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Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... poem entitled "The Pit." Let me share just a little bit of it with you: A man fell into a pit and he couldn't get out. BUDDHA said: "Your pit is only a state of mind." A HINDU said: "This pit is for purging you and making you more perfect." CONFUCIUS said: "If you would have listened to me, you would never have fallen into that pit." A NEW AGER said: "Maybe you should network with some other pit dwellers." A SELF-PITYING PERSON said: "You haven't seen anything until you've seen my pit." A NEWS REPORTER said ...

977. A Cup Of Cold Water

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... man knocked on their door. He was so ill-dressed for the cold, they invited him to stay until the storm had passed. Even though their visitor would have no gifts in the barrel, they decided to open it. That's when they discovered the coat. It fit the man perfectly. (6) Do such things really happen in this world? Yes they do - all the time. You never know when you give that cup of cold water ” whether to the needy stranger or to the work of God ” how that gift may be used. And that brings us to the final ...

978. A Niche For Every Itch

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... to enter the Capitol because the king of Morocco has a large procession that travels with him every place he goes. He brought his twelve wives and also his personal heart donor. Now hear this: The personal heart donor is a person who is a perfect organ donor match for the king of Morocco. If anything happens to the king ” heart failure, liver failure, kidney failure ” this person is there, ready to make the donation. It is this man's responsibility to literally lay down his life for the king of ...

979. The Terrible Burden Of Judging Others

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... I remember you told me she was a vile creature who would make my life miserable, and you begged me not to marry her. You were perfectly right. You want to talk to her? All right." He looks up from the telephone and calls to his wife in the next room, "Gladys, ... you are entirely the kind of parent you ought to be. Before criticizing someone else's character, ask if you have arrived at perfection yourself. If we put our criticism to that test, most of us will be mute. For we, too, are sinners saved by grace. ...

980. Who? Me Worry?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... went to his father and asked to go traveling into the world to discover his fate. The father equipped him with a horse, a dog, weapons, and armor. The young man traveled deep into the forest for many days and nights. One day he came to a deep blue, perfectly round lake surrounded by a sandy beach. The prince tethered his horse, climbed a tree with his dog, and waited. After a while he grew thirsty. So he climbed back down the tree and scooped up a handful of water for himself and his dog, and went back up ...

981. Washing Away The Junk

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... baptism occurred during the Feast of Weeks, a time when many believers from surrounding areas came to the Temple for the blessing of the "first bread made from the new harvest of spring grain." It was a perfect time for many people to witness his baptism and hear his message. (3) It was also a perfect time for John the Baptist to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with. After all, what selfrespecting preacher does not enjoy being the center of attention? All of Jerusalem was coming out to hear him ...

982. Well . . . I Was A Little Confused

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... Well, maybe not. I do believe, though, that people who seek to live according to the Scriptures and the Spirit of Christ and who spend time consistently in the presence of God through prayer, will make better decisions than people who do not. Will we be perfect in making right decisions? No, we will still be sinners. We will still be human. But we will make better decisions, we will be better parents, better citizens, better people if we focus on those two traditional vehicles of truth God's Word and prayer ...

983. On Eating Peas With A Knife

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... . At dinner that evening, the family waited to let Henry start his meal first. Eagerly, he grabbed up his knife and dug into his peas. The children in the family were astonished. Henry had an amazing ability to balance all the peas on his knife perfectly. The children began to giggle at this strange eating habit. But the father of the family, giving his children a silencing look, picked up his own knife and began eating his peas. Although he had much less success than Henry, he kept at it and eventually ...

984. Help For Hurting Dads

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... of them are in this church. But not every Dad measures up. And that is sad. Perhaps we can bring some healing. LET'S BEGIN BY NOTING THAT SOME DADS HAVE PROBLEMS THAT WORK AGAINST THEIR BEING GOOD FATHERS. It's true. Not every Dad is perfect. It happens. Neither fathers nor mothers grow up in a vacuum. We are all products of a particular home environment. In his men's seminar, David Simmons, a former cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys, tells about his childhood home. His father, a military man, was extremely ...

985. Getting Rid Of Fear

2 Timonty 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... without love is dangerous, power without selfdiscipline is fleeting. How do we find selfdiscipline? We do it just as Paul did it by putting our lives under Christ's control. We look beyond ourselves to the One is who is the source of Perfect Power which includes power over ourselves. It is found where Bill Tomes found it at the altar of the church. We need to live under Christ's control, then we discover his power, his love, his discipline. 1. Contemporary Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, & Writers ...

986. Is Suffering Really Necessary?

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... never show on the surface. WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? asked the author of a best-selling book a few years back, and the question still mystifies us. Why did Jesus suffer? The Son of God, the innocent Lamb, without sin, perfect love, embodied and personified, and yet he was reviled and beaten and crucified. Why? The early church struggled mightily with that question. In fact, some of our most prized theological statements came out of that struggle. Why did Christ suffer? The writer of Hebrews ...

987. Man, Give Me Some Bread: I Want To See God

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

Many years ago, a Mrs. Maria Rubio of Lake Arthur, New Mexico, was rolling out tortillas for lunch when she saw something that took her breath away. Looking back at her from a flat tortilla was the face of Jesus! The skillet had burned a perfect representation of a slender, bearded face onto the surface of the bread. Now I am not certain how Mrs. Rubio knew that this was Jesus, but she convinced a reluctant priest to bless the piece of bread, then she built a shrine around it. Mrs. Rubio quit her job so ...

