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3101. Harmony Within The Family

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... ?" What a wonderful asset a sense of compassion is in any setting. There is a story about two men in a nursing home. The man in the bed closest to the window was warm, talkative, and altogether very sociable. The man next to the door was paralyzed and quite lonely. One day the man next to the door asked the man next to the window to describe for him the things that were going on outside. The man next to the window took great delight in doing so. He described flowers bursting into bloom and birds hopping ...

3102. Extraordinary Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... a volunteer from the crowd to ride piggyback across the falls with him. A young lady named Janyck accepted the challenge. They have been married now for 25 years. Obviously, if someone will go with you across Niagara Falls on a tightrope, you can quit worrying about whether he or she genuinely believes in you. Extraordinary Faith! Jesus encountered a man with that kind of faith. He was a centurion probably in the army of Herod Antipas. He was a man of authority and power. But he had some characteristics ...

3103. Does Jesus Care?

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... her husband, Charles MacArthur, lost their nineteen year old daughter to polio. MacArthur himself died only a few years later, while Helen Hays is in her eighties and has had a most productive life. Ms. Hayes' explanation for her husband's early death is that he never quit asking about his daughter's death, "Why us? Why should it happen to us? We didn't do anything to anybody. We never hurt anybody. Why? Why? Why?" Ms. Hayes, seeing other people also in tragedy, asks, "Why not us?" (3) There was a widow in ...

3104. Take Time To Pray

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... the week when no demands were being made on them. Many women, however, would protest that now there is not even time for worship. Please bear with me this morning as I suggest to you that we must find time for prayer. Nothing in our lives is quite so vital. IN THE FIRST PLACE, PRAYER IS THE MOST POTENT POWER SOURCE AVAILABLE TO US. Evelyn Christenson, in her book WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WOMEN PRAY (Wheaton IL: Victor Books 1981) compares her living life without prayer to vacuuming a whole room and not having the ...

3105. Living Smart

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... most impressive things about former astronaut and senator John Glenn is his willingness to stick to his priorities. It was he who refused to go to the door and receive the president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Why? Glenn's wife was quite ill in bed and needed his attentiveness. John Glenn's relationship with his wife was more important than having an audience with the president. In our Scripture lesson for the morning Martha was busy with many things. She was trying to be a gracious hostess ...

3106. How Shall We Pray?

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the grace of God. We are able to forgive because we have experienced forgiveness ourselves. Edith Bunker, on the television show "ALL IN THE FAMILY," described the confessional boxes in the Roman Catholic Church as "telephone booths to God." Well, maybe they are not quite that. But every prayer must contain an element of confession. We are not all God means for us to be. We are finite creatures in every respect. We need His mercy, His compassion, His amazing grace. So we pray for forgiveness and sometimes ...

3107. You Are Not Yourself!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , free from ugliness, free from sin-a new nature that only Christ can give. And it is available to you and to me. 1. R. Maurice Boyd, A LOVER’S QUARREL WITH THE WORLD, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Westminster Press, 1985) 2. Newsweek, January 11, 1988 "Scalpel Slaves Just Can’t Quit." 3. Sufrin, Mark. "Saga of the U.S.S England," American History Illustrated (June, 1970), PP. 1323. 4. Ernie Nivens

3108. Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... ARE PEOPLE OF GREAT COURAGE. Two small boys walked into the dentist's office. One of them said bravely. "I want a tooth taken out and I don't want any gas, and I don't want it deadened because we're in a hurry!" The dentist said, "You're quite a brave young man. Which tooth is it?" The boy turned to his smaller friend and said, "Show him your tooth, Tommy." A couple of months ago in the Winter Olympics, we saw one of our fleet speed-skaters, Scott Jantsen, slip and fall not once but on two different ...

3109. The Secret Of Champions

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... than a professional ball player. They made fun of the way he walked, and the way he looked with a catcher ™s mask on. He swung at bad pitches, had problems behind the plate, his throwing was wild. He was criticized and laughed at, but would not quit. He was determined to stay with it. He worked hard to overcome his shortcomings as a catcher; he spent extra hours in the batting cage; he studied rival hitters, until he knew their every weakness, and eventually turned the table of public opinion. He won the ...

3110. No Price Too High

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

Some years ago TIME magazine asked a group of Americans to rate one hundred famous events in history as to their significance. The results of that poll are quite amazing. Number one was Columbus' discovery of America. Three events tied for fourteenth on the list: the discovery of X-rays, the Wright brother's first plane flight, and the crucifixion of Jesus. Notice that: Jesus tied for fourteenth. That poll indicates that you and I have not done a ...

3111. Determined Discipleship

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a street. A woman pulled on his arm and said, "Look at the red light." Jones replied rather weakly, "But look at the people going across." She replied, "Don ™t look at them. Look at the light and follow it." That ™s good advice, but many of us have quit looking at the light. We are content to watch other people and to do as they do. And thus we remain adrift with no fixed point of reference for our lives. In the novel, THE CAINE MUTINY, Herman Wouk has one of the characters, Willie Keith, receive a ...

3112. How Much Faith Is Enough?

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... deal of anxiety if they are not doing something constructive every moment of the day. Our Japanese friends seem to have this ethic built into their way of life. We are told that whenever you ask a Japanese how he is doing, he almost always replies, `Oh, I'm quite busy.' Even if he has nothing to do, his response is the same. Rest and relaxation in the Japanese culture are almost looked on as sin. So people stay busy, even if it is with activities of little importance. (1) Some of us are like that. We are ...

