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3726. Spin-masters Need Not Apply

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... man. He stood over six feet in his socks. He didn't look like a smart person. "Why, just to look at Ed," says Watson, "œyou'd feel sorry for the man. You'd think 'Here's a soul to be specially kind to.'" Ed cleaned up on this. He had a little office ... of the 1960s that introduced the idea of moral relativism, and the Playboy philosophy whose main view of sex was recreational. "If it feels good, do it," became the battle cry, "as long as no one gets hurt." The popularity of these bankrupt philosophies may be ...

3727. Who Is Your Hero?

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Zealander to 10 Downing Street. Ward, struck dumb with awe in Churchill's presence, was unable to answer the prime minister's questions. Churchill surveyed the unhappy hero with some compassion. "You must feel very humble and awkward in my presence," he said, "Yes, Sir," managed Ward. "Then you can imagine how humble and awkward I feel in yours," returned Churchill. (8) Churchill knew he was in the presence of a real hero. So did the disciples. In fact, they knew they were in the presence of someone whose ...

3728. Hey, You Can Only Be Young Twice!

John 3:1-21

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... a second time? Well, you know how a baby gets all sorts of new things when it's first born? When you accept Jesus into your heart, you get a new heart. Brand new. It doesn't look any different, or work any different than your old heart. But you feel different inside. You have more love, more peace, more happiness. You get new eyes. You don't see other people the same way anymore. You're more loving. You get a new mind. You don't think the same way you used to think. You think about the things that ...

3729. I'm O.k.; You're A Little Suspect

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... of sin. In our minds, there ought to be a grading scale for beginning sinners, intermediate level, and advanced-placement hypocrites. People Magazine once did a survey called “The Sindex: A Reader's Guide to Misbehavior." Readers were asked to rate how guilty they would feel, on a scale of one to ten, if they engaged in any of fifty-one activities. The results were averaged to give each behavior a Sin Coefficient and a ranking in the Reader's Morality Index. On a scale of Ten, the top ten sins, according ...

3730. All That From A Little Bit Of Water?

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... him that all his sins would be washed away and he would be clean before God. Houston looked at the creek and said: "Then I feel mighty sorry for the folks downstream who have to drink that water." (4) Well, that could be said for a lot of people. Baptism ... him that all his sins would be washed away and he would be clean before God. Houston looked at the creek and said: "Then I feel mighty sorry for the folks downstream who have to drink that water." (5) Well, that could be said for a lot of people. Baptism ...

3731. Surprise!

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... women prayed, a young woman walked out of the partying group. Tears streamed down her face as she approached one of the women and said simply, "I want to come home." The young lady recommitted her life to Jesus that night. Before she left, she said, "I feel so confused and yet I feel so good and so at peace and free." (8) "The Spirit of God is always a spirit of liberty." That's what God is all about. God is about hope; God is about justice; God is about freedom. It was a surprise to Jesus' listeners 2000 ...

3732. Jerry's Story . . . And Ours

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... pastor's wife! Then one day, while Jerry was sitting in his seminary dorm room cramming for a Greek exam, the Lord spoke to him. "Jerry, it's time." "What?" Jerry said, because he never expected to meet the Lord at seminary. "Who is it?" He asked with a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach because he was afraid he knew the answer. "You know who this is, Jer. It's the Lord. It's time for you to fulfill your calling." "My calling? To be a pastor? But I've just barely started my seminary classes. I've ...

3733. The Heart Of The Matter

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... motives. Jesus further defines his teaching about the pure heart in Matthew 6 verse 21, when he says, "For where your treasure is, there will be your heart as well." The heart is where the real tunes are played. You simply cannot hide your true inward feelings. At some point they will express their true character. Jesus spent a great deal of time trying to reach and teach the Pharisees. Jesus agreed on many points with the Pharisees. We must understand that. It was not that Jesus felt the Pharisees were bad ...

