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3976. What Do We Need For Christmas?

Luke 2:(1-7) 8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Christ doesn't need a gift or a present from you but he greatly desires your presence and the gifts he has already endowed you with to share the Good News with others. One of the fascinating Christian Disciples in America today is a woman named Joyce Hollyday, who lives with her creative husband in a Christian community in Washington, D.C. called the Sojourners. She is one of the feature writers for a magazine that I received called "Sojourners". Joyce has written a powerful book about her faith ...

3977. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... ball. Life magazine called Welk "the most popular musician in U.S. history." (3) Perhaps Welk wasn't a great musician, but he provided many people with an abundance of pleasure. Actually, Lawrence Welk would have fit in well with the disciples of Jesus. If we had to pick disciples for Jesus, we would be tempted to choose the brightest and best. The sad thing is we would probably not even consider ordinary fishermen. Fortunately for the salvation of millions of people, our way of thinking is not God's. Those ...

3978. Meeting Jesus Along The Way

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... Holy Lands. It was truly a life-changing experience. He thought how amazing it was that he, Dan Wakefield, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was standing on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. The name Galilee was magic for him. It brought to mind images of Jesus and his disciples, men who really did walk there and who went fishing there. Standing on the shore of the Sea of Galilee he could not help but think of the hymn, "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked." He spent the day fishing with local fishermen. In that holy ...

3979. The Second Step

Romans 6:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... has followers in every part of the globe. We have brought countless crowds of people into the church. But have we made them disciples? Do you know who Humphrey Marlow is? You find him in Mark Twain's book, The Prince and the Pauper. The story features ... to sin go on living in it?" Then Paul tells us that, yes, by all means Christ died for us, but in our baptism as Christian disciples, we in turn die with Christ. We lay aside our former selves and become a new creation in him. We do this not as a legalistic ...

3980. The Greatest Discovery Of All

Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... all. (1) Something like that happens whenever anyone comes into the kingdom of God. The old passes away. Something new begins. "The kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old," Jesus told the disciples. The new always takes priority over the old. When we return from the grocery store we put in the refrigerator anything that might spoil. We do this as quickly as possible so the fresh food will stay fresh. We don't wait until the old food is ...

3981. The King Of Ifs

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Richard Andersen

... railed. The soldiers mocked Him. "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself," they bellowed. A criminal hanging upon his cross saw in Jesus the King of Ifs in a way that none other did who stood there that Friday...not Mary His mother, nor even the disciple John. It was implied, if not worded as such as that robber thought, If You are the Righteous One, and I am decidedly not righteous at all, You can save me. Thus he begged the Lord aloud, "Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." And so ...

3982. Profits And Losses

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... at heart. Big, blustery fellow. Will he turn out to be a rock like I predicted? And John. There's not a finer man around than my disciple John. Maybe he'll look after my mother Mary. Oh, God, how am I going to tell her that her son is going to die like a ... man was the kind of man you would want holding the rope. He could be trusted. His word was his bond.* Jesus gathered his disciples around him. They could tell by the sadness in his face that this was not easy. He started to tell them that he must suffer ...

3983. Getting Your Attention

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... , while he is actually speaking of himself. In shock and disbelief, they inform Jesus that it had taken forty-six years to build the Temple. It was not possible to rebuild the Temple in just three days. Following Jesus' death and resurrection, the disciples remembered this incident. Afterward they remembered his words and understood them in a new way, as words of faith. Jesus was not talking about the physical Temple. He was speaking of his own death and resurrection. Bury his body, this temple, and within ...

3984. Walking Into The Heart Of God

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... reward is great in heaven." Then Simon Peter said: "Are we supposed to know this?" And Andrew said: "Do we have to write this down?" And James said: "I don't have any paper." And Bartholomew said: "Do we have to turn this in?" And John said: "The other disciples didn't have to learn this!" And Matthew said: "May I go to the rest room?" And Judas said: "What does this have to do with real life?" Then one of the Pharisees who was present asked to see Jesus' lesson plan and inquired of Jesus: "Where is your ...

3985. What Would You Have Him Do For You?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... to silence him. Like I said, he was an embarrassment. He didn't need to bother Jesus. Notice how Mark records the incident, "Many sternly ordered him to be quiet." But this just made Bartimaeus call out all the more loudly. Jesus heard Bartimaeus, stopped, and asked his disciples to call the blind man to him. This was what Bartimaeus was waiting for. He didn't waste a single second. He threw off his cloak, sprang up and came to Jesus. No one had to help him up; no one had to lead him. Bartimaeus was ready ...

3986. Preparing For An Unknowable Future

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... of clock-watching this morning, but we want to take seriously Christ's words about the last days. There are three significant things Christ says to us about the end of time and Christ's return. FIRST OF ALL, HE SAYS WE CANNOT KNOW THE FUTURE. Jesus' disciples fully expected his return in their lifetime. They were wrong. No scriptural truth is more sure than this one: Only God knows the future. Think in our own recent history. Those of you who are fifty or older. Would you have predicted in your younger days ...

