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1276. The Most Beautiful Story Ever Told

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... ; he sent his Son." A young couple experiences the miraculous in their lives. A humble husband shows extraordinary love and trust. And God enters into human experience. It's quite breathtaking, isn't it? No wonder the whole town is lit up. No wonder carols fill the air. It's the most beautiful story in all the world. It's Christmas and all the world awaits the coming of the Lord. 1. "Really Special Deliveries" by Allen Zullo, McCall's, 9/97 p. 80. 2. "Life in these United States," Reader's Digest, January ...

1277. The Placebo Effect

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... contact with the Divine Mind and Heart and Spirit. That is what the Incarnation and the Crucifixion and the Resurrection are all about. "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us...." writes John. To those who are receptive to him, He is closer than the very air we breathe. WE LIVE UNDER HIS LORDSHIP, WE LIVE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE LIVE UNDER HIS LOVE. When we say that we can have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, are we not saying that Jesus Christ can be as real to us as the ...

1278. In The Valley Of Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the Lord for our lives. Some years ago a speedboat driver was near top speed when his boat veered slightly and hit a wave at a dangerous angle. The combined force of his speed and the size and angle of the wave sent the boat spinning crazily into the air. He was thrown from his seat and propelled deeply into the water--so deep, in fact, that he had no idea which direction the surface was. He had to remain calm and wait for the buoyancy of his life vest to begin pulling him up. Once he discovered which ...

1279. Ultimate Freedom

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... with His divine purpose we will discover an effectiveness and a contentment that does not come any other way. There is nothing sadder to see than someone who feels no sense of purpose about life. I read about a large family in an old car with no air conditioning on a hot summer day, who was visiting one of our large cities, trying to find a parking place, driving around with the car like an oven, sweat pouring off of all of them. Finally, they spied a car pulling out. They pulled into the precious spot ...

1280. Where Are Your Loaves And Fishes?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

A thirteenyearold boy once read about Dr. Albert Schweitzer's work in Africa. He wanted to help. He had enough money to buy one bottle of aspirin. He wrote to the Air Force and asked if they could fly over Dr. Schweitzer's hospital and drop the bottle down to him. A radio station broadcast the story about this young fellow's concern for helping others. Others responded as well. Eventually, he was flown by the government to Schweitzer's hospital along ...

1281. Living In Spite House

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... present and the future. It is necessary for us to forgive because we have been forgiven and, after all, he or she, is our brother or sister. How about it? Are you still living in the house of spite? It's much nicer out here in the fresh air of forgiveness. Why don't you ask God to help you let go of those feelings of anger and resentment today? 1. (Portland: Multnomah, 1989), p. 19. 2. William A. Marsano, MAN SUFFOCATED BY POTATOES, (New York: New American Library, 1987) 3. Herb Miller, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER ...

1282. Save The Tokens For Uncle Sam

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... their heart for the transplant. Pope John Paul II then threw the feather down upon the people. Everyone was still screaming and waving their hands, "Take my heart, Pope," but with one difference: they were leaning their heads back and blowing the feather back into the air. "Take my heart, Pope (blow), Take my heart (blow)." I suspect that is where many of us are. We are willing to give a few tokens to God. But our bodies? Our brains? Our hearts? "Take my heart, Lord." (blow) Save the tokens for Uncle Sam ...

1283. Celebrating Christ The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... 'S DIGEST tells of young Matthew, age 4, eating an apple in the back seat of the car. "Daddy," said Matthew, "why is my apple turning brown?" His father explained, "Because after you ate the skin off, the meat of the apple came in contact with the air which caused it to oxidize, thus changing its molecular structure and turning it into a different color." There was a long silence, and then Matthew asked softly, "Daddy, are you talking to me?" (1) It's a challenge to communicate to a small child. If you can ...

1284. Speak, Your Servant Hears

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... chimes in the world. Arriving at the church he went up into the tower to watch the man who plays the chimes. To his horror he discovered that as the man struck the immense keys with his hands encased in wooden gloves the noise was deafening. The air was filled with a discordant cacophony of sound. The man who had been so eager to hear the beautiful chimes was disillusioned. Surely he had heard wrong about their beauty. The next day about the same time he was wandering on a hillside near that same church ...

1285. True Love

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's an interesting story. The soldier was not making a statement about his feelings at all. He was simply putting his name, Love, on his helmet. That reminds me of something humorist Doc Blakely said recently. He was poking good-natured fun at the Civilian Air Patrol-those courageous pilots who are so much help in locating missing aircraft. He said that he worries about any group that has to have CAP initialed on their head gear. That young soldier with "love" written on his helmet was not making a statement ...

1286. One For All

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... rid of the snakes. The Bible teaches us that man has always carried a snake problem with him. Everything we touch we infect. We discover a way to harness the wonderful energy of the atom and begin building bombs. We invent the internal combustion engine and pollute the air. We discover a way to extract from nature cures for various ailments and we end up producing addictive drugs. The Lord of Life gave his life for creatures who do such things-creatures such as you and I. Why in the world did he do it? I ...

1287. The Mighty Tide Of God Rolled In

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... are praying churches, and they are caring churches. Truly those early disciples cared about one another. The second chapter of Acts tells how they ate together, prayed together, sang together, and had all things in common. No wonder there was such electricity in the air. An exciting church is a praying church, it is a caring church. ONE THING MORE. EXCITEMENT COMES FROM HAVING A GREAT DRIVING PURPOSE AND SEEING THAT PURPOSE BEING REALIZED. Those of you who are excited about your work know what I'm talking ...

