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3076. Wrestling With God

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... 100 shares of IBM stock, then you can be my God." That was not the exact wording, but you get the idea. Jacob was still striving, still competing, still determined to be number 1, but this time he is bargaining with God. Having completed this transacation quite successfully in his estimation, Jacob moved on to the next stage in his life. Since there was no Wall Street in those days where he could make a fortune in stock manipulation, he took his wheelingdealing ways on to Haran. This time, however, he met ...

3077. One Word Changed Everything

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... asking his disciples one of the most familiar questions in all the Bible, "Who do people say that the Son of man is?" I doubt that Jesus was really all that interested in what the crowd thought about him. He knew the masses of people are quite fickle and easily led astray. There was a glaring example of this not too long ago on television. The ABC television network carried a program titled "Pray TV." Actor John Ritter played the role of an evangelist. Incredibly, some 22,000 people called local television ...

3078. Do We Know What We've Got?

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... between the two of you.” Don’t make a big deal of it. Do it in a loving manner. Keep the conversation between the two of you forever confidential. But friends do not let friends ruin their lives. What an important passage of scripture. And yet, quite honestly, this would be very difficult for most of us to do. It requires a great deal of love. It also requires a great deal of courage. “Too often,” says author Chuck Colson, “we confuse love with permissiveness. It is not love to fail to dissuade ...

3079. The Way Life Ought To Be

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Kentucky Derby." We like happy endings. We like to believe that in the end people do live happily ever after. We like to imagine a world of love and peace and harmony and compassion for one another. The way life ought to be. Unfortunately, reality isn't quite like that. Life isn't always fair, and people frequently are not reasonable. Take the true story of an Illinois census counter. One day last Spring she approached a house, saw no dogs, and thought she was safe. When she rang the bell, a woman came out ...

3080. Started Toward A Great Tomorrow

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Paul was focused. "...but this ONE thing I do..." ST. PAUL ALSO KNEW HOW TO FORGET. "...forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching unto those things which are before..." Some people are so concerned over the past that they destroy their future. They cannot quit looking back. That could have happened to St. Paul. He could have let his guilt over persecuting the church prevent him from giving his best. He could have hung his head and said, "Nobody's going to listen to me. Look what I've done. I ...

3081. God And The Irs

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the Methodists. Wesley had a most enviable problem. He was committed to a life of relative austerity. Christ was indeed first in his life. He saw how material possessions could be a negative encumbrance to his ministry. Yet his writings made him quite prosperous. With this insight in mind he stated on one occasion, "I do not see how it is possible...for any revival to continue long. Religion must necessarily produce industry and these cannot but produce riches. As riches increase so will pride, anger ...

3082. Jesus And The Ayatollah

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... continued, "Remember then, there is only one time that is important. Now!" And then he added, "The most necessary man is he with whom you are. . . and the most important thing is to do him good, because for that purpose alone was man sent into this life!" There is quite a kernel of truth in that little story. There is only one time. That is now. And there is only one reason for life and that is to do good. And the object of that good is anyone with whom you or I happen to have contact. Tolstoy would have ...

3083. Salvation By Faith Alone

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bible. He wrote more than four hundred works, from pamphlets to large books. He wrote catechisms for the common people and introduced singing by the congregation. Of the 125 hymns that he wrote, the best known is "A Mighty Fortress is our God." Quite a string of accomplishments for a young man who entered the priesthood because he was afraid of lightning. The body of Christ can give thanks this day for that providential storm and his misinterpretation. And yet, halfamillennium after Luther, there are many ...

3084. Ready For The Game Warden

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the marketplace he'd meet some pretty stupid people. But he was never sure they were worse off than he. Years passed with the servant carrying his staff. Then one day, he came back to the castle and was ushered into the bedroom of his master. His master was quite sick. In the course of their conversation, the master said, "I'm going on a long journey." The servant said, "When do you plan to be back?" The master said, "This is a journey from which I'll not return." The servant said, "Sir, have you made all ...

3085. You're A Good Kid!

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... you still have the strength," was the answer. It is not easy being a parent, but perhaps the most difficult part of all is separating a child's actions from his value as a person. It is one thing to say, "Tommy, you have done a bad thing. It is quite another to say, "Tommy, you are a bad boy." A child breaks a dish. Mother comes running with a scowl upon her face. "Naughty girl!" she says loudly. "Shame on you." A few moments later the child is tugging on Mommy's dress. She's looking up into Mommy's ...

3086. Hey! I Want To Believe!

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... when Jesus made his first dramatic resurrection appearance to his disciples. Thus he was still in his doubt and despair. It is a good warning to us. Group support is powerful. That is the secret of another organization that has helped a great many people and grown quite prosperous at the same time. It was started by a lady who weighed 214 pounds. She weighed this much even after a lifetime of fad dieting. Her name is Jean Nidetch. It was in an obesity clinic she found the help she needed. That help came in ...

3087. The Awesome Power Of Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's leg. Then she bandaged it. Finally, she instructed those at the sanitarium to feed the pup but not to show it any affection. The change in the little dog was dramatic. Whereas it had always been energetic, frisky and friendly, it now seemed quite forlorn. Even more significantly, six weeks later the incision on its leg had not healed. The doctor then instructed everyone at the sanitarium to lavish love on the tiny creature. Soon the little puppy was frisky and energetic again. And the incision healed ...

