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1276. How Do You Know?

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... with this salesgirl, and the next thing he knew, she was inviting him to her church. And even more amazingly, he was accepting! And he found Christ there. He found truth there. He found freedom there, just as he was promised. But at first his new-found belief made a disaster for him at his studio. He tried to convert everyone who came in by pointing out the error of their ways. His clients began to back away. His income dwindled. Finally Harry went to his pastor to learn what he was doing wrong. "I ...

1277. I Was There

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Gary Whitbeck

... do." I wanted to die myself. I now realized what I and the others had done. He was who he said he was. I almost wish you could have been there because it was a moment that would have changed your life too. There would be no doubt about your belief. There would be no question about your loyalty. You would definitely be part of his company. I tell you, that night I realized that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God. He is Messiah. That Friday was the darkest day in human history. We killed the only true and ...

1278. Facing Up To The Giant Task Of Life

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a day for many years to sing like this?" Today, we live in an "instant" society. We have instant potatoes, instant coffee, microwave meals, and recently I saw a place in New York City where you could get a whole banquet in a box. There is a widespread belief in our society that we can achieve instant success with a minimal amount of effort. How many times have you heard a person tell you that they are going on a brand-new diet to lose thirty pounds that doesn't require any changes or modifications in their ...

1279. A Date With Destiny

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... the man he was! Who are you? Who am I? We are the promises we make! We are the commitments we keep? It's like that marvelous line of Sir Thomas More in the biographical drama, "A Man for All Seasons". He's in prison for his faithfulness to his beliefs and his commitment. And his daughter Meg tries to convince him to waffle on his promises this time. But he tells her: "When a person makes a promise, Meg, he puts himself in his hands like water. And if he opens his fingers to let it go, he need not ...

1280. When You Need Help

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... who prayed constantly for her son's salvation. She devoted her whole life to praying for Augustine's conversion. At one point, when Augustine was becoming devoted to the Manichaean philosophy, Monica begged a holy man to speak to Augustine, and show him why their beliefs were not true. The holy man refused because Augustine was known to have a great intellect, and would likely try to savage the holy man's arguments. The holy man assured Monica that he, too, had once been a Manichaean, and that Augustine was ...

1281. The Terrible Burden Of Judging Others

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... who did not follow the same customs that they did. The church was becoming divided. So, Paul felt obligated to say something about it. He wanted them to "cool it." The church was big enough for all kinds of opinions. The important thing is that whatever their beliefs, their lives were to give glory to God. Out of this conflict within the church comes our lesson from Paul's letter to the Romans. Passing judgement on others is still a problem in the church, isn't it? Walter A. Clot, a pastor in Bluefield, VA ...

1282. Dressed For The Wedding

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... devotions one night: "Dear Jesus, sorry for the mess we made in the yard today." Then he added, "Thank you for the fun we had doing it." You may think it goes without saying, but maybe it needs to be said. Christianity is not only a belief, it is also a lifestyle. A lifestyle of personal discipline and dignity, a lifestyle of time-honored values, a lifestyle that encompasses relationships with our neighbors, with the world in which we live and with our God. People who do not follow the program should not ...

1283. Family Resemblance

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... scars from misguided parenting. In Charles Darwin's autobiography, he reveals some of the forces that shaped him into one of the most renowned scientists of this century. Yet it was these same forces which seemed to haunt his life and drive him away from any belief in God. Charles' mother died when he was very young. His physician father was imposing and extremely strict. He often stood his children in a line and lectured them for two hours at a time on their flaws and weaknesses. Young Darwin was a rather ...

1284. Surprised Sheep And Graceless Goats

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Stan Meade

... religion. Others find in it a sobering reflection of the pervasive violence and suffering in modern society that somehow makes the idea of hell more readily grasped. Still others question whether it is much more than a nostalgia for the beliefs of childhood. "If people really believed in hell," suggests theologian Martin Marty, "they wouldn't be watching basketball or even the TV preachers. They'd be out rescuing people." (1) The biblical descriptions of everlasting punishment are very sobering, but ...

