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3951. Can People Change?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... are becoming hostages in their own homes. Violent crime may be our most pressing social issue. If anyone has any solutions, I hope you will offer them to the rest of us. An important aspect of this pressing issue of crime in our streets concerns our approach to treatment of those convicted of crimes. The public mood seems to be for longer and longer sentences and more executions. The amount of money we are spending on incarcerating criminals is really quite unbelievable. Is the money well spent? Who knows ...

3952. Finding Glory

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Vincent Peale tells about a young mother who had been unfaithful to her husband. She could not get rid of the guilt. She asked God to forgive her but she could not forgive herself. She began to feel that everyone knew her terrible secret and everyone concerned would be better off without her. She felt she was bringing disgrace to everyone in her family and that without her they could start life anew. Without saying a word to anyone she packed a small suitcase and registered in an assumed name at the town ...

3953. Beaten And Bloody, But Fortunate Nonetheless

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... leader of the community was found dead drunk ” and in public. Allan Emery tells in his book, TURTLE ON A FENCEPOST, how his wealthy father sent a chauffeured limousine to pick the man up and bring him to their elegant house. Allan noticed with concern that his mother had prepared the big guest room. There were fresh flowers on the dresser. And, to Allan's horror, he saw that his mother had made up the handsome four-poster bed with real linen hemstitched sheets and monogrammed linen pillowcases. Allan ...

3954. Three Foolish Things You Can Do With Your Money

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the garage door opener," said Police Chief Galen Ash. After the tellers realized what her "weapon" was, they forced her to the floor and sat on her until police arrived. The woman was charged with unarmed bank robbery. People do crazy things where money is concerned. Jesus told about such a person. Jesus didn't call him crazy, but he did call him foolish. Most of us know Jesus' parable almost by heart. "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop," said Jesus. Is there anything wrong with that ...

3955. Come To The Feast

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Joseph Marmion once stated: "Joy is the echo of God's life and presence within us. Christianity stripped of joy is not Christianity at all." However, Babette can sense the sisters are sad because they believe she will soon leave them. In order to ease their concerns, Babette declares: I cannot leave you now I have no funds I spent it all on the Feast. (1) In our reading from Luke's Gospel today, we see Jesus dining at the house of a Pharisee. The Pharisees are watching Jesus closely ” in all probability ...

3956. On Fooling a Mafia Don

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... it, they were negligent." The church's attorney argued like this in response: "A church is a nonprofit organization manned for the most part by volunteers. No one has a right to expect it to be run with the smart efficiency of a business concern. Abigail, therefore, has no real claim." If you were the judge, asks the writer, would you award damages to Abigail? (4) What I found interesting in this hypothetical situation was the characterization of the church. "A church is a nonprofit organization manned for ...

3957. Jesus Says, 'Just Do It'

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... realize is that we are not praying for faith at all. What we are really praying for is for God to make things easier for us. We are asking God to snap His fingers and make it happen for us. Some of you may remember a hilarious Bill Cosby routine concerning "Noah's Ark." In this routine two hippos are being herded through the doors of the Ark and God says, "Wait a minute, Noah, both of those are male. We need a female." Noah is furious. He complains that it is difficult to turn a hippopotamus around on a ...

3958. Hope For Those Whom Life Has Cheated

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... if virtue does not triumph. Feelings like that are so universal that Lewis felt they are evidence that we are created in the image of God. The Hebrew Bible is obsessed with the idea of the justice of God. Remember Abraham's argument with God concerning Sodom. The Lord had revealed to Abraham that Sodom would be destroyed because of its great wickedness. Abraham asked rather boldly, "What if there were fifty righteous people in the city, would you still destroy the city?" Then Abraham argues God down to ten ...

3959. The God Of The Living

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... She was rushed to the hospital and lived only a few hours. The death of that little child opened the hearts of the whole congregation. Out of the love of the people in their church during that most trying time, a whole new world of love, compassion, concern, and caring was opened to that young couple. Where they had previously been care givers, they now became the recipients of the love and care of the members of their church family. Some days after the funeral they wrote the people in their church a letter ...

3960. Living With The Aches And Alleluias

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... tinsel designed to drape over her like a sandwich board. "What exactly will you be doing in the play?" her mother asked her. "I just stand there and shine," her daughter answered. Sue Monk Kidd says she has never forgotten that response. (2) Jesus' disciples were concerned about the future and their part in it. Jesus wanted them to know that their role was to stay behind and shine. But they would not be alone. He would be with them. He would give them the power to transform their aches into alleluias. There ...

3961. A Time For Miracles

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... and presented each of them with a small brass Christmas-tree ornament as a seasonal gift. They all laughed when Abramsky's father pointed out that the ornaments were stamped "Made in India." But the laughter subsided when they saw that the rabbi was quietly crying. Concerned, Abramsky's father asked the rabbi if he was offended because he'd been given a gift for a Christian holiday. He smiled, shook his head and said, "Nyet. I was shedding tears of joy to be in a wonderful country in which a Buddhist gives ...

3962. A Lesson From Two Golfers And A Saint

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was a very devout Roman Catholic evangelist. One of the stories that grew out of his ministry concerns a time when he was baptizing new converts in a river. He would wade out waist-deep into the water and call out for new Christians to come to him, one by one, to receive the sacrament. Once he baptized a mountain chieftain. Saint Patrick was holding a staff, called ...

3963. Was The President's Advisor's Sin Really That Bad?

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... their minds. Everyone on TV has sex all the time. Soap operas, rock videos, situation comedies, commercials for everything from beer to the Bahamas ” all exploit sex shamelessly . . . ." (7) Bill Reel is right. You don't have to be a Bible-thumper or a prude to be concerned. You don't have to be bigot or a blue-blood to worry about what is happening to one of God's great gifts to humankind. And that brings us to the heart of our discussion and the last thing we need to understand: OUR SEXUAL NATURE IS ...

