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3526. Let's Play, Stump The Theologian!

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Ten years later Augustine became a bishop himself and served at Hippo on the coast of northern Africa, in the area we now call Algeria. It is said that one day Augustine was walking along the seashore pondering how God could be One and yet Three. Suddenly he stopped and watched a child who was carrying a cup of ocean water to a small hole he had dug in the sand. "What are you doing?" asked Augustine. The child replied, "I'm trying to pour the ocean into this hole." The bishop laughed and said, "That's ...

3527. Sons And Daughters Of God

Galatians 3:23-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... life. Tony Sanchez was not initially drawn to his new mother. In fact, he seemed more drawn to trouble than to anything else. He accused her frequently of not loving him and taunted her with "I won't obey you or anyone." Carolyn never stopped barbecuing those juicy hamburgers he craved, never quit hugging him after his acid words, never ceased rescuing him from fights. Carolyn had almost despaired of Tony ever bonding to her. But then Carolyn got a big surprise; Tony made an unexpected speech at his ...

3528. Created For Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... upswing in prisoners asking for their freedom. Somewhere I heard a really strange story about a man in Sydney, Australia who tried to escape from jail by climbing underneath the hood of a van delivering bread to the institution. When the van made its next stop, the prisoner sneaked out from under the hood ” hot and dirty. His plan was thwarted when he discovered that he was in the yard of another prison just four miles from the first. On this Independence Day weekend our thoughts turn to freedom. We thank ...

3529. When You Are Anxious About Many Things

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... the time. How foolish we can be when we do not keep life in its proper perspective. A mountain guide, Michael Zanger, once told of leading some men up Mount Shasta. One man was having great difficulty breathing. His face coloring was unusual. Frequent stops for rest did not seem to help. As they continued to climb, his breathing was punctuated by coughing and spitting froth mixed with blood. To make matters worse, a sudden snowstorm confined them to hastily erected tents. Michael thought the man might die ...

3530. Prayers That Work

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . . . with me." Oulette, 27, is obsessed with the Vietnam POWMIA issue. Writing to his congressman didn't work. "Sometimes you gotta go to the man," he said with a shrug. The protest paid off recently when National Security Adviser Tony Lake stopped and chatted with Oulette and left with a sampling of petitions. Top Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos returned a few days later to deliver a letter from Clinton, commending Oulette for his "vigilant efforts" and his "ongoing commitment." Oulette noted that ink ...

3531. Drooping Arms And Crooked Feet

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . We could say about those who complain of no energy, the drain begins with the brain. Our energy level is related to our attitude toward life. Two elderly sisters bought a house beside a road and put up a sign that read "Antiques." People would stop, and the sisters would serve tea and cookies mixed with much enjoyable conversation. Later the visitors would ask to see the antiques. The sisters would eagerly answer, "You're looking at them." These two sisters didn't bemoan their age. They didn't sit around ...

3532. Did You Ask How Much It Was Going To Cost?

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... troops in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War, he brought with him a list of two hundred telephone numbers of parents of troops in that war. Leno called all two hundred parents personally to say that he'd seen their sons and that they were fine. Leno will even stop on the freeway to help a stranded motorist. Recently, in fact, he pulled over for a group of men standing around an old Cadillac. He offered the use of his car phone so they could call for help. The men took advantage of his offer. They called home ...

3533. Some Things We Can Do, God Can't

2 Timothy 2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... empty. Christina had gone and Maria knew where. Maria set out immediately to bring her back. Maria threw some clothes in a bag, gathered up all her money, and ran out of the house. But not before she had an inspired idea. On her way to the bus stop she paused at a drugstore. She entered a photograph booth there and spent all the money she could afford on pictures of herself. With a purse full of small black-and-white photos, she boarded the bus to Rio de Janeiro. And there Maria began her search. Knowing ...

3534. Hope For Those Whom Life Has Cheated

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... about a woman who had a problem. She was a widow and someone was treating her in an unjust manner. She went to a judge who feared neither "man nor God," to try to get some relief, but the judge ignored her plea. Some people would have stopped right there, but not this woman. She "rejected the judge's rejection." She hounded him at every opportunity to give her justice. Finally the obstinate judge gave in to the more obstinate woman and justice prevailed. Then Jesus added a moral to his little parable, "And ...

3535. Moving Toward Sainthood

Isaiah 26:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... his habit of leaving the top off the toothpaste tube. Finally, on their 25th anniversary, he decided to please her, and started putting it back on. After a week, she eyed him suspiciously at breakfast one morning, and said, "How come you stopped brushing your teeth?" (5) The philosopher, William James, wrote "Ninety-nine hundredths or possibly nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is purely automatic and habitual, from our rising in the morning to our lying down each night. Our dressing ...

3536. God Believes In Us, Too

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... that as a Christian he was to become other-centered. He was even to love people like Marie. One day at lunch as Jim was going to his usual spot to eat with his clique of friends, he walked past Marie, who was eating alone. Something inside compelled Jim to stop and ask her a question. The look she gave him was startling, he says. He felt that her look was saying, "Why would you, a social snob, talk to me after all these years?" The next day he decided to bring some of his friends together and eat lunch with ...

3537. Overcoming "Work-avoidance Syndrome"

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... people who have been forced to take public assistance move toward happy, productive lives. But let's go deeper. Let's ask what there is in life that robs people of their ambition, their motivation, their desire to be the best they can be. Let's stop pointing fingers at people and start asking what we can do to help. I read about a church in Meridian, Mississippi that is doing something to help. In 1977, the 200 members of Christ Temple Church took stock of themselves and their impoverished situation. Ninety ...

