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1201. Save The Children

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... average temperatures to rise. The four hottest years in recorded history have occurred since 1979. Will the polar ice caps begin melting before long and the oceans begin rising? Will there be extensive droughts as the experts are saying? Each year the world's deserts grow by as much as 16,000 square miles. We don't know what the future holds, but we are talking about things that could occur in the lifetimes of our children. We better be serious about finding answers. Richard Johnson tells of an event ...

1202. In Defense Of Ceremony

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... live in a vacuum. The person who says, "I can be a Christian without the church," does not understand the nature of the Christian life. When we become sons and daughters of the Father, we become brothers and sister to one another. If you were marooned on a desert island by yourself, you could still be a Christian. But if you seek to be an island unto yourself in the middle of a society, you cannot be a Christian. Some of you may remember a Country/Western song a few years ago that went like this: "Me and ...

1203. Winning When It Really Counts

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Losers sit back and wish for a better world. Winners understand that a better world is up to them. I heard a silly story about three men who went on a fishing trip. Their boat was wrecked in a storm, but they managed to swim to a deserted island. After a week, one of the three, a cattle baron, became despondent; he missed his ranch. A second longed for his native Manhattan, where he was a cab driver. The third man, a happy-go-lucky type, was enjoying himself, finding the experience rather peaceful. One ...

1204. I Am The Only One Left Who Cares!

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... left who cares, and what can I do? Ever have feelings like that? Let's deal with them for a few moments this morning and see if there is not some Good News. The World Is in Pretty Bad Shape, It Is True. A shipwrecked sailor was alone on a desert island for several years. To his great relief, he spied a ship on the horizon. He built a great bonfire to catch the crew's attention. Soon the ship was dropping anchor off the little island and a small rescue boat was lowered into the water. One solitary crewman ...

1205. You Are Not Yourself!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... to every person on this globe. One of the paradoxes of the Christian life is that God often takes seemingly hopeless individuals and turns them into superbly useful people! The apostle Paul was once a violent antagonist of the faith, and John Mark had once deserted his ministry. There is no way to be sure what a person will be tomorrow simply by looking at what he or she is today. In 1944 during World War II, Admiral Halsey received an intercepted Japanese communication that revealed the destination of an ...

1206. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... was a seemingly endless supply of this precious commodity available at the mere turning of a tap. When these chieftains were preparing to leave Paris, Lawrence found them trying to detach the faucet in their hotel bathroom so that out in the dry desert they would always have water. Lawrence tried to explain to them that the water was not in the faucet but in huge reservoirs many miles away. These chieftains were convinced, however, that there was something magical about the faucets themselves. (2) So it ...

1207. Don't Give Up - He Hears!

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... problems, the shaky value of Continental paper currency, and lack of total support for the Revolution by the civilian population kept the food from reaching Washington ™s army. Of 11,000 American troops beginning that winter, about 2,500 died, more than 2,000 deserted or refused to reenlist at the end of their expired term, and about half of the remaining 6,000 men lacked sufficient shoes or clothes to be able to go out to fight. During that famous winter at Valley Forge, the real battle that ...

1208. How Can I Know It's Real?

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... murderers. Their father, though, was a Baptist pastor and the founder of William Jewel College in Liberty, Kentucky. Their mother was raised in a Catholic convent. Both parents espoused values very different from those that their sons held. Yet, Robert James, their father, deserted his wife and sons while they were still very small so that he could search for gold in California. (1) But enough about the Baptists. Another of the men who terrorized the West was named John Wesley Hardin. Guess where he got his ...

1209. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... , he said, I want God, I want God! We say that too, don’t we? In a variety of ways we say it: I want God! I want to see God and make some sense out of this crazy world, this world of madmen playing unholy games in the Arabian deserts; this world of murder and hostility and broken homes. I want to feel God and lose this loneliness that’s wrapped itself around my heart. I want to know God and find some purpose for what I’m doing at my job. There’s a God-shaped hole in our ...

1210. Are You the One Who Is to Come?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... is so lonely and so brave that it seems to offer courage to those who pass it ” 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 ...

1211. Beyond Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... First of all, there was the temptation to turn stones to bread. The devil knew Jesus was "famished" after fasting for forty days. "If you are the Son of God," the devil said, "command these stones to become loaves of bread." People who have visited the desert where Jesus was tempted report that small rocks cover the ground. The small rocks might look like bread to someone who has gone forty days without food. There's no question that Jesus could have turned stones into bread. But Jesus knew who was tempting ...

1212. Time To Do Something About The Piano

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... with Moses. Nicodemus knew all about Moses and the Exodus. Jesus told Nicodemus, "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." Nicodemus recalled the time in the desert when Moses lifted up a serpent on a pole for all the people to see. When the people saw the serpent high on the pole their thoughts turned to God. By the power of God they were healed. In the same way Jesus told Nicodemus he, the Christ ...

1213. Sorry, The Doctor's Been Delayed

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... ended. At the Billy Graham crusade in Seattle Shirley Lansing told about the death of her son. Her story is very moving. She told the crowd, "I come with a story about my son, John Kendall Morgan, Warrant Officer One, United States Army, serving in Operation Desert Storm." Shirley told the crowd that her son, Jack, had committed his life to Jesus at an early age. "At that time," she said, "it didn’t seem terribly important, but it was." "A few weeks ago," Shirley told the crowd, "two officers came to our ...

