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4701. Would You Like To Hold The Baby?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... this was the Christ child as soon as they saw him. And I think Mary must have known they knew. I imagine that she saw the look of longing in their eyes and asked, "Would you like to hold him? Would you like to hold the baby?" Of course they wanted to, they'd waited their whole lives for this moment. They held him, and their lives were never the same. The world would never be the same. How could it be? But for awhile, not much changed. After everybody "Oohed" and "Aahed" over the newborn child, they all sort ...

4702. Congratulations, Joseph, It's A God!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... persons who stay away from a knowledge of Christ simply and solely because it seems too easy. How sad. We are like that Old Testament general with leprosy who refused to bathe in the River Jordan. It was too easy. We want a theology that we have to wade through. We want a catechism that we can laboriously memorize. Theology and catechisms are fine. They help us understand the deeper implications of our faith. But they are not what saves us. Only one thing saves us. Do you know Jesus? A son of missionary ...

4703. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... right. Most of you already know that the primary purpose of this most famous of all fish stories is to reveal the greatness of God's love for all peopleJew and Gentile alike. The last words of the book are some of the most beautiful in all the Scriptures. Jonah wants God to destroy the people of Nineveh but God says to Jonah, "You have pity on a gourd which you did not plant, which grew up in a night and perished in a night; And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city in which there are more than 120 ...

4704. News From The Vineyard

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , an organization originally begun with the goal of reaching men serving in the Navy. Trotman began to meet with a Navy man named Les Spencer, teaching him basic truths from the Bible. After a while, Spencer brought a friend from the ship to Trotman and said, "Dawson, I want you to teach him all you have taught me." Trotman refused. He said, "I am not going to teach him; you are going to teach him. If you cannot teach him what I have taught you, then I have failed." So Les Spencer began to teach his friend ...

4705. A House Divided

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... us have seen this game played too. The third one he calls "Doormat." One person decides, "Well, walk on me; step on me; I want peace at all costsI don't care about the substance of this issue, but at least we will have peace in our home." ... believe that everyone who went by us blinked their lights or reached out of their cars and shook their fists and said words that I would not want to repeat to you as they passed. And, oh, what I felt like doing was to scream out, ˜My lights are stuck on high beam; I know ...

4706. A New Daddy

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... house. Slowly the man made his way to the house, knocked on the door, and waited. The door was opened by a middle-aged man. The old man introduced himself and said he had been a special friend of the younger man's father. Then he said, "I just wanted to see if I could see any of your father in you." The philosopher Nietzsche once said, "When one has not had a good father, one must create one." Nietzsche was wrong, but he was close. No matter how helpful or unhelpful our parents were in our mental, emotional ...

4707. Three Temptations Of The American People

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... . You may know the story about the recent immigrant who was describing to a friend his beautiful new print the famous patriotic work, "The Spirit of 1776." He said, "There are three men in itone with a fife, one with a drum, and one with a headache." We want to enjoy the fife and the drums without the headaches that go with citizenship. A father showed his son a copy of the Bill of Rights. "Remember, son," he said, "On the back of every right, there is a responsibility." He was right. Many of us are giving ...

4708. Behold The Lamb

John 1:29-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... God. Leonardo da Vinci had started a work on canvas in his studio. He chose a subject, sketched its outer lines, shaded here and lightened there. About half way through his work, however, he halted his sketching. He turned to a student of his and said, “I want you to finish the work that I have started.” The student protested. He surely was not worthy of such an honor. Da Vinci reassured him, “Will not my example inspire you to do your best?” he said. “And besides I am right here beside you if you ...

4709. We Haven't Seen Anything Yet!

1 Corinthians 2:9

Sermon

King Duncan

... the spiritual! That is what St. Paul is saying to us. We are told that the artist John Linnell was very sensitive about friends wanting to see a masterpiece he was working on before it was finished. He feared that someone might come into his studio in his absence ... be afraid?” I cannot think about Heaven without thinking of Mark Twain’s classic remark. Twain said that the only reason he wanted to go to Heaven was because of the climate. Most of his friends, he said, would be in the other place. Twain ...

4710. Good Reasons For Not Cheating

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... righteousnesswhether we are persons of integrity, high morals, honesty, ethics? It matters to our society. It matters to people we love. Most of all, it matters to God. Always be honest. If you can't be honest, remove yourself from the situation. Treat others as you would want them to treat you. Give of your best in everything you do. Remember the price paid for our sins. Once there was a man who was so busy climbing the ladder of success, he forgot to watch his step. I hope that's not our story. Unless ...

4711. Belonging To The Right Family

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Some of you can identify with that. I like the story about the fouryearold and the sixyearold who presented their Mom with a house plant. They had used their own money and she was thrilled. The older of them said with a sad face, "There was a bouquet that we wanted to give you at the flower shop. It was real pretty, but it was too expensive. It had a ribbon on it that said, `Rest in Peace,' and we thought it would be just perfect since you are always asking for a little peace so that you can rest." I ...

4712. Possibly Our Best Year! (A Sermon for New Year's)

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... to responding to that." "But for the last name I think I'd like Roosevelt." Well, Teddy Roosevelt would be a pretty nice name. There would be certain advantages to being a Kennedy or a Roosevelt or a Rockefeller. Membership in a prominent family is helpful in this world. I want to suggest to you, however, there is an even greater advantage to those who know themselves to be a part of the family of God. An unknown poet has written: I may be young; I may be old, But I am somebody, For I am God's Child. I may ...

