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1301. I'm O.k.; You're A Little Suspect

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... approach was designed to provoke his guests into arguments, to fluster them into embarrassing admissions, and generally to make them look foolish. It was not uncommon for Pine to introduce a visitor and launch immediately into an attack on the individual's beliefs, talent, or appearance. Some people claimed that Pine's acid personal style was partially caused by a leg amputation that had embittered him to life; others said no, that he was just vituperous by nature. One evening rock musician Frank Zappa was ...

1302. Living With Difficult People

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift" (Matthew 5:23-24, NRSV). Someone has to take the first step to build a bridge. It is interesting that Paul did not point out or criticize any beliefs the different factions held, or any acts the different factions committed except those of his own followers. All he was criticizing was the spirit of disunity that tore at the church. And before he even went into a discussion of the problems in the Corinthian church ...

1303. Birdbaths and Flagpoles

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... living for Him? How about becoming a sower of seed? You don't have to be someone special to sow seeds of the kingdom, but you do need to be committed. You do have to know what you believe and you have to give yourself completely to that belief. Pastor John Beukema shares an experience he had a few years ago that really opened his eyes to the parable of the seeds that failed to take root on different types of soil. He had just lead a wildly successful evangelistic crusade. Many people signed commitment cards ...

1304. The Gates of Hell

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... respected for her scholarly research and books. She is not particularly a church person. In fact, she had pretty much given up on the church as an institution worthy of her time and attention, not unlike a lot of thoughtful people. But she begins her book, Beyond Belief, with an unusual anecdote and a very powerful witness. On a bright, cold Sunday morning in New York, she interrupted her daily run by stopping in the vestibule of a church to get warm. Two days earlier, her two-and-a-half-year-old son had ...

1305. When the Best People Were Left Out

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... died, therefore, only their ears ended up in heaven. (1) Jesus is dealing with a bunch of "earless" religious folk in this passage, and it would be to our benefit to listen in on the conversation. It's so easy to mistake self-righteous attitudes for true belief in Jesus as Savior. Any one of us can be guilty of it. This passage packs a powerful message. I. God's Grace is Shocking. Imagine splashing hot pink paint over a black-and-white picture. Imagine tearing open the windows of a darkened room and letting ...

1306. Building An Understanding Of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Moses. The Lord our God is one God. In order to properly understand God, however, we must look at God from three sides. First we see God as the creative power behind this universe. Most of the world's people believe in a Creator-God. This belief is certainly not unique to us. In fact, to most of us, the idea that this universe came into being without a Supreme Intelligence guiding it is almost preposterous. The DNA code that determines the course of the evolving nature of our universe is itself intelligence ...

1307. What In The World Is Happiness?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... a survey of ten thousand Better Homes and Gardens readers (a majority of which were baby boomers), more than half said their relationship to their spouse was the single most important factor in their personal happiness--well ahead of children, spiritual or religious belief, health, or even financial security. (5) We prize our families, but even family circumstances change. A spouse can bring great joy into your life--and then break your heart. So can children. And sooner or later all whom we love leave home ...

1308. It's A Terrible Thing To Be Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... for a pittance to support her family. She is a devout Catholic. Her faith would not allow her to remarry. From the time Bradshaw's dad left her, she never touched another man, says Bradshaw. "What an incredible faith!" says Bradshaw, "What commitment to one's beliefs." (1) And what a terrible thing it is to be rejected. There was a story in the newspapers sometime back about an 11-year-old boy in Los Angeles who hanged himself with a bathrobe belt because his girlfriend broke up with him in an E-Mail ...

1309. Like Cupped Hands

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... on legalistic grounds for divorce. Jesus, instead, focused on the biblical and spiritual grounds for making a marriage work. And that is where each of us should be focusing as well. 1. CROSS YOUR FINGERS, SPIT IN YOUR HAT, SUPERSTITIONS AND OTHER BELIEFS collected by Alvin Schwartz, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1974, p. 24. 2. Barclay, William Mark, THE DAILY STUDY BIBLE, Series pg. 238. 3. Price Reynolds, THREE GOSPELS, pg. 108. 4. C.S. Lewis, MERE CHRISTIANITY (Section on Christian Marriage). 5 ...

