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4801. I Wish Life Came With An Eraser!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... every morning, rocking in a rocking chair for fifteen minutes and thinking good thoughts about the day ahead. Willimon admits that he didn't like getting up early and didn't own a rocking chair. But he was committed. He would try. The next chapter said, if you really want to change and be a better person, make a list of the good things you are going to do that day and put the list in your shirt pocket. Next chapter"”set aside some time each day to write one letter to someone who has touched your life in ...

4802. Building On A Firm Foundation

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... worms eat our bodies. I guess I should have told him the truth--that most of us go to Hell and burn eternally--but I didn't want to upset him. Or this one by a young person aged 11: I once heard the voice of God. It said, "Vrrrrmmmmm." Unless it was just a ... : I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life? Here's my favorite: Often, when I am reading a good book, I stop and thank my ...

4803. Ready For A Change

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... her head and prayed to receive Christ. (6) "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician," said Jesus, "but those who are sick." Do you confess your need of Christ this day? Are you ready to make a change in your life--or do you simply want to relax in a hot bath? If you are ready for more--a true adventure in living--then Jesus says to you, "Follow me." 1. James E. Kiefer, http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/56.html 2. Christopher Carrier, "From Darkness to Light," May 2000, pp. 101-106. 3 ...

4804. Love Is Not Easy

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... ASSUMES THAT WE WILL DO MORE THAN SIMPLY KEEP THE RULES. We are to be moral people, but it is not enough simply to master the "Thou shalt nots." Just because you do not steal or kill or commit adultery does not mean you are living the way Jesus wants you to live. Obeying the law is the beginning of Christian discipleship not the end. "Putting on the mind of Christ . . ." means that we are to live a life of love. Storyteller Bill Harley tells a simple story about a children's T-ball game he witnessed a few ...

4805. Reaching Our Full Potential

Matthew 25:14-30

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... going on a journey and he entrusted each servant with some money to keep for him. To one servant he gave a great deal of money, to the second he gave a modest amount of money, to the third, he just gave a small amount of money. The wealthy man wanted to see what his three servants would do with the money. The first two servants invested the money the wealthy man gave them and so they made more money. But the third servant hid his money in the ground. He was afraid that he might lose some of his Master ...

4806. The Power Of A Focused Life

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Not everyone is called to change the world in the same way as Paul did. Whereas focus is critical to a successful life, it is possible to focus your life too narrowly. A powerful CEO stood up at his retirement dinner and made the following speech: “I know you want my job,” he said to those who had come to honor him, “and I’ll tell you how to get it.” All the young executives leaned forward, eager to catch his every word. The CEO went on to say that his daughter had gotten married last week. At her ...

4807. Willing And Able

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... say that--that Christ is able to help you with any problem you have today? The man with leprosy knew Jesus was able. WHAT HE WANTED TO KNOW WAS IF JESUS WAS WILLING. Mark tells us that "he knelt in front of the Master and pleaded, "˜If you are willing, you ... and he decided they could no longer wait until God erected a billboard with their names on it detailing exactly what God wanted them to do in the area of ministry for others. A friend had been distributing cold bottled water to homeless people for some ...

4808. Scamming God

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... the reason, no one can argue that much of our society chooses to "look out for number one." And this attitude eventually spills over into our worship of God. We want some return on our investment here! If we are going to pray, we want others to praise our eloquent speech. If we give money, we want a mention in the newspaper or a nice plaque in the entryway. If we fast, we want folks to point to us as a good example. What's wrong with a little pat on the back now and then? And then Jesus gets all preachy on ...

4809. Choices

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... we give in to our weakness? Pastor Tommy Barnett tells a revealing story of an encounter with rock-and-roll icon Elvis Presley many years ago. Elvis was in the congregation at a church where Barnett was speaking. Elvis seemed moved by the sermon, and wanted to talk to Barnett afterwards. Elvis grew up a deeply religious young man. He cut his teeth singing Gospel music. He knew that he needed to repent of his current lifestyle and return to his Christian faith. But the allure of show business was too strong ...

4810. Flesh-eaters; Blood Drinkers

John 6:51-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but have everlasting life." (John 3: 16) And then we should dance for joy. If you only view the Lord's Supper in terms of Jesus' suffering and death, then you are missing its full meaning. Jesus promised eternal life to those who take his life into theirs. He wanted us to remember him with joy. And secondly, we come to the table with an attitude of humility. When we come to worship, we come with a bowed heart. For the hour or so that we are in worship, we forget about ourselves and focus on our Savior and ...

4811. Needed: A Radiator Cap Solution

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... as he prays, "Not my will but thine be done." Have you ever prayed that prayer with that kind of intensity? "Lord God, help me to be centered in your will. Help me be the husband or wife or single person or Mom or Dad or teenager or student you want me to be. Help me think as Jesus thought, love as Jesus loved, sacrifice as Jesus sacrificed. Take the radiator cap of my life and drive a whole new car under it." Jesus stirs up people with his teachings. To see the world as Jesus saw the world, we would ...

4812. Who Are Those Strangers In White Robes?

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... our touching God. So many saints have discovered that they really did not know the depths of God's love until they went through a time of real trial. If you are going to touch God, you're going to have to accept much in life that you don't want to accept, and trust that there is set aside for you a robe by a loving God. But notice something else. These people dressed in white robes were never perfect. This is important. Many of us think of saints as being perfect. They may be perfect now, but they weren ...

