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2776. Comfort My People

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... eloquent way he could. When he finished playing, he left. The friend later remarked that no one else's visit had meant so much." (2) Let me ask you a question. Which means the most in our lives presents as in gifts or presence as in someone being there for us? When we are children, we think it is the gifts that make Christmas. As we become adults, we come to see that having someone there who loves us and whom we can love is far more important. God comes to us and comforts us. AND THIS BRINGS US TO OUR THIRD ...

2777. Good News For Tough Times

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... our lives into the muck and mire of it all he came to us HE DID NOT RUN AWAY! His message never wears out but is offered to all who seek peace with God. His light shines in the darkness all who follow it go home praising God for the gift of life they have received. This is the encouraging word that comes to those of us who, like the Seven-Up man, feel overwhelmed by our circumstances. Truly the Christmas story is for today what it was in Bethlehem two thousand years ago Good News for Tough Times. 1. Leslie ...

2778. A Lesson From Two Golfers And A Saint

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." (2) We have a place in the family of God. There is no greater honor in this world or the next. And it is God's free gift to all who will receive it. Baptism signifies that we are part of God's family. BAPTISM ALSO SIGNIFIES THAT OUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. I hope that ... librarian and also from his dad. The following summer, however, it happened again. Matthew stole some comic books from a resort gift shop. Again Walter corrected him and told him how wrong it was to steal. A year later, Matthew once again stole ...

2779. Resuscitating An Iguana

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... God's grace, God's love, God's salvation. "For by grace you have been saved," writes Paul, "and this is not your doing; it is the gift of God ” not the result of works, so that no one may boast." Art Linkletter in the segment of his TV show called, "Kids say the darndest ... works. It is a simple acknowledgment that we were saved in spite of our unworthiness and that in order to balance out that great gift of love, we are to reach out to those who need our love. It's like a monumental study that was done by ...

2780. Friends

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christ's friends. But there is a second way we know we are Christ's friends. The church tells us that we are Christ's friends. What is the church but a community of the friends of Jesus Christ? Think about it. The church is the greatest gift Christ gave us besides the gift of eternal life. When he gave us the church, he gave us membership in a family. He gave us a community. He gave us friends. Christ says to us, "You did not choose me, but I chose you . . ." We resist the idea of predestination, but the ...

2781. The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... , who had been eating at the time, was easily disarmed. The frightened captive with only a piece of bread in his hand then performed what may have been the most important act of his life. He gave his enemy some of the bread. So affected was the German by this gift that he could not complete his mission. He turned from his benefactor and recrossed the no-man's-land empty-handed to face the wrath of his superiors. (8) There is a message here for us. The bread of Christ is not to be hoarded. It is to be shared ...

2782. A Time For Hope

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... do need to know about hope. Many begin life with a terrible sense of inadequacy about nearly every task. The greatest gift we can give our young people is the message that they are loved, that they are important, that they can cope. There ... felt the need to write that letter. He put his conclusion like this: "There is only one explanation of such an experience. God’s greatest gift to man was given and accepted. The Friend came." Isn’t that what Advent is all about? It is about hope. It is about personal ...

2783. Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's young family. We know what it is like to be shut out ”to see the sign flashing, "No Room!" There is something very appealing about those unsophisticated shepherds kneeling before his crib and something very regal about the three wise men from the East who bear him gifts. Thus we begin once again the pilgrimage to Bethlehem, for we too have seen his star. He is the light of the world. He is the one who lightens up our lives. A little boy was playing out on the sidewalk one night after supper and he lost ...

2784. Centering On God

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

... and every one of us and will never stop loving us, no matter what. When we live our lives with God at the center, we will discover a joy we have never before experienced. We gather on this the first Sunday in Advent to prepare ourselves for God's great gift--Jesus. Advent is God's doing. God is in control of our world. In a few minutes you will be invited to come forward to drink the wine and eat the bread, knowing deep inside the joy that comes from believing in Jesus. There's not a better ...

