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1051. There's A Better Way Than Shooting Somebody

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . A young mother and her little boy were driving down the street. The little boy asked, "Mommy, why do the idiots only come out when Daddy drives?" Some day that little boy will understand that Daddy's anger says more about Daddy than it does about the quality of drivers on the road. A woman came to Billy Sunday and asked him to pray for her bad temper. Then, embarrassed, she added, "But it's over in a minute." "So is a shotgun," answered Sunday, "but it blows everything to bits." It simply will not ...

1052. No Improvement Possible

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... the church is in the world to be served rather than to serve. They do not connect us with a man girded in a towel washing his disciples' feet or even a man hanging on a cross between two thieves. That is a shame. THERE IS A POWERFUL REDEMPTIVE QUALITY TO CHRISTIAN LOVE. Many years ago two young men with long records of crime and delinquency robbed the YMCA on the lower east side of New York City. On their way out of the door they noticed a man at the telephone switchboard. Fearing that he would call the ...

1053. How Do We Choose?

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Top executives are paid fantastic salaries primarily for their ability to make tough decisions. Tycoon T. Boone Pickens speaking at George Washington University recently, gave this advice to the young people there: "Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the `ready aimaimaimaim syndrome.' You must be willing to fire." Business guru Tom Peters tells about a businessman whom he admires whose motto is `anything worth doing is worth ...

1054. Staying Close

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... a man of God. He was God's messenger. He was delivering God's message to me. Oh, God can hit a mighty lick with a crooked stick, with a short stick. My whole ministerial career has been committed to Baptist theological education of the highest quality because God does use men like Moses and Paul with the best educational equipment of their time. But thank God for that ignorant, Biblepounding screaming mountain preacher. He saved my life. He did it with four words, ˜Why not try God?' "I slammed the brakes ...

1055. The Wondrous Possibility Of Change

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... of God ™s children, however. Indeed, it may be that this is one of the key ingredients in the concept of the image of God in which the Bible tells us we were created. Of all God ™s creatures we seem to be the only ones who possess this quality. We can change. As Spencer Marsh has noted, of all God ™s creatures we alone can be creative. Animals are not creative-rather, they are instinctive. For this reason, the beaver dams, birds nest, and ant hills of the 1980s are no different from those of the 1580s ...

1056. The Secret Of His Success

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... GOD COULD USE HIM AS AN ALMOST PERFECT INSTRUMENT. Soren Kierkegaard once told a parable about a certain rich man who bought a team of excellent, faultless horses. His own Coachman was somewhat inept and undisciplined, but the rich man hoped that the quality of the horses would offset this. After a few months, it was impossible to recognize the once proud horses. They were dull and drowsy, their pace inconsistent, their stamina gone. They developed strange quirks and bad habits. So the rich man called the ...

1057. Do This And Live!

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... that show we benefit physically and emotionally from helping those less fortunate than ourselves. Dr. Hans Selye, an authority on stress, calls this kind of service to others "selfserving altruism" because the pleasure one receives from such an activity often adds more to the inner quality of the helper than it does the person who is helped. It reminds me of a story Charles L. Allen once told of a man who went in search of a flower called hearts ease. Upon every road he took, however, he found an obstacle ...

1058. God Loves An Underdog

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... was a physician he did receive some privileges in the prison in return for treating other prisoners. Still he suffered much abuse. His treatment would have in fact been unbearable except that he developed a friendship with another prisoner who through the quality of his witness brought Kornfield to a Christian commitment. Kornfield felt a great inner freedom after this in spite of his oppressive environment. Still, he knew that his days were numbered. He felt a great, almost overwhelming, need to share this ...

1059. Lost In America

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... , Les Brown. 2. Brennan Manning, THE SIGNATURE OF JESUS, (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell, 1988). 3. Charles Colson: WHO SPEAKS FOR GOD? (Westchester, Ill:Crossway Books, 1985). 4. Harold Hazelip and Ken Durham, JESUS OUR MENTOR AND MODEL,(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1987). 5. Gary Inrig, QUALITY FRIENDSHIP, (Chicago: Moody Press, 1981).

1060. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... under the once-barren land. During all those earlier years in poverty, the farmers had been living over untold riches--millions of dollars worth of natural resources hidden in the ground. They simply had not discovered them, unlocked them and used them to change the quality of their lives. Many of us live barren lives spiritually. And the sad thing is that within our reach is untold spiritual riches. In the words of a popular song, “Help is only a prayer away.” It is said that when Lawrence of Arabia ...

1061. The Problem with Being Idle

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... lives fit in to God's overall scheme of things. The farmer provides food, the teacher helps transform young minds, the ambulance driver saves lives, the physicist unlocks the secrets of the universe, the retailer brings nice things into the community to improve the quality of life. Each of us has a place in God's plan for the world. A French criminologist named Emile Locard came up with an idea which he called Locard ™s Exchange Principle. It says something to the effect that any person passing through ...

1062. Transforming Moment

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and in the valley. As the lady said to Peter Jenkins, the Christian walk is a faith, not a feeling. It is an eternal verity, not simply a glib testimony. The God of the mountaintop is also the God of the valley. The important thing is the quality of the change that takes place in our lives. While Peter is speaking to Jesus about building dwellings and staying on the mountain, a bright cloud overshadows them. Suddenly, they hear a voice speaking from the cloud. "This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am ...

1063. Sorry, The Doctor's Been Delayed

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... family. John ended his letter with these words, "in case you have to open this, please don’t worry. I am all right...Now I know something you don’t know "what heaven’s like!" (2) Jesus wanted Martha and Mary to realize that eternal life is a quality of the life that we live here and now and not something we have to wait for. FINALLY IN PERFORMING THE GREATEST OF ALL SIGNS, RAISING LAZARUS, JESUS SHOWS US THAT HE HAS CONQUERED DEATH. Standing in front of the tomb Jesus told the crowd, "Take away the ...

