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3801. In Praise Of Goofing Off

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... far more prestige in seeming harried and overworked than in being able to get a lot done in limited amounts of time. As a result, history's nonworkaholics have covered up their apparent indolence, sometimes in the most brazen way. "I have, all my life long, been lying [down] till noon," Samuel Johnson once admitted. "Yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good." Benjamin Franklin was history's greatest source of "early to bed, early ...

3802. Have You Checked On Your Investments Lately?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... wealthy people all over this world who have never discovered the joy that Felix found following his dream. Money is not your most important investment. We know that. A meaningful life is more important. AND THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY AS A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT. Your spouse, if you have been so blessed, and your children, and other people whom you love. We look at the triumph of Felix the postman and say, he made a great investment. But there was once an Olympic athlete who made an even ...

3803. We Know Where You Came From

John 6:41-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... his countenance into his very soul. All his toughness melted away, and tears began to flow as he prayed to God and admitted his defeat. There was no one else to turn to, and he couldn't rely on his own reserves anymore. Tracey doesn't know how long he prayed, but he does know that God heard him. One of his guards approached him and offered him prayer. Someone else gave him a Gideon Bible. And soon he joined the prison Bible study. When he was released early from the center, Tracey worked for a few months ...

3804. The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's table, then I am welcome at Christ's table and you are welcome at Christ's table. We are all precious to Christ. There are no second class citizens in the Kingdom of God. Pastor Lloyd Ogilvie had a serious accident sometime back that resulted in a year-long period of recovery. When he was in bed wondering when he could walk again, a friend sent him a photograph she had found among her mother's things after she died. It was a picture she had taken of the large, lighted sign on the corner of their church ...

3805. The Problem With Giving Up Chocolates

Mark 8:34-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... needed an apprentice who would carry on her work. Carrie Chapman Catt had just the courage, dedication, and intelligence to do it. Not long after Carrie met Susan B. Anthony, something happened in Carrie's life to steel her resolve even more. Her husband died suddenly, ... medical treatment. Another representative, hospitalized for the last six months, dragged himself into the House of Representatives just long enough to vote for suffrage. When it was announced that the vote for women's suffrage had passed ...

3806. Motorcycles, Marriage And A Word From God

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... said, like a heavy-metal Woodstock. The pastor parked his Jetta and headed up to the house. To his relief, things seemed to be in order there. He was introduced to the bride's parents and the groom's parents while the bride was getting dressed. It didn't take long; she wore jeans and a black T-shirt and a few flowers in her hair. The groom was introduced to him as "Bear." He outweighed the pastor at least two-to-one. Bear's beard was thick and bushy, and his arms were heavily tattooed. Bear didn't say much ...

3807. A Distant Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... the father realized they were being carried out to sea by the tide. He called out to the girl: "Mary, I am going to shore for help. If you get tired, turn on your back. You can float all day on your back. I'll come back for you." Before long, many searchers in boats were scurrying over the face of the Atlantic Ocean hunting for one small girl, while hundreds of people to whom the news had spread waited anxiously on shore. It was four hours before they found her, far from land. She was calmly swimming on her ...

3808. When Are You Coming?

Isaiah 63:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... because he didn't know the kind of reception he would receive. His wife opened the door, stood for a moment looking at him in shocked silence, and then fell apart in his arms. "Later, at home, when the children were in bed, he asked her a question that had long troubled him: `Why wouldn't you tell me where you were when you called? You knew I loved you. Why didn't you come home?' "She replied, 'Before, your love was just words. Now I know how much you love me because you came.'" (2) God so loved the world ...

3809. Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... saying, "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown. Since it’s this time of the season, I think we ought to bury past differences and try to be kind." Charlie Brown asks, "Why does it just have to be this time of the season? Why can’t it be all year long?" Lucy looks at him and exclaims, "What are you, some kind of fanatic?" One more Peanuts bit of wisdom. Lucy has a score to settle with Charlie Brown. She chases him, shouting, "I’ll get you, Charlie Brown! I’ll get you. I’ll knock your block off!" Charlie ...

3810. The Manger Is Empty

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... to the programs at church and in our families and even some of those on TV to try and recapture an elusive feeling. We come with longing. We come to the Advent season hoping that God will once again meet us face to face while we're bent over the manger cradle ... and to all the activities knowing that we need to be prepared. John's words have echoed in our ears and in our thoughts all year long. And so we seek to prepare. We know this time is God's time. This moment is God's moment. All of creation groans in ...

3811. Making It Last

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... centuries. John was special, he was called by God to prepare the people for the coming of God's Son. The people were excited. They were willing to travel out into the desert to listen to John's message. Some thought that John the Baptist was the long awaited Messiah. John made it clear that he was not. He was only one crying in the wilderness to prepare the people for the One who would soon arrive. Crowds gathered out in the desert to listen and experience firsthand this wilderness prophet--John. Today it ...

3812. A Better Than Perfect Christmas

Philippians 4:4

Sermon

King Duncan

... who wish to be in the Christmas pageant may do so. Parts will be found for them." This was more than the long-time director could handle. She resigned in anger and disgust. According to Pastor Lindvall the pageant didn’t fall flat with the ... tremendous burst of buying things and gift giving and parties and near hysteria, is a quiet event that Christians believe actually happened a long time ago. You can say that in all societies there has always been a midwinter festival, and that many of the trappings of ...

