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3176. Offer Them Christ

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... control of himself. In fact, he reported that once he was very hard to get along with. He had been a draftsman. He loved his work. It meant everything to him. But he had trouble getting along with his fellow workers. His dislike of others was so intense that Bob claimed that it caused a tumor to grow in his brain, and he lost much of the use of his right hand. While he was in the hospital facing brain surgery, he was very scared. The telephone rang, he picked it up, and on the other end of the phone was ...

3177. Bound By A Promise

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... sunflower seeds in bed, and divorced another because she used his toothbrush. At the time of the newspaper story Wolfe's body lay unclaimed at the San Bernardino County morgue. No one wanted to pay the cost of burial. If no one stepped forward to claim him, Wolfe was to be cremated by the county and dumped into a collective grave. Wolfe attracted worldwide attention last year when he wed EssexWolfe. They were introduced in Blythe, his hometown, by THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER in 1989. At the time, he was married ...

3178. The Rock

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... of a harmless pebble than a large stone. The prison, shut down in 1963, remained open now only as a tourist attraction for the curious. Children visit there on school outings. Tourists are lead up and down the once foreboding cellblocks, as they hear guides make the claim that there was never a successful escape from The Rock. Untrue. One man, the hero of the movie, played by Sean Connery, had in fact been the only one to escape, many years earlier. The Rock is about to see action once more. A heavily armed ...

3179. On Telling Time With Computers And (holy Red) Cows

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... Melody has some orthodox Jews asking the same question as that of our text, "God, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?" Melody is a red heifer born on a farm in northern Israel nearly a year ago. Some excited rabbis claim Melody to be the first red heifer born in Israel in 2000 years, causing some Jews to sing a very dangerous tune, convinced that Melody is a harbinger of the Messiah. (3) The red heifer makes a biblical appearance in the 19th chapter of Numbers, which describes ...

3180. You Might Be A Redneck If . . .

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... wanted to convert Americans to the Hindu religion, but when asked, Satis Prasad said, "Oh no, I would like to convert them to the Christian religion. Christianity cannot survive in the abstract. It needs not membership, but believers. The people of your country may claim they believe in Christianity, but from what I read at this distance, Christianity is more a custom than anything else. I would ask that either you accept the teachings of Jesus in your everyday life and in your affairs as a nation, or stop ...

3181. Help For Hurting Dads

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... had been demanding and dictatorial, and that is how Frank treated Hanoch and his brother. Also, Frank had a fiery temper, and little patience for the contrary ways of young people. Soon, Hanoch and Frank were locked in a battle of wills. The more Frank tried to claim the role of father, the more Hanoch rebelled against him. Hanoch seemed intent on ignoring the ways in which Frank tried hard to be a good dad. Frank spent time with the boys. He took them out to ball games and brought them to work. He listened ...

3182. Who Will Be Crying At Your Funeral

Luke 12:22-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... at home who needed their attention. One evening, as they reviewed their timeconsuming responsibilities, the thought came, "Why not prioritize everything we do on the basis of who will be crying at our funeral?" And that's exactly what they did. The results, they claim, saved their family. "Why should you and I give ourselves to people who don't love us," Patrick Morley asks, "at the expense of those who do?" Powerful thought. It is a question of priorities. It is a question of putting first things first ...

3183. Finishing In The Top 10%

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... Hatfields and the McCoys. They'd been feuding for centuries! The Samaritans viewed their form of Judaism as superior to that practiced by the rest of the Jews of Palestine. They had their own Samaritan Pentateuch, (or first five books of the Bible.) They claimed it was older, and therefore more authentic, than the Jewish Torah. They refused to worship at the Temple in Jerusalem, having their own Temple on Mt. Gerizim. As we read in Luke 9, Jesus himself had already been rejected by the Samaritans once he ...

3184. Never Give Up

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... would be a crown of life. God would be there for them. They would not forever be forsaken. And that is why our faith endures today. Jesus wondered if he would find faith on earth when he returned. He needn't worry. Instead of a handful of followers, Jesus claims the allegiance of millions of men and women around this globe. It is because, as someone has noted, God has made us 33,000 promises in the Scriptures, and God keeps them every one. Will the Son of Man find faith on earth? Yes, he will find it in ...

3185. Bracing For The Rough Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... on another; every one of them will be thrown down." "Teacher," they asked, "when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?" Jesus replied: "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ˜I am he,' and, ˜The time is near.' Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away." Then he said to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and ...

3186. Why We Gather At The Table

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... that only the bread of heaven can satisfy. Shortly before his death, tennis great Arthur Ashe wrote these words to his daughter Camera: "Camera, have faith in God. Do not be tempted whether by pleasures and material possessions, or by the claims of science and smart thinkers, into believing that religion is obsolete, that the worship of God is somehow beneath you. Spiritual nourishment is as important as physical nourishment and intellectual nourishment . . . Do not beg God for favors. Instead, ask God for ...

3187. Convinced Beyond A Doubt

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... just going to take a ten-cent gamble on my integrity!" (1) What does it mean to trust somebody? What does it mean to put your faith in them? Jack Lemmon is recognized as one of America's most talented, appealing, accomplished actors. Those who have met him claim that he is also a humble, modest, good-natured man. One of Lemmon's favorite pastimes is golfing, and he loves to tell stories about his greatest exploits on the links. Jack and Clint Eastwood paired up once with a couple of golf pros for a friendly ...

3188. It's A Miracle

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Even today, as thousands of people visit Christ of the Hills monastery, the icon still weeps its fragrant oil. (2) Well, what do you think? Was it a miracle? Let's consider one more reputed miracle, just for fun. Arlene Gardner of Estill Springs, Tennessee, claims to have seen the face of Jesus on her General Electric freezer on the front porch of her mobile home. Not everyone in the town was impressed with the heavenly vision. People magazine reports that Mayor John Gaul, of Estill Springs said, "If Jesus ...

