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901. Out Of Our Control

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... are." Thomas Carlyle once wrote: "Does the minnow understand the oceantides and periodic currents, the trade winds and monsoons and moon's eclipses, by all of which the condition of its little creek is regulated, and may, from time to time, be quite overset and reversed? Such a minnow is man; his creek, this planet earth; his ocean, the immeasurable all; his monsoons and periodic currents, the mysterious course of providence." THIS IS WHERE THE CHRISTIAN RELIES NOT ON LUCK OR UPON SUPERSTITION, BUT UPON ...

902. Celebrating Christ The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... been to Mr. Horton when World War II began shortly thereafter. It is not easy to build the kingdom of God using the bricks of this world. In talking about life under the sea, an oceanographer once commented that it was one thing to glimpse a new world and quite another to establish permanent outposts in it and work and live in it. So it is with Christ's kingdom. We may see it in our minds and hearts, but building it is another thing. That is why only God can accomplish it. But it will happen. His kingdom ...

903. A Story Almost Too Big To Tell

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... to Christine, some other parishioners were congregating in the vestibule. They paid little attention to her, probably assuming she was praying. Worried about her husband, she looked up toward the ceiling and yelled, "Sam, Sam, are you up there? Did you make it okay?" There was quite an outburst from the vestibule when Sam's hearty voice echoed down, "Yes, I made it up here just fine!" For those of us who have lost someone we love to death, it is most comforting to know they made it "up there" okay. When C ...

904. Would You Mind Rescuing Me?

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the work of the Kingdom, if we don't know who we are. Let's consider an analogy. The painter Rubens is recognized even today as a genius. His work has been so influential that we sometimes talk about the "Rubinesque" figure. Rubens was also quite a businessman. Unlike many other immortal artists, Rubens was fortunate enough to taste the fruits of success while he was still alive. He was highly commissioned for his work. In fact he was so highly compensated that he opened what one writer called a painting ...

905. When The Recession Reaches Your House

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... true. Somewhere along the way we lose that child-like ability to trust--to rest our concerns on God. The first widow had quit trusting God. Elijah came to her and gave her hope. He told her to trust God. There is a third principle we need to remember. SOMEONE ... IS ALWAYS WATCHING. Jesus was watching as the second widow dropped in her two small coins. She had not quit trusting. Those two coins were all she had in the world and she was willing to turn them over to God. That's faith! No ...

906. Don't Give Up - He Hears!

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... expired term, and about half of the remaining 6,000 men lacked sufficient shoes or clothes to be able to go out to fight. During that famous winter at Valley Forge, the real battle that the Americans fought was the inner desire to quit and go home. They did not quit, of course. That is why we have an independent republic today, but the temptation was there! So it is in our lives. Persistence and perseverence are often our biggest challenges. And that is true of some of the greatest saints the Christian ...

907. Why Jesus Likes Sinners

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... tax collector in every way. But as soon as he began looking down his nose at the tax collector, it was all for nought. Many years ago there was a French play about a group of persons preparing to enter the Pearly Gates. There was quite a mob of them. Some had been quite righteous. Others had not. Some of those who had been morally upright were outraged that the others were going into heaven. These moral misfits did not belong there! It was unfair. It was unjust. As the wait to go into heaven grew longer the ...

908. Have You Changed Your Clock?

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sparked hope for generations in God's people. Advent is a season for watching and preparing - a time of holy waiting, which is quite different from just marking off time. God's clock is always running with a purpose and power not always seen by human eyes. ... will be of help to us, as we watch and wait as God's people at the close of the 20th century. We should be quite sure we are waiting on the Lord for direction and deliverance. I would like to share the story of Barry Beck, a thirty-four year old ...

909. Confused But Not Forgotten

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the next time he would agree to do whatever his son asked him to do. "You bet we'll go!" he told his son, "We wouldn't miss it for the world." "Oh boy!" the son shouted, throwing his arms around his father's neck. Richard, Sr. wasn't quite as enthusiastic. He remembered sleeping out in the back yard as a boy and how afraid he was. Camping was not his thing. Finally the long awaited day arrived. They gathered at Camp Boxwell, on the shores of Old Hickory Lake near Nashville. There were, "fifteen Cubs, one ...

910. When Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... his second son if he would help out in the vineyard. "I go, sir!" he told his father. Any parent would be proud of such a child. With the assurance that the second son would help, the farmer went to work in another section of the vineyard. Things didn't quite turn out the way the father expected. The first son, who answered, "I will not," changed his mind and spent the entire day working in his father's vineyard. The second son, the one who said, "I go, sir!" also had a change of mind. Maybe some of his ...

911. Partners In The Gospel

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... different reasons, felt attracted to a daily Eucharistic celebration, in which the Word of God was proclaimed and the Body and Blood of Christ shared." Over the months these quite different people found themselves drawn by a deep sense of community. These people who had different interests discovered a special bond based not on physical or emotional attractiveness, social compatibility or common interests, but on the presence of the living Christ. As students participated in the daily communion they were ...

912. Watch What You Eat

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... difficult. One old man became weary and unable to keep up. He begged the others to go on without him and let him die. The group grudgingly agreed and started out again. But the mother ran back and placed her child in the old man's arms. "You can't quit," she said. "It's your turn to carry my little girl." She left with the others, but looking back, saw the old man walking determinedly after them with the little girl in his arms. (5) St. Paul says there is nothing wrong with eating meat that has been offered ...

