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351. Resisting The Power Of Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... He always will provide a way out. You see, he knows us better than we know ourselves. He knows our strong points and our weak ones. It is like a pilot who was performing amazing feats for the people watching below. He was doing double and triple loops and other tricks. But when he landed, he broke a strut on his plane. He jumped in another plane and gunned the motor. A man seeing him do this shouted and waved for him to stop. The pilot ignored him and roared off into the sky. The man said, "That plane will ...

352. The Seven Year Switch

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... mock me, these lonely questions of mine." (1) We are faced with the same haunting question. Who am I, really? Some of us don't know. There was a prank they played in the old west. Owen Wister's character, the VIRGINIAN, was guilty of pulling this trick. He had ridden 118 miles to get to the Swintons' barbecue and dance. But Miss Woods, the schoolteacher, danced with the married men rather than with him. He was upset. He got even, though, by swapping the blankets on the dozen babies asleep in an adjoining ...

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

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... :...Um. OK. (He reads aloud.) "The Dad Who Lived to Regret Being Mean to His Kid." Hobbes: What are you pausing for. Keep reading. Dad: Barney's dad was really bad. So Barney hatched a plan. When his dad said, "Eat your peas!" Barney shouted, "NO!" and ran. Barney tricked his mean ol' dad and locked him in the cellar. His mom never found out where he's gone, 'cause Barney didn't tell her. There his dad spent his life, eating mice and gruel. With every bite for fifty years he was sorry he'd been cruel. THE ...

354. Setting The Record Straight

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... and are children of God." HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT FOR SOMEONE WHO IS SEARCHING? Many of the people we come in contact with are searching for meaning. They may not ask the right questions. They might even try to trick us or make us look foolish, but they are searching. We have opportunities to set the record straight. The late Dr. Harry Denman saw every encounter he had with other people as such an opportunity. He traveled frequently and knew that some of the loneliest ...

355. With Your Head In The Clouds

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... that does not always fit the facts. William James, the brilliant psychologist, once pointed out that you can toss a bag of marbles on the floor and by selectively ignoring certain marbles find any pattern you wish. Our eyes and our minds can play tricks on us. Be careful. We see that tendency displayed in some Christians' obsessions with numbers. Chuck Swindoll tells about a lady in Kansas City who went to court to get her license plate changed because it ended with 666. She stated that her fellow church ...

356. Up and Down Faith

John 20:24-31

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... -yo (might want to get a young person with yo-yo skills to help with this demonstration) Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever played with a yo-yo? They're a lot of fun once you learn how to play with them. You can do all kinds of tricks with a yo-yo, but first you've got to learn the most basic move: getting the yo-yo to go up and down. That's the first and most important move for the yo-yo, just going up and down. That's what a yo-yo was made to ...

357. Pretenders

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... same dish it doesn't look as colorful or tempting as the pictures? It could be because the "food" in those pictures isn't real food. Food stylists are the people responsible for making food advertisements look so yummy. They have a number of tricks for making their products look better than the real thing. For instance, ice cream doesn't photograph well, and it melts quickly under hot lights, so food stylists often use Crisco vegetable shortening instead. A glass of champagne looks so festive in holiday ads ...

358. Man, Give Me Some Bread: I Want To Make Sense Out Of My Life

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... they spun as they trotted around, thereby generating power. The donkeys wore blinders in order to block them from seeing the wheel. Day after day they kept trotting around and around, but the blinders affixed to the sides of their heads tricked them into thinking they were going straight. One day someone pulled off the blinders--and the animals went crazy! "Even the dumbest animal," writes author Maurice Lamm, "cannot saunter purposelessly, going in circles all day, and getting nowhere . . ." (3) We must ...

359. Being A Sheep Is Not So Bad (compared With Being A Goat)

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... ever seen. Mom was on the other side, along with Grandma, Grandpa and a nurse tending to the equipment. McMullen knew by the feeling in the room that the situation was grave. He asked the little boy his name--it was Billy--and Jeff did a few simple magic tricks for Billy. As he stepped back to say goodbye, Jeff asked Billy if there was anything else he could do for him. "Ronald, would you hold me?" asked Billy. Such a simple request. But what ran through Jeff's mind was that if he touched Billy, he could ...

360. Where Can I Be Safe?

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... basement where all of the rats are! Sign # 5. To whom it may concern: some of the items in this house have been engraved with Federal Identification Numbers. Others have merely been wired to explode when touched. Good luck . . . (1) Well, maybe those will do the trick. Maybe they will keep your home secure. Does it seem to you that people are more afraid than they use to be? One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when ...

361. The Guiding Light for a New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... me and for a while I am afraid to breathe because it might go out. Do you know do you understand that your words are His words? Your face, His face to someone like me? Please, be who you say you are. Please, God, don't let this be another trick. Please let this be real. Please. Do you know do you understand that you represent Jesus to me?" Not long after sending Lee Strobel this poem, Maggie gave her life to Christ. (3) Here is why we are to arise and shine. The world is waiting for our witness. The ...

362. Counterfeit Christianity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In the midst of the racially segregated south in the 1960s he attempted to build a Christian community across racial lines. He established the famous Koinonia Farms to help poor southerners, black and white, establish cooperative farms. His critics used every legal trick they could to stop his work. For help in these matters he turned to his brother, Robert, who was a distinguished attorney. They had both accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, were baptized, and joined the Baptist church the same ...

