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3226. Building An Understanding Of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Rivers, an outfielder for the Texas Rangers baseball team once said about his warm relationship with Yankee owner George Steinbrenner and manager Billy Martin. Rivers is quoted as saying, "Me and George and Billy are two of a kind." (1) Well, that's quite an accomplishment. The three of them are two of a kind. Each year on this first Sunday after Pentecost churches all over this land celebrate Trinity Sunday. Each year we seek to understand and communicate this most precious doctrine of our faith--that ...

3227. Wrong Way. On Purpose

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... is said make all the difference. A thing which seems hard can be said with a disarming smile. We can call an old friend a villain or a rascal, or worse. Our smile and tone take all the sting out of it and fill it with affection. We can be quite sure that the smile on Jesus' face and the compassion in his eyes robbed the word of all insult and bitterness." (3) In other words, perhaps Jesus said, "Oops, I've come the wrong way," in the same sense Corrigan spoke identical words to the Irish. But the world ...

3228. Dreaming Of Florida--awaking In Alaska

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , they always seemed to have enough resources to take care of themselves and others in need. Margaret's parents were very faithful to God's call to care for the needy. The Tweten home became a way-station for the hungry, the homeless, the hopeless, and the lost. Quite often, the Tweten family gave up their own beds so that visitors would have a comfortable place to sleep. As a child, Margaret Tweten's greatest vision of Heaven was that it would be a place where everyone would get his or her very own bed. (8 ...

3229. Easter In November

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... That way," she said, "I can count on my daughters visiting me twice a week." (2) In 1942, one of Hollywood's greatest actors, Sir John Barrymore, died. Actor Errol Flynn and a few of his friends held an Irish wake for Barrymore. Flynn and his friends got quite drunk at the wake. After Flynn left, director Raoul Walsh and actor Peter Lorre decided to pull a prank on Flynn. They "borrowed" Barrymore's body from the funeral home, drove it to Flynn's house, and sat it in a chair by his fireplace. When a drunken ...

3230. Children Of The Light

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... ; but let us watch and be sober." We are all familiar with the qualities of light. Light imparts warmth. Light allows us to see things, both good and bad, more clearly. Light provides power (photosynthesis, solar power, lasers). Even a pinpoint of light is quite noticeable in the dark just as the smallest act of love stands out in a world of indifference and even cruelty. Among stars, those little lights twinkling in the heavens, there are different degrees of heat depending on how far away they are from ...

3231. 'Thanking" About Thanksgiving

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... that it changed your life?" In hundreds of touching letters, readers nominated relatives, coworkers, newfound friends, and long-dead mentors. A woman who had weighed 225 pounds cited a man she met on a late-night train who advised her to dust off her dreams and quit wallowing in self-pity. In the months that followed, she lost eighty pounds. A woman whose ex-boyfriend helped her cope with the after-effects of her childhood rape wrote: "We are no longer going out, but maybe his purpose in my life was to get ...

3232. Look Who's Giving Thanks!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... our lives. And so we've come here this day to say, “Thank you." “Thank you, Lord for loving us." “Saying thank you" doesn't sound like much, but it's meant from our heart. Dr. C. Thomas Hilton tells about a British housekeeper who became quite ill and entered the hospital for a treatment. While there, she met and befriended Johnny, a little boy with a terminal illness. One day, Johnny's mother burst into the housekeepers' room with the news that Johnny would not survive the day. Would the housekeeper ...

3233. The Tenth Man

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Mrs. Smith simply replied, "Thanks." Carol took another pie over the next week and Mrs. Smith responded, "You are a day late with that pie." The following week she baked her another pie. This time her neighbor said, "Try using a little more sugar and don't bake it quite as long. The crust has been a little bit hard lately. And I'd like cherry instead of apple filling next time." The next week Carol was so busy, she was unable to cook for her neighbor. When Carol passed by her house on the way to the store ...

3234. If You Are The King Of The Jews....

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... world to seek and to save that which was lost. Then he returned to the Father. But before he did, he gathered around him a select group of men and women to carry on his work. There was nothing special about these men and women. In fact, they were quite ordinary. There was only one thing that distinguished them--they had been touched by the Master's hand. And when Christ left them, he gave them a charge--that they were to reach out to touch others with his love until the day comes when every person on this ...

3235. The Ultimate Solution For Sin

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

In 1939, a coast guard vessel was cruising the Canadian Arctic when the men spotted a polar bear stranded on an ice floe. It was quite a novelty for the seamen, who threw the bear salami, peanut butter, and chocolate bars. Then they ran out of the food. Unfortunately, the polar bear hadn't run out of appetite, so he proceeded to board their vessel. The men on ship were terrified and opened the fire hoses ...

3236. Like Cupped Hands

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... was conversing with a young couple about their upcoming marriage. He asked if there was any area they needed to work on, and the woman immediately answered, "Softball!" The pastor was fascinated! A woman who wants to improve her softball skills to improve her marriage? Not quite. The issue was her husband's obsession with softball. The husband, naturally, didn't think it was a big deal. "Hey, I just play 4 nights a week for an hour and a half," he said. She reminded him that the games were just a prelude ...

3237. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... had served in Vietnam together. The man suffering the seizures was badly injured. Still, he risked his life to save this friend who was now cradling him in his arms. Years later, that man who had risked his life had developed epilepsy. When his friend heard about it, he quit his job and moved to London to take care of his friend. He remarked, "Don't be impressed. You see, after what he did for me, there isn't anything I wouldn't do for him." (6) Those are the words of a truly grateful person. Those are the ...