3964. When The Waters Begin To Rise

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... inkblots into angels, who turns rain clouds into rainbows, who can take a life that has been nearly beaten down and bring joy into it. That Other is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Noah. If the waters around you are rising this day, I suggest you bring your concerns to the One who has put a bow into the heaven as an eternal promise that the waters will never overwhelm us. Won't you trust this One with your life today? 1. Published by Walker and Company. Cited in READER'S DIGEST, Sept. 1996, p. 90. 2. Hoover ...

3965. Only Heroes Need Apply

Mark 8:34-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... with new attentiveness. It was astonishing how often doctors and nurses, other patients, visitors, volunteers and cleaning staff would bring up personal matters as he walked in his Jesus shoes. Of course, the difference was interior. Instead of focusing on his own woes, he became concerned ” like Jesus ” with other people. (4) Do you have on your Jesus shoes? The call to follow Christ is a call to the heroic. It is a call to deny ourselves. It is a call to put on our Jesus shoes and to live lives ...

3966. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... emphasizing urgency and the need for faithful discipleship. In Mark Jesus' suffering is the ultimate expression of God’s love and redemption. If Matthew's Jesus is a teacher; Mark's portrait is a healer. Luke, being a physician, sees Jesus’ compassion and concern for the sick, distressed and poor. Jesus reaches out beyond the Jews to the gentiles. He is the universal Savior, even speaking to women. It is in Luke that we experience a great storyteller: the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son have shaped ...

3967. I, Caiaphas

John 18:12-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... were supposed to have eaten quail and manna mysteriously provided by God. But sophisticated people take such reports with a grain of salt. We are not women or half-breed Samaritans who fall easily for such supposed miracles. Early on I was greatly concerned about this Galilean. But I must tell you, the proverbial straw which broke the camel's back was the time that this Jesus came into the temple acting like some roaring lion, and with no warning literally began throwing out those selling the sacrifices ...

3968. More Than A Mannequin; Not Quite A Masterpiece

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Clifton Fadiman, noticed that Bennett Cerf had been unusually quiet throughout the vigorous discussion. In fact, he hadn't said a word. When prodded, Cerf replied in a humble voice that he had hesitated to answer the question truthfully because he was afraid that his concern would seem so trivial beside the vast issues that others had introduced. But he went on to say that since the point of the program was to share what you really thought, he might as well admit that what he feared most was "not being ...

3969. Are You Successful Or Do You Just Have Money?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Will the world be a better place because you have been here? Here's principle number two: WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD, WILL YOU LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY OF LOVE? There are some people who leave this world and nobody misses them. Why? Because their main concern in life was themselves ” their needs, their opportunities, their burdens. Only a few persons learn to get outside themselves and live for others. Michael B. Brown in his book titled Be All That You Can Be tells about such a person. Brown was serving as a ...

3970. Mark Twain's Briefcase And A Great Mental Attitude

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He saw it as part of his identification with Christ. And thus he was prepared for whatever life might send him. St. Paul had a light shining in his heart ” the light of Jesus Christ. St. Paul knew that life is hard. And one thing more: ST. PAUL'S OVERRIDING CONCERN WAS TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD. He writes, "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not us." The reason many of us are so unhappy today is that we are much more obsessed with our own glory ...

3971. Blood Sprinkled On A Modern Altar

Exodus 24:3-8, Mark 14:12-16, 22-26, Hebrews 9:11-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... know was that God had always loved her. She did not need to come seeking God. God was already seeking her. All she needed to do was open the door at the sound of God’s knocking. In this instance one of the ways God came knocking was through the concern of Ruthie, Treena’s maid. That is not unusual. God will use whatever tool is at hand to speak to us. God is proactive. God takes the initiative. God comes to us before we ever go to God. (2) This brings us to another truth. Our sin does not cancel ...

3972. What Makes A Family?

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... Does anyone doubt that Elaine's Dad is committed to her? Do you think it would have mattered if he had been her biological father or not? He always kept his promises to her. That brings us to a final observation from our text. It concerns the role of character in the family. "Whoever does God's will," says Jesus, "is my brother and sister and mother." GOOD PEOPLE MAKE GOOD PARENTS. People of questionable character make questionable parents. Kimberly E. Davis tells how her brother once snooped through their ...

3973. Finding Calm In The Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... down in history as the oldest diver yet to win in her event. (2) For Mary Ellen Clark the storm was vertigo. For you and me it may be something quite different. It might be the failure of a marriage. It might be a serious health problem. It might be concern over a young person in our family. It might be the loss of a loved one to death. The only certainty in life is that sooner of later we will all confront our storm. That is the first element of the picture - the fury of the storm. II. The Fear ...

3974. In Praise Of Goofing Off

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... a box of something from a shelf and brought it over to her. "Oh, no, honey!" she exclaimed. "Put it back. You have to cook that!" People have a different attitude. If you think I'm kidding, there was a letter to the editor of the Los Angeles TIMES concerning work. Here is what that letter writer had to say. "There has been a lot of criticism," the writer says, "of people who do not want to work, especially when they are collecting welfare. Most people prefer to work and that's fine, but others may prefer to ...

3975. Driven To Serve

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... like "Fragile!" and "Please Ask for Assistance" and even "Do Not Touch." And there were much larger signs that read "PLEASE TAKE CHILDREN BY THE HAND." The dear woman who ran the place was nervous as a witch in church, says Swindoll. She seemed more concerned about PROTECTING HER STUFF than she was about SELLING it. Every child who entered ” even though firmly in the grip of the mother ” got a glare from Irritable Irene that would have stopped a clock. (5) My guess is there are churches that make ...

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