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2701. How Shall We Prepare?

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... insurance, earthquake insurance, tornado insurance, unemployment insurance, fire insurance. I am inspected, expected, respected, dejected, rejected, examined, reexamined, informed, reformed, summoned, fined, commanded, and compelled until I supply an inexhaustable supply of money for every known need, desire or hope of the human race. Simply because I refuse to donate something or other, I'm boycotted, talked about, lied about, held up, held down, robbed until I am ruined! I can tell you honestly, had ...

2702. Angels Announce His Coming

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... that in a moment. THE SECOND WORD WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS "GOODWILL." Goodwill goes beyond peace, doesn't it? Peace is tolerance. It is the absence of conflict. It is disharmony restrained. But goodwill is more than that. Goodwill speaks of love and acceptance and a desire for another's well-being. Goodwill is the story of the Fourth Wise Man. Do you know the story? Legend has it that this fourth wise man's name was Artaban. Like his three counterparts, Artaban set out to follow the star. He took with him a ...

2703. Three Deadly Words

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... often hospitalized. She was considered erratic and withdrawn. She would bite her nails and had numerous phobias. She wore a backbrace from a spinal defect and would constantly seek attention. She was a daydreamer with no vocational goals, although she expressed a desire to help the elderly and the poor. Who were these two children? The boy from Port Huron became one of the world's greatest inventors ” Thomas A. Edison. And the awkward and sickly young girl became a champion of the oppressed ” Eleanor ...

2704. Flies On The Ceiling Of The Sistine Chapel

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... as we sometimes are on a church retreat. Oh, we cherish such experiences to be sure. In the German classic, FAUST, the writer Goethe describes a pact that Dr. Faust makes with the devil. The pact allows Faust to satisfy his every human want and desire except one. Never, never under any circumstances, is he ever to stop and say to the passing moment, "Wait, you are so beautiful!" This world is so beautiful ” so intricate ” so perfect. Scientists tell us that the slant of the earth, for example, tilted at ...

2705. Where Is Your Citizenship?

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... leaves and drank as they worked. Their foreman observed that, "They'd rather have coca than food." (1) That is a good picture of what St. Paul means when he speaks of those whose god is their stomach. What begins as a moral compromise to satisfy our desires usually ends by becoming a controlling urge. FINALLY, HE SAYS, THEIR GLORY IS IN THEIR SHAME. In other words, they live in active rebellion against the things of God. Have you ever known anyone who could not have fun unless he or she was doing something ...

2706. The Seven Year Switch

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... the tent. A young man who had been in the meeting the night before came up to Mr. Sunday and asked him earnestly, "What must I do to be saved?" Sunday said, "You're too late," and kept on working. "Don't say that," exclaimed the young man, "for I desire salvation; I would do anything or go anywhere to obtain it." "I can't help it," Sunday replied. "You're too late; for your salvation was completed many years ago by Jesus Christ, and it's a finished work. All you can do is simply accept it. You have done ...

2707. Who Will Wipe Away Their Tears?

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... of that has gone forever." I hope you recognize those words. They are from our Scripture lesson for the day. They speak of God's final conquest over sin and death. They are a picture of the New Jerusalem. I believe they are also a picture of how God desires this world to be ” a place where tears are wiped from children's eyes. Where they shall no longer be surrounded by death, sorrow, crying, or pain. "All of that will be gone forever." BUT THAT WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF YOU AND I GET BUSY! That is our reason ...

2708. Empowered

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

A family driving a large camper pulled up in front of the church just as the pastor started toward home. Desiring to be friendly, the pastor introduced himself and expressed his admiration for the camper. The man of the family told him rather proudly: "This camper sleeps eight people." Then he asked: "What is the capacity of your church, Pastor?" The beleaguered pastor replied rather glumly, "Oh, it sleeps about eighty." ...

2709. Who Are You Trying To Impress?

Galatians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... am trying to please God. If I were still trying to please men I could not be Christ's servant." Here is a paradox. The harder you try to impress people, the sillier you become. If you seek to impress God, you will eventually make the kind of impression you desire on people. Consider with me one final parable. Just imagine that a man is given a present by one of his friends. The present is neatly wrapped in a small box with a pretty bow on top. Imagine that the man opens the box and discovers a huge diamond ...

2710. Change Is Possible

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be conformed to that image in our own lives. The important thing about St. Paul's life is that he was totally surrendered to the will of God. His conversion was complete. It wasn't simply a product of a New Year's resolution, or a naive desire to somehow live a better life. It was unconditional surrender to God. And that's the way complete change occurs. E. Stanley Jones once said he had seen missionaries leave loved ones, friends, home, business, prospects, and come to other lands and find that they had ...

2711. Freedom's Year

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... of a young woman in his book, Beside the Bonnie Briar Brush. She's raised in a Christian home, but she wants to find her freedom. And so she goes. And she finds the kind of life she thinks is free. She gets for herself all that she's ever desired. But the getting's never enough. And what she possesses begins to possess her. Now she doesn't even know what it means to be free. One day she decides to go home. When she gets near the cottage of her birth, she wants to turn around. What's she ...

2712. Why Do We Call Him Good?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... the opportunity to schedule when we need to be involved. Usually it is thrust upon us when we least expect it and are ill-prepared. Surprise will always be our first response. Inconvience will always be our first thought. Unwillingness will always be our first desire. Then we remember the word, "good." And we swallow our pride and our prejudice and take the time to help. This brings us to a third thing to be said. THE SAMARITAN SHOWED HIMSELF CAPABLE OF THE HIGHEST ACT OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS ” THAT OF ...

