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3726. Skating To Where The Puck Is Going To Be

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... in Paris. When they fell upon hard times and could no longer afford Paris they shuttered themselves inside their home, venturing out only at night to catch the ocean breeze. One night a boy recognized them and was ready to greet them, when his mother stopped him by saying, "No, son. We can't talk to them, they're spending the summer in Paris." (1) When it comes to hearing the blessings and woes of Jesus, there's a temptation to be like those Charleston matrons, pretending that we're hearing something ...

3727. Hurting People Hurt People

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... hurt people," says John Maxwell, and it's true! A father and son walking together in the woods came upon an animal that had been caught in a hunter's trap. The animal was in obvious distress. The son rushed forward to free the animal, but his father stopped him. "Son," he said, "Be careful. A hurt animal will bite those close around--even someone who is trying to help him." What's true of animals is true of people. Hurting people hurt people. We've all seen parents under too much stress strike out at their ...

3728. When You're Dreaming One Thing And Living Another

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... with a negative self-image, if he's told he's no good, then quite often that child will conform his actions and attitudes accordingly. Psychologists tell us that we invariably, inevitably, move toward the strongest impression in our mind. For example, a law enforcement officer stops a lawbreaker on the side of the road. Now the officer has a decision: should he turn off the blue light flashing on the top of his car? Yes, he should. Research shows that he has seven times as good a chance of having his patrol ...

3729. Destined For Greatness

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bakker works in an inner-city ministry for teens. (4) He has discovered that God's elect are chosen not for seats of privilege but for service. Maybe Jim's life and ministry will not be in vain after all. There is hope for any of us who stop counting the things we think we deserve, and start acknowledging the debts we owe. A certain courthouse in Ohio stands in a unique location. Raindrops that fall on the north side of the building go into Lake Ontario and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, while those falling on ...

3730. Smart As A Goat

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but he went along with it. His friend reserved a huge arena. He saturated the town with advertising. Yet Demos couldn't shake the feeling that this wasn't God's will and God wouldn't bless it. The night of the meeting came and . . . no, let's stop there. I'll get back to the story later. But this story brings up an important question: how do you know what your spiritual gift is? What are the signs? For one thing, your spiritual gift will be something that stimulates and fulfills you. When you perform that ...

3731. Light For A New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... waiting crowd of old friends and new . . . At the back of the crowd I saw a badly deformed young woman in a wheelchair. Her arms and legs were twisted, but she smiled and tried to wave as I passed. I kept walking toward the exit; then I stopped, turned around, and walked back in her direction. When she saw me standing beside her, her eyes filled with tears. She reached her hand out toward me and struggled to speak, 'Tony,' she said, 'because of you, we all have hope!'" (5) Tony Melendez is letting his light ...

3732. I Didn't Expect This In Church!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... me nervous," she writes. "Imagine asking the guy home for lunch . . . Would you impress him more with a menu featuring Maine lobster--an edible version of pouring perfume on his feet? . . . Or would you fare better slapping peanut butter and jelly on Stop 'n' Shop's cheapest bread, carefully calculating the money you saved and buying groceries for a homeless family you'd befriended? "It's that lack of ordinary predictability that makes me nervous. Other people have the grace to smile and politely mumble ...

3733. Jerry's Story . . . And Ours

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... not love you more, and He will not love you less." You are special. Pastor Bill Hybels was greeting parishioners after church one Sunday when a woman came up to him and caught him in a big hug. She was crying as she whispered in his ear, "Don't ever stop telling us that we matter to God because it's changed my life." (3) It's true; you matter to God. And if you really, truly believe that, it will change your life too. AND FINALLY, IF WE APPLY THIS PASSAGE TO OUR LIVES, WE LEARN THE GREAT TRUTH THAT ...

3734. Living With Difficult People

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said to them was: 'Don't.' "Don't what?' Adam replied. "Don't eat the forbidden fruit,' God said. "Forbidden fruit? Really? Where is it?' Adam asked. "It's over there,' said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants. A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and he was angry. 'Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?' the first parent asked. "'Uh huh,' Adam replied. "'Then why did you?' "'I don't know,' Adam answered ...

3735. The Heart Of The Matter

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... care about their sins." We do care about our sins. A doctor was talking about the importance of pain in healing our physical bodies. He said, "So long as a diseased appendix hurts there is hope for a safe removal. The danger period is when it stops hurting. It may mean the appendix has burst, spreading poison throughout the entire body." (5) We are painfully aware of how little we resemble our Lord. We are hypocrites, but underneath those masks, something quite real is happening. By the grace of God we are ...

3736. Living In Sin Or Synergy?

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Weariness seems to be the modern person's birthright, something we're almost proud of. We rush everywhere, trying to juggle jobs, families, marriages, hobbies, workout schedules, church activities, kids' activities. Some of us barely have time to live our lives, much less to stop and ponder them and find some meaning in them. Jesus' words remind us that He wants to give us rest, to slow us down and save us from our constant weariness. And even more than that, Christ wants to give us the power to live ...

3737. Sin Or Synergy?

Matthew 11:25-30

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... its weight is resting on the bones and tendons. And bones don't get tired. So a horse never gets tired of standing up for hours on end. Our bodies were made so that sometimes we can work and play and do 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 ...

3738. Beaten Up, But Still Standing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... . We've reached out to touch the hem of his garment like the woman with the issue of blood. Now the clear lesson of these two stories is that Christ has the power to heal. Instantly when the woman touched the hem of Jesus' garment the hemorrhaging stopped. Jesus didn't have to do a thing. His presence alone made a difference for this poor woman. Jairus' situation was a little different. Even before Jesus reached Jairus' home, messengers arrived to tell him that it was too late. The little girl was dead and ...

