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776. Rock Solid Living

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... a fellow soldiers’ life, he preferred not to talk about the war. And he absolutely refused to accept the hero worship that others tried to force on him. One of the few comments Bradley ever made about the war, he made to his young son, James. In response to James’ remark about heroism, John Bradley replied, “The heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who didn’t come back.” (1) Today we honor the memory of those who didn’t come back. But they’re not the only heroes to whom we are indebted. There ...

777. A Woman's Place

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the situation. When Paul says to men, "Men love your wives." he is establishing a principle that cannot be ignored in this new society in which we live. There needs to be some adjustments. There are differences between men and women, and there is a division of responsibility, but that division needs to be equal and fair. THERE IS ONE THING MORE TO BE SAID. WOMEN ARE TO BE ACCORDED DIGNITY. We ask, "What do women want?" Is it not the same thing every child of God wants: to be regarded with dignity as a ...

778. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... be asked what life has done to us but what we have done with life! Jesus used the parable of the fig tree and said that if it does not bear fruit, cut it down. He was saying to them and to us that we are responsible for bearing fruit, for making a difference, for taking responsibility for that part of life that we can control. We are not to be superstitious, trying to win the favor of fate. We are to be soldiers of the Cross battering down the gates of hell. In one of his books Charles Colson points to ...

779. The Conversion Of A Scoundrel

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... a special place, too, because it was where he had encountered God. He built an altar there and the next morning he worshiped God knowing that everything would work out all right. This brings us to our second lesson. AFTER YOU AND I HAVE ENCOUNTERED GOD OUR RESPONSE IS TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE HIM. That is why we are here this day. Somewhere along our journey God has revealed Himself to us. Now we come to His house each week to affirm the relationship which He so graciously initiated. There is no other fitting ...

780. Let My Little Light Shine

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... morning that WE are the light of the world. Think about that for a moment. Sink your teeth into it savor it. You and I are the light of the world. What does it mean? Well, let me suggest some possibilities. It means, first of all, that we have a responsibility for the world. That makes sense, doesn't it? We are the light of the world. A light house steers ships away from the rocks. A light bulb lights up a room. Light does not exist for its own glory but to brighten up the world. That is the first ...

781. Bridges Over The River Kwai

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.' Now-this verse: "If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven . . ." Think about that for a moment! Not only do we have the responsibility to forgive sins, WE HAVE THE POWER TO FORGIVE SINS. "If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven . . ." This is a staggering thought-and it was spoken to Jesus' followers. Protestants have never taken this concept seriously. The church has the power to ...

782. The Ultimate Solution For Sin

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... who has been bought by the blood of the Lamb. Remember who you are. Jesus called us the salt of the earth. He said, "Good salt is worthless if it loses its saltiness; it can't season anything. So don't lose your flavor!" (LB) We are called to take responsibility for those around us. In the same way that salt brings taste to a meal, we are to so live that we make everyone around us better people just by being in our presence. Have you heard that said about an athlete? "When he's on the court he makes ...

783. A Platform For Life

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... not convince him that God had forsaken him. He had God's spirit within him, God's love surrounding him and God's purpose working through him. He was truly more than a conqueror through Christ who loved him. And can we be also. Each of us is responsible for building our own platform for life. Romans 8 is a good place to begin: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? . . . I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither ...

784. Did He Dance?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... or the offices and help society function in an efficient and effective way. I need people who can share my love in a credible way just because they are not professional religionists but because they live in the real world--the world of mortgages and deadlines and responsibilities. Could you do that for me, Bart? It's not very exciting, I know. These have been grand days, but the days ahead are going to be much more demanding. In fact, some of your friends here are going to give their lives in my behalf. I ...

785. I Am Unworthy

Jeremiah 1:1-19, Jeremiah 6:1-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... today. In Luke's Gospel, Simon Peter and some other disciples were out fishing. They had toiled all night and caught nothing. Jesus told them to let down their nets one more time. This time they caught so many fish that it nearly sank the boat. What is Simon's response to this? Luke tells us, "But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" For he and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken . . ." In our ...

786. "yes, And..."

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

King Duncan

... (in his words) "throw it all away and go do mission work in Haiti with the Presbyterian Church." The father screamed, "Isn't that absurd! She has a B.S. degree from Duke, and she is going off to dig ditches in Haiti! I hold you responsible for this!" Willimon said, "Why me?" The father said, "You ingratiated yourself and filled her mind with all this religion stuff." Willimon was not easily intimidated. He asked the father: "Sir, weren't you the one who had her baptized?" "Well, yes," said the irate father ...

787. The Not-So-Secret Service

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... and ask: "Chaplain, can you help? My daughter has become a religious fanatic and wants to go off to work for some literacy program. We had law school in mind for her. This is not something she learned at her home church." (4) Many people don't want the responsibility that a relationship with Jesus brings. I go to church; isn't that enough? I live by ethical principles; that's more than I can say for my neighbors. Do we really grasp how powerful it is to believe that the kingdom of God has come near to us ...

788. The Coat Of Many Colors

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... a liking to this "well-built and handsome" young man, and she tried to seduce him. But Joseph refused. One day, Potiphar's wife caught him alone and tried to force him into bed. Joseph ran away, leaving her clutching his cloak. Isn't that a great response to temptation? Joseph simply turned and ran away. This is not cowardly. This is godly. So Potiphar's wife claimed that Joseph tried to rape her, and used his cloak as proof against him. So once more, Joseph found himself in prison. How would you react if ...

