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2676. Noblesse Oblige

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... him, "Mr. Douglas! Mr. Douglas!" Figuring she wanted his autograph, he thought to himself, "I can spare a minute of my time for her." Her response? "Wow, Michael Douglas' father!" We all want to feel that we matter. Is there any psychological need more important than the desire for recognition? We want to feel that we are somebody. The writer of Revelation tells us who we are. He writes in verse 5, "... and from Jesus Christ, who is...the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us ...

2677. Winning When It Really Counts

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... road to learning." That is a hard lesson that each of us must learn sooner or later. To grow, to achieve, to succeed requires effort, discipline, commitment. It means putting off pleasures until a more opportune time. It means using your brain to control the desires of your flesh. There is no royal road to learning. One day Frederick the Great of Prussia was walking on the outskirts of Berlin, when he encountered a very old man who was proceeding in the opposite direction. "Who are you?" asked Frederick. "I ...

2678. The Waiting Father

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... to death: physical death, emotional death, spiritual death, death of a friendship, or a marriage. Because our lives are interconnected with one another's and with God's, there are always choices to make. But we are free to make those choiceseven bad choices if we so desire. The Father loves us enough to let go. That is the first thing about God that Jesus shows us. There is a second thing Jesus shows us. He shows us a father who patiently waits for us to decide. There is a difference between lost sheep and ...

2679. A Real Solution For Real Problems

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

King Duncan

... to receive a new heart, a new love for God and your fellow man, a new confidence about yourself in the light of God’s love for you and an openness to a new agenda for your live? If so, you are ready for authentic Christian conversion. That which you desire, the Father grants.

2680. The Secret Of His Success

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... history’s greatest people have suffered from epilepsy, if that is what it was, but it is an uncomfortable affliction socially as well as medically. What kept this little man going? Was it pride? No, he had discarded the last vestiges of pride long ago. Was it desire for profit? No, he earned his living as a tentmaker. He preached without renumeration. What was it then? The answer is found in Galatians 2:20. "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the ...

2681. Living Smart

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... for a few moments at the feet of Jesus. In a Scandinavian country there is a statue of Christ. A tourist standing in front of it appeared dismayed. A local resident asked what his problem was. He replied, "I cannot see His face." The resident then explained, "If you desire to see His face, you must kneel at His feet." There are some of us whose greatest need right now is to spend some time kneeling or sitting at the feet of Jesus. Our lives are out of kilter. Our values are out of focus. Our priorities are ...

2682. A Strategy For Status Seekers

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

Jesus was a master psychologist. He knew that all of us crave recognition. He knew that the desire for status is an innate part of the human condition. Most of us don’t want to simply keep up with the Jones we want to be slightly ahead of the Jones, the Smiths and everyone else on the block. There is a popular joke about a fellow named Pat ...

2683. No Price Too High

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... when he came to Bertoldo. It was apparent, however, that this young man was enormously gifted. Bertoldo knew that gifted people are often tempted to coast rather than to grow, therefore, he was persistent in seeking to instill in young Michelangelo a desire to give himself completely to his work. One day he came into the studio and found Michelangelo toying with a piece of sculpture far beneath his abilities. Bertoldo grabbed a hammer, stomped across the room and smashed the work into tiny pieces shouting ...

2684. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... each cloud turn into an angel’s face or an angel’s wing. The picture is filled with angels. “So it is with all clouds,” writes Ms. Ely, “If by them God comes close to us they turn into ministering angels. Clouds may seem not desirable in themselves, and in our foolishness of judgement we would walk always in the sunshine; but our heavenly Father knows what is best for us, and He would never send the clouds were they not for our good.” Alfred Russell Wallace, a prominent scientist once observed ...

2685. Don't Give Up - He Hears!

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... to reenlist at the end of their expired term, and about half of the remaining 6,000 men lacked sufficient shoes or clothes to be able to go out to fight. During that famous winter at Valley Forge, the real battle that the Americans fought was the inner desire to quit and go home. They did not quit, of course. That is why we have an independent republic today, but the temptation was there! So it is in our lives. Persistence and perseverence are often our biggest challenges. And that is true of some of the ...

2686. How Can I Know It's Real?

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... firm!" "Forget it," she says as she walks off. "You’ll always be wishy-washy!" "Why can’t I change just a little bit?" Charlie Brown asks himself. "I’ll be wishy one day," he shouts, "and washy the next!" That’s the degree of change many of us desire. Rather than wishy-washy we’ll just be wishy one day and washy the next. We want life to be better but we want it to happen without any significant action on our part. William L. Stidger in his book, There Are Sermons In Stories, once told about the ...

2687. What Do We Need For Christmas?

Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... share three insights on what we need for Christmas, instead of what we want. FIRST, THIS CHRISTMAS WE NEED TO FOLLOW CHRIST AND THE CLAIMS HE PLACES ON US AS HIS DISCIPLES. Christ doesn't need a gift or a present from you but he greatly desires your presence and the gifts he has already endowed you with to share the Good News with others. One of the fascinating Christian Disciples in America today is a woman named Joyce Hollyday, who lives with her creative husband in a Christian community in Washington, D ...

2688. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... and work together as the body of Christ. Thus, he sought to focus their attention once again on their primary mission. He didn't want them focusing on personalities but upon God's eternal plan. He wanted them to see the dangers of division and the desirability of unity. In today's scripture Paul deals, first of all, with the root cause of any church's conflict. That is Pride. Pride is a cancer that can tear Christians from one another. The Corinthians were a sophisticated group of people, or at least they ...

