Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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4776. Spin-masters Need Not Apply
1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5
Sermon
King Duncan
... and letters over the years from people who believe that space exploration is against the Creator's wishes. "Scripture mail," NASA calls it. These correspondents warned the scientist to cease this dangerous godless folly. "One lady wrote that God doesn't want man to leave Earth and she was willing to bet me $10 that we wouldn't make it," said Episcopalian von Braun. "I answered that, as far as I knew, the Bible said nothing about space flight but it was clearly against gambling." (5) Why are some people ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... YOU. When you look to Christ as the object of your worship, when you identify with him, even seek to imitate him, you find that you are drawn to the heroic too. Gladys Aylward, a missionary to China a half century ago, was forced to leave her missionary work when the Japanese invaded Yangcheng. In fleeing certain death, she led nearly a hundred orphans over the mountains to Free China. It was a frightening journey. At times she was burdened by despair. One morning after a sleepless night, fearing they would ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Once again, she smiled at him. The boy was delighted. They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, yet they never said a word. As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave. Before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever. When the boy opened the door to his own home a short time later, his mother was surprised by the ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... shelter, saw a sight which was indirectly the means of saving both his own life and the lives of others. He spied a number of soldiers as they broke into a house. Soon all those who dwelled in that house were put to the sword. The fugitive noticed that on leaving the house, the soldiers fastened up the place again, and one of them, dipping a cloth in a pool of blood, splashed it on the door as a token to any who might follow of what had taken place inside. Quick as his feet could carry him, the poor ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... come up with more than 101 reasons why we can't love our enemies, why we can't turn the other cheek, why this kind of living is just irrational in today's world. And it is irrational. It was just as irrational in Jesus' day. But Jesus doesn't leave us any room for excuses. We are left with only one option: to respond with love. And before we protest that this is too much to ask, let's remember that Jesus, like any good leader, would never ask us to do something he wouldn't do himself. The second ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... family, and his country to go where God led him. Now, it's important for us to recognize that Abram wasn't some poor wanderer living in a tent when he heard God's voice. Excavations at Ur, Abram's home, reveal that Abram chose to leave a wealthy city, then at the height of power and influence. Gold sculptures and inlaid harps reflect Ur's culture. Mighty city walls and public buildings reflect its strength. Records of business transactions reveal its prosperity. (3) God came to Abram and said, "Go from your ...
4782. Destined For Greatness
Jeremiah 30:1--31:40
Sermon
King Duncan
... . We are all the products of two things--our heredity and our environment. Have you heard that before? We have no freedom--not really, according to this line of thought. None of us can help being what we are. Talk of predestination and election and determinism leaves us scratching our heads. But let's look at the matter from an objective, scientific standpoint. Suppose I were to ask you to write down all the factors that caused you to be the person you are today--factors over which you had no control. What ...
Sermon
King Duncan
To help us get this New Year off to a good start, I thought you might like to hear one person's resolutions--not for this year but for New Year's past. Resolution #1 1994: I will try to be a better husband to Marge. 1995: I will not leave Marge. 1996: I will try for a reconciliation with Marge. 1997: I will try to be a better husband to Wanda. Resolution #2 1994: I will read at least 20 good books a year. 1995: I will read at least 10 books a year. 1996: I will read 5 books ...
4784. Surprise!
Luke 4:14-30
Sermon
King Duncan
... upon at any time to preach or teach on the Scriptures each Sunday? That's a huge responsibility. One of two things would happen if we followed that practice: there would be an explosion of Bible study in our congregation, or we would have a stampede of members leaving our church. But I'm wandering from the point. Jesus was handed a scroll from the book of Isaiah and asked to preach on it. He didn't have to flip around for a while to find what he wanted. He went straight to Isaiah 61, a Messianic passage ...
Sermon
Eric Ritz
... ." Recommendation: He was always asking if there was anything he could do. Translation: "We were always wondering that, too." Recommendation: Given the opportunity, I am certain that he will quickly forge a name for himself within your company. Translation: "Don't leave any blank checks lying around." Recommendation: You will be very fortunate to get this person to work for you. Translation: "Unfortunately, we couldn't get him to work for us!" Recommendation: All in all, I cannot recommend her too highly ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... his own power. God promised him that he would be equipped with God's power, with God's protection. He even gave him the very words to say. The job of prophet is a lonely job. That's why God told Jeremiah from the very beginning that He would never leave him alone. Max Lucado wrote a cute-sounding, thought-provoking devotional about how much we mean to God. It's called, "If God Had a Refrigerator." If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... the first step. Perhaps St. Paul, as he tried to intervene in the conflict in the Corinthian church, was thinking of the words of his Lord: "So when you are offering your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift" (Matthew 5:23-24, NRSV). Someone has to take the first step to build a bridge. It is interesting that Paul did not point ...
4788. Building a Nation
Matthew 11:25-30
Sermon
King Duncan
... Day. I thought you might enjoy these thoughts from an unknown author: Only in America . . . can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in America . . . do people order double cheeseburgers, a large fry, and a DIET coke. Only in America . . . do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters. Only in America . . . do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place ...
