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3401. What Are You Afraid Of?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He knew one man who put leather gloves and a length of rope on the bedside table each night before he went to bed. He wanted his wife to fear that he might strangle her in her sleep. (4) What an awful way to live. But there are people who live in ... of life in which we all need some "pruning" from God. These four areas are the ones which most of us struggle to control. We don't want to trust God with them. They are the last areas of our life that we are likely to turn over to God's control. The first area ...

3402. Why Did I Do That?

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Paul was a man of intellect and insight. He was impassioned and inspired--disciplined and devout--sensitive and sincere. And yet, for all that, St. Paul could write, "I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do." (NRSV) Sounds like he belongs in our church, doesn't it? He's one of our own. The Apostle Paul was like the rest of us. His intentions were the best in the world. His actions, though, did not measure up. Why was ...

3403. Expectant Living

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... race car? Ricky. Dear Santa, I wish you could leave a puzzle under the tree for me. And a toy for my sister. Then she won't want to play with mine and I can have it to myself. Merry Christmas, Cassie. Dear Santa, You can send me one of everything from the boys' section ... I've lost my virginity. I've lost my sense of values . . . I'm twenty-one years old, and I'm just tired. I don't want to live like this anymore . . . I thought it was going to be so good." (4) Here is a young woman who made the mistake of living ...

3404. Caught Between God And Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... of them, but he wasn't sure which one he would marry. He went to the girls' father and explained his quandary. "I love your daughters and want to marry one of them, but I can't tell them apart, so I will leave it up to you. Give me Liberty or give me Beth ... 4) Well, that is a Pearl of great price. In fact, I'm certain Mr. Mosely would gladly die for that Pearl. That's the way Jesus wants us to feel about the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is God's rule in human life. The Kingdom of God is doing the right ...

3405. Redefining Life

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... that show that eighty per cent of men rate themselves as above average athletically, because we know that nobody--[especially men]--wants to be thought of as below average--in ability, in social status, in how we look, in what we've ... oil and pray for his healing. The two men discussed the fact that sometimes God answers a prayer for healing just the way we want Him to, and sometimes He doesn't. Sometimes we receive spiritual healing instead. And then Pastor Dobson's friend left him with this advice ...

3406. Missing The Real Miracle

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... are not spiritual ne'r-do-wells. To be a righteous Jew required a level of devotion and sacrifice foreign to most of us. They spent time in prayer and worship, they gave sacrificially of their possessions. Their commitment would put us to shame. They wanted salvation. They just wanted be able to buy it off the supermarket shelves. They viewed religion as a commodity to be obtained--not a life to be lived. A cartoon in Leadership magazine shows a man shaking his pastor's hand at the end of the service. The ...

3407. Missing The Real Miracle

John 6:25-59

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... in the Bible. Jesus had preformed miracles and the people just wouldn't leave him alone. He went away at night to be alone but the people followed him the next morning. They asked Jesus what God wanted them to do. He said God wanted them to believe in Jesus. To believe is to trust. He wanted them to trust him. God still wants us to believe in him. It is like the direction sheet for the model. The sheet tells us exactly what to do to make a model. The Bible is our direction sheet. It tells us exactly who ...

3408. What Must I Do?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother." And the young man says, "Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth." And Mark tells us that Jesus, looking at him, "loved him." That is so significant. Jesus isn't out to trip this young man up. He wants to help this young man into the kingdom. So, he got off to a bad start with Jesus by idle flattery. So he asked the wrong question. Jesus prefers someone who is still groping for answers than someone who is so self-satisfied that he or she no longer ...

3409. Something To Die For

Mark 10:35-45

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... Let the children respond.) How many of you like to have the best place such as best seat at a movie or when watching television? Or maybe you always want to sit by the window in the car rather than in the middle? What other best places do you like to have? Has anyone ever divided a candy ... best place. (If you have candy bars, pass them out now and say, "I have a candy bar for each of you. I want you to take it home and share it with someone. When you divide it, remember to think more about the person you are ...

3410. Did He Dance?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... what Mark says next: he says that Bartimaeus began to follow Jesus. Isn't that great? The story ends the way we would want it to end. A blind man has his vision restored. Out of gratitude, he begins to follow Jesus. We all love a happy ... few belongings in a satchel by his side making his way back to Jericho--not because he is forsaking Jesus, but because that is where Jesus wants him to be. There he will marry and have a family and join the Kiwanis and build a home and serve his community and support his ...

3411. Children Of Dust Or Children Of God?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... this question: "I know I'm going to Heaven when I die, but what does God want me to do in the meantime?" Billy Graham replied, "What does God want you to do? Listen: As long as you are on this earth, He wants you to walk with Him every day. You see, the Bible says there are only two ... living. The first way is to live for yourself . . . But the second way is to live for Christ---to do what He wants you to do, following His will and His plan for your life . . . How does this happen? It happens as you read the ...

3412. I Can Make It By Myself . . .

1 Corinthians 12:12-31, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't have to look farther than our own neighborhood to see the results of sin, self-centeredness and destruction. Where do you start if you want to make a difference? There are so many needs, so much brokenness, and you are just one person. It's enough to overwhelm even the ... marks us as the Church, as the body of Christ. It is the fact that God brought us together and arranged us, just as God wanted us to be, with a purpose and a plan in mind. We are God's agents of grace in the world. Let us stop looking ...

3413. Above All--god

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away." Doesn't that make you want to shout for joy? That's who God is. That is what God is doing. In his book Reality and Prayer, John Magee writes that ... by cancer. There was a touching moment when Eric stood with his father on the beach of their summer home. "Daddy," Eric said, "remember how I wanted to swim across the bay with you? We got halfway across and I said I couldn't make it. You reached and held on to me ...