4713. Speak, Your Servant Hears

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... stopped drinking. He soon found that he had become a surrogate grandfather for many of the students, and the kids dearly loved him and his wonderful smile. After getting to know this man, no student would dare to throw trash in the street. "This man wasn't after recognition; he wanted only to do God's work. He said that he has never felt as peaceful and happy as he does now. He knows that his mission in life is to be a messenger of God's love, and that the form of his giving is to sweep the streets and ...

4714. What Gets Into People?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... We are not lemmings. We are not slaves to some primordial instinct that drives us to inevitable destruction. We are free moral agents. We can choose, but choose we must. If we want the healing of Christ, we must open ourselves to the Spirit of Christ. We must yield ourselves to the authority of Christ. Some of us want a nodding acquaintance with him. We want to be counted in his company, but at a distance. It cannot be done. Regardless of how hard or harsh it may sound, sooner or later we must confront our ...

4715. Connections In High Place

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the vine. We are the branches. It is he that gives us the ability to bear fruit. Bearing fruit is what life is all about. The rest of this passage makes that point unmistakably. Some of us want to bear blossoms, but not fruit. We want to look good. We want others to admire us, even envy us. But we do not want to go about the hard work of bearing fruit. And yet the nonproductive life is an unhappy life. You may remember that fascinating experiment that took place at Amherst College some years ago in which a ...

4716. A Most Confusing Doctrine

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... he cried out, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me...?" These are questions for which I have no answers. Still, I want to affirm that the doctrine of the Trinity is the very heart of everything we believe as followers of Jesus Christ. IT SAYS, ... nothing to God. Time is a convenience by which we measure things, not God. You see, many of us have a God who is too small. We want to create God in our image, but He is the Divine Other. He is beyond our imagining. When we say, "God in three persons," we are ...

4717. God's Plan For His World

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... special people. WHAT IS MORE, GOD HAS REVEALED TO THIS SPECIAL PEOPLE HIS ETERNAL PLAN. When each of us leaves this room this morning, I want us to have a clear picture of what God has called us to be and to do. Having that clear, mental picture or vision is ... to talk to Mr. Craddock. It did no good. He would say: "I know what you fellows down there at the church want. You want another name and another pledge. Right? Isn't that the business you're in? Another name and another pledge." This always embarrassed ...

4718. Noblesse Oblige

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... , we are his brothers and sister. Let none of us question our value in this world. We are children of the Most High. Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was waiting at an airport for a plane during World War II. A sailor stepped up to the ticket window: "I want to see my mother," he said, "I ain't got much time." The ticket agent explained to the young man no space was available on the flight he needed. Overhearing this, Roosevelt stepped up to the window and told the girl to give the sailor his seat. A ...

4719. Staying Close

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... 100 meters."4 Can you see how important it was to Bruce Jenner to win the Olympics? St. Paul used the analogy of an athlete in training in his letter to Timothy in describing the nature of Christian discipleship. When we want to serve God as badly as Bruce Jenner wanted to win the Olympics, we will not have to ask who it is that has moved. Discoverydecisiondiscipleship. T.R. Glover wrote about the early disciples of Jesus, "they outloved, outgave and outdied" the devotees of the other religions and cults ...

4720. A Time For Silence

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... a young stage actress spent two years in Europe. Much of this time was spent in concert halls and art museums. Later in life when people asked why she had given so much time to things that were not directly related to her successful career, she answered, "I wanted to expose myself to the best, so I would always know what was better." That is not a bad idea for us. Of course, this is one reason we come to worship. In his autobiography, Albert Schweitzer said that one of the main things his parents did for ...

4721. Extraordinary Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... into the room where Linus is watching TV. He says to her, "I was here first, so I get to watch what I want." Without a word Lucy marches to the set and flips the channel to her program. Linus protests. "Hey!" Assuming her best know- ... to help my parents, and a hundred-fifty a month just isn't enough to do that." Cary asked with a sigh, "How much do you want?" Williams didn't hesitate. "A hundred sixty-five," he said. (4) Maybe that is why players have agents now. Jimmy Williams could certainly have gotten much ...

4722. I Am The Only One Left Who Cares!

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... ," said the one with the augur. "I'm drilling this hole beneath my seat alone. It has nothing to do with you." "But," shouted the other two men, "we are all in the same boat!" Our world is only slowly realizing that we ARE in the same boat. Brazil wants to exploit its rain forest. That is understandable. They are a poor country. They are where we were 100 years ago. It is difficult for us to say to them, don't destroy those forests when we have paved so much farmland with asphalt and when we keep spewing ...

4723. Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... feet like a man. I have something to show you." To Elijah who is hiding from Jezebel in a cave, God says, "Get out of here. I have something better for you to do with you life." "To Moses, hiding on his father-in-law's farm in Midian, not wanting to go back to the dangers of Egypt, complaining that he can't be a leader, God says, "I don't care if you don't think you're a leader. I'll tell you what to do." And then to Paul, plagued by some thorn in his flesh for ...

4724. Ready For The Great Race

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the fight as a major one, but none of Rocky ™s friends think he has a chance. They think Creed wil make hamburger out of Rocky. For his own part, Rocky is determined only to stay in the ring the entire 15 rounds. As he put it, he simply wants to "go the distance." "Going the distance" is a noble achievement. Many begin races that they never finish. It is always disheartening to a pastor to see middle-aged people drop out of the church "after the children are grown." Even more astounding is to see a person ...

4725. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... church can't get along with one another, how can we expect people in the community and people in the world to get along? Disagreements in the church send a negative message to the community, including people who might be considering joining the church. "Why would I want to be a part of that church?" someone might think. "All they do is fight with one another all the time. I would be better off staying home on Sunday morning." United with one focus there is no stopping the church of Jesus Christ. Together we ...

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