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576. The Mighty Tide Of God Rolled In

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and on to Chicago, where Dwight Moody was just beginning his work with young people. Then it jumped the Atlantic to Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, and danced like fire across much of Europe, then to South Africa and India. There was no elaborate evangelistic organization. Communication was slow; word had to spread from one prayer cell to the next, from church to church, from city to city. It was a movement inspired by the fervor of thousands of Christian laypeople." (3) What were these laypeople doing ...

577. God's Plan For His World

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... what you fellows down there at the church want. You want another name and another pledge. Right? Isn't that the business you're in? Another name and another pledge." This always embarrassed Craddock's mother, who would retreat to the kitchen to cry. Occasionally an evangelist would come with the minister. Even the two of them could not get through to Craddock's father. He would always say: "You don't care about me! You want another name and another pledge. That's how the churches operate. You don't care ...

578. The Deal Of A Lifetime

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... in what he was doing and his devotion to it. Christ has promised each of us that we will be rewarded a hundredfold for our faith and our devotion to his service. Does that mean if I will tithe, some day I will be richas some TV evangelists have suggested? No. It does mean that the rewards of following Christ far exceed the costs. It does mean that you will be making investments that are eternalthat will be paying dividends long after all your material blessings have depreciated into dust. It does mean that ...

579. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... will in no wise cast out" began to burn their truth into Bunyan's soul and he settled into the victorious lifestyle history has remembered him for. The point is thisall of us are capable of betrayalof a friend of a spouse, of a cause, even of Christ. Evangelist Bailey Smith tells a touching story about a man who happened to be a carpenter at the time of Christ's crucifixion. His wife suggested to him one day that the Roman government was advertising for carpenters to make a bid on crosses that they used for ...

580. Harmony Within The Family

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... were. Why give us the power only to see us squander it on little goals that we setgoals we know we can achieve by our own power? The crisis in the church and the home today is not only one of communication but also one of commitment. Evangelist James Robinson tells of seeing a television interview with members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang. He was impressed by their creed. He says, "Do you know what they kept holding up as their great supreme virtue? They kept saying: `We’re a family. We’re ...

581. A Pentecostal Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... per year and speaking to any religious group that will invite them. They receive love offerings in order to buy tickets from scalpers. Then with a handheld television, they get in line with the right camera angle. Rollen said in a recent People magazine. "We are evangelists who want to get everyone to read the Book, and we reach millions." You see, Rollen Stewart knew a time when he was addicted to alcohol and drugs. They had him by the throat choking the life out of him. His life fell apart! One Sunday ...

582. The Wondrous Possibility Of Change

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the infamous Chicago Seven is now an official of the Divine Light Mission, an eastern mystical cult. Jerry Rubin, organizer of the Yippies-remember them?-is now a Wall Street stockbroker. Eldridge Cleaver, founder of the Black Panthers, is now a fundamentalist Christian evangelist. People do change-some for better, some for worse-but change does take place. Of course the change that took place in St. Paul ™s life was much more dramatic and much more sudden than the kind most of us will experience. Few ...

583. Forgiven!

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Knowing that we are forgiven also ALLOWS US TO FORGIVE OTHERS. If you know yourself to be a sinner made acceptable only by the grace of Jesus Christ, how can you possibly not forgive others for their sins? It is impossible. George Whitefield was one of the greatest evangelists who ever lived. He was a true man of God. But when he saw a condemned man going to the gallows he whispered those famous words, "There but for the grace of God go I." George Whitefield knew, in Barth’s words, that he lived solely by ...

584. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... and said triumphantly, “If he hollars let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, mo!” Persistent prayer doesn’t mean empty phrases. It also doesn’t mean that our prayers have to be long and eloquent. There is famous incident in the life of that great evangelist Dwight L. Moody with which many of us can identify. A gentleman had been called upon to pray and somehow couldn’t find a quitting place. That sometimes happens in extemporaneous prayer. The fellow just went on and on and on. Moody disliked long prayers ...

585. Is There Any Wind?

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... upon them they knew Christ’s promise was being fulfilled. When we are alert to God we can see and hear things that other people miss. A man named Allen Danforth had a dramatic conversion experience. Shortly afterward he was invited by a missionary evangelist to go to Ghana, West Africa. While there, he saw starvation and deprivation beyond comprehension. He was bombarded by one horror story after another. After a month in Africa, Allen boarded a plane for the United States. On the long flight home he ...

586. Stepping Out In Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... us. One of us has got to have some relief." (3) Like Eugene, Simon Peter was in over his head. He was in trouble as soon as he took his eyes off Jesus. That's our third lesson: Keep your eyes fixed on the master. Evangelists Eddie Fox and George Morris recently returned from a trip to Shanghai, China, where they visited a great congregation known today as Muen Church, which literally means Taking a Bath in Grace Church. This congregation, along with other churches in China, was closed by the Communists ...

587. Why Are You Troubled?

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Then we would be powerful indeed. Dwight L. Moody once demonstrated the principle like this: "Tell me," he said to his audience, "how can I get the air out of the tumbler I have in my hand?" One man said, "Suck it out with a pump." The evangelist replied, "That would create a vacuum and shatter it." Finally, after many futile suggestions, Moody picked up a pitcher and filled the glass with water. "There," he said, "all the air is now removed." He then explained that victory for the child of God does not ...

