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4126. Right Choices

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... instructor in a dog training workshop in Salt Lake City noted that a dog's disposition can be tested by the owner. If the owner will fall down and pretend to be hurt, a dog with a bad temper will tend to bite him. But a good dog will show concern and may lick the fallen owner's face. Susan Matice attended the class and then decided to test her two dogs. While eating pizza in her living room, she stood up, clutched her heart, screamed and fell to the floor. Her two dogs looked at her, looked at each other ...

4127. Balancing Act

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... sales calls and teach classes, and we are involved in a host of other very stressful occupations and we've come to know the value of taking time away. Chuck Swindoll tells about a research psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health who was concerned about the stresses of modern life. He was convinced he could prove his theory from a cage full of mice. His name? Dr. John Calhoun. His theory? Overcrowded conditions take a terrible toll on humanity. Dr. Calhoun built a nine-foot square cage for ...

4128. Barking Pigs and Determined Disciples

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... those other disciples with Peter that night--we're content to hold on to the safety of the boat. Business guru Tom Peters came to fame with his book, In Search Of Excellence. He believes business people should be fearless in their work, with little concern about making mistakes. He believes that people who are out there trying new things but making mistakes should be promoted, while those who never take a risk should be fired. After all, he says, the fearless people are learning. They're also the employees ...

4129. How Many Times Should We Forgive?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's quite a dramatic statement. A person who forgives twice is called "ilunga." A person with the ability to forgive an unlimited number of times is called a follower of Jesus. Writer Stan Toler tells about a "20/20" news segment sometime back concerning Katherine Ann Power. Does that name ring a bell for anyone over 40? Think Patti Hearst. Anti-war radicals. Katherine Ann Power confessed her role in a 1970 bank robbery in which Officer Walter Schroeder was killed. What a frightening tale of teen rebellion ...

4130. God Is Not Fair (Grumbling in the Vineyard)

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? And sometimes, from a strictly objective standpoint, what you are doing is not fair. But fairness is not your objective. Raising healthy, responsible children is your objective. So it is with God. God is a righteous God, but justice is not God's primary concern. God is not interested in balancing our virtues and our vices and meting out punishment accordingly. God is interested in fashioning souls who can live with Him for all eternity. That is what the cross is all about. The old system of offering ...

4131. Heroes

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... fortune of fish. Within minutes he dumped his entire cargo of 2,000 pounds of fish, worth thousands of dollars, into the waters of San Francisco Bay and pulled more than 70 people aboard his boat. (2) As far as this Italian fisherman was concerned there was something more important than profits--and that was people. In my book, that makes John Napolii a hero. Alicia Sferrino was just twenty years old when she was diagnosed with severe kidney failure. Although dialysis would help for a while, doctors made ...

4132. Held Hostage

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sovereign, our Savior and our Lord. Be careful about putting other people in a box without knowing their story. Be careful about putting Christ in a box without acknowledging his authority over life. AND BE CAREFUL ABOUT PUTTING YOURSELF IN A BOX CONCERNING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. Many people have only a tepid, timid, fearful relationship with Christ. They have never let Christ truly be king of their lives. Why? Multiple reasons. In their hearts some people feel they've made too many mistakes. Christ ...

4133. Passing The Test Of Faith

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... who had been feeling for some time that God had given her a special ministry to those who are hospitalized. She loved calling on patients and trying to impart something of God's love through scripture messages, through prayer, through friendship and concern. She began to sense God wanted her to do this on a continuing basis in one of their local hospitals. This is a woman, mind you, with no special training in counseling or pastoral calling. Nevertheless, she presented herself to the administrator ...

4134. What Makes A Person Successful?

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... the self-esteem of others. This is what humility is all about. It is not about how you feel about yourself as much as how you make others feel about themselves. Jesus made everyone he came into contact feel better about themselves. And as far as material wealth is concerned, the best guarantee of a satisfying old age is not only to work to ensure that your own future needs are cared for, but to work toward the goal of seeing that the needs of all God's children are cared for. If you stop with the mid-range ...

4135. It's A Question Of Priorities

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same." That is powerful imagery. Work is a rubber ball--but the other important things in life--family, health, friends, and [faith] are made of glass. If you neglect these other life's concerns in your quest to be number one, your life will not really be a success. A few years ago Tom Bloch resigned as chief executive officer of H&R Block, the $1.7 billion tax-preparation and financial-services firm. Tom left behind his prestigious ...

4136. All My Children

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... you own that white van in the parking lot?" "Yeah," he said. The maintenance man said, "I just finished changing your tire and wanted to know where you wanted me to put the spare." Lyman couldn't believe it. He was witnessing a miracle, as far as he was concerned. He expected to see Della Reese and the "Touched By An Angel" gang at any moment! But this was real! The man who fixed his tire wouldn't accept any money, he wouldn't even give his name, he just wanted to be helpful. That unknown Good Samaritan's ...

4137. Dark Shadows

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... cracked, parched lips who appeared at the back door of the Ranch years before. "May I have some water?" he asked. Mary Ann drew a glass of water from the tap. The ranch sits on an aquifer that supplies abundant water, and in those days no one was concerned about conserving it. The man emptied the glass and fixed Mary Ann with a look of intensity. "Never, never forget," he said, "that water is a gift." With that he turned and walked away. For a moment Mary Ann stood immobilized by the impact of those words ...

