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3676. Winning When It Really Counts

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s self is a sure path to despair. Paul speaks of those whose end is destruction. They live only for today and its pleasures. IN THE SECOND PLACE, LOSERS FEEL NO GREAT SENSE OF DIVINE PURPOSE TO THEIR LIVES. Losers sit back and wish for a better world. Winners understand that a better world is up to them. I heard a silly story about three men who went on a fishing trip. Their boat was wrecked in a storm, but they managed to swim to a deserted island. After a week, one of the three, a cattle baron, became ...

3677. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... way you see best? It is the rare Christian who has the spiritual maturity to truly pray, "Not my will, but yours be done." Jesus did not want his interrogators to get bogged down with this question about why bad things happen. He wanted them to understand their responsibility for making good things happen. He tried to get them to see that WE ARE NOT TO CONCERN OURSELVES WITH THOSE THINGS IN LIFE WHICH WE CANNOT CONTROL. RATHER WE NEED TO CONCERN OURSELVES WITH THOSE THINGS WHICH WE CAN CONTROL. Some people ...

3678. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It is the betrayal of a sacred trust that God has invested in each of us. But there is one thing more to be said. THERE IS HOPE FOR THE JUDAS' OF THIS WORLD. If somewhere in your life there is a betrayal, there is still hope. Judas did not understand that. He went and hanged himself. How sad. If the grace of Jesus Christ means anything, it means that we who are betrayers can come to the cross, and have that terrible weight of our misdoing taken from us. If on the other hand, we are among those who have ...

3679. What We Are About

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up." (4:910 RSV) We need one another. Our faith was never meant to be lived out in isolation. People who say, "Jesus, Yes; the church, no!" simply do not understand the Gospel. We are to support, pray for, and encourage one another. That does not always happen in the body of Christ. Melancthon once compared the strife torn church to a pack of dogs sent out to do war with some wolves. The wolves sent out a scouting party ...

3680. A Pentecostal Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... demeanor for drunkenness or joyful excitement. How sad. Many of us long to see the modern church infused with the same joy, the same love, the same energizing power that characterized the church on the day of that first Pentecost. That is only natural. We need to understand, however, that the first Pentecost was an unique event in human history. The descent of the Spirit on the church on that sacred day was an act of God, not of man. It was not something that was conjured by the disciples. Because it was an ...

3681. Narrow Doors-limitless Horizons

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , a store you can visit in which someone might not hold you in contempt. Your very name can inspire revulsion in almost every nook and cranny from coast to coast. How can you live with this? Why have you not taken your life?" Anderson wanted to understand how any person could survive such terrible public shame. John Ehrlichman, after all, had been a trusted aide to the President of the United States. His fall going from the White House, where he wielded enormous power, to the prison in which he served his ...

3682. How Much Faith Is Enough?

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... need to be done. What we need is to start doing what we know we ought to be doing and then watch our faith grow as a result of our faithfulness. FAITH IS A GIFT FROM GOD. That is an important theological truth that many Christians do not understand. You probably think that your faith is something you earned by your superior intellectual or spiritual endeavor. Wrong! Such a faith breeds pride and even arrogance. Or you may think that if faith is not something you arrived at on your own, it must be the proper ...

3683. Don't Apologize For Success (but Give Thanks)

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... , he asked the miser, "Ain’t you goin’ to put anything in the offering?" "No," answered the miser gruffly. "Well, then," said the usher "take some out. After all, it’s for the heathen."(3) That usher’s tact may have left something to be desired, but his understanding of faith was on target. How can we say that we are a follower of Jesus, how can we say we are genuinely thankful for all the blessings God has bestowed upon us, when we return unto Him only a pittance of what we have received? Do not ...

3684. A Christmas To Remember

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... of bricks. "Quiet Joseph grew dark with hurt and anger, turned from her, clenched his fists, and skinned his knuckles as he pounded his bench. Mary dissolved into tears, running from his shop. As she left, she blurted out that she had hoped that at least he would understand. And she was gone." (4) Joseph was left alone to agonize over how he should handle this problem. As he saw it he had two choices: he could set the date of the wedding sooner and hope his family and neighbors had lost track of the months ...

3685. Have You Changed Your Clock?

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... human spirit and heart better than anyone else. God has known for a long time that we are not a patient people. God knows that most folks don't wait very well (I think Adam and Eve first gave God this insight). God recognizes that so often our understanding of time is limited to the clock and therefore is fragmented and finite, compared to God's sense of time which is eternity. I believe Jesus teaches us in this scripture lesson and in other places of sacred scripture that because we are the "people of God ...

3686. A New Kind Of Faith

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... did not believe until they saw the risen Lord Jesus with their own eyes. They told Thomas but he didn't believe the news either. He had to see for himself. SOMETIMES THESE PERIODS OF DOUBT AND QUESTIONING LEAD US TO A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF FAITH. Linda Ferree understands this because she has lived through it. She writes, "As a new believer, I had a fragile faith. I pretended a confidence I often didn't feel because I thought asking questions or admitting doubts indicated unbelief. Later I came to realize ...

3687. Waking To A World Upside Down

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... inch rafter beams ” often a hundred feet above a concrete floor ” to hang sound speakers and spot lights. For such work, understandably, they are well paid. The men Green talked to weren’t bothered by the sight of looking down a hundred ... punished. One day she knew she was in trouble. Her mom was looking for her. So she hid. She hid under her bed. But you have to understand her bed was only six to eight inches off the floor. She hid there until her mom was not so angry. Susan thought it was safe to ...

