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301. A Most Disagreeable Man

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... vessel. Even hardened sailors were terrified. Jonah got the idea that maybe God was angry with him and he was the cause of the storm. The sailors pleaded with Jonah to help them. Jonah told them to throw him overboard and the storm would stop. The sailors were in no mood to argue. They did as he suggested. And yes, the storm did indeed cease. We might think that this would be the end of Jonah. Not so. Jonah finds himself inside the belly of a large fish. For three days and three nights he has time to do a ...

302. The Salvation Army Parade

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... them and were allowed to continue without any further questions. NOTICE, FIRST OF ALL, THE HIGH HOPES OF THOSE WHO ACCOMPANIED JESUS INTO THE CITY. No sooner had the two disciples returned with the colt than a crowd appeared. And the crowd was in the mood for a celebration. There was excitement in the air. Some spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut "leafy branches" placing them on the road. There was singing and shouting. The people were ready for a change. They wanted someone to lead them to ...

303. Help Wanted, Dad. Ask For Calvin And Hobbes.

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... ! Leggo! Ow! All right, goodbye! (Dad sits with his book in hand, staring into space. Calvin reappears.) Calvin: Hey, Dad, catch the water balloon. (Dad and his book are drenched.) Great reflexes, Dad. By the way, don't go in the house like that. Mom's in one of her moods again. Dad (talking to himself): I'll bet I could get a lot of work done at the office on weekends....(7) So here we are on this weekend, on Father's Day no less, trying to brush up on our fathering skills. No one gave us a guidebook when ...

304. Power Praying

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... a golf ball with all his might and it wouldn't go where he wanted it to go. One day, a stranger was playing ahead of him who had no trouble hitting the ball both straight and far. Speight, on the other hand, lumbered along the fairway in a grumpy mood slapping at the ball, moving it a few yards at a time. The gentleman ahead of him offered some advice. "You're trying too hard, young fellow," he said. "Just relax. Take it easy. Let the club do the work. That's what golf's all about, you know." This ...

305. Good Intentions

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... early from their companies. The one universal character flaw which always led to downfall was not doing something that was promised. Motivational speaker Cavett Robert learned from an English professor long ago that "character is the ability to carry out a resolution long after the mood in which it was made has left you." The first son had good intentions, but he never made it to the vineyard. THE SECOND SON DID WORK IN THE VINEYARD. That's really surprising. After all, he played the rebel at first. "No, I ...

306. Body Language

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... how many other gifts we have, if we don't have love, we don't have anything. That splendid story teller John R. Aurelio used Paul's analogy for a story in his book COLORS. He says that one day when the heart was feeling in an especially critical mood, it said to the lungs, "Stop nudging me inside. Who do you think you are anyway? You're so filled with your own selfimportance that you're trying to take over the whole place." "You should talk!" the lungs exploded. "Do you ever march to a different drummer? No ...

307. Show Me The Fish!

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... embarrassing jinx. Reporters and Secret Service agents in boats about 150 yards away began honking their horns and cheering. It was victory at sea. Paul Bedard, a WASHINGTON TIMES reporter, said the news was "like the end of a war." When the FIDELITY returned, the mood at the dock was as wild as Election Night. Barbara Bush thrust her fist high in the air in celebration. Relatives shouted for joy. Grandchildren kissed him. (1) It was a great victory for the President. It's frustrating to fish and fish and ...

308. To Be Abased, To Abound, To Be Content

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... the awkward moment of Christmas morning. The family is gathered around the tree having a grand time opening the presents. As the presents are opened, everyone "Oohs and Aahs" and gives thanks to the one who gave the gift. Then comes that moment which spoils the mood. A gift is found beneath the tree which cannot be identified. No one remembers wrapping it. No one recalls receiving it, and worst of all, there's no identifying gift tag attached to the present. If this has happened at your house (as it has at ...

309. If We Had Known You Were Going To Win . . .

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

King Duncan

A gentleman wrote into The Christian Herald magazine. In their family, he said, it was a custom to have a sing-along while traveling by car. It helped keep their boys out of trouble and in a good mood. On one trip their eldest son, Aaron, asked if they could sing the “Gravy Song.” “What’s that?” The rest of the family asked. “Teach it to us.” With all innocence Aaron began singing the Easter hymn, “Up from the gravy arose.” (1) It’s sad that the only day ...

310. The Patron Saint Of All Who Are The Last To Know

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... was not to be taken as testimony. Despite the fact that Jesus counted women among his friends and never denied a woman's request for help, his disciples were still products of their time. They simply do not believe Mary. The disciples were in no mood for rejoicing. Their doors were locked, for they believed "that they would be accused of pillaging and making off with the body." (2) The disciples surely figured that if Jesus, a popular teacher, could be put to death by crucifixion, then a similar fate might ...

311. Living In Sin Or Synergy?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... AIDS. When you are seeking to live separated from God, your sense of values becomes distorted. You are drawn to darkness and death. Max Lucado puts it like this: "Cut off from God, the soul withers and dies. The consequence of sin is not a bad day or a bad mood but a dead soul. The sign of a dead soul is clear: poisoned lips and cursing mouths, feet that lead to violence and eyes that don't see God. Now you know how people can be so vulgar. Their souls are dead. Now you see how some religions can be ...

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

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Did you know that the word "capricious" came to us by way of the goat. We call a person who frequently indulges in impulsive changes of mind, capricious. Generally we use this in a negative manner of speaking. This kind of person is given to wild mood swings. One minute they are lovable. The next minute you would like to give them a good boot. Farmers tell us that no other domestic animal quite matches the goat in its tendency to switch suddenly from frolicking to butting heads. Called the CAPER by Romans ...

