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3076. Man, Give Me Some Bread: I Want To Make Sense Out Of My Life

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... that Jesus lived such a powerful life because He could hear things that others couldn't hear. He was in constant communication with His Father. The Father's voice guided Jesus at all times. So in circumstances that would have sent others into panic or despair, Jesus stayed serene and confident. (4) Because Jesus is so in touch with God, he is the key to helping us know God as well. If you came to this place of worship this morning seeking meaning for your life, there is only one place it can be found, and ...

3077. Full Barns--empty Souls

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , with an attentive husband, she seemed to be living every girl's dream. But in a moment she lost it all. She was in a coma for six weeks. When she finally understood that her face was virtually gone, she did not want anyone to see her. She stayed in seclusion for seven years while she underwent more than seventy operations. Even after all that surgery, her face and body was deeply scarred. She now had only one arm and one eye. Television was her only companion. She did not venture out for fear of rejection ...

3078. Don't Look Down

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... 15, 1941, with deep foreboding, Margaret watched him leave. Soon the Chinese colonel came with news. The enemy was near and the townspeople must evacuate. Margaret shivered, knowing that one-year-old Johnny and two-month-old Margaret Anne would never survive as refugees. So she stayed put. Early the next morning she tore the page from the wall calendar and read the new day's Scripture. It was Psalm 56:3: "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." The town emptied during the day, and the next morning ...

3079. A Birthday Celebration

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... miss out on all the fun. Place: In your heart. He'll meet you there . . . you'll hear Him knock. Attire: Come as you are . . . grubbies are okay. He'll be washing our clothes anyway. He said something about new white robes and crowns for everyone who stays till the last. Tickets: Admission is free. He's already paid for everyone. (You would not have been able to afford it anyway. It's cost Him everything He had!) Refreshments: New wine, bread and a far-out drink He calls "Living Water," followed by a supper ...

3080. Secrets Of Successful Parenting

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... don't get the idea that Jesus was an abused child, do you? Certainly Mary and Joseph had rules for him, just as every loving parent has rules for his or her child, but this story reflects that Jesus had learned a healthy sense of autonomy. Beside staying behind at the Temple without permission, Jesus was comfortable stating his own view of things: "Why did you worry? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?" SECONDLY, THIS STORY REMINDS US OF WHAT HOLDS FAMILIES TOGETHER MUTUAL RESPECT. Mary and ...

3081. Straight Backs And Rekindled Dreams

Luke 13:10-17

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... them of their sins, and he could ease their fears and he could give them hope. And, you know what, the people who came to Jesus got well. That's partially because things like guilt and fear and anger can make us sick. One way you can help yourself to stay healthy is to think good thoughts and to do the right thing. It won't always keep us from getting sick, but it will certainly help. Let's pray to Jesus that we will only have thoughts that will build us up and not tear us down.

3082. One Giant Leap

John 1:1-18, Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... as a young boy, just learning how to talk? What's the first word kids learn? Do you know it? It's "NO!" isn't it?! That's usually the first word we learn in our childhood. Maybe because we hear it so often! No, Wayne, No! Don't touch! Stay out! Don't do that! No! So we learn to shake our heads, No! early in life. But that's true in our religious dimensions as well! What's the great word of our childhood thoughts of the church? Don't do this! You can't do that! Christians aren ...

3083. Two Promises For A New Year

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... out, some parents came home to the children they had left in the care of a baby-sitter. They were pleased to find the kids fast asleep. As the baby-sitter was about to walk out the door, she said, “By the way, I promised Tommy that if he would stay in bed, you would buy him a pony in the morning." There is a fine line sometime between a promise and a bribe. God does not step across that line. God does not bribe us to be Christians. God does not tell us that if we surrender our lives that ...

3084. Trees

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... able to swim to a small, desert-like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island. The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren. After ...

3085. In The Middle Of The Night

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't afford a flight, so Hope set about finding transportation for them. She and the family got as far as Dallas, but Billy became too sick to continue. Commercial airlines wouldn't carry someone in his condition. Hope got Billy admitted to a local hospital; she stayed with him around the clock, trying to keep him comfortable. Finally, Hope located a doctor who owned his own plane. He got the boy home just in time; Billy died soon after landing in New Mexico. In addition to his name and dates on the tombstone ...

3086. Hey, You Can Only Be Young Twice!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... in depression and despair. We are involved in church. We are involved with people. We have peace and contentment within, because we have done with those things that cause guilt and inner conflict. We live openly and joyfully. In short, we do all the things that are part of staying young right up until the twilight years of our lives. You know people like that, don't you? Of course you do. Many of them are right here in our church. These Are People Who Know WHat It Is to Turn Their Lives Over to God -- to Go ...

3087. The Secret Of A Great New Year

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: An Etch-a-Sketch pad or a blackboard Boys and girls, Just a few nights ago, people all over the world celebrated the coming of a new year, the year 2001. Some people went to parties, some people stayed up and watched the giant ball drop on television at midnight, some set off fireworks, and others celebrated in other ways, but New Year's Eve is one of the biggest celebration nights of the year. What's so special about a New Year? (Give them an opportunity to answer). ...

3088. Extreme Sports, Extreme Fashions, Extreme Faith

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... a growing number of people. But there is a second thing that needs to be said: SOME OF THE GREATEST PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVER LIVED HAVE BEEN RISK-TAKERS. You don't change the world by playing it safe. You don't improve the lot of humankind by staying put. "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, long hours . . ." This ad was placed in the early 1900s by the explorer Ernest Shackleton--he was looking for men to help him discover the South Pole. The ad drew 5,000 brave candidates. Shackleton was once asked ...

