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3076. The Cross: A Gift Of Life

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... years in what we refer to as the Holy Land. We call it holy because he lived there. Jesus taught and healed and touched people's lives as they have never been touched before. But there were those who were threatened by his teachings, especially when he claimed kinship with God. So they nailed him on a cross between two thieves. He was laid in a borrowed tomb. On the third day God raised him from the dead. He appeared to his friends and his disciples. Later these friends and disciples struggled to understand ...

3077. The Triumphant Christ

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Sooner or later truth will out. There was an interesting story in the newspapers some years ago. A security guard at the California State University at Los Angeles was shot and killed. A man named Edward Vasquez was charged with the crime. But Vasquez claimed he had been across the parking lot buying a burrito from a lunchwagon. When Vasquez went to trial two years later, the evidence was sketchy. The jury had begun deliberations and was split. It was at that point that Vasquez's jacket was reexamined ...

3078. Created For Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... the kind of freedom you and I need. Freedom is relative. Freedom is responsibility. Even more importantly, freedom is rooted in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Let us give thanks to God this day for this free land in which we live. And let us lay claim to that freedom that is our birthright in Christ. Only when we are joined with Christ can we ever say we are free. "For freedom Christ has set us free," says St. Paul. "Stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 1. "Hard ...

3079. Who Is Your Lazarus?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... we are attractive people. Certainly, the dogs do not lick our sores. Yes, we have more in common with the rich man than with Lazarus. And thus, Jesus confronts us with the question: Who is the Lazarus at our gate? Who is it that has a legitimate claim on our attention? For this text is not about wealth and poverty. It is about sensitivity to those around us. YOU SEE, THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH NEEDY PEOPLE. It really is. And those needs are not always financial. People need love, they need recognition. They ...

3080. Christ The King

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... and one of the world's most brilliant people. "My proposal," Hawking says, "is the statement that the universe is a closed system. We don't need to suppose there's something outside the universe which is not subject to its law. It is the claim that the laws of science are sufficient to explain the universe." This "theory of everything" causes people to stop and ask: "If laws of science can explain everything, then where does God fit in?" Hawking's credentials are impeccable. When he speaks, people listen ...

3081. Be Joyful

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... I could write a P.S. on the back." "Do you have a pen?" Calvin asks. "As a matter of fact, I do!" she answers. Calvin drops the snowball and says, "I'll bet she's bluffing, but this is not the time of year to tempt fate." One comedian claims his wife hasn't spoken to him since last Christmas. "I asked her what she wanted for Christmas," he explains, "and she said, Oh, just surprise me.' So, at three o'clock Christmas morning, I leaned over and went, BOO!'" (1) In my ministry, I have heard people agonize ...

3082. A Time For Miracles

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... could need in their home. They also sold a number of smaller things, such as toys. That particular Christmas, they had practically sold out of their toys. Elizabeth had been uneasy about leaving the shop that Christmas Eve because one package on layaway had not been claimed yet. It might not have been anything important, but on the other hand, it might be some child's only gift. So Elizabeth and Herman stayed open as long as they could, but finally they decided to close the store and head home. The next day ...

3083. A Very Special Man

Luke 2:22-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... to put into practice. Barton suggests that Jesus was a master of applied psychology who, two thousand years ago, anticipated all that Dale Carnegie would teach us about winning friends and influencing people. "Jesus had a charming personality," said Barton. He claimed Jesus knew how to "sell" His product, and if He were alive in the flesh today, He undoubtedly would use television to get His message out as extensively as possible. According to Barton, Jesus was the ultimate sales manager and motivator ...

3084. Running From God

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... of grandeur and persecution haunted him. Finally friends had to commit Nietzsche to an insane asylum. At this darkest hour the philosopher's mother entered his life again. She had heard about her son's desperate straits and came to the asylum to claim him. For decades she had patiently borne the strain of his apostasy. Her boy had rejected everything she held dear. His voice, which once read Scripture so movingly, now ranted incoherent bursts of Dionysian poetry. But she received him into her arms and ...

3085. Who Could Forget That?

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... be cursed by God (Gal 3:13). For nonbelievers it seemed "sheer folly" (1 Cor 1:18) to proclaim that the crucified Jesus was the Son of God and divine Lord of the world. The extreme dishonor of his dying on a cross counted against any such claims. (7) And yet God used the folly of the cross for our reconciliation. Christ's willingness to experience humiliation and to give his shed blood became a means for divinity and humanity to be joined once and for all. Robert Schuller tells about a wealthy, powerful and ...

3086. Jesus Won! We Won!

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... on, General Wainwright was in control. Huegel made this application: "Have you been informed of the victory of your Savior in the greatest conflict of the ages? Then rise up to assert your rights. Never again go under when the enemy comes to oppress. Claim the victory in Jesus' Name." Huegel observed, "We must learn to stand on resurrection ground, reckoning dead the old creation life over which Satan has power, and living in the new creation over which Satan has no power whatever." (1) Jesus won! WE WON ...

3087. More Than A Mannequin; Not Quite A Masterpiece

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... doubt that the person who put up that sign meant that visiting their church was like visiting Satan's domain. At least I hope not. Church isn't a bad place to be for most of us. In fact, some people actually like church. Art Greer, a writer and preacher, claims he knows why. "It's because," says Art, "it's the one place bad things can't happen to them for one hour in the week. The toilet doesn't get stopped up, the sink doesn't run over, the phone won't ring, and the school principal can't ...

