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2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... make themselves look better than they really were. Soon these people began to think pretty highly of themselves because of these experiences. And then, as more and more people told better and better stories, they began to think that everyone had to have some sort of dramatic religious experience to qualify as a Christian. They even began to ask questions about the Apostle Paul: Paul had never spoken of any dramatic personal experiences, so was he really someone to look up to? Was he really "with it?" Was he ...

1477. Working For Love

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... absent or late to work are becoming more creative. Accountemps, a New York temporary help firm, polled executives about the most bizarre excuses they've heard. Some of the winners were: "My favorite actress just got married, and I needed time alone;" "I had to sort my socks;" "The wind was blowing against me;" "A plane landed on the highway;" "There was a bear on my street;" and, opting for honesty, one employee wrote, "I just forgot to come to work." (2) Certainly work is an important part of our lives ...

1478. Who Is He?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... to do. It is difficult because it goes against everything that our culture tells us is important. From the time we were toddlers we have heard, "be your own person," "strive to be number one," "you deserve the best." And this has led us into all sorts of problems with people taking unfair advantage of others for their own personal gain. Allow the words of Jesus to challenge you: "What will it profit you to gain the whole world and forfeit your life?" Jesus calls us to a decision: Will we live for ourselves ...

1479. What Is The Question?

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... from freed hostages, POWs and ordinary people who continue to advance their coping skills is this: when you believe in the God of Jesus, you don't have to know why; you just know that God is good and that God is love. While you're sorting out the questions, take a second look and notice that God continues to grant humankind what we are choosing. Sometime back, Juanita and I were on a real high at our grandson's graduation, seeing him give the Salutatorian address and receive several awards and scholarships ...

1480. About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... thought about it much before the war," he continued. "I took it for granted. But now it is different. When I'm transferred into a new battalion, I want to know what the Colonel is like. He bosses the show, and it makes a lot of difference to me what sort of chap he is. Now I'm in the battalion of humanity. I want to know what the Colonel of this world is like." Jesus settled for us once and for all the question, what is God like. God is like a loving Parent. People matter to God. In COME ...

1481. How Do You Act In The Presence Of The Queen?

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... out to the restroom.' I thought to myself, `Is he really saying this on radio?' Then to make matters worse he added, `I have to wait till the service is over to go to the restroom and so can you!' I let out a hearty laugh. That's not the sort of thing most of us would broadcast as part of a worship service. Smugly I finished tying my tie and laughed inwardly about this unsophisticated messenger of the Gospel. "Then the voice of God spoke to my heart. `King,' God said, `the reason that pastor has to tell his ...

1482. Where Is Your Citizenship?

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... do we see what the end result can be. The Bible does not pull punches. The wages of sin is death. Comedienne Paula Poundstone says in one of her routines that the wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. We wish her little gag was accurate, but that is not the Biblical testimony. Paul says of the citizens of this world their destiny is destruction. HE ALSO SAYS THEIR GOD IS THEIR STOMACH. In other words, all their pleasures are pleasures of the flesh ...

1483. A Time To Remember - Memorial Day

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... recognizing her son's handwriting. When she read the last line, "Mother, receive Jim for my sake," the expression on her face changed, tears of deep emotion welled up inside, and she threw the door open wide, receiving Jim "for Charlie's sake." (5) According to our Bibles, that sort of acceptance is the story of the cross. God accepts us as His own beloved children for Christ's sake. We may not understand why it had to be this way. But we look at the cross and we see there an open door. And thus we remember ...

1484. One In Christ

Galatians 3:15-25

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... mile. He asked us to love our neighbor as ourselves, to do unto others as we would wish them to do unto us, and when entering a room to sit at the foot of the table. The principles Jesus taught, he also lived. Jesus invited to his table all sorts of people ” Greeks, Jews, sinners, tax collectors ” so they all would come to know his grace. He befriended a man who was hated by all: Zacchaeus. He met secretly at night with a man who was confused: Nicodemus. He healed a man who had a dreaded disease: the ...

1485. More Than Meets The Eye

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... decided. His indecision has not interfered with the flow of the river, and if he debates long enough concerning his stop at Buffalo he will awake and discover he is already past the stop, thereby rendering his decision irrelevant. "Indecision is a decision of the most final sort." (4) It's not a question of how much faith we have but how we choose to use that faith. There's one more dimension to consider. FAITH ENABLES US TO DO THE THINGS THAT JESUS WANTS US TO DO. If you are not achieving great things ...

1486. A Date With Destiny

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... . It was so exciting! "I haven't felt this good in years!" she said. "That's great!" the psychotherapist told her. "Now we're getting somewhere! Now we know what you can do to cope with your depression!" But her face fell. "You don't expect me to do this sort of thing every day, do you?" See, there's the rub. That's the tough part about faithfulness. It's a commitment. It's a promise to someone to be there for him at a later date, at another time. It's an appointment marked on the busy calendars of ...

