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Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... the experience of Winston Churchill. Churchill was by far the most successful politician of his age in Britain. By his midthirties he was already a roaring success. The son of a notorious politician, he had achieved fame as a reporter and author. The principal subject matter of his writings was his own military adventures. "Elected to Parliament at the tender age of twentyfive, he entered the Cabinet at thirtyone, and at the outbreak of World War I, was Lord of the Admiralty and part of the War Cabinet ...

1402. The Lure Of The Easy Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... excitement of it all. Jesus asked them, "Who do you say I am?" and Simon Peter answered enthusiastically, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" It was one of the most dramatic moments in the disciples' pilgrimage with Jesus. Then Jesus changed the subject. He began to tell them that the crowds would soon turn against Him; He would be crucified, on the third day he would be raised. The disciples didn't know what to make of all this. Simon Peter took Jesus aside: "Forbid it Lord that these things ...

1403. God And The Irs

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... for us to give. Money can cost us our soul. Jesus said, "You cannot worship God and Mammon..." Money is like a drug. It enslaves as surely as cocaine. That is why Jesus devoted more of his teachings to warning about the perils of great wealth than to any other subject. He was not saying that it was bad to own things, but he was warning us that if we do not be vigilant we can come to the place where things own us! The worship of Mammon is probably the most practiced religion in our land today. Even prominent ...

1404. What Makes You Blush?

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... said, `Relying on you to give the public nothing that could bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of a Christian. I attended your performance with my 14-year-old daughter, but was deeply embarrassed when you did the scene in which the father lectures the son on the subject of his relations with an immoral woman. I took my daughter by the hand and we left the theater. I have not been able to look her in the eye since.'" (2) Let me hasten to say that Rogers saw nothing wrong with the part he was playing in ...

1405. It Happens In The Best Of Families

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... has to do with family life. The most important thing that could happen to many of us in 1989 would be that we might renew and strenghthen our ties as families. Thus it is entirely appropriate on this New Year's Day that we should deal with the subject of the Christian family. We know that Jesus came from the best of families. We know that His father and mother were devout Jews who went to Jerusalem every year for the Passover. We know from stories about His birth, that Mary and Joseph trusted God. We know ...

1406. Opening Up Heaven

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... RSV) Please note those important words. After Jesus' baptism he was praying and the heaven was opened, the Spirit descended and the voice was heard, "Thou art my beloved Son." As we begin a new year, it would be good for us to deal with the subject of prayer. Was it not entirely natural that Jesus, immediately following his baptism, should pray? Prayer played a major role in his entire ministry. Here he was the very manifestation of God on earth, and yet he felt the need to be in continuous communication ...

1407. Idle Tale Or Eternal Truth?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... a fraud. One does not die defending a fairy tale. The disciples were witness to an event that divides all of human history into before and after. Jesus Christ had risen from the dead! There has been much interest of late in the subject of life after death. Researchers have found that reports of persons who have been revived following near-death experiences tell amazingly similar tales about bright lights and about such things as out-of-body episodes. Are their reports to be believed? J. B. Phillips ...

1408. Living Smart

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... have not learned how to use their time wisely. In fact a recent brain study by psychologist Richard Haier of the University of California at Irvine confirmed that smart thinkers are not necessarily working hard even at their thinking. Haier injected subjects with mildly radioactive glucose and then had them take a test involving abstract reasoning. He then watched the level of glucose that each brain burned. Surprisingly, the men who received low scores were burning more glucose to get a few wrong ...

1409. A Strategy For Status Seekers

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... WITH THE WIND. It is said that she personified many of the characteristics which she ascribed to Scarlett O’HARA she was a neurotic and immature egotist. One biographer wrote that Margaret Mitchell could never endure a conversation of which she was not the subject. Perhaps that is why she never produced another novel. When you are totally absorbed in yourself, you do not grow. Pride causes us to do foolish things. Pride keeps us from growing. Pride also keeps us from reaching out to others. One of the ...

1410. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... : "a giant red horsehair couch whose rich color Cedric fancied would brighten the front of the church." The huge chair featured massive curved arms and dark mahogany legs, each carved like the claw of a lion. Time passed, and that couch became the subject of a bitter debate between members of the Clyde family who wanted to keep the couch where it was and newer members who thought the couch did not belong in the sanctuary. This debate sparked tension between the established members and the newer families ...

1411. Beyond Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the market place to buy one. Suddenly, he stood face to face with his old horse. It was munching a wisp of hay at the horse trader's. Going up to it in alarm, the rabbi whispered into its ear, "For goodness sake, Jacob! Again, so soon!" (1) Our subject for the morning is temptation. Each of us at one time or another has been tempted. Even Jesus was tempted. Our scripture for the first Sunday in Lent begins, "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil." Jesus knew who ...

1412. When Jiggling Wires Is Not Good Enough

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... only one problem. She claimed she had no husband. Jesus knew the truth and confronted her with it. The woman responds, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet." Jesus felt her pain. The woman did not want to talk about it so she changed the subject. She began talking about the differences between Jews and Samaritans. "Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem." We see a glimpse of faith in this woman. The woman states, "I know the Messiah is ...

1413. The Riches Of God

Romans 11:33-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... college men who had been diagnosed as suffering from anxiety or depression. Half of the group were counseled twice a week for three or four months by psychotherapists. The other half were treated for the same period by college professors of various subjects who simply listened sympathetically to whatever the student wanted to get off his mind. Surprisingly, both groups of students showed about the same amount of improvement. (2) No wonder prayer is so important in the life of the Christian. We have someone ...

