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1176. Do Not Lose Heart

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... tells about a group of 104 psychologists who made a study of their cases and determined a timetable for anxiety: At eighteen, we worry about ideals; at twenty, we worry about appearance; at twentythree, about morals; at twenty-six, about making a good impression; at thirty, about salary and the cost of living; at thirty-one, about business success; at thirty-three, about job security; at forty-one, about loss of ambition; over forty-five, about health. (5) Every stage of life has its own concerns. The ...

1177. Read My Heart As Well As My Lips

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... in that meeting, "Whom shall we send? Who will go for us? Who will face the dangers of acting as mayor of Jerusalem?" Finally, after those questions had been asked many times, one attendee rose to his feet and turned to that great body. He spoke in an impressive, booming voice, "Here am I," he said, "send Clarence." Well, we have a lot of people on the rolls of the church who are ready to answer, "Here am I, send Clarence." Christian secularists, people who want to stick their toe in, but who will never be ...

1178. Opening Up Heaven

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... down with tools and all the parts he had "taken" from the company during the years. He explained the situation to his foreman, and added that he'd never really meant to steal them and hoped he'd be forgiven. The foreman was so astonished and impressed by his action, that he cabled Mr. Ford himself, who was visiting a European plant, and explained the entire event in detail. Immediately Ford cabled back: "Dam up the Detroit River," he said, "and baptize the entire city!" (1) We could only hope that every ...

1179. Idle Tale Or Eternal Truth?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Disappointed? Never! It is worth walking 28 miles just to hear those three words: NOW AND FOREVERMORE." (3) We are confronted with the genuineness of the disciples' grief and the genuineness of their surprise at the idle tale of the women. EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE, HOWEVER, WAS THE GENUINENESS OF THE CHANGE THAT CHRIST'S RESURRECTION MADE IN THEIR LIVES. From defeated to dynamic, from heartsick to heroic, from doubting to death defying, the radical change that took place in the lives of those who followed Jesus ...

1180. Blessed Are The Believers

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... , he rephrased his statement in a more orthodox Marxist fashion: "The objective trends of what is happening in history are on your side," he said. We cannot be surprised at the Soviet Premier's verbal slip. Pope John Paul once said that he would never forget the impression left with him by a Russian soldier in 1945. The war was only just over. A conscript knocked at the door of the Cracow seminary where John Paul was serving many years before his election to the papacy. When asked "What is it you want?" the ...

1181. Harmony Within The Family

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... by our own power? The crisis in the church and the home today is not only one of communication but also one of commitment. Evangelist James Robinson tells of seeing a television interview with members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang. He was impressed by their creed. He says, "Do you know what they kept holding up as their great supreme virtue? They kept saying: `We’re a family. We’re together. We live together, fight together, die together. We stick together.’" You would think that the saints ...

1182. A Pentecostal Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the days of Mussolini, Christian believers suffered considerable persecution. In his book, Fire on the Mountains, Raymond Davis tells of the love demonstrated by believers for each other during this period of affliction, which in turn made a major impression on unbelievers. For example, no provision was made to feed the prisoners in jail by the invading army. This was the responsibility of relatives and friends. Christians in the prisons had no problem, though. They were well cared for by friends ...

1183. Extraordinary Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... , or any kindness that I can show any human being, let me do it now and not defer it. For I shall not pass this way again." This centurion would surely have endorsed those sentiments. He was a kind man. HE WAS ALSO A HUMBLE MAN. Jesus was impressed by the testimony of these Jewish friends and went with the delegation toward the centurion’s house. As they neared the house the centurion sent out another delegation. This time it was some of his friends. He sent with them a message. The message read like this ...

1184. The Secret Of His Success

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , a large, lame black man and a little hunchback girl, Brengle and his "congregation" were bravely singing a song, ironically entitled, "We’re the Army That Shall Conquer." Suddenly, the small group came abreast a large and imposing Methodist Church. As Brengle surveyed that impressive edifice a voice seemed to say to him, "You fool, you! You might have been the pastor of a great church like that. But here you are instead, the pastor of a lame man and a little hunchback!" For a moment his voice faltered ...

1185. Living Smart

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... the fire department. "I still want to see that mole dead," he said. We can appreciate his frustration, but his is an example of truly making mountains out of molehills. He had lost his perspective. Somehow his priorities were out of whack. One of the most impressive things about former astronaut and senator John Glenn is his willingness to stick to his priorities. It was he who refused to go to the door and receive the president of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Why? Glenn's wife was quite ill in ...

1186. Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... him Sagdluk, meaning The Liar, and this name he carried in shame to his grave. Long before his death his original name was entirely forgotten. Sometime later another Eskimo named Mitek also visited New York, where he saw many things for the first time and was impressed. Later, upon his return, he recalled the tragedy of Sagdluk, and decided that it would not be wise to tell the truth. So he told his people how he paddled a kayak on the banks of a great river, the Hudson, and how, each morning, he hunted ...

1187. No Price Too High

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... may seem a mess, but deep within us he must see potential majesty. There was once a young Polish girl named Marie Sklondowska who sat in a classroom and heard her professor say, "Some of you have stars at your fingertips." Those words made a deep impression on young Marie. Marie went on to study science at the Sorbonne in Paris where she fell in love with one of her teachers, Pierre Curie. They married and reached for the stars together. The way was long and rugged. They were laughed at and almost starved ...

