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Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... power of the Holy Spirit. INDIVIDUALS TODAY ALSO NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT. A number of years ago, a fog in London lingered over the city for four days. The first day, there were a few suicides reported. That number quadrupled on the second day, and then doubled again on the third day. There were more suicides that day than on any other since World War II when German bombers assaulted the city. People simply couldn't cope with their depressing surroundings. What they needed was a strong wind to blow across their ...

502. The Ultimate Success Formula

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... , I just hated the principle of the thing." However, in today's world a good education is vital. Don't limit yourself just because you are discouraged. Deny yourself and take up a cross. The ultimate success formula. Try it. I guarantee you it will work or double your money back. But before you go out into the world to try it, let me add one thing. Some of you are going to find that material success is not really all that satisfying. There are a lot of lonely people driving Cadillacs and Mercedes, living ...

503. Victory on a Broken Knee

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... , then, that we have a worthy purpose to which we give our lives. What is your life purpose? What is your personal mission statement? Without a sense of purpose driving us, few of us will achieve a very satisfying life. Denis Waitley in his book, The Double Win, gives us a beautiful example of the power of purpose. He tells of watching the Today show one morning years ago when his attention was captured by an interview between the host, Jane Pauley, and a Mr. Smith who was celebrating his 102nd birthday. Mr ...

504. Get Your Third Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sunday morning she would fill up her car with children and young people who had no other means of transportation and bring them to Sunday school. Thanks to this woman’s dedication, there were Sundays when the number of young people present was doubled. Unfortunately there was some grumbling among those with first-class tickets about the rowdiness that could occur when so many unattended children were present. There were some in the church who even thought they should focus only on adults and not spend so ...

505. To Forgive Is Divine

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... a Biblical number; the world was created in seven days. Peter thought he gave an exceptional answer. The rabbis instructed persons to forgive someone only three times, and if there was a fourth then God would take care of the person. Peter was more generous, he doubled the amount and added one more for good measure. "As many as seven times?" Peter might have thought that he finally had the right answer. To forgive someone who has wronged you or has hurt you seven times is a lot. The average person finds it ...

506. Treasured Relics

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... earnings of two people. Even the servant who was given only one talent had an enormous sum of money. Immediately after the master left on his trip the first two servants went to work. The one with the five talents and the one with two talents soon had doubled the money of their master. The third servant who was given one talent, however, "went off at once and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money." At an unexpected time the master returned and called in his three servants to give an account ...

507. Someone Is Calling In The Night

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... West Texas oil field. At lunch time the workers in the oil field would tell jokes and play cards. "For thirty minutes in the heat of the day," Max says, "the oil patch became Las Vegas ” replete with foul language, dirty stories, blackjack, and barstools that doubled as lunch pails." One day during lunch a supervisor walked toward the workers. Did he have a job for them that couldn't wait? They wondered. "Uh, fellows," he said. The workers turned and looked up at him. "I, uh, I just wanted, uh, to invite ...

508. How Shall We Prepare?

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... or society which the genius of man is capable of bringing to life. Women's relief, unemployment relief, every hospital and charitable institution in the city ” including the Red Cross, the purple cross, and the double cross. For my own safety I am required to carry life insurance, property insurance, liability insurance, accident insurance, burglar insurance, business insurance, earthquake insurance, tornado insurance, unemployment insurance, fire insurance. I am inspected, expected, respected ...

509. How Do You Act In The Presence Of The Queen?

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... your own inadequacy? Do you not feel a call to His service? In 1922 Max Flack of the Chicago Cubs and Cliff Heathcote of the St. Louis Cardinals were traded for each other. This is not unusual except that they were traded after the first game of a double-header between the two teams. During the second game both men played in different uniforms. I am asking you this morning, if you really sense God's presence in this place, to accept a change of uniforms. How do you act in the presence of a queen? Protocol ...

510. Resisting The Power Of Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... beyond what we can bear but He always will provide a way out. You see, he knows us better than we know ourselves. He knows our strong points and our weak ones. It is like a pilot who was performing amazing feats for the people watching below. He was doing double and triple loops and other tricks. But when he landed, he broke a strut on his plane. He jumped in another plane and gunned the motor. A man seeing him do this shouted and waved for him to stop. The pilot ignored him and roared off into the sky. The ...

511. Why Do We Call Him Good?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... to realize that the individual along the side of the road hurts as much as you or I have in a similar circumstance. Jesus hopes we will entertain the weary traveler's agony as our own. Actress Ann Jullian's struggle with cancer and her resulting double mastectomy has been much publicized. She allowed her story to be told to encourage and support others who are enduring a similar ailment. Ann's husband, Andy, extends the same sympathy to the public. His sentiment is best expressed in a comment he made after ...

