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1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Nov. 12, 2001, p. 2A. 2. Miles Corwin, "With Honors," ROSIE MAGAZINE, Oct. 2001, pp. 58-61. 3. From a sermon by Rev Arthur van Delden, Free Reformed Church of Rockingham. 4. (New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994), p. 127. 5. Hanoch McCarty in Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc.), 1993, pp. 37-39. 6. Copyright (c) 2000 Joni Eareckson Tada. Source: Decision, March 2000 www.graham-assn.org/decision/ viahttp://www.witandwisdom.org.

4152. "Why Don't We Just Tell Them Our Names?"

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... , but he hadn't come up with the name of the enchanted land where Dorothy, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion sought the help of the Wizard. As he gathered up his files, Baum's eyes fell upon a drawer in his filing cabinet marked, "O-Z." And thus he came up with a land called "Oz." There's nothing peculiar about Peculiar, Missouri, Frank Gallant learned in researching a book about unusual American place-names. In 1868 the town's first postmaster proposed names that Washington, D.C. kept rejecting ...

4153. Building On A Firm Foundation

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... choose them. On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from a South African prison. He had spent the last twenty-seven years as a political prisoner because he dared to stand up to the injustices of South Africa's system of apartheid. His release marked an historic moment for human rights and justice around the world. Yet in the U.S., Mandela's story went almost unnoticed. Why? Because on that same day, it was announced that celebrity tycoons Donald and Ivana Trump had filed for divorce. A story of ...

4154. What Are You Afraid Of?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... Galveston, Texas. Galveston is a small island just off the coast of Texas. O'Dooley noticed that some of the seminar attendees had the letters "BOI" on their name tags. He learned that those letters stood for "Born on Island." Evidently, it is a mark of prestige to have been born in Galveston. Those people with "BOI" on their name tags hadn't done anything to deserve their special status. They weren't necessarily harder workers, or more dedicated, or smarter than anyone else. But they automatically received ...

4155. Time For A New Vision

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Angela Akers

... fellas, because I've got something bigger in mind. What about a kingdom that covers the whole WORLD?" BEFORE JESUS COULD RETURN TO THE FATHER, HE NEEDED TO ENLARGE HIS FOLLOWERS' VISION. When Ben Burton was growing up in the backwoods of Arkansas, he and his friends marked the boundaries of the outside world by the nearest "big city" they knew, McNeil, Arkansas. Every time they wanted to exaggerate a distance, they would say, "It's as far from here as it is to McNeil." When Ben's aunt took him to Pine Bluff ...

4156. The Benefits Of Trusting Christ

Romans 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... heart." Notice that Paul says "believing with your heart;" not "believing with your mind." Certainly believing with your mind is part of the equation. Christ does not expect us to check our brains at the door when we come into worship. I believe it was Mark Twain who defined faith as believing in something you know is not true. That's dangerous. Some people do stupid things in the name of faith. They believe stupid things. That is not authentic Christian faith. All truth comes from God. If something clearly ...

4157. His Name Was Rocky Johnson

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... to the country that afternoon to visit her parents. They invited her to attend their little church for a vesper service. She agreed and was quite surprised to discover that her pastor had been invited to preach in that little country church. His sermon was based on Mark's story of Jesus healing Peter's mother-in-law. He was getting a lot of mileage out of that sermon. As she returned to her home she remembered reading in the worship bulletin that there was to be a city-wide ecumenical service with combined ...

4158. A Platform For Life

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

Mark Albion, in his book MAKING A LIFE, MAKING A LIVING tells a fascinating story about a practice on the South Pacific island of Pentecost that is very similar to our sport of bungee jumping--except with religious significance. On this island men practice land diving, an ancient ritual designed to ...

4159. Set Free Through Forgiveness!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... was counseling a woman who also was dealing with a great load of emotional pain. In the course of their conversation, the woman blurted out, "My husband abused me." Slowly, she shared the painful details of her suffering. Yet as Jill listened, she noticed no marks on the woman that would indicate the horrible abuse she had endured. Finally, she asked the woman, "When did this happen?" And the woman replied, "Twenty years ago." Twenty years ago! I don't want to seem insensitive, but friends, it is time for ...

4160. The Defining Moment (A Sermon for New Year's)

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... invited to look into the face of the Christ Child one last time and to see there your hope for this year and every year. May this be your defining 1. The Joyful Noiseletter, 1-2002, p. 5. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 2. As told by Mark L. Feldman and Michael F. Spratt in Five Frogs on a Log (New York: HarperBusiness, 1999). 3. Found on the Internet. Author unknown. 4. J. C. Ry1e in Practical Religion. 5. Cited in John Andrew, Nothing Cheap (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1988), p ...

4161. Hungry For Bread

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... from Isaiah: "Go back and report to John what you hear and see: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor." To Jesus, these were the deciding marks of the Messiah. These acts demonstrated the priorities of the kingdom of God. In fact, Jesus so identified with the poor and powerless in his society that he claimed that any good act done for them was, in essence, done for him too. As he says in verse ...

4162. The Power Of A Focused Life

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... it really is. If I look at this tennis ball with just my eyes, it looks pretty normal. It is green and smooth and round. But if I look at this tennis ball through a magnifying glass, it looks hairy and it's got a lot of little streaks and marks on it. I can see it better and more clearly by looking at it through a magnifying glass. You know, Jesus was kind of like a magnifying glass for God. Lots of people think of God as being far away and hard to see. But in Jesus, we can see ...

