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1351. Transformed By A Babe

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... the end of the week, just before retiring for the night, the old shepherd suggested that he should accompany them on the mountain the next day. "There is no need," answered the confident men of the city. "We can’t possibly get lost: we have our compasses, charts, maps . . . " "I’d better come with you," insisted the old shepherd. "There is really no need," they replied again. "the map will bring us home." "But," continued the old rustic, "I know the mountain tracks like the back of my hand; I know where ...

1352. What If The Lord Really Did Come Today?

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... cup of cold water given in his name or help offered to a man lying in a ditch who had been beaten and robbed. It was feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and the imprisoned. Certain things are clear in his teachings. Humble deeds of kindness and compassion matter far more in His kingdom than the size of our bank account or the polish on our personality. How often we miss that critical fact even in the life of the church. What is it that makes for a great church? Is it the size of the ...

1353. Watch!

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

King Duncan

... the fragrance of blossoms once more. These are the symbols of what takes place in our hearts when the Christ child is born anew each year. Blessed by the Christmas sunshine, our natures, perhaps long leafless, bring forth new love, new kindness, new mercy, and new compassion. As the birth of Jesus was the beginning of the Christian life, so the unselfish joy at Christmas shall start the spirit that is to rule the new year." That is indeed the spirit that we need. We need to have done with our waddling in ...

1354. Excited By Our Faith

John 1:35-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... to sit where his mother would sit for the wedding if she were alive? "You are all the family I have left now," wrote Teddy. (2) Miss Thompson sat proudly where Teddy's mother would have been seated for that wedding. That moment of sensitivity and compassion many years before had earned her that right. I am trying to say to you this morning that there are some very special people in this world. They are the luckiest people alive. They are the Andrew people. They are enthusiastic, joyful people. They are ...

1355. Crying On Palm Sunday

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... name. Passionate and compassionate. "Suffering and suffering with." Suffering for its own sake is not of value; suffering on behalf of others is. Too many of us are more willing to cause suffering than to bear it. Even cynical old Mark Twain experienced a sense of compassion. He said once: "When I think of the suffering which I see around me, and how it wrings my heart; and then remember what a drop in the ocean this is, compared with the measureless Atlantics of misery which God has to see every day, my ...

1356. A Woman's Place

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... was not supposed to speak to a woman at all in public. We are told that this applied even to his own wife and mother and yet Jesus talked to a woman of shameful reputation at a well. Jesus treated all persons, including women, with dignity and compassion. Women were also very prominent in his ministry. They helped support his work, and they were there at the cross when he was crucified even after his male disciples had scattered. We read later in the New Testament about such women as Lydia and Priscilla who ...

1357. A Great High Priest

Hebrews 4:12-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... Buddhist and Confucian religions, which once were dominant in Korea, both put their emphasis upon religion as mystical, speculative, and remote. The Christian faith came into Korea with a message of involvement, a message of love, a message of compassion. The Christians started right from the beginning feeding the starving, sheltering the homeless, and teaching the illiterate. The Korean people were receptive to that kind of selfgiving religion. So the Christian community is growing by leaps and bounds in ...

1358. Marriage: Agony Or Ecstasy

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the marriage relationship and the harsh reality that the merger of two lives is not an easy one. We do it by acknowledging the three big "Cs" of marriagecommitment, communication and cooperation. Every person who reads the New Testament has to be impressed with the compassion and the generosity of Jesus. In stories of his encounters with persons such as the woman caught in the act of adultery, the woman at the well who had been married to five men and was now living with a sixth man out of wedlock, as ...

1359. Response To The Resurrection: Christian People In A Pluralistic Society

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... sun came into the cave, however, there was no darkness at all, for he lighted every corner. In the same way, when Jesus Christ came into this world when God became incarnate in human flesh light came into the world. There was no longer darkness concerning the character or compassion of God. That is our great gift to humankind. The God in whom we all believe has become man. Now we can know God. He can become a reality in the life of every person upon this earth. What does it mean to say that God has become a ...

1360. Where Are Your Loaves And Fishes?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Then he turned to the old man and asked, "Could you do that?" The old fellow grinned and said, "I could if you'd let me use what we had left over last week." The size of the crowd doesn't really matter. The point of the story is Jesus' compassion and his ability to feed the hungry. Even though the lad who offered the five loaves and two fish is not mentioned in our text for the day, I am glad that the Gospel of John brings him to our attention. We have young people in this church and they ...

1361. Who Is He?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... week she announced her plans to actually vacate her luxury apartment and temporarily move to Cabrini Green to see first-hand the problems of that crime ridden neighborhood. We are impressed by Jane Byrne's courage. Shall we not also be moved then by the compassion of God who saw our plight and became incarnate, walked in our shoes, that He might know our need and we might know His love. One of my favorite stories about Helen Keller concerns her introduction to the Christian message. When Helen learned to ...

1362. The Lure Of The Easy Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... in northern Kenya, discussed in his book People of the Lake what it is that separates man from the great apes. It is not man's intelligence, says Leakey, but his generosity. Only human beings have the ability to share. Only human beings are capable of genuine compassion. Only human beings are capable of laying down their lives for a friend. When it comes to taking up the cross of self denial, however, many of us have not discovered our humanity. If we don't care what happens to this world, who will? If we ...

1363. The Way Life Ought To Be

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the end the guy who thinks he's a horse...goes on to win the Kentucky Derby." We like happy endings. We like to believe that in the end people do live happily ever after. We like to imagine a world of love and peace and harmony and compassion for one another. The way life ought to be. Unfortunately, reality isn't quite like that. Life isn't always fair, and people frequently are not reasonable. Take the true story of an Illinois census counter. One day last Spring she approached a house, saw no dogs, and ...

