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3201. Who Will Be Crying At Your Funeral

Luke 12:22-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... the value of one millisecond: Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics. And to all that, we would add this: To realize the value of a lifetime: Ask, who will be crying at my funeral? 1. Knowles, George E. A World To Love (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1990), 113. 2. What to Do Between Birth and Death (Morrow), "Points to Ponder," Reader's Digest, July 1994, p. 18. 3. Preaching, Vol. 4, #2. 4. Max Lucado, In the Eye of the Storm (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1991 ...

3202. Thanks For All You've Done

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... for delivering me from the darkness within even before it became a stumbling block in my life. This prevenient grace is part of what Paul means when he writes that God has "rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." NOT ONLY HAVE WE BEEN BROUGHT OUT OF DARKNESS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD'S SON. This is where we now live. We live among God's people. We live in an atmosphere of hope ...

3203. He Touched Me

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... a story of grace. Let me ask you, if a woman who gave up her baby as a teenager is willing to sacrifice her own security and safety to rescue the daughter that she once gave up, how much more willing is the God whose name and whose nature is love willing to give up His life for His children? Christ is willing to do for us everything we truly need. Notice that I did not say, “everything we want.” Go back to principle 1. God works according to our individual NEEDS. What we want may not, in the long run ...

3204. Yes!!!

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

King Duncan

... --then when we think of our own inadequate efforts to repay what has been given us--our shoulders slump, a look of distress comes on our face and a sense of failure invades our heart. Isn't it ironic that those of us who have striven all our lives to love Christ and serve him should be the ones who need to hear the Gospel? And here is the Gospel, my friends. It comes from Paul's epistle to the Corinthians: "For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by me and Silas and Timothy, was not ...

3205. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... up the ground must be another way of saying the people need to open their hearts, to allow the good seed of brotherly love to be sown. The warning against foul seed was obvious: the citizens had an obligation to sort the truth from the untruth, and ... it in the bud. Take care of it quickly. It is sad to see disputes go unresolved and to see resentment where there should be love. Often healing comes as soon as one party is willing to take the first step. When Dr. Harold H. Bloomfield learned that his father ...

3206. On "supersizing" Our Vision

Mark 12:42-43

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... . 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 of money, but she did it with a supersize ...

3207. On Forgetting To Do A Business Plan

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... worship lifts us into the presence of God. And when we are lifted into God’s presence, we receive power and peace and a feeling that all is right with the world--not because of who we are but because of who God is. Worship God. AND LOVE PEOPLE. Christian faith is both vertical and horizontal. Pastor Don Emmitte, a Baptist preacher in Weatherford, TX. was struck one day several years ago by two images that leaped off of the front page of a newspaper. One was the image of “Miss America.” There on the ...

3208. The Young And The Restless

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... , we seek out changes--small changes--small improvements to help us grow in our confidence and our adaptability. SECONDLY, WE WORK AT KEEPING OUR PRIMARY RELATIONSHIPS STRONG. We can cope with almost any change in our lives if there are people surrounding us with love. Don't you wonder how Sarah, Abraham's wife, dealt with the drastic change God and Abraham subjected her to? To move from the security of a great walled city, to become nomads in the desert, to leave the familiar comfort of family and friends ...

3209. Who's Your Daddy?

Matthew 10:1-42

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... the gold in the world. Jesus was trying to explain to people how much each of us is worth to God, our Heavenly Father. He took a tiny sparrow. A sparrow was practically worthless to most people. You could buy two sparrows for penny. He said to them that God loves sparrows so much that when one of them falls from the sky, God knows it. Then Jesus turned to his listeners and said, "You are many time more important to God than are the sparrows." How much are we worth? You and I would walk a little taller and ...

3210. A Mother And Her Son (Mother's Day)

Matthew 12:46-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the palm of your hand. Making out da da or ma ma from all the cooing and gurgling. "What do you get for your $160,140? Naming rights. First, middle and last. Glimpses of God every day. Giggles under the covers every night. More love than your heart can hold. Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs. Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds and warm cookies. A hand to hold, usually covered with jam. A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites, building sandcastles and skipping down the sidewalk in the pouring rain ...

3211. Flesh-eaters; Blood Drinkers

John 6:51-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... Each time we share the bread and the wine, we have another chance to say "Thank you" to God, to praise God for God's abundant love and grace. The Lord's Supper also reminds us of our unity as Christ's body. The first Lord's Supper took place around a ... of sin are death, and we have earned every penny of our condemnation. But Romans 5: 8 reminds us, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." In 1992, Don Butcher's wife, Helen, became ill. This occurred ...

3212. Aging Is Mandatory; Maturity Is Optional

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... you." It may not have been the most conventional way to communicate his feelings, but the Abells understood. Ever since that night, Quentin will occasionally call them and burp into the phone. It is his unique way to tell them he loves them. (4) Show a child a little love and he or she will love you in return. No wonder Jesus praised little children. There is so much we can learn from them. And that brings us to the third lesson from this episode in Jesus' ministry. We saw the importance of children in the ...

3213. Christ The King

Revelation 1:1-3

Sermon

King Duncan

... come . . . and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him ... . What would Jesus do? It is still a good question. How can we make this a better world? Show it Jesus. Let his love, mercy, and forgiveness stand against the cruelty, hatred, and violence of a dark world. Sometimes I think we make Jesus too soft and laid ...