1285. Come Home For New Year's

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... land. So Columbus hit on an ingenious idea. He kept two logs of the expedition's sailing distance. In one log, which he made available to the crew, he recorded a less-than-truthful distance covered each day. In this way he placated his sailors with the belief that they were not so far from home. But in another, a secret log, he recorded the real distance traversed by the ships so that he, and he alone, knew the awful truth of how far they had traveled without sighting land. The ploy worked, with little ...

1286. Answers To Life's Three Critical Questions

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... I had been touched and that I was in the presence of God." That was truly a special moment in her life. Shirley accepted God's call, went to college, and is today working for an interdenominational coalition. Shirley's ministry puts into action her beliefs and values about God. (7) Shirley Rock, like Jeremiah, discovered who she is: God's own child. Like Jeremiah, she discovered why she is here: to serve God using her own unique talents and gifts. Like Jeremiah, Shirley Rock discovered that whoever we are ...

1287. The First Easter Sermon

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... to figure out how to eliminate death. People would use all kinds of euphemisms to say that someone has died. Religion for the Aciremans would consist of philosophies to help them make the most of here and now. Eternal rewards wouldn't exist in their belief system, so Acireman religion would teach that one must be fully gratified and rewarded in this lifetime. Therefore, Aciremans would be taught to "grab all the gusto they can get," to build up riches and satisfy their whims and desires as soon as they can ...

1288. Bridges Over The River Kwai

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... friend passed on to Eric a book called Crosses and Tigers by this same Nagase Takashi. Takashi wrote in detail of his participation in wartime crimes, and detailed the harrowing torture of Eric Lomax. He wrote about his deep remorse over his crimes, and his belief that he had been forgiven. But Eric Lomax would not give Takashi that peace of mind. He wrote to Takashi and told him that he had not been forgiven. Takashi wrote back a sad, gentle letter, expressing his desire to meet Eric again someday. This ...

1289. Finishing In The Top 10%

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... employee in all of India.* There was hope for John because the people in his church were able to see him with the eyes of Christ. Rabbi Harold Kushner expands this theme in his wonderful book, Who Needs God, when he writes, "Religion is not primarily a set of beliefs, a collection of prayers or a series of rituals. Religion is first and foremost a way of seeing. It can't change the facts about the world we live in, but it can change the way we see those facts, and that in itself, can often make a difference ...

1290. Is Suffering Really Necessary?

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... discovered that God had used his pain to soften his heart toward others. He became less judgmental, less self-centered, more willing to empathize with others. Littleton reports that he was at a party where a certain woman began ridiculing his religious beliefs. As he listened to her verbal assault, he realized that she was reacting out of pain. Privately, the woman confided to Mark that she had been divorced three times, the last time under especially painful conditions. Mark could identify with the woman ...

1291. Embedded In Bedrock Or Destroyed By A Typhoon

John 18:25-27

Sermon

Dale Dickerson

... country. When he was in Leningrad he was both shocked and intrigued when he learned that there was in the city a Museum of Atheism. "I felt that I had to see the museum in order to understand the State's fear of a religious belief system," he later wrote. The Museum of Atheism was housed in a confiscated Catholic church. "This house of God had been transformed into a house of unbelief," Dr. Schuller wrote. A couple of displays caught his attention. "Heroes of the State" included people like Lenin, Castro ...

1292. It's A Miracle

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... do you think that man said?" A little boy raised his hand and said, "I know! I know! He said ˜Holy smokes! A talking pig!'" What would you think if you encountered a talking pig? Would it shake you up? Would it challenge some of your deepest held beliefs about the nature of the universe? Would you consider it a miracle? Think about that while I tell you about a hospital where everyone was awaiting a visit from Pope John Paul II. A doctor with a handful of paperwork took a seat in a wheelchair and busied ...