2689. Have You Changed Your Clock?

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... bedroom. Maybe his Dad would be in a better mood. A character in T. S. Eliot's play, "The Elder Statesman," shares this insight on waiting: "If I had the energy to work myself to death how gladly would I face death! However, waiting, simple waiting with no desire to act, yet a loathing of inaction. It is like sitting in an empty waiting room in a railroad station on a branch line after the last train, after all the other passengers have left, and the booking office is closed and the porters have gone." I ...

2690. Meeting Jesus Along The Way

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... madly in love and having to be away from his fiancee made him very sad and depressed. He was on a bus traveling from Ithaca, New York to New Haven, Connecticut. The bus stopped at the Binghamton Greyhound bus station. The station left a lot to be desired. Troeger sat down at a little dinette on one of those circular pedestal stools with the stuffing coming out. The counter was U-shaped and he found himself sitting directly across from an old woman. The old woman saw him and said, "Boy, honey, you sure look ...

2691. Is There Any Wind?

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of you know that the word for Spirit and the word for wind are the same in the Hebrew. And I’m here to tell you on this Pentecost Sunday that the Spirit of God, the mighty wind of God, is available this day to all who desire it. 1. Stories for the Christian Year. Eugene H. Peterson (ed.) New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 152-153. 2. The Saints Among Us. George H. Gallup, Jr. & Timothy Jones. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 1992, pp. 61-62. 3. Happiness Is a Choice. Barry Neil Kaufman ...

2692. Are You Strong Enough To Forgive?

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... plan saved many lives. One day a group of Hebrews came in search of food. Joseph immediately recognized his brothers. They didn't recognize him. Joseph didn't reveal his identity. He chose to speak through an interpreter. He gave them the grain they desired, but accused them of being spies. They could prove they weren't spies if they returned with their youngest brother. The men returned and had their youngest brother, Benjamin, with them. They still didn't know that Joseph, whom they sold into slavery, was ...

2693. May Christ Be Born In You

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... was invited to preach at a nearby country church he had never been to before. As he set out he was uncertain which road to take since most rural roads are not clearly marked and the directions he had been given left something to be desired. He stopped to ask directions along the way. The person he asked tried, but mistakenly steered him down the wrong road. The morning was pleasant and although the road seemed a little longer than the pastor had expected, he cheerfully continued on his way. Finally he ...

2694. A Star And A Dream

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... before she does anything. As the three kings are leaving she promises to join them the next day after her work is complete. But the kings leave without her. The next day Babushka cleans her house and finds a proper gift. All of a sudden she has the urgent desire to catch up with these men. They are a full day's journey ahead of her but, she hopes to catch them. Everywhere she asks if people have seen the three kings. Finally she tracks them to the village of Bethlehem. But she is too late. The kings have ...

2695. Watchers, Walkers And Worshipers

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Let's start with today~s story. After the disciples received the gift of the Holy Spirit, they were filled with a new sense of confidence and power. They had a flame burning in their hearts; they had a message on their lips; and they had a great desire to accomplish wonderful things in the name of the risen Lord Jesus. One day as Peter and John were approaching the Temple, they saw a man who was unable to walk. It wasn't unusual to see such people near the Temple, but perhaps seeing this man lying there ...

2696. Freed From Fear

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... people who have failed in their work because they feared rejection. I know of young people who have messed up their lives because they were afraid to say "no" to the crowd, married folks who have gotten caught up in infidelity out of fear that they are no longer desirable, old people who have given up on life because they no longer have confidence in their ability to cope. The list goes on and on of the lives that fear has crippled. So it's good news indeed to read our lesson for today, "For you have not ...

2697. God's Job Profile

Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be three characteristics of the kind of people God chooses. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'VE GOT TO BE WILLING TO LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE. Oh, I'm not talking about martyrdom ” though that could happen. I'm talking about laying down your life ” your dreams ” your deepest desires. Someone has said, "Man is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men and women." That's true. Are you willing to live your life in the center of God's will? The French Foreign Legion had this motto: "If I falter, push me; If ...

2698. Wrong About Christ

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... spirits of the men more than anything else that had happened since they were captured. And the rest of the journey was not nearly as rough as it might otherwise have been. The "musical incident," as it came to be called, had fortified the soldiers' desire to survive, all because a group of children had demonstrated their appreciation for them. (3) They heard some children sing and their whole perspective changed. That was what Jesus was hoping for with the disciples. He wanted them to think not in terms of ...

2699. Sinner Or Saint?

Hebrews 7:11-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... excellent times for his event. Finally Biff is invited to the big race at the state tournament. He arrives at the track early to stretch and warm up. Then, only a few minutes before his event, guess who shows up: sweet little Susie, looking more beautiful and desirable than ever. She prances up to Biff in a scanty outfit which accentuates her finer physical features. In her hands is a sumptuous slice of dutch apple pie with several scoops of ice cream piled on the top of it. "I've missed you, Biff," she ...

2700. Will This Be On The Test?

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... community, or to be accepted in God's sight. Or what if we had to pass certain tests in order to enter the kingdom of heaven! One day Moses was watching the Pearly gates for Saint Peter. While in charge, Moses decided to give a quiz to those desiring entrance into heaven. To all who had arrived that day he passed out pencils and paper with the test question which stated: "List the Ten Commandments in any order." When Moses collected the tests to grade them, he found that one person had written as his answer ...

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