313. Look Who's Giving Thanks!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... no consciousness of just how much you owe God. You have no consciousness of how blessed you really are. The famous author and speaker, Dale Carnegie, once went through a period of prolonged depression. Carnegie did something very unusual to shake himself out of this mood. He visualized what it would be like to lose everything important to him. He even sat down and wrote a list detailing each tragedy. The list went something like this: My children are in jail -- My wife has left me -- I'm flat broke -- My ...

314. Search For Tomorrow

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... player came again. For several days he continued to come and to play quietly. One day he said, "Does my playing annoy you?" The patient said, "No, I guess I like it." They talked a little more each day. One day the harmonica player was in a jovial mood. He played a sprightly tune and began to do a tap dance. The soldier looked on but was apparently unimpressed. "Hey, why don't you smile once and let the world know you're alive!" the dancer said with a friendly smile. But the legless soldier said, "I might ...

315. Memorial Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... on his mind. They would wake up to find Amos sleeping on the floor. One time, he threw his transistor radio out the bedroom window. Hagen's mother and father slept in separate bedrooms, to protect her mother from getting hurt during her father's "moods." Charlie Wyatt's father was tortured by Japanese troops in the Phillippines in the 1940s. All his fingernails were pulled out. Wyatt recalls that when his father returned from the war, he always got a weekly haircut and manicure. Mr. Wyatt found comfort in ...

316. Managing Your Anger

Romans 12:9-21

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... how much farther is it? Would you make him give me back my toy? It's too crowded in this car!" Have you ever seen something like that happen? When we are on a vacation, we can help make it a better trip by trying to improve everybody's mood by being loving rather than complaining, can't we? Of course, children are not the only ones who complain. When Moses led the nation of Israel out of slavery in Egypt, the people complained the whole way. Even though God was performing miracle after miracle for them, the ...

317. Nothing Is Impossible With God

Luke 1:26-38

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A tree ornament Good morning, boys and girls. I brought this ornament from my Christmas tree to set a proper mood for a little story I would like to tell you. It is about a very poor family who always looked forward to having a Christmas tree. But one year their father lost his job and there simply was no money to buy a tree. The children were most disappointed. Their ...

318. Redefining Life

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... importance of a good introduction. It is very important to an entertainer or a speaker or a performer of any kind that he or she be properly introduced to the audience prior to coming out. A good, upbeat introduction puts the crowd in a much better mood to respond than a rambling, unprepared intro. Country music star Merle Haggard once gave a concert for a promoter who was quite star-struck. This promoter made no secret of the fact that his biggest ambition in life was to introduce Merle at a concert. He ...

319. About Christ

Colossians 1:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... If I cannot smile . . . or honk . . . or wave . . . How will Jesus know I love Him? IF YOU LOVE JESUS, TITHE . . . HONKING IS TOO EASY. (1) Today we celebrate our love for Jesus. This is Christ the King Sunday. The writer of Colossians has set the mood for our celebration with this description of Christ: "He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn ...

320. Who Am I Supposed To Hate?

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... possessions? My SUV? My widescreen TV with the plasma screen? Surely he would allow me to keep my membership at the Health Club? Relax. Jesus doesn't want you to sell all your possessions or to get rid of your family. Some of you may be in a mood to get rid of your family, but that impulse did not come from God. In the early eighties, a Michigan State University study reported that one third of four- and five-year-olds would give up their relationship with their dad for television. That's terrible. But when ...

321. Gathered Around The Throne

Revelation 7:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

I want to set the mood for today’s celebration with some words from Dr. R. G. Lee. I quote, “Mother and I were very close. We lived on a poor farm . . . so poor that you could hardly raise an umbrella on the place, much less a mortgage. One day the family was in town, except ...

322. At The Edge Of Broken-ness

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... bones, and he will surely curse you to your face." (2:4, 5) The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life." (2:6) Male 1: "I was just getting out of the elevator. I was in a very good mood that day. Just looking forward to going to work. And as soon as I turned the corner, I just heard an explosion, and I was engulfed in fire. I mean, that's basically how it started." (2) Female 1: (reading from a telephone log or notebook) From the 911 logs ...

323. I Say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... emotion, any remembered hurt. He is not rejoicing because of a Positive Mental Attitude. He is not rejoicing because he’s O.K. and we’re O.K. He’s rejoicing because he knows that God is in control. It’s not just any kind of cheerful good mood. He is rejoicing in the Lord. We see that in his next words. He writes, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all . . .” That’s a strange progression of thoughts. What has gentleness got to do with ...

324. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... formal, how about "Jesus' farewell instructions to His students." That's what we have in John, chapters 13 through 17: Jesus' instructions to His infant Church...sort of His Last Will and Testament. The whole thing began as a festive celebration of the Passover, but soon the mood at the table changed as Jesus began to tell His friends some very disturbing things. He told them that He was going to leave them, and what was worse, he told them that He was about to be put to death at the hands of His enemies ...

325. Philip the First

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... kindergarten, but many of us do not seem to have learned it even yet. Philip’s question suggests pessimism in the face of seemingly insuperable obstacles. We have all been guilty of it. I know that I have. Along about December every year I get into a really foul mood, worrying about the church’s finances. How on earth are we supposed to pay our bills when the money isn’t coming in for the current year, and the pledges aren’t coming in for the coming year; and in the midst of all this, I am supposed ...

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