1293. Man, Give Me Some Bread: I Want To Make Sense Out Of My Life

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... STILL PEOPLE TODAY WHO WILL FOLLOW ANYBODY, ANY GURU NO MATTER HOW MISGUIDED, WHO WILL OFFER SOME MEANING FOR THEIR LIVES. And that is understandable. We must have meaning. Nobody can live a worthwhile life who has not found an acceptable framework of belief about life's purpose. The Jewish sages teach this truth by telling the tale of the treadmill. On a treadmill, several donkeys were harnessed to a large wheel, which they spun as they trotted around, thereby generating power. The donkeys wore blinders in ...

1294. Secrets Of Successful Parenting

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... from unhappy homes had engaged in premarital sex. --Those from unhappy homes said they were more likely to have sex with a stranger than those from happy homes (44 percent compared to 30 percent). The survey did not ask about a student's religious beliefs or affiliations, nor did it ask about the spiritual climate of their family. The students were mostly white and had attended public schools. More than half of them came from small towns or rural areas, from families with incomes between thirty thousand and ...

1295. One Giant Leap

John 1:1-18, Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... to decide what to do with it. And so with us. Everyone celebrates Christmas. But not everyone celebrates it in the same way. And wherever we find ourselves connected to God in all of this, the Spirit has flown our hearts over the hurdle of unbelief, and false belief, and even misbelief, and we've found our way to Bethlehem. Harry Emerson Fosdick once said that a person's best memories, when life is closing, will be those memories of moments when we said yes to God. Maybe they'll never write a song about it ...

1296. Christmas Brings Us A New Heart

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

John Pugh

... and tragedies of God's people. The Magi arrive in Jerusalem. Who are these mysterious people who make their way onto the stage of history and then disappear, never to be heard from again? Well, the practice of astrology comes from Persia [modern Iran]. Their belief is that human history is controlled by the stars and planets. A modern form of it is the daily horoscopes. They divided the heavens into four segments. One of those is the Hebrew quadrant. They've seen something strange, the birth of a new king ...

1297. When The Fish Won't Bite

Luke 5:1-11

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... it. They would walk up to a person whom they thought might also be a Christian and draw half of a fish in the dirt with their foot as they talked. If the other guy completed the drawing with a swipe of his foot, you could safely acknowledge your true beliefs. That's pretty cool, isn't it? A secret password for Christians. We don't need passwords today. It's no longer a crime to be a Christian. But still, it's good to know who we are. And it's good to know that other boys and girls have ...

1298. Skating To Where The Puck Is Going To Be

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... earth, what emerges is not our old self, but a new creation, eternally bound to God. If our destiny is eternal life with God, then it's now time to skate to where God is, to learn to love, even as Jesus loves. We believe in the future and that belief allows Christ to work a change in our lives. We believe in our future as new creatures in Christ. Max Lucado writes humorously of a transformation in his life. He writes, "Most of my life I have been a closet slob. I was slow to see the logic of neatness ...

1299. The Bridge Builder

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... like Donald Duck, because he wasn't making any sense. The Jews had waited hundreds of years for the coming Messiah. They had been persecuted, enslaved, tortured, oppressed by governments that defiled their religion and culture. And it was their most cherished belief that when the Messiah came, He would come in power and might. He would destroy the pagan governments that oppressed the Jews, and would set up a kingdom of righteousness on earth. Through strength and power--through bloodshed, if necessary--the ...

1300. Hey, You Can Only Be Young Twice!

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... best they can in obedience to God's will for their lives. And I know some blessed saints who met God in mid-life and they are a blessing to all who know them. William James, the father of American psychology, wrote about the kind of religious belief that flows from what he called the twice born. The twice born are those that have had genuine religious conversions. They have had profound experiences that wake them up to a whole new way of seeing reality. Religious conversion comes in many forms. For some it ...

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