2713. A Message From Above And Beyond

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... spread the Gospel to the next and so on for twenty centuries. We didn't come to Christian faith all by ourselves. We build on a foundation that has taken twenty centuries to construct. Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop writes in his memoirs of his desire to attend medical school. "As I prepared for my career as a doctor, there was one thing I knew for sure. I would attend medical school at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons. When I went to Columbia for my admissions interview in ...

2714. Life From God's Perspective

John 12:12-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... palm branch was a symbol of revolution. The shout, "Hosanna" can be interpreted as a cry for help, "Save us now!" People were pushing Jesus into entering Jerusalem and overthrowing the government by force. The crowd needed God's perspective on the matter. Jesus had no desire to lead a rebellion. To counter what the crowd was doing he deliberately chose a donkey to ride. A king going into battle would ride a horse. A king coming to proclaim peace would ride upon a donkey. The people could not push or force ...

2715. Responding To The Roadblocks Of Life

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... DREAM ALIVE. I looked the word "dream" up in Webster's second college edition dictionary. One of the many meanings of the word "dream" is to have a "fond hope" or "aspiration", or to think of something noble in life, to be at all possible and desirable. Yes, dreams are hopes and ideas that inspire us and motivate us. Dreams can be the most powerful and pervasive force at work in our world. Dreams of freedom and religious liberties propel countless persons to move across oceans and unknown lands. As long as ...

2716. The Fourth King In The Christmas Story

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... throw them off, but as he throws off one tentacle, another one grabs him until they pull him down to death. Claubert's greed resulted in his descent into a watery grave. King Herod was a man of greed as well. His world revolved around his own selfish desires. And his greed resulted in his descent to the depths of human cruelty. That's not unusual when you refuse to submit your life to a higher authority. We run into less powerful King Herods all the time. There are people who are tyrants in their own homes ...

2717. A Journey To A New Life

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... is no greater honor I have as a pastor than to administer baptism to an adult. Or a youth. [Or to an infant brought by Christian parents to signify that this new person is part of the family of God.] Perhaps there is someone here today who desires Christian baptism. Or perhaps we simply need to be reminded in the quietness of our own heart of the significance of the baptism we have already received. Let's return to our story about Lizbet and her family fleeing from Castro's Cuba. That night, the Martinez ...

2718. A Message For Big Bird

John 11:17-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... . And that has led Christians to have a wide range of views on this subject. The story's told about a couple who lived on a beautiful piece of ground in an isolated area. In the process of time, he died. Before he died, he expressed his strong desire to be buried upon their own property. His new widow made the necessary arrangements. She sent a funeral home crew to dig the grave on their property. She shortly received a telephone call which went like this: "We cannot dig this grave like you have it laid out ...

2719. The Testimony of a Tax Collector

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... an answer that has changed forever how Christians are to look at those who are outside the ranks of the righteous: "Those who are well have no need of a physician," he said, "but those who are sick. Go," he continued, "and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.'" And then he concluded with these priceless words: "For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." I was one of those sinners, but I was not the only one. In fact, it would have been difficult to have found a more unlikely ...

2720. When You Need Help

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." The holy man was right. After many years and a fierce inner struggle, Augustine was touched by a revelation in Scripture, and became a Christian. When Monica learned of her son's salvation, she remarked that she had nothing left to live for, for the greatest desire of her heart had been fulfilled. Nine days later, Monica died. And the son she had spent her life praying for, went on to affect the whole world. (6) Monica never quit asking. "Live on as you are living," said the holy man. "It is not possible ...

2721. Is It Wrong To Be Ambitious?

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... it's not the size of the dog in the fight that makes a difference but the size of the fight in the dog. Would Michelangelo have made such a contribution as he did to the art world if he had not prayed: "Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish"? Of course not. Michelangelo was ambitious. So was Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln often said to himself as a boy studying by the pine log fire at night: "I will study and get ready and perhaps my chance will come." And, indeed, it did come. George ...

2722. The Most Difficult Commandment

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... enthusiastically into a ministry, and he died doing what God had called him to do. (7) The second friend is a police officer in Northern Ireland. We sometimes forget that in the awful conflict within that tortured land there are decent people on both sides who desire nothing more than to bring peace and harmony. Police officers don't have an easy job in any country, but listen to this man's average day. Before he gets in his car each day, he must check it thoroughly for any explosives. The law requires ...

2723. Searching For Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... such a model of virtue that people will be drawn to imitate you?" "No," said the saint, "for that would make me the center of attention." "What then do you wish for?" asked the angel. "The grace of God," was the man's reply. "Having that, I have all I desire." "No, you must ask for some miracle," said the angel, "or one will be forced on you." "Well, then I shall ask for this: let good be done through me without my being aware of it." So it was decreed that the holy man's shadow would be endowed with ...

2724. Have You Seen God's Heart?

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... would be ensured a safe ride. READERS DIGEST carried a story recently about Beppino Giovanella, a biologist who tested a powerful cancer medication on himself. No one put a gun to Giovanella's head and said, "Take this or else." It was the desire to find a safe but effective dosage that made him swallow a gelatin capsule containing 100 milligrams of an experimental cancer drug. Partly as a result of his selfexperiment, the drug is now in clinical trials. The experiment caused Giovanella to temporarily lose ...

2725. Show Me The Fish!

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... now? Let me tell you a true, but humorous and slightly scandalous story that comes out of the early days of the church. When the father of Origen, a third century theologian, was arrested for being a Christian, Origen, then only 17, was aflame with the desire to follow his Dad and share in glorious martyrdom. His mother pleaded with him not to go, but the headstrong boy did not want to listen to reason. His quick thinking mother did what she could. She hid his clothes. Though Origen stormed and protested ...

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