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1026. What We Have Is A Communication Problem

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... lives. The important thing is that we listen ” listen to Christ. "This is my Son," said the voice from the cloud, "My Chosen; listen to him!" 1. Marvin T. Suitt, Oakdale Baptist Church, Madison Heights, VA 2. Lloyd Dobyns and Clare Crawford-Mason, QUALITY OR ELSE, (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991). 3. John C. Maxwell, BE A PEOPLE PERSON, (USA: Victor Books, 1989). 4. (New York: The Viking Press, 1979). 5. Dr. Julius Segal, WINNING LIFE'S TOUGHEST BATTLES (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986 ...

1027. The Secret Ingredient Of Success

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... of these famous people proved to have a certain genius ” but was it innate or did it grow out of their dedication to developing what they had been given? Somerset Maugham said it best in his autobiography SUMMING UP, "I knew that I had no lyrical quality, a small vocabulary, little gift of metaphor. The original and striking simile never occurred to me. Poetic flights...were beyond my powers. On the other hand, I had an acute power of observation, and it seemed to me that I could see a great many things ...

1028. Two Parades

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

King Duncan

... eery sound of wailing is heard. Faces are grim. The crowds had been given a choice between releasing a terrorist, Barrabbas, and releasing their "king," Jesus. They chose Barrabbas. How much lower in public esteem can you get than that? If there was any redeeming quality in this second parade, no one could see it. One nice thing for us, though: MOST OF US CAN IDENTIFY MORE EASILY WITH THE SECOND PARADE THAN WITH THE FIRST. Few of us will have crowds throwing garments down before us and waving palm branches ...

1029. Who Says A Good Man Is Hard To Find?

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... not worthy to have you come under my roof . . . ." Can you believe this? Here is a man of wealth, power, and authority and he is saying to an itinerant Jewish teacher, "I am not worthy to have you come under my roof . . . ." Is there any quality more appealing in a man or woman than genuine humility? I'm not talking about that odious form of low self-esteem that causes persons to become doormats ” allowing others to walk all over them. Certainly the centurion was no doormat. But he recognized Jesus' power ...

1030. No More Pain!

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Michael Green draws an analogy between faith and a new cake mix that was once developed by a large manufacturing company. The cake mix required only that water be added. Tests were run, surveys were made, and the cake mix was found to be of superior quality to other cake mixes. It tasted good. It was easy. It made a moist, tender cake. The company spent large sums of money on an advertising campaign and released the cake mix to the market. The cake mix was a miserable flop. The company then spent more ...

1031. Overcoming "Work-avoidance Syndrome"

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... We all know the importance of a healthy attitude on the job. Every employer will tell you that attitude is at least as important as competence. If you can't get along with others, if you are unreliable, if you just don't care about the quality of your work, then no matter how competent you are, few employers will want to hire you. Attitude is critical! Research has been done on how mental attitudes affect physical strength. A scientist used a gripping device to measure grip strength. The average grip of the ...

1032. Thankful Day By Day

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He began to wonder what would commend him to God when he died. Then something came to him. He recalled that he had never failed to "say grace" over his food. On every occasion he had given thanks. He decided that this would be the best evidence of the quality of his life. So he instructed his sons to dismantle the table at which he had never failed to give thanks and use the boards to build his coffin as a witness to his thankful heart. (4) People who live close to God are invariably very thankful people ...

1033. Destined To Have A Great Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... realm, in another time. That is how I choose to interpret life. That is what the life of faith is about and I have observed that people who have such a faith ” who trust God in all things and who look daily for God's blessings ” live a better quality of life and are more successful than those who have no such faith. So, I say with confidence and hope that, come what may, you and I are destined to have a great year! 1. From a sermon by Pastor Don Emmitte. 2. (Ventura, California: Regal Books, 1995). 3 ...

1034. Get Off The Orphan Train

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He had given in to his fears rather than his faith. May I suggest that this is the biggest barrier many of us have to overcome. The handmaiden of doubt is fear. And fear does terrible things to us. Fear limits our tomorrows and burdens our todays. The quality of our lives is lessened when our hearts are filled with fear. When we are dominated by our fears we add the burdens of worry and stress to the other heavy responsibilities that we carry each day. MODERN MEDIA, OF COURSE, CATER TO OUR FEARS. Some of ...

1035. In Praise Of Goofing Off

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... grew a short distance from a stream in New Mexico. One of them was sturdy and rich with leaves, while the other was smaller and less attractive. Over the years the owner of the property wondered why the two trees should have such a different quality and appearance. Unable to find an answer, he dismissed the puzzle from his mind. One week while digging near the trees his shovel struck something hard. When uncovering it he solved the mystery of the trees. Years earlier, someone had buried large slabs of a ...

1036. Cut Your Losses!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... was he receiving in return? Practically nothing that benefitted his life. Most news stories were simply extended stories of the story from the day before. Ninety per cent of the stories were depressing and sometimes down right infuriating. But none of them improved the quality of his life. Suppose, he decided, he were to spend his drive time listening to inspirational tapes rather than the news? Suppose he were to spend the time he devoted reading the local paper and watching the news casts on television to ...

1037. Centering On God

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

... play sports with the other boys his age. Eventually he entered the ministry. But his health was so fragile, he was unable to serve his growing congregation. Amazingly, he did not dwell on his troubles. In fact, his spirit soared. His only real complaint was the poor quality of the hymns of his day. He felt they did not convey hope and joy. Someone challenged him to write better ones. He did. He wrote over 600 hymns, most of them hymns of praise. When his health collapsed completely in 1748, he left one of ...

