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776. Watch What You Eat

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... any more than we can avoid the rising of the sun. One time a woman was flying on a plane across the country. She was feeling afraid and sorry for herself and very annoyed by the sniffling of a little boy sitting beside her. She scolded the man on the other side ... would pay attention to me." So what did the woman do? She forgot her fears and her loneliness and her annoyance, all her sour feelings. She put her arms around the little boy, who snuggled against her and fell asleep with a smile on his face. (3) Of ...

777. Sleeping Through A Tornado

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... into community service was because he's been given so much, and he wanted to give something to others. George is also involved with various children's ministries. "That's really what makes the world go around," he says, "to help other people and share what you got. I feel [that] God put me here for a reason. And the reason I am here is to share what I can with others and to make Nashville a better place to live." (3) George was transformed to serve by the Spirit. So was Simon Peter. He began telling the ...

778. What Is True And Who Can You Trust?

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... would he be told about jade? he wondered. But he was too polite to interrupt his venerable teacher. Then one day when the old man put an ordinary stone into the boy's hands, the boy cried out instantly, "That's not jade!" The boy now knew the feel of jade. He would not be fooled by something artificial. There are so many ideas in the religious marketplace today. Even within the Christian community there are so many versions of the truth. When all is said and done, though, there is only one truth by which ...

779. A Great And Wonderful New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... And when we realize that we are predestined from the beginning of time to be members of that family we come to see ourselves as we really are ” sons and daughters of the Divine. As Abraham Lincoln pointed out, "It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him." As we look into this New Year, why shouldn't we see great and wonderful things? We have been blessed, we have been chosen, we have been predestined to be children of the ...

780. A New Vantage Point

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... reach out in compassion and touch their hurts, and share their needs. She begins to see life as it really is. In the end we get the feeling that Lucy Honeychurch actually does have "a room with a view." It's a view of things as they truly are. It's a window looking down ... there! But how do you know for sure? I can't see it anymore! I know it's still there, his Dad said, because I can feel it tugging at the string! And that's how we make our testimony of faith, isn't it? When we love somebody, even when we can' ...

781. Lessons From The Locker Room

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... the God to whom he had committed his life. Paul knew God not as an abstraction or a vague idea. He knew Him as his trainer, teammate, and judge. Paul was sure that God's grace would carry him across the finish line as a winner. He could almost feel the gold medal on his chest, could see the laurel wreaths being placed on his head, could hear the cheers of those whose opinion really counts. And you and I need that kind of anticipation in our lives, too. Most athletes know what I am talking about. Studies of ...

782. With Your Head In The Clouds

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... his disciples go up on a mountain and the disciples awaken to see Jesus arraigned in a dazzling white garment and they hear a voice from heaven, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased." Later, in his epistle, Peter writes with deep feeling about this experience: "For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance ...

783. Annie's Gift

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... knew of the boxes stored in the attic still filled with Frank's favorite clothes, neatly folded away just as she had left them. Why she folded them, she couldn't say. Why not just dump them in a box and throw them away? That's how her heart felt. Feelings, unlike clothes, can't be folded up neatly and put away when they're no longer needed. "They would think me silly," Annie thought to herself, "But I just can't bring myself to get rid of them." For a moment she relived those first few days after Frank's ...

784. Who? Me Worry?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... what you would put on your really important list, but most of us are blessed in a wondrous way. There are people on this planet who feel themselves blessed who do not have nearly as much as we do. Joni Erickson Tada is one of these people. As most of you are ... my family prepare dinner or set the table. What mattered was that I was alive and that I was beginning to smile and feel. Thanksgiving 1968 was far more wonderful and meaningful to me than any other Thanksgiving I had ever had before." (6) And you're ...

785. Becoming One of the Beautiful People

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... rules in a different way. There was an article in a magazine recently about a young man who said he never felt successful until he purchased a $1,000 suit. Imagine that! He said he felt a bolt of selfconfidence whenever he put that suit on! It made him feel adequate to get ahead. He swore there was something magical about the $1,000 price tag. (5) In his own eyes, this man, like the Suka with their withered hands, became one of the beautiful people. In our eyes it made him one of the gullible people, but he ...

786. Bracing For The Rough Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... of my name. This will result in your being witnesses to them." Jesus doesn't sugarcoat what lies ahead, but he gives meaning to it. You will be persecuted, he is saying, but God will use your experiences to bring others to the faith. Whether this made Jesus' followers feel better or not we do not know. But at least they saw that even though their life would be rough, it was part of a larger context, and that no matter what happened to them, God could use their sufferings in a positive way. God doesn't cause ...

787. Making Relationships Work

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... he does tell us to come to the altar. And that is something important for us to note. Bring that relationship that is hurting to the altar. If it really is important to you, get God's help. God will help you deal with those feelings of resentment--those feelings of anger. God will help you regain your perspective. Jane Schmidt says that one Saturday morning she awoke to the delightful smell of waffles and the sound of her two small boys in the kitchen with her husband. Padding down to breakfast, she sat on ...

788. Trouble Brewing In The Kitchen

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Graham M. Bingham

... suddenly with a role of the dice the little guy gets a big break. He lands on Broadway and buys the property. Then he buys the other properties that accumulate wealth like none other. In less than two hours Grandma bites the dust. Wow! This little guy feels so good! Grandma says, "Son, you have learned to play the game. And you have learned well. Now you have to learn the toughest part of the game." All wide-eyed the little fellow looks at his Grandmother and says, "What's that Grandma?" She replies, "The ...

