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3276. The Secret Of Happy Marriages

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... on the dainty foot of a pretty woman. As I turned to apologize, she barked, `You clumsy idiot! Why can't you watch where you're going?' "But when she looked up and saw me, she began to blush and said, `Oh, so sorry, sir. I thought you were my husband.'" Why is it we feel free to say ugly things ” things we would never say to anyone else ” to those closest to us? When psychologists Cliff Notarius of Catholic University and Howard Markman of the University of Denver studied newlyweds over the first ...

3277. Wrong About Christ

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again." But even though they heard it regularly, the disciples did not fully comprehend what it was that Jesus was trying to tell them. Maybe they thought he was telling them another parable ” one which they still hadn't grasped the meaning of. Maybe they were too frightened to think of the implications of what Jesus was saying. There is a lesson to be learned in this, and that is: WE HAVE TO BE ...

3278. People Who Dread Christmas

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... shut behind him. Sudden darkness and the final click of the automatic lock startled him. He began to panic. Desperately he pounded on the door. Then he realized no one would hear him. Everyone had gone home, even the cleaning women. He consoled himself with the thought that surely he could last it out until morning. Then he remembered that the next day was not a working day, it was Christmas! His heart was pounding. He was very much afraid. He wondered if he would have enough air. Trying to calm himself, he ...

3279. How Shall We Prepare?

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... or a male relative agreed to share the responsibility. At that time, many people believed it was smart for women to act dumb; some parents wouldn't even send their daughters to college. According to a 1965 study, fifty-one percent of men thought women were temperamentally unfit for management positions. (5) We're not talking ancient history here. We're talking about the past couple of decades. And women and minorities are still at a disadvantage. Power is distributed inequitably. But all of us at one ...

3280. Victory Over Darkness

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... if we tried to outfit everyone in this congregation with a pair of glow-in-the-dark athletic shoes. But the symbolism of each of us taking a light from this place to shine in the world's darkness is very powerful. It reminds me of a very thought-provoking story. A man had built a prosperous business. As he advanced in age, he felt concerned about the future of his enterprise because he had no close relatives except three nephews. One day he summoned the young men and said, "I have a problem, and whoever ...

3281. About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... this story. PEOPLE MATTER. G. A. Studdert-Kennedy was an English chaplain in World War I. He believed life's basic question is, "What is God like?" He visited a wounded soldier in a hospital. "What I want to know," said the officer, "is what is God like? I never thought about it much before the war," he continued. "I took it for granted. But now it is different. When I'm transferred into a new battalion, I want to know what the Colonel is like. He bosses the show, and it makes a lot of difference to me what ...

3282. Jesus And The Lake Wobegon Effect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... party gathered a selection of native birds. These birds were kept caged but well cared for during the long voyage across the ocean. One day a particularly restless bird escaped from its cage and took off in flight over the ocean. "Well, that bird is lost," thought the crew. But before the end of the day, much to their surprise, they saw that same bird flying back towards the ship at a rapid pace. Looking spent and breathless, the little bird dropped upon the deck of the ship and surrendered itself. It no ...

3283. The Seven Year Switch

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... once asked if Coach Tom Landry ever smiles. Garrison replied, "I don't know. I only played nine years." Tom Landry might not show it on the outside, but he knows about filling that emptiness. Before he came to know and trust Christ for his salvation, Landry thought he knew what religion and Christianity were all about. He recalls that he knew the Lord's Prayer and the Christmas story. He went to church, at least on occasion, and he was familiar with the fact that Christians were supposed to try to do what ...

3284. A Time To Remember - Memorial Day

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... close of the war he went to Charlie's hometown and sought out the mother's home. He knocked at the door and stood waiting, ragged and worn from the ravages of war, a very unsightly character. As the lady opened the door, she looked upon him and thought him to be just another beggar passing by. But Jim handed her the letter through the half-opened door. She read it, recognizing her son's handwriting. When she read the last line, "Mother, receive Jim for my sake," the expression on her face changed, tears of ...

3285. Jesus Prays For Us

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... it will be like. Some of the popular images of Heaven do it a disservice, I am certain. I was amused to read something former Prime Minister Lloyd George once said about the celestial realm. He said, "When I was a boy the thought of heaven used to frighten me more than the thought of hell. I pictured heaven as a place where time would be perpetual Sundays, with perpetual services from which there would be no break. It was a horrible nightmare and made me an atheist for ten years." None of our language about ...

3286. Isn't It Time To Get It Right?

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... wife would say, "Had there been no brick, there would have been no book!" Indeed, she kept the brick and had painted on it some words from the Old Testament. They were the words of Joseph to the brothers who had sold him into slavery: "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good." Sometimes it happens like that. That which we think is the most tragic event that could happen to us leads to later triumph. But even if it doesn't, there is good news. St. Paul tells us that even when ...

3287. Empowered By Angels

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... fled. He went a day's journey beyond Judah to hide in the desert. There he sat under a broom tree, begging God to take his life, believing he was a failure. Elijah had already forgotten the miracle of fire from heaven and now only thought of the vindictiveness of Jezebel. ELIJAH VIVIDLY DEMONSTRATES THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING A FOLLOWER OF GOD. Called upon to prove our faith, we have difficulty trusting that God will respond. Confronted by the hostility of others, we fear that God will not protect us. Required ...

3288. Help Wanted, Dad. Ask For Calvin And Hobbes.

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... there for this child ” that is what fathering is all about. And don't worry too much about not having all the answers. That's what children are for! Calvin: Dad, can you get my ball out of the gutter again? Dad: This is the third time this afternoon! I thought I told you to play out back! Calvin: Relax, Dad. It's just a ball in the gutter. It's not as if I've been embezzling money or killing people, right? Aren't you glad I'm not stealing and murdering? (Dad walks away. Calvin turns toward the reader ...

