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John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... were able to keep their sense of humor. Often he composed poems to keep himself amused. One that he particularly liked went, "Little weevil in my bread, I think I've just bit off your head." Today Captain Coffee addresses major corporations on the subject of keeping your faith (and sense of humor) during difficult times. He shares his harrowing experience in order to inspire others. (1) II. We Are the Branches. Gerald Coffee's captors could not know he had connections in high places. Gerald Coffee is ...

402. Be Careful How You Walk

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... of love. When she had finished she had learned a great deal about love, but her life was still empty. The second little pig read in the newspaper that a famous pig was coming to town to deliver a series of sermons on the subject of love. The second little pig attended all the sermons and was filled with enthusiasm and emotions. His emotional high lasted four days, and then his life became pretty much as empty as it had been before. The third little pig invited two other pig families over to their house ...

403. Why We Give

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... ?" "Oh, no," Hensley assured him. "That's not until tomorrow." (1) When you announce a sermon on giving, somewhere there is a silent scream in the congregation: "What do you want from a guy--blood?" An Indiana pastor had a creative way of approaching this subject. He told his congregation, "As you know, our budget has increased eighteen percent this year. Let me suggest that all of you consider giving one-tenth of your income. Your church is in real financial need. Quite frankly, it is fit to be tithed." (2 ...

404. Help For Troubled Hearts

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... to achieve-driven to be. And this "driven-ness" is taking its toll. A physician, Dr. Robert Anderson, who has researched the subject of stress extensively, says that he used to think that 35 to 40 percent of the problems he saw in his office ... I wrong? I think not. Advice columnist Ann Landers receives something like 10,000 letters per month. When asked which topics are the subject of most of the letters, she answered that most people were afraid of something. They were afraid of losing their health or their ...

405. Lord, When You Came Down To The Jordan

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... baptism. When they handed the text to him, the old preacher read it aloud three times. Finally, he turned to the congregation and said, "If I remember geography right, the earth is one-fourth land and three-fourths water. Water brings me to my subject for the day: Baptism by immersion." Broad hints don’t work with some people, do they? Meanwhile, down at the Methodist church, a group of fourth graders were studying infant baptism. Their Sunday School teacher asked, "Why do we use water in baptisms?" One ...

406. You Can Be Happy

Mark 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... done that," he said, "they were not even Christians." "No they weren't," the wise missionary quietly replied, "but I am." (3) Gorman Williams had his priorities in order. What would it take to make you happy? Every study I have seen on the subject indicates that people who are actively engaged in serving God are far happier than the general population. That does not surprise me. Happiness is the touch of the Master's hand. Happiness is discovering the power of prayer. Happiness is having your priorities in ...

407. Pray Constantly

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... are all books about prayer. All my life I have been hearing about the importance of prayer, so I finally decided to learn how to pray. I have bought fourteen books on the subject. And not only that, I have signed up for two courses in prayer, one at my church and one at a friend's church. I am really going to master the subject!" Several weeks later, the friend ran into the woman again, this time at the grocery store. "How is the big project going?" the friend asked. "Have you learned to pray?" The woman ...

408. Setting The Record Straight

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... to conquer his fears and is allowed to join Julia. In typical Hollywood fashion, they both are advanced to a better life. "Defending Your Life" is only one of several recent movies that deals with the subject of life after death. Earlier this year LIFE magazine featured articles on the same subject. Both believers and unbelievers are asking questions about life on the other side. And devout people will forever want to know what heaven will be like. Will the streets really be paved in gold? Will we recognize ...

409. Do You Have A Forgiving Spirit?

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... spirit. He wanted to know just what he was getting himself in for. Peter, never being bashful to open his mouth, asked straightforwardly, "How many times shall I forgive my brother?" I believe here in this text we see Peter asking for help about the subject called forgiveness. I'm glad, aren't you, that Peter asked for help, because I also need help with this thing called forgiveness. May I ask again, do you have a forgiving spirit? I want to share today three exhortations for your consideration about this ...

410. With Your Head In The Clouds

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... people to manipulate to their own ends. Often they do it in the name of religion. Be careful. If you wonder why most Christian churches put more emphasis on being true to the historical faith than on any one particular subjective experience, this is it. We know feelings are subject to distortion and manipulation. It may make us seem somewhat dry and unexciting at times but we know that when we are faithful to Scripture, we cannot be misled by passing fads or sensations. Be careful. BUT ALSO BE TOLERANT ...

411. A Message For Big Bird

John 11:17-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... the after-life. Please don t expect me to give you any hard answers about that unseen world. I cannot. The Scriptures provide us with little concrete information about life beyond the grave. And that has led Christians to have a wide range of views on this subject. The story's told about a couple who lived on a beautiful piece of ground in an isolated area. In the process of time, he died. Before he died, he expressed his strong desire to be buried upon their own property. His new widow made the necessary ...

412. How Do You Get To Heaven?

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... As they reached their flying altitude, Gregory began to talk about Heaven again. His father realized that Gregory was hoping to see his twin brother in the clouds somewhere. He tried gently to explain to his son about Heaven. About a year later, Gregory returned to this subject. He asked, "Dad, how do you get to Heaven." His dad replied, "Well, son, how do you think?" Gregory said, "Well, it's not by plane." His father laughed, "That's right." "It's not by boat . . . It's not by car . . . It's not by train ...