4163. An Invitation To Know God

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

An Upbeat Word for a Downbeat World, #3 (Alternate) Mark Twain was a writer of great charm and wit, Twain could communicate important insights in a way that won him many admirers. He was welcome in the highest social and literary circles both in this country and abroad. On one of his trips abroad the Emperor of Germany sent an ...

4164. Finding Something Amazing To Live For

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... and believe the good news!" As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." "At once," says the Gospel of Mark, "they left their nets and followed him." Doesn't that seem a bit abrupt to you? They're working at their nets and a stranger comes by, and he says, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men." And they drop their nets and immediately they ...

4165. Better Ignorant Than Uncaring

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... worshiping idols themselves. So, says St. Paul to Christians in Corinth, don't let your superior understanding of faith cause you to be a stumbling block to others. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. CHRISTIANS ARE PEOPLE WHO BUILD UP OTHERS. It is not our intellect that marks us as a follower of Christ, but the love in our heart. This does not mean that a Christian needs to park his or her brain at the door. Just the opposite is true. God gave us our good minds. God intends for us to use those minds ...

4166. Leaving The City of Regret

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... send all those people home and break up the party--me. All I had to do was return to the present and welcome the new day! (1) The City of Regret. Have you ever been there? I wonder if the paralyzed man in today's story from the Gospel of Mark was living in the City of Regret before he met Jesus. When we pick up the story, Jesus is preaching in Capernaum. Hearing that he was in town, so many people gathered at the house where he was staying that there was no room left, not even outside the door ...

4167. If God Is For Us

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... (Carmel, N.Y.: Guideposts, 1997), pp. 46-47. 2. "To US Peacekeepers, Petty Crimes Reflect a Divided Bosnia" by Brian Whitmore, Boston Sunday Globe, May 13, 2001, p. A6. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 3. FromA 3rd Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Copyright 1996 by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. E-zine: Chicken Soup for the Soul http://www.soupserver.com/. 4. Leonard Fein in a Baccalaureate address at Stanford University. Series: Choosing Christ at The Crossroads, #1 (Alternate)

4168. Missing The Real Miracle

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... could give them food and drink without effort was certainly going to be at the top of their list. You and I really can't relate to their daily struggle to obtain enough food, water, and shelter simply to survive. The lack of security that marked their everyday existence is unimaginable to people who live in the land of supermarkets, fast food establishments, and modern refrigeration. And along comes this guy who can produce massive amounts of food at will. Who wouldn't follow him? But Jesus didn't come to ...

4169. People Jesus Loved

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... programs, no specially equipped computers--nothing to give them hope or dignity except for the love of family and friends--and the healing touch of Jesus. Our story for today takes place near the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. We read in Mark's Gospel, "They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech." Now that's very true-to-life. Naturally a person who is without hearing will have difficulty forming words. The fact that he could communicate at all means that somebody ...

4170. Something To Die For

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In just a few short weeks we will begin to see people in uniforms in shopping malls ringing bells collecting donations for the poor. They are doing the work of the Salvation Army. In 1878, when the Salvation Army was really beginning to make its mark, men and women from all over the world began to enlist. A man who had once dreamed of becoming a bishop in another denomination crossed the Atlantic from America to England to enlist in the Salvation Army instead. His name was Samuel Brengle. Brengle left ...

4171. Did He Dance?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... that there was one thing that would improve his life and he did not allow himself to be diverted from his quest. "Rabbi," he said, "let me see again." Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately Bartimaeus regained his sight. Now, notice what Mark says next: he says that Bartimaeus began to follow Jesus. Isn't that great? The story ends the way we would want it to end. A blind man has his vision restored. Out of gratitude, he begins to follow Jesus. We all love a happy ending, and ...

4172. When Life Tumbles In

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Lord will renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles." Over the next few years, David slowly recovered from his accident. Among the lessons Kristi learned from that time was that waiting on the Lord in itself is healing. You're not just marking time while God does God's thing. Each day you are making new discoveries about how much God loves you. Each day you are growing stronger in your confidence in God's promises. (3) That is a lesson some of you have already learned. Periods of ...

4173. A Visit To Millennium Manor

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... : "Come, Lord Jesus." The early Christians used to paint a cross on the eastern wall of their homes and their meeting places. The cross was not out there to remind them of the past sufferings of Christ. Rather, it was placed on that particular wall to mark the East from which Christ was expected to return in the future. To this day Christians put a cross at the East end of their churches, even though some of them have forgotten its future reference. (5) The day of Christ's return was greatly anticipated ...

4174. I Am Forsaken

Psalm 29:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , though that would make an interesting sermon. I was reading recently about the famous revival in Wales in 1904-1905. Churches were so crowded that hundreds of people could not get in. Meetings lasted from 10 a.m. until midnight, and were marked by confession of sins, prayers, spontaneous singing, and testimonies. One hundred thousand people were converted. Drunkenness was cut in half, and taverns went bankrupt. Judges were given white gloves, to indicate that they had no criminal cases to hear. But here's ...

4175. I Can Make It By Myself . . .

1 Corinthians 12:12-31, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be." What keeps us from being just another random group of strangers? What keeps us from being another social club? It is our equality, our unity, and our charity through the Holy Spirit that marks us as the Church, as the body of Christ. It is the fact that God brought us together and arranged us, just as God wanted us to be, with a purpose and a plan in mind. We are God's agents of grace in the world. Let us stop looking ...

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