3238. Through The Storm, Through The Night

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... with each other. Prayer changes people. The second thing that prayer helps us do is accept our lot. None of us can control what happens around us, but through prayer we can influence how we react to what happens to us. In prayer we find the strength to quit fighting that which can't be changed and start asking the better question, "Now that this has happened, what can I do?" A few years ago, Tony Campolo was preaching at a church in Oregon, and he felt compelled to offer prayers for healing for those in his ...

3239. Insincere Religion

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... having to commit ourselves to the service of Christ. But we do not fool God. Isn't it time we put aside all excuses, all rationalizations, and give ourselves unreservedly to Christ, the Son of the living God? Isn't it time we quit criticizing and began bearing a cross? 1. Jeffrey McQuain. POWER LANGUAGE (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996). 2. Arthur P. Boers, "Church Growth and the Consumer Church," THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, Sep./Oct. 92. . 3. Augsberger, Myron S. THE COMMUNICATOR'S COMMENTARY #1 (Waco ...

3240. Standing Tall

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... her transfusion that night and recovered fully. She lived another 47 years after that fateful night. Coincidence? We don't know. This soldier and his family think the hitchhiker was an angel sent by God. All we know is that these coincidences happen quite often for people of faith. Jesus heals. He healed Bartimaeus and he has healed millions of others--emotionally, spiritually, and, sometimes, physically. There is much we don't understand about healing. There is even more that we don't understand about God ...

3241. What Makes A Person Successful?

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... and serve others in their daily lives right in their own community. It matters not where service is given, only that we give our best. Some time back some graffiti from the 1800s was discovered by workers renovating the Washington Monument. This graffiti has quite a different tone from that usually found today on the sides of buildings and subway cars. Here is how this graffiti, which can now be viewed by visitors to the monument, reads: "Whoever is the human instrument under God in the conversion of one ...

3242. Where Can I Be Safe?

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... don't let their fears and doubts stop them from pressing forward! They do something with their lives, and they take risks in spite of their fears. Stovall once interviewed actress Katharine Hepburn. He asked her, "What makes you so special?" Her answer was quite interesting. She said, "Most actresses of any skill look at my work and find themselves saying, "‘I could have done that.' The difference is," she continued, "I did it, and they didn't." Stovall believes that what she said is true for most great ...

3243. Grumbling in the Vineyard

Matthew 20:1-16

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... also help and he would pay him. What do you think he did? Yes, that‘s right, the second son also went to the garage and worked hard all afternoon. About 4:30, Mom and the youngest son brought cookies and lemonade out to the garage. There was still quite a bit to do before dinner time, so the father asked the youngest son to stay and help them finish. Once again, he promised to pay the young son. Sure enough, everyone worked hard and they were finished in time to clean up and eat their dinner. After dinner ...

3244. On Forgetting To Do A Business Plan

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... disciple.” (NIV) Whoa! That will sure thin the crowd in a hurry. Before you jump into this Christianity thing, Jesus is saying to them and to us, be sure you understand what you are getting into. Well, what are we getting into? Three things quite obviously: WORSHIP GOD, LOVE PEOPLE AND LIVE RESPONSIBLY. You and I might add many more items to our list of what practical Christianity is all about, but certainly these three attributes would be at the front: worship God, love people and live responsibly. This ...

3245. A Powerful Testimony

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... the way, an asterisk at the bottom says, "You must answer three or more questions correctly to qualify."(1) I hope our athletes don't mind if I have a little fun with them. Most football players are not dumb, of course. And some of them are quite inspirational. When the St. Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans in the last Super Bowl, one player's outstanding effort set him apart from the pack. Kurt Warner, quarterback for St. Louis, proved once again why he was named the NFL's most valuable player for 1999 ...

3246. Playing The Comparison Game

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... his life for ours. That is an idea too deep for us to ever comprehend, but if it says nothing else to us, it should say this: We are of infinite worth just as we are. So, don't worry about the Jones. They've got worries of their own. Quit playing the comparison game. There is nothing in it but heartache and failure. There will always be someone who has more, who can do more, than you or I. Let's rejoice in this: The God of all the universe loves us more than any of us can imagine. 1 ...

3247. Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... society) about the hungry." And then he added, "And some of you are more upset that I said [blank] than you are about the fact that people are starving." Now, Tony was not advocating using four-letter words. He was trying to make a point and he did so in quite a shocking way about our misplaced sense of values. Some of us who would never use vulgar language can walk right by a person in need and not bat an eye. One does not justify the other, but one thing you can say from Jesus' teachings is that placed on ...

3248. How To Be Truly Wealthy

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... rock, which is used extensively in fertilizers. The government set about mining the phosphate rock and soon became exceedingly rich from its export. Because the government of Nauru subsidizes the lifestyles of its inhabitants, the people of Nauru also became quite rich in the process. The newly rich Nauruans became conspicuous consumers, stocking their houses with every kind of high-tech household gadget. Though their little island has only one road, most Nauruan families bought two or more cars. The ...

3249. Come Home To God

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Angela Akers

... concept of repentance. A Sunday School teacher once asked a class what was meant by the word "repentance." A little boy put up his hand and said, "It is being sorry for your sins." A little girl also raised her hand and said, "It is being sorry enough to quit." (2) In our Bible passage today, the prophet Joel is sent to the people of the towns of Judah and Jerusalem to warn them that their sins have separated them from God. Because of the people's sins, God has allowed a drought and a plague of locusts to ...

3250. Passions

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Frank Lyman

A mother mouse was giving her baby mice their first tour of the barn. She and the children walked from one end of the barn to the other. They were enjoying their walk until they came face to face with a large cat who seemed quite eager to pounce upon them. But, rather than succumb to cruel fate, the mother mouse drew up her face, looked the cat straight in the eye . . . and began to loudly bark like a dog! The cat was so startled that it turned tail and ran away. The mother mouse turned ...

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