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301. Will This Be On The Test?

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... 4:7-9. "THIS WAS THE MANNER IN FORMER TIME IN ISRAEL CONCERNING REDEEMING AND CHANGING TO CONFIRM ALL THINGS; A MAN PLUCKED OFF HIS SHOE, AND GAVE IT TO HIS NEIGHBOR." 3. Who warned his son to beware of a woman's eyelids? Answer: SOLOMON, PROVERBS 6:25: "LUST NOT AFTER HER BEAUTY IN YOUR HEART; NEITHER LET HER TAKE THEE WITH HER EYELIDS." 4. Who fell asleep during a long sermon? Answer: EUTYCHUS, ACT 20:9. "AND THERE SAT IN A WINDOW A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN NAMED EUTYCHUS, BEING FALLEN INTO A DEEP SLEEP. AND AS ...

302. Humility You Can Be Proud Of

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... who gave the shortest sermon was chosen to deliver the graduation sermon. (1) Some honor! Author and radio preacher John MacArthur was watching an MTV documentary sometime back titled "The Seven Deadly Sins." Because those seven sins ” pride, covetousness, lust, anger, envy, gluttony, and sloth ” are standard fare on MTV, MacArthur wondered what the documentary would say. It turned out to be vintage MTV; a montage of celebrity quotes, movie outtakes, man-on-the-street interviews, one-liners, quips ...

303. Come Home For New Year's

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... one of us was determined to leave the world a more beautiful place if every one of us allowed God to rule in our lives? But we do not, do we? Something holds us back. It is our captivity to the world captivity to our own emotions captivity to greed, lust, indolence captivity to an indifference to others and a certain measure of destructiveness to self. Who will free us to soar with the eagles? Who will free us to be the very best we can be and to leave this world a better place? Who will make it possible ...

304. Getting The Proper Nourishment

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Did Jesus really mean them to apply to her life? "Oh, yes," Jesus replied, "I wrote that for you." Jesus continued around the room, talking to each sorrowing person. In each case, he heard tales of people turning away from God to pursue riches, ambition, lusts, pride. And in every case, Jesus answered them with a letter meant specifically for their lives. Colleen Evans asks, "Have you read Jesus' letter to you?" (4) How sad it is to live like shrubs in a parched land when help is so close. Our first ...

305. Peace, Blessed Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... peace. I was a puppet on a string." Becker is not the only one to feel that sense of emptiness. The echoes of a hollow life pervade our culture. (4) Many people want what they cannot have, they long for that which is beyond their reach, they lust for that which is not permitted. Now some of this restlessness is of divine origin, I am convinced. This restlessness causes us to do more and be more than we would under normal circumstances. The people who have accomplished great things in this world have been ...

306. The Heart Of The Matter

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... ." Dr. Dean Ornish, a noted heart specialist, identifies cynicism, hostility and isolation as major components of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and probably cancer. (3) Many of us have unhealthy spiritual hearts. We have hearts filled with cynicism, hostility, greed, lust and all those negative emotions that can kill our spiritual well-being. And we need not kid ourselves that somehow we are beyond such emotions. All of us are at risk. None is exempt. A Methodist preacher was appointed to a ...

307. God Is Not Fair (Grumbling in the Vineyard)

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... be your kid? Then what? What about the company president who steals millions? But he's a deacon at the Baptist church! Does he get a pass just because he's a believer? Well, that's certainly not fair! Jesus said that a man who looked at a woman with lust has already committed adultery in his heart. Is heaven only for women and a few virtuous men? One problem with a faith based on fairness is that it is very difficult to apply. II. The Law is Not Fair. Wouldn't there be the tendency, if you were among the ...

308. What In The World Is Happiness?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... burning ourselves out seeking wealth or status, we lived all our lives seeking to expand our divine potential so that we were continually improving our minds, improving our bodies, improving our Spirits--not out of fear, not out of insecurity, not out of greed or lust, but simply out of living fully and completely as children of God? Can you see how much more productive, how much more effective, how much more alive we would be? This is what saintly living is all about. It is not about cloistering ourselves ...

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

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't have done)? We assume that evil actions, like stealing or murder, are sins. Occasionally, we will admit that actions such as gossiping and stirring up trouble are just as sinful in God's eyes. We have a harder time grasping the idea that thoughts and attitudes, like lust, complaining, or 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 ...

310. Building On A Firm Foundation

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... up as a spiritual house . . . And the cornerstone of that spiritual house is Christ himself. THERE ARE MANY FOUNDATIONS ON WHICH YOU CAN BUILD A LIFE. That's obvious, of course. You can build a life on greed and hedonism. You can build it on a lust for power or fame. The list of possible foundations is unending. Throughout the Cold War between the U.S. and Russia, there were occasional defections by spies from Russia. The CIA came up with an acronym to describe the four top reasons why a Russian spy might ...

311. Ready For A Change

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... --spread the word. That's part of what it means to follow Jesus. It means to be an ambassador of Christ. It means to live a life of service in a world where many people hunger for power, to live a life of love in a world where many people lust for revenge, to live a life of giving in a world in which many are simply takers. "Follow me." These are not words to take lightly. There is an interesting story about the Queen Mary, one of the most luxurious ocean liners in the world back in the 1930s and ...

312. Why Did I Do That?

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... drink and drugs. Their only hope was to acknowledge that there is a higher power in this world, and to give their lives over to that power, and by the grace of God overcome their addiction. There are people whose marriages were endangered by their inability to deal with the lusts of their own body, but they made a commitment not only to their spouse but also to God, and by God's grace they have kept their vows and strengthened their unions. You and I do not have to be defeated by the law of sin at work in ...

