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876. Are You Going Down?

Luke 2:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... most brilliantly lighted cities in the world. On one side darkness; on the other, light. The entire world is like that. Wouldn't you like to take the light of Christmas and light up the world? That is the dream of every man, woman, young person who bears the name of Jesus. The light has shined into the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. Visitors to the far north tell us that a candle properly reflected can heat an entire igloo from below freezing to above 45 degrees Fahrenheit. When traveling by ...

877. The Things In Mary's Heart

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... Father? No wonder Mary loved him so much. A heart as pure as hers “a heart so pure that God could have chosen her to bear the Messiah “must have been moved by the character of this strong, quiet man who had found shelter for her and her baby in this ... seemed like a dream “the visitation by the angel “the joy of her cousin Elizabeth when she recognized that Mary would bear the Messiah “the strange political events that had brought her and Joseph to Bethlehem “now the star and the shepherds. What ...

878. The Explosive Power Of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the street from a cemetery. Often she listened to ministers speak the words of committal at the close of funeral services. She decided to have a complete funeral service of her own in her backyard. She thought she would bury her teddy bear. After digging a grave, she solemnly lowered the toy bear into the ground, saying ever so seriously the words she thought she had heard the preachers say again and again in the burial service: "In the name of the Father and of the Son and in the hole you goes!" We read ...

879. From Coping To Conquering

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... passed, he popped back out again. He did this several times. A passing stranger watching this scenario shouted, "Hey, cowboy, why don't you just stay in the hole?" Leaping out again, the cowboy yelled, "There's a bear in that hole!" That's how it is some days. We get caught between a bull and a bear. One fellow tells about being on an airliner making its way from New York to San Francisco. One of the engines caught fire. The captain came on the speaker system, calmly reassuring his passengers that the fire ...

880. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... and to us that on the day of Judgement we will not 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 ...

881. A New Kind Of Faith

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe." Thomas was a realist. He had been hurt and disappointed. He had expected so much from Jesus. Then, to watch him die on the cross like a common thief was too much for Thomas to bear. He had his hopes dashed once. Now he wanted to be careful because he didn't want to set himself up for another letdown. We have to admire Thomas for being so honest with his doubts. He just could not believe without seeing Jesus for himself. WE ALL GO THROUGH ...

882. The King Of Ifs

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Richard Andersen

... ifs into reality and wishes into hopes realized. He does not imprison us, but instead sets us free so that we need never know the torment of the tyranny of ifs unlived. Can we not sing with Henry H. Barstow, If Easter be not true. ˜Twere foolishness the cross to bear; He died in vain who suffered there; What matter though we laugh or cry, Be good or evil, live or die, If Easter be not true? If Easter be not true ” - But it is true, and Christ is risen! And mortal spirit from its prison Of sin and death ...

883. Get Out Of That Boat!

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... state of Minnesota. He was puzzled by church meetings. On the surface all was well: a perfectly fine group of well-to-do people doing their best to do what was best. But he had the feeling something was going on that he couldn't understand. Unable to bear the ambiguity any longer, he asked an older priest who had been associated with the parish for several years what it was that he was sensing but could not name. The older priest said, "Try the word fear." That was it! Everything made sense if he took as ...

884. Passing The Baton

Deuteronomy 11:1-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... Hawkins said Tuesday. "I ran into the bathroom just in time to watch Alice the Cat go down the toilet." Cost: $2.50 for the stuffed animal and $62.75 for the plumber. One week later, Teddy Bear was placed in the dishwasher ” on top of the heating element. Cost: $8 for Teddy Bear, $25 for smoke damage done to the kitchen and $375 for the dishwasher. When the Hawkinses returned from a weekend trip, they opened the refrigerator and everything inside it was warm. The repairman found little magnetic letters ...

885. A Colt Is Not A Horse

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... "we are in death" the women begin to sing in ethereal tones: "I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord, he that believeth in me shall never die, but have everlasting life." (5) KALI ANESTASI! In the film The Mission the Jesuit who bears a noose around his neck enters the village where as a slave trader he had wrenched children from their parents to sell them into slavery. A man approaches him brandishing a knife . . . and cuts his noose to liberate him! KALI ANESTASI! John Donne captured this ...

886. Embedded In Bedrock Or Destroyed By A Typhoon

John 18:25-27

Sermon

Dale Dickerson

... to witness his son's pain anymore. He had to turn it over to his mother and leave the room. (3) Could it be that Peter, beholding his beloved teacher and Messiah's painful situation, could bear it no longer and had to turn away? Peter had good intentions. He and the other disciple follow Jesus all the way to the high priest's residence. Because the other disciple was known to the high priest, he goes with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, but Peter ...

887. Christmas Brings Us A New Heart

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

John Pugh

... she knows she has to tell him she has a heart transplant. He invites her to dinner in his home. She finds the thank you letter she wrote to the donor of her new heart. She cannot bear to tell him she is living becaue his wife died. But she does and he falls back into grief. He returns to his mourning. He cannot bear that this vital young woman is living while his beloved wife is dead. The cost is too much, the hurt is too great. She too is shocked by the revelation and stunned by the ache in the ...

888. Yes!!!

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

King Duncan

... his motion upward toward the top of the first candle, but he came up short, just an inch or so, but enough so that the wick would not light. He tried again, this time on tiptoe, but, again, his efforts were in vain. Shoulders slumped, he brought the brass stick bearing the flame down to his side and moved to the other candle. His effort to light this candle was futile as well. He bit his lip. He tried vainly to hold back a tear, but it finally made its way down his right cheek. He turned away from the altar ...