3734. Sin Or Synergy?

Matthew 11:25-30

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... lots of stuff, and sometimes we need to stop and rest. And just like our bodies need rest, sometimes our hearts and minds need rest too. Maybe we are sad, or scared, or worried about something. Being sad or scared or worried can make our heart and mind feel tired too. We feel like we're just not strong enough to overcome our problems on our own. But Jesus says to us, "That's okay. Give me all your sadness and fear and worry. I'm strong enough to take it all." Our Bible story today is about how Jesus wants ...

3735. Beaten Up, But Still Standing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... with the bases loaded." When one football coach was asked about his offensive team's execution he replied, "I'm all for it." Sports are popular because they are a metaphor for our life experience. You win some, you lose some. Sometimes you feel like the champion of the world. Sometimes you just feel beaten up. "I'm sometimes up and I'm sometimes down," says the old spiritual, "sometimes I'm almost to the ground." And we've been there. And so have the people who trek across the pages of our Bible. Our lesson ...

3736. On Having The Right Attitude

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... just have to take its place in line. Jesus described us well when he said that "other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants." It's easy to feel choked, isn't it, by our many responsibilities? But, listen, there is a solution. That solution is to find such a center of peace for our lives that we no longer have to feel suffocated by life, so that we no longer have to hurry frantically through life. This, of course, brings us to the fourth response we can make to the life of faith: "I ...

3737. Positive Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... if they can't play like Tiger Woods. Unfortunately they bring that same competitive spirit to religion. They feel they must win God's love. Listen, you ARE loved. You are already a winner with God. Be a super-Christian if you are so inclined, but it won't ... change the way God feels about you. There is a popular story circulating about a woman who had just learned her cancer was terminal. She invited her pastor over ...

3738. Clean Hands and Dirty Hearts

Matthew 15:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... long after they graduated from college. (3) Rather than being a unifying force in society, the Pharisees had become a divisive force. Rather than being inclusive, they had become exclusive. Rather than raising the self-esteem of the people around them, they made others feel unworthy, unclean. It was not so much that their hearts were dirty, but that they were cold and unfeeling. III. What they did not see was that God prefers bridges to walls. The Jewish people owed a debt to the Pharisees. Much of what ...

3739. Tevye's Question

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the target of occasional threats. He is making only about one-tenth of his former salary. But he claims to be happier now than he's ever been in his life. In an interview with Time magazine, Wigand commented, "I felt dirty before [as a cigarette executive]. Now I feel good . . . I don't need the cars and fancy ties and all those trappings that consumed me once. My enjoyment comes when some kid comes up to me and says, 'I'm never gonna smoke.' I can take that to the bank, whatever bank you want to call it ...

3740. How Many Times Should We Forgive?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... family. Children, parents, siblings, in-laws. Is there someone that, deep within, you resent for one reason or another? How about people at work? Your boss, a customer. The whole service department. Is there anyone who is robbing you of your joy? Some of you are feeling the weight of all those potatoes right now, aren't you? Kent Crockett, in the The 911 Handbook, puts in this way, "Unforgiveness will keep us chained to whomever we don't forgive. When we go to bed at night, the unforgiven person is there to ...

3741. So, You Want To Know About Love?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He kept saying, "˜Please let me die. Please take out all these tubes. Please let me die.' So in the end the doctors did it and they let him die, and we all felt terrible." Dorothy, the sane member of The Golden Girls, asked, "Why should you feel terrible, if the man wanted to die?" "Well," said Rose earnestly, "we could never be sure, because in the very next bed was St. Olaf's meanest ventriloquist." (6) I told you it was a terrible story, but it is also illustrative. The second characteristic of Christ ...

3742. What Are You Tied To?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... back. A woman writes: Dear Ann: Because of my husband's business, I am subjected to the cocktail circuit more than I want to be. It seems the principal topic for discussion is "our crazy, mixed-up kids." Those who have no nutty offspring to talk about feel strangely deprived. Here is a superb recipe for creating [a nutty kid]. After observing several nieces and nephews, as well as the progeny of my friends, I can attest to its authenticity: Start with one child. Add a little hot air--Two hours of "when I ...