3739. Nobody Wants To Make Cold Calls

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... same amazing result--the door bounced back open. Convinced that one of the young religious zealots was sticking their foot in the door, she reared back to give it a third slam. She felt this would really teach them a lesson. But before she could act, one of them stopped her and politely said, Ma'am, before you do that again, you really should move your cat." (1) We don't see many door-to-door sales people anymore, do we? Why not? First of all, nobody's home anymore, are they? At least not in the day time ...

3740. On Having The Right Attitude

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... themselves by more than 10 mph during the previous week. In addition to speeding, drivers say they fear a number of other bad driving habits; many reported they have recently seen other drivers weaving in and out of traffic, tailgating, drinking and driving, or ignoring red lights and stop signs. (AP) Their worst fear of all? I quote: "œPeople who drive the way I do." (5) It's amazing how often we know what we ought to do--or ought not to do--but we still do not act accordingly. A few years ago Eric Berne ...

3741. Birdbaths and Flagpoles

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... staffed medical stations, others prayed for a miracle, while still others, astoundingly, climbed up onto the tanks, peered through the slits at the crew-cut men inside, and told them there were new orders, these from God: Thou shall not kill. The young men stopped the tanks. "The attack," said Billington, "never came." (2) You don't have to be extraordinarily gifted to help determine the history of a nation or even the world. There's no better evidence of that than found in scripture. Few of the heroes ...

3742. Barking Pigs and Determined Disciples

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... out a plum, saying "What a good boy am I." Is that what discipleship is all about? Is that what goodness is all about? The good Samaritan didn't become good by playing it safe and never doing anything impulsive. He won Jesus' praise by taking the risk of stopping to help a man who had been attacked by robbers. He could have offered up all kinds of rationalizations why it would be more prudent to pass this man by on the other side, but he saw a need and he plunged right in. Simon Peter could have stayed ...

3743. God Is Not Fair (Grumbling in the Vineyard)

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... onto the fairway, where it hit another golfer's ball, and ricocheted again, finally coming to rest one inch from the cup. Another golfer, meanwhile, stepped up to the tee, hit a beautiful shot that headed for the cup on the fly, bounced backward off the pin and stopped six inches from the cup. So who was the winner--the golfer who made that beautiful straight-on shot or the one who was so bad that he ricocheted his shot off the scorer's tent? Have you ever heard the expression, I'd rather be lucky than ...

3744. So, You Want To Know About Love?

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... share certain similarities? Someone compiled a list of possible sayings of Biblical mothers. See if any of these sound familiar: DAVID! I told you not to play in the house with that sling! Go practice your harp. We pay good money for those lessons! ABRAHAM! Stop wandering around the countryside and get home for supper! SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO! Leave those clothes outside, you smell like a furnace! CAIN! Get off your brother! You're going to kill him some day! NOAH! No, you can't keep them! I told you ...

3745. Worriers Or Warriors?

John 14:15-31

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... have used it for many, many years. However, I have a better system. Let's use this other straw. Let's begin at the top again. (Squeeze) "Loves me." (Squeeze again) "Loves me." (Repeat to the bottom of straw.) Of course, I'm talking about God's love. God never stops loving us. That is why we can relax and enjoy life. There's one thing we are sure of: God really does love us.

3746. Building A Faith

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... old, he went for a walk in Central Park with his older sister. She was holding his hand, but then they got separated. He panicked, and went first in one direction and then in another, calling her name. He was lost. He crossed Fifth Avenue, stopping traffic. Confused and terrified, he suddenly touched an iron fence which felt familiar. Excitedly, he began to grope his way along the familiar iron and stone buildings. Finally, he came to his family's apartment, opened the door and walked in. His mother came in ...

3747. How To Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... being around children. Here are some truths one father learned: There is no such thing as child-proofing your house. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long ways. Glass windows (even double pane) don't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan. If you use a waterbed as a home plate while wearing baseball shoes, it does not leak. It explodes. A king-size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2,000 sq. ft. house almost 4 inches deep. When you hear the ...

3748. Like A Mighty Army

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... to bring them to Jesus. Dr. David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary who traveled to Africa in the 1840s to spread the word of God. Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans at that time; few maps existed of the continent. That didn't stop David Livingstone; he willingly explored vast reaches of territory and made meticulous maps as he went along. In 1869, Livingstone lost contact with the outside world. Two years later, explorer Henry Stanley went to Africa to find him. Stanley found Livingstone in a ...

3749. The Present

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... we are immortal. We will never die. And time moves ever so slowly. A little boy was riding with his father from New Mexico to Colorado on a fishing trip. The trip covered 250 miles, a good five hours of driving not counting rest and restaurant stops. After about fifty miles, the excited son asked his father if they were almost there. The father answered that they had quite a ways to go. Fifty miles later: “Now are we almost there?" asked the boy. “No," said his father, “not yet." Another fifty miles ...

3750. Wrong Way. On Purpose

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... 180 degrees in the wrong direction. For nearly sixty years, until his death in December of 1995 at the age of eighty-eight, Corrigan forever insisted that he was surprised to see the Irish, instead of Californians, when he taxied his plane to a stop. But there's good reason to believe Corrigan's famous flight was hardly a mistake. Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic occurred on May 21, 1927. Corrigan, fascinated by Lindbergh's feat, learned to fly. He paid $310 for the monoplane, which his friends ...

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