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4901. A Birthday Celebration

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... privileges" of his birthday, which fell on November 13th, to Miss Annie H. Ide. From that day forward, Annie celebrated her birthday on November 13th. (6) Robert Louis Stevenson was not the first to transfer all his "rights and privileges" to someone else. In a sense Jesus became mortal that he might transfer some of his immortality to us. Jesus became human that he might transfer the spark of divinity to us. Jesus became a servant that he might transfer us to the status of sons and daughters. Or as John ...

4902. Secrets Of Successful Parenting

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... is abusive. I don't get the idea that Jesus was an abused child, do you? Certainly Mary and Joseph had rules for him, just as every loving parent has rules for his or her child, but this story reflects that Jesus had learned a healthy sense of autonomy. Beside staying behind at the Temple without permission, Jesus was comfortable stating his own view of things: "Why did you worry? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?" SECONDLY, THIS STORY REMINDS US OF WHAT HOLDS FAMILIES TOGETHER MUTUAL ...

4903. One Giant Leap

John 1:1-18, Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... miniature toes bubbling from the end of a little red pad, one small step, not even yet taken. And still, at the same time, one giant leap. "One giant leap . . ." That's what Christmas morning reminds us, doesn't it? It's that in a number of senses, isn't it? For one thing, IT WAS A LEAP THAT CROSSED THE GREAT GULF BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH, BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PHYSICAL, BETWEEN THINGS OF PRAISE AND THINGS OF POVERTY. Writers can do that sometimes--they can bridge a gulf. Anthony Trollope, the great ...

4904. Two Promises For A New Year

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... security guard's eyes widened as he watched the monitor. He asked Tom what he had in the bag. Then the guard slowly pulled out of the bag this strange looking device, a six-by-three-inch black box covered with dials and switches. Other travelers, sensing trouble, vacated the area. “It's a metronome," Tom replied weakly, as his son cringed in embarrassment. “It's a talking metronome," he insisted. “Look, I'll show you." He took the box and flipped a switch, realizing that he had no idea how it worked ...

4905. When The Fish Won't Bite

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... test or the Minnesota Multi-Phasic Inventory. He didn't consult his accountant or his family. He never asked about salary or vacation. He didn't inquire about perks, profit-sharing or pensions. He didn't even pray! He just left everything and followed Jesus. We sense that something else was going on with Peter . . . and there was! To learn what was going on in Simon's life, we back up to the fourth chapter of Luke where Jesus enters the small Galilean village of Capernaum. There Jesus stays at the home of ...

4906. Spin-masters Need Not Apply

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It gives us poise. It gives us purpose. When you know that behind this world is a loving God, and that God is personally involved in our world and that we are God's own children, it does something to you. It invigorates you, gives you a sense of meaning and direction. In Maya Angelou's book, Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now, she tells of a lesson she learned many years ago from her voice teacher, Frederick Wilkerson. Wilkerson asked Angelou to read a passage from the book, Lessons in Truth. This ...

4907. The Bridge Builder

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... things like, "Bless those who curse you," "If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also," "Love your enemies"? He couldn't be serious! Jesus might as well have been talking like Donald Duck, because he wasn't making any sense. The Jews had waited hundreds of years for the coming Messiah. They had been persecuted, enslaved, tortured, oppressed by governments that defiled their religion and culture. And it was their most cherished belief that when the Messiah came, He would come in power ...

4908. Passing The Test!

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to him. Satan was offering Jesus external success--popularity and power--if only he would follow the ways of the world and not the way of God. He should have known Jesus had the power within to resist. Every day you and I are confronted with tests. In a sense, like Jesus, we are tested not to see if we are God's children but because we are God's children. There are tests we confront that worldly people aren't even aware of. There are tests of our honesty and integrity. Tests of our ability to love others ...

4909. When You're Dreaming One Thing And Living Another

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... contain himself any longer and falls out of his chair laughing. After they realize what he had done, the teacher and the young woman both turn beet red. Funny, the young man reports, he never got more than a C- in that class. (1) Some people don't have a sense of humor. This story reminds me of a line by comedian Steven Wright. Wright says: I have a switch in my apartment. It doesn't do anything. Every once in a while, I turn it on and off . . . One day I got a call. It was from a woman in ...

4910. Living With Difficult People

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... ," as if Christ were just another historical figure in the early church. But notice that Paul takes to task, first of all, his own fan club. "Has Christ been divided?" he asks. "Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?" In a sense Paul is identifying with members of the other factions to scold those who were united behind him in order that healing may take place for the whole community. It's not easy to identify with your teenaged son or daughter when their view of reality is in ...

4911. Beaten Up, But Still Standing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... chooses people to suffer from problems like cerebral palsy. To a great extent life is a matter of chance. A certain number of people will be stricken with cerebral palsy. Leigh just happened to be among the unlucky. Life happens. Think about it. It makes sense. If God wrapped an invisible protective shield around everyone who believed in Him, then of course everyone would believe--not out of love, but out of a calculated self-interest. "œI'm going to become a Christian," we would say, "œso that God will ...

4912. What Does It Mean To Be Really Free?

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... she died, Mary Stein had cried out, “Oh Lord, I'm coming home." Those words echoed in Julian Imperial's head. He couldn't run from his horrible guilt. A year later, Julian gave his life to Christ. For sixteen more years he struggled with the stifling sense of sin and shame. He knew the consequences of admitting his crime. Yet his newfound faith in God wouldn't allow him to run from his sins. After his 1994 confession, Julian Imperial was sentenced to prison; he is still there today. But although his body ...

