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3951. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... time, contemplating the pastor's strange message. Finally, one man stood and attempted to interpret it. The putting up of fences must refer to the rules of discipline in the church. The people had neglected these rules of discipline for too long. And ploughing up the ground must be another way of saying the people need to open their hearts, to allow the good seed of brotherly love to be sown. The warning against foul seed was obvious: the citizens had an obligation to sort the truth from the untruth, and ...

3952. Letters Straight From The Heart

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Sermon

King Duncan

... part of her husband's faith. In fact, she did everything she could think of to interfere with his new life. Tony's father put in long hard days on the harbor as a longshoreman. In order to read his Bible in peace, without his wife's interference, he rose at 3:00 ... our confession, with our conduct and with our countenance. There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer, and he started on his ...

3953. Hey, You Can Only Be Young Twice!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... it was that He suggested we change places, but life has not been the same since. When I had control, I knew the way. It was rather boring, but predictable . . . It was the shortest distance between two points. But when He took the lead, He knew delightful long cuts, up mountains, and through rocky places at breakneck speeds, it was all I could do to hang on! Even though it looked like madness, he said, "Pedal!" I worried and was anxious and asked, "Where are You taking me?" He laughed and didn't answer, and ...

3954. I'm O.k.; You're A Little Suspect

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... him to life; others said no, that he was just vituperous by nature. One evening rock musician Frank Zappa was a guest on the show. This was at a time in the sixties when very long hair on men was still unusual and controversial. As soon as Zappa had been introduced and seated, the following exchange occurred: Pine: I guess your long hair makes you a girl. To which Zappa replied: I guess your wooden leg makes you a table. (4) It is so easy to criticize, so easy to judge. But we don't know the other ...

3955. Destined For Greatness

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... as strong in his belief in free will. Once they attended a religious conference together. As they were going down a long set of stairs, Bob, the predestinarian, stumbled and fell and rolled violently down the stairs, hitting with a thud at the ... that many of us can testify that we were born to be successful. We were born to have a good life. Many of us come from a long line of Christian believers, so, in a sense, we WERE destined to be followers of Jesus. In a metaphorical sense at least, WE ARE GOD'S ELECT ...

3956. All That From A Little Bit Of Water?

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... along the opposite side of riverbank, joined their voices in singing: "And since, by faith, I saw the stream, Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be 'til I die." One little moment in an awful war. It would not be long before both sides were once again fighting and killing each other. But there was that one astounding moment when both sides gathered to honor the work of the Lord. A writer, J.M. Beadles, recounting the details of this story in a 1917 magazine article, wrote ...

3957. Who Are Your Gentiles?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... Civil Rights Legislation was passed. How is this? Evidently, we are slow to learn. Recently, on the news there was the story about an African-American man who had served in World War II who has just now been awarded a Medal of Honor. How sad that it took so long. There are no excuses, today or yesterday, for the way we treat people who are different from us. But we all have Gentiles, don't we? We may not be crazy enough to hurt them, but don't we all select our group and consider ourselves the chosen, from ...

3958. On Having The Right Credentials

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... the floor of the cave. When he came to, he didn't know where he was. Worse, he didn't know who he was. Gary was completely confused. But as he lay there praying, he knew without a doubt that God was with him. He prayed, "Lord, let me live long enough to find out who I am and what my life is about . . ." And a great peace came over Gary. He writes that he suddenly felt "complete." When paramedics reached Gary, one of them said his name, and suddenly Gary's memory returned completely. The Gary Adams who came ...

3959. I Didn't Expect This In Church!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... . If we knew Jesus as he really is, our response would be the same as that of his own countrymen: we would either hate him and long to see him destroyed or we would be willing to die for him. I like the way Joy Jordan-Lake put it in an article in the ... ? 1. Patt Morrison, "Does He Love Sports More than He Loves You?" LADIES' HOME JOURNAL, January 1998, p. 102. 2. Bruce McIver, JUST AS LONG AS I'M RIDING UP FRONT (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1995), pp. 85-89. 3. SALT OF THE EARTH, January/February 1995, pp. 34-35 ...

3960. Nobody Wants To Make Cold Calls

Luke 10:1-24

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... honey? Bees produce honey, don't they? Have you ever heard somebody say that he is as busy as a bee? I read that a honey bee travels an estimated 43,000 miles to gather one pound of honey. Can you imagine that? Forty-three thousand miles! That is a long, long way. Jesus sent his disciples out to gather people just like a bee goes out to gather honey. Jesus wants us to find as many people as possible who don't know about his love, so we can let them know how important they are to God. We are to ...

3961. Balancing Act

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... Commuting time is getting longer and longer. We have even invented a new term for the stress we feel when travel time frustrates us: road rage. Driving a car, sitting in front of a computer screen, working all day long with clients. A person can only perform these emotionally and spiritually draining tasks for so long until it's time to say enough! Jesus says, Get away from the crowd for a while, find a quiet spot and rest. Our lives were designed for balance. This is a concept that many people are just now ...

3962. Trouble Brewing In The Kitchen

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Graham M. Bingham

... Then she added, "The devil never takes a day off." The minister, a little irritated and with tongue in cheek, responded, "And if I didn't take a day off I would be just like him, wouldn't I?" In our day of hectic, horrendous schedules, we all long for days off, break times to get away, or a quiet retreat from the hustle and bustle of life and work. Have you ever wondered how Jesus kept up with his never-ending schedule and demanding public requests? Jesus never took what we would call an extended vacation ...