4138. The Edge Of Night

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... one called "路ow to Handle Disappointment.' I got it home and the box was empty." Sometimes you and I have to learn to handle disappointment--disappointment at home, disappointment with our friends, disappointment on the job. There is a humorous story concerning David Marston, former U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania under Jimmy Carter. In response to a direct summons from President Carter, Marston braved the worst snowstorm in years to get to Washington, D.C. All flights were canceled, so Marston grabbed a ...

4139. Search For Tomorrow

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... real people when we have shed this body of clay. We want the joy of being reunited with those whom we love beyond the pale of death. We yearn to know that our lives really matter to God. That's why Easter is so important to us. Do our petty concerns really matter? Do our lives have any significance? Dare we live and love with vigor and vitality with the knowledge that our lives really count? Life hardly seems to matter at all, if everything stops when we're laid in the grave. This is why we gather here this ...

4140. The Servant-king

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... of the universe. Hands that shaped the stars now wash away filth. Fingers that formed mountains now massage toes. And the one before whom all nations will one day kneel now kneels before his disciples. Hours before his own death, Jesus's concern is singular. He wants his disciples to know how much he loves them. More than removing dirt, Jesus is removing doubt." (2) What profound words: "More than removing dirt, Jesus is removing doubt." Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "All persons are puzzles ...

4141. Loving From The Heart

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... vain." (4) I long for our church to be more like those ladies of the Pink Phoenix. That would be Christianity at its finest. Whenever we see someone sinking into despair or addiction or whatever their need might be--we need to reach out with love and concern. This is why our Sunday School classes and other small groups within our church are so important. It is not just for the study involved, though that, of course, is important. But here is where caring takes place in the church. I can tell you that there ...

4142. Counterfeit Christianity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... between Dr. Billy Graham and his organization and someone like David Koresh or Jim Jones. In the harvest only the good fruit will be gathered into the kingdom--the fruitless tree will be cut down. One of the marks of a fruitful church is its concern for mission and ministry beyond the four walls of its own structure. Does it have anything to offer to those who are the least, the last, and the lost? The African-American spiritual declares forthrightly, "Everybody talkin' about heaven ain't going there." This ...

4143. Ready For A Change

Genesis 2:4-25

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... him that we care? Or perhaps there is an older person who is very lonely, and we could kind of adopt that older person. Adoption is a wonderful idea. It's wonderful to adopt animals, but it's even more wonderful to adopt people--to show them our love and concern just as if they are part of our own family.

4144. Who's Your Daddy?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... an important question in Jesus' day. Notice in our lesson today from Matthew's Gospel, that in two instances in the listing of the disciples, the writer of the Gospel thought it important to let us know about the disciples' daddies. The more famous instance concerns the father of the very important disciples, James and John. We know who their father was. Somebody tell me who their father was? They were the sons of Zebedee. Lesser known is the disciple James who was the son of Alphaeus. "Who's your daddy ...

4145. Why Did I Do That?

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... as Jack London describes the scene: "Locked in the yard and there deserted by the master, White Fang lay down and went to sleep. Once he got up and walked over to the trough for a drink of water. The chickens he calmly ignored. So far as he was concerned they did not exist. At four o'clock he executed a running jump, gained the roof of the chicken house, and leaped to the ground outside, whence he sauntered gravely to the house." Then Jack London adds these words: "He had learned the law." (3) What law was ...

4146. Love Is Not Easy

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... , our lives are cheapened in our own eyes. One way to increase your self-esteem is to always do what you know to be right. It's called character, and it does matter. You don't have to be a prude or a member of the Religious Right to be concerned about the moral drift in our society. It may not be great poetry, but country singer Steve Vaus touched a sympathetic chord with many middle-aged and older people with his song, BLACK AND WHITE. The lyrics go like this: You could hardly see for all the snow,/ Spread ...

4147. It's A Good Thing There Weren't Unions . . .

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... shall see Christ face to face. There's an old story told about a little church west of Winchester, Virginia. One Sunday morning, their minister was rather preoccupied. His sermon did not make as much sense as it usually did. As the congregation listened, they became concerned about him. At the close of the service, before he pronounced the benediction, he said, "You know that my wife and I have a daughter we haven't seen in awhile: She was living another kind of lifestyle, one that we didn't exactly approve ...

4148. A Tale Of Two Brothers

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Because they were powerful? Hardly. They were a motley crew of people on the bottom of the social structure of their day. Because they were strategically placed? Most of them were Galileans. They were hillbillies, Bubbas as far as the esteem of their neighbors was concerned. How did they have such an impact on the world? It was because they were totally dedicated to Christ. There is no limit to what we can do in this world if Jesus truly is our Lord. It's strange. We recognize the importance of commitment ...

4149. Names For The Christ Child

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... church wanted to emphasize their belief that Christ is coming again. So instead of [Elizabeth and Megan Smith], we might have on our baptismal records, Miss "Jesus Is Coming Soon" Smith, or "In the Hour You Think Not" Smith. Or, perhaps another young couple is concerned with declining morals in our country. So instead of [Jamie and Katie Hall], we might have on our church records, Miss "Police the Internet" Hall and Miss "Keep the Sex and Violence Off T.V." Hall. And, should they add another child to their ...

4150. How A Christian Grieves

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... to come in contact with the black plastic thingummy. Failure to follow these instructions will result in damage to the doodad. (2) I ask again. Where do they find the people who write instructions? Much of the book of I Thessalonians is concerned with giving instructions. The Christian believers in the city of Thessalonica faced persecution from the outset. In spite of this, the Thessalonian church appeared to be a faithful community of believers. The apostle Paul, author of I and II Thessalonians, often ...

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