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3126. What's Wrong With Laughing?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... she was of her little girl's compassion toward her friend. Lisa looked up, and in a sober tone of voice, asked her mother, "Mommy, was I beautiful on the inside?" (5) We celebrate the lives of people who are beautiful on the inside. So, be careful of taking Jesus' teachings out of context. There are people who are generous with their wealth, particularly when people are hungry; there are happy people--happy because they do follow Jesus; there are people of whom no one has a bad word to speak because they ...

3127. What's Wrong With Laughing?

Luke 6:17-26

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... she was doing the right thing. Our Bible passage today is about poor and needy people. The Bible says that God watches out for poor people. He watches out for people who are sick, or who are sad, or who are hungry. God cares about anybody who is hurting, anybody who suffers. And God wants us to care about these people, too. What are some ways that we can help poor people, or hungry people, or sick people, or sad people? (Wait for 2 or 3 answers) Those are all good answers. That's the kind of thing God wants ...

3128. We've Been Bragging About You!

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Stan had determined that he would not underscore Ollie's inability to speak by talking to him. And Ollie, I'm certain, was grateful to Stan, who thus helped Ollie to maintain his dignity. (5) What a beautiful analogy of what ought to happen in the church. To care enough about one another's needs that we not only are sympathetic but we are empathicwe enter into the hurt of others and minister to them where they are. So, this is Paul's boast about the church at Thessalonica, and this is Christ prayer for our ...

3129. Damaged In Transit, But Deliverable

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... ! The string was hanging off it, the label was torn off, and tapes were hanging out of one corner, but it was still deliverable. Barbara Johnson says she thought of how many lives like her own are damaged and hurt. "We should be marked FRAGILE: HANDLE WITH CARE," she writes, "but we are like packages on a long and bumpy journey toward maturity. We have been crushed with the pain of losing a child, or the heartache of a child abandoning us, or rebelling against us and God, but instead of being handled like ...

3130. Is Suffering Really Necessary?

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Power greater than our own. And we discover there a Friend closer than a brother. A Friend who understands our need. Jameson Jones tells the story of an angry crowd standing before the throne of God. They are unhappy with their lot in life, and they question whether God cares about them. "What right does God have to pass judgement on my life?" one man cries out. Another shouts, "Yeah, what does God know of our world? If God is going to judge us, then let Him come down to earth where we are. Let Him find out ...

3131. The Gift Of Freedom

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... yet some of us are still slaves. Slaves to fear, slaves to worry, slaves to sin. Hear the words of the Master: "Bring me your heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Why are you anxious? Look at the birds of the air . . . if God cares for them, how much more does he care for you. Let not your hearts be troubled. I have prepared a place for you, that where I am, you may be also." Christ came that we might have freedom. Listen to the words of our text: "For you know that it was not with perishable things ...

3132. Four Ways To Defeat Stress

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... CONFIDENCE. The anxious disciples suggest that Jesus disperse the crowd so the people can go back to town and at least fill up the greasy spoon cafes. But Jesus said, "You don't need to send them away. You take care of it." Spoken like a true executive, a true leader of people: "You take care of it." No wonder books are written about him with titles like JESUS, CEO. Jesus spoke with confidence. People were amazed because, they said, he spoke with authority. But you say, "Well, that was easy for him. He was ...

3133. Trees

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Two robins sitting in their nest watched the little turtle's pitiful efforts. Finally, the female robin turned to the male and said, "I don't care what you say, I'm going to tell him he's adopted." (3) It's a bad joke, I know, but the little turtle thought he ... she can depend on, who does not engage in self-destructive behavior. Blessed is the person who bears fruit by living a committed, caring life. He or she shall be like a tree planted by a stream. According to Tim Storey in his book, IT'S TIME FOR ...

3134. Hurting People Hurt People

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... it's true! A father and son walking together in the woods came upon an animal that had been caught in a hunter's trap. The animal was in obvious distress. The son rushed forward to free the animal, but his father stopped him. "Son," he said, "Be careful. A hurt animal will bite those close around--even someone who is trying to help him." What's true of animals is true of people. Hurting people hurt people. We've all seen parents under too much stress strike out at their children. An unknown author captured ...

3135. Jerry's Story . . . And Ours

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... to laugh at you, and most of them won't listen. But let Me worry about that. You just tell them how I feel--I'll take care of you." And before Jerry could object, God reached down and touched his mouth and gave him the words to say. If you know a little ... had its perks too. Priests were highly respected. They had an honorable and secure place in society. The people usually took good care of their priests. But Jeremiah never got to experience the joys of the priesthood. God had other plans for his life. When ...

3136. The Heart Of The Matter

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... But that's all right. We're not there yet, but God is not finished with us yet. Who do you want to be like? Whose mask is worthy for you to put on and imitate? As Karl Barth would say, "Only Christians know they sin and ever care about their sins." We do care about our sins. A doctor was talking about the importance of pain in healing our physical bodies. He said, "So long as a diseased appendix hurts there is hope for a safe removal. The danger period is when it stops hurting. It may mean the appendix has ...

3137. When You Feel Helpless

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... about our situation. That's nonsense. To say that we are helpless is to say that God doesn't CARE about our situation. That's nonsense. To say that we are helpless is to say God is POWERLESS TO HELP US in our situation. And that's nonsense too. Of course ... God knows, of course God cares, of course God is able to do for us all that we need for Him to do. Professor Robert Webber delivered a chapel message at ...