1414. Keeping Alert For Christmas

Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... things taking place, you will know that he is near, at the very gates." Actually he is at our personal gates this very hour. Richards Wolff Beekman was a missionary in South America following graduation from seminary. Richard was newly married and didn't want to subject his wife or himself to too primitive a way of life, so they took a few amenities with them. Among the supplies they took with them were an electric generator and fuel to run it. The generator would provide them with light. The native people ...

1415. Aren't You Glad?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Anne-Rose Reeves

... night. And besides, Easter is the perfect opportunity to say something about being a good Christian and commitment. Save some of those souls ” tell them what Christianity is about." On another occasion, a member of the adult Sunday school class had approached him about the same subject. "Gee, Pastor, I don't mean to tell you how to write your sermons and all, but after this somber penance stuff in Lent we all deserve to laugh a little on Easter. The minister at my old church always said that if there's ...

1416. Who Is He?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , we must do so on his terms, not ours. And this leaves us with one final decision: ARE WE GOING TO LIVE FOR OURSELVES, OR WILL WE LIVE FOR HIM? Shortly after this exchange with his disciples, Jesus spoke to the crowd that was following them on the same subject. He spoke about what it means to be a follower. "If any want to become my followers, they must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me." Now this is a very difficult thing for us to do. It is difficult because it goes against everything ...

1417. How Do You Get To Heaven?

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... purchased indulgences from representatives of the official church. This was a perversion of the real purpose of the indulgence, but it was a perversion that is easily understood. The sale of indulgences was a way of raising funds for the church while dealing with the subject of penance. The church's attitude was that even though sin is forgiven, it must still be paid for in the form of penance either through good works in this world or in purgatory in the next. An indulgence allowed you to avoid penance by ...

1418. Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Philip Ware

... soldiers were under orders to kill Jesus in the standard style of execution Rome used for public criminals: agonizing death on a crude Cross driven into the ground at the city dump. That was bad enough, but they exceeded their orders by brutally subjecting Jesus to physical and psychological torture before carrying out the cruel political and religious mandate to kill him. Mark puts it plainly: The execution squad called "together the rest of the company. They put a purple robe on Jesus and a crude crown ...

1419. He Is Who He Says He Is

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... of evidence. IT IS THE INNER TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. A gospel song writer once gave a witness for many of us, "You ask me how I know he lives, he lives within my heart." That is my experience. I hope it is yours. We know that subjective experience on its own can be misleading. But when you combine that experience with the testimony of those who walked with him and died for him two thousand years ago as well as the testimony of millions of others over the centuries who also have experienced his healing ...

1420. Like The Love Of A Mother

John 10:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... Matthew 7:9-11) God is a giving God. A mother took her six-year-old boy into a doctor's crowded waiting room. As they waited their turn, he began to ask her all kinds of questions. In half an hour he managed to cover almost every subject known to humanity. To the wonder of all the others sitting in the room, his mother answered each question carefully and patiently. Inevitably, he got around to God. As the other people listened to his relentless "how's" and "why's," it was plain to see by the expressions ...

1421. The Cry Of Freedom

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Chapter 13 from Paul to the Romans is that all governments and their powers come from God and are responsible to God. God is our authority ” beyond all other authorities. Many Christians quote only the first sentence of this chapter: "Let every person by subject to the governing authorities." However, the most important sentence is the second one: "For there is no authority except from God..." This is true in religion, as well as in politics, in the sanctuary, as well as in the Halls of Congress, in the ...

1422. Traveling Light

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Caroly R. Gibson

... 't just pop things in at the last minute. Voice: They must hear me. I have so much to give them. Pastor: Well, I'm very sorry, sir, but you see, our theme for this month is "God is great in 88." Now, I don't quite see how your subject would fit with ours. As I said, we are a very busy church...why just this week alone...let's see here...Monday we have softball practice and in the evening Sara Plimpton will be showing her wildlife slides. And Tuesday's out. Oh my! The senior citizens will be ...

1423. Why Do We Call Him Good?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... HIGHEST ACT OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS ” THAT OF EMPATHY. He saw in the traveler stripped and beaten on the road his own desperate need. For you see, suffering is a universal human phenomenon. Nobody can escape the heartache and sorrow of life. Everyone is subject to illness and grief. At one time or another we all will have to endure lost dreams and shattered ambitions. Money, power, and prestige offer no protection against such anguish. We are all neighbors, for you and I share the same physical, emotional ...

1424. It's Hard To Be Number Two

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... do you do when someone comes along who shines more brightly than you? Do you pray for them? Encourage them? Or do envy and fear get in the way? Pamela Pettler in a little book called THE JOY OF STRESS, wrote a satirical essay on just this subject. In a section titled, "They're Getting Ahead of You," she tells about a young man who went berserk one day in late 1969 in the research library of the University of California in Berkeley. He ran through the library, shouting hysterically at his fellow students ...

1425. When God Speaks

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... to ask: Are We listening When God Does Speak? Are we ready to hear what God may have to say to us? There is a ridiculous story about a man who purchased a parrot and for years tried in vain to get it to talk. He read books on the subject, bought long-playing records for the bird to listen to, hoping that would encourage it to talk. Nothing helped. He got disgusted with the parrot and decided to take it back to the pet store. As he crossed the street, he failed to see a car coming right at them ...

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