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4176. Why Just Once A Year?

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

I love Thanksgiving. We could celebrate Thanksgiving several times a year as far as I'm concerned. Storyteller Donald Davis had a kindergarten teacher named Mrs. Rosemary who also believed in celebrating holidays more than once a year. She liked a good celebration, and saw no reason to wait until a holiday came along before celebrating it. In fact, every Monday morning Mrs. Rosemary's class celebrated ...

4177. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... words stayed with her: "God's got big ears." (5) Well, God does have big ears--big enough to hear all the prayers of all the world's people, rich or poor, young or old, deserving or undeserving. Nobody is too insignificant to be beyond His concern. Pastor Robert Shannon has made an interesting observation about people in Ghana, Africa. Many people in Ghana are very devout. "They express it in the names they give to their business enterprises," says Shannon. "There is a Hail Mary Plumbing Shop. You can go to ...

4178. Hugging The Coastline

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... 'd really discovered. As commercial ventures, his voyages were failures, but he doubled the size of the earth and opened an age of discovery . . ." (2) Doesn't this description make your heart race just a little faster? Now listen to these words from Hebrews concerning a man of faith named Abraham: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval . . . By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he ...

4179. First, Last And Always--god!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... people to believe that technology can track an individual person's movements anywhere in the world, but that somehow we are lost to God. How absurd. We are under the watchful eye of a Heavenly Father who never forgets us, never leaves us, who is always concerned about our well-being. There is no one sadder than the person without God. However, God's presence does not depend on our awareness of Him, but His awareness of us. And this brings us to that great Reformation truth: neither does our salvation depend ...

4180. The Bread Of God

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... operative in all natural processes as much as in those that we call miraculous. God is separable from the universe, but the universe is not separable from God. If it were separated, it would cease to exist. So far as the reality of the divine operation is concerned, it doesn't matter whether He works in the established fashion through material things, or whether His will acts directly. Bread made out of wheat grown on the farm, fashioned by the baker, and bought by the fruits of our labor is as great a gift ...

4181. On Names That Preach

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... Lindsey want 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 Bobby and Annita are 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 TV:" Hall. And, Bobby and Annita, should you add another child ...

4182. He Calms The Storms

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... respected Bible scholars in the world. His life was devastated at one point when his only daughter drowned just a few days before she was to be married. Sometime later, commenting on our scripture lesson for today, Dr. Barclay said this: "I am not so concerned as to whether Jesus stilled the tempest on the sea. What I do know is He stilled the tempest in my heart." Throughout the last 20 centuries there have been millions of people who have heard Christ speak his sweet message of comfort and hope: "Peace ...

4183. The Christ Of Healing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

It seems that we receive good news on the medical front almost every day. Did you know that fewer men are dying of heart attacks today, particularly young men? It appears that our concerns about exercise, diet, and cigarette smoking are beginning to pay off. I know that there are some of us will never give up our bad habits. We identify with Robert Maynard Hutchins who wrote: "I never run when I can walk. I never walk when I can stand still. I ...

4184. Dare To Dream

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , which was the tree. He did not worry about trying to walk straight by looking at his feet like the son did. By keeping his eye on his objective, he was able to keep his footsteps going in a straight path. The boy, on the other hand, was so concerned with the job of putting one foot ahead of the other that he lost sight of the objective and created a zigzagged path to the tree. That's a simple illustration, but the truthfulness of it should be clear. The early church after Pentecost had a rather simple but ...

4185. Sleeping Through A Revolution

Ephesians 2:13-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Wallis was comatose. Wallis stayed that way for 19 years-- and then, in June of this year--amazingly, he came out of his coma and started talking to his family and friends. (1) Imagine that--a modern day Rip Van Winkle. As far as Wallis is concerned, Ronald Reagan is still the president. He knows nothing of the first Gulf War. Or Monica-gate. Or the Florida primary. Or the Bush presidency. Think of all the changes that took place while Terry Wallis slept. Wallis has no idea, for example, that international ...

4186. Sympathizing With The One Talent Man

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... . (2) A child's self-image can affect his or her performance in school. If it is expected that a child will do well, chances are it will. Of course, we are all afflicted with a poor self-concept to a certain degree. I suppose it begins with concern about our looks. A survey taken in Hollywood among twelve "beautiful people" asked, "If you had the power to change anything about your facial appearance, what would it be?" The fewest number of things that any of the group wanted to change was eight. Some were ...

4187. A Father Pleased With His Son

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... in his COTTON PATCH VERSION OF THE EPISTLES: "God was in Christ hugging the world to Himself. He has bridged the gap between Himself and us and has given us the job of bridging the gaps. He no longer keeps track of (our sins) and has planted in us His concern for getting together...So now in Christ's behalf we urge you to open up to God." That's good. No wonder he pleased his Father. Humility, acceptance. And commitment. No one ever measured up to his Father's dream for him like Jesus. Even agonizing in the ...

4188. Three Promises

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... -interests that we don't even notice that our neighbor is crying out in need. And sometimes, human beings can be so cruel to one another. Several years ago there was an article in the newspapers that illustrates that cruelty. The story concerned John E. Beverly, a Vietnam veteran. When his fellow employees of Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee discovered that Beverly suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, they began making sudden loud noises to watch his fearful reactions and to watch him dive for ...

