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4651. You Are Not Yourself!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... many McDonald’s restaurants, rather than using bank bags and armored trucks, move their daily cash intake by putting the money in regular carry-out paper bags and handing the bag to a drive-thru courier. The plan conceals the fact that a large amount of money is leaving the store. In Euclid, Ohio, though, one McDonald’s store was a bit too clever. They handed the bag of concealed cash to an anonymous customer who drove up to the window to pick up his meal. For all we know he may still be anonymous-if he ...

4652. Ready For The Great Race

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... set before him endured the cross, despising the same, and is seated on the right hand of the throne of God." (RSV) The Christian faith is no spectator sport. The call to follow Christ is a call to get out on the track. It is a call to leave our comfortable seats and to stretch those tired and aching muscles to take our place among the participants. Let ™s examine for a few moments this exciting summons that God, speaking through the writer of Hebrews, gives to each of us. First of all, let ™s consider ...

4653. The Secret Of Champions

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... know," he concluded, "I cannot for the life of me, figure out where." (4) It ™s ironic isn ™t it? You and I are not nearly as successful in many ways as Donald Trump. But we know where we are going. That ™s why we can travel lightly-leaving behind every weight and sin which clings so closely. That ™s why we can hang in there even though our lives are not as charmed, perhaps, as some people ™s. We know where we are going because Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith has gone before. Before ...

4654. God Loves An Underdog

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... his vantage point he saw mostly boots of those who passed by. Few there were that had not been touched by his hand. While Martin was still a journeyman his wife died. Their one son grew to be the pride of his life. Then he too died suddenly, leaving Martin despairing and murmuring against God. One day Martin was visited by an old peasant passing through his city. He said to Martin, "Thy speech, Martin, is not good. How shall we judge the doings of God? It is because thou wouldst have lived for thine own ...

4655. Lost In America

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... words, "Reestablish your faith." That’s all he said, "Reestablish your faith." Through those words Bruce Kimball took stock of his life and became a changed man. (1) Jesus told two parables. One was about a lost sheep. The other about a lost coin. A shepherd leaves ninety-nine sheep in the wilderness in order to find one lost sheep that has strayed. A woman loses a coin and she lights a lamp and sweeps out her entire house until she finds the lost coin. And both the shepherd and the woman throw parties ...

4656. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... seen running water. They came from a land where water was scarce and greatly valued, but right there in their hotel room was a seemingly endless supply of this precious commodity available at the mere turning of a tap. When these chieftains were preparing to leave Paris, Lawrence found them trying to detach the faucet in their hotel bathroom so that out in the dry desert they would always have water. Lawrence tried to explain to them that the water was not in the faucet but in huge reservoirs many miles ...

4657. Don't Give Up - He Hears!

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... to Indiana. She had tried several times, she said, to catch the circus when he would be appearing with his lions but had missed him each time before. She had heard on the radio that the circus performed rain or shine, and that she was not leaving without seeing a complete performance. Beatty was left speechless. This had not been a light sprinkle. Water was everywhere. Like the manager he tried to return the lady ™s money, but she would have none of it. She was so insistent, so adamant, that finally ...

4658. Why Jesus Likes Sinners

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... equipment in the store. By the time he had gained entrance via this duct, however, he was covered with grease and powdered with a fire-retardant chemical that dries out the skin and throat and burns the eyes. Then, to make matters worse, when he tried to leave the store, he discovered that he couldn't get out through the dead bolted doors, and he could not climb back up the vent. When the owner of the store opened the doors the next morning, the man raced out. The owner recognized him under the grease ...

4659. How Can I Know It's Real?

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... in his book, There Are Sermons In Stories, once told about the owner of a small drugstore. For some reason this druggist hated his work, so he spent his mornings looking for something better and his afternoons at the ball park. He soon decided it was foolish to leave a business about which he knew something for one about which he knew nothing. So he decided to make the best of what he had. He would build up his business by giving the best service possible. When a customer who lived near would call in an ...

4660. Marriage In Heaven? No. Heaven In Marriage? Yes.

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... , sharing, dialogue. So many husbands miss the opportunity to add to their marriage right at this point. A delightful Jewish story tells about a small dealer in wheat in Russia named Itzik who went to a distant town to sell his grain. Before leaving, he faithfully promised his wife to send her a telegram if he succeeded in making a profitable transaction. Having made his deal, he went to the telegraph office and sat down to compose his telegram. He wrote: "Sold wheat profitably. Return tomorrow. Embrace ...

4661. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... oh! the joy that fills my soul! Something happened, and now I know: He touched me, and he made me whole! When God suddenly pops out of the woodwork of our lives, He shakes us with His overpowering glory. He shelters us from the twists of fate that leave us hanging. And there’s a third thing that happens: HE SHAPES US IN NEW WAYS Some time ago I was reading about the 18th century German sculptor Johann Heinrich von Dannecker. His skills were impressive. He could bring stone to life with his tools. At the ...

4662. Preparing For God's Great Gift

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... was general destruction: lamps were broken all over the floor, books had been ripped from the shelves. Celia said, "I can understand why they might want to look behind the pictures, but why walk on them?" Next, she discovered her jewelry was missing. Rather than leave it at the bank and never have the pleasure of wearing it, she had hidden it in a place that seemed to her very clever. It was not clever enough. All of her inherited and irreplaceable jewelry was gone. When the police arrived they offered ...