4789. When You Feel Helpless
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
Sermon
King Duncan
... at that mountain of rubble that was once your home. How would you feel? Angry, perhaps? Frustrated? Helpless? Some people in our land have experienced what it means to see a home destroyed--by floods, tornados, earthquake. But that is not the only disaster that can leave us feeling desolate. A health crisis--a tumor or a stroke or a heart attack--a divorce-- a business failure. There are those events that happen in life which we are powerless to avoid and with which we are helpless to contend. St. Paul was ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... a great one. I have waited for someone to come and tell me more about him." He said that he had believed that if the Bible was true, God would send someone to tell him. Shelton told the man about Jesus. He readily believed. As they were leaving, the man thanked them for coming. Shelton said, however, that the man's final words shook every fiber of his emotional being. "You almost waited too long," he said. (2) Those words haunted Roger Shelton. They ought to haunt us. "You almost waited too long." There are ...
4791. Right Choices
Matthew 13:24-30
Children's Sermon
King Duncan
... you wish we had something like a strainer that would help us to separate the good and the bad stuff in our lives? What if we had a strainer that could separate all the sin and the bad habits and the grumpy feelings we had in our lives, and just leave the good stuff behind? Wouldn't that be great? There is one way we can strain the sin and the bad stuff out of our lives, and that's by giving it to God and asking Him to forgive us. God wants to take away our sins and teach us ...
4792. Positive Faith
Romans 8:18-27
Sermon
King Duncan
... church in a wheelchair. The man was more agile in handling that chair than many people are on their feet. He had been in that chair since he was 17, when he was crippled by rheumatic fever. His family was poor. His mother and father both worked, leaving him alone, sitting in his chair, saying to himself ceaselessly, "Useless, useless, useless." Then, one day, he said to himself, "I am not useless." He picked up the Bible and began to read. Finally he was saying to himself, "So what, if I have no leg power ...
4793. Family Survival
Genesis 37:1-11
Sermon
Stephen DeFur
... attractive, you don't like it. You want to be the one who wears the robe. You don't feel special without it--you become insensitive to the way that your power and status affects others. "Listen to me. Listen to my dream!" you're tempted to say, and you leave a trail of wounded hearts behind you, and underneath there is fear that you might lose your favorite position, and then who would you be? If this is you, maybe you need to get involved in things where you're not the center of attention--where you're not ...
Sermon
Siegfried S. Johnson
In their joy they were disbelieving, and still wondering . . . (Luke 24: 41) A New York cop named Charley is having coffee in a little diner. Finished, he reaches into his pocket to pay and to leave his usual tip, but finds that he has just enough money to pay for the coffee. There's not enough to tip the waitress. Embarrassed, he offers the waitress a choice. He promises to return the next day with double the usual tip. Or, taking a lottery ticket out of ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... mothers. See if any of these sound familiar: DAVID! I told you not to play in the house with that sling! Go practice your harp. We pay good money for those lessons! ABRAHAM! Stop wandering around the countryside and get home for supper! SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO! Leave those clothes outside, you smell like a furnace! CAIN! Get off your brother! You're going to kill him some day! NOAH! No, you can't keep them! I told you, don't bring home any more strays! GIDEON! Have you been hiding in that wine press ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... you begin to limit the possessions of a lifetime to two hundred pounds? They got the scales and started the family arguing: two children, wife and husband . . . "This vase, of course, has to come along! Well, what about my new typewriter? Mustn't leave these books and journals behind! You're taking more than your share!" The squabbling tore at them! Finally they had it resolved. Everything was weighed and set aside and weighed again. There it was. A bundle of the choicest. Exactly two hundred pounds. Right ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... 't want to wait. Neither do we. Over a period of forty days after his resurrection Luke tells us that Christ appeared to many of the believers. During this time he was teaching them about the Kingdom of God. On one occasion he said to them, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." I. "Wait." He said to them, "Wait.". Lawrence O. Richards makes the point ...
4798. How To Love
John 15:1-17
Sermon
King Duncan
... way: If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper --not a homemaker. If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn cleanliness--not godliness. Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh. Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window. Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys. Love is present ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... are speaking of a creative power behind our universe, but we are also speaking of a loving person who has entered our universe. And we are speaking of one thing more: we are speaking of a Divine Presence in our lives today. Jesus promised that he would not leave us alone and helpless. He would send us a counselor, a helper, a friend. Yes, God is the creative force behind our universe; yes, God is the loving Father Jesus revealed to us; but God is also the force in our lives that helps us transcend our human ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... of children, spiritual or religious belief, health, or even financial security. (5) We prize our families, but even family circumstances change. A spouse can bring great joy into your life--and then break your heart. So can children. And sooner or later all whom we love leave home--whether for college, for a family of their own, or for the grave. If you have invested all you have and all you are in your family, where will you be then? In 1954, Billie Sicard's twelve-year-old son, George, died of cancer ...
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