4913. Building A Nation

Matthew 11:25-30

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... time ago, they found lots of different apple trees growing in America. Apples grew just about everywhere. And so the pilgrims learned how to make all kinds of apple foods, like apple pie. Apple pie became a symbol of America. So on the Fourth of July, it just makes sense to have a little apple pie. We here in America are very blessed. We live in a beautiful country. We have good schools and nice towns. We have a good government. We have lots of freedom, and we have good laws. This is a great day to pray and ...

4914. Trouble Brewing In The Kitchen

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Graham M. Bingham

... story that what we need in the Christian life is balance. A balance between work and worship. A balance between doing and listening. A balance between a faith that is active in love and a faith renewed by the Word of God. When Christians lose this sense of balance, their priorities get out of focus, they become distracted by other things, and start manifesting attitudes and behaviors that are not very Christ-like. This is the lesson of the story. We begin by looking at THE SISTERS IN THE HOME. Although Mary ...

4915. Where Are Your Chickens?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... God was leading him to fulfill a very specific mission: to buy twelve barbecued chickens. Harry didn't know what God wanted him to do with the barbecued chickens, so he drove around town praying and asking God to lead him to people who needed food. He sensed God leading him to five different homes in different parts of town. In one home was a single mother who didn't have enough food to feed her children. In another home was an elderly couple with health problems. The wife had just been released from the ...

4916. Barking Pigs and Determined Disciples

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... right in. Simon Peter could have stayed safely in the boat. But we wouldn't be reading about him today. II. There is a place for caution in the Christian life. You surely understand that. By praising Simon Peter I'm not endorsing letting go of common sense and embracing reckless, foolish behavior. Cowboy writer Curt Brummett likes to tell how proud he felt the day his father gave him his first real rope. All young cowboys dream of owning their own rope, which they can use to rope steer. As his father tied ...

4917. Building A Home

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus told a parable about a young man who went off to a far country and came back home defeated and in disgrace. But his father welcomed him with open arms. Everyone needs a home like that. Everyone needs a home where they learn a healthy sense of their own identity. Everyone needs a home where they are taught principles and values that will last them a lifetime. Everyone needs to know that they can always go back home. Mushy sentimentality? No, authentic Christian faith. For that is the love God has for ...

4918. Worriers Or Warriors?

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... like that? It's all part of life. Nobody's exempt. If you were as virtuous as St. Paul and as charitable as Mother Teresa, you would still have problems. That's what it means to be human. THE SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL LIVING IS TO HAVE SUCH AN INNER SENSE OF PEACE THAT WE CAN MANAGE THE PROBLEMS THAT COME TO US NO MATTER HOW SEVERE. Maybe you know the story of Olympic speed skating champion, Dan Jansen. Dan was the favorite in the 1988 Calgary Olympics. But just before he was to race, news reached him that his ...

4919. Building An Understanding Of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... to receive it. It does not cause us to jerk, and dance about and speak in strange languages. It is the presence of God within us seeking to help us be all that we can be. We are not alone. There is one who is with us. Does this make sense to you? Have I made the doctrine any clearer for you? The Trinity is simply the Christian's way of talking about the one, true God. We say that in order to have a true appreciation of God's nature, you need to glimpse God from three different sides, God ...

4920. What In The World Is Happiness?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... customers, overhearing his argument with the teller, suspect that something is amiss at the bank and begin demanding their money. And the bank nearly collapses. The implication is that literal adherence to Jesus' teachings results either in comedy or tragedy, depending on your sense of irony. (2) When author Philip Yancey was teaching a class on the Beatitudes, he decided to incorporate into the lesson a video clip of Cecil B. DeMille's movie King of Kings. As Yancey fast-forwarded through much of the movie ...

4921. Dreaming Of Florida--awaking In Alaska

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... a government clerk would drop any reference to a saint. The Lewenetzs arrived finally in Florida on Christmas Eve. (1) This is All Saints Day. Like that government clerk we don't talk about saints much anymore. Sometimes we use the word saint in a pejorative sense: “Well, I didn't know that YOU were such a saint!" Or, “Nobody said Bill Clinton was a saint." Sometimes we might use the word saint as a compliment: “Old George was a such a saintly man." But generally, saint is an archaic term. We might ...

4922. The Tenth Man

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... complaining. It's a process that occurs so slowly, we don't even realize it's happening. Our attitude has changed from being grateful to ungrateful." (2) Pastor and author Bruce Larson makes the point that all the leprous men were healed, in the sense of a physical cleansing of their condition, but only one leper was truly made well. Physical healing is not always necessary to being a whole, happy person, but spiritual cleansing is. (3) The tenth leper was freed from a physical illness. But true freedom ...

4923. If You Are The King Of The Jews....

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... there children still dying of AIDS in Africa? Jesus came to save them. Are there children dying of gunshot wounds in schools in America? Jesus came to save them. Are there people living in penthouses who have no purpose for life except to deaden their senses with drugs, alcohol and meaningless sex? Jesus came to save them. Are there people living under bridges with rags for a pillow? Jesus came to save them. Are there families torn with abuse and adultery? Jesus came to save them. Are there entire countries ...

4924. The Difference Between God And Santa

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... Night Live has been known for its irreverent, sometimes outrageous humor. A recurring segment on Saturday Night Live is called "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handley." The deep thoughts consist of nothing more than touchy-feely psychobabble that sounds pretty good, but actually makes no sense. Here is a sample: "To me, it's a good idea," says Jack Handley, "to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "˜Hey, can you give me a hand?' you can say "˜Sorry, got these sacks ...

4925. The Ultimate Solution For Sin

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... most tolerant man who ever lived. Notice in our lesson for today. One of his disciples, John, told him, "Teacher," said John, "we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us." (NIV) Now that makes sense. What we have here is a clear copyright infringement. A man who was not a member of a recognized church was using Jesus' name to cast out demons. If something wasn't done he would soon be putting up a tent on the outskirts of townÃ»The First Liturgical ...

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