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3151. A Family Celebration

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... on our behalf. He who could have called ten thousand angels to his rescue, drank the cup of submission to the purpose for which he was sent. We have heard that message so often that we are desensitized, I fear, to its radical and life-changing import. It is a claim so outrageous that it leaves no room for evasion. Either it is true or it is not. And here is where I am leading this morning. If it is true, what does it say about us? Think about it: what does this say about us? IT SAYS WE MATTER. We ...

3152. What Would You Have Him Do For You?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... . "I will give you my whole life. Everything." Lupe says that a bright light appeared that directed him out of his hiding place. The people outside waiting to harm him didn't even see him leave. Lupe felt the presence of Jesus in his life. "I kicked heroin," Lupe claims of his new life, "and I am serving Him." Jesus has shown Lupe a better way of life, and Lupe has followed him. (4) What would you have Christ do for you? If you really want to change, it can happen. You can begin a new life. Jesus told ...

3153. A Great And Wonderful New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... predestined from the beginning of time to be members of that family we come to see ourselves as we really are ” sons and daughters of the Divine. As Abraham Lincoln pointed out, "It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him." As we look into this New Year, why shouldn't we see great and wonderful things? We have been blessed, we have been chosen, we have been predestined to be children of the most high God. 1. Dr. John W ...

3154. Jesus And The Lake Wobegon Effect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

A scandal is brewing in the hallowed halls of Academe. It has to do with test scores given to our young people. A West Virginia doctor noticed sometime back that all 50 states claim that their students score above average on standardized test scores. That, of course, is impossible ” for everyone to be above average. Someone has even given this scandal a thoughtful name ” the Lake Wobegon effect. Lake Wobegon is author Garrison Keillor's mythical town where "All the women are strong, all ...

3155. Searching For A Lost God

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... your mind? Doesn't believing with your heart imply we have the same loving, the same accepting, the same non-condemning heart that Jesus had? Some of the worse bigots in this world call themselves Christians. Some of the phoniest, shabbiest, unethical people in this world claim to be soldiers of the cross. We ought not let them get away with that. For the world today will not be fooled. Our neighbors are looking for us to be genuine representatives of the mind and heart of Christ, and nothing else will do ...

3156. Resisting The Power Of Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... crashed. Someone standing nearby asked the man, "How did you know?" "I built that plane," came the reply. God knows us better than we knows ourselves. And He loves us. He will not allow the tempter to destroy us without our consent. How about you? Are you willing to claim God's promise? Do you really want to be delivered from your sin ” whatever that sin may be? Then it is done. I have the authority to say to you in His name, you are free. Go and sin no more. 1. Bill Bright, THE SECRET (San Bernandino, CA ...

3157. I Was There

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Gary Whitbeck

... Nazareth, had spent much time walking the roads and visiting the towns of Judea and Galilee, preaching a message of compassion and forgiveness ” what he called "true worship of God." I didn't pay much attention. I had a job to do. But then one claim caught my ear. They said this Jesus referred to God as "Father" as if he were His son! Stories spread about his miracles which most of us considered to be propaganda. But there were other stories, stories of his kindness, his genuine love of everyone whether ...

3158. He Is Who He Says He Is

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... , are you?" the lady asked. "No ma'am," he replied "Too bad," she said. "You should only have his money." (2) Mistaken identities always bring a laugh. This morning we want to deal with an identity that was not mistaken ” though many have claimed otherwise. It is the identity of the risen Christ. After his resurrection, his disciples devoted their lives to proclaiming to the world that Jesus is the living Lord. When the religious and civil authorities sought to silence them, those authorities had their ...

3159. Like The Love Of A Mother

John 10:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... rode to work. Returning home at five in the evening, he would work in his garden until suppertime. Then he would spend a quiet evening with his pipe and family. He was a very ordinary man living what most people would call a very ordinary life. But he had one claim to fame. For five consecutive years he had won the blue ribbon in the Village Garden Show with his prize rose. It had gone on so long that people had come to expect it. John Deckard's prize rose would win, and that was that. Behind his house was ...

3160. A Time To Remember - Memorial Day

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... enforce justice. But such a world does not yet exist. We do not know what dangers may yet await us. When the war between the states flared up, a young Texan enlisted and marched off to fight with his friends. "We won't be gone long," he claimed, "cause we can lick them Yankees with broom sticks." Four years later when the fighting was finally over, the young man came home, a beaten man. One of his neighbors asked, "What happened? I thought you were gonna beat them Yankees with broom sticks." "We could have ...

3161. The Cry Of Freedom

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sing "Faith of Our Father" ” living still, in spite of dungeon, fire, and sword. MERE RELIGION CANNOT CHANGE OUR LIVES. Observe Northern Ireland. Both sides are staunchly religious ” the Protestants and the Catholics. Even the secret agents of the IRA claim to be devoutly religious. Iran is fanatically religious. Religion doesn't provide the answer. Here in our country, religion is not answering our dilemmas. We are being overwhelmed by secular humanism that has not merely isolated itself within secular ...

3162. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

Humorist Lewis Grizzard writes about a man in his hometown named Luther Gilroy. Luther claimed he was out plowing his field and saw a sign in the sky that said THE END IS NEAR. So Luther let his mule and his cow out of their pens, gave all his chickens away, and climbed on top of his house to await the end. When it didn' ...

