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1326. Smart As A Goat

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . All believers. That means you too. Your first reaction may be surprise. “Who me? Forget it, pastor. There's nothing special about me." I'm continually surprised to meet dedicated Christians who have no idea what their spiritual gift is, or are too afraid to claim it and use it. Don't devalue yourself. When you chose to follow Christ, you received the blessing of the Holy Spirit. There was placed within you a special skill or ability that is powered by the Holy Spirit and is absolutely necessary for the ...

1327. Light For A New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... risen upon you." This was a promise God made to the people of Israel, but it is also a promise that you and I can claim. Into the dark of our lives has shone God's true light. God's glory has come upon us. What a great word to ... . That is a remarkable phenomenon, is it not? Wars have been fought, revolutions have turned history on its head, numerous secular philosophies have claimed their place in the sun, but the flame of Christ has kept shining through the darkness. "Arise, shine; for your light has come, ...

1328. A Great Love Story Gone Awry

Genesis 24:1-67

Sermon

King Duncan

... bride, however, and she refused to come, the servant was free from his responsibility. Let’s pick up the story now in detail. The servant has gone back to Abraham’s ancestral home. He’s waiting near a spring where maidens would come to draw water. And he lays claim on God’s help. “O Lord,” he prays in his heart, “God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come. See, I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say ...

1329. Time to Pull the Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... relationship of all--our relationship with God. It's true, isn't it? We don't pray as often as we should. We don't rely on God's guidance like we should. We live as practical atheists most of the time with no real thought to God's claim on our lives. And the weeds grow. I enjoyed reading a description pastor and author Brian Waite once gave of his family. He said that generations of men in his family have gained a reputation for foolish choices. There is a statue in New Hampshire erected to the memory ...

1330. Building A Church

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... haloed, white robed saint playing a blazing saxophone. The church is a popular tourist site in San Francisco, and Franzo King likes to claim that, "Sometimes folks come in here, and the music's so loud it scares the devil out of them." (1) Did you know ... I got through! But this led to a complicated set of instructions: For policy information, press l. For new coverage, press 2. To make a claim, press 3. To talk to an agent, press 4. I chose the last option. A recording said he was out of the office and told ...

1331. Dreaming Of Florida--awaking In Alaska

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... said that we grasp at various things, thinking that they'll give us the identity we crave. We show our degrees. We tell of our possessions, our houses, our cars, our trips. We wear our clothes to say something about ourselves. Or, like those Princeton students, we lay claim to a particular community, or a particular history. If we can just be identified with such-and-such, if we can only find our names listed here or there, then we've got an identity. A business card. There's my name! Here's who I am! And ...

1332. Held Hostage

John 18:28-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... was a prisoner. His clothes were probably stained and dirty from the inhuman conditions in the primitive jail. Yet there was a dignity to him that Pilate obviously recognized. "Are You the King of the Jews?" Pilate asked. If Jesus claimed to be King of the Jews, he could be tried for treason. If he claimed to be the Son of God, he could be tried for blasphemy. Jesus answered Pilate with a question, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about me?" Pilate was defensive. "I am not ...

1333. A Question We All Ask

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... ensure a firm hold on the next life? "Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked. "Only God is truly good!" This should have been a signal to the man about the inadequacy of his question. If even the Master made no claim to goodness, than how could this young inquirer make such a claim? "But as for your question," Jesus continued, "you know the commandments: don't kill, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't lie, don't cheat, respect your father and mother." "Teacher," the man replied, "I've never once broken ...

1334. When Your Lips Are One Place But Your Heart . . .

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... Do That?!, Dr. Laura tells of a call from a young woman who was living with her fiancee. The young woman's future mother-in-law was insisting that the woman and her son move closer to her home. What was the problem with that? The young woman claimed to be an Orthodox Jew, and she complained that if she moved closer to her future mother-in-law's home, then she would be too far away from the synagogue. Instead of walking to Sabbath services, she would then have to drive, which would be breaking the Sabbath ...

1335. One Life To Live

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the redemption of the world. This mission, by the way, is not optional. Either we are God's people or we are not. Either we claim our responsibility to be God's light in the world or we do not. There is no middle ground. Dr. Graham Scroggie, a famous Scottish Bible ... method may seem a little heavy-handed to many of us, but it points to a very real problem in the church today. We want to claim Jesus as our Savior, but we want it to be a private affair with nothing at all to do with our witness to the world ...

1336. General Hospital

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... as he had lost his sight, he regained it. Without any indication as to what was coming, one morning he woke up able to see again. In retrospect, Fuller explained, that tragic time proved to be a blessing in disguise. When he regained his sight, he claims that he saw everything entirely differently than he would have if his temporary blindness had not happened. He contended that society had trained him to view the world in a taken-for-granted fashion. But the hold society had on him had been broken by his ...

1337. What Are You Afraid Of?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... remember The War of the Roses, a movie that came out a few years ago about a divorcing couple and the insane lengths they went to in order to destroy one another? Famed divorce lawyer Raoul Felder claims that the movie tactics pale in comparison to what real husbands and wives do to make each other miserable. He claims that he has known clients who have killed one another's pets, put snakes in one another's beds. Many clients of both sexes either talk about or attempt suicide in the hopes of hurting their ...

1338. Hungry For Bread

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... . These acts demonstrated the priorities of the kingdom of God. In fact, Jesus so identified with the poor and powerless in his society that he claimed that any good act done for them was, in essence, done for him too. As he says in verse 40, "I tell you the truth, ... -powerful God who cares for those who are powerless. We worship an Almighty Father who is a protector of widows and orphans. We claim as Savior a man about whom it was written in II Corinthians 8: 9: "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus ...