4663. The Difference Is You

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... stick your noses into things," the jailer told them. "You women ought to stay out of what is none of your business," he advised. "What goes on here is really none of your business," he said. "Why don ™t you stick to church work and leave the legal work to us." "This is church business," shouted one of the women as she pounded her fist on his desk. Eventually, an investigation was launched. The jailer resigned. And gradually things changed for the better. (4) In the recent Presidential campaign, Hillary ...

4664. Transforming Moment

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... situation. Frank recalls, "Having looked at my life, then, at that point in time, I realized I had been deceiving myself, and there was little I was actually controlling. He offered to take care of the situation for me. "It was the most difficult thing I’d ever done ” to leave the situation in the hands of God ” but He came in and by His power resolved it. I thought if God can do what I had tried to do for five years without success, then what would the rest of my life be like if I had the guts to ...

4665. When Jiggling Wires Is Not Good Enough

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... surprised to find Jesus speaking with a Samaritan woman although they had been with Jesus long enough to have expected this. Jesus confronts the woman at the well, so she can see herself in a new way. As a result of this conversation the woman is changed. She leaves her water jar and heads into town to tell other people that she has found the messiah. Sgt. Rick was a U.S. Marine mortarman on a troopship headed for the war in Saudia Arabia. His journal records a change that took place in his life. "I've ...

4666. Sorry, The Doctor's Been Delayed

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... , "two officers came to our door and told us they regretted to inform us that our son had been killed in action when his helicopter was shot down by hostile Iraqi fire." It was a tragedy. A young life had been lost. "When Jack got on the airplane to leave for Saudi Arabia," his mother recalled, "he gave Lisa, his fiancée, a bride’s book, so they could be planning the wedding." Perhaps the most moving moment of Shirley’s witness came when she said, "I speak to you only from my heart, and out of my pain ...

4667. Beneath The Cross

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in highest heaven!" A lady tells about the Palm Sunday celebration at her church. It was their tradition to celebrate Palm Sunday with members marching outside the church waving palm leaves as they sang the Palm Sunday hymns. Because they knew that Palm Sunday was but a prelude to Good Friday, however, the congregation was careful not to get too giddy as they did this. After all, as she says, "We already know, as Paul Harvey says ...

4668. Eating Cold Grits

John 14:5-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... pressing toward the counter. Since Bob was taller he was waited on first. After Bob got his cotton candy he stepped aside for his brother. Just then loud laughter came from the arena. Bob wanted to see what was going on. Certainly he didn’t mean to leave his small brother alone. He simply got caught up in the excitement listening to the crowd laugh at the clowns. Little Jim also got his cotton candy and then he looked around for his big brother. His brother was gone. In that moment of panic nothing looked ...

4669. Get Your Third Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... of New Testament Christianity, however. We are a people called to look outward. Jesus challenged his disciples to “be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” He was calling them to a great adventure. They were to leave their homes and travel to the corners of the world proclaiming the gospel message. They were to look outward. Dr. Harry Ironside used to tell a story about a group of dissidents who left a church to begin what they hoped would be the “perfect ...

4670. For Laughing Out Loud!

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... to stay with him. He and Sarah did all they could to take care of these unexpected guests. This brings us to the first thing to be said for the morning. God Has a Plan for Each of Us. God certainly had a plan for Abraham. He called him to leave his home to father a new people. God promised him he would have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky. There was only one problem. Abraham and Sarah had no children. Abraham was an old man, he was ninety-nine years old. Certainly his best years were ...

4671. Waking To A World Upside Down

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... right amount of husks for each bed. If the children were careless or hurried, they might run out of husks before they got to their own mattresses. Then they would have to fill their own mattresses with straw or other inferior materials. This would often leave their mattresses lumpy. From this practice comes the saying: "You made your bed, so lie in it." (3) It’s an old expression, but most of us probably subscribe to it. "You made your bed...." Christians will never be comfortable in a society that says ...

4672. The Conversion Of A Scoundrel

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... God stood beside Jacob and spoke to him. "The land on which you lie I will give to you and your offspring." In truth Jacob wasn’t really looking for God when he ran away, but God was actively seeking Jacob. In his dream God promised Jacob, "I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." Notice that God spoke to Jacob in a dream but Jacob was wide awake when he responded. He exclaimed, "Surely the LORD is in this place and I did not know it." Jacob learned a very valuable lesson. While ...

4673. Are You Strong Enough To Forgive?

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but another to tell your brothers or sisters about it. Joseph's brothers had enough. They decided to get rid of this spoiled brat once and for all. They stripped Joseph of his beautiful robe and threw him in a deep pit, a dry well. It was their intention to leave him there to die. Before too long a band of slave dealers appeared. One of the brothers persuaded the others to pull Joseph out of the pit and sell him as a slave. That way they would be rid of him and make a small profit besides. Then they told ...

4674. It's Not Nice To Call Someone A Dog

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... would be all right. He stayed with her until he was sure she was fine. The women thanked the man for his heroic act but it didn’t seem like such a big deal for him. The stranger then rejoined his friends. When the women were ready to leave they noticed one of the leather-clad motorcyclists walking ahead of them. Martha thought, "Oh no!" In an instant, her negative thoughts about motorcyclists turned around. She saw it was the young man who had pulled Linda from the water! She was relieved that he did not ...

4675. The Riches Of God

Romans 11:33-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... shore exhausted. But looking back out onto the water they see the father cradling his son in his arms as they are swept out to sea. The father could have made shore alone, but his son, much smaller, could not. The father decides to die with his son rather than leave him. (6) Paul's testimony would be that this father's love is a reflection of the love God has for us. Even more so, though, because "While we were yet sinners Christ died for us." Even though God is a holy die, He is willing to give His some ...

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