413. Answers To Life's Three Critical Questions

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... we are? "Even before you were born I knew you . . ." God says to Jeremiah. The great clergyman Harry Emerson Fosdick once dealt with this question of who you and I are in God's eyes. His argument is compelling and affirming. Fosdick noted that the more we know about any subject, the less we think in terms of the general and the more we think in terms of the specific. For example, let's suppose my car breaks down. I open the hood and I stare at a mass of wires, rubber and metal none of which mean anything to ...

414. Generous Religion

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the daughter of the slain woman, made a deliberate decision not to hate. "If I hate him," she told her pastor, "I am also a murderer." She said, "Jesus said, ˜Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment. But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.' (Matt. 5:2122). He also said: ˜You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.' (Matt. 5:4344 ...

415. A Colt Is Not A Horse

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... ," through the moment when Jesus was laid in a borrowed tomb. Even the name for this Sunday reveals our challenge. Today is "Palm/Passion Sunday." It's not "Palm or Passion Sunday," not even "Palm and Passion Sunday." It's Palm/Passion Sunday, two different subjects jammed up against each other. One Orthodox priest labeled it "a historical and liturgical mess!" In the light of this mess it's not surprising that we focus more on the Palms than we do the Passion. Palms suggest triumph and we love winners! The ...

416. The Young And The Restless

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... mother said, "Because I forgot where I put it." Perhaps there are reasonable limits on the new experiences we should give ourselves, but it is so sad when people get to the point that they feel they cannot change. Ted Koppel had something to say on this subject recently. He visited Valley State Prison for Women and interviewed an inmate who said she had little hope of ever getting off drugs. She admitted that, when released, she would be back on them soon as she got out. She was, she said sadly, too old to ...

417. Love Of Life

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... so she could plug in the vacuum cleaner. (1) The scary thing about that story is that it has a ring of truth about it. Let's talk about life and death. Christians have a love/hate relationship with death, don't we? We have a spiritual schizophrenia about the subject. On the one hand, we regard it as the great enemy--one that interrupts our lives and our relationships. It is the great enemy. It is the grim reaper--the awful specter that hangs over our lives. We use euphemisms to help us avoid confronting the ...

418. If Your Life Were A Movie

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... when women wore dresses down to their high-top shoes so that their "˜limbs' (the word "˜leg' was taboo) would not show and "˜sex' was never mentioned in polite society. Sex Education, of course, was entirely unheard of. But Poppa did have his say on the subject." Here was his father's advice: 1. Sex was started by Adam and Even and has been around ever since, but each generation that comes along thinks they are the ones who discovered it. 2. "Watch it," counseled his father, "It is stronger than you." (1 ...

419. A Picture Of A King

Psalm 72:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... the king. The salt spray, wind, and rain gradually loosened the plaster, which erased the king's name completely. This left only the real builder's name. The builder had the last laugh, though, of course, neither he nor the king lived to see it. Power is a subjective thing, isn't it? Like beauty, power is in the eye of the beholder. You can learn a lot about a people by knowing how they view power. What represents power in our culture? Is it physical strength, is it wisdom, is it a beautiful appearance, is ...

420. The Scariest Drug on the Market

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... once a year is sufficient. This morning is that morning, and I want to speak in stronger terms than I ordinarily do about a subject that is more serious than most of us normally consider it to be. I want to talk about the scariest drug on the market ... . He called the love of money "the root of all evil." Pretty strong words. Jesus dealt with the dangers of wealth more than with any other subject. When he said that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the ...

421. Forgiveness: Human and Divine

Matthew 6:12-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... harmony between us and God. When we put our trust in Christ, when we''re willing to cast ourselves utterly upon the mercy of God, then we enter into that reconciliation. The objective state of guilt has been taken away by his death on the cross, the subjective feelings of guilt are now removed as we enter into personal communion and fellowship with him, as he comes to dwell in our hearts through faith, as he comes through his Holy Spirit to recreate us and renew us and cleanse our hearts and our minds from ...

422. Things That Cannot be Taken Away

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... I said to upset you.'' "'Then I''ll tell you,'' I replied. 'It upsets me that you talk about life''s only certainty as if it''s a possibility. Death isn''t a possibility, it''s a certainty. You don''t say "If," you say "When," whenever death is the subject.'' Then I added, 'By the way, when something happens to you, what will really happen to you?''" Death comes to all living things, yet it is still a shock to us. A hundred or even a thousand years would not prepare us completely to give up those that we ...

423. RULER OF THE WORLD

Drama

Angela Akers

... groups would be reduced to that one essential--salad. The national uniform would be an old, fuzzy bathrobe." Woman: "Now who''s making fun?" Man: "Danielle Steele and Jackie Collins would take over all the television stations. We''d be subjected to twenty-four hours of romance movies, seven days a week. Women would indulge themselves by never plucking their eyebrows again. Their real eyebrows would turn out to be these hideous, hairy creatures that take over their foreheads (puts hands up ...

424. How Free Are We?

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... a poem, “New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth.” It does. Sometimes a new light on a subject causes us to change our thinking about it. There was a time when most churches accepted slavery, and did not think that it was a “sin ... .” Later on, after God gave us new light to look upon the subject, most Christians rejected the notion that slavery can ever be a good thing. I recall hearing the late Bishop James Pike, the ...

425. If Christ Had Not Come

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... many Christians have not yet heard the words of their Lord. They often blithely mimic the attitudes of the world around them, and see no contradiction whatever between their professed faith in Christ and their willingness to totally ignore Him and what He said on any given subject. “If Christ had not come...” but He has come, and that coming ought to make a profound difference for all of us. Because of Christ, we now know that none of us have to go it alone, but that there is One who walks beside us on ...

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