3743. Worriers Or Warriors?

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... asked, "or were we shot down?" Maybe you've had days like that--days when it felt like you were shot down. Even worse, maybe things are going quite well for you, really. Your friends and your family tell you how fortunate you are. But you don't feel fortunate. In fact, your life is somewhat tortured by a nagging fear that you cannot even define. A few years back, Dr. David Wilhelm treated an elderly patient named Jake. Jake was a farmer, and he worked himself too hard. He came to Dr. Wilhelm complaining of ...

3744. Building A Church

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... next door," (5) Well, that's a kind of prayer, I guess. It reminds me of someone else's prayer that goes like this: Lord help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 7:41:23 a. m. P.S.T. God help me to consider people's feelings, even if most of them ARE hypersensitive. Lord keep me open to others' ideas, WRONG though they may be. God help me to take responsibility for my own actions, even though they're usually NOT my fault. God give me patience, and I mean right NOW! And my favorite ...

3745. The Tenth Man

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... rabbi could have done it." One said, "I was already much improved." (1) That's not surprising, is it? I doubt that more than ten percent of us are ever truly grateful to God. In fact, it often seems that the more we have, the less gratitude we feel. Kent Crockett in THE 911 HANDBOOK tells about a woman named Carol who decided she wanted to do something nice for her neighbor, Mrs. Smith, so she baked a pie and carried it next door. When Mrs. Smith opened up her door, she was surprised to see Carol holding ...

3746. Through The Storm, Through The Night

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... physician begins, "Our Father which art in heaven . . . " Little Joe repeats the words and then stops. He seems unable to go on, but then Woodcourt hears him say over and over again, "Our Father." "Our Father." "Our Father." Then Little Joe sums up his feelings like this: "That is very good, Sir." (5) That is very good. Little Joe got the assurance that he needed. Prayer does that for us. The last thing that prayer promises is that God intercedes when our prayers are inadequate. Scripture reminds us that ...

3747. Standing Tall

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... who do not. I want to say to every young person in the room: This time your Mom is right. "Posture always gives clues to self-esteem." GOD'S WILL IS FOR EVERY PERSON ON EARTH TO STAND TALL. God's will is for everyone on this earth to feel good about themselves. God's will is for no one to grovel by the road seeking hand-outs. God's will is that no one should ever be denied dignity because of a physical, emotional or social condition. Neither should anyone be discriminated against because of their income ...

3748. Entertaining Angels

Hebrews 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... you are down. When you're strange, faces come out of the rain, when you're strange. No one remembers your name, when you're strange, when you're strange.' Then it repeats." (2) If you have ever been a stranger, a newcomer, then you know how great it feels to encounter any show of hospitality, no matter how small. Jesus said, “A cup of cold water given to a stranger in my name will not go unrewarded." (Matthew 10:42) You and I probably need to pray for the ability to be more hospitable to strangers. How ...

3749. On Forgetting To Do A Business Plan

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... could you ask for in a preacher and teacher? He was the best! THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO COME TO JESUS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE. There is always a danger to popularizing the Gospel. There is a danger that people may miss the real point of it all. We all feel the strain, don’t we? When somebody comes up to me and says, “I sure enjoyed the sermon today,” what am I to make of that? I sure enjoy hearing it, though. I try very hard to make my sermons enjoyable, if you want to know the truth of it ...

3750. How Many Times?

Matthew 18:21-35

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... . And then you felt really bad inside because you knew you had done the wrong thing. So you prayed to God and told God you were really sorry for what you had done. And you know what? God forgave you. He forgot all about whatever bad thing you did. It feels good when God forgives us of our sins, doesn't it? Our Bible passage for today is about us forgiving other people. Just like God forgives us for our sins, God wants us to forgive other people when they are mean to us. What if, every time someone was mean ...

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