512. Wayward Children - Father's Day

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the fear you feel as you wait for the telephone to ring when you know that your young person is at risk. And young people today live in a world of risk. Nearly a million teenage girls become pregnant each year, the suicide rate for teens has doubled in the past 30 years, teenage arrests have increased by 3,000 percent since 1950, and the leading cause of death among 15-19-year-old minority youths is...murder! Almost half a million students are dropping out of high school every year, and perhaps twice that ...

513. Does It Make A Difference Who Jesus Is?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

Newsweek magazine carried an interesting article sometime back about a controversy that has been brewing down in Louisiana. Let me share it with you: "Even if it did double as a bug zapper (it doesn't), the big blue neon JESUS sign outside the Church of Abundant Life in Harvey, Louisiana, would have to go. So say Jefferson Parish officials, who claim they inadvertently approved installation of the five-foot-high, 21-foot-wide sign last November. Now they' ...

514. Who? Me Worry?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... Juggler. "I can worry about six things at the same time," he says. I don't believe you have to be Jewish to accomplish that feat. Chuck Swindoll notes that the words, "Do not be anxious," are a translation of the word MERIMNAO, "do not be divided in your mind double-minded." It reminds me of something I read about flies. Do you know the best way to swat a fly? According to the scientific journal NATURE the best way is to take a piece of tissue paper in each hand. Approach the fly from the left and right at ...

515. He Touched Me

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... continue this updating throughout the year bringing fresh takes on King's best sermons.] Original Title: He Touched Me New Title: A Little of That Human Touch Liz O’Dwyer, a mother of two, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016. She underwent chemotherapy and a double mastectomy, but the cancer returned and spread to her bones. She was given a terminal diagnosis and was told she had only a few months to live. One day, Liz was feeling particularly low and decided to go for a walk. She came across a group ...

516. Passing The Test!

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... benefits that being tempted does not have. As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. In order to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the bridge, where it stayed an entire day. One worker asked, “Are you trying to see if we can break this bridge?" “No," the builder replied, “I'm trying to prove that the ...

517. Building a Nation

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

A few days ago we celebrated Independence 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 ...

518. It Could Happen To You!

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... , 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 his billfold and holding it up, he promises to split the winnings, if any, of the lottery ticket he just purchased for that evening's drawing. Now, Yvonne didn't need to hear that. She has had a bad ...

519. How To Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... You can learn things being around children. Here are some truths one father learned: There is no such thing as child-proofing your house. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long ways. Glass windows (even double pane) don't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan. If you use a waterbed as a home plate while wearing baseball shoes, it does not leak. It explodes. A king-size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2,000 sq. ft. house almost 4 inches deep ...

520. Children Of The Light

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... two talents--to the third he gave one talent. When he returned from his trip, he asked the servants for an accounting. The servant who had received five talents put his money to work and earned an additional five talents. The servant who had two talents also doubled the amount with which he had been entrusted. But the poor man who had received only one talent buried it in the ground and all he had to show was that which he had received. You and I have received the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon ...

521. Passing The Test Of Faith

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." "Well, show me," said the officer. So the juggler started juggling six of these large knives all at once. Knives were flying everywhere, though amazingly all of them were expertly under his control. While he was performing, another car passed by. The driver of this car did a double take when he saw the juggler throwing six knives up in the air at one time and catching them. He turned to his wife and said, "That's it. I'm through drinking. Why, if I ever got stopped, I could never pass one of those new ...

522. The Divine Balance

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... in this game." And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives. And Satan created McDonald's. And McDonald's brought forth the 99-cent double cheeseburger. And Satan said to Man, "You want fries with that?" And Man said, "Supersize them." And Man gained 5 pounds. And God created the healthful yogurt, that woman might keep her figure that man found so fair. And Satan brought forth chocolate ...

523. What Makes A Person Successful?

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted." 1. Compiled by Dale Galloway, LEADING WITH VISION, (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1999, p. 81. 2. SUPERSELF: DOUBLING YOUR PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS (New York: Simon & Schuster 1993). 3. Harold Lindsell, HARPER STUDY BIBLE (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Publishing House, 1972), p. 1477. 4. "To Illustrate Plus," LEADERSHIP, Summer, 1998, p. 81. 5. Stephen Saint, "To the Ends of ...

524. Counterfeit Christianity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the average citizen have become real problems to the Treasury Department. With the introduction of high quality ink jet printers, computer scanners and other office equipment into homes and offices across the nation, the amount of counterfeit money almost doubled in the years between 1992 and 1997. Counterfeit money became hard to distinguish from the real thing. Thus, in 1998 the United States Treasury introduced a new weapon--a new twenty dollar bill--because this was the most widely counterfeited ...

525. Ready For A Change

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... dishonest. The job carried no salary. They were expected to make their profits by cheating the people from whom they collected the taxes. Patriotic and nationalistic Jews hated them because they were agents of the Roman government, the conquerors, and hated them with a double hatred if (like Matthew) they were Jews, because they had gone over to the enemy. They were betraying their own people for money. (1) It would not have been surprising if Matthew were ready for a change of careers. The money was good ...

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