3538. Christ The King

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... is a closed system. We don't need to suppose there's something outside the universe which is not subject to its law. It is the claim that the laws of science are sufficient to explain the universe." This "theory of everything" causes people to stop and ask: "If laws of science can explain everything, then where does God fit in?" Hawking's credentials are impeccable. When he speaks, people listen. They believe him. For those of you impressed with Dr. Hawking's observations, I share the rest of the story ...

3539. Be Joyful

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... ) In one of his books, John Maxwell tells about a woman who was determined to let nothing rob her of her Christmas joy even the rejection of her family. One Christmas, Maxwell was walking through their church offices wishing everyone a merry Christmas. Stopping to speak to one of the volunteer secretaries, he asked, "Are you ready for Christmas?" With a smile she replied, "Almost. Just one more Care Bear to stuff." Figuring she was making the bears for her grandchildren, he asked, "How many grandchildren do ...

3540. A Time For Miracles

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... two small boys, about six and nine years old, standing in front of the store. The little fellows got very excited when they saw Elizabeth coming. They were two little African-American children, and they were almost frozen. The younger one was crying, but he stopped when he saw Elizabeth. When Elizabeth scolded them for being out in the cold, they explained that they had been waiting for her. The older boy explained to Elizabeth that his younger brother didn't get anything for Christmas, and so they had come ...

3541. Destined To Have A Great Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the mission field in China. As she stood looking at the people to whom God had called her to minister, two things became apparent to her. First, each and every one of them had long, straight, black hair. And, secondly, each and every one of them had stopped growing at exactly the same moment she did. She said she bowed her head and prayed, "Jehovah, God, You know what You are doing!" (2) Elizabeth Aleward believed in destiny. She believed she was where God meant for her to be. Corrie ten Boom was a modern ...

3542. Running From God

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... FROM GOD. Jonah could run to the ends of the earth or even the bottom of the ocean in the belly of a fish, but without God, he would never find what he needed most ” and neither will we. There is a story about a Rolls Royce that stopped on a skid row street. A well-dressed, refined woman got out of that fine automobile and rushed into a dilapidated hotel nearby. She inquired about a certain man who was staying there. Informed of his room she hurried on ” impervious to the stares of the other residents ...

3543. When The Waters Begin To Rise

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in their wildest dreams had they imagined ending up on the South Pole ice. They probably hadn't even seen ice and snow before," the ship's officer Jan Rise told reporters. The two men sneaked aboard the Norwegian ship "Polar Queen," when it stopped in South Africa en route to the Antarctic with a 46-member German- Italian expedition. The stowaways hid under the engine room deck, emerging filthy, hungry and desperately seasick after three days. Rise said the 14-member Norwegian crew got them cleaned up, fed ...

3544. Only Heroes Need Apply

Mark 8:34-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... sturdy brown sandals with the broad bands of leather across his feet; indeed they did look like the shoes you see in paintings of Jesus and the Disciples. They talked for a few minutes. The nurse told him she had been working 14 hours non-stop: She and her husband both worked overtime just to make ends meet. Feeling less sorry for himself, he resumed his walk. With his sandals clomping along beneath him he wondered if he could turn the long days in the hospital into a unique experience . . . unobtrusively ...

3545. Resuscitating An Iguana

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Linkletter smiled and said "Well, you must love Johnny very much." But the little girl responded, "No, I don't even like him." That IS what love looks like, isn't it? God loved us when we weren't even likeable. We are saved by grace. But Paul doesn't stop here. He writes, "For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before us to be our way of life." Here is the reason we have been saved. WE HAVE BEEN SAVED SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE LIVES FILLED WITH GOOD ...

3546. More Than A Mannequin; Not Quite A Masterpiece

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... be for most of us. In fact, some people actually like church. Art Greer, a writer and preacher, claims he knows why. "It's because," says Art, "it's the one place bad things can't happen to them for one hour in the week. The toilet doesn't get stopped up, the sink doesn't run over, the phone won't ring, and the school principal can't call to say, I've got your son or daughter here in the office.' No downers can happen in church. The only price you pay for that hour of bliss is the ...

3547. Last Words

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... graduated from Yale University. Turning down high-paying job offers, he enrolled at Princeton Seminary. At this time, he entered two more words in his Bible: No Retreats. Completing studies at Princeton Seminary, Borden sailed for China to work with Muslims, stopping first in Egypt for some preparation. While there he was stricken with cerebral meningitis and died within a month. Most people said, "What a waste." Even Borden's parents thought this until they paged through his Bible. In his Bible, underneath ...

3548. With A Name Like That . . .

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... his eyes and prepared to die when suddenly he found himself blurting out two words: George Bush. With those two words the charging bull came to a screeching halt about two inches from his face. It happened again. A bull started right at him. And again it was stopped dead in its tracks by those two words: George Bush. And a third time an even larger and angrier looking bull was done in by that same name: George Bush. And then a stranger rode up on a large horse. He was wearing a cowboy hat. With a smile ...

3549. Connected

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Tim called every morning to see how she made it through the night, and every night to see how she made it through the day. Tim's father stayed with his beloved wife every day. Tim's three other brothers and sister all lived in the area. They stopped by regularly, almost daily, to be with her. Shortly before Tim's mom died, a wealthy, influential member of that small community was admitted to the intensive care unit for observation. On the third night of his stay in the hospital, he had a discussion with the ...

3550. Mark Twain's Briefcase And A Great Mental Attitude

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... a light that had been there for many years. It makes a difference in a world of darkness if you can see a light shining. Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen tells of a twenty-four-year-old young man who had to have one of his legs amputated to stop the spread of bone cancer. This young man was angry and bitter. For a long time he couldn't seem to look beyond his disability. Eventually, through various therapies, including art therapy, the young man was able to confront his emotions and to let go of his disappointment ...

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