1364. True Love

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... and repeatedly brought some cookies and left them in her room. Soon the doctors in the institution noticed a change. After a period of time, they moved Little Annie upstairs. Finally the day came when this seemingly "hopeless case" was released. Filled with compassion for others because of her institution experience, Little Annie, Anne Sullivan, wanted to help others. It was Anne Sullivan who, in turn, played the crucial role in the life of Helen Keller. It was she who saw the great potential in this little ...

1365. From The Rubble Of Life

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... There was a tumult of excitement on the road this day. A local celebrity and his disciples were passing by. A large crowd of curious folk had gathered to see this man called Jesus pass through their town on his way to Jerusalem. The news of his compassion and his healing power had reached beyond Jericho to the outlying area. People wanted to see him and touch him. When Bartimaeus learned that it was Jesus passing by, he knew that this was his one opportunity to do something about his situation. This was his ...

1366. The Waiting Father

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... that you will be man enough or woman enough to say, I brought this on myself. The young man came to himself and he started home. But there is one more thing to be said. The Father welcomed him back unconditionally. "Seeing him from afar, the father had compassion on him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him." The son started his litany of confession, "Father I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son." But the father did not even give him the opportunity to ...

1367. How Can I Know The Truth?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... visited Eliazar and once again asked how he navigated his great ship. "Exactly like you taught me," he responded to everyone’s surprise, "I use the sextant to shoot the angle of the sun at midday. After fixing my longitude and latitude on the charts, I get out my compass and other instruments to plot my course. And then," he continued, "I go up on deck at night and I look at the stars and I listen to the wind in the riggings, and I check the drift of the seas...and go back down to correct my calculations ...

1368. How Shall We Pray?

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Roman Catholic Church as "telephone booths to God." Well, maybe they are not quite that. But every prayer must contain an element of confession. We are not all God means for us to be. We are finite creatures in every respect. We need His mercy, His compassion, His amazing grace. So we pray for forgiveness and sometimes we pray for the ability to forgive. "And lead us not into temptation..." OUR FINAL PRAYER IS FOR GUIDANCE. It’s a tricky world out there. There are many snares. The year was 1864. A Bowery ...

1369. No Price Too High

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... perishable things such as silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ.'" (1) I believe a sacrifice like that deserves a greater ranking than fourteenth, don't you? The cross is the ultimate symbol we have not only man's of cruelty, but of God's compassion. It is God's most complete act of affirmation of the creatures into whom he breathed his own Spirit. "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son." THE CROSS MEANS, FIRST OF ALL, THAT GOD SEES US AS PERSONS OF VITAL WORTH. It is ...

1370. Why Jesus Likes Sinners

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... some of them began to curse those whom they felt should not be allowed into the presence of the Almighty. When they did that, they lost their place within the heavenly realm, for they had failed the most important test of all the test of compassion. Jesus likes sinners, secondly, because they do not look down on others. JESUS LIKES SINNERS, IN THE THIRD PLACE, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MUST DEPEND ON GOD. Notice in verse 9: "Some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous..." What a great text for ...

1371. The Difference Is You

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... , pointed toward a higher law ” the law of love. Here is where Jesus wants his disciple to shine. He wants us to "out-love" everybody on earth. Instead of consulting a rule book to determine our actions, Jesus wants his followers to act out of compassion. Jesus wants his followers to go beyond the religiosity of the scribes and Pharisees and truly become the "salt of the earth" and the "light of the world." Of course, there is a glitch to all this. Sometimes salt burns and light glares. William Willimon ...

1372. Beneath The Cross

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... this sculpture. He sent postcards of it to his friends and keeps one in his prayer book. Looking at the face of Jesus he reflects, "There is melancholy, but also peaceful acceptance. There is insight into the fickleness of the human heart, but also immense compassion. There is a deep awareness of the unspeakable pain to be suffered, but also a strong determination to do God’s will. Above all, there is love, an endless, deep and far-reaching love born from an unbreakable intimacy with God and reaching out ...

1373. Stepping Out In Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Jacob wondered what on earth someone so innocent and angelic-looking was doing in a park filled with derelicts. He closed his eyes. In a few minutes he heard a soft voice speaking to him. Jacob opened his eyes and saw this same teenaged girl looking at him with compassion. He was caught off guard. It was the first time he had heard anyone speak words of kindness to him in years. At that moment he did not know whether he wanted to cry in gratitude or laugh in cynicism. But her concern moved him in spite of ...

1374. To Forgive Is Divine

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... someone who has done wrong or hurt us? Seven seems like a good answer. Not so, Jesus says. "Not seven times, but seventy-seven times." The Christian life is not comprised of arithmetic, or just good intentions but is filled with practical, everyday acts of compassion. As difficult as it might seem there is no limit to the amount of forgiveness we are to offer to another person. We are to keep on forgiving. WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO FORGIVE ANOTHER PERSON, HEALING TAKES PLACE WITHIN US. The king forgave the ...

1375. Afraid Of The Water

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... began to read. (5) The implication is clear. Once we know who we are, we will know what we should do. And what we should do is this - seek to live the Jesus life. A life characterized by love and patience, acceptance and forgiveness, courage and compassion. In short - a life lived in obedience to God. Are you afraid of the water? Are you afraid of claiming your baptism? Are you afraid of living the Jesus life? Tony Campolo tells of talking to a missionary friend who worked among Muslim people in Pakistan ...

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