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2776. Polished Up For Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... need to reach out to? That is the wonderful thing about this time of the year: we are motivated to reach out and demonstrate our love to others. There is an old Christmas story by Pearl S. Buck about a young man's first experience of giving a gift from ... barn and milked all the cows, then made it back to bed before his father could suspect anything. Rob's heart had been so full of love and joy that it hadn't even felt like work to him. Soon, his father came into his room and woke him for the morning milking ...

2777. Ultimate Thanksgiving

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... kiss still works. I remember that the gods appeared in ancient Greece as mortals, and I hold my breath and let the wonder in." (2) Most of us in this room are very, very rich. We have our health, we live in this free land, we have someone who loves us. I am not saying life is easy. I am simply saying that even the loneliest and most downcast among us knows the comfort of the living Christ. If we did not, we would probably not be here this morning. Perhaps you recognize the name, Henry Francis Lyte. Lyte ...

2778. A Story Almost Too Big To Tell

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... only premature not wrong in her conclusion. Each of us will face a day when our life on earth is over. Realizing the certainty of that fact gives us proper perspective on the years that we do have here. (3) Is Easter important? It is if you have ever loved or been loved. It is if you value life and want to cling to it forever. ONE MORE THING. EASTER IS IMPORTANT IF WE WANT TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF LIVING. Easter is important not only in what it says about life beyond the grave, but what it says about life on ...

2779. Be Careful How You Walk

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery...." In other words, use your head! Don't do anything stupid! Don't foul up your life! I sound like a nagging parent, don't I? I hope I sound like a loving parent. You see, there are all kinds of foolishness. Some kinds can be avoided, some can't. A colonel frowned impatiently as he watched a young lieutenant drill his platoon. Sweat was beginning to bead on the young lieutenant's forehead. His voice showed the strain of his ...

2780. Lord, When You Came Down To The Jordan

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... person that lived by the side of the road, and be a friend to man." She was asked why she didn’t stop and rest. "Wouldn’t have anything to live for," she replied. "Because these people coming everyday, they mean so much to me." (4) Agatha Burgess has the love of Jesus in her heart. When we identify with him, we also identify with the needs of those around us. Listen to the witness of a young girl. "I was walking home the other afternoon," Ginny said, "and there was a lady I’d never met before not far ...

2781. Stranglers Or Wranglers?

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... belongings were put up for auction. The old housekeeper had very little money, but she was determined to buy one family keepsake. It was a painting that had hung on a stairway wall in the house for many years ” a large oil portrait of the young boy she had loved and nurtured for fifteen years. When the items of the home were auctioned, no one wanted the painting, so the housekeeper was able to buy it for just a few dollars. Once she had the painting in her home, she began to clean it and polish the frame ...

2782. Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Philip Ware

... peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed." Is this why the people who executed Jesus had to torture him so much before they killed him? I think not! There is a mean and cruel streak in many of us when we are faced with love and forgiveness. Sometimes it seems we have to humiliate and hurt those who have come to help us before we can accept their healing and care. God knows it, Isaiah discovered it, Jesus experienced it, and the world lives by it! The soldiers were under orders to kill Jesus ...

2783. The Mother Side Of God

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... within minutes of at least one of our parents. Some 23 percent of us are within hours of a parent. Only 2 percent of us need to drive for days to see a parent. (2) So why do so many of us see our parents so seldom? Nothing says "I love you" like being there. Being there for our parents . . . Being there for our children. Years ago there was a country-western song titled, "Roses for Mama." In the song, it is Mother's Day, and a man goes to a florist shop to buy his mother a bouquet. He knows ...

2784. Busybodies

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... . After getting her a sandwich and something to drink, police from five different jurisdictions teamed up to ferry her home. "I've never seen so many people so nice with me an old lady," she said. They gave me love, respect, attention. Love has a lot of names," she continued, "compassion, respect, friendliness." Greyhound apologized and gave her a refund. The unidentified driver, a 20year Greyhound veteran, was suspended. (4) Greyhound had a rule. The religious leaders of Jesus' time also had rules ...

2785. Wounded, In Pain. Serving Still

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... would your power be? It is your very remorse that makes your voice tremble into the hearts of men. The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as much as can one human being broken on the wheels of living. In love's service, only the wounded soldiers can serve." (1) Paul Engle wrote a poem addressed to the enemies of Christ. "You say you buried God . . . but you have left us bodies bright with flame. And buried God no deeper than our hearts." (2) I address a ...

2786. Spin-masters Need Not Apply

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... power of God." Christian faith gives us power. It gives us poise. It gives us purpose. When you know that behind this world is a loving God, and that God is personally involved in our world and that we are God's own children, it does something to you. It invigorates ... , Maya Angelou began to cry. She realized the truth of what she was reading. As she said, "I knew that if God loved me, then I could do wonderful things, I could try great things, learn anything, achieve anything." (8) Many of the greatest people ...

2787. When You're Dreaming One Thing And Living Another

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... PERFECT. We belong to Christ. We are God's own. We don't have to win any races or any trophies or any awards. We don't have to be Mom of the year, or salesman of the decade, or even all-round good-guy of the Century. God loves us just as we are. In God's eyes, says St. Paul, we are perfect. Writer Chuck Swindoll notes that ordinary, common possessions can become extremely valuable, even priceless if they have been owned by someone who is powerful, wealthy, or famous. For example, he points out that Napoleon ...

2788. Trouble Brewing In The Kitchen

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Graham M. Bingham

... . When we first encounter Mary in the story she is "sitting at the feet of Jesus" (Verse 39). In the Middle East to "sit at the feet of someone" symbolized discipleship. It was a posture assumed by the student in order to learn and receive from the teacher. Mary loved being "at the feet of Jesus." Every time we meet her in the Scriptures that is where we find her. In this passage (Luke 10:39) she is "sitting at the feet of Jesus"--listening to his word. In John II: 3 2, at the resurrection of Lazarus, she ...