3113. Thankful For The Right Things

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

King Duncan

(A Dynamic Preaching Classic Sermon) If each of us were to make a list of all the things for which we are thankful, each list would be unique—and many would be quite extensive. However, most of us are mature enough in our faith to recognize that Thanksgiving can be a most dangerous holiday. No, I’m not referring to the calories we will consume or the risks we will take being on the highway traveling home to Grandma’s. No, I am ...

3114. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... actually makes John’s vision come alive. Some years later, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte saw Dannecker’s work. He was very impressed. He sent for the sculptor, and he had a commission for him, Make me a statue of the goddess Venus for the Louvre! he said. Quite an honor! to be chosen as the creator of a work of art like that! Who could refuse? But you know what?! Dannecker did! He refused the commission. He gave up that honor. And you know why? This is what he told Napoleon: "A man who has seen ...

3115. A Christmas To Remember

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... helps us understand the difference between many of the dreams interpreted today and the dreams recorded in the Bible. "The present preoccupation with dreams is inwardly oriented; what does the dream reveal about my existence? The Biblical view of the dream is quite otherwise." (5) Instead of focusing on our own needs and aspirations, dreams in the Bible revealed God's will or plan for that individual. In studying over 80,000 dreams Carl Jung has discovered that many dreams reflect a "process of spiritual ...

3116. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... from one another. Thus, he puts the focus on God and not upon people. That's always a good idea, isn't it? Pride causes us to do some foolish things. I was reading a story recently about John H. Holliday, the founder of the Indianapolis News. Holliday was quite irate one day to find that someone had misspelled a simple word in his newspaper. He interrogated everyone in the office in order to find the fool who spelled "height", h-e-i-g-h-t, as "hight", h-i-g-h-t, with no "e". The interrogation revealed ...

3117. When Jiggling Wires Is Not Good Enough

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and we know that he is truly the Savior of the world." Jesus had done more than jiggle a few wires in this woman's life, hadn't he? He had shown her herself as she really was and offered her living water. How about you? Is it time to quit asking God to "jiggle a few wires." Is it time to ask Him to give you living water as well? 1. "One To Grow On," Power For Living, S.P. Pub. Inc. 10-9-88. Contributed by Rev. Wayne Rouse. 2. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley 3. Honest to God ...

3118. Meeting Jesus Along The Way

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... autumn. And there is the spot where a limb came off when Hurricane Gloria blew through in 1985. Other than that missing branch the tree on Hawley Avenue has looked the same for as long as anyone can remember. The spot where the limb was blown off caused quite a stir in the neighborhood sometime back. One of the residents, Claudia Voight, looked at the tree one day and saw what looked like the face of Jesus. "It took my breath away," she recalls. "I told my friend to come over and pretty soon we had the ...

3119. Dr. Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... thanks for my food." "Hmph!" snorted the rich man, Carl. He noticed the coarse dark bread and cheese which made up the old man's lunch. "If that were all I had to eat, I don't think I would feel like giving thanks." "Oh," replied Hans, "it is quite sufficient. But it is remarkable that you should come by today, Sir. I...I feel I should tell you, I had a strange dream just before awakening this morning." "And what did you dream?" Carl asked with an amused smile. The old man answered, "There was beauty and ...

3120. Building For Durability

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Timothy Wilkins

Quite possibly the largest mausoleum in the world is the Taj Mahal. Under construction from 1632 to 1645, that oversized tombstone required over 20,000 men in the process of construction. It took 76 years to build the Great Pyramids of Egypt near Cairo. It required 7-1/2 years for ...

3121. The Greatest Discovery Of All

Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... bury their valuables to keep them from the forces taking over their towns and villages. Even during the American Civil War when southern cities were being burned, persons buried their valuables in the ground for safekeeping. But notice that in the parable someone, quite unexpectedly, comes upon this buried treasure. The interesting thing is he wasn't even on a treasure hunt. He just stumbled upon incredible good fortune. It was the find of a lifetime. He was so happy he could not contain himself. In fact ...

3122. Are You Strong Enough To Forgive?

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the anger of a woman in his parish. This woman wrote poison pen letters to the minister, and she was tireless in her efforts to build up dissension against him in that congregation. After this unpleasant relationship had spent itself over many years, quite unexpectedly the woman moved to Arizona. Many months later this clergyman received a letter from her saying simply that she had had a change of heart and that she was enormously sorry for what she had done. She begged the pastor's forgiveness. The ...

3123. Generic Christians Or Disciples?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... alone in prayer or with his disciples. He healed the sick, fed the hungry. And people flocked to him. The disciples were excited. Jesus' ministry was booming. Everything was running smoothly. At least that's what the disciples thought. The disciples had been with him for quite some time and Jesus felt it was time to bring them up to speed on what would happen next. He gathered them around him and told them that he "must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests ...

3124. Grace Greater Than Our Sin

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... more. He still wasn't going to make it. Even with all these additional workers all the grapes would not be harvested At five o'clock with only one hour left to work the landowner went once again to the marketplace and found some more workers. The trouble began at quitting time. The workers who were hired at five o'clock and worked for only one hour in the cool of the evening were paid one silver coin. The workers who had worked all day in the hot sun looked on in amazement. They began to think that if these ...

3125. Are You Dressed For The Banquet?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... king. "Friend," the king said, "how did you get in here without a wedding robe?" The man was speechless. The king called his servants, "Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." That seems quite harsh to us. Why would the king throw the man out like this. Wasn't he an invited guest? Could it be that the king felt this improperly dressed man did not take this accession seriously enough? Perhaps this part of the parable is designed to ...

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