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326. No More Pain!

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." What is his word? It is that truth revealed from Genesis to Revelation that the God who created us loves us and calls us to be God's own children, God's own chosen ones. Put away the aspirin. Quit beating yourself over failures long past. Give to him those hurts of long ago. No more pain. That is Christ's will for your life and mine. He can set us free from our slavery to sin, from our meaninglessness and despair, from those hidden wounds that fill our ...

327. Swimming With The Sharks

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , she turned so that her back was to the audience and she was facing Christ on the cross. Slowly she said, "Yes, Marcellus, I have changed; he changed me!" (4) To see Christ as he really is is to experience personal transformation. C. S. Lewis put it quite pointedly: "He (Jesus) never talked vague, idealistic gas. When he said, Be perfect, He meant it. He meant that we must go in for the full treatment. It is hard; but the sort of compromise we are all hankering after is harder ” in fact, it is impossible ...

328. Motorcycles, Marriage And A Word From God

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... in order, and everything was ready, he headed down to the big tent. Struggling through the crowd of bikers he asked for a microphone, waited for the music to go silent, introduced himself, and announced that he was here for a wedding. He wasn't quite sure what reaction he was going to get. Several of the bikers immediately headed to the parking lot. The air was filled with the throb of powerful engines. Then, with almost military precision, the bikes streamed out of the parking lot and straight toward the ...

329. The Leadership Principles Of Jesus

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... LED HIS DISCIPLES WITH LOVE, NOT FEAR. Jesus was a master at motivating people. He understood that you can accomplish more through love than through fear. It is quite extraordinary how patient Jesus was with his disciples. His disciples were really quite ordinary men. Sometimes they were quarrelsome, sometimes they lacked courage, at times they acted quite infantile. In today's lesson two of Jesus' disciples jockey for power. "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you," they begin sounding ...

330. Gettin' Ready For Quittin' Time

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... back and grabbed a fresh fistful. In went that cricket along with a jaw full of tobacco. Can you imagine the sight of Tex chewing that mixture and spitting wings, legs and body parts for the next hour? What a sight it must have been. As I said, Tex was quite a character. He had a kind of invisible sensor down inside of him. He seldom ever had to look at the clock. Somehow he always knew when it was getting close to that last whistle of the day “that time known as quittin' time. He was always washed up ...

331. When Someone Else Gets The Honor

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus, "is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard . . . " Some of the laborers the householder hired at six a.m., some he hired at nine, others he hired at noon, more at three, some were hired an hour before quitting time. When the time came to distribute the day's wages, all the workers received pay for a full day's work including those who had worked just one hour. And those who worked all day were furious. It wasn't fair. The same envy is displayed by the ...

332. Narrow Doors-limitless Horizons

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... make up his mind. When he died, his wife wanted his body buried in the Anglican churchyard. Church officials didn’t think this was quite right. If you visit this churchyard today, you will find his body buried so that half of it is inside the fence and ... as a person, If I have to depend on others for my self-esteem, then I must choose death. If I wanted to live, I had to quit my depression. I had to say my life had value, and I had to mean it. I chose life." John Ehrlichman’s voice had been soft until ...

333. Victory on a Broken Knee

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... six years for him to accomplish that task. The first publisher he sent his finished manuscript to flatly rejected it, as did the second and the third. Finally he used his savings and published it himself--but only 800 copies were sold the first year. He did not quit though. He continued to seek a publisher. Today there have been more than 40 million copies of Dr. Taylor’s work sold. Some of you own a copy. It’s known as The Living Bible. Few things in life of real worth come easily. No pain, no gain ...

334. Coming For The Right Reasons

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

Billy had always been quite a character. He had been the class clown, and he always had a joke to tell. One time years ago when stores still gave ... of heroin? Should I tell you about how my son's college money went up in a ball of crack smoke?" Roland told the group how he tried over and over to quit but he couldn't. He says he wasn't able to quit because he was only dealing with the symptoms and not the cause. "I thought my problem was drugs," he said, "but it's not." His problem was his attitude. He felt ...

335. About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... know all the laws of nature or the mind of God, we must be very careful about labeling anything that happens as a miracle. People have built their lives on events that they believed were miraculous. Example? A man prays that if God wants him to quit his job and move to a new town, God will provide him with an unmistakable sign. Almost immediately, something quite remarkable happens. A tornado roars through town. His garage is ripped away. His car is left without a scratch. The man takes this as a sign. He ...

336. Empowered

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? It is to praise one another, encourage one another, pray for one another. That is energizing, enabling, empowering. Chuck Swindoll says that in the Marines he was taught you should dig a hole big enough for two when preparing for combat. There's nothing quite like fighting a battle all alone. There's something strengthening about having a buddy with you that keeps you from panic. We all need someone to lean on. We all need another's show of support. Professional speaker Joe Larson once said, "My friends ...

337. Facing Up To The Giant Task Of Life

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the earth for a sound. Finally, as they dug closer, to where they believed they would be found, they heard something. It was as quite as a chapel in the darkness of the mine, and as they listened they heard the men singing: "O God, our help in ages ... And our eternal home!"(3) Now listen closely, I want to share the good news this morning that to all of us who feel like quitting when the giant tasks of life seem so overwhelming, that God will give you the courage to see it through. Remember, always focus on ...

338. Found Of God

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... would have sought to find God." Whereupon Asimov saw his chance and seized it. He said, "God is smarter than I am. Let him try to find me." In the laughter that followed, the subject was dropped. That isn't the end of the story, however. Asimov was quite certain that God, even if he existed, would not mind an honest atheist. He might, however, grow irritated over a wiseguy atheist. His talk with Frost had only been a taping. What would happen on the day it was really to appear? Asimov wondered. He found out ...