789. Family Survival

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Stephen DeFur

... God's love God's image The death of Christ for them Their value to God . . . to learn to see it--see their uniqueness and reflect the wonder of it back to them. That's our job as parents. (2) Last word and then we're done. If you're feeling depressed because your family was not perfect, is not perfect, then hear this . . . The Bible is the story of God's building of his dream of community. That's what it was about at the very beginning when he created human beings male and female. He wanted people in His ...

790. It's A Terrible Thing To Be Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... 's like to not be accepted? When Jesus went around preaching and teaching, there were a lot of people who didn't want to listen to Him. There were a lot of people who rejected His teaching and made fun of Him. And it may have hurt Jesus' feelings. He knows how we feel when people don't accept us. But Jesus said that whoever listened to Him and lived according to His teachings would please God. Don't you want to please God? I know I do. So it's important for us to listen to Jesus' teachings and do what ...

791. Schadenfreude

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Rev. Dr. S. Ronald Parks

... who failed; friend or foe, rich or poor, stranger or family"”as long as it isn't me. Leave it to our Teutonic ancestors to come up with a word for this ghastly facet of our psyche. I've noticed that my experience of schadenfreude is proportionate to feelings of envy I have toward another human being. Isn't it great when people who have it all fail and suffer? We revel in the wreckage! Open the entertainment section of the newspaper or pick up a copy of People magazine. The headlines and features offer up ...

792. Why Did I Do That?

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?" (Vs. 23 & 24, NRSV) Paul doesn't want somebody to help him feel better about himself. He wants to be a new person--a person liberated from the Law of Sin. Some of you may be familiar with Jack London's classic story, WHITE FANG. White Fang is half dog--half wolf. After living in the wild, he is domesticated and learns to ...

793. Managing Your Anger

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... embarrassed to get help. That's better than doing something we will regret later. Be careful how you express anger, but DO NOT HANG ON TO YOUR ANGER. That is the second thing that must be said. If someone has done you wrong, go to them, explain why you feel betrayed, give them a chance to explain their side, then move on. Confront the person who has wronged you and then move on. If fear or low self-esteem will not allow you to confront them, then you have another problem, but the worst thing you can do is ...

794. Leaving The City of Regret

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Could it be that this man's physical condition was in part a product of a spiritual need? Could it be that his paralysis was due in part to his having taken up residence in the City of Regret? WE KNOW THAT THE WAY WE THINK AND THE WAY WE FEEL CAN HAVE A PARALYZING EFFECT ON US. People have had their bodies shut down because of powerful emotions. "Psychosomatic" we call it. It doesn't mean that the pain or paralysis is imagined. It means that it originates from a hurt not to the body, but to the psyche. Dr ...

795. Dwell in Our Hearts

Ephesians 2:17

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... and all of our bitterness? Wouldn't it be great if somebody was acting in a way they shouldn't, all we would have to do would be to sprinkle a little bit of pepper on them and make them sneeze and they could get rid of all their bad feelings and bad thoughts? We could go off to fight wars and carry pepper shakers with us rather than rifles, and bombs, and tanks. Of course, that's silly isn't it? It takes more than sneezing to get rid of our bad thoughts and bad ...

796. More Than Skin Deep

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the equivalent of growing 1,000 new skins over the course of a lifetime. I have two questions. What would we do if we didn't shed the old skin. We would be humongous-and not very nice-looking, as well. The second question is, why don't we feel as new on the inside as we are on the outside? Golfer George Archer, a competitor on the Senior PGA Tour, was interviewed sometime back about his many surgically-replaced body parts. "My knee's only a few months old," he said, "my back is only 17, and I recently ...

797. Who Are Those Strangers In White Robes?

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... among the Sherpa people asked numerous citizens why they did not create paved roads in their villages. Surely this would make their lives easier. Their answer is encapsulated in the response of one Sherpa man: "If we rode a bus in Khumbu, would we still feel the steepness of our mountains? Would we still hear the waterfalls coming down our cliffs? Would we stop and say a prayer when we passed a (prayer) stone?" To the Sherpa people, their way of living kept them connected to the truly essential, spiritual ...

798. First, Last And Always--god!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... wonderful, and whether they're a "˜hit' in the eyes of others or not, He will always think they're wonderful."(4) Irving Berlin hit it right on the head. Here is the critical truth about faith--it is grounded in God's wondrous love for us. We may not feel worthy to be loved, we may even repudiate that love--but we cannot keep God from loving. That is God's very nature. God is love. There is an old legend that after God finished creating the world, He still had the task of naming every creature and plant in ...

799. You Will Not Leave My Soul In Hell

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... a broken world? Yes, broken like a broken watch. The mainspring has stopped working. Just to look at it, nothing seems to have changed. Everything is in place. But when you put the watch to your ear you don't hear it ticking." There may be some of us who feel like a watch with a broken mainspring, a body in which the heart has stopped beating, an empty shell with no hope for the future and a ton of regret for the past. "You will not leave my soul in hell." Obviously the psalmist is saying that God is aware ...

800. Sympathizing With The One Talent Man

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... hid your money in the ground, and here I have returned to you that which you gave me." Oh, this poor, poor man. Don't you feel sorry for him? For now he must face the very wrath that he had so greatly feared. "You lazy and wicked good-for-nothing," his master ... OF LOVE. And that is where the church--the family of God--comes in. We are in the frog-kissing business showing folks who feel unlovely and unlovable the love of Jesus Christ. But there is even a more potent force that can work for us--and that is our ...

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