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4751. Light For Our Lives

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... but in the full illumination of the heavenly light . . . ." Christ can help us with the darkness of our lives. HE DOES IT FIRST OF ALL BY HELPING US FIND PEACE FOR OUR HEARTS. Dr. Maltz's theories on Psycho-Cybernetics are concerned with helping persons find a sense of healthy self-identity. I heard about a student at a university who signed up for a course in introductory ornithology. He didn't know what it was. He just liked the sound of the course and he figured it would impress his parents. He heard it ...

4752. Good News For You

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the head and causing a gash that took nine stitches to close. You might have already guessed that the book hurled at Mr. Peck was a Bible. At some time in your life you many have been "hit over the head with a Bible too" “not in a literal sense, but figuratively. So much that is negative is spread abroad under the name of the religion. So many who claim to be preachers of the Gospel have only bad news to convey. Christmas and Easter are purely good news. "God so loved the world that he gave his only ...

4753. "Catch-able" But Not "Fetch-able"

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... only a young peasant woman and her husband with a newborn child. They turn away in disappointment. After they have gone some distance, however, they discover they have lost the star and with it the memory of where they have been. Then, overwhelmed with a sense of guilt, they know that they have allowed their earthly judgment to lead them astray. In their shattering remorse they come upon an old well. It is a well that is known to the inhabitants for its brilliant reflections. They sink down in despair at ...

4754. Unwrapping Christmas

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... shake it. You feel it. You smell it. It's very presence fills you with anticipation. In Bill Keane's "Family Circus," Billy is standing in front of a calendar that reads December 18, and he says: "Only seven more hoping days 'til Christmas." And in a very real sense, he's right. These are our hoping days. This IS the period of anticipation and hope, for come the 25th, that hope will become a reality. On that day, the hope of the world was born. God's gift of grace to the world came packaged and wrapped in ...

4755. The Greatest Good News Of All

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... is it we believe about Christmas? What is at its heart? FIRST OF ALL, AT CHRISTMAS GOD EMPTIED HIMSELF. That is a truth fundamental to everything Christians believe. God emptied Himself. Oliver Goldsmith wrote a play entitled, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. There is a sense in which that phrase can be said of God. He stooped to conquer this world. Theologians call this the kenotic theory of the Incarnation. The Greek verb KENOUN means to empty; the noun KENOSIS means an emptying. God emptied himself and took up ...

4756. Some Things To Get Choked Up About

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... Luke's story, the primary attendants are shepherds. If there is a more humble occupation in the world than that of shepherd, I don't know what it is. Guardian to a bunch of smelly sheep! I doubt that any special training was required ”just some common sense and a degree of courage. Only God would have so glorified such a lowly occupation. Can't you imagine one of those shepherds sitting in a crowd of people who are world travelers. One man boasts, "I have seen the pyramids of Egypt." Another says, "I saw ...

4757. The Gift Has Arrived

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... professor went home and wrote these words: " ˜Twas the night before Christmas, When all through the house; Not a creature was stirring; not even a mouse . . ." (1) It is for that bit of Christmas whimsy that the learned Dr. Moore is remembered. God surely must have a sense of humor to have wrapped all the hope of the ages in swaddling clothes lying in a manger. Christ was not born like a Messiah. HE DID NOT ACT LIKE A MESSIAH. We like our leaders to look like leaders and to talk like leaders. Contrast the ...

4758. The Other Side Of Christmas

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... is nothing compared to that of the man who is out on a lake somewhere trying to sail your tree house." We had a wonderful Advent season in our church. Now we are on the other side of Christmas. We enjoyed the special music, the lights, the decorations. In a sense it's back to the real world now. Mary and Joseph had to get back to the real world, too. They could not linger forever with the shepherds and the angels in the stable at Bethlehem. Unfortunately, it was a stark and cruel world they had to return to ...

4759. Searching For Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... there is only emptiness where there should be meaning and purpose. Is Christ missing from your family or from your life? That's the first question. The second is, WHEN SHALL WE BEGIN SEARCHING FOR HIM? You and I are painfully aware of our need. We sense the emptiness, the loneliness, the fear. When shall we begin searching diligently for the one person who alone can meet our deepest needs? According to an old legend, when the Magi were following the star of Bethlehem, they came to the house of a certain ...

4760. His Nature Is Light

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... IS THE REASON FOR HIS COMING. Why did he come? To reveal God to us? Yes, certainly. Perhaps, though, he also came to discover what it means to be human. Author Alex Haley was researching his historic work, ROOTS. At one point he had a terrible sense of emptiness over his inability to 'feel' the torment slaves must have experienced as they lay trapped in chains aboard ships heading to strange new lands. One night, he says, it came to him what he had to do. He needed to thrust himself into some circumstance ...

4761. Would You Like To Hold The Baby?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... of it all. This is Christmas eve, the season of the baby, the Christ child. Babies equal hope, they equal the future, and they spice up our lives. I. A MOTHER'S EXCITEMENT This IS the season of the baby, the season of the birth of Christ. And in one sense, Christ did come to spice up and season our lives. He calls us to us to be the salt of the earth just as He is the salt of our lives. The world has been a better place and we have been better people because of Christ. Can you imagine ...

4762. Congratulations, Joseph, It's A God!

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... liberal Bishop of the Church of England who died and went to the Valley of the Shadow of Light. The bishop had always been a skeptic, who, in spite of his ecclesiastical position, always had more questions about faith than answers. He had no great sense of commitment toward Christ, the church or anything else. For him religion was merely a matter of intellectual speculation. In Lewis' little story the bishop is given one last chance to visit heaven to decide whether he would like to make a commitment and ...