588. Sleeping Through A Tornado

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... outlook on life changed. They went from a meaningless life to one of rich meaning. And the gift of the Holy Spirit is what made it possible. Simon Peter's experience was much the same. He went from being an impulsive fisherman into a fearless evangelist. The Spirit came upon him and he was transformed. Notice something else, though. SIMON PETER WAS TRANSFORMED TO SERVE. Some people who have an experience of the Spirit in their lives focus on the experience, and not on the call of God to service. These ...

589. Once In A Lifetime

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Graham had said nothing about God, Jesus, or religion, yet the pro stomped away after the game accusing Billy of trying to ram religion down his throat." (4) So what had happened in this encounter? What happened was that, in the presence of this world-famous evangelist, the golfer was reminded of the existence of the Holy. And, just as importantly, he was convicted of his own unholiness. Maybe he began taking stock of his life. I hope so. That would be a healthy thing to happen to each one of us. There ...

590. Battle With The Law

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

King Duncan

... his disciples were doing. David was hungry and he ate consecrated food. Surely that was more dramatic than plucking corn on the Sabbath. Then Jesus added some very important words, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath." A legend of John the Evangelist tells us that John was once playing with a partridge. Someone chided him for resting and goofing off in play rather than being busy at work. John answered: "I see you carry a bow. Why is it that you do not have it strung and ready for ...

591. Who Is He?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... stranger would watch it as long as he could, hoping, of course to spot his associate, though the driver could not know that. When they got to their destination, they went to check Graham into a motel. The night manager recognized the world-famous evangelist. As you might imagine, the driver was quite surprised to learn the identity of his mysterious passenger. He confessed to Graham that he had actually thought Graham was a fugitive hunted by the police, the way he had been surveying all the passing cars ...

592. What Would You Have Him Do For You?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... Millie who is an alcoholic. For years Millie's master has been drink. Other family members recognized her problem, but Millie refused to. And the more her family protested her drinking, the more Millie drank. Finally her oldest son begged her to hear an evangelist one evening at a local church. For the first time in her life Millie felt her son's deep concern, and she agreed to go. Going to a church service certainly wasn't something that Millie was comfortable doing, though. But something very beautiful ...

593. Searching For A Lost God

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and some of that was devoted to religious programming. But no more. In some communities you can see as many as 50 channels on Sunday morning on a cable system, but no Sunday morning worship service. Some of that we can credit to our friends the TV evangelists, but not all of it. God simply does not exist as far as most TV programmers are concerned. Check out the content of most television prime-time programs. If religion is ever mentioned at all, it is usually in derision. As when Bart Simpson - in a ...

594. The Seven Year Switch

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... our way to God. We cannot work our way to God. We cannot climb up to where God dwells. We can do only one thing to fill that emptiness within ” that is to accept what Christ already has done in our behalf. After a series of meetings had finished, the evangelist Billy Sunday was helping the workmen take down the tent. A young man who had been in the meeting the night before came up to Mr. Sunday and asked him earnestly, "What must I do to be saved?" Sunday said, "You're too late," and kept on working. "Don ...

595. I Was There

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Gary Whitbeck

... journeyed many miles to bring their offerings and make homage to God. So Jerusalem was a hub of activity more often than not. But I could hear people saying that this prophet was different than the others. I was skeptical. Each new evangelist said the same thing. Nevertheless, word kept circulating that this man they called Jesus, from the little town of Nazareth, had spent much time walking the roads and visiting the towns of Judea and Galilee, preaching a message of compassion and forgiveness ” what ...

596. What's The Matter? Are You Blind?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... what something looks like to someone who has never been able to see. That incident became the basis for a newspaper story. Two weeks later this same reporter attended a meeting conducted by Dwight L. Moody. His purpose was to catch the great evangelist in some inconsistency and expose him. He was greatly surprised, therefore, when Moody used the reporter's own newspaper account of the three children to illustrate a spiritual truth. "Just as the blind girl couldn't visualize the toys," said Moody, "so an ...

597. The Cross We Do Not Want To See

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... dentist is drilling away on you teeth. Your dentist loves you! But it's true, isn't it? Words are cheap. Actions speak much, much louder. And they don't speak any louder, any where than they do from the cross of Jesus Christ. A request was made of the evangelist Dwight L. Moody while he was in England preaching a crusade. The request was to visit a man who had been an invalid for years. As he entered the man's house, he expected to find a depressed man who lived under the gloom of his handicap. Instead, he ...

598. Who Is God Anyway?

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... thing about the Trinity. Whatever our need is, God will supply. I have found that true in my own life. Haven't you? I believe every person of faith can look over his or her life and see times where God's hand was present supplying his or her need. Evangelist Grady Wilson tells of his first date with Wilma, the girl he married. They had just returned from a canoe ride and were pulling the canoe back up on the shore. There was a little green water snake staring at Wilma from a log. Grady says, "You'd have ...

599. Yes, But He Started It!

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . It can lead to other problems. People have lost their jobs because they could not resolve conflict. People have lost their children and their spouses because they could not resolve conflict. Some people have lost their whole perspective on life because of unresolved conflict. Evangelist Barbara Brockoff tells about a sign that stood for many years in front of a man's yard in a small town in north Georgia. It stood atop a huge pile of dark, ugly sheets of aluminum. The sign was a large, sandwich type ...

600. Generous Religion

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... believe Oprah will. Sixtyfive percent believe Michael Jordan will. Sixtyone percent believe Colin Powell will. Sixty percent believed Princess Di would. Fiftyfive percent believe Al Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton will. Fiftytwo percent believe President Clinton will. Only 47% believe TV evangelist Pat Robertson will. (1) "Heaven," Mark Twain once said, "goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out, and your dog would go in." One of the most successful musicals of the past decade has been Andrew ...

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