988. Where Is Your Heart?

Luke 12:22-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... individuals we have a moral obligation to do everything we can do to strengthen families. Most of us will do our part. Our hearts are with our families. SOME OF US WILL SAY IT IS WITH OUR COUNTRY. And that, too, is good. We recognize that our country is not perfect. Still, we love our country. Some of us have had family members and friends who have died for our country. So when the flag is passing by or the national anthem is sung, we place our hand on our heart, for our heart is with this land. We cherish ...

989. The Bridge Builder

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... everything I do closely and do exactly the opposite." (3) Fortunately, that's not what Jesus says. He offers us a perfect example of how to live a lifestyle of love. But we'd rather ignore Jesus' example. We tend to use other people as our yardstick. "I'm as good as So-and-So ... ." "I may not be perfect, but at least I don't do what Mrs. So-and-So does." "Well, at least I act better than old Mr. So-and-So does." We ...

990. Building a Nation

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... not to be blind to our nation's sins. Like every nation, we have our weak points. A family of refugees was very favorably impressed with America--especially the six-year-old daughter who rapidly adopted the view that everything American was not only the best, but also perfect. One day a neighbor told her she was going to have a baby, so little Mary marched home and demanded to know why she couldn't have a little baby too. Her mother decided to introduce her to the facts of life right then and, among other ...

991. When the Best People Were Left Out

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... and goes on to play ball better than ever. By the end of the story, it is clear that he is a happier, healthier person more likely to be successful with or without basketball. (3) The Pharisees were like the demanding coach badgering, pressuring, demeaning. They wanted perfection. Jesus knew that is not the way to bring hurting people into the kingdom of God. He did it with love and acceptance. He did it by living out God's amazing, startling, absurd grace. II. This Is How We Are to Live Our Lives. We are ...

992. Family Survival

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Stephen DeFur

... 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 image to know oneness. It starts with ...

993. How To Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood. Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart. Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I glory in God's perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love. This is a mother who loves as Christ loves. Love is a command, not a feeling. (9) We love with affection, encouragement and moral guidance ...

994. Dreaming Of Florida--awaking In Alaska

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... that you can trust God for your welfare in this world and the next? We don't know much about life after death, but as saints of God we do know two things: we shall have our essential identity and we shall be with God--the source of perfect peace and love. E.M. Bounds, in his book, CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN, writes that Stephen recognized the Lord coming to him as he was being stoned, and when Moses and Elijah appeared in the transfiguration with Jesus they were clearly recognizable. For this reason, he ...

995. 'Thanking" About Thanksgiving

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... Isn't that a tremendous testimony? Ordinary Haitian people needed some way of saying "thank you." And, of course, that is why you and I are here today. To say "Thank you" . . . to God for all the blessings of our life. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THIS HAS BEEN A PERFECT YEAR. For some people in this room it has been a difficult year, but that doesn't mean we are not thankful. I was reading about Jean Schnelle who works on a unique crisis hotline. Jean has developed a number of skills that serve her well in her work ...

996. Where Can I Be Safe?

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... paid . . . when I've retired . . . when we have the money saved up . . . Later, when I have time to prepare myself, and everything is perfectly in place. Ask me then. But please don't ask me to go there now. (Think the rich young ruler)' "Not me, not there, not ... live our lives in God's presence, if we could trust God in everything we do, if we could align our lives with God's perfect will, we would never have to walk in fear again. There is an old rhyme that goes like this: "When in danger, when in doubt: ...

997. Playing The Comparison Game

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... home? Soon they will be on the ocean and all the views will be the same. Have you ever noticed that we are perfectly content with what we have--until we compare what we have with what someone else has. A sparrow complained to Mother Nature, "You ... what is my own? Are you envious because I am generous?" You and I know the answer to that one: The workers would have been perfectly happy if they had not played the comparison game. They compared what they were paid with what the others were paid, and then they ...

998. The Good Son

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... a bully, then maybe there's hope for all of us! David was "the good son," and God chose him to be King of Israel. If he had lived in our day, we'd probably have a 1999 King David calendar hanging in our kitchen. But David was not a perfect person. In the events leading to Nathan's judgment, David's troops are away in battle. David is walking on the roof of his Jerusalem palace when he looks down and spots a woman bathing. Her name was Bathsheba. We need to be clear that there was nothing seductive about ...

999. Another World

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... all of life into two realms: the physical and the spiritual. To the Greeks, all physical things, like the earth and human bodies, were evil. All spiritual things were good and perfect. For this reason, the idea that God would manifest Himself in a physical body, in the form of Jesus, was crazy to them. Why would spiritual perfection degrade itself by entering the physical, evil realm? And so, many Greeks dismissed the Gospel as so much foolishness. We can understand. It is an amazing doctrine, as you will ...

1000. You Feed Them!

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... of "God's design for providing food for newborn babies. A mother's body extracts the raw materials for the milk from a wide variety of vegetables and fruit, grains and meat, which have been eaten, digested, and absorbed into the bloodstream. This milk is the perfect food for a baby it's predigested and full of necessary nutrients. God designed a woman's body so that this process only occurs after she has given birth. It's not a continuous process which might have been simpler to design but would have wasted ...

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