3189. The Gift Of Freedom

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... who is running from a large tax bill. Gallini can obtain a whole new identity for his customers, and find them homes and jobs in other countries. He leaves no trail behind. It will be as if the person just disappeared from the face of the earth. Gallini claims that he doesn't work with criminals, but admits he doesn't ask his clients their reasons for wanting a whole new life. He also refuses to discuss the details of how he obtains new identities for these people. As he says, "I'm an agent for people ...

3190. Pretenders

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... work. When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he took the desk stapler and stapled the tie to his chest. He had no trouble with discipline that term. It's tough being a follower of Jesus. We would like to harden ourselves against the people who have a claim on our charity, our compassion, our discipleship. But Christ calls us to be vulnerable that we might not turn away the needy at our door. And this brings us to the last question for the evening: ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE YOUR ALL TO CHRIST? By now, most of ...

3191. Four Ways To Defeat Stress

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... approached every problem. They were nervous Neds. They saw a cloud to every silver lining. They lived by fear, not by faith. They were much like many of us. Do you know anybody who gets almost frantic when they are caught in heavy traffic? Auto safety experts claim you don't save much time by speeding in big city traffic. People who tailgate, wind in and out of traffic, jump every light and keep their foot on the accelerator rarely arrive at work more than a minute or so earlier than the person who calmly ...

3192. Where Is Your Heart?

Luke 12:22-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Two weeks before his release date, he was allowed to leave his halfway house to attend a family reunion. Nice idea, right? The next weekend, Bodell tried to escape from the halfway house in a deliberate attempt to get put back in jail. Bodell's lawyer claims he wants to stay in jail so he can "have structure, no surprises and not have to deal with family relationships." He got his wish. Dwayne Leroy Bodell was sentenced to three more years in prison. (1) Family reunions can be a disaster, but that seems ...

3193. One Giant Leap

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

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... ? Is this the outcome of my faith? And somehow, there comes a time when we know that the stories of the Bible are no more incredible than the stories of ourselves, or the stories of our fates, or the stories of our successes and failures. Either God is who he claims to be: the Creator of the Universe who won't let our world destroy itself; Father of the hopeless and the helpless and the harmless; Lover of the best that's in us, and even of our worst . . . Either God is that, as the Bible says, or we're left ...

3194. Christmas Brings Us A New Heart

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

John Pugh

... it, but it's kinda like a cat. No one ever owns a cat. God blesses us with the gift of Jesus. That gift can give us a new life. Some folks have trouble getting their hearts around this new gift. Some keep trying to take hold of it and claim it as their own property. It can't be done. It can only be lived and God is here to help us with the living. I remember the first person I knew who had by pass surgery. After the surgeon dismissed him he went home with orders to work to ...

3195. Skating To Where The Puck Is Going To Be

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... an easy concept to master. There is a famous quote from the hockey star, Wayne Gretzky with which many of you are familiar. In explaining his enormous success, the always modest Great One replied, "I just skate to where the puck is going to be." Gretsky claimed the ability to anticipate the direction that the puck was going and the ability to get there first. That is not as easy as it sounds. Even most professional hockey players race to catch up with the puck. So it is with the Christian faith! IT TAKES ...

3196. Letters Straight From The Heart

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Sermon

King Duncan

... as a living letter? Here's the background: In Paul's time strangers, especially foreign teachers, often carried letters of commendation to prove their credentials and to ease their introduction into a new society. Paul had no such letter of commendation. Instead, he claimed the transformed lives of the Corinthian believers as his living letters of commendation. He didn't need ink for this writing it was done by the Spirit “writing" its message in their hearts. I would like to think that each one of us ...

3197. Hurting People Hurt People

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... no. Oh, no. He's gonna guess.' He said, 'Well boy, you're a child of ah . . . You're a child of ah . . . Ah, wait.' And the preacher said, 'You're a child of God. I see a strikin' resemblance!' He swatted me on the bottom and said, 'Go claim your inheritance, boy!'" Fred Craddock said he looked at the old man seated at their table and asked, "What's your name?" The old man said, "Ben Hooper." "Ben Hooper, Ben, Ben Hooper!" Craddock thought to himself. And suddenly it came to him that his father had told him ...

3198. Passing The Test!

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Prohibition. When someone came across an especially good batch of moonshine, he would shoot one time in the air. This was a signal to the other men of the town to come share in the liquor. Every man who heard the shot would grab his gun and claim it was his duty to go hunt the Wampus Cat. (1) The men of Cades Cove knew how to deal with temptation. They organized it. Our scripture lesson from Matthew has often been called the temptation of Jesus. Dr. William Barclay believes it would be accurately called ...

3199. I'm O.k.; You're A Little Suspect

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... his guests into arguments, to fluster them into embarrassing admissions, and generally to make them look foolish. It was not uncommon for Pine to introduce a visitor and launch immediately into an attack on the individual's beliefs, talent, or appearance. Some people claimed that Pine's acid personal style was partially caused by a leg amputation that had embittered him to life; others said no, that he was just vituperous by nature. One evening rock musician Frank Zappa was a guest on the show. This was ...

3200. Surprise!

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... oppressed, the blind. The Hebrew people knew only too well what it was to suffer, to be held captive. They had waited hundreds of years for the fulfillment of this prophecy, and were prepared to wait hundreds more if necessary. And now a poor, no-name carpenter claims to be that Messiah who would “proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." How would you react if you were in their shoes? Is it any wonder that later on in the chapter we discover that the men of the synagogue tried to kill Jesus? Of course ...

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