4763. News From The Vineyard

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... is this just a pilot film? Is my life a thirty-nine week series or is it something special?'" In no time at all Lucy analyzes his problem and gives an instant answer: "Whatever it is, you ratings are down., Five cents, please.!" Poor Charlie Brown. He senses that nothing much is happening in his life. Some of us may feel that way, too. We know our lives should be more vital, more productive, but somehow we cannot seem to get untracked. The solution to this dilemma is found in the second obvious truth from ...

4764. Walk Wisely

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Olympics offers its athletes. WHY? Here is how they answer that question. "Impaired does not mean incapable. Special Olympians are capable of learning and competing within sports rules. Challenging them in this manner adds to the pride and sense of accomplishment they experience." "It is unfair to athletes who are properly trained and who are following the rules to compete against others who are not." "Many Special Olympians eventually move into other sports programs (in schools, recreation departments ...

4765. Jesus' Object Lesson

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein." ( 18:17) Every Christian is thus reminded of how precious are the children of the church, and the children of the community, and the children of the world. In a sense they are God's living object lesson to all of us. They teach us so many things. THEY TEACH US ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF UNRESTRAINED JOY, FOR ONE THING. There's a delightful cartoon about a father and son walking along the street. There's a mud puddle ...

4766. Losing Favor Or Losing Flavor?

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... mark wider than the one before. After a while, this can add up to quite a difference. By lunch time they looked at the barn and discovered it was going up at a very strange angle because they had deviated from the original standard. (2) Do you not sense that our barn is a little askew today, too? Chuck Swindoll tells about a wife who went to lunch with eleven other women who were taking a French course together since their children were all in school. One rather bold type asked, "How many of you have been ...

4767. Polished Up For Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... congregation will relate. The Mall of America published a poll recently that states that 31 percent of men believe they have a better chance of winning the Heisman trophy than finding the right holiday gifts for their wives. Only 18 percent of women feel the same sense of doom about shopping for their spouses. (1) That means that a third of the men here this morning are under real pressure. It isn't easy getting ready for Christmas. That is why each year about this time we hear the voice of John the Baptist ...

4768. It's A Wonderful Life

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... his Dad was assigned. Don and his older brother Glenn would go to the drilling site with their father. If the rig were near a body of water, they would fish. If they were near a marsh, they would duck hunt. They never went on a "vacation" in the usual sense. Their father never had that kind of time or money, but he did know how to give attention to his children. One of the best Christmas dinners Don ever had was at the rig. The rig was "stacked", which means it was not operating for the holidays, and Don's ...

4769. The Placebo Effect

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It was Peter Marshall's contention that perhaps Jesus was revealing himself to those who had known him in the flesh in this mysterious new form in order to help prepare them for that day when he would no longer be available to them through their physical senses, but through the power of Spirit. That did not mean, however, that he would cease to be with them. He would always be with them. He promised them that. And they believed that promise. Indeed, they staked their lives on that promise. And so can we ...

4770. He Brings Light

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... granddad went shopping for a nice large globe that would spin and would be an attractive addition to their room. Expectantly, he waited their pleasure on Christmas Day as they opened their gift from him. Somehow when the present was opened, however, he sensed they were disappointed. "What is the matter?" he asked. "I thought this is what you wanted for Christmas." "Well, yes," said one of them, "but we were kind of hoping for a lighted world." Immediately he understood that what they wanted was a globe ...

4771. Fans or Followers

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... a new term to describe vegetarians who aren’t committed to abstaining from meat. They now identify themselves as “Flexitarians.” “A Christian,” continues Idleman, “by definition, is a follower of Christ. So, I’m thinking that what might help make sense of the 233 million number is a new word to describe people who identify themselves as Christians but have little interest in actually following the teachings of Jesus. Perhaps instead of ‘followers,’ it would be more accurate to call them ...

4772. Good Reasons For Not Cheating

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... HURT PEOPLE WE LOVE. In a 1987 U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT/CNN poll, Americans said that the quality which they thought was most important in a friend was honesty. It was considered to be more than twice as important as sharing common interests or having a sense of humor. Think how terrible it is to have a friend, or a child, or a parent, or a husband, or a wife, whom you cannot trust. If I were a young person considering a potential mate for marriage, the quality I would look for first is integrity. Can ...

4773. Marriage: Agony Or Ecstasy

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... , why don't you say something?" He looked at the ground and said, "I think I've said too much as it is." Louis Evely, a French priest, has said, "Some women become widows on their wedding day." He did not mean widows in a literal sense, of course. The biggest complaint that women have about their husbands is in the area of communication. The Dallas Morning News (May 28, 1978) quoted Dr. Roy Rhodes as saying: "The average couple married ten years or more spends only 37 minutes a week in close communication ...

4774. Welcome To The Mountain. Now Go Home

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... silly plays." For a moment George Bernard Shaw got a glimpse of the mountain. His commitment to rationalism would not allow him to climb it, perhaps, but he knew it was there. Pity the person who never ascends that mountain of exultationwho never senses the glory of God. PITY EVEN MORE THE PERSON WHO YEARNS FOR THE MOUNTAIN OF EXULTATION, BUT REFUSES THE VALLEY OF SERVICE. Once Billy Graham took part in a television show in London that included some wellknown British personalities. The host was discussing ...

4775. The Ultimate Evidence of God

2 Peter 1:16-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... no life after delivery. What kind of life would that be?” The second twin said, “I don’t know, but there will be more light than here. Maybe we will walk with our legs and eat from our mouths. Maybe we will have other senses that we can’t understand now.” The first twin replied, “That is absurd. Walking is impossible. And eating with our mouths? Ridiculous! The umbilical cord supplies nutrition and everything we need . . . Life after delivery is to be logically excluded.” The second insisted ...

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