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3801. I Am Forsaken

Psalm 29:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... a mother and her little girl standing in the line to enter a gas chamber. The child, who is walking in front of her mother, doesn't know where she is going or what is about to happen. The mother, walking behind her daughter, does know, but is helpless to stop the tragedy. In her helplessness the mother performs the only act of love left to her. She puts her hands over her child's eyes so at least she will not see the horror to come. (3) This can be a cruel world. Cruel to us, cruel to those we ...

3802. It Doesn't Matter What I Do

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... the game, as they started home with their son, they passed a boy walking down the side of the road. He was the star of the team, a running back. He was just a tenth-grader, barely sixteen, but a natural athlete. He had scored three touchdowns that night. They stopped and offered him a ride. He got in the car and they drove to his home, but the house was dark. They were concerned. "Are your folks not home?" they asked. "Would you like us to wait with you till they get here?" "0h, no thanks, "the boy answered ...

3803. How Did You Do On The Test?

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the finals. This time, however, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, it appeared that the boy was seriously overmatched. The referee was concerned that the boy might get hurt, so he called a time-out. He was just about to stop the match when the judo master intervened. "No," his teacher insisted, "Let him continue." Soon after the match resumed, the boy's opponent made a critical mistake. He dropped his guard for a split second. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him to ...

3804. Taking Charge

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Forty years. I'm sure God made it appetizing for them. Even more important, it kept them going. It met their needs. God promised them that they would be provided for, and they were. But on the very day that they could provide for themselves, the manna stopped. "OK, troops," God is saying to them. "From here on, it's up to you. I gave you everything you needed to survive in the wilderness, but it's time for you to take responsibility for yourselves." This is the practical truth about life that everyone has ...

3805. Haunted By The Cross

John 18:1-11; 18:33-19:16; 19:28-42

Drama

King Duncan

... . Me, a woman, a Samaritan, a sinner . . . he came to offer me eternal life. And when I left there, I went out and told everyone I saw, and they all believed it too. There has never been a bigger celebration in Samaria than the day when Jesus came through and stopped at our well. (Her smile fades slowly) "I still can't believe what they did to him. They told me that just before he died, he cried out in thirst. If I had been there, I would have climbed up that wooden cross with my bare hands to give him ...

3806. Who Are Those Strangers In White Robes?

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Surely this would make their lives easier. Their answer is encapsulated in the response of one Sherpa man: "If we rode a bus in Khumbu, would we still feel the steepness of our mountains? Would we still hear the waterfalls coming down our cliffs? Would we stop and say a prayer when we passed a (prayer) stone?" To the Sherpa people, their way of living kept them connected to the truly essential, spiritual aspects of life. The building of roads might make their lives easier, but it would cause them to lose ...

3807. Begin With The End

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's reels turned. Afterward they sent the completed videotape back to the Crocketts. Kent and Cindy were anxious to watch the tape of their old movies. They brought out the popcorn and inserted the video into their VCR. But that's where the fun stopped. As they beheld their old home movie films on videotape, they also listened to their friends' remarks. These friends hadn't realized that when they recorded the old silent 8mm films, the microphone on their video camera also taped their critical comments about ...

3808. "yes, And..."

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

King Duncan

Before television, there was vaudeville. Vaudeville was where many of our best old-time comics learned their trade. Entertainers in vaudeville had to face some pretty tough audiences. So, many of them ended their acts with show-stopping moves to ensure applause at the end. One performer named Eddie Leonard announced at every performance that this was his last show. He guessed (correctly) that very few people would be heartless enough to boo a man who was performing his last show. So, for 20 years, the ...

3809. Bacon Grease And Abounding Grace

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little." Then he said ...

3810. The Forward Look

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... Good Clean Humor (Barbour Publishing, Inc., 2000). 2. John Claypool, Birmingham, Alabama, Leadership/'92, Fall Quarter, p. 46. 3. (Lima, OH: CS.S. Publishing Company). 4. Kent Crockett, I Once Was Blind, But Now I Squint, Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2004, p. 163. 5. Ibid, p. 49. 6. Pat Pearson, Stop Self-Sabotage! (Newport Coast, CA: Connemara Press, 1998), pp. 12-13. 7. This delightful story was sent to us by a friend. The original source is unknown. 8. Life, May 1997, p. 25.

3811. Trust Your Upbringing

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... they answered with an unqualified, "Yes." Terry observed something else that was interesting. The rules forbade eating after noon, for the monks lived on handouts and the Buddha did not want his followers to burden housewives. Modern monks got around that rule by stopping the clock at noon each day; after the evening meal, they reset the clock to the correct time. Yancey says, "I have used examples from Buddhism, but in my experience hypocrisy is one of the most common reasons why people reject Christianity ...

3812. Winners Every One

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." There is a story about a world-class woman runner who was invited to compete in a road race in Connecticut. On the morning of the race, she drove from New York City, following the directions--or so she thought--given her over the telephone. She got lost, stopped at a gas station, and asked for help. She knew that the race started in the parking lot of a shopping mall. The station attendant also knew of such a race scheduled just up the road and directed her there. When she arrived she was relieved to see ...

3813. About Work

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... hard and makes right choices deserves to be rewarded but not 100 times more than the person at the bottom who's working just as hard and is just as responsible. All honorable work is worthy of respect. At the construction site of a new church, the contractor stopped to chat with one of his workmen. "Patty," he asked casually, "didn't you once tell me that you have a brother who is a bishop?" "That I did, " said the workman. "And you are a bricklayer!" said the contractor. "It sure is a funny world. Things ...

