makes No Difference Where You Belong

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the dogs." The woman, however, was insistent. "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Jesus was obviously pleased with her response, for he said to her, "O Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you as you desire." WE SEE HERE, FIRST OF ALL, THE PRIMACY OF FAITH. Jesus was always pleased with signs of faith where ever he found them whether from this Canaanite, or from the Roman Centurion or from one of the scribes or pharisees. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT TO JESUS FAITH ...

2668. The Lure Of The Easy Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be a junior vice president of Chase Manhattan and according to recent news reports MANY OF THEM HAVE. So a national magazine asks on its cover, "Whatever happened to ethics?" We are working harder but we are still seeking the easy way. We can also see the desire to follow the easy way in the church. One fellow said to another, "Say, I heard that you bought a new car. How did you ever afford it?" The other fellow replied, "I just cancelled my church pledge." The first one said, "Gee, I wish that I could ...

2669. God And The Irs

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... on earth. Then, at fifty-three years of age, Rockefeller developed a serious illness which caused the hair on his head, his eyebrows and eyelashes to drop off. Even though he was the world's only billionaire and could have almost anything on earth he desired, he could only digest milk and crackers. He became shrunken like a mummy. As someone noted, "He could not sleep, would not smile, and nothing in life meant much to him at all." Doctors predicted that within a year he would be dead. One night, however ...

2670. Designer Religion

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... tremendous uproar arose among the inhabitants of the country. They feared the vengeance of the gods. A town crier walked the city streets commanding the criminal to appear without delay before the Elders to receive his just punishment. The perpetrator naturally had no desire to give himself up. In fact, a week later another statue of a god was destroyed. Now the people suspected that a madman was loose. Guards were posted. At last their vigilance was rewarded; the culprit was caught. He was asked, “Do you ...

2671. Ready For The Game Warden

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . A coveted honor. Yet, he somehow couldn't bring himself to get ready for the big game. "Amazing! There he was on camera before tens of millions of television viewers wearing a ragtag outfit. It began when he forgotyes forgotto bring his uniform. Still desiring to play, he went to work putting together a makeshift arrangement. He bought a shirt from a replica shop. Wrote his number on the back with a felttip marker. Borrowed socks from a player on another team. And purchased his cap at the airport. What ...

2672. In Praise Of Doers

Matthew 25:14-30

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King Duncan

... life. If you use what you have, you will have more. If you do not use what you have, you will lose even that which you have. We see it all the time in aging. If you use your mind when you are twenty, thirty, forty and never lose your desire to learn, there is no reason why you should not be alert at sixty, seventy or eighty. It is a myth that the elderly diminish in mental capacity. Of course disease can be a factor, but that is probably the exception rather than the rule. Great people generally get greater ...

2673. The Mighty Tide Of God Rolled In

Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... the cheering: "What did you think about the speech you just heard?" Back quickly came the reply: "I didn't come here to think. I came here to holler!" (2) There are churches where people don't come to think. They come to holler. We do not desire that. Still, the church ought to be the most authentically exciting place in town. Why? Let me suggest some reasons. THERE OUGHT TO BE THE EXCITEMENT, FIRST OF ALL, OF A PEOPLE FUELED BY PRAYER. Harry Emerson Fosdick, former pastor of Riverside Church, New York City ...

2674. The Deal Of A Lifetime

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... it becomes an end in itself, then life gets out of kilter. As someone has wisely said, "Money is a great servant, but a terrible master." The ancient Greeks understood this. According to one of their myths, the god Dionysus offered King Midas whatever his heart desired. Without hesitation, King Midas exclaimed, "I wish that everything I touch be turned into gold!" And so it was. Midas was overjoyed. He drew up a handful of sand and it turned into gold dust. He picked up a stone and it turned into gold. He ...

2675. From The Rubble Of Life

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Many unhappy people cannot put their finger on what is really causing their distress. Many unfulfilled people cannot even tell you what it would take to satisfy them. Many of us have no clear idea or conception what our real needs, our real desires, and our real priorities are. And because we have never defined the problem or clarified our goals, we spend a lifetime anxiously wandering with very little to show for the pilgrimage. Have you ever noticed that successful people are very focused about where ...

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