3963. A Devastating Storm, An Incredible Promise

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the sky than there are grains of sand on all the beaches of the world, yet each of those far-flung fireballs is so far apart that the universe is mostly empty space. If you randomly chose an area of the cosmos the size of a box 6 trillion miles long on each side, the chances of there being a star within that immense space would only be about 1 per cent. Imagine that two galaxies collide. The space between the stars is so vast that there is virtually no chance that any of the stars would hit each other. Look ...

3964. How Many Times Should We Forgive?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... wrong that someone has done to you, think of those slimy potatoes in your self-conscious. It's true. As long as you harbor negative feeling toward someone else, you are cheating yourself out of the abundant life that Christ promised. ... he curse them, lash out with rage? He realized if Jesus had done this, we would not have the Gospel. Niemoller says, "It took me a long time to learn that God is not the enemy of my enemies. He is not even the enemy of his enemies. For Jesus cried out, ‘Father forgive ...

3965. God Is Not Fair (Grumbling in the Vineyard)

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... firemen tried to ascend the stairs, but they were turned back as the wind fanned the flames into fury. When a rescuer tried to enter through a window, the heat and smoke forced him away. Suddenly the stairs gave way and the roof fell in. The man had waited too long and was buried beneath the ruins. (3) So it is with those who depend on their own righteousness, or even God's justice. God is not just; God is generous. Come to Him now. You are perfect in God's eyes just as you are because of what Christ has ...

3966. What Are You Tied To?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... how to lie about his age so you can sneak him into the movie at half price. Take "souvenirs" from restaurants and hotels. Towels are nice. Pillow cases are better. Season with indifference--Most families have a lot of "I don't give a [blank] what you do so long as you don't bother me" lying around. Sift in some indecision--Not being able to decide what you stand for will give your child that subtle, no-texture, no-substance look. Add a dash of alcohol--Drink in front of them, behind them and all around them ...

3967. The Present

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... the rush? Twenty centuries have gone by, and nothing's happened yet. What was the rush? THE RUSH IS A REMINDER OF HOW PRECIOUS TIME IS. It doesn't matter to me if Christ does not come for another two thousand years. I don't have that long. In fact, I don't have long at all. And neither do you. We may think we do. When we are young we think 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 ...

3968. Wrong Way. On Purpose

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... occurred on May 21, 1927. Corrigan, fascinated by Lindbergh's feat, learned to fly. He paid $310 for the monoplane, which his friends derided as a mere "crate." By 1938, still only ten pilots had matched Lindbergh's pioneer flight across the Atlantic. Corrigan longed to become one of the first dozen pilots to fly across the ocean. But he ran into a problem. The Department of Commerce inspected his plane and rejected his request for a transcontinental flight plan. The airplane, they said, was unsafe. Didn't ...

3969. Unprepared

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... droves. Six expired in the first two weeks, eight the next month, seventeen more in February, a further thirteen in March. By April, when the MAYFLOWER set sail back to England, just fifty-four people, nearly half of them children, were left to begin the long work of turning this tenuous toehold into a self-sustaining colony. (1) What were they thinking of? Or did they think? The same questions could be asked of us. What are many young people thinking of nowadays when they fail to prepare themselves for a ...

3970. Is It Time To Tear Down Our Church?

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It was gigantic, covering all of the top of Mount Moriah. Some of the stones used to build it were forty feet long and eighteen feet wide. The building project took over forty-six years. In the front of the Temple were huge pillars, almost ... The key to a vital church is to have people who are vitally related to God. There is a story about a Rabbi who was flying on a long trip. The Rabbi was quite elderly, and his grandson was on the same plane to help him on the trip. The Rabbi was flying up front where he ...

3971. 'Thanking" About Thanksgiving

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... . One woman was so delighted with the ease of her delivery that she told him, "I'm so happy about how well everything went that I'm going to name my son after you. By the way what is your first name?" "Clarence," he responded. After a long pause she said, "Do you have a middle name?" Or you may have heard about the grandmother who had all the grandkids for a visit at Thanksgiving. Before dinner, Grandma made a lengthy speech about being thankful for her extra-special blessings, her four grandchildren. Two ...

3972. If You Are The King Of The Jews....

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... side to life. And though it is good and noble to bind up physical wounds and to ease emotional and mental traumas, until we touch that spiritual need in people's life, we have not helped them to know who they are and what life can be for them. We long to touch the inner man, the inner woman, and so we teach them a name, a name above any other name. I love the way songwriter Gloria Gaither expressed it years ago: "Jesus. The mere mention of His name can calm the storm, heal the broken, raise the dead. At ...

3973. It's A Terrible Thing To Be Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Now I'm going to get my luggage, and I want you to go to your room so you don't have to watch me. And no long goodbyes either.' "'Okay, Daddy. Goodbye. Don't forget to write.' "'I won't. Goodbye. Now go to your room.' "'Okay. Daddy, I don't want you to ... for my life." No one who knows the unconditional love of God in their heart will allow the world to make them feel rejected for long. When we have the love of God in our hearts, we carry a sense of security that the world cannot take away. And that sense ...

3974. A Place Of Honor

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... you may be also." Her right hand was on Revelation 21:4, "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying; and there shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." To make a long story short, Phyllis Cross left Edith's body, walked out of the room, and over to a table where two student nurses were sitting. She took a deep breath and said, "My name is Phyllis Cross. Do you believe in Easter?" James and John were guilty of pride. They ...

3975. When Your Lips Are One Place But Your Heart . . .

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... faith. And thus she asked Ollie for this favor. Would Ollie make a special effort to get to know Anne's daughters and provide them with a good example? Although Ollie was secretly dealing with her own despair and lack of faith, she agreed to the favor. Not long afterwards, Ollie's resolve was put to the test. She was offered a job at a local school, if she would pay a bribe to the school board. Although Ollie desperately needed that job, she refused to pay the bribe. After all, what would Anne's children ...

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