4189. The Competitor

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... -out wouldn't get him any more than he already had. (2) There is a difference between having wishes and having goals. Goals require work. Goals require effort. Goals require motivation. There was a story years ago in the little magazine Bits & Pieces. It concerned Joe McCarthy, manager of the New York Yankees during some of the golden years. McCarthy once interviewed a coach being brought up to the majors from a Yankee farm team. "How much do you know about psychology?" McCarthy asked. The coach said he had ...

4190. A Rainbow And A Cross

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... confronted with a dilemma. What shall God do with God's beloved creation that has been indelibly stained by sin? Shall God destroy it and start over? Some people believe that is the ultimate solution. Evangelist Billy Graham's wife Ruth is quoted as saying, concerning the sin of our nation, "If God does not punish America in judgment, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah." Is that God's ultimate solution? Of course the writer of Genesis tells us that God has already tried that solution once. That ...

4191. "God News" For Bad Times

1 Kings 17:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... rousts us out of bed at an ungodly hour each day. The prophets were buglers for God. Sometimes they were not too popular either. Two themes dominate the writings of all the great prophets. They are Judgment and Hope. As far as the prophets were concerned, Israel's greatness as a nation did not depend on its prosperity or its military might. They knew that a nation's character was more important than its cash reserves. They did not buy the prosperity gospel. Israel's wealthy elite might "have it all," but ...

4192. I Will Not Leave You Comfortless

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... intelligent, dreaming, loving human creatures without any creative impulse from a divine mind? Absurd. Believers cannot deny their faith simply because others are blind or deaf or insensitive to what seems to be plainly evident to us. As far as we are concerned the burden of proof is on the non-believer. And rarely are they as confident as they pretend. Bertrand Russell saw himself as the enemy of faith, and opposed Christianity at every opportunity. First-year university students still read his superficial ...

4193. The Three R's Of A Spiritual Life

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... do now about how harmful chemical addictions can be, we have to wonder why any intelligent person would ever risk putting an addictive drug of any kind into their bodies. There was a sad story in Time magazine a couple of years ago concerning Audrey Kishline, author of the book,- Moderate Drinking: The New, Option for Problem Drinkers. This book purported to set guidelines so that people with alcohol problems could continue drinking--as long as they were careful. Audrey Kishline wasn't careful. She left the ...

4194. Drinking From His Cup

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... and couldn't make the trip. About a quarter of the way to St. Louis, one of the props on the plane suddenly stopped working properly. The plane had to turn around and go back to Philly. As the team disembarked, somewhat weary and more than a little concerned, Moryn kept shaking his head. "If Stan had been here, nothing like this would have happened," he said. Sound crazy? Moryn believed it, says McCarver, and so did the other guys on the team.(2) "How do you know that Hercules is a god?" Iole once was asked ...

4195. Preparing the Way

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... God is a judge whose sole purpose is to condemn and forgive; we do not encounter him until we die.” “God is an infinitely distant and holy perfection. He is the reason behind things, but he is too pure to muddy himself in human life and its concerns.” “God is the pal at my elbow who goes along with anything I choose to do.” (3) False gods. Who is God? The Bible is very clear. God is a righteous God. “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty . . .” John Bright, the renowned Old Testament scholar who ...

4196. Why Shepherds?

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard ...

4197. Living with the End in Mind

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Our natural inclination is to cling to life. And that’s good. God means for us to treasure life. All of us have seen people whose bodies were wracked with pain who have seen death as a deliverer. That, too, is God’s plan, but it should concern us deeply if a person in good health, especially a young person, should speak longingly of death. That’s not healthy. We need not fear death. Neither do we need to grieve as those who have no hope. Christ has overcome death. Here’s where our focus should ...

4198. Day People

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... in our society. We read constantly about Red and Blue states. Conservatives and liberals. Moral absolutes and moral relativity. Christianity and humanism. “Born-again” and mainline. Pro-life and pro-choice. I know I am walking through a minefield even mentioning such things. My concern is not to deal with the politics of Paul’s statement, but the theology. What is St. Paul saying that is vital to our daily lives, regardless of our politics? St. Paul is saying, first of all, that you ought to be able ...

4199. Why Cheerful Givers are Cheerful

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... ...." You will be enriched in every way! That''s what it says! An article in PSYCHOLOGY TODAY disclosed that there is a remarkable difference in the health and quality of life among those who volunteer in community service and display loving concern for others compared with the general population. The stress level, which increases cholesterol, raises blood sugar, and depresses immune functions, is much higher among those who share little of themselves. (4) Giving ourselves to others is a great way to attain ...

4200. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... to him. This was a man who knew and loved the Lord intimately. He was the type of person who bubbled over with his faith. He was living the normal Christian life, if you will, a warmhearted love for the Lord that shows, that radiates love and concern for others, that exalts Christ in all circumstances. He was that kind of person living a normal Christian life. [E. Stanley Jones, that great Methodist missionary, said that so many of us as Christians live such a subnormal Christian life that if we ever got up ...

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