1288. Do Not Lose Heart

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... door so carefully if I wished all the ledgers and cash books and order forms to follow me home? Why had I closed the bedroom door so carefully if I wished all the cares of life to follow me in? I knelt down there at the windowsill, with the delicious air of the still night caressing my face, and then and there asked God to forgive me, and since then, when I've shut a door, I've shut a door." That's good advice to all of us. It's too late to do anything about the past. Who knows ...

1289. If It's The Lord's Will

James 4:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , only 42 survived. Most of those 42 survived by swimming away before the explosion and the quick sinking. However, a soldier named Anders Sparrfelt was on deck when the ship exploded, and yet he lived. The explosion propelled him high into the air, over the masts of two attacking Danish ships, and into the sail of another Swedish ship, the Draken. Sparrfelt was entirely unhurt and was now safe on another Swedish vessel. While almost everyone else on the Kronan perished that day, Sparrfelt was fortunate ...

1290. Does Jesus Care?

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... like a shrine perhaps for a decade. Dads cling to a hope that there has been an error and say that their daughter's possessions are in storage in case their daughter returns. In home after home there is a pervading feeling of hopelessness in the air that everything died when their daughters did. (1) Did you know that the first president of the United States to refuse to use the Bible at his inauguration was Franklin Pierce? The reason is rather interesting. When Pierce had been elected, he and Mrs. Pierce ...

1291. I Am The Only One Left Who Cares!

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... so much farmland with asphalt and when we keep spewing toxic fumes from our factories. The protection of our environment is everyone's business, but no one wants to take the first step. Someone noted that fifty people showed up at a meeting to protest air pollution. After the meeting they got in forty seven cars and went home. Until people everywhere and nations everywhere are willing to pay the price of conservation, the problems of the exploitation of the earth will remain. We need to remind ourselves of ...

1292. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of his life. She went along reluctantly, but she had never paid any attention to how he operated the plane. By her own admission, she had never even closed the door of the aircraft by herself before. Now there she was 3500 feet above the ground soaring through the air with no idea of how to keep the plane aloft or even more importantly, how to bring it in for a landing. Her only thought was to press the button on the microphone as she had seen her husband do so many times before and pray that someone would ...

1293. You Are Not Yourself!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Often her sister ships located an enemy submarine and fired futilely for awhile before the England was given a chance. Usually she dispatched the enemy on the first try. Even the Japanese assumed that no one ship could inflict such damage. They shifted their air and naval forces to that sector, assuming that their subs were being sunk by the main U.S. naval group carrying the invasion forces. (3) We sometimes make the same mistake in evaluating people that the admiral’s aide made in evaluating the crew ...

1294. Don't Give Up - He Hears!

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... world. While Beatty was performing with THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH he also operated a small circus that played during the off-season. This circus was stationed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and because of the very favorable climate from December through March, performed in the open air, without a big top. One day there was a heavy downpour and Beatty was forced to call off the show. Only one person had come to the box office to buy a ticket-a little old lady with a big umbrella and a bigger voice. When she ...

1295. Victory on a Broken Knee

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In actuality, Fujimoto refused to give up. On the following day, he competed in his strongest event, the rings. His routine was excellent, but the critical point lay at the end of this event. The ending requires the gymnast to fling himself through the air which makes for quite a jarring landing. Worse yet, the event can be won or lost by how gracefully the gymnast lands--and Fujimoto had a broken knee. Can you imagine the reaction of the crowd when, without hesitation, Fujimoto ended his routine with ...

1296. Why Jesus Likes Sinners

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... all sinners. Let no one in this room brag before God about his righteousness. We have none. There was an amusing story in the newspapers about a man from Knoxville, Tennessee who attempted to break into a convenience food store. The man slid down a roof air duct that serves as a vent for frying equipment in the store. By the time he had gained entrance via this duct, however, he was covered with grease and powdered with a fire-retardant chemical that dries out the skin and throat and burns the eyes. Then ...

1297. Marriage In Heaven? No. Heaven In Marriage? Yes.

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... of being repainted. An army of painters never stops painting. They start at one end, and continue until they reach the other end. Then they start over again. This has continued since the bridge's conception. If they would stop their work, the salty ocean air would cause harmful corrosion. In a very short time the bridge would become unsafe as well as unattractive. Allen Loy McGinnis in his book, The Romance Factor, compares it to maintenance on a house. "I have owned homes for twenty-five years," he writes ...

1298. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... in recent years. They looked at the couch each Sunday and fondly remembered that their great-grandfather Cedric had founded the church. Although their tractors were rusting in the front yard, at least the preacher sat on Cedric's couch. "Every sentence I put in the air," Rev. Kirk said of his sermons, "I see them all weighing whether it is ammunition for their side or the other side. Here I am preaching about the love of God, and everything I say is filtered through a single question: Is the pastor in favor ...

1299. For Laughing Out Loud!

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... ask Abraham, I believe Abraham would praise God for His faithfulness. Once there was a child prodigy named Ana Maria Trenchi De Bottazzi. Ana began studying the piano at the tender age of two. She gave her first piano recital in her native Buenos Aires at the age of four. She toured many countries. By the time she was eighteen, she had performed recitals, both solo and with orchestras, throughout South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. At twenty-three she was a full professor for graduate piano students at ...

1300. Waking To A World Upside Down

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... Green talked to weren’t bothered by the sight of looking down a hundred feet. What they didn’t like, they said, were jobs in buildings that had false ceilings ” acoustical tile slung just a few feet below the rafters. They were still high in the air, and if they slipped, their weight would smash right through the flimsy tile down to the concrete floor below. But thanks to the false ceilings their minds seemed to play tricks on them, lulling them into carelessness. (2) One has to wonder if the moral ...

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