2789. Building An Understanding Of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... thing more: we are speaking of a Divine Presence in our lives today. Jesus promised that he would not leave us alone and helpless. He would send us a counselor, a helper, a friend. Yes, God is the creative force behind our universe; yes, God is the loving Father Jesus revealed to us; but God is also the force in our lives that helps us transcend our human limitations to live life abundant here and now. A young man named Rick Hoyt was born in 1962, paralyzed from the neck down and with severe cerebral palsy ...

2790. Being A Sheep Is Not So Bad (compared With Being A Goat)

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... McDonald." (4) Jeff McMullen could have settled for playing it safe. He could have kept his distance. That's what the goats would have done--but not the sheep. "When you've done it unto the least of these," said Jesus, "you've done it unto me." Sharing the love of Jesus always carries a risk with it. The homeless person may take the five you passed him and buy some wine rather than food. The foster child you take in might turn around and steal from you. The teenager you try to counsel may laugh in your face ...

2791. Invited To A Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... us a feeling of relief, but it cannot give us joy. It can ease our fears about the future, but it cannot fill that future with love and peace and hope. As an anonymous writer once put it: Money can buy a house but not a home./Money can buy a bed but ... we do not want to put on the new garment God has for us--the garment of a new purpose for our lives, the garment of love for all people, the garment of personal responsibility, the garment of a new walk with God. We have on the wrong apparel to enjoy the feast ...

2792. Come Home To God

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Angela Akers

... the same way they sin: discreetly, tastefully, at the proper time, and bring a Jell-O salad for dessert." (3) I love Garrison Keillor's sense of humor, but there is nothing discreet or tasteful about the description of repentance that we find ... that your sins don't matter. Try to pretend that they aren't ugly, vile, shocking, and painful. And then, let your heart be broken by a love so great that it would rather die than to lose you. At the end of the service, I will use these ashes to place the mark of ...

2793. Casting Out Demons

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... completely distorted the woman's perceptions so that she could not accept her husband's compliments. (5) IF THERE IS ONE DEMON THAT THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST SHOULD DISPEL, IT IS THE ONE THAT SAYS WE ARE UNLOVED. Here is the Good News for the day: we are loved. You and I can walk out of this sanctuary today with confidence. God wants us to feel free to use the creative powers within us to their fullest potential. And we can do so if we realize how much God cares about us. Psychologist Carl Rogers has put ...

2794. Are You Ready For Your Inheritance?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... and wrong. Sometimes you and I are forced to make difficult decisions, ethical decisions, that require us to choose a path that is temporarily more painful, but ultimately more rewarding. This is what following Jesus is all about. It's living a life of integrity, faithfulness and love--and that's not always easy. Years ago Jack London wrote a book titled, The Call of the Wild. It's a story about a dog that was brought to Alaska during the Alaskan gold rush. This dog, named Buck, was sold to a couple of men ...

2795. About Christ

Colossians 1:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... the crooks out into the street. It was more like a TV cop show than a Bible story . . . but the kids got the point. "As planned, twice every night for four nights Rick donned his Jesus suit and cleansed the temple of insincere people. And the children loved it! They voted this story to be one of the best of the whole week. "The best part of the story, though, came after Vacation Bible School. Somehow, acting like Jesus for several weeks had a lasting effect on Rick. He began coming to the church services a ...

2796. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... means? That's how it works. How often we forget. It IS more blessed to give than receive. We will be the losers if we hang out a sign this Christmas, "Do not disturb." Advent is a disturbing season. It is a season that calls us to righteousness and love. It reminds us who we are and what God has done in our behalf. And it calls us to share the good news with others, that a Savior has come into the world. 1. Guinness World Records 2004, edited by Claire Folkard, et. al. (Guinness World Records Limited, 2003 ...

2797. Winners And Losers

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... Just when we think we have got the saints and the sinners sorted into their own separate boxes, Jesus comes along and praises a tax collector and spends an afternoon with a Samaritan woman. We can never rest comfortably in a place of judgment over others, because God's love is wide enough to draw in even the people we don't dare accept. A few years ago, Lewis Smedes spent a day at the Los Angeles county jail trying to bail someone out. After seeing a stream of assorted thugs and addicts coming in and out of ...

2798. First, Last And Always--god!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... happen again." And, at that moment, the forget-me-not was born. (5) It's just a silly legend--a myth, if you will--but the reason such legends and myths abound is that they reflect the truth about God. God loves. God loves each of us as if God had no one else to love. You may have read in a special issue of Time magazine that Israeli scientists are marketing a microchip that, implanted under the skin, will protect film stars and millionaires from kidnap gangs. The chip emits a signal detectable by satellite ...

2799. Casting Aside His Garment

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... part of God's creation, but we're far from insignificant. Every bit of evidence from both theology and science supports the proposition that this world was created on our behalf, and we are the most prized creatures in it. But there are so many of us for God to love. There are over five billion people on earth right now. How could God know and care about each of us as individuals? Is God like the old woman who lived in the shoe, who had so many children she didn't know what to do? Dr. Fosdick helps us here ...

2800. A Rainbow And A Cross

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... I am going to feed them to my cat." Gordon said, "Son, I would like to buy those birds from you." The boy said, "Oh, no, preacher, I couldn't sell you these birds. They are just field birds. Go get your own." S.D. Gordon said, "Son, I'd love to have those very birds. Could I buy them? What do you want for them?" The boy contended, "No, they are not for sale. You cannot buy them." Gordon said, "I'll give you two dollars for your cage and two dollars for your birds." The little boy thought awhile ...

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