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4726. Dr. Life

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... being upset by an old man's dream. It was about 9 a.m. when a messenger arrived at Carl's door. "It's old Hans," the messenger said. "He died last night in his sleep." (5) Do you know what it is to be truly rich? If not, I want to introduce you to Dr. Life. He will help you cope with your fears. He alone can release you from your guilt. He can help you center your life on those things that really matter. 1. USA Today, February 22, 1993. 2. Bud and Lolo Delaney,THE LAUGH JOURNAL (New ...

4727. When Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... did not change your minds and believe him." Change was possible even for these men, but they were too blind to see. They did not realize that the message of repentance was for them, too. A pastor in San Diego was called into the sanctuary early one morning. The custodian wanted him to see a strange offering that had been left on the altar. Hanging on the altar were a pair of brown corduroy pants, a belt, a white T-shirt, a pair of tan suede boots, and a note. He noticed blood stains on both the shirt and on ...

4728. The King Of Ifs

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Richard Andersen

... no difficulty in saving Himself as the priests had scoffed. The difficulty lay in saving us...not that He didn't accomplish that. But that required the cross and His sacrifice; the Sinless giving Himself totally for the sinful! It is up to you and me to decide if we want the salvation He won upon that cross for us. There can be no ifs, ands or buts about it. Either He is your Messiah, or you're not one of His...though He died for you, and lives for you so that He might conquer the ifs that frighten you ...

4729. A Star And A Dream

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... red-haired girl riding on a white mule. That's good luck any time of the year. Another thing mountain people know is that the first twelve days of January correspond to the first twelve months of the year when it comes to predicting weather. Accordingly, if you want to know what the weather will be like in May just look out the window on Wednesday, January 5. "Mountain people know so many things," Kuralt says. It's a wonder, "those of us who don't know them can get along at all." Other examples include, if ...

4730. Watch What You Eat

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... him. "This child isn't with me," he said, "I thought he was yours." The little boy wiped his tears and said, "I'm with nobody. When my Aunt Maggie gets tired of me in New York, she sends me back to California, and my aunt in California doesn't want me either and sends me back to New York. I was kind of...scared...and wished someone would pay attention to me." So what did the woman do? She forgot her fears and her loneliness and her annoyance, all her sour feelings. She put her arms around the little boy ...

4731. Never Too Old for an Adventure

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The news of Paul's death came as a shock to him. Stan kept asking, "why" the accident had happened. He was lying in a hospital bed with a leg in traction and his head swollen beyond recognition ” when his father told him that Paul's parents wanted to see him. Stan was in pain ”not just physical pain, but a feeling of total forsakenness and fear and embarrassment. His mouth was wired shut. With a swollen tongue he was unable to speak. He could only watch as his aunt and uncle, Paul's parents, entered ...

4732. The Salvation Army Parade

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... old he asked a business person for a loan of $500.00. The business person said yes but explained to Tommy that he would have to pay it back. Tommy understood that, but he had a plan. From the tender age of four Tommy had a dream. He wanted to make a bumper sticker that said, "Peace, Please! Do It for Us Kids", signed Tommy." Tommy needed the money to print 1,000 bumper stickers. He was convinced he could make a difference. He listened to some tapes with suggestions for selling. "Start selling at the top ...

4733. Watchers, Walkers And Worshipers

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... where he would get a hot meal. (2) Jim had taken those first steps of faith. He had become a walker. Now he knew what Jesus wanted him do. And he did it. Sometimes when we hear teachings they just don't take hold of our lives. Other times we know what we ... to others. But now he was going that extra mile that is the mark of the follower of Jesus Christ. He became a worshiper. Peter wanted the people to understand that God is the source of every good work. To miss that is to be blind as well as lame. But ...

4734. How Do You Know?

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... Hawaii. (1) Preaching is so much easier than practicing, isn't it? That's why the little word "if" is so important in our lesson for today. "If" anyone is in Christ, that person is a new creation. This verse is not talking about the casual believer. I don't want to sound judgmental, but it is perfectly clear that not every churchgoer can be said to be "in Christ." Not every officer in the church can be said to be "in Christ." Not even every pastor can be said to be "in Christ." Sometimes it's like a certain ...

4735. All You Need Is A Miracle

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... been hastily wrapped with a single strand of ribbon. The fellow said, "We didn't have time or money to get you a gift, but we want you to think of us while you are away, and this is the best we can do. Please, don't open it till you get home ... let me get that promotion." "Dear God, please let our baby be a girl." But think about it. When we pray like this, we are only wanting to use Jesus selfishly. Instead of being self-centered, we need to be Christ-centered. Edgar Bacon was a B-24 bomber pilot in World War ...

4736. Christian Living As It's Meant To Be

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the time the waiter brought in the cake she was crying. A little later Tony Campolo led the group in prayer. He prayed for Agnes and her salvation, and her friends. He prayed that her life would be changed and that God would be good to her. (5) Do you want to know the worst part about this whole story? No one had ever treated that woman like a child of God before. And when Tony accepted that woman, when he accepted her for the sake of her soul, he made a difference in her life. A real difference. Christ ...

4737. Working For Love

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... wives' tales" of God's love and the resurrection of Jesus?'" Cavanaugh thought for a moment, and then said this: "Suppose in your younger days you had a cancer and a man came to you who claimed that he had a prescription that had cured many cancers, and he wanted you to try it. Suppose you had accepted it, and it had cured you. What would people think of you if you would not take that same prescription to every patient of yours who had cancer?" At once the doctor said, "They would think I was a fool." The ...