3289. A New Vantage Point

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... world. We can play "god," looking down on everything, having a feeling of omnipotence! It's kind of the Goliath complex in us: you remember the big warrior of the Philistines, in Old Testament times. He stood half a man's height above everybody else, and he thought his size made him invincible. When young David came out to meet him on the battlefield, he laughed, and said, "Look at the little puppy that's running after me!" Goliath lost his head in the clouds, and his thinking got a little fuzzy. But that's ...

3290. What It Takes

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... decided that the best thing he could do in the limited time he had left was to make friends with the wealthy man's customers. He thought, "If I do a favor for my boss' customers then they will remember me. If I ever need a favor from one of them, they ... never told his manager to reduce balances on accounts. What was his manager up to, he wondered. As the landowner gave more thought to what had happened, he realized that he had been outsmarted by his manager. The landowner was in an awkward situation. He had ...

3291. What Goes Around Comes Around

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... 's Corner," is the story of an old man who lived with his son and his son's wife and children. The man was almost deaf and blind and had difficulty eating without spilling his food. Occasionally, he would drop a bowl and break it. His son and his wife thought it was disgusting and made the old man eat in a corner behind the stove. They gave him a wooden bowl which could not be broken. One day the old man's little grandson was working with some pieces of wood. When his father asked what he was doing, he ...

3292. The Source Of Joy

John 3:22-36

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... given, so he called in one of his employees and said, "Will you please take this penguin to the zoo?" The employee never returned to work that day. That night, however, he appeared at the executive's house, with the penguin. Exasperated, the business executive said, "I thought I told you to take the animal to the zoo." "I did," said the young employee. "He enjoyed it so much, tomorrow I'm planning to take him to the museum!" (3) There are a lot of things we are confused about in our day by day experience ...

3293. "Say It Ain't So"

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... , a rather obvious concern of each parent in the sound of my voice today is the training of our children. Lead by example ” but be careful the example you are leading is worthy of consideration. Secondly, please don't fall victim to a prevailing thought that is commonplace in our society, that children should decide for themselves. We are to teach and train them from birth. Shortly after baby ducks are hatched from their shells, they will become attached, or "imprinted" to the first thing they see moving ...

3294. A Perfect World

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

Sometime back, John Gratton in the Drexel, Missouri STAR gave us a description of what it would be like to live in a perfect world. Here are a few of his thoughts. In a Perfect World. . . a person should feel as good at 50 as he did at 17, and he would actually be as smart at 50 as he thought he was at 17. In a Perfect World. . . you could give away a baby bed without getting pregnant. In a Perfect World. . . pro baseball players would complain about teachers being paid contracts worth millions of dollars ...

3295. Learning From A Little Child

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... flight to study and prepare," he said, "so I buckled down and let everyone near me feel the tension ” don't bother me, I'm a busy man with places to go and work to do. A young woman and a baby slipped into the seat next to mine. I thought, This will be difficult,' so I kept a straight face and looked very Presbyterian. It lasted for about six minutes. Pretty soon, this little boy began fussing around. Man, man' he cooed at me. I couldn't resist, so I put my sermon back into the briefcase, picked him up ...

3296. Special Delivery

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... the angels were big fellas, big enough to grab hold of the stars and the planets, and to guide them around heaven! There they were, marching Jupiter through the sky! Playing catch with Halley's comet! Bouncing the moon up and down every night! Some even thought that the "falling stars" you sometimes see were thrown by angels. They talked about angels who stood guard at heaven's gates. And when demons or evil spirits got too close, the angels chased them away. That's why there were falling stars. And talk ...

3297. A Journey To A New Life

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... back, and it was safer to escape now. Danne and Jorge knew that if they were ever going to go, they would have to go now. They would build a raft out of inner tubes and set out for the States. But this was dangerous, and so Jorge and Danne thought they should consult Lizbet. When Jorge and Danne told Lizbet of their plan, she left the room. She came back with her Bible, her violin, and her asthma inhaler. "I'm ready," she said. (1) Lizbet was ready to begin this journey to a new life. As I read about ...

3298. It's Hard To Be Number Two

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... through clenched teeth, "C'mon, Doris. Hit me in the stomach as hard as you want. It won't even hurt me." A crowd began to gather to watch. "Are you serious, Bob?" Doris asked. "I can hit you as hard as I want?" "No problem," he cockily replied. Bob thought he caught a wild glimmer in Doris' eye as she reared back, wound up, and buried her fist in his middle. She pulled back waiting for him to fold. She wasn't the only one. Bob's friends looked silly with their mouths open. Bob looked at Doris as straight ...

3299. A Most Unlikely Evangelist

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... she insisted she had troubled him enough. So she stepped out of the boat and started walking across the water. At this point the man thought to himself, "That figures, she can't even swim." (2) It's a variation on an old joke, but it highlights a very real ... she was surprised that even he talked to her. It was at a well outside her village. She had gone there to draw water. She thought she would be the only one there at that hour of the day, but here was this man ” a Jew ” and he spoke to her ” ...

3300. The Cross We Do Not Want To See

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... place of the skull. Where were his disciples? Scattered like the silly, timid sheep that they were. That's all right, he thought. There will be a time when they will be more like lions than lambs. They cannot know that this is but one act of many in the ... story of redemption. All they see now is defeat. Soon they will be bathed in victory. He thought of those moments in the garden of Gethsemane when he had prayed that this cup would be taken from him. But he knew that he ...

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