1339. Something To Brag About

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... tragedy if it weren't for her faith in Jesus Christ. When Lori was eight years old, her babysitter sent her to Vacation Bible School. This was the first time she had heard about God's love for her. She gave her life to Christ that summer. She claims that it was Jesus' presence, protection, and peace that helped her to cope with her family's tragedy. Today, Lori is happily married and the mother of three children. She finally has the happy, loving family she always dreamed of. (7) Don't you think if God can ...

1340. The Coat Of Many Colors

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... day, Potiphar's wife caught him alone and tried to force him into bed. Joseph ran away, leaving her clutching his cloak. Isn't that a great response to temptation? Joseph simply turned and ran away. This is not cowardly. This is godly. So Potiphar's wife claimed that Joseph tried to rape her, and used his cloak as proof against him. So once more, Joseph found himself in prison. How would you react if you were in his shoes? "God has abandoned me. Integrity is for suckers. Good guys finish last." Is that how ...

1341. Piercing A Hole In The Darkness

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

King Duncan

... Book of Job, #3 Suggested music: "A Few Questions" (See the forward to this series) Author Sheila Walsh tells of meeting Debbie Arden. Debbie's husband was the agent for golfer Payne Stewart. He and Stewart died in a freak airplane accident a few years ago. Debbie Arden claims that her husband's death led her to a new place of assurance and faith in God. As she said, "God used the death of my beloved husband to, as Oswald Chambers said, "˜Pierce a hole in the darkness so that I could behold the face of God ...

1342. First Things First

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... have a purpose for life? Rick Warren wrote that wildly popular book, The Purpose-Driven Life. He must be on to something. Millions of people bought his book. Could it be that most people have no idea why they are on this earth? Motivational books claim that success and fulfillment belong to those who set and achieve their goals. Make a list of goals and then find a way to achieve them that’s the secret to happiness. But best-selling business author Spencer Johnson disagrees with this theory. In his book ...

1343. People of Influence

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... believed that his position gave him the power to rule over all people; anyone who challenged him was subject to excommunication. He used his position to intimidate kings and rulers. He declared King John of England to be subject under his rule, and tried to claim that all of England belonged to Rome. Innocent III was the most powerful pope in history. Yet his name is largely forgotten today. At the same time that Pope Innocent was amassing his power, another man from a tiny town in Italy was laying down ...

1344. Great Reasons for Great Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... a funny though sad story about a man in Florida who sued his pastor and his church for fraud. He claimed the pastor had said God would make him rich if he gave 10-percent of his income to the church. ... men. The church ought to be the church and preachers should never promise that tithing will make you rich! Let''s deal for a few moments with the latter claim. We have all kinds of strange ideas about money in the church. And there are those pastors who lead people to believe that the saying, "You can''t out ...

1345. Why the Church?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... thing down from the skies and rests it solidly upon this earth. There are a lot of people who like to talk about the invisible Church, and claim to be a part of that Church, but the invisible Church makes few demands upon us. A woman once said to her pastor on the way ... become saints without the Church. But I haven’t met any of them. From my observation, I have noted that those who claim to be such good Christians without the Church are usually not the ones I would call spiritual giants. Over Labor Day we ...

1346. Through the Eyes of an Eagle (Introduction)

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... facing the Church in John’s day was that of “Gnosticism.” This is not to be confused with agnosticism. The agnostic says, “I don’t know.” The Gnostic says, “I do know...and I know more than you!” The Gnostic of John’s day claimed to have a special revelation from God. Gnostics were overly spiritual people who believed that matter was evil and that only the spiritual was good (in contrast to the Creation stories in the Bible where God says that Creation is good). The Gnostics believed that ...

1347. Christmas and the Condensed Bible

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... some people decried the Reader’s Digest Condensed Bible, they said, “They’re tampering with God’s Word.” It seems to me that those words make one basic mistake. They assume that the Bible is “God’s Word.” But the Bible itself makes no such claim. Rather, it says that Jesus Christ is God’s Word! As Martin Luther liked to say, “The Bible is the cradle wherein the Christ is laid.” But, according to the Fourth Gospel, Christ Himself is the “Word of God.” The “Word of God” is God ...

1348. Born Again? When?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... decision to commit himself to the risky new adventure of following Christ. But near the end of the Fourth gospel, after Jesus had been out to death on a cruel Roman cross, Nicodemus identified himself as clearly being on Jesus’ side by coming to Pontius Pilate and claiming Jesus’ body for burial, an act which took no little amount of courage. Perhaps in the final analysis, the best proof of the new birth is the new life lived in Christ. As a dear saint of God once said to me, “I don’t care how loud ...

1349. Some Said It Thundered

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... : Jesus’ agony in the Garden and His transfiguration on the mountain-top, where the word of divine affirmation from His heavenly Father claims Him as His own: “Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, This is my Son, the ... ...listen to Him!” But the world did not listen to Him. And the world’s blindness and deafness made a Calvary. But you and I claim to be among that part of the world which did listen to Him, and continues to listen to Him. Maybe if we listen to His words ...

1350. One Commandment, Slightly Used

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... but it is also quite true. I write these particular words while overlooking the peaceful Sea of Galilee, but just yesterday members of the Islamic Jihad group massacred Israeli soldiers and civilians in a suicide bombing. All in the name of a God both sides claim to revere! Writing about the same time as author Browne above, the Irish humorist T.P. O’Connor said words about his native Ireland which see as apropos today as when they were written: “Ah, in Ireland the Catholics hate the Protestants and the ...

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