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976. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... himself. How sad. If the grace of Jesus Christ means anything, it means that we who are betrayers can come to the cross, and have that terrible weight of our misdoing taken from us. If on the other hand, we are among those who have been betrayed, there is hope for us as well. At the cross we can find relief from our bitterness and hurt. Forgiveness is what Jesus is all about, and he offers to us the deliverance of a forgiving heart that we might also forgive. If only the original Judas had known that. There ...

977. Lost In America

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... Rachel answered, he proposed, she accepted, and the wedding followed. (5) All those letters. Then a knock. My friend, if you are among the lost this morning, there is someone who stands at the door of your heart knocking, asking to be let in. He seeks to give you new hope, new meaning, new joy. If, on the other hand, you are among those who have already said yes to the Master, he is asking you to care as He cares. He is asking you to help him in the business of knocking on the doors of lost people’s lives ...

978. Meeting Jesus Along The Way

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Where do we find Jesus? Even more important, how can we be sure that Jesus is really with us when everything seems to be going wrong? What a weekend it was for the followers of Jesus. It seemed as though the bottom had fallen out. All their hopes and dreams seemed to vanish when Jesus died on the cross. They were in a state of shock and fear. Everything happened so fast. Early on Easter Day the women reported seeing angels who told them that Jesus had risen. The disciples at first dismissed the women ...

979. One Came Back

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... around Rather and issued his verdict. "Son," he said, "I watched you out there the whole time today. And I want to tell you something I hope will stay with you the rest of your life. Because if it does, it'll be of no small value to you. You're little." The ... Samaritan who came back, we are thankful, most of all, to Jesus. His contribution is greatest of all, for he has given us life, hope and victory. One came back praising God. Where are you this morning? Are you on the road with the nine who take life and ...

980. The Cross We Do Not Want To See

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... the cross of guns and pistols and knives and bayonets and bullets and bombs and broken bottles. But the cross of pain and love and, ultimately, hope. I. Let's Begin with the Pain. The adulation of the crowd on that first Palm Sunday was only a distant memory to Jesus as he ... cross tells me so. So we see the pain of the cross and the love of the cross. III. And that leads us to the Hope of the Cross. As Jesus hung there on the cross, he felt all the weight of the sins of the universe on his shoulders, but he ...

981. Wayward Children - Father's Day

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Jesus told us, waiting for the wayward child to come home. A woman lay dying of AIDS. The visiting priest attempted to comfort her to no avail. "I am lost," she said, "I ruined my life and every life around me. Now I go painfully to hell. There is no hope for me." The priest saw a framed picture of a pretty girl on the dresser. "Who is this?" he asked. The woman brightened. "She is my daughter, the one beautiful thing in my life." "And would you help her if she was in trouble, or made a mistake? Would you ...

982. A Colt Is Not A Horse

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... is possible . . . KALI ANESTASI! The doubter Thomas has his doubts shattered. How good to shatter doubts! KALI ANESTASI! Mary Magdalene weeps outside a grave but hears her name called. Those who weep shall be comforted. KALI ANESTASI! This is the season of hope. Those who express hope and have experienced pain are worth hearing. Such a person is Bill Cosby. Since the murder of his son, Ennis, Bill Cosby knows that ultimate pain of outliving a child. Listen to what he said about good and evil: "Let me tell ...

983. Sitting At God's Table

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , says Ed Nesselhuf, who directs Prison Congregations of America. "The corrections system has been pretty good about punishment," he says, "but they don't know a thing about hope." (3) Hope is what the Kingdom of God is about. Hope is what the Gospel is about. Hope may be the greatest need of our generation. Thus, Christ calls us to take his hope to everyone within our sphere of influence. The Kingdom of God is a family celebration a celebration of the presence of God. Christ wants us to bring everyone ...

984. Straight Backs And Rekindled Dreams

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... is a picture of complete hopelessness. My admonition to you this day is that unless you are in a situation that is as hopeless as that woman's, it's time to begin looking at the positive side of life. It's time to look to Jesus. Jesus is a hope giver. Jesus is a dream restorer. Jesus takes people who are hanging on with clinched teeth and gives them a new, fresh beginning. Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues one Sabbath day and a woman was there who had been crippled for eighteen years. She was bent ...

985. Trying To Grasp The Meaning Of It All

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... words in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5: 1-12): "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled . . . Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." What does it all mean? God in a manger. The hope of the world--the son of mere peasants. The Messiah born under the most humble of circumstances. DOESN'T IT MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, THAT GOD SHARES OUR PAIN? Like those doctors in the TIME magazine article who tested their drugs first on themselves, Christmas says that ...

986. Light For A New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... there that he was discovered and invited to play and sing for the pope on his visit to our country. You may remember how the pope made his way past the barricades to reach out and hold Tony while the whole world looked on. In his book, A GIFT OF HOPE, Tony shares, "After the concert I walked backstage through the waiting crowd of old friends and new . . . At the back of the crowd I saw a badly deformed young woman in a wheelchair. Her arms and legs were twisted, but she smiled and tried to wave as I passed ...

987. 'Thanking" About Thanksgiving

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... the real life of vaudeville star Eddie Foy. When Foy's wife died unexpectedly, he took his seven children on the road with him and incorporated them into the act. The kids were awful, but people came to see them, and they became pretty popular on the vaudeville circuit. Hope really wanted the great actor Jimmy Cagney to play a role in the movie too. But Cagney had just won an Oscar for his role in Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was famous. Surely he'd never agree to a small role in a movie that wasn't assured of ...