3089. Building a Nation

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... where we came from. Second, We Need to Remember What We Stand For. Growing up in the black ghetto of Baltimore, young Thurgood Marshall was an early, though unwilling, student of the U.S. Constitution. Often in mischief, he was required to stay after school as punishment for his classroom antics. For each infraction of a rule, Marshall was required to memorize a portion of the Constitution. As a result, Marshall reported, he soon knew the whole thing by heart. Marshall's primary school teachers would ...

3090. Nobody Wants To Make Cold Calls

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... said to Ms. Davis, "Why in the name of heaven didn't somebody holler that one word--Help? When someone's drowning, it's no time to teach him how to swim." Do you understand that there are people in our community who are barely staying afloat? Families are disintegrating, young people are becoming chemically addicted, middle-aged people are facing life-crises that would blow your minds. Just because the strategy of going out two-by-two door-to-door is outmoded doesn't mean the need has disappeared. Herschel ...

3091. Right Choices

Matthew 13:24-30

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... you want to separate foods. For instance, if you boil a big pot of spaghetti in water, and you want to separate the water and the noodles, then you can pour it through this strainer. All the water pours out and goes down the drain, but the pasta stays in the strainer. That's how you separate the water and the spaghetti noodles. Strainers are important things because they help us to separate the stuff we want, like the spaghetti noodles, from the stuff we don't want, like the water. Don't you wish we had ...

3092. Barking Pigs and Determined Disciples

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... to help a man who had been attacked by robbers. He could have offered up all kinds of rationalizations why it would be more prudent to pass this man by on the other side, but he saw a need and he plunged right in. Simon Peter could have stayed safely in the boat. But we wouldn't be reading about him today. II. There is a place for caution in the Christian life. You surely understand that. By praising Simon Peter I'm not endorsing letting go of common sense and embracing reckless, foolish behavior. Cowboy ...

3093. Tevye's Question

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... pleased that Jesus died on a cross in their behalf, but they want to studiously avoid taking up a cross of their own. Crosses are painful, dirty things. They clash with the image we are trying to develop among our peers. Those who simply believe Jesus existed want to stay as far away as possible from taking up a cross. But those who love him . . . that's a different matter all together. A cross is a necessary part of following him. Do you love him? Do you have his heart? Do you have his courage? III. Do you ...

3094. Family Survival

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Stephen DeFur

... doing. When Joseph walked into the room, their dad's eyes would light up. His face would glow. When they were out in public, Joseph was the one their dad bragged about. On trips, Joseph was the one that Jacob would address, "Look at this sight, Joseph." Joseph got to stay up later, play longer, work less and get away with more than any of the rest of them. In a hundred ways, in ways that most parents are not even aware of but kids can smell a mile off, Jacob's favoritism for Joseph just leaked out of him ...

3095. So, You Want To Know About Love?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Civil War a Confederate Major by the name of Horace Harmon Lurton was taken prisoner by the Union forces. In prison, Major Lurton developed tuberculosis. His mother came to visit him and was alarmed by his condition. She knew her son would die if he stayed behind bars. So Mrs. Lurton traveled to Washington to beg mercy from the only person she thought could help her, the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was so moved by this mother's concern that he sat down and wrote a note to ...

3096. Building A Faith

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... were left behind. As she puts it, Ascension Day is "the day the present Lord became absent." What reason would we have to celebrate that? But, she goes on to write, that in any relationship, if the relationship is "strong and true," then the spirit of the absent one stays with us. It gives us comfort. When we are away from someone we love, we can remember them, even understand them, in new and special ways. We are forced to reflect on the one we love, and this gives us a new and more honest picture of that ...

3097. How To Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... isn't talking about an emotion. No, the love Jesus is talking about is a decision. It is a decision to humble ourselves. It is a decision to give up our own self-interests. It is a decision to let go of our own agendas. It is a decision to stay faithful, even in the face of pain. It is a decision to give of ourselves, even when we don't feel like it. This is the kind of love Jesus had for us, and it's the kind of love He commands us to have for one another. SOME PEOPLE ...

3098. Building A Church

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... EARLY CHURCH WAS ALSO CENTERED IN PRAYER. We read in Acts 1, "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day's walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. THEY ALL JOINED TOGETHER CONSTANTLY IN PRAYER, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and ...

3099. What In The World Is Happiness?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... cancer. George was the center of Billie's life. She was a wealthy woman, and she lavished all the best toys and things on her son. After his death, Billie Sicard became a recluse. She refused to change anything in George's room. All his clothes and toys stayed just where he had left them. Billie cut off most of her social contacts. For the next twenty-five years, Billie spent all her time at home grieving for George. She may have died in 1979, but her life actually ended in 1954. (6) On what do you depend ...

3100. Dreaming Of Florida--awaking In Alaska

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , says Willard, if there is an afterlife, whoever enters that next life unprepared may experience far more than mere disappointment. (4) Children have no difficulty with the concept of heaven. Olna Black tells about keeping her 5-year-old grandson while her daughter was scheduled for a stay in the hospital. One day Greg wanted to go to the nearby park and ride the sky lift. The cable car was crowded that day, and Greg could not see out. About halfway up he pulled hard on his grandmother's hand and said in a ...

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