1064. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 6:23

Sermon

Lowell D. Streiker

... is aggressive, ruthless, hurting. It is a breaking away from God and the rest of humanity. It is alienation. It is rebellion. Menninger notes, "The willful disregard or sacrifice of the welfare of others for the welfare or satisfaction of the self is an essential quality of the concept sin."(3) Somebody is defied. Somebody is hurt. Somebody who deserves to be loved is denied love. As we learned in Sunday School, "sin" is a three-letter word with "I" in the middle ” a very large capital "I." Sin is selfish ...

1065. How Much Do You Trust God?

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... it! The plow was designed to help them farm. It was designed for use in the fields, not to be revered. It was designed to strike deep in the African soil. It was designed to help the people, to nourish the people, to make them healthier, to make their quality of life better. But the members of that primitive tribe didn't know that, so the plow became an ornament, rather than a tool! (1) Sometimes we do that with our faith. We make our faith an ornament instead of a tool to help us live our everyday lives ...

1066. Strong Faith

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... listen to tapes of his favorite Bible teachers. Sometimes he would listen to a tape of worshipful music and sing along with it. His voice isn’t exactly the sound of music, Dave says, "but the hills did seem to come alive!" It was good "quality time" when he would not be interrupted by the telephone or anything else. Those eight weeks driving to and from Cleveland Clinic saved Dave’s life ” his spiritual life, that is. He needed that time alone, he says, with the Lord. He needed it desperately. Maybe ...

1067. Generic Christians Or Disciples?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... says, "I wonder if we don't have too many generic Christians and not enough disciples." (1) Jesus was at the height of his popularity. People were following him everywhere he went. It was difficult for him to get away even to spend some quality time alone in prayer or with his disciples. He healed the sick, fed the hungry. And people flocked to him. The disciples were excited. Jesus' ministry was booming. Everything was running smoothly. At least that's what the disciples thought. The disciples had been ...

1068. You Can Face Your Giant

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's Day is a good time to turn to the story of David and Goliath. After all, it's got a lot of those things in it that guys are traditionally supposed to like ” competition, violence, heroism. I know, those are not particularly popular qualities now, but they still make for a good story. The ancient Israelites were in the field preparing for battle against their enemies, the Philistines. The biggest, strongest Philistine, Goliath, stepped out from the gathered army and gave a challenge: "Today I defy the ...

1069. The Secret Of Happy Marriages

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... analyzing the answers to two questions: A. What were your reasons for your decisions to marry him/her? B. Why do you think your marriage has lasted as long as it has? Highly committed couples gave mutual admiration for each other's personal qualities as the reason for deciding to get married. They cited an ever-deepening companionship, friendship and love as the main reasons for the continuation of the marriage. Couples with a low level of commitment had decided on marriage for largely non-personal reasons ...

1070. A Family Celebration

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... relativity. The so-called "Jesus Seminar" alleges that only a portion of the teachings that are purported to be from Jesus are authentic. Isn't it a bit much, then, to ask us to take the leap of faith the writer of Hebrews demands ” to attribute to Jesus this quality of divinity? Perhaps so. But as C.S. Lewis pointed out a generation ago, we must make a decision: Either Jesus is who he says he is, or he is a liar and the writers of the New Testament are liars. Their testimony is that when you have seen ...

1071. A New Look For A New Year

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . That's how He finishes our wardrobe. A crown of beauty, then oil of gladness, and finally, a robe of praise. I love to be around someone who is robed in a garment of praise, don't you? C. Ward Crampton, a noted gerontologist, lists five qualities of living which are necessary for healthy aging. One of these is praising God. There is something about praising God that is healthy for soul, mind and body. Of course, like any great gift of God, even praise can be abused. According to Parade magazine, William ...

1072. Jesus Prays For Us

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... is but a poor reflection of a more perfect unity there. Writer and speaker Carol Kent expresses this truth in a beautiful way. She tells about a couple she met in Indianapolis, Indiana, named Pam and Bill Mutz. She was immediately impressed with the quality parenting these two were giving their three children. Carol asked her hostess what made their home so uniquely special. She began her story. A few years earlier, when their older daughter, Cari, was just two-and-a-half years old and their son, Jonathan ...

1073. Who Are You Trying To Impress?

Galatians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... real estate investors! It looks good. But it's a deception. (3) How sad if that should happen to a church. We need to impress the people in our community ” not merely with our spire or our windows or our neatly trimmed lawn. We need to impress them with the quality of our lives. We need to be who we say we are. Our lives ought to speak to the world about our relationship with Jesus Christ. Once long ago there was a gigantic oak tree that stood in the middle of the town square of a small community. The ...

1074. The Cry Of Freedom

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... man!" Government can never replace God's word. Yes, I believe Christians, clergy and lay folks alike should participate in the political arena and process. For born-again, spirit-filled believers have values, morals and viewpoints that can enhance and lift the quality of life in every generation. However, our motivation is love, not power. When we participate in the political process, we do so realizing that the foundation of the Kingdom of God is much LARGER, DEEPER, AND BROADER than the platform of any ...

1075. What It Takes

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... The late British Bible scholar, T. W. Manson once said about the shrewd manager, "This is a fraud; but it is a most ingenious fraud. The steward is a rascal; but he is a wonderfully clever rascal." (2) Jesus is addressing his disciples. There is some quality in the shrewd manager that Jesus wants his followers to see. "The children of this age," says Jesus, "are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light." In other words, he expects his followers not only to be faithful ...

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