988. Redefining Life

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... along, but which have been masked by the desperate need to be happy, begin to emerge. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Protestant pastor who was imprisoned and eventually executed by the Nazis during World War II. From his prison cell, Bonhoeffer wrote letters full of faith and hope. This is a quote from a letter he wrote to his sister: "I think that God is nearer to suffering than to happiness, and to find God in this way gives peace and rest and a strong and courageous heart." (5) Happiness is not dependent on ...

989. God, The Promise Keeper

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . John says that he barely slept the night before the game. All his life he had dreamed of meeting his father. He didn't know how to feel now that the dream was actually going to come true. The next evening, the Trent boys played as hard as they could, hoping that their dad would be proud of them. After the game, they waited in the stands with their mother. They searched the faces of every man who passed by. But as the last fan left the stadium, they realized sadly that their father wasn't there. He hadn't ...

990. Hugging The Coastline

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... he would father a great people. It is very difficult to sustain a life of greatness if you do not see before you the fulfillment of a promise, a vision, a goal. The writer of Hebrews puts it this way: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen . . ." Faith is focused on a future promise. But faith is also obedience to a high calling. Abraham left his home, left his comfortable lifestyle, moved to a far country. Why? Because this is what he believed God wanted him to ...

991. Clearing Back The Jungle

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... one more step beyond creation and the covenant. The third step is up Golgotha to the cross of Jesus Christ. After all, he is our hope and salvation. As someone has written: He has all the information and all the wisdom. He is on twenty-four-hour duty--which we are ... love, He designed us. And it will be good--for our own good--and for His glory." That is why there was more hope for those early disciples than there was for Noah and his family even after their dramatic boat ride. The disciples knew Jesus. "A ...

992. Things That Cannot be Taken Away

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... can''t see you, Daddy!" Daddy shouted back, "That''s O.K., son, I can see you! Jump!" Faith is the first anchor. Hope is another. Hope comes from the presence of the Lord in a believer''s heart. It also comes from believing His promises. Hope finds security in God''s will. Hope looks to heaven and reunion and rejoicing with our loved ones who love the Lord. Paul said, "If in this life only we have hope, we are of all men most to be pitied." Christ Jesus rose from the dead and he has prepared a place for his ...

993. Living with the Aches and Alleluias

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Methodist bishops once said: "If you are at the stage of life or age of life when your back goes out more than you do, do not let your aches get in the way of your Alleluias.'' " Yes, the gospel message can fill every minute of today with more hope and joy and meaning and life than you could ever possibly exhaust. Dr. M. Scott Peck in his landmark book The Road Less Traveled, begins by saying, "Life is difficult." In a sequel to that book, he begins by saying, "Life is complex." However, I am sure that you ...

994. When Life Seems to Be Going in the Wrong Direction

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , we need to respond to the cries of God''s people when they ask, "Is there any word from the Lord today?" As God''s people, we are always pilgrims on a journey to answer the call of God. Yes, God always offers a larger, greater, and grander dream and hope for the fellowship of the redeemed than the secular world will ever offer. God has promised that if we are faithful to His leading, He will guarantee a harvest in due time, even when the weeds grow side by side with the wheat. All we need is the faith to ...

995. A New Look for a New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... 's glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved" (v. 6). The words we underscore here are "God's glorious grace" and "in the Beloved." All that has come to us in the past, all that we have in the present, all that we ever hope to have in the future are gifts of grace from our loving Father through the merits of his Son, Jesus Christ. That is why, whenever we hear the blessed Words of Absolution, our eyes drift heavenward in gratitude for so great a love. Greg Albrecht tells his favorite story ...

996. Gethsemane: Prelude To The Cross

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... home for the elderly, then whatever it is, it isn’t the gospel.” (Quoted by Donald Shelby, “Doing What We Do Best”) Doesn’t that grab your heart and put its steel vise on your mind? What happens in our life, and the witness we have to share, and the hope we have to offer will not play in the cancer ward of the home for the elderly, we need to ask ourselves how awake are. So, it’s a halting question, “Could you not stay awake for an hour?” We will have nothing to say, or no way of relating ...

997. A Love For All Seasons (i)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... I would have you ponder as you deal with it – the weight of the Gospel itself." "Ours is a gospel which errs, if indeed it errs at all, on the side of forgiveness and mercy. Ours is a gospel that is abundantly clear in its counsel toward patience and hope...a gospel that talks about second miles to be traveled, cheeks to be turned, and coats to be surrendered along with cloaks...a gospel that talks about the need to track down the one who is lost at the expense of the 99 who are saved...a gospel that ...

998. God Shaves With A Borrowed Razor

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... attacked by sea monsters! Turn back before we sail off the edge of the earth!" There was a name for those people -- we would call them today "Consultants." Now, obviously, I am in for making a little fun as we begin today -- but all for a purpose. I hope you will see it. Recently I came across a report of a Consultant. The title of the report was "How to Be Efficient with Fewer Violins." The consultant was a work-study engineer and he made his report after a visit to a symphony concert at the Royal Festival ...

999. On The Road Again (emmaus)

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... as it was seven miles distance from frustration, confusion, grief and despair. They wanted to get out of town, to get away from it all in order to try to forget, to sort out their feelings and somehow find a way to start all over again. With chins dragging and hope at a low ebb, they head west talking together as if saying it again would somehow make it go away; retelling the story to one another to ease the pain and share the haviness. "We know where Emmaus is, (don't we?). We have been there in one way or ...

1000. Preparing for Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... bicycle. It was made entirely out of scrap parts that the store workers had salvaged on their own time. (4) A bike on a bolt! That could only happen at Christmas. There is something about this season of the year that opens our hearts and renews our hope. "A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. And all mankind will see ...

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