2785. How Shall We Prepare Ourselves For Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... are going to be prepared for his coming, we better recognize and do something about our sin. That is a side to Christmas that the world will not even acknowledge. They will extract those appealing parts of Christmas ”the sweetness, the good cheer, the giving of gifts ”but they have no concept of the deeper meaning of the Christmas event, that the holy God has invaded our world. Part of the reason for his coming was to create a new community committed to a world unbroken by sin. That's a word our world ...

2786. God's Time

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... decay with time or if you have invested it in that which is eternal. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Is it a present reality in your life? It can be. That is God's moment. This is the Kairos - His time. Why not let him give you a gift this Christmas that transcends time ”the gift of His love. 1. Billy Graham. 2. Ethel Barrett, IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I LAUGH (Glendale, CA: Regal Books, 1973).

2787. A Song, A Star, A Savior

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... ones they knew. One native explained to the chaplain, "After you left, we built the Church to worship Jesus. We worship Him with the only service we know ”Christmas, the Day He was born. Every day is Christmas here. Every day the Christ child is born anew. Our gift to give is love. Our Church, we call it, the Christmas Church." How the world needs a Christmas song and a Christmas church. IN THE SECOND PLACE, WE NEED A STAR THAT WE CAN FOLLOW. Indeed, it may be that the greatest need of our time and our ...

2788. The Other Side Of Christmas

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... a rack of tools on the wall, and we see prefigured the "very dying form of one who suffered there for me." But the most interesting thing about the painting is that in the background we see Mary kneeling before an open chest in which we see the gifts of the three wise men ”the gold, frankincense and myrrh. No doubt as the years went by Mary saw her son grow to manhood, then into his twenties. First he worked beside Joseph. Now in Joseph's absence he was supporting the family as a carpenter. Mary wonders ...

2789. Flight To Egypt

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... She was reading the story of Jesus' birth to her day-care children one morning. As usual, she stopped to see if they understood. "What do we call the three wise men?" she asked. "The three maggots," replied a bright 5-year-old. "What gifts did the Magi bring baby Jesus?" the teacher corrected. "Gold, frankensteins and smurfs!" the same 5-year-old replied. (3) Our Scripture lesson today contains no frankensteins and smurfs, unless you want to associate King Herod with Frankenstein's monster. It would not be ...

2790. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... when their diabetic eleven year-old died. Why did the boy die? Because the family "by faith" withheld his insulin. They were encouraged by friends and their pastor to take this so-called "step of faith." Such actions are not steps of faith. Penicillin and insulin are themselves gifts from God. I believe in prayer but I look at the two hands of prayer and I see one hand open to God and the other reaching out to the world. Good health is God's plan for life. The greatest enemies our bodies have are our own ...

2791. Grace The New Fashioned Way

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... of what he has done, we are accepted. " We don't attain heaven the old fashion way. We don't earn it. It is a gift. That is of course the meaning of the word "grace." The theme of God's unmerited and unrestrained love for sinners was so important to ... but because of grace. So St. Paul wanted the whole world to know that salvation is something we cannot earn. Salvation is a gift freely given. Why is this important to us? The knowledge of our acceptance by God, in spite of our unworthiness, is important for ...

2792. A New Daddy

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In this day when the family is on the endangered species list, we need to affirm those men and women who are conscientiously seeking to maintain the most basic and fundamental ties in our society. So, Dads, this day is our gift to you. Nevertheless, I want to challenge you Dads to consider giving your family a special gift on this Father's Day. I want you to consider giving them a new daddy. No, I'm not recommending divorce. I have in mind the words of St. Paul: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a ...