3214. Living In The Kingdom Of God

Mark 12:28-34

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... is the most important. How do you think Jesus answered that question? (Let the children respond. Be sure to repeat their answers for the congregation to hear.) Jesus said the most important commandment is to love God with all of our hearts, strength, and mind. The second commandment is to love others as much as you love yourself. Jesus told the man that these two commandments sum up all of the other ones. As I have been thinking about this, I realized that there is a very common saying today that means ...

3215. A Father Pleased With His Son

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... impulse to dedication. What kind of a man was I going to be, if I was to be the pattern for my boy?" (2) Rufus Jones became a great man partially because his son was proud of him. What a powerful bond there is between parent and child. How we love to please one another. I hope each of you parents in this room is smart enough to tell your children how proud you are of them. I sometimes wonder, though, if instead of saying, "I'm proud of my child," we ought not say, "I'm thankful for my child ...

3216. A Word For Christian Fathers

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... be big on hugging or kissing, though every child needs that in abundance, but somehow it is essential for a parent to communicate his or her love. Here is a study that might be of great interest to some of you. It was done on a group of boys in nursery school. In ... a new creation." We can offer ourselves and our relationships to Christ this day and ask him for help in making time, in showing love, and in setting the kind of example that reveals the new man or the new woman Christ has called us to be. 1. Ethel ...

3217. Preparing the Way

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... flight. The woman freely talked about her drug use, her live-in boyfriend, and her pursuit of self-gratification at any cost. Hybels asked the young woman to consider how her lifestyle must look to God. He was not surprised by her response. In her view, God was a loving but distant figure whose job it was to take care of her. God made no demands on her life. Her behavior didn’t matter to God. She could do what she wanted, and God would always be in the background taking care of her. (2) I fear this is ...

3218. Why Shepherds?

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... out, but just wait. Life will take a twist, a dip, a sudden turn and your world will be turned upside down and you will see. There is no understanding life. There is only faith, hope and love, and the greatest of these is love, the love of Christmas. Unconditional, uncompromising, unstoppable love. On December 26, 2004, Patty and Bob North received the news that their daughter, Libby, had been seriously injured by that same devastating tsunami that Max Loeb’s family had avoided. For days, the Norths were ...

3219. I Say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? Should we scream at God for letting us down? If we do, we are revealing a very human, but also very immature faith. Like our joy, gratitude for the follower of Christ is not based in our external circumstances, but in our knowledge of God’s love for us. God is in control. So St. Paul writes, “The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” We are grateful because we know God can handle any situation and ...

3220. A Ministry of Encouragement

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... up new horizons for Blank. (5) If we had time today, I would let some of you tell your story. My guess is that many of you could tell of a grandmother or grandfather or aunt or uncle who gave you that kind of unconditional love. I would like to think that parents are always that supportive, but sometimes it doesn’t happen. Sometimes God needs other family members or neighbors or friends who will supply the encouragement that all young people need. Notice how Paul compares himself to a parent. “For ...

3221. The Stewardship of Time

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... with our time, there are some ways we can do that. An unknown writer suggests we can use time to think, work, play, read, love and be loved, to laugh, to give, to pray and to worship. Each day we should seek to do good to at least one person and to ... a prelude to eternity. Eventually we run out of tomorrows. Unless--unless we have built our lives on the solid rock of Christ''s love for us. Eternal life becomes ours now when we turn our lives over to God through Christ. No time is wasted when that happens. ...

3222. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... like that? Born again, indeed! How could that be? What was Jesus talking about? He was talking about a gift that only he can give to any of us, the gift of new life and of new direction. He was talking about making of us a new creation, as his love, his power, his spirit work within us. That alone could make the difference in Nicodemus and that alone can make a difference for us. Faith in Christ gives us a fresh start, a new direction. Faith in Christ also gives us a new standing with God. Paul, in Romans 4 ...

3223. The Living Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... one who has suffered bereavement climbs to a high tree or a cliff, calls out the name of the deceased, and then cries out pathetically, "Come back! Come back!" But there is no answer. Nothing robs us of our hope as does death. We grieve the loss of a loved one. Nothing is more natural than that. However, if our faith lies in the God of hope, our sorrow will not steal hope from us. Hope for Christians comes from Jesus Christ who died for our sins and won the victory over sin and death when the Father raised ...

3224. Jesus and the Divorced Evangelist

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... story about a man who traveled down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves who had beaten him and left him for dead along the side of the road. Jesus told the story, you recall, in reply to a question put to Him, “Master, you have taught us to love our neighbors. O.K., we are willing to do that. Only please enlighten us: just who are our neighbors?” Of course the question was a set-up, an attempt to trap Jesus in some way. And he replied by telling them a story, as He so often did. A certain ...

3225. It’s Hard to Eat While Lying

John 13:18-30

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... today) eating with someone is a way of showing a special relationship with that person. Breaking bread is a sign of reconciliation and love. And here is Judas, breaking bread with the very One he is about to betray! The record doesn’t tell us whether Judas ... ?” But He won’t leave us alone. He said, “...this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light ...

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