1038. Light For Our Lives

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... more than once into the state of Illinois. "Nevertheless, the world's most significant thinking was done in the town of Nazareth, and from it there emerged one who would be known as Lord and Master. What mattered most was not the town, nor the quality of the schools, nor the nature of the community, nor the vigor of the synagogue, but rather the person who found in the town, the school, the synagogue and the community something more than anyone else found there. Jesus captured from His environment all the ...

1039. "Catch-able" But Not "Fetch-able"

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... famous moonshiner know as Big Haley. The woman's real name was Mahala Mullins, but since she weighed somewhere around 500 pounds, "Big Haley" was not an inappropriate name. Big Haley and her sons ran a reliable operation. They were renowned for the quality of their product. They didn't dilute their moonshine and they were known to deal honestly. That fact, coupled with the problems implicit in arresting a mountain clan, caused local government officials pretty much to leave them alone. However, that did not ...

1040. Mary's Song

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

King Duncan

... these, "Mommy and Daddy can't afford that." People who cope successfully with life are those who understand the importance of discipline and self-denial, who realize that life is a training school, that happiness is not a permanent state but an elusive quality best achieved in search of something higher. Life is hard. Consider the rash of suicides and drug-related deaths among the children of some of America's best known celebrities. "But we gave him everything," distraught parents moan. That is it. When ...

1041. Excited By Our Faith

John 1:35-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... . There was a large church in the downtown of a large city, a beautiful structure. It had 4 stories. It was neoGothic with flying buttresses, a classic large church building. It had a very dignified, educated pastor and a wonderful choir of professional quality. The church practiced what one pastor described as a sort of "osmosis evangelism." They expected Christ to sort of "ooze" out of their fellowship into the world outside. In the Narthex, the entry hallway to the church, they had a 10 feet tall marble ...

1042. God Of Compassion

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... responded. "Many years ago an artist was commissioned to create a statue for the cathedral. As he sought a young woman to pose as the model for his sculpture, he found one who seemed to be the perfect subject. She was young, serenely lovely, and had a mystical quality in her face. The image of that young woman inspired his statue of Mary. The woman who now worships the statue is the same one who served as its model years ago. Shortly after the statue was put in place, she began to visit it and has continued ...

1043. Walk With Confidence

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... I always tried to look like I was supposed to be there." And it worked. "I moved from a naturally shy, wallflower type to being very aggressive. I really got on top of things." (2) Effectiveness in life so often is determined by that elusive quality called confidence. But where does confidence come from? Some people seem to come by it naturally. Teddy Roosevelt seemed to be one of those people. Teddy was such an outgoing person with a bombastic personality that the story circulates that on Teddy Roosevelt's ...

1044. Jesus' Object Lesson

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... looking at the stars and got so hooked into the vicious cycle (of living) I never remembered the day they left. I got so hooked into this chase that I never missed the stars." (3) That happens to us doesn't it? We lose that childlike quality of wonder at God's creation. Maybe that's why Jesus used a child as an object lesson. Maybe that's why God uses children as object lessons for us today: unrestrained joy, unrestrained love, unrestrained faith. I like what Robert Fulgrum, a Minister Emeritus in Edmonds ...

1045. Rushing And Realizing

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... life had been saved by the old man's son. He had come to express his appreciation and to give him a gift. The soldier explained that he, too, was an artist, and he had painted a picture of the man's son. The father was amazed by the lifelike quality of the painting. He hung it on the mantel of his study, and there it brought him great comfort. It became his most prized work of art. A season passed, and the father died. Other art collectors around the world were excited to learn of the old man's death ...

1046. Waiting On God

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... of a department store escalator. Intently looking at the handrail, the small boy would not take his eyes away. A salesperson asked, "Are you lost?" "Nope," came the reply, "I'm waiting for my chewing gum to come back." The ability to wait is one of those childlike qualities that says, "Hey, there are some things in life I cannot control. But Someone is in control. It takes humility to wait. IT ALSO TAKES FAITH TO WAIT. We do not like to wait because that means that we are not in control of things. Faith is ...

1047. Marriage: Agony Or Ecstasy

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

King Duncan

In a newspaper cartoon recently a woman with folded arms and a superior expression on her face says to her husband, "A good husband needs to be strong, caring and sensitive. You have all but three of those qualities." Then there is that classic story of the woman who hired a medium to bring back the spirit of her dead husband. When he appeared in a ghostly form, she asked, "Honey, is it really better up there?" Without hesitation he answered, "Oh, yes, it is much better. But I' ...

1048. Out Of Our Control

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Some of them are very basic. We could not choose our parents. We could not choose the country in which we were born. We could not choose the color of our skin or our native language. We could not choose the prenatal care we had or the quality of our teachers. Some of us "self-made people" started life with an enormous advantage. Now that we are adults, though, we can choose. We can set goals, chart courses, work hard, persevere. Still, there is a margin of life that does not yield to our control. We ...

1049. Time To Walk On The Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... . A military expedition for which he was held responsible turned into a bloody calamity. He was forced to resign from the Cabinet. One biography calls this period of his life, `The Rise to Failure.' "In the crucible of failure, Churchill forged some new qualities which became instrumental in his success as the great Allied leader during World War II. But until he refocused his life, he was a brilliant failure." (1) Nearly everyone who accomplishes anything in this world stubs his or her toe somewhere along ...

1050. One Word Changed Everything

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In one of his books Haddon Robinson tells about a series of victory parades planned by General Pershing through many European capitals after World War I. He needed 27,000 soldiers to march in those parades. Each participant was to have two qualities. He was to have an unblemished military record, and second, he was to stand at least one meter, eighty-six centimeters tall. Forty American soldiers, guarding an ammunition dump about one hundred miles from Paris, read with interest the notice about Pershing ...

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