1214. A New Kind Of Faith

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... actions or daily lives but is nothing more than a bunch of empty phrases spouted off to impress others?" How would you respond to such a letter? Unfortunately there are people who have experienced some tragedy in their lives and think God has deserted them. Dave Dravecky has struggled with some of the same questions, but his faith has made all the difference. Dravecky shares his faith with others, helping them through difficult times. "Anytime we come to God, it is an act of faith." Dravecky writes, "When ...

1215. The Fourth Person In The Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... to her, "Go down to the harbor!" She tried to dismiss this notion by telling herself that the harbor was in the roughest part of town. She would not be safe going there by herself late at night. She imagined the drunks and prostitutes who roamed the deserted docks in the evening hours. There was no way she wanted to go down to the dock. "I squirmed in my pew," she says, "until the service ended, then hurried home as fast as I could to put as much distance as possible between myself and this alarming ...

1216. For Laughing Out Loud!

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... was the shade of a tree. Activity as well as travel was limited. It was too hot to do much of anything. The unbearable heat dulled the senses, clouded the eyes, and clogged the ears. It was so hot that a haze could be seen rising from the desert. That's why Abraham was startled to see three visitors coming toward him. It was as if these strangers had appeared from out of nowhere. When Abraham saw the visitors approaching he jumped up and ran out to greet them. Bowing down before them he welcomed them to ...

1217. You Can Dress Them Up...

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... is happening." A Pentecostal church is growing by leaps and bounds. "This church is committed to doing work that many might consider impossible: rebuilding the community." The church has organized and trained young people to remodel the thousands of rundown, deserted houses. Thus, young people are given jobs while inexpensive housing is being offered for sale to many. "Living as they do, in a social environment that is both anti-Christian and delinquent," Campolo writes, "it is nearly impossible for most ...

1218. Generic Christians Or Disciples?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Peter spoke harshly to Jesus. He rebuked Jesus. Has anyone ever said something to you that reminded you of someone else, or of some other experience? When Peter rebuked Jesus, Jesus heard the voice of the tempter once again tempting him as he had done in the desert at the start of his ministry. Jesus turned to Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block for me." Ironic that Peter the Rock was a stone Jesus stumbled over. Jesus told Peter his thoughts were not from God but man. Then ...

1219. Grace Greater Than Our Sin

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... her. A couple in a local church, Tom and Claudia, wanted to help a needy family. Through a social agency they were given Linda's name. At the time they met Linda she had two young children with a third on the way. Her husband, an addict, had deserted her. She had no place to live. Tom and Claudia quickly realized that they could not help Linda and her children all by themselves. They enlisted the help of other couples in their Sunday School class and church. They helped Linda and her children find a place ...

1220. Trying To Get The Pageant Right!

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... utter it once. Christmas explains how stingy men can become generous, tired men can become energized, lonely men can feel loved. That is why we look forward to this beautiful time of the year with such anticipation. John caused quite a stir in the desert. People from all over were going out to see and hear him. Countless persons were baptized by John in preparation for the arrival of the Messiah. There were some, though, who were uncomfortable with John and his message. In fact there were some who thought ...

1221. Advice For Soldiers At The Front

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... He knew that the community of faith stood behind him in his hardships as well as his victories. And he received strength. We can all receive strength from prayer. One time, some time ago, some army troops were participating in a military training exercise in the Mojave Desert. Jim Bolton was on a crew that became separated from the rest of the troops. One of the vehicles in their convoy had lost its traction and had come to rest at the edge of a sand cliff above a fifty-foot drop. The vehicle was hopelessly ...

1222. What Is True And Who Can You Trust?

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... this is an accurate account of the life and ministry of the Word made flesh. This was their testimony and it is good enough for me. Truth is Christ. Steve Brown tells the story of a British soldier in the First World War who lost heart for the battle and deserted. Trying to reach the coast for a boat to England that night, he ended up wandering in the pitch black night, hopelessly lost. In the darkness he came across what he thought was a signpost. It was so dark that he began to climb the post so that he ...

1223. Angels Announce His Coming

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... his gifts to the newborn king. On the other hand, how could he leave this man who needs his help? Artaban made a quick but necessary decision. He stayed and ministered to the man. Now he was alone. He needed camels and bearers to help him across the desert because he had missed his friends and their caravan. He had to sell his sapphire to get the help he needed. Now he had only the ruby and the magnificent pearl to offer the newborn king. Artaban finally reached Bethlehem only to find Joseph and Mary and ...

1224. Flies On The Ceiling Of The Sistine Chapel

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... left the sentence unfinished. His mother drove him to the store. There, Landon chose a neon pink helium balloon to carry his letter. Then they drove up a steep butte at the edge of town. It was peaceful on top, offering an endless view of high desert and mountains. A gentle breeze was blowing, and when Landon released the balloon, it instantly danced away from his fingers. They watched it silently. Up, up, up. It climbed quickly as if it knew the importance of the mission. "I wish something would happen so ...

1225. Resisting The Power Of Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... no good Christian man or woman gets up in the morning, looks out the window, and says, "My, this is a lovely day! I guess I'll go out and commit adultery." Yet many do it anyway. Notice what Paul says about those followers of Moses who perished in the desert: "For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and ...

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