3414. "yes, And..."

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

King Duncan

... snippets of actual conversations she has had with unfulfilled clients. I thought you would enjoy hearing some of these. You might even relate to some of them. Beck: "You've been invited to raft the Grand Canyon this summer? That's great! It's exactly what you've always wanted to do!" Client: "Yeah, but I can't go. I have to get my teeth cleaned that week." Here's another Beck: "If you really love this man, marry him." Client: "Yeah, but what if he dies before I do?" Beck: "You say you'd do anything to work ...

3415. About Marriage

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... us need a marriage partner. Not everybody, of course. Some people will be content to spend their lives single. Some people want a partner, but they never find that one relationship that lasts a lifetime. People have different needs and different circumstances, but ... It was written as a prayer, and this is what she said: Dear God, I pray all unafraid As girls are wont to be I do not want a handsome man But make him, Lord, like Thee. I do not need one big and strong nor yet so very tall, Nor need he be some ...

3416. Why Just Once A Year?

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... ---once when it happens, and again when gratitude is expressed to God for the joy." (2) Did you know that President James Madison declared the celebration of Thanksgiving twice in the year 1815? I don't know why he chose to do this. Was he a devout man who wanted to honor God? Or did he just like a good party? Did you know that God instituted the ceremony of thanksgiving nearly 3,000 years ago? That's what our lesson from the book of Deuteronomy tells us. God's first instruction to the Hebrew people was to ...

3417. Drowning In A Sea Of Stuff

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... day he will face judgment and the implication that he is rich in the things of this earth, but poor in the things that are eternal. It may be that the biggest spiritual problem you and I have is our reliance on our possessions. We have so much. And we want so much more. If we don't have what everyone else has, we give in to covetousness. If we are among the fortunate few who revel in abundance, we are tempted to look down on those who have not done as well. Even more serious, the richer our bank account ...

3418. Who Should I Invite To My Party?

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... part of downtown and pick up some homeless people and invite them. In fact, you might make a list of the last people on earth you would want at your daughter's wedding. Those are the very people you should invite. Fill the hall with people in rags who haven't had a bath ... what we must also understand: Doing the right thing in the long run makes the best impression, even on our friends. Jesus wants you to have the respect and admiration of your friends, but for the right reasons. You can't buy the respect of ...

3419. Who Did He Praise?

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... career. I wonder who's on "Oprah" today? I've got to put something on my unemployment claim this week. Stage five: The capitalist running dogs want me to fight for their filthy money? I'm going to weave hats out of palm fronds and sell them on the beach. I won' ... him. Now I have to be very careful here. It sounds so pious to say, "I'm just going to pray about this, and if God wants me to work, God will provide a job." Have you ever known anyone with that kind of attitude toward life? It sounds like such a nice ...

3420. Lord, What A Bountiful God!

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... loaves and fish. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan went to visit a member of his church. He was saddened to learn that she was to be evicted from her house because she couldn't pay the rent. That was on Saturday afternoon. On Sunday Campbell Morgan told his congregation that he wanted enough money from them to pay the woman's rent. They gave it to him. First thing Monday morning he went to the woman's house with the money. He could hardly wait to tell her the good news. He hammered on the door, but there was no answer ...

3421. Bread From Heaven

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the first way we could approach this text--the mystery of Christ's presence in our lives. It is a mystery. If you have never felt Christ at work within, it would be difficult for us to explain it to you. The mystery of Christ. But we also want to reflect on the meaning of Christ's presence in our lives. That is, not only are we aware of the theological impact of Christ's presence with us. We also realize there is a psychological dimension to our faith- relationship with him. Professor John Erskine was a ...

3422. Taking Time To Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... brother for more than an hour. When they started out on their way again, they came to a fork in the road. The young man wanted to take the left fork because it was faster, but the father turned the ox toward the right because it was prettier. While it was ... was on my twelfth birthday." And all the people in the graveyard say, "Emily, don't do it. Don't do it Emily." But she wants to. She wants to see Mama and Papa again. So the scene switches, and there she is, twelve years old, and she's gone back in time ...

3423. Please, I'd Rather Do It Myself

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

King Duncan

... an illusion. But here is an important truth. Did you know that God also needs us? This is the other side of interdependence. Stand a little taller when you leave this place. You are a needed person. Edward T. Sullivan has written in How God Works: "When God wants an important thing done in this world, or a wrong righted, He goes about it in a very singular way. He does not release His thunderbolts or stir up His earthquake. He simply has a tiny, helpless baby born, perhaps in an obscure home, perhaps of a ...

3424. Like Parent, Like Child

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... us as well. The use of our money shows which side we are on. “Where a person’s treasure is, there is his heart also.” If someone wanted to know what you and I truly value in this world, all they would have to do would be to look at our check book and our ... give them back to him. Give back to the emperor what belongs to the emperor and give to God what belongs to God. Jesus wanted the Pharisees to consider what was really important--their allegiance to God. The same is true for us today. We get caught up ...

3425. A Ministry of Encouragement

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... it’s just a handful of people who are the most critical. A farmer went to a restaurant owner to find out if he wanted to buy a million frog legs. When the proprietor asked where he could find so many frogs, the farmer replied, “I’ve got a ... !” In most churches you will find only a few people who are really critical. Unfortunately they sometimes make a lot of noise. I want you to imagine what it would be like if this church became known as a center of encouragement--if everyone here were to develop ...

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