3813. Good News For You

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but the essential sentiment was the same. The Rabbi wanted to bring joy into a young boy's life. * God wanted to bring joy into the life of every person in this world. Thus God kept the promise God had made to Israel that the Savior they had so long awaited would finally come into the world. God also made a promise to Mary concerning the child that she carried within her womb: "You shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21). "He will be great, and will be called ...

3814. Are You Going Down?

Luke 2:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... outstretched. She wished with all her heart that those arms were reaching out to her. She remembered Christmases of long ago when her family attended church together. The Nativity scene then was lit with colored lights and pine boughs ... of going back to church. He replied, "The church is for people still suffering. Jesus has already forgiven you." Those words rang in her head long after the priest had left her. She felt the bitterness slipping away. She knew that the Christ child was with her. (2) "Are you ...

3815. Unwrapping Christmas

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... are gifts from God that you can't force open. There was a story in Time magazine awhile back about a 2-foot long, 40-pound package that arrived at the post office in Troy, Michigan, addressed to a Michael Achorn. The post office phoned Achorns' ... at everyone and everything. William Saroyan has a beautiful story that he tells about a poor, little orphan boy standing in the middle of a long line of men and women lined up in the front of a movie theater. An adult friend of the boy passes by, stops and asks, " ...

3816. The Greatest Good News Of All

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... ran alongside the railway line. His Majesty agreed to wave to the boys and girls as the royal train passed by on the last day of his visit. The boys and girls with their teachers crowded to the playground wall overlooking the railway. Presently from a long tunnel, the royal train slowly emerged and gradually drew alongside the playground. Then the king came outside the royal coach and stood on a small platform where they could all see him. He wore no crown or purple robe, but was dressed in a plain suit ...

3817. The Things In Mary's Heart

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... and Joseph to Bethlehem “now the star and the shepherds. What was she, a simple peasant girl to make of all of this? Mary never would really begin to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. J.F. Miller told of a mother who lost a longed for baby and would constantly go to a drawer and take out the baby's shoes and clothes, fondly remembering the little one taken from her. I wonder if Mary did something like that after Jesus' crucifixion? The French existentialists are right. Life is absurd. "What is ...

3818. The Gift Has Arrived

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , he will explain life to them and bring an end to their insignificance. Every day a child comes to them and informs them that Godot will not arrive until tomorrow. The sad joke is that Godot never comes. Fortunately, God did not do that to Israel or to us. The long awaited gift has arrived in a babe born in a manger. He did not look as expected, or act as expected, or even die as expected, but in the wisdom and providence of God he did far more for us than we ever could have imagined. And there was only ...

3819. Surprises

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Timothy Smit

... home, she was a different person than when she had left Nazareth. No doubt her family must have noticed a difference in her. And Elizabeth was a different woman also. She was about to have a baby who would prepare the people for the coming of the long awaited Messiah. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Both women were changed as a result of their divine encounter. A church held a live nativity on their front lawn each year. They had been doing this for years. The live nativity would run the week ...

3820. Excited By Our Faith

John 1:35-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... , you smell just like my mother...and her bracelet looks real pretty on you, too. I'm glad you liked my presents." When Teddy left, Miss Thompson got down on her knees and asked God for forgiveness for her attitude toward Teddy. To make a long story short, from that day forward Miss Thompson became a new teacher and Teddy Stallard became a new pupil. Both Teddy's attitude and his grades dramatically improved. Many years later Miss Thompson received a letter from Teddy telling her that he would be graduating ...

3821. Love In Action

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... or an attachment or devotion to a person or persons." Then he sat back down and resumed playing his piano. Lucy sat there stunned and then murmured sarcastically, "On paper, he's great." That is the kind of love that I John is writing about. Love on paper. Long on sentiment, short on action. Sometimes we have to ask, "Are you going to sit there or are you going to fish?" There are some characteristics of Christian love that we ought to consider this morning. The writer of I John gives us some standards for ...

3822. A New Daddy

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... son in Shantung, China. As the day would draw to a close, his dad would grab him and the two would take a long walk. There, father would talk to son like an adult, openly discussing the problems of administering a school, religious issues, and other matters ... came behind me and pushed me down the stairs. I just lay there When I awoke that day was gone and I've been sick for ever long. I was but three and daddy always beat on me. He smelt of beer and wine and the next day he kissed me and said things were ...

3823. The Real Tragedy Of The Tv Evangelists

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... by side for many more miles, until, at last, the putrid Arf consumes it's pure brother and the two become dirty. That is the sort of thing that happens in the real world. The purest most loving heart in the land will not stay so very long working in most offices or factories, attending most schools, living in most communities. We take on the attitudes and the values of the society around us, and our view of others and of ourselves and even of God become distorted. We become weighted down with the burdens ...

3824. Walk Wisely

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... got to the island in the center of the lake. These were days when young men and young ladies wore more than shorts and tshirts when out in public. Clarence had donned a spiffy suit with a high collar, and his female companion had on a long dress with billowing petticoats underneath. Clarence masculinely pulled on the wooden oars as his date sat cooly under her parasol. Though the steamy heat of the summer day began to wring sweat from him, he was so hypnotized by his girlfriend's beauty he was not troubled ...

3825. He Has Done All Things Well

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... that this monk wanted a holy life so he went into the desert to pray, to fast, and to save his soul. In that lonely life, he sought nothing but God, but it finally dawned on him that that was not selfless but selfish. So he made a long pilgrimage to Rome where he could serve people. When he got there he discovered that even though Rome was ostensibly Christian they still had the gladiatorial games. On the day Telemachus arrived, a great Roman general came into the city in a grand parade and was brought to ...

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