1188. Lost In America

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... mercy. "There but for the grace of God go I," is our response to meeting one who is lost. Some people don’t care what happens to the lost. Others care, but only in the most superficial kind of way. A recent immigrant to America was quickly impressed by everyone’s interest in his welfare. Wherever he turned, people asked, "How are you?" This was great, he thought. So, when anyone asked, "How are you?" he told them. He told of his sinus headaches and his colds, appreciating this interest in his well-being ...

1189. How Can I Know It's Real?

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But he was determined and he was willing to change. Finally, ZACCHEUS WAS WILLING TO LIVE OUT THAT TO WHICH HE HAD MADE A VERBAL COMMITMENT. "Behold, Lord, the half my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold." Impressive. Zaccheus saw the kind of change that was needed in his life and he made it. He put his money where his heart was. Jesus has that kind of effect on people. He can make the greedy, generous. He can make the weak, strong. He can make the ...

1190. Marriage In Heaven? No. Heaven In Marriage? Yes.

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... , something he hadn't noticed about her breaded fish fillets over the past forty-seven years, which comes to almost twenty-five hundred servings of breaded fish fillets. He admires his wife and it is important to him to express his admiration. (2) This fact was impressed on me when I read something out of Lee Iacocca's autobiography. He wrote some touching words. He says, "All through my career at Ford and later at Chrysler, my wife, Mary, was my greatest fan and cheerleader. We were very close, and she was ...

1191. The Baptism of Our Work

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... ,' but `well doing.' Someone has noted that the Greek term for excellence is derived from the same root of the word meaning `to please.' Well doing is pleasing to God! Our task may be a great one or a small one. The size is irrelevant to God. God is as impressed with the brick mason who lays the brick for a building as he is with the architect who designed it, if the job is done well. In God's eyes, the person who scrubs the floor has just as much dignity as the president of the corporation. Pianist Nadia ...

1192. Preparing The Way

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... and he ate locusts and honey. His hair was long and unkempt. When the religious officials came to see him and be baptized by him, he insulted them by calling them names. Apparently John the Baptist had not read any church growth material that says first impressions are important. John the Baptist seems out of place in our celebration of Advent. " ˜Tis the season to be jolly" as the popular carol goes. John isn't someone you would want to invite to your home for a holiday get-together. You wouldn't invite ...

1193. Are You the One Who Is to Come?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... ” and a message. It is the Christmas message: that there is life and hope even in a rough world." (3) Isaiah wrote, "The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom." But see, those aren't the kinds of signs that impress people. We want greatness writ large. That's not God's way. God chooses to work in the little insignificant places of life ” like a manger, a carpenter's shop and a cross. The Third Reason John Was Disappointed Was That He Didn't Give God Time. John ...

1194. Promises Kept!

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... ! Show us where it is! Give us a sign of hope on the drifting sea of life! Tell us again what you’re all about, and speak to us of the promises of God! When Mahatma Gandhi was a young lawyer in South Africa, he read the Bible and was impressed by the teachings of Jesus. He was a Hindu himself, but thought that he might consider Christianity seriously. So he went to a church for several weeks and looked around him for the promises of God. But all he found was boredom and complaining and a lack of joy. And ...

1195. Finding Jesus

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... any dramatic vision they had, but because they trusted John. My guess is that this is the way most of us came to Christ ” through the witness of others. It may have been our parents or our spouse or a strong personality who made an indelible impression on us, but somewhere along the way the witness of someone else made the critical difference in our lives. In Peggy Payne’s novel, Revelation, Reverend Swain Hammond has a vision which he describes to his congregation. Later on, he decides it would be best ...

1196. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... to Christ's work. After Paul left Corinth, Apollos arrived and began teaching the people. It is believed that Apollos was a traveling merchant from Alexandria who was a deeply committed Christian. Apollos was a very persuasive speaker. The Corinthians were impressed with his "eloquent wisdom." They were so taken with Apollos that they began to lose their focus. They formed cliques, saying, "I belong to Apollos." Other groups formed. They said, "I belong to Paul." Others said, "I belong to Cephas," and ...

1197. Have You Changed Your Clock?

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the climate that it has surrounded us with. During the Second World War there was a young boy in a small town who had to go to the drugstore for his mother. As he arrived at the drugstore, he saw a poster on the front window that made a great impression upon him. It was the picture of an American soldier dressed in full battle uniform lying flat on his face, dead in the sands of a South Pacific island. He was lying there with the ocean cradling his body, and at the bottom of the poster was this question ...

1198. The Difference Is You

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... decided to make up toiletry kits, containing such personal items as a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, and a piece of candy to make their stay a little bit brighter. The women were somewhat taken back by conditions in the jail. The first thing that impressed the women was the sheer number of prisoners ” at least thirty a week. One of the women discovered that the city collected over a hundred thousand dollars a year from its jail operations. The women were also shocked with some of the jail ™s ...

1199. Transforming Moment

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... were on the high mountain, Jesus’ appearance was changed or transfigured before their very eyes. "His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white." The spellbound disciples looked on in disbelief as they saw Jesus talking with Moses and Elijah. Peter was so impressed with what he saw that he wanted to remain on the high mountain with Jesus, Moses and Elijah, as well as his two fellow disciples, for a while. Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will ...

1200. Sorry, The Doctor's Been Delayed

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... has conquered death and has given us new life. Dr. Don Webb, president emeritus of Centenary College, was born in Wales and served in the British Navy before coming to America to begin his ministry. He was proud to be named captain of H.M.S. Switha. He wanted to impress the crew with how wise and brave he was. Their first assignment was to check the anchors that held the buoys in place, and the only way to do this was to send down a deep sea diver. Don Webb was told that the previous captain always liked to ...

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