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1426. Love Of Life

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... gift to us. This is why many Christians have difficulty with such current hot topics as abortion, assisted suicide and capital punishment. Life is precious. Life is a gift. We understand the issues involved when a young woman has an unwanted pregnancy, we have compassion when an older person is suffering with a terminal and painful illness, we know justice requires that law breakers be punished, but life is a gift from God, and even though there are Christians on both sides of every great issue, our natural ...

1427. Loving From The Heart

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... him lying face down on the ground with stars dancing around his head. He concludes, "But those line drives will kill you!" This is not an easy world. Sometimes it is a very cruel world. Those line drives will kill you. Many stories of courage and compassion have come out of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Harry Ramos and Hong Zhu both worked for May Davis, a financial-services firm whose offices occupied the 87th floor of the first tower in the World Trade Center. They were just two of thousands of panicked ...

1428. Ready For A Change

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's table as the holiest person in the realm. Maybe even more so, for later in this passage, Jesus summed up his ministry like this: "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means, "˜I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." And that is still Christ's message to us today. It's a disturbing thought, but it's clear from this passage that Christ didn't come for those who have it all--who live ...

1429. The Idiot's Guide To Christianity

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me." When you look into the face of your neighbor, you are looking at Christ. The way you would treat Christ is the way you should treat your neighbor. With respect, with consideration, with compassion and with caring. That's a tall order, is it not? That's not the way we treat most people, but that's the way Christ means for us to treat all people. The Idiot's Guide to Christianity: When you see Jesus, you see God; when you see your ...

1430. Reaching Our Full Potential

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... of us connect the word "stewardship" to the wise management of our money or our time. But God has blessed us with infinitely more resources than just our time and money. We are called to be wise and generous stewards of our health, our intellect, our compassion, our wisdom and life experience, our influence, our relationships. In this parable, we are called to invest our lives in such a way that we see a rich return. JESUS IS ENCOURAGING US TO DREAM GREAT DREAMS--TO MAKE OUR LIVES COUNT FOR SOMETHING. Some ...

1431. Hungry For Bread

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... live as Godly examples and to spread God's message. If we are not credible witnesses, then why should anyone listen to us? OUR BIBLE PASSAGE FOR TODAY REMINDS US THAT ONE AREA IN WHICH THE CHURCH'S CREDIBILITY GAP IS MOST EVIDENT IN OUR LACK OF COMPASSION FOR THE POOR AND HURTING. In 1982, New York City was facing a budget crisis. Winter was approaching, and the city's social service agencies were unable to care for all the homeless citizens who needed help. Mayor Ed Koch called upon Manhattan's religious ...

1432. Faith-based Living

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He was looking for some peace and quiet, a time to rest and re-fuel spiritually. But the people of Jerusalem didn't want to let this miracle-worker out of their sight. They followed him up the mountainside. This presented a challenge to the apostles' compassion. An eager crowd of people, all clamoring for more miracles, surrounded them. How could this tiny crew of 13 men minister to the needs of thousands of people? The simplest thing they could do is feed them. So Jesus turned to Philip and asked him ...

1433. Clean Hearts And Dirty Hands

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... asleep in the midst of possibilities for ministry; 2. cirrhosis of the giver, the money malady of a church that practices improper stewardship and thus limits its ministry; 3. hardening of the hearteries, the disease of the heart in which a church loses its compassion and concern for those who are in need; and 4. spiritual myopia, the lack of vision that keeps a church from seeing the long-term possibilities for ministry. (4) Heaven help us if we suffer from any of these dread diseases. But certainly we ...

1434. People Jesus Loved

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Have you ever noticed that Jesus seemed to have had a special love for people with handicapping conditions? Think about it the next time you start to grumble about unused handicap parking spots in front of your favorite shop. Jesus seemed to have a special compassion for those without sight, without hearing, without the use of their limbs. See how much time he spent with them. And when he wanted to validate his ministry with John the Baptist, Jesus said, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind ...

1435. "Head" Lines

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... Lord, then all that the Lord has belongs to us. This includes God's authority and power, which was transferred to the disciples on the day that Jesus ascended into heaven. And what kind of power does the Holy Spirit give us? The power to translate compassion into action. The power to persevere in the face of stress and suffering and uncertainty. The power to love the "unlovable." The power to live generously, without fear or anxiety. The power to overcome evil with good. The power to speak the truth in a ...

1436. About Christ

Colossians 1:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... and bitter. But instead, to honor their son's life and assure that his death was not in vain, they donated his organs to Italian children. As shocked as the world was by the violent and tragic death of the young boy, his parents' compassion, generosity and forgiveness was even more overwhelming. The gesture brought praise from around the world. (4) Every once in a while you will hear about a condemned murderer being executed in our country. Among those who witness such executions are often the family ...

1437. Running For Joy

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... set to devour the tiny nut, the nut slipped from the crow's claws and fell into a crevice of the wall of the bell tower. The tiny nut appealed to the bell tower by the grace of God to shelter it and protect it. The tower was moved with compassion. It sheltered the nut in the spot where it had fallen. Within a short time, the nut burst open: its roots reached in between the crevices of the stones of the bell tower and began to push them apart; its shoots pressed up toward the sky. These shoots soon rose ...

1438. Winners And Losers

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... , "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" What do you think prompted this question? "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" Did the questioner want to make sure that he himself was on the right path? Did he ask out of a sense of compassion for the lost? Or did he just want to feel superior to his neighbor? Who's in, who's out? Who's got the seal of approval? Our current craze for reality television shows may demonstrate our desire to pass judgment on other people. The most popular types of ...