3088. With A Name Like That . . .

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... relations between the races and every other problem on earth. Every individual on this planet is important to the Creator. Now, if you can find that truth in other religions, wonderful. No problem. I am not defending Christianity as a religion. I am not claiming any sectarian superiority. I am aware of our shortcomings and especially the shortcomings of individual Christians. But don't you think this is a message that the whole world needs to hear? God so loved the world . . . The world has a Savior. His ...

3089. Paul's Prayer For Us

Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... 2.8 million in 1981. Subsequently she was sued by her son's teenage friend. Why did he sue her? It was because she had asked him to pray for her. The friend, Christopher Pando, prayed to his favorite saint. When his prayer was answered, Christopher claimed half of Fernandez's jackpot. The case went before a panel of five State Supreme Court judges, who ruled against the boy, declaring soberly that in a modern court, there was no way to prove the efficacy of prayer. (1) After comedian George Burns played God ...

3090. Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... have been delighted to see his name in lights. We dare not forget that the story of the babe in the manger is ultimately a very personal story. It is a story for the world, yet a story for each one of us as individuals. That’s why it claims a very special place in our hearts. We sense the love of Joseph'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 ...

3091. Making It Last

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... told the people to, "Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins." When we turn toward God our lives will be different and other people will notice the change. Some people in the crowd were offended by John's remarks. They claimed to be descendants of Abraham, so certainly what John was preaching about did not apply to them. But his words were for them and everyone listening. In response John told the people that their life and deeds were more important than who their ancestors were ...

3092. Good News For You

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... hurled at Mr. Peck was a Bible. At some time in your life you many have been "hit over the head with a Bible too" “not in a literal sense, but figuratively. So much that is negative is spread abroad under the name of the religion. So many who claim to be preachers of the Gospel have only bad news to convey. Christmas and Easter are purely good news. "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son." We might fill our churches every Sunday and not just Easter and Christmas if we could remember ...

3093. The Things In Mary's Heart

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... the innkeeper who turned away Mary and Joseph that first Christmas night would have responded differently if he had known who was about to be born. It could not be so. The good news is that the Son of the Most High God was born in a stable. He never claimed for himself a special place among men. When he died, he was among outcasts and thieves. His identification with the least and lowest was so complete that he taught us that when we give a cup of cold water to a humble beggar in his name, it is to Christ ...

3094. A Song, A Star, A Savior

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Nazareth is the "mirrorimage" of God. Do you remember Louis Cassels’ famous parable of the birds? It was Christmas Eve and the man’s wife and children were getting ready to go to church. He wasn’t going. "I simply can’t understand what Christmas is all about, this claim that God became man," he told his wife. It had been snowing all day and it was beginning to snow harder as the man’s family rode off to church without him. He drew a chair up to the fireplace and began to read his newspaper. A few ...

3095. Would You Like To Hold The Baby?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... was promised and what would be would make their steps and their hearts lighter. It would make them remember the night they had held salvation in their arms. And they would wonder, "Whatever happened to the baby? Did Herod's troops get him? Will he ever claim his inheritance?" By the time 30 years had rolled around, even those who had been young boys and had young boys of their own had nearly forgotten. Their minds were filled with family matters, business problems and day to day stuff. They didn't have time ...

3096. A Society Out Of Control

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . There is a consciousness that the world is out of control! For twenty five years the occupants of a building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania complained about the trouble they had adjusting the temperature of their building. The higher the thermostat, they claimed, the colder the temperature. When warm weather came, turning down the thermostat seemed to make the building hotter. Much to their surprise they discovered there was a reason for that. That whole building had been supplied with thermostats in good ...

3097. See My Hands and Feet

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... the bus had been two castes of Indians. A man tied a rope to a tree, and all eleven "untouchables" climbed out to safety. But seventyeight Indians died because they would not use the same rope that had been used by the "untouchables." (1) How outrageous are the claims of the Gospel. The divine Creator of all that lives and moves and has its being, came down to earth and suffered and died to say to us that no one on this earth is untouchable. No one is beyond his love and concern. There is a beautiful story ...

3098. A New Daddy

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... THING, NONE OF US IS EVERYTHING WE COULD BE. For example, some of us fathers and mothers have a time problem. Dr. Seymour Diamond recently did some research on family problems and he came up with conclusions that are devastating for fathers. He claims that today's average American father gives undivided attention to his children only thirty-eight seconds a day. He does give them partial attention for an additional twenty minutes while he is otherwise engaged, watching TV or working on some project. But that ...

3099. Three Temptations Of The American People

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... who have known it, have known it in a different way than the people at the bottom of society today. Many of you lived through the depression. You know about being poor. The late Sophie Tucker recalled the poverty into which she was born. "We were so poor," claimed Sophie, "my parents couldn't afford children. The lady next door had me." Some of you know about that kind of poverty, still most of you will say, "We had plenty to eat. We had a stable home life. We could walk the streets of our neighborhood ...

3100. The Most Beautiful Story Ever Told

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... your garden?" In a similar fashion you and I might gasp, "What is God doing in that stable?" But that is the contention that Christians makethat the God of all creation humbled himself and took upon himself human flesh. It is an extraordinary claima claim that is a stumbling block for many conscientious people. But how would you do it, if you were God? How would you communicate with human beingswithout overpowering them and violating the principle of human freedom? God's plan is brilliant in its simplicity ...

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