3987. Jesus And The Lake Wobegon Effect

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... eyes, do you not see, and having ears do you not hear?" (Mark 8:18) The rich man did not see Lazarus at his gate. The Pharisees did not see that their attention to keeping the Law was separating them from the rest of God's children. Even Jesus' disciples did not see that the kingdom was not about power but about service. And there are many of us who do not see. Husbands and wives who do not see the needs of their spouses, parents who do not see the loneliness of their children, successful people who do ...

3988. When Heaven Rejoices

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... other churches did but not their church. The evangelism committee was both surprised and challenged by the results of their informal survey. The committee understood evangelism as something Jesus commanded of all believers. They focused on Jesus' teaching: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (Matthew 28:19) Believing that the church should be always reaching out to others, they devised a plan to attract new people ...

3989. With Your Head In The Clouds

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... a rose without a scent. There is something else we ought to acknowledge. MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE IS VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR FAITH. Moses spends six days on a mountain and on the seventh day he hears God speak. Jesus and three of his disciples go up on a mountain and the disciples awaken to see Jesus arraigned in a dazzling white garment and they hear a voice from heaven, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased." Later, in his epistle, Peter writes with deep feeling about this experience: "For we did ...

3990. A Most Unlikely Evangelist

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... brought her jar out to the well to draw water but in her encounter with Jesus she had discovered something far more significant ” she had been given the water of life. This woman at the well probably would have liked to stay in Jesus' presence, but the disciples arrived and put an end to it. "She went away into the city," John tells us. Nor should we forget this detail: "Leaving her waterjar." Was it because she was in a hurry? One author has suggested it might have been a feminine ruse. When she returns ...

3991. While It Was Still Dark

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren, and say to them, I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'" Mary Magdalene did as she was told. She announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord." That, of course is the rest of the story. Christ, who was dead, was now alive. Pardon the shameless play on words, but it is so appropriate. Mary Magdalene had come to the tomb while it was still dark, but now the Son was risen ...

3992. Found Of God

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... simply intellectually honest. He knew that many people have been misled by false religious teachers but he was determined that he would not make the mistake himself. "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" No wonder that when the other disciples told Thomas that they had seen the risen Lord, Thomas blurted out, "Unless I shall see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." Thomas was ...

3993. Get Out Of That Boat!

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... ordinary people. And that is exactly the point of this story from Matthew's Gospel: JESUS WAS NO ORDINARY MAN, AND THE EFFECT HE CAN HAVE ON THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO TRUST HIM IS DRAMATIC. Consider the setting. The disciples are out in a boat. A storm has come up rather suddenly and unexpectedly and the disciples are afraid. This is a critical element of the story. JESUS COMES TO US WHEN WE ARE TROUBLED AND FEELING HELPLESS. Fear is a terrible thing, isn't it? Max Anders in his book The Good Life tells about ...

3994. A Reason For Living

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... A certain advertising agent decided to trade in his winged-tip shoes for a white robe. He set himself up as a swami in one of the Eastern religions. He advertised his ability to answer life's most profound questions and eventually gathered a group of disciples who sat reverently about him while he remained lost in meditation. Finally the newly made swami broke his trance long enough to utter his profound insight for the day: "Life," he said, "is like a can of Pringle potato chips floating in a bowl of Pepsi ...

3995. Living With The Birth Pangs

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." (NIV) Labor pains on a pregnant woman. Interesting imagery. What is interesting about it is that Jesus used practically the same imagery in Matthew 24. Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives. The disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?" And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come ...

3996. Washing Away The Junk

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... his humility. Or you might want to call it his integrity. Look at verse 16. John says, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am unworthy to untie. . . ." In those days rabbis had disciples who performed all sorts of menial tasks for them except for the removing of their sandals. In the Middle East of John's time, sewers were unknown and the waste products of humans and animals filled the streets. It was unthinkable that anyone else would handle your ...

3997. The Truth About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the wedding in Cana of Galilee is found in these words of the eleventh verse: "This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; AND HIS DISCIPLES BELIEVED IN HIM." Jesus performed this miracle not to save the bridegroom embarrassment, or even to please his mother. Jesus wanted to build the faith of his disciples. He wanted to make sure that they knew who he was. And this is the role miracles play in the life of the believer. God is not our servant. God is our Sovereign ...

3998. Show Me The Fish!

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... I'll be able to tell my wife I caught them and I'll be speaking the truth." Fishermen must be all alike. Someone has said that the only thing that casts doubt on the miracles of Jesus is that they were all witnessed by fishermen. The disciples had been fishing all night and had caught nothing. They were not fishing for a hobby. This was their livelihood and it was serious business. The towns around the Sea of Galilee had names that reflected fishing's importance to their economy and daily life. Tarichaea ...

3999. Don't Forget Your Ticket

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... PEOPLE. This means that we as God's people are important, and that God wants to give us the very best. Jesus assured his disciples, "it is the Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom." (Luke 12:32 ). He also said, "If you parents know how to give good ... gifts to your children, how much more does your heavenly Father want to give good gifts to you?" ( Matthew 7:11 ) When Jesus' disciples were face to face with death, Jesus assured them, "In my Father's house are many rooms. I go to prepare a place for ...

4000. Bridges Over The River Kwai

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.' Now-this verse: "If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven . . ." Think ...

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