4813. Begin With The End

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... truly know Him in whom we have believed. Begin with the end in mind, but what does that mean, if the end is with God? First, it means that everything matters. Nothing that happens here is irrelevant. Someone has made a list of The Top Five Things You Don't Want To Hear At The Pearly Gates: Number five is, "Ha, Ha! Are you the doofus who stuck the knife in the toaster?" Number four is, "Take a seat, it will be a few minutes; God's helping a high school football team in Texas." (I'll let you think about ...

4814. Winners Every One

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... ) St. Paul was one of the most contented people who ever lived. And why not? His was a life well lived, a race well run. And one thing more: he wore a crown well deserved. We don't talk much about our heavenly reward nowadays. I guess we don't want people to think we are talking about "pie-in-the-sky by-and-by" as some earlier generations of believers did. Plus, as a way of guarding against self-righteousness, we try to emphasize that no one wins God's favor. It's given as a free gift. Having said ...

4815. About Marriage

Luke 20:27-40

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... me of the story in our scripture for today. The Sadducees "the important church leaders" didn't believe in the resurrection or heaven. They were trying to trick Jesus by asking him hard questions. But Jesus realized that, deep in their hearts, what they really wanted to know was if there was a resurrection. His answer surprised them and they asked no more questions. It was kind of like the little boy and his food. The little boy thought he wouldn't like it and was surprised. The Sadducees thought there ...

4816. Immanuel

Isaiah 63:7-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... a disagreement arose, they reminded her of all they had done for her. Finally, in desperation, the young woman sent them a check for the rent and for the items her parents had purchased for her. She included a note saying, "Please don't misunderstand, but I want you to take this back. A gift is no good with strings attached to it." (3) I suspect this is the reason many people do not open themselves to God's presence. They think there are strings attached. They think there is some fine print. Conditions. It ...

4817. Money Matters

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... very difficult to find anything good that Jesus ever said about money. One thinks immediately of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man with his bounty, and Lazarus, lying at his gates in misery. You remember that in the next life the rich man is in hell, and he wants to come back and warn his brothers about the way he has misused his life and the way he has mishandled his resources. He pleads to be able to send Lazarus to talk to his brothers. One thinks of the rich fool, the man who built great barns to ...

4818. When Did We See You?

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... helped because the scales were lifted off of one pastor's eyes and he saw a need and filled it. He saw a hurt and healed it. But he was not alone. (2) William Larimer Mellon, Jr., retired at the age of thirty-seven with everything one could want: family, money, prestige and a life of leisure and pleasure ahead of him. One night he read a magazine article that was to change his life. It was about Dr. Albert Schweitzer who, years before, at the age of thirty, had put aside successful careers in music, writing ...

4819. That Believing Ye Might Have Life

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... year later with 10 volumes of revised history. It was still too much for the sultan to read. He finally told the historian that he wanted to be able to read the work in one afternoon. The scholar then went off into a corner of the throne room and scribbled something ... him by being delighted with the news. She told him that it was a perfect opportunity to work on the book he had wanted to write. So that's what he did. He wrote The Scarlet Letter, which is still considered one of the greatest novels ever ...

4820. Standing Outside Graceland

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Graceland. DO WE REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT SALVATION IS BY FAITH AND FAITH ALONE? You may know the story about the Sunday School teacher who wanted to teach her class about grace. And so one day she asked them, "If I sold my house and my car and gave ... of a young monk dancing within the cloistered walls of a convent. Can't you see it? He had tried for so long to be what God wanted him to be. And suddenly he realized that salvation is a gift. We can never earn it. We can never measure up to God's standards. All ...

4821. A Date With Destiny

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , the Bethesda Home for Boys in Savannah, Georgia. Betty and he and their teen-age son, David, were put in charge of one of seven cottages. They were responsible for the lives of 20 boys from 5 to 18 years of age. "Now," he says, "I'm where God wants me to be, in a life that began--instead of ending--with my obituary." Hamilton Whaley had discovered his reason for being. Many people in our society are asking the question, "Where does God mean for me to be?" How about you? Have you discovered where God ...

4822. Sympathizing With The One Talent Man

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... that story he felt like crying. However, as a writer and as a student of people, he came to the conclusion that there are lots of people tyrannized by fear just as he was. Is there somebody here this morning who is driving a car that you really didn't want to buy, but you couldn't tell the salesman, "No?" Do you have products in your home that should have been returned to the manufacturer long ago, but you simply were unable to stand up for your rights? Many of us can look back over our lives and see many ...

4823. A Father Pleased With His Son

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the accolades of his son who died at the age of 11. Writing more than forty years after his son's death, Jones put it like this: "I overheard him once talking with a group of playmates, when each one was telling what he wanted to be when grown up, and Lowell said when his turn came, 'I want to grow up and be a man like my daddy.' Few things in my life have ever touched me as those words did, or have given me a greater impulse to dedication. What kind of a man was I going to be, if ...

4824. He Came To Us

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... Mahala, the officer complained that, "She's catchable but not fetchable." (1) Some things in life are like that. They may be catchable, but in the vernacular of the mountains, they are not fetchable. Suppose you are I had never heard about Jesus Christ, but we wanted to know about God. How would we go about it? It's a problem. We could look at nature to draw our conclusions, but nature presents a mixed bag. Certainly there is the abundance of the soil, and the faithfulness of the seasons, not to mention ...

4825. Excited, Motivated, Changed!

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... ignore still other people who have also "quit" their jobs but keep coming to work. In fact, in a survey of workers across the United States, nearly 85% said that they could work harder on the job. More than half claimed they could double their effectiveness "if (they) wanted to." (2) If we could do better, why don't we? Ah, that's the question, isn't it? If we could answer that question, we could write a best-selling book and retire for life. Everybody is asking how it is done. Teachers are asking how to ...

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