913. Face To Face With The Devil

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... give into temptation time and time again, until their inner moral fiber is eaten away. Fortunately, the converse is also true. The more times we resist the Temptor the weaker he becomes. Anyone who has ever begun an exercise program or gone on a diet or tried to quit smoking knows that the hardest part is getting started. The longer you wait to begin, the harder it is to start, and it is possible to put it off for so long that the chances for success grow very, very slim. Jesus nipped temptation in the bud ...

914. A Life Above All Others

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... were intrigued. They sought out one of this itinerant teacher's disciples ” a man named Philip. Since Philip is a Greek name, they thought he might help them meet his celebrity teacher. They spoke plainly to Philip, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus!" This presented quite a problem for Philip. Until this moment Jesus' ministry had been exclusively directed to the Jews. Philip was unsure what to do, so he found Andrew and together they went to find Jesus. When they found him they told him that some Greeks wanted ...

915. Aren't You Glad?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Anne-Rose Reeves

Pastor Jones, at St. Michaels Lutheran Church, wasn't quite sure just how to put his Easter sermon together. And believe me, it wasn't for lack of advice and study. ... Haney's little lamb was to try to show you what our lives would be like without Easter. We would live in fear not just of evil, but even of God, because we would never be quite sure whether what we did or didn't do would be enough to get God to save us from death and destruction. And we would worry whether God would abandon us, and we'd come ...

916. Unlocking The Doors

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... appeared that first Easter evening. And when the other disciples caught up with Thomas, they told him that they had seen the risen Jesus. They were filled with excitement and hope. Thomas wasn't quite sure he understood. He was trying hard to make sense out of their story, but what they told him was just too good to be true. It wasn't quite that Thomas didn't believe his friends, but he was a realist. He wasn't someone who believed in fairy tales. Thomas shook his head and said, "Unless I see the mark of ...

917. Strength Through Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... the bed. He stammered, stuttered and said all the wrong things in between long periods of embarrassed silence. Finally he tried to say a prayer, but even that didn't come out right. He left the room that day with tears in his eyes, ready to quit the ministry. He felt ashamed that this patient had needed him, and he had failed her. But a few days later Jim went courageously back. Imagine his surprise when he found the woman sitting up in bed writing letters. Flowers and cards were everywhere. She recognized ...

918. God's Job Profile

Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... concern for righteousness and justice. But if there is something more to life ” if there is a righteous God who has created this world and loves it and who seeks the welfare of all its people, then our willingness to order our lives according to His principles is quite important. A very old woman came to Jacob the baker to ask his advice. Jacob was renowned for his great wisdom. "Listen, young man!" she said sharply. "I want to ask you something. I heard you talk about dying, and I'm going to die soon. I ...

919. Christian Living As It's Meant To Be

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... hard time sleeping one night, so he got up at three thirty in the morning and went searching for an all-night coffee shop. He had found one and had ordered a donut and a cup of coffee when two prostitutes came in. They were loud and crude, and quite disagreeable company. Tony was ready to leave when he overheard one of the women say that the next day was her birthday. Her friend sneered, "So what do you want from me? a birthday party?" To which the woman replied, "Why should you give me a birthday party? I ...

920. Working For Love

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... feeling like Sisyphus. I hope that you don't wake up every morning feeling like you have to push a giant boulder up a hill. Some people do. Like the teacher who was complaining about her job. She told about her principal who was lecturing the faculty quite unmercifully. One by one, he presented them with a painful list of all their failures, flaws and shortcomings. He chided them for over an hour for all the mistakes they had made over the year. Then he announced that the science club was sponsoring a blood ...

921. Sons And Daughters Of Thunder

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... found in service ” service to the community, service to the church, service to the least and the lowest. If you think I'm wrong, look at the people who receive awards in our city. We honor those who serve. Not only that, but we pay them quite well. Who do we give our dollars to? Doctors, lawyers, grocers ” people who best serve our most profound needs. True greatness is found in service. If you feel that you are not getting the success or recognition that you deserve, ask yourself this question: Who am ...

922. A Long Line Of Love

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... nine-year sentence, she stays by his side. She keeps them both alive by scrounging whatever food she can find. Her love never quits. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT is about real love. (3) Could Hollywood produce such a film today? I'm not sure it could. The values of ... is the heart of our message today. So do we. THAT KIND OF LOVE IS WHAT THE CROSS IS ABOUT. It is about a love that never quits, never gives up, never fails. It is agape love ” love from the heart of God. It's not, "I love you for what you can do for ...

923. Giants Or Grasshoppers?

Numbers 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... minutes she'll be coming down to the kitchen to join him. Normally, two cups of coffee was his limit. But he wasn't normally up quite this early. He had had difficulty sleeping. He put on the pot to heat the water for a third cup. He noticed a small envelope on ... Jim thought about Rev. Andrews' dream for their church. "We already have a great church," Jim thought, "but Rev. Andrews says if we quit dreaming we will start dying. He's right, of course. He says his greatest fear is that our dreams are too small. ...

924. Jesus Goes To School

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... concerning myself. Permit me to fail, so that I can learn from my mistakes. Then someday I'll be prepared to make the kind of decisions life requires of me. Please don't do things over for me. Somehow that makes me feel that my efforts don't quite measure up to your expectations. I know it's hard, but please don't try to compare me with my brothers and sisters. Please don't be afraid to leave for a weekend together. Kids needs vacations from parents, just as parents need vacations from kids. Besides, it ...

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

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... that this carpenter from Nazareth was more than just a man. He fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!" How you act in the presence of a queen is one thing. How you act in the presence of God is quite another. Suppose God appeared to us in this hour in this place. How would you react? SOME FOLKS PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. They haven't had that much experience. King Duncan, editor of DYNAMIC PREACHING, had an experience that brought this ...

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