339. What Must I Do?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... that this young man came running up to Jesus and knelt before him. I'm sure that made an impression on those watching. An itinerant preacher is proclaiming the Word outdoors and a young man from the upper classes comes running to him and kneels before him. Quite a sight. And the young man asks Jesus a question, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Wow! Who would not be impressed? Well, Jesus, for one. Jesus was not impressed. For one thing this young man tried to flatter the wrong person ...

340. Bearing The Right Fruit

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... stunned. He has done all he could do to produce sweet grapes, but instead all he gets are wild and sour ones. So what does he do? He tears down his fences and lets his vineyard go to pasture to be trampled by cattle and sheep. He quits pruning it and lets it become overgrown with briars and thorns. After telling this little parable, Isaiah gives his interpretation of it: Israel and Judah are God's vineyard, and He had expected them to yield a crop of justice, but He received bloodshed instead. He expected ...

341. More Than "Turkey Day" (New) Thanksgiving

2 Chronicles 9:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... sisters, and really toward everyone. Meanwhile, moved by the extravagance of God in your lives, they’ll respond by praying for you in passionate intercession for whatever you need. Thank God for this gift, his gift. No language can praise it enough!” (5) This is quite a remarkable passage of Scripture. What it says is that gratitude and generosity feed on each other. Find a person who is truly grateful and you will find a person who is generous. Find a person who is generous and you will find a person ...

342. Why Cheerful Givers are Cheerful

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... to wander into a very dignified church one Sunday morning. He was met by the pastor after the service, and he grabbed the pastor''s hand, and he said, "Hey, daddy, I really dug it." The pastor said, "Uh, excuse me, young man, I''m afraid I don''t quite understand." So the goateed guest said, "Listen, cat, it was cool, it was gone, man, it really blew my mind!" This really shook the pastor, and he said, "Could you explain what you mean?" "Well, dad, what I mean is, I really went for what you had to say ...

343. Whatever Happened to those Mansions?

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... God’s love, this side of the grave or the other. Most Christians in most centuries have believed that there is some opportunity for growth and change—even after death. Perhaps we have made the whole thing far too complicated. Perhaps Jesus’ meaning is quite simple: in the Father’s house there is room for all. Earthly houses become overcrowded; earthly inns must sometimes turn weary travelers away. (Jesus knew about that first-hand!) But not so the Father’s house. Heaven is as wide as the heart of ...

344. Only a Carpenter

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , live in not only “split-level homes,” but live split-level lives. There is Sunday morning, and then there is the rest of the week. There is what we do in church, and what we do at work, at home, or at play. Somehow the two realms never quite connect. As the cynic said, “They’re praising God on Sunday, they’ll forget about it Monday, it’s just a little habit they’ve acquired.” Jesus’ family and friends were too close to the forest to see the trees. They did not recognize Him for Who he ...

345. On Claiming One’s Inheritance

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... sufficient just to refrain from committing murder; one must not even hate. One must not merely refrain from committing adultery; one must root out the evil desire itself. Luther was quite right: properly understood, the Commandments can lead us only to despair. We know what is right, but we can’t quite do it. We see the goal, but we can’t quite reach it - not all by ourselves. Then, when we feel most hopeless, God can come and offer us hope. Indeed, that’s what the Commandments are for...to drive us ...

346. Sleeping through a Revolution

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of life overtake us, about the most healing thing we can do is sleep. Shakespeare wrote of sleep that “knits up the ravell’d sleave of care.” (Macbeth II.ii) We all need a good night’s sleep. But there are other times when sleep is quite inappropriate, times when God needs us awake and alert and sitting up with eyes wide open. In the Garden of Gethsemane something revolutionary was taking place; and all the disciples could think to do was sleep. What revolutionary thing was going on in the Garden? A ...

347. Nightline

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... light in the world to dispel the darkness of sin and apostasy. The Wise Men bowed down and worshipped the infant who would grow to be the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Herod, the present worldly king, sought to put the child to death. The truth is quite evident--wherever the good news of the Gospel is preached it will always have its enemies. How many times is it revealed in the pages of the Bible that it is the demons and the powers of evil and darkness who first recognized Jesus Christ. The love of God ...

348. No Angels, No Shepherds, No Star

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... was. The stewardess had seen war orphans before, and was quick to tell Considine that this was normal. As she said, “the reason they don’t make noise when they cry is because they learned a long time ago that nobody will come.” (2) What a sad story. A child quits crying when she learns that no one will come. It could be our story. But it is not our story because of the babe in the manger. Christmas is not an act of humanity, but of God. This story says, in the second place, that God acted in the only ...

349. Bearing the Cross

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but, believe me, they make the same mistake. They really do believe the world revolves around them and their needs. Some of them can be quite aggressive. They are like that poster that reads, If I like it, it’s mine. If I can take it away from you, it’s ... seen the King of the World?” And the elf said, “No, as a matter of fact I never have. I’ve never been able to quite manage it.” And the shepherd was shocked to hear this, living in the woods that way, and the shepherd came up very close to the ...

350. The Dark Didn't Catch Me!

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... as I tried to live the Christian life quietly, without any edifying fellowship. Outwardly I became a very moral person. I quit swearing. I tried not to lie or covet or tell bawdy jokes. But inwardly I was growing considerably vexed. I was confused ... the football team. And when he asked me to try out, I said, "Okay, I'll play, but I want you to know I'm not quitting my marbles game!" And he said, "Sure! you can always play marbles if you still want to!" But when I played football I somehow never went ...

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