1310. How To Be Truly Wealthy

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... was $50,000. By 1994 the “dreams-fulfilling” level of income had doubled, from $50,000 to $102,000. (3) Probably, if the same poll were taken today, the figure would have doubled again. WE ARE A NATION OF STRIVERS. Our nation was built on the belief of self-determination, on pulling yourself up by the bootstraps. The Europeans kept score by tracing their lineage to royalty. If you weren’t born into the right family, then you were out of the race at birth. But we discovered another way of keeping score ...

1311. Search For Tomorrow

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... now lay. He himself had known the power of a resurrection. He had learned to live life abundantly--even without his legs. Needless to say, the young soldier's own resurrection began that moment. (2) Easter isn't just about dying. It's about the power of belief in a world of lost hope. It is about knowing that no situation is beyond God's redeeming power. Easter is confidence that God will never forget us nor forsake us. "Since you have been raised with Christ . . ." Easter isn't just about an event that ...

1312. Counterfeit Christianity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... gain. Perhaps some of you remember an old comedy routine about a famous athlete receiving a telephone call from a distinguished advertising agency requesting that he pose with a bottle of Gordon's Gin for a billboard campaign. The athlete replied: "Because of my religious beliefs I simply cannot do it." The executive said "You will receive $1 million for your efforts." There is a pause--then the athlete says, "Let me think it over." He goes to his Bishop for some advice. The Bishop says, "It would be a bad ...

1313. A Mother And Her Son (Mother's Day)

Matthew 12:46-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said." That's true. Small children can baffle you and embarrass you. So can teenagers. Teenagers are wonderful, but during that time when they are testing out their own ideas and beliefs, they also have a tendency to test the limits. Meanwhile they're testing your patience. Someone has humorously put it this way: Why did God have Abraham go to the sacrificial mountain to test him with sacrificing his only son, Isaac, when Isaac was only ...

1314. Love Is Not Easy

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... AMERICA by Steve Vaus, http://www.stevevaus.com/lyrics/blackandwhite_vm.html. 4. Shared by Bill Harley on National Public Radio's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, July 11, 1995. Cited by Michael Yaconelli, DANGEROUS WONDER (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 1998), pp. 58-60. 5. E. Glenn Wagner, THE AWESOME POWER OF SHARED BELIEFS (Dallas: Word Publishing, 1995), p. 77.

1315. Nothing Is Impossible With God

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Open your heart fully to Jesus, the Immanuel, God with us. May Christ be born in you today. 1. "Hospital Tells Elderly Men They're Pregnant," Reuters, London, (Jan. 10). 2. Cross Your Fingers, Spit In Your Hat, Superstitions and Other Beliefs collected by Alvin Schwartz, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1974, p.26. 3. Bruce Larson, the Presence (New York: Harper San Francisco, 1988), pp. 17-18 4. dgaufaaa@iohk.com (Dave Aufrance) 5. Richard Exley. Deliver Me (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998 ...

1316. Hungry For Bread

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... traffic one day when he spotted a cheery bumper sticker on the car ahead of him that read, "Honk if you love Jesus!" Naturally, Dr. Kopp honked. The driver responded with an obscene gesture. (2) Ouch! Somewhere there was a major disconnect between that driver's beliefs and his actions. It's like the story of Stuart Berger, a former health columnist for the New York Post for a number of years. Berger was also the author of best-selling diet and health books, such as Forever Young: 20 Years Younger in 20 ...