3138. Nobody Wants To Make Cold Calls

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... examine our motives. We don't go out simply to build a bigger church or to impress people with our goodness. We go out because there are people out there who are in great need. We go out not as people who feel superior to the world, but as caring people who identify with them in their hurt and their need. And we go out with the hope and the realization that when we minister to the least and the lowest, sometimes we encounter Christ--and that, dear friends, will save our souls. 1. ktodd@vci.net (Keith Todd ...

3139. On the Wrong Plane (New)

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... through life with a minimum of bumps in the road are somehow in God's favor. "Oh, yes, pastor I've been blessed. A good job, a good marriage, good health. Yes, God's been good to me." Well, yes, life has been good to you, but be careful about assuming that somehow you've been living in God's favor. It may be that the meanest punishment that God can place on a person is that their life be free from troubles. Such freedom generally keeps them shallow and immature emotionally and spiritually. In the January ...

3140. The Gates of Hell

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... of every city in this country. Who is going to help them? The government throws up its hands in despair. The courts put them back out on the streets. Who is left to care about them? Only one group of people, the church. There are families being torn asunder. Young lives being shattered by drugs and alcohol abuse. Old folks with no one to care about them. Who's responsible for these people? You. Me. All who are soldiers of the cross. Those of you who thought you had bought a ticket for a cruise won't even ...

3141. Changing Lives Through Jesus Christ!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Linda Richard

... new relationship with one another but also with God. It requires commitment. It requires sacrifice. It would be nice if we were like the citizens of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. They didn't have to struggle with the questions of life because they are carefully medicated with a drug called soma. Here is how this drug is described by Huxley: "There's always soma to calm your anger, to reconcile you to your enemies, to make you patient and long-suffering. In the past you could only accomplish these things ...

3142. Building A Church

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... need to talk with the Lord. I didn't get a busy signal, nor was I put on hold. I knew that God was listening and that he cared deeply for me. We don't always get immediate answers to our prayers, but because of the wonderful prayer promises in the Bible, we know that we are ... stop such men and women? No one. They couldn't be stopped then and they can't be stopped now. Would you care to join their number? 1. "High on Coltrane," PEOPLE, October 19, 1998, p.178. 2. Richards, Lawrence O. THE 365-DAY DEVOTIONAL ...

3143. Dreaming Of Florida--awaking In Alaska

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Lamb. A woman named Margaret Jensen came from an immigrant pastor's home. Margaret knew what hardship was like. In spite of her family's poverty, though, they always seemed to have enough resources to take care of themselves and others in need. Margaret's parents were very faithful to God's call to care for the needy. The Tweten home became a way-station for the hungry, the homeless, the hopeless, and the lost. Quite often, the Tweten family gave up their own beds so that visitors would have a comfortable ...

3144. On "supersizing" Our Vision

Mark 12:42-43

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... a supersize love for God, and a supersize love for other people. Some people think that if they work really hard for God, or give a lot of money to the church, then that makes them more special to God. But God doesn't care about the work that we do or the money that we give. He cares about how much love is in our hearts. Our Bible story today is about people in the Temple giving money to the offering. Some people gave lots of money, and then they bragged about it to everybody. One lady gave a tiny amount ...

3145. Easter In November

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... price, the kingdom of God is like yeast which a woman put in bread, the kingdom of God is within you, you are not far from the kingdom of God . . ." Jesus said very little about the next world. He knew that if we took care of business in this world, then heaven would take care of itself. Christian faith is about living. It is about loving God and loving people. It is about making sure that the entire world knows that Jesus Christ is Lord--that he is the way, the truth and the life. It is troubling when ...

3146. Being A Sheep Is Not So Bad (compared With Being A Goat)

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... envy, can also be sins. And that's where the sin of the goats comes in. They are guilty of apathy, of indifference in the face of suffering. It is not enough that we don't hate our fellow human being. We are also charged with the responsibility of actively caring for those around us. If we see somebody who is hungry, it is our responsibility to feed them. If we see somebody who is hurting for whatever reason, it is our responsibility to do what we can to help. A man named Jeff McMullen was once placed in a ...

3147. Held Hostage

John 18:33-37

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: a thermos filled with hot cocoa, a large coffee mug (Be very careful pouring hot liquids around small children might want to use an adult volunteer to demonstrate) Good morning, boys and ... that always kept us excited about God? You know, it's so easy for us to let our faith get "cold." If we have a bad day, we may think that God doesn't care about us very much. Or if we haven't prayed in a while, we forget that God is there listening to us. We don't feel close to God anymore, we forget that He ...

3148. If You Are The King Of The Jews....

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... to better the lot of humanity you will find members of the body of Christ actively engaged. We are the world's "do-gooders"--more so than any other movement on earth. Because Christ was a "do-gooder." Because Christ cared about the people who couldn't help themselves. And so we must care--for the victims of AIDS, for those addicted to drugs, for those who are homeless and those whose lives have been ravaged by abuse. But we are interested in more than their bodies. We are interested in their eternal souls ...

3149. Passing The Test Of Faith

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the kind of time commitment that this woman made, but God has called every believer to a ministry. It may be a ministry of caring, of music, of teaching or a host of other ways of serving God and serving God's children. But an integral part of living ... room and said, "œLord, I'm scared. But I'm turning this over to you. I know whatever comes I will always be under your watchful care," knows what it is to step out on that unseen bridge. It comes to us all sooner or later and it is there where we discover ...

3150. Invited To A Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... good Samaritans? Because after dealing in drugs, violence, and destruction, they had a positive purpose in life, perhaps for the first time. They had a mission to save a town. They had the opportunity to observe people who cared for each other working as one for the same goal. This caused them to begin to care. (5) Wouldn't you like to have the kind of passion for life those convicts discovered working to save that town? The way is simple. Find a mighty purpose for your life. Have you noticed that many ...

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