3163. Life From God's Perspective

John 12:12-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Jesus raises his friend Lazarus from the dead in a most dramatic fashion. The people become excited as word of this event spreads like wildfire throughout the region. Crowds flock to Jesus and Lazarus to see if it's actually true. The crowd is ready to claim Jesus as their king. The people think that Jesus has come to overthrow the despised Roman government. They think Jesus will do what they want him to do. They are blind to the greater truth. The people are excited but their perspective is wrong. Later ...

3164. Putting A Face On Jesus

Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... wild, destructive behavior. At one point, he even got his kicks out of stealing pizza trucks that were carrying beer. Then, just before he entered college, Dave Johnson became a born-again Christian. It changed everything in his life. Johnson's Olympic coach claims that Dave dedicates his talents to God, and that this is his motivation behind his decathlon success. Around this globe that are millions of persons who know what it is to be delivered from the dominion of darkness and transferred to the kingdom ...

3165. A Date With Destiny

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... be a good friend! But faithfulness tends to be a tedious word in our society. Not long ago, the best-selling book across North America was HABITS OF THE HEART by Robert Bellah. He said individualism has won our hearts today. We honor the kingdom of self, and resent the claims others might try to lay on us. We lie to gain ” not just financially, but even in our relationships. If I don't think I'm getting anything out of a friendship, then it's my duty to myself to move on. If a marriage isn't working for ...

3166. Temptation

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... appointed time." (Luke 4) Temptation. It's a real force in our lives. Did you know that over eight million children disappeared in the United States between 1987 and 1990. The year 1987 marked the first time the IRS required proof that children claimed as dependents actually existed. (3) After that, many children started disappearing from income tax forms. Temptation. Some years ago a hearing clinic at Northwestern University ran some experiments on words that are hard to hear. One of the very hard words to ...

3167. Found Of God

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... ability to choose to be less than they can be, they also have the ability to choose to be all they can be. (3) Everything begins with a choice. Most of us came to Christian faith because our parents were Christians. But sooner or later in order to claim for ourselves a mature faith ” a faith that will reassure us in times of crisis ” a faith that will motivate us to be all we are capable of becoming ” a faith that will allow us to lay down our lives for others ” we must make the choice for ourselves ...

3168. Thankless Jobs

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the thankless job of watching over his sheep, taking the trouble to know them by name. Can you imagine that? There have always been people with a good memory for names: Napoleon ” who knew thousands of his soldiers by name . . . or James A. Farley ” who claimed he knew 50,000 people by their first name . . . or Charles Schwab ” who knew the names of all 8,000 of his employees at Homestead Mill . . . or Charles W. Eliot ” who, during his forty years as president of Harvard, earned the reputation of ...

3169. I Can Have Anything?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... more power than we need. As Dr. Charles L. Allen has said, "Until we are willing to use what God has already given us, there is no need to ask for any more." (4) "If you ask Me anything in My name," said Jesus, "I will do it." Quite a claim. But let's examine it a little closer. NOTICE, FIRST OF ALL THAT JESUS IS TALKING TO HIS DISCIPLES. "Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me?" Jesus asks his disciples. "The words that I say to you I do not speak ...

3170. A Niche For Every Itch

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see if he could clear up any possible mix-up. It was then he discovered the startling truth. This young man's name did not appear in their record; no attendance record, no grades, no test scores, nothing for the entire four years he claimed to have attended the school. It seemed incredible. The young man was called before the seminary official to help clear this matter. He confessed that he had taken the money that his family had given him for school, attended the University, but only audited the ...

3171. Focusing On The Possibilities

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... propagated in urban legend-like forms of the tale such as the one quoted at the head of this page: Schuller converted the mistaken homework assignment into a "final exam" with ten problems (eight of which were real and two of which were "unsolvable"), claimed that "even Einstein was unable to unlock the secrets" of the two extra problems, and erroneously stated that Dantzig's professor was so impressed that he "gave Dantzig a job as his assistant, and Dantzig has been at Stanford ever since." George Dantzig ...

3172. The Terrible Burden Of Judging Others

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... on others. There was an old man who earned his living by selling all sorts of odds and ends. It seemed as if the man had no judgment because people would frequently pay him in bad coins, and he would accept them without a word of protest; or people would claim they had paid him when they hadn't, and he accepted their word for it. When it was time for him to die, he raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Oh, Allah! I have accepted many bad coins from people, but never once did I judge them in my ...

3173. A Misplaced Holy Day

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... idea of God in the manger. Who is more powerless than a baby? Who is less in control? FINALLY, IN OUR SNAPSHOT OF EPIPHANY, THERE ARE THE MAGI. The Magi were wise men, of a priestly caste. They specialized in dreams and omens, and claimed the gift of prophecy. They bowed before the Christ child and presented him gold, representing his royalty and purity. They also presented him with frankincense. Frankincense was the chief element in the incense burned upon the altar in the temple. Frankincense is a resin ...

3174. Show Me The Fish!

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... watch." Every day the paper ran a drawing of a bluefish inside the international symbol for no and gave the number of outings the President had gone without catching a fish. This spurred Bush's staffers into damage control. A White House press official claimed that although Bush hadn't snared any blues yet, several members of the presidential fishing party had caught fish "under the President's very careful tutelage." But the press continued to report his catch of the day: zero. Finally, with only one full ...

3175. Internal Medicine

Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

King Duncan

Mussa Zoabi of Israel claims to be the oldest person alive. He says he's 160 years old. Unfortunately, Guinness Book of World Records isn't going to print his name simply because his age can't be verified. Mr. Zoabi is older than most recordskeeping systems will go. But here's the interesting thing! ...

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