4738. A Long Line Of Love

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... it was absurd for them to follow her, "Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?" she asked them. Finally, Orpah decided that her mother-in-law was right. It would be best for her to remain in her own country. Ruth, however, still wanted to remain with Naomi. Ruth loved Naomi deeply. It was in this context that Ruth spoke some of the most famous words in all of literature: "Where you go, I will go," she told Naomi, "your people shall be my people, and your God my God." THE STORY OF ...

4739. Sinner Or Saint?

Hebrews 7:11-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the casket and said, "You know this man was a scoundrel, but he was a saint compared to his brother." (1) We don't want to be hypocritical. And yet I have the somewhat painful pleasure to inform you that you are a saint. Neil T. Anderson in his ... . Be a bulldog out there. That's gonna be your new name: Bulldog. With that name, you'll scare the batters to death! "Starting today, I want you to believe you are the best pitcher in baseball. Look at that hitter and say, `There's no way you can ever hit me.'" Two ...

4740. Preparing For An Unknowable Future

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... of this shift in focus, Indiana closed the gap, won the game by one point, and eventually went on to become NCAA champions. David Bianchin goes on to say that God does not want us wasting pointless energy watching the clock. God wants us to be in obedient service. (3) We do not want to be guilty of clock-watching this morning, but we want to take seriously Christ's words about the last days. There are three significant things Christ says to us about the end of time and Christ's return. FIRST OF ALL, HE SAYS ...

4741. Jeremy And Jesus

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... for her attention, she ignored him and promptly went back inside. One day, when speaking to him could be avoided no longer, and he asked her where Jeremy was, she mumbled, "Ask your mother, Chris ” she can explain it better than I." After that, Chris didn't want to talk to Marie. Instead, he would stare at her for a second or two and return to his play. Marie turned away from the kitchen window and resumed her housecleaning. Thank the good Lord her husband Joe had agreed to go light on Christmas this year ...

4742. Jesus Goes To School

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... damage was done before the error was discovered. A vice-admiral spoke of the broken dreams of the young man who had to be discharged. Who wants to hire a man who can't make it in the Navy? What can he do? His parents too are frustrated that he is so limited ... , and do so willingly. My feelings are tender; please be sensitive to my needs; don't nag me all day long (You wouldn't want to be nagged for your inquisitiveness). Treat me as you would like to be treated. I am a special gift from God; please treasure ...

4743. A Great And Wonderful New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... , prized, chosen. Dr. Ruth Barbee, a well-known family-relations expert, once said that about 90 percent of so-called "naughtiness" in small children is simply their way of getting "noticed." When they cannot get the attention they want any other way, they do something guaranteed to drive their parents up the wall. Jean Green, in CATHOLIC DIGEST, tells of putting her young son to bed for the umpteenth time. Her patience was worn thin. When she heard him cry "Mama" again, she yelled to him, "If you call ...

4744. What Are You Sitting On?

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... and sell them? You could make money at that." "Oh," he said, "I would not know what to make." "Why don't you ask your own children what to make?" He acted upon the hint, and the next morning when Mary came down the stairway, he asked, "What do you want for a toy?" She began to tell him she would like a doll's bed, a doll's washstand, a doll's carriage, and she went on with a list of things that would take him a lifetime to supply. So, consulting his own children, he took the firewood, for ...

4745. I Am Doing A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... rather than to live in captivity." A sad story, but a sound principle. There is something within the heart of every creature that wants to be free. Freedom is God's plan for His children. He was there as the bricks were removed from the Berlin wall. ... sin. There is a brokenness in our lives, a sickness unto death. It is the curse of our very existence. And God wants to help us do something about it. He wants to do a new thing in our lives. This brings us to the last thing to be said for the morning. MAYBE ...

4746. I Was There

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Gary Whitbeck

... a few others appeared on the porch. At the feast the custom was for the governor to release any one prisoner the people wanted freed. Many of us talked together and we felt we ought to release Jesus because he really hadn't done anything wrong. Not ... I pray the world never forgets as long as there is a planet earth. He said, "Father, forgive them. For they know not what they do." I wanted to die myself. I now realized what I and the others had done. He was who he said he was. I almost wish you could have ...

4747. Empowered

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... born, we will see that God gave us the church to satisfy one of the great hungers of our time ” EMPOWERMENT. Have you heard that word before? It is a current buzz word in our society. Everyone nowadays wants to be empowered. We want to feel that we have control over our lives. We want to feel we can take charge of our destinies. We want to know we can follow the dreams of our hearts. But many of us feel powerless. Some of us are held back by our lack of initiative. Others of us are held back by a deprived ...

4748. The Repentant Heart

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Timothy Smith

... to me at the time, my Sunday School teacher Mrs. Fulmer, drove by our house. Apparently we had missed Sunday School a couple of weeks and she wanted to see if my brother and I needed a ride. It was an act of love that she went out of her way to drive by ... confess our sins, we restore our relationship with God and we are able to start over again, living our lives the way God would want us to. It's never too late to ask for forgiveness and start over. Jesus taught us that in one of his parables. Confession is ...

4749. What Goes Around Comes Around

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... . His only sin was that he failed to notice Lazarus lying in his doorway. The way we treat other people says something about our understanding of what it means to be a Christian. Do we treat the people we come in contact with in ways that Jesus would want us to? Or, like the rich man, do we pretend they are not there? Abraham answered the rich man saying, "Child, remember that during your lifetime you received good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in ...

4750. The Gift Of Inadequacy

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... was able to perform his duties. There was something missing in his life, however. Something was wrong and he just didn't see it. What was missing was the gift of inadequacy. God wanted a place in the Pharisee's heart; the Pharisee wanted to give God a place in the ritual. God wanted truth and sincerity within; the Pharisee wanted a set of rules he could follow. Something was missing in his life. (3) He thought he could win God's favor by his own accomplishments. Instead, he was alienating himself from God ...

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