1317. Hope For A New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola. This institution used to be one of the nation's bloodiest and most brutal prisons. Then, in the early '80s, Burl Cain became the new warden at Angola. Cain is a devout Christian; he put his beliefs into action in reforming the prison. He established literacy classes throughout the prison, even on Death Row. He increased the number of prison chaplains. He also allowed a local seminary to teach Bible studies at Angola. He also insisted that the guards ...

1318. Light Shines Into The Darkness

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , someone's death strikes with shattering force and you are left with nothing but the crumbs of your philosophy." (4) What we need is not a philosophy, but a deep faith. What we need is not a system, but a Savior. What we need is not to categorize our beliefs, but to kneel before a cross. Not everyone sees the light of Christ. God has deliberately veiled God's self from us that we might never take life or faith for granted. Only faith in Christ allows us to lift that veil. 1. Philip R. Theibert, How to Give ...

1319. Can We Really Trust God?

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

When Communist forces invaded Vietnam in the 1950s, Hien Pham, like many Vietnamese Christians, was arrested and jailed for his beliefs. After his release from prison, Pham made plans to escape Vietnam. He secretly began building a boat. Fifty-three fellow Vietnamese made plans to escape with him. One day, four Vietcong soldiers came to Pham's house and confronted him. They heard he was planning an escape. Was it true? ...

1320. Faith-based Living

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... asks of us is the faith to bring our problems to him and faithfully obey his lead, and then we will see him work in ways far beyond what we can ask or imagine. 1. Cross Your Fingers, Spit In Your Hat, Superstitions and Other Beliefs, collected by Alvin Schwartz, (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1974), p. 59-60. 2. Stephen R. Covey, Principle-Centered Leadership (New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990). 3. Harold S. Kushner, Living a Life That Matters (New York: Anchor Books, 2001), p. 98. 4. Maltbie ...

1321. A Failure To Communicate

Hebrews 1:1-4, Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... had to do to get through to God's fallen children. God sent His Son to die on the cross in our behalf. The central character in the drama A Man for All Seasons is Sir Thomas More, an advisor to King Henry VIII who must choose between his religious beliefs and his loyalty to the king. In the end, Sir Thomas More chooses his faith over his royal position. He faces his execution with courage and calmness. A Man for All Seasons is narrated by a character called Common Man. He represents all of us who don't have ...

1322. A Picture Of A King

Psalm 72:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... not make societies less violent, but it makes them less sure of their violence. Before Jesus, nations didn't worry about the distinction between "˜just' and "˜unjust' wars . . . Today the victim occupies the moral high ground everywhere in the Western world." It is only the belief in a God that values individuals as unique beings made in God's image that makes the idea of individual rights possible. (2) But Jesus did not set up his kingdom on earth when he was here. He had all the power in the universe ...

1323. It Doesn't Matter What I Do

Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... from the life-giving stream if you let go of your values. The second thing that is clear is that the source of that life-giving stream is somewhere other than our own consciousness. This is the primary difference between Christian faith and the beliefs of our New Age friends. For the New Age believer, the answers to our problems lie deep within ourselves. Christian theology is much more realistic about human nature. The prophet Jeremiah in verse 9 says, "The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse ...

1324. A Terrifying Darkness

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... I saw what seemed to me a shrimp become a whale." A shrimp became a whale--what a graphic way of describing what can happen to a man or woman who trusts God. William Wilberforce not only believed in God, but he believed God and his life reflected that belief. How about you? Are you troubled about your future? Are you lying awake at night while a terrifying darkness descends upon you? Trust God's promises. God will not forget you or forsake you. Hang in there and you will see the promises of God fulfilled. 1 ...

1325. Above All--god

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... site in the United States does not belong to a Civil War general or a President. Instead, the honor goes to Marie Laveau, a voodoo priestess from Africa who lived in New Orleans in the 1800s. New Orleans is experiencing a revival in voodoo practice and belief that has made it a focal point for people from all over the United States seeking spiritual information. Its priests and priestesses sing, chant, dance, play the drums, and make charms or amulets to guard against evil power and summon good luck. Voodoo ...

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