363. His Name Was Rocky Johnson

Matthew 14:22-36

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... football until you have it in your hands. Our Scripture Lesson is about Simon Peter. Simon Peter was a man who sometimes took his eye off of the ball. For example, one time he tried to walk on water after he saw Jesus do it. That is a pretty neat trick and Simon Peter did all right as long as he kept his eyes on Jesus. However, when he looked around at the waves he became frightened and began to sink. What the Bible is trying to say to us is that when we have a problem, if we look only ...

364. Set Free Through Forgiveness!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... hurt, their own inability to let go of the past and move on. Here's the other thing we need to see about forgiveness: THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE YOU CAN FIND THE ABILITY TO FORGIVE. It is at the throne of Christ. Pastor Dennis A. Becker tells about a trick soap that looks like a real bar of soap, but when you wash with it, you get dirty instead of clean. The more you wash, the dirtier you get. He tells of watching an old episode of the television show Candid Camera when Allen Funt was the host. Funt had ...

365. Caught Between God And Caesar

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... regular girls' names like Mary or Jane." Well, the argument went on for about a month, when a compromise was reached. They would each name one of the girls. The man chose Liberty and the wife picked Elizabeth. As the girls grew, they were so identical, they kept pulling tricks on people who couldn't tell them apart. Finally, when they were about 18, a young man took interest in them. He would take one out on a date but he was never sure which one he was with. He decided he would marry one of them, but he ...

366. Aging Is Mandatory; Maturity Is Optional

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... God, please send me a pony. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up." [Signed] Bruce. "Dear God, in school they told us what You do. Who does it when You are on vacation?" [Signed] Jane. "Dear God, are you really invisible or is that just a trick?" [Signed] Lucy. "Dear God, is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his bowling words in the house?" [Signed] Anita. (3) Who among us doesn't yearn from time to time for the innocence of a little child. To believe again that all things are ...

367. Needed: A Radiator Cap Solution

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

Passion/Palm Sunday Everybody loves a parade or a celebration. Everyone loves to be part of something big and exciting. Early in Frank Sinatra's career, George Evans, his publicist, used some slick tricks to get Sinatra extra publicity. Evans hired teenage girls to hang around outside the club where Sinatra was singing. They were paid to scream out his name and "swoon." He even arranged for an ambulance to park outside the club. The faked hysterics worked; crowds packed the club to hear ...

368. "yes, And..."

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

King Duncan

... feel at that moment? Was their sense of loss balanced by a sense of awe? What did it mean when they were told to wait for power from on high? Newspaper columnist and author Ellen Goodman once wrote something about making an exit. She wrote, "There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship, is over, and let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its validity or its past importance in our lives. It involves a sense of future ...

369. Like A Tornado

Acts 2:1-21

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: You will need a cupcake and a trick birthday candle that relights when blown out. Option: A cup cake for each child to take home. How many of you like birthdays? Today we are going to pretend it is someone's birthday. [If it really is someone's birthday, so much the better! Light the candle and have ...

370. A Happy Birthday to the Church

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: You will need a cupcake and a trick birthday candle that relights when blown out. Optional: A cup cake for each child to take home. How many of you like birthdays? Today we are going to pretend it is someone's birthday. [If it really is someone's birthday, so much the better! Light the candle and have ...

371. About Marriage

Luke 20:27-40

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... are right! He liked it and ate two servings of the dinner. He was really surprised! This story reminds me of the story in our scripture for today. The Sadducees "the important church leaders" didn't believe in the resurrection or heaven. They were trying to trick Jesus by asking him hard questions. But Jesus realized that, deep in their hearts, what they really wanted to know was if there was a resurrection. His answer surprised them and they asked no more questions. It was kind of like the little boy and ...

372. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... the family. The family had prepared a modest, but hot, meal for the workers. After the meal, they gathered around the piano, and each person offered some talent for the evening. The mother whistled a hymn. One of the daughters played a song. The uncle did some magic tricks. Don didn't have any talents to offer the family, so he told an old Christmas story, a fable about the wise man who didn't follow Jesus' star because he was so busy helping needy people he met along the way. It was a magical evening for ...

373. A Man Of Character And Generosity

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... . They have been sent by their father to Egypt to buy food. There they stand, hat in hand, asking for assistance. The story here is too involved to tell in detail. It is a beautiful and moving story. Joseph creates some mischief for his brothers and tricks them into bringing his younger brother Benjamin down to meet him. Joseph is overcome with emotion at seeing his younger brother. He has to leave the room to compose himself. When he returns he decides the charade has gone on long enough. "I am Joseph your ...

374. "God News" For Bad Times

1 Kings 17:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... there are consequences to a life mis-lived. I enjoy the story of a man named Fred Abernathy, who was a devoted reader of the obituary column of his local paper. All of Fred's friends knew of his habits, so one day they decided to play a trick on him by placing his name and picture in the obituaries. The following morning Fred picked up his newspaper, turned to the obituary page, and there he saw his name, his biography and his photo. Startled, he went to the telephone and rang up his pal, George. "Listen ...

375. Grace: Amazing or Mystifying?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... about those whose sins are particularly heinous? An atheist asked Billy Graham, “If Hitler had received Christ on his deathbed, would he have gone to heaven, whereas someone who lived a good life but rejected Christ would go to hell?” That is a trick question, according to Erwin Lutzer. It was asked in such a way as to make the Gospel appear ridiculous. But the answer, Lutzer continues, is yes. That is what we believe. If Hitler accepted Christ, God could forgive him completely, because Christ’s death ...

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