313. If Your Life Were A Movie

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... evil that men do lives on; the good is often interred with their bones . . ." It's true. Many people who are otherwise fine decent people, have had their lives destroyed because of one small, momentary weakness. That weakness might be greed or envy. It might be lust or any of the other seven deadly sins. That's an interesting phrase--the seven deadly sins, for they are deadly. They cause problems far out of proportion to their importance in the totality of our lives. That's one of the ways life seems unfair ...

314. If Your Eye Offends You

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... , it never leads to happiness. That is true of every form which sinfulness may take. We moderns think we invented sexual immorality. That is because we don't read our Bibles. If there is one thing the Bible acknowledges it is the power of lust within men and women. And yet the Bible is very, very explicit that sexual sin always brings destructiveness. There is so much emphasis nowadays upon the thrill of an affair. Romances on television seem always to be casual now, never meaningful and lasting. And ...

315. A Rainbow And A Cross

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in which a man climbed up a winding mountain road. When he began the journey, he was a young man. After he had climbed a short while, a snarling wolf leaped out of the bushes and tried to tear him to pieces. To Dante this was the wolf of lust, of bodily passion and represented the major temptation of a young person. As he climbed higher and came into middle life, a giant tiger sprang on him. This was the tiger of pride, and represented the great temptation of middle age-- pride of position, of name and of ...

316. When You Are Uncertain About Your Salvation

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... if he wrote that after his transgression with Bathsheba? The knowledge of what he had done must have driven him nearly insane. Here was a man who was nearer to the heart of God than any king had ever been, and yet he was capable of lust, adultery, and even murder. And he paid dearly for his sins. First, his newborn son by Bathsheba was stricken and killed. Then another son sought to provoke revolution against him. And finally David was deprived of his greatest dream--to build the temple in Jerusalem, for ...

317. An Empty Cup

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

King Duncan

... God; it changes me." Was this why Job prayed? To keep himself from giving in to despair? An old legend tells of the devil holding an auction to sell off some of his tools. Prospective buyers pore over his collection, which includes such items as worry, fear, lust, greed, and selfishness. But off to one side is one well-worn tool labeled "Not for sale." Asked to explain, the devil replies, "I can spare my other tools, but this is the most useful implement that I have. With it, I can work my way deep into ...

318. Great Reasons for Great Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... or more of the world''s peoples are living and dying with no hope because they do not know Christ. We cannot see the death of a person''s spirit. For that reason we usually don''t get very concerned or upset, but the evidence of violence and crime and lust and greed and hatred in our world are legacies of spirits dying without Christ. On the day of judgment I believe we will give an account of whether we did all we could, not only to feed the hungry and clothe the naked and heal the sick, but we''ll ...

319. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... and different." Sound familiar? Hearing that, Hobbes says, "I see why timeless truths never sell." But Calvin doesn't hear him; he goes on with his imagination, his mental gymnastics, and he responds this way. He says, "Give me a good flash in the pan anytime." (1) The lust for newness. It's in us all. We want that which is new and improved in life. But there is something we need to see. You will ultimately be disappointed if you put your hope in what the world calls new. But you will never be disappointed ...

320. Hope in the Shadows

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... how to raise his children alone staring him in the face. Shadows, gathering shadows. Then there are the multitudes caught up in a lifestyle of living in dependency upon the latest pill they can swallow, or the alcohol they can consume, or pictures they can lust over, or the pain they can cut into their dulled senses. Anything to create a buzz, to give relief, so they can make it through to the next day. Shadows, oppressive shadows. Jesus prepares His disciples for such shadows. As you read the 13th chapter ...

321. Is Conscience the Best Guide?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... human history have been perpetrated in obedience to conscience. The historian Lecky once said of the Spanish Inquisition: "Philip II and Isabella the Catholic inflicted more suffering in obedience to their consciences than Nero or Domitian in obedience to their lusts!" Terrible things have been done in the name of conscience. Not too many years ago some Christians claimed that they could hold slaves in good conscience - just think of the evangelistic opportunity! They could save the black man's soul while ...

322. Radical Surgery

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... off a hand or foot, or pluck out an eye? Real sins come from the heart, as Jesus pointed out so often.(See Matthew 15:19) Does the thief feel less like stealing if he must use his left hand rather than his right? Does the adulterer find that his lust has disappeared if he has lost an eye? I imagine we can get into as much trouble with one foot as with two, if we have a mind to do so. The hand or foot or eye are not the real offenders: it is what is in the heart. The ...

323. Holy Tuesday

Mark 11:27-33

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... we call it “conscience.” In spite of the popular proverb, conscience is not the best guide. The historian Lecky said of the Spanish inquisition, “Philip II and Isabella...inflicted more suffering in obedience to their conscience than Nero did in obedience to his lusts!” Horrible things in history have been done in the name of conscience. So we need a better authority than that. Jesus claimed to be that authority. But His authority, I believe, is “intrinsic,” that is, in the nature of things. An ...

324. The Measure of Love

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... believer, he writes with great insight this about our Lord''s Ministry: "The revolution he sought was a far deeper one, without which reforms could only be superficial and transitory. If he could cleanse the human heart of selfish desires, cruelty, and lust, utopia would come of itself, and all those institutions that rise out of human greed and violence, and the consequent need for law, would disappear. Since this would be the profoundest of all revolutions, beside which all others would be mere coups ...

325. The Story behind the Glory

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... evils from which we suffer are in the main the fruit of man's sin. It is man's inhumanity to man that has made countless thousands to mourn. The wars, cruelties, and wrongs which form such a grievous part of the burden of humanity are the outcome of human lust and passion. This is a world, I am sad to admit, which is in rebellion against God. The depth and intensity of that spirit of evil is made manifest at the Cross. Here is the true measure of evil and the final judgment upon it. If the question were ...

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