3814. About Christ

Colossians 1:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sunday School classes, hosting youth activities, and leading teens on mission trips. He organized a youth softball team at the church and served as coach. And, after a few years, was chosen as a deacon to serve in the youth ministry. In short," says Mary Hollingsworth, "he stopped ACTING like Jesus and began LIVING like Jesus." (6) That can happen in a person's life. Jesus reveals God to us. He also reveals how a godly person is to live. All of this is part of why Christ came into the world. "He has rescued ...

3815. Immanuel

Isaiah 63:7-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... our heart. There are absolutely no strings attached. A young woman moved away from home and settled in an apartment in a large metropolitan area. Her parents came out to visit her, and they took pleasure in buying things for her new apartment. Before they left, they stopped in to see her landlord and paid him three months rent in advance. This was all done out of love for their daughter, but they wouldn't let the girl hear the end of it. Whenever a disagreement arose, they reminded her of all they had done ...

3816. Made For The Light

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... Ron Mehl has spent many years fighting leukemia. His treatments keep the disease under control, but at any time it can flare up. Mehl knows that there may come a time when God will heal him completely. Or there may come a time when the treatments will stop working and the leukemia will overtake him. A few years ago, the traditional cancer therapies weren't working. Mehl's doctors wanted him to try a new therapy that was still in the testing phase. It carried many risks. As Ron Mehl drove to the hospital in ...

3817. Something To Brag About

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... have so much to be thankful for. How can we ever thank God enough for all He has given us? For our salvation, for our freedom, for the many good things that make up our lives. A women's magazine carried a story recently that should make us stop and think. It was about a man named Darren Pen. Darren Pen escaped the killing fields of Cambodia when he was 15. Most of his family was murdered by Khmer Rouge soldiers. He returned to Cambodia years later only to face danger from government forces once again. After ...

3818. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Squint, Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2004, pp. 102-103. 5. Linda Washington, Finding God Between a Rock and a Hard Place, compiled by Lil Copan and Elisa Fryling (Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1999), pp. 72-73. 6. Preaching, Nov./Dec. 2000, p. 63. 7. Charles Allbright, Gravely The Mules Stopped Dancing (Little Rock: August House Publishers, 1988).

3819. The Bread Of God

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... a test of obedience by means of the law prescribed for gathering it. There was to be a certain amount to be given each day, and twice as much on the sixth day. If they trusted God to provide for them tomorrow, then they would be content to stop collecting when they had filled their baskets, even though it was tempting to gather more. There was no need to economize, and no need to stockpile food in barns. "Give us this day our daily bread," is what Jesus taught us to pray. Only those who absolutely trusted ...

3820. In A Time Of War

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... because you were old. We knew we could get away with it. But every time we came, instead of yelling and fighting back, you just tried to give us a drink of water. You didn't hate us back because we hated you. You just kept showing us love." He stopped for a minute and then went on. "I couldn't sleep after we stole your stuff, so I decided to bring it back." He paused for another awkward moment, not knowing how to proceed. "I guess this is my way of thanking you for straightening me out." With that, he ...

3821. On Names That Preach

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... 2) Let's sneak into the Situation Room at Ahaz' Jerusalem White House. Tiglath (let's give him this nickname or, perhaps better, T. P.) was a threat to the stability of the region. In the same way President Bush forged a coalition of nations to stop Saddam' s aggression, several Palestinian nations joined in an anti-Assyrian coalition to strengthen themselves against T. P. Perhaps King Ahaz of Judah saw the alliance as a lost cause. In any event, Ahaz refused to be pressured into joining the coalition. Ahaz ...

3822. Frustrated By Their Lack Of Faith

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... ! The first step in achieving is to believe. If we do not believe, then we will not achieve anything. Verse 6 says: "And he marveled because of their unbelief." Jesus marveled at unbelief, and was frustrated by those who had no faith. He was stymied by those who stopped and stared but left incredulous at what they had seen. We need to note that there are two levels of belief or unbelief. One level is with the head and the other is with the heart. Every survey that I have seen shows that very few people in ...

3823. Lord, What A Bountiful God!

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... they turned like a perpetual merry-go-round. Although food was near at hand and accessible, the caterpillars starved to death on an endless march to nowhere. That seems to be the story of many people today. They are on a march that leads to nowhere. We need to stop for a moment, and sit down in the presence of Jesus. Then we need to receive what Christ has to offer us, just as the multitude received the loaves and fish. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan went to visit a member of his church. He was saddened to learn ...

3824. Discerning The Will Of God

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... returning to Yale when God seemed to tell him to send the friend a gold watch with a certain inscription. Knowing that God often spoke in strange ways, he obeyed. The interest and concern expressed by that gift made such an impact on his friend that he stopped drinking and returned to a useful life. When the professor saw the effect of his gift, he decided to send the same kind of gold watch with the same inscription to another alcoholic friend. But this man promptly sold the watch to buy liquor! There is ...

3825. It Does Matter What You Believe

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... that he could possibly unload so that he could run faster, but the bear was still gaining ground. Finally he was forced to make a stand. He ran into a small clearing and put his back to a stump, taking out his knife as he did so. The bear also stopped, about a foot away, with its teeth bared and claws extended. The trapper, though not generally a religious man, offered up a quick prayer: "God, if you're on my side, let my knife git 'im quick in 'is vitals, an' if you're on 'is side let 'im finish ...

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