3688. To Forgive Is Divine

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... of us has is to forgive someone who has hurt us. Leo Buscalgia tells about one of his students who was jilted by her boyfriend. The young woman felt both hurt and rejected. At the time she felt she would never get over it. In her confusion she didn't understand her intense feelings to cause him harm in some way. It is a natural to want to hurt someone who has hurt us. This young woman had never been so hurt before in her life. Deep down, though, she knew she had to forgive. As she wisely put it, "I ...

3689. Grace Greater Than Our Sin

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... that we don't? Could it be that the sinner we so harshly judge is closer to God than we might imagine? Maybe their very helplessness has opened them to an understanding of grace that we will never have. We are so eager to lump people into "deserving" and "undeserving". Maybe if we were in the shoes of this sinner we would understand. Ellsworth Kalas tells about a sunswept October afternoon in 1932 when he came bounding home from school, eager to tear off school clothes and put on playground stuff. But to ...

3690. Surprised By Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... spices--so that somehow the sacrament of God’s love would be shared with the larger community because of Jesus Christ.” (5) That’s what happens when we love God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and love our neighbor as ourselves. We come to a new understanding of who Christ is. An old man cries “Fire!” He knows no one will pay any heed if he cries, “Mud!” I wonder how many of the people in our society who are using drugs or committing crimes or fouling up their lives in a multitude of ways ...

3691. When Christ Shall Come

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... just as the girl's mother came calling through the house, "Kortney, what did you do with my glue stick?" Surprise! That's the sort of picture of the last day that Jesus gives us ” people are surprised. The sheep don't understand what they've done to experience such an honor. The goats don't understand why they're being guided toward the eternal fire. I can almost hear the complaints now, can't you? "Jesus, there must be some mistake! I'm in the wrong place. I should be on the right side with the sheep ...

3692. A Most Disagreeable Man

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... One skeptical neighbor, who had just finished telling one of the students he was a born-again Christian, was surprised by the boy's reply. "That's great!" the boy interrupted, "then you know why I want to help the Russian people understand the Bible. If they read and understand it, they'll also be converted, like you." The man had nothing to say. With much work the students raised enough money and the Bible commentaries were sent to Russia, but not without encountering a lot of people who were resistant to ...

3693. Getting Your Attention

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... way, as words of faith. Jesus was not talking about the physical Temple. He was speaking of his own death and resurrection. Bury his body, this temple, and within three days it will be resurrected. You cannot keep his body down, particularly if you understand his body to be the church. For Christians this [point to the congregation] is the Temple not a building made with human hands, but a communion of kindred hearts. You are the Temple. Wherever people are worshipping Christ and serving him, there is the ...

3694. Help Me Make It Through The Night

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... old?" Nicodemas asks. "Can he go back into his mother's womb?" Nicodemas was confused. Jesus simply wasn't making any sense. Then Jesus reminded Nicodemus of the time Moses and the children of Israel were in the desert. Certainly Nicodemus, a high-ranking Pharisee would understand an illustration from the pages of the Torah. Out in the desert some of the people of Israel were being bitten by snakes. In fact some of the Israelites had died as a result of snake bites. It was such a problem that Moses sought ...

3695. The Real Leap Of Faith

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... go and collect a bowl of peppers from all the families who had not experienced grief such as hers. Mystified, but desperate for help, she undertook the assignment. When evening came, the woman returned ” her bowl was still empty but she was filled with understanding. No one is exempt. Everyone finds themselves in darkness sooner or later. And it is natural at such times to question whether the light will ever come again. II. Turning to Jesus. Jairus was a desperate man. His daughter lay dying, and he had ...

3696. Such A Friend

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the care of a young man stricken with a paralyzing disease. He had lost his ability to speak, although his understanding and intelligence were unimpaired. Ms. Freeman was determined to keep him cheerful. Day in and day out she talked to him ... will ever have. He knows our needs, and whatever he does for us will be exactly right. We may not see his hand at work. We may not understand his methods, but he is there. He cares for us, and he will heal us. This man had friends. But Jesus who turned out to be the ...

3697. When More Is Never Enough

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... is not perfect." There were many times when he would have to do something to restore that balance, because if he didn't his fish would die. Relating his aquarium to his understanding of God he said, "And we will never know how much God does every day to keep our world working as well as it does." The young boy had a remarkable understanding of God for someone his age, or any age. (6) God has everything under control. Only God can save us. What Jesus told his disciples both shocked and amazed them. They had ...

3698. Sons And Daughters Of Thunder

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... it was worth it. (4) Greatness is found in serving others. Jesus knew what it is to be human. He knew that when we accomplish something we want recognition, we want awards and plaques to hang on our walls. We want everyone to know what we've done. He understands that. But what he wants us to know is that true greatness is found in service ” service to the community, service to the church, service to the least and the lowest. If you think I'm wrong, look at the people who receive awards in our city. We ...

3699. How Do You Get To Heaven?

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... special kind of person to forgive so completely. But here is the important truth for today: GOD, WHO IS PERFECT, OFFERS PERFECT FORGIVENESS. When God says we are forgiven, we are forgiven. If it makes you feel better to do some kind of penance for your sin, fine. But understand that it is for your benefit, not God's. I can say to you, as a representative of God, that you are forgiven - not because of who you are, but because of who God is and what Christ has done. Now what is your response to this? To sin ...

3700. Giants Or Grasshoppers?

Numbers 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... ?" which we will be? Jim knew what he wanted. He longed to be a giant. He was tired of grasshopper living. He thought again of his pledge. "Maybe we could give a little more," he thought. After all, our faith is important to us. Even if we don't understand it sometimes. He thought about Ed, his former Scout Master who had died a few weeks ago ” after a slow and painful bout with cancer. Ed was a good and honest man. "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Jim wondered. Life can sure be unfair at times ...

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