1439. The Grief Of God

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... Father Knows Best." Another view that was popular at the beginning of the last century is that suffering is a tool of God's teaching. It is sort of God's Sunday School lesson. According to this view, God gives handicapped children to teach the world compassion. God gives cancer or AIDS or whatever so that we can learn about our mortality. (Thanks a lot, God!) I remember as a seminary student how unsatisfactory all of these rationales seemed to me, and I had to come to grips with another possibility. Perhaps ...

1440. A Victory For The Angels

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... you and I can do as we contemplate the direction God is taking our world--we can taste the ending. Pain and suffering will be no more, war and hatred will be no more, and the humble carpenter of Nazareth will bring his kingdom of love and compassion to rule over all the world. Can't you see it? Can't you taste it? A final victory for the angels. 1. Signs of the Times, Copyright Â© September 1971, Pacific Press, www.pacificpress.com/signs via http://www.witandwisdom.org. 2. Biblical Illustrator. 3. Ellen ...

1441. Bearing The Right Fruit

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... have ceased caring. Now this study was done in a university. But that study could probably have been done in many churches today and the result would have been the same. We have quit caring. We have a crisis on our hands: a crisis of commitment and compassion. And that is a frightening thing. I was reading somewhere about a pastor who was driving down the highway when he saw a commercial truck parked along a Kentucky road. The driver was standing by the tractor from which a front wheel had been removed. The ...

1442. Living The Kingdom Life

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... -sufficient; it didn't need the rest of the world. But the rest of the world needed what China had to share with it: the art of printing, the use of coal, water clocks, bronze casting, gunpowder, astronomical instruments, the naval compass, drugs, spices . . . and more. As the centuries passed, however, the barbarians outside the wall gained inspiration, knowledge, and know-how, and eventually advanced so far beyond the civilization of Chin Shih Huang Ti, that China today is almost primitive by comparison ...

1443. The Dynamic Law Of Love

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... than 1 percent. Any thinking Christian must be concerned about the "Me first!" kind of spirit that pervades our land today. What has happened to us? What has happened to the idealism of our earlier years? What has happened to our sense of love, our sense of compassion, our sense of mission? E. Stanley Jones tells the story of a missionary woman who took abandoned girls into her home. Now this woman lived in China at a time when many parents did not want girls. She started by taking in only one girl, but ...

1444. What Kind Of God Is That?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... for your healing and mine. Even death is a form of healing since it brings us into the eternal presence of God. When you hear about innocent persons suffering in a great calamity, do not ask why God brought this tragedy about. God is a God of love, compassion and infinite patience. And God's desire is for God's children's good. The Hoover Dam, built in 1935 on the Colorado River, is an engineering wonder. Hoover is what is called an arch-gravity dam. It is designed so the greater the pressure applied to the ...

1445. Witness to the Light

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , you needed not only to appreciate God’s magnificence, but also God’s righteousness. God is “Holy, holy, holy.” That is why God reached out to redeem us from our unrighteousness--to take our sin-stained hearts and to give us a heart of love, compassion, and forgiveness in return. Today we focus on another central reason for Advent--God’s revelation. God revealed both God’s character and God’s dream for humanity in the man, Jesus Christ. If we only picture Jesus as a tiny babe in Bethlehem, we ...

1446. First Things First

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... dreaming of helping other Native American people build their own homes. Finally, Robert Young sold his business and opened the Red Feather Development Group, an organization that designs and builds low-cost housing on Native American reservations.(5) Robert Young did this out of compassion for these desperately poor people, but do you understand that he also did it for himself? He could not go back to the old life of boredom and meaninglessness. Now he has a purpose, something to get him out of bed in the ...

1447. The Scariest Drug on the Market

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... it to me." (5) Wouldn't you love to find that kind of favor with the Lord? All we have to do is take our eyes off our gold and lift them toward God. All we have to do is take our eyes off our gold and turn them in compassion toward others. Isn't it time you were liberated from your dependence on this terrible drug? Isn't it time you learned to sing in the words of that old hymn, "Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold...."? Isn't it time you were set ...

1448. The Total Steward

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... declared, "Man, sit down. You are wasting the time of this meeting. The man who enjoys his religion so much that he has no interest in saving souls has a poor kind of religion." Equally as important, the good steward will give his financial resources with compassion. He will give, invest, and spend to the glory of God and out of gratitude. Years ago the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Knoxville, Tennessee, was approached by a man wanting him to help figure exactly what a tithe of the man''s income ...

1449. Amazing Grace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... the trip with us. That’s the penalty for being disobedient and not doing your work." Wayne said he broke down and cried his heart out. Then he felt his father’s hand on his shoulder. His father did something to him then to show him the great compassion of the heavenly father. He took him by the hand and lifted him up and took him around behind the barn, and there he showed him that his chores had been done. His father himself had done those chores. Wayne was so filled with relief and wondering gratitude ...

1450. What the Heck Is Sin?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... isn’t room. The person who refuses to forgive destroys the very bridge over which he, himself, must cross. George Arthur Buttrick in the INTERPRETER’S BIBLE puts it well: An unforgiving spirit in us shuts the door in God’s face, even though his compassions still surround the house. (Nashville: Abingdon, Vol. 7, p. 314) Repentance is not what we must do in order to have God forgive our sins. Repentance is the direction which our feet take when we come to realize that we are already forgiven. I believe ...

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