889. Passing The Test!

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to prove that the bridge won't break." In the same way, the temptations Jesus faced weren't designed to see if he would sin, but to prove that he wouldn't. Like steel which is tested by fire to see if it can bear the stress and strain of the load that it will be called to bear, Jesus was tested to see if he could carry the burden of humankind on the cross of Calvary. Jesus passed the test. It is a source of strength for us to know we have a friend who has been tested, who passed the ...

890. It's A Terrible Thing To Be Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... of God rejected by his own people. The gentle carpenter from Nazareth crucified between two thieves. Some of you know what it is to be rejected. You have been rejected by someone you loved. You have been rejected in school or in the workplace. Some of you bear scars that no one else can see--scars of disappointment and pain. Surprisingly, some of you have happy marriages, good families, and still you feel rejected. You don't even know why you feel this way. After all, no one you love has turned their back ...

891. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He is one of the best-known characters in history. We know he belonged to a despised people--Samaritans--people who did not keep the laws in the prescribed way and who had intermarried with foreigners. We know he was the surprise hero in Jesus' parable that bears his name. We know he was a generous and compassionate man who paid an innkeeper out of his own pocket for the upkeep of a stranger who had been stripped, robbed, beaten and left for dead beside the road to Jericho. Everybody knows about the Good ...

892. Through The Storm, Through The Night

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... example of the Lord's intervention occurred in 1932. A composer's wife died while she was giving birth. A few days later the baby also died. The composer was brokenhearted and sat at his piano, musing upon the hymn, "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone." That song asks, "Must Jesus bear the cross alone, and all the world go free? No, there's a cross for everyone, and there's a cross for me." As he modulated those chords, the Holy Spirit interceded. New chords and new words emerged. The composer's grief ...

893. Insincere Religion

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... the clergy either develop a very tough skin when it comes to criticism or we become very stressed-out people. You cannot please everybody, no matter how hard you try. A third-grade teacher came into her room one Valentine's Day and found a handmade card bearing this message: "All the third grade loves you, Miss. Smith." This touched her deeply--until the next morning when she found a note with a corrected tally on her desk. It read: "All the third grade loves you, Miss Smith. All but two." There is no way ...

894. A Terrifying Darkness

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... to do. But Abram was no longer young, and he was troubled. He and his wife, Sarah, had no heirs. And she was far past her child-bearing years. When he was younger, Abram had obeyed what he believed to be God's leading. He left his prosperous homeland and struck out to where the ... believes God and Abram discovers that God keeps God's promises. In his old age, Abram's wife Sarah does bear him a son. And his descendants are as the stars in the sky--both biological descendants and spiritual descendants--for ...

895. What Do You Really Know?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... know. It is the same with our knowledge of God. He has chosen to show us just a glimpse of who He is--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But we have other questions. Unavoidable questions. There is undoubtedly a reason for that. Jesus said that his disciples couldn't bear some of the things he was able to tell them. There is a reason we don't know everything about God. But there's something we need to see. We don't know everything about God, but we know everything about Him that we need to know. The scriptures ...

896. A Date With Destiny

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... for being? Do we sense our own date with destiny? Do we believe that our lives really matter in the grand scheme of things? We need a sense of destiny, first of all to motivate us to always be at our best. Somewhere I read an amusing story about Bear Bryant--the legendary coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. In one game Alabama was ahead by just six points, and the clock had less than two minutes to run. He sent his quarterback in with the instruction to play it safe and run out the clock. The ...

897. Sarah Laughed

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... matter with me?" she asked herself. "Why am I being punished like this?" Sarah is no teenager when we pick up the story. In fact she is an old woman--90 years of age. No wonder that she laughs when she hears the Lord tell Abraham that she will bear a son. Abraham is one hundred and she is ninety. What a preposterous notion that they are headed toward a maternity ward! And so Sarah laughs. Like the smile of Mona Lisa, there is something enchanting about the laughter of this ninety-year-old woman who has been ...

898. Another Great Love Story

Genesis 29:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... children. The writer of Genesis says this was to compensate Leah for the fact that Jacob was partial to Rachel. Rachel was barren. You know the anguish these Old Testament women experienced when they could not bear children. Leah had six sons and one daughter and she probably lorded this fact over Rachel. So, in order that she might give her husband children as well, Rachel gave Jacob her maid, Bilhah, to have children. Bilhah bore Jacob two sons. So, to keep things even, Leah's maid ...

899. Witness to the Light

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... can illuminate. We need to open ourselves to the love represented by the babe of Bethlehem. And secondly, we need in our own lives to bear witness to the light we have found in Christ. Why? So that someday everyone in this world may walk in the light, and there will ... Light has come into our world in the person of Jesus Christ. Receive that light this day. Go from this room to bear witness to the light until that day comes when the light of Christ lights the entire world. 1. “Miracle at the Mine” by ...

900. Rebellion in the Vineyard

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... drivers do not speak English, someone suggested that it might be a good idea to carry with him something bearing the name of the hotel at which he would be staying written in Japanese. That was exactly what he did. As soon as he arrived in Japan he picked ... up a box of matches bearing the name and address of his hotel. Then he went sight-seeing. Afterwards he got into a taxi and did as the friend suggested, ...

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