789. Rebellion in the Vineyard

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... we, too, confuse our mission with comfort and ease? Would Christ receive the same reception here that he received there? This is not our world, it’s God’s. This is not our church, it’s God’s. We are only tenants. Stewards. We have a responsibility to return to Him a portion of what is His already, and to use that which we have received to His glory. 1. Maxie Dunnam, Pack up Your Troubles (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993), pp. 54-55. 2. Bruce McLarty, College Church of Christ, Searcy, AR. 3. William ...

790. Maturity in Stewardship

2 Corinthians 9:6-15, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... eater expects us to use them and other gifts to glorify His name and minister to others. Paul in Romans 14:12 says plainly, "So each of us shall give an account of himself to God." Some of us will be like Adam, though, and seek to avoid taking the responsibility God places on each of us. Adam, you''ll remember, tried to place all the blame for his sin on Eve. He was like an old man in the hospital Carl Mays tells about who had been married 45 years. His wife was sitting next to his bed. He turned ...

791. God’s Greatest Gamble

Mark 12:1-12

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... retreat to provide man(kind) an opportunity to prove his stewardship.” (THE PARABLES HE TOLD, Westwood, N.J., 1962, p.21) And, in a very apt analogy, he says: “We are under the eye but not the thumb of God; we are not treated like helpless kindergartners but as responsible adolescents.” (pp. 21-22) Let’s see what we can find in the story in Mark 12. I. FOR ONE THING, IN SPITE OF WHAT ST. MARK SAYS, IT IS NOT A PARABLE, BUT AN ALLEGORY. At least, that’s what the scholars tell us. A parable is (by ...

792. Thanks for the Memories

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... day to the Lord your God that I have come into the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us. Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. "And you shall make response before the Lord your God, A wandering Aramean was my father; and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians treated us harshly, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage ...

793. Three Modern Meanings of the Ancient Christmas Story

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

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to "leave room for the real reason for the season to break into our lives again." Third, the Christmas story demands a response--like the shepherds, the three kings, Mary, Joseph, and inn-keeper. A Methodist missionary told a story that has left a ... Him. The choice is yours!" (3) I am thankful and indebted for all the persons who through the corridor of time have made the positive response and choice to offer their lives to the Christ Child who crawled out of the cradle onto the Cross for you and me. I am ...

794. Biblical Insights for Being a Christian Father

Deuteronomy 1:1-8

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... called to his friend and said, "Jim you ought not to be doing that. You are going to get a backache." To which the neighbor responded, "Oh yes, maybe, but I'd rather have a backache now than a heartache later." There is a lot of wisdom to this response. We should be participants in our child's life and not spectators. We must know them at playtime, at study time, bedtime, mealtime, family time and worship time. If we come to know them, then the reverse is true, they will come to know us. Finally, develop a ...

795. Confession And Supplication

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... corporate worship. Rehearse Jesus’ words. “I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. In prison and you came to me.” Now we need to make a literal response to these calls of Jesus. The demand is clear - to feed the hungry, to give to the thirsty drink, to clothe the naked, to visit the sick, to minister to prisoners. We also need to examine ourselves in a more encompassing way. Cries come to us from persons who ...

796. The Rejected Cornerstone

Luke 20:9-19

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... it. But it was not to be. The master's patience wore thin. But God was not abdicated. However much a man may seem to get away with, the day of reckoning comes." (Barclay) Oliver Cromwell mumbled on his deathbed, thinking about the way he had been guided into the responsibility of a destiny larger than he had ever dreamed, "It is an awful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God." It is! -- isn't it? -- an awful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. The truth of the matter is, we are in those ...

797. Unworthy or Not?

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... you understand what I am saying? God can use people of all kinds of persuasions and personality types, but God can best use a person who has a healthy sense of his or her own self-worth--who understands that he or she is a creation of God, and, therefore, responsible to God for using his or her gifts in service to God and humanity. God did not call us to be doormats. God did not call us to go around with eyes downcast thinking that we are not good enough to matter in the world. I don’t know anyone ...

798. Life, Death, and Judgment

Romans 14:1-12

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... all his subjects, he sent his mother a quick e-mail: "Failed everything. Prepare Papa." Later that day the mother sent an e-mail to her son: "Papa prepared. Prepare yourself." This ominous message serves to remind us that we often try to avoid the responsibility for our actions. The college student almost certainly had the ability to avoid failure in at least some of the classes that dismal semester. But, when the word came of the results of a semester's inattention and inactivity, the student tried hard to ...

799. Living in Denial

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... (3) Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a neighbor like that? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to BE a neighbor like that? But we would rather live in denial. It’s so much easier. One final example: We are living in denial if we believe we have no responsibility for the least and lowest in our world. One of the saddest occurrences of our time is how hard-hearted many Christians have become to the people at the bottom of society. I know, the poor are not easy to love. Some of them have the problems they have ...

800. If You Can't Stand the Heat

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... God is always faithful to his word. So I know that I am saved no matter what I do." Wesley said don't count on it. Because grace is something we freely receive, but grace is also something we're expected to use in order to become more responsible, moral, loving, faithful people. Wesley said your salvation is given to you as a gift, but you can sin it away--or, more often, you can fritter it away. "To whom much is given, much is required." So what characterized the Methodists, at least the early Methodists ...

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