3088. How Do We Choose?

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... Church invited him to join their church, and the Methodist people invited him to become a member of theirs, but he could never make up his mind. When he died, his wife wanted his body buried in the Anglican churchyard. Church officials didn't think this was quite right. If you visit this churchyard today, you will find his body buried so that half of it is inside the fence and half outside. (2) A lot of us would prefer to be fence straddlers. Sometimes it is important, however, that a decision, any decision ...

3089. Breaking Down The Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... to me that in today's world we are still circling each other as we always have, still checking each other out. The nations of the world are not ready to shake hands. They are divided. And communities are divided. America's melting pot has never quite realized it potential. We are not a solitary family but an amalgamation of peoples and traditions and even languages. Will we ever transcend our various ethnic, cultural and racial boundaries and truly become one people? I don't know. If we do, it will be ...

3090. What Are You Working For?

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... the same. Old Scrap Iron held his ground. He may be cut and bruised. A foul tip might miss his protective padding and sting his elbow, but he hung in there. (2) He was a fighter, a worker, a bluecollar player, as we would say today. He would not quit. Who does not admire someone like that? I assume that you are working at something. It need not be for profit. Many retired people are giving their time to others. Some plant gardens. Some find ways to help around the church or in the community. Few of us who ...

3091. Be Careful How You Walk

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

A prosperous executive whose work required frequent travel decided to buy his own plane. He took flying lessons and was soon quite comfortable with his more convenient transportation. After a few years he decided to purchase a pontoon plane so he could fly back and forth from his beautiful summer home on the lake. On his first flight in his new plane, he forgetfully started to head for the airport landing strip, ...

3092. The Deal Of A Lifetime

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... from Mark's Gospel: "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time..." That's quite a promise. Whatever you invest will be returned a hundredfold. Nobody could make such a promise except Christ. And he did it in a most interesting context. A wealthy young man came to him seeking the way to eternal life. "Keep the commandments," Jesus said. "I have," said ...

3093. The Secret Of Winning

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... which I am baptized, you will be baptized, but to sit at my right or left hand is not mine to grant...." What does it take to be a winner in life? What does it take to be a winner as a follower of Jesus Christ? Actually, the process is quite simple. FIRST OF ALL, WINNERS PAY A PRICE NO ONE ELSE WILL PAY. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome was painted by Michelangelo. This required his lying flat on his back. But that posed a problem, for Michelangelo had a "bad back," and if he lay on it ...

3094. From The Rubble Of Life

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He looked up the listings of various stores in that great metropolis. Then he decided to concentrate on a wellknown chain that had 393 stores in the New York City metropolitan area. He decided to write each of them by hand asking for a position. That was quite a project for a teenager with limited time and resources. He wrote fifteen a day. And he stuck to it day after day without a single reply. Finally, after writing them every one with absolutely no response, he scraped up a few dollars and headed for ...

3095. The Awesome Power Of Believing

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... call anorexia nervosa. This awful disease afflicts mostly young women between the ages of 15 and 25. One of its most famous victims was also one of the most popular and most talented singers of the last decade, Karen Carpenter. A young woman with anorexia believes quite simply that she is too fat. It makes no difference what her body size actually is. You can show her a picture of herself as an emaciated, shriveled up piece of skin and bones looking very much like a victim of starvation in Ethiopia and she ...

3096. It Happens In The Best Of Families

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... be sensitive to the slightest sound of a baby's cry. As children grow, we sleep more soundly; at least until the teenage years. Then we may lie awake a lot. As our children grow we may sleep a little more soundly. We may not hear sounds in the night quite as well, but still we must train ourselves to listen. It's much easier to hear a threeyearold in the middle of the night than to hear the silent scream of a 13 yearold whose sense of self worth has just been crushed at school by a catty friend or ...

3097. The Majesty And The Misery

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... nobody could humiliate him like this again. HE would have the equivalent of the shiny new bicycle and he would use his status to demand respect. Charles Blair went on to become a successful pastor, father and member of his community but he never quite left behind that disappointed and humiliated little child of poverty he had once been. In his heart that child was still there. For years he strived to prove to the world that he was somebodythat he had escaped the poverty, the worthlessness, the humiliating ...

3098. Why We Give

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... had a creative way of approaching this subject. He told his congregation, "As you know, our budget has increased eighteen percent this year. Let me suggest that all of you consider giving one-tenth of your income. Your church is in real financial need. Quite frankly, it is fit to be tithed." (2) Another pastor also had a creative idea. His church was instituting a unified budget. One budget would replace several smaller budgets. It took him a long time to determine the best way to present this. Finally ...

3099. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... point is the same. It hurts to be betrayed by a friend, a spouse, a parent or anyone whom we love. A lady wrote a devotional which was printed in the Upper Room recently. It begins like this: "When my husband of 32 years left me quite suddenly, I was devastated. As I sat in church the following Sunday and heard the minister read, `Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before... ™ I was reminded of the valedictory address which I had delivered years before ...

3100. A Real Solution For Real Problems

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

King Duncan

... terrible neck pains, throbbing headaches and recurring dizzy spells. The doctor examined him and said, "I’m afraid I have some bad news for you. You have only six months to live." The doomed man decided he would spend his remaining time on earth enjoying himself. He quit his job, bought a sports car, and a closet full of new suits and shoes. Then he went to get himself a dozen tailored shirts. He went to the finest shirt shop he could find. The tailor measured him and wrote down, "size l6 neck." "Wait a ...

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