2793. The Most Beautiful Story Ever Told

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... playing bridge with a friend and confessed her inability to get that microwave oven even to boil water. "To get this darn thing to work," she exclaimed, "I really don't need better directions; I need my son to come along with the gift!" "When God gave the gift of salvation," says Pastor Stewart, "he didn't send a booklet of complicated instructions for us to figure out; he sent his Son." A young couple experiences the miraculous in their lives. A humble husband shows extraordinary love and trust. And God ...

2794. A Most Successful Sermon

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... out? Do you need to make a reaffirmation of your faith? Do you need to allow Christ access to more of your life than you have been permitting him in the past? Repent of your sins. Reaffirm your faith. Finally, Peter says to the new believers, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. There was a young lady who worked in an enormous factory, one of the largest factories of its kind in the world. One day she confided to her pastor that she would have to quit. “What’s the matter?” he asked her. “Doesn’t ...

2795. Coming Alive To Christ

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... is a thorn in people's sides, when you look back on it, Elred is virtually always right. Often very right. Maybe the rabbi did mean brother Elred. But surely not Brother Phillip. Phillip is so passive, a real nobody. But then, almost mysteriously, he has a gift for somehow always being there when you need him. He just magically appears by your side. Maybe Phillip is the Messiah. Of course the rabbi didn't mean me. He couldn't possibly have meant me. I'm just an ordinary person. Yet supposing he did? Suppose ...

2796. When Someone Else Gets The Honor

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... , why do we feel that way, and is there any hope for us? WE NEED TO BEGIN BY NOTING THAT ENVY ALWAYS SPRINGS FROM A FEELING OF INSECURITY ABOUT OUR OWN SELF-WORTH. If we felt good about ourselves, would we need worry about other people's accomplishments, position, gifts, or whatever? God asked Cain, "If you do well will you not be accepted," and Cain had no answer. The truth is that Cain wasn't sure if he was acceptable or not. And that's sad. People who feel unacceptable are the cause of most of the world ...

2797. Save The Tokens For Uncle Sam

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... body, I'll do with it as I please," first of all, because that's not true. We are God's creation, His temple. Secondly, it is dumb, because, when we do what we please with our bodies, we usually do ourselves harm. Our bodies are such wondrous, miraculous gifts. I like the way Zig Ziglar puts it. He asks, "If you had a million dollar race horse, would you allow it to smoke cigarettes, drink whiskey and stay out all night? How about a thousand dollar dog? How about a fivedollar cat." If you wouldn't treat a ...

2798. What Are You Working For?

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... consequence from an eternal perspective. We may work ourselves to death and have nothing to show for it, even if we are doing good works. THERE IS ONLY ONE THING IN THIS WORLD OF REAL CONSEQUENCE: ARE WE CONNECTED TO CHRIST? HAVE WE RECEIVED HIS FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE? Charlotte Elliott was forty-five years old, and an invalid. She was living at Westfield Lodge, in Brighton, England. Her brother, the Rev. H.V. Elliott was arranging a bazaar to raise money to aid in the building of a college where the ...

2799. A Pentecostal Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... we are intoxicated, but I would like for them to see joy on our faces. I would like them to see how much we love one another. And I would like them to know that there is good news in the world-the good news of God's great gift of Jesus Christ in their behalf. 1. J. Ellsworth Kalas, THE POWER OF BELIEVING, (Waco, Texas: WordBooks, 1987). 2. Herb Miller, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN VERBS, (Nashville:Abingdon Press, 1989). 3. From a sermon by Eric Ritz. 4. Ernie Nivens, Tranquil, S.C. 5. Leslie B. Flynn, YOU DON ...

2800. Entering Into The Agony

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... agreed to allow them to buy their apartments at a very low rate. Please do not misunderstand. This was not your typical condominium conversion. He was selling them their apartments at a much lower rate than they could obtain them on the open market. This was his gift to these six young people who had been there when he needed them . Dan Sullivan’s wife of fifty years, Ruby, had been dying of cancer. For much of that time she was beyond help and pain relievers. Nights were the worst. When her cries of pain ...

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