1487. It's Hard To Be Number Two

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? We have turned Biblical figures into people so holy, so virtuous, so remote from our lives, that we don't think of them having real feelings. It's not easy, though, when you take pride in what you do to be around someone who does it so much better. That sort of thing happened to that great man of God, E.B. Meyer. Meyer was a British Baptist preacher known around the world in his day. And yet he discovered a demon within himself that he did not know he had. It happened at a conference where he and another ...

1488. What's The Matter? Are You Blind?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... can guarantee you that other people passed this man every day and never saw him. They never tried to help him or even to relate to him. They acted like he wasn't even there. Isn't that the way it is when someone has a handicapping condition of any sort or is different from us in some way? Don't we shy away? Don't we hurriedly pass on by? Not out of any kind of ill feelings but simply because we don't know how to react. We're afraid we will say the wrong thing. I enjoyed reading ...

1489. Bad News, Good News

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... with his one free arm and gently sets both it and Lois safely back on the landing pad. When he turns to leave, an astonished Lois stammers out the words, "Who ARE you?" "A friend," Superman replies warmly, and as he flies straight up into the air with a sort of half twist Lois faints in a heap. (5) That's the way we would like for Christ to come to us. And that is why we miss him. Christ reveals himself as he has always revealed himself ” through the Word and through the Sacraments ” through the study ...

1490. The Terrible Burden Of Judging Others

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Have you earned the right to pass judgement? There is a little story that actually comes from the Islamic religion that sums up the biblical attitude toward the very human tendency to pass judgement on others. There was an old man who earned his living by selling all sorts of odds and ends. It seemed as if the man had no judgment because people would frequently pay him in bad coins, and he would accept them without a word of protest; or people would claim they had paid him when they hadn't, and he accepted ...

1491. Be Careful What You Call Me

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... , "Our two sons, whom we have raised to be devout followers of the Law, have come home from college full of Gentile ideas. What can we do about it?" The Rabbi answers: "FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION IT! My son also has come back from college with all sorts of Gentile ideas. I assure you my friends, this problem is beyond human solution. We must go into the place of worship and pray." The three go in and spread their hands in supplication to the Lord. No sooner have they articulated their common lament that their ...

1492. Washing Away The Junk

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... might want to call it his integrity. Look at verse 16. John says, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am unworthy to untie. . . ." In those days rabbis had disciples who performed all sorts of menial tasks for them except for the removing of their sandals. In the Middle East of John's time, sewers were unknown and the waste products of humans and animals filled the streets. It was unthinkable that anyone else would handle your sandals after a day ...

1493. Washing Away The Junk

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... : a glass of water, some soap, and some disinfectant cleaner Good morning, boys and girls. This morning we're going to talk about cleaning. Have you ever helped your mommy or daddy wash dishes? Or maybe you've helped wipe off the counters, or clean the floor? There are all sorts of things you can use to clean stuff. One thing you've got to have is water. Water helps to wash some of the dirt off. But it doesn't get all of the dirt. You could use soap, too. The soap bubbles wash away most of the dirt, but ...

1494. Body Language

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... language another way in which we communicate. St. Paul uses body language in our lesson for the day when he is trying to describe how a church is supposed to operate. Oh, we don't know if he steepled his hands or not. He used body language of a different sort. What St. Paul does is compare members of a church to parts of a body. Some of us are eyes, some ears. Some of us are mouths, some feet, and some of us noses, etc. I'll leave it to you to figure out who among us is what. Paul ...

1495. The Look Of Eagles

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... What the patients were seeing in that window were regrets, Gilovich determined what he calls "the lost lives, lost selves a person could have lived or been if he had done a few things differently." (5) Most of us have regret windows in our life of one sort or another. How do we handle those regrets? that is the question. I read an account recently of a woman, Betty Nesmith. Betty had a good secretarial job in a Dallas bank. This was before computers took over. Betty ran across a problem that interested her ...

1496. The Look Of Eagles

Philippians 3:14

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... to run? Have you ever raced your best friend, or your sister or brother, to see who was the fastest? I know I have. If you really like to run, you might join a running team someday in school, or become a professional runner. Then you can be in all sorts of races. And if you win in one of those races, then you get a prize. This morning I brought with me some running prizes. If you win a big race, you might get a ribbon, or a plaque, or a trophy with your name on it. These prizes show ...

1497. Future Tense

Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... parents. He himself once wrote of his father's wise and loving advice to him before Jimmy went off to fight in World War II. In a letter, Alex Stewart wrote, "My dear Jim boy, Soon after you read this letter, you will be on your way to the worst sort of danger . . . I am banking on the enclosed copy of the 91st Psalm. The thing that takes the place of fear and worry is the promise of these words . . . I can say no more . . . I love you more than I can tell you. Dad." Part of the 91st Psalm reads ...

1498. Entitlements

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... 7yearold seatmate said, "That book you're reading is about Christianity." Mohney, surprised that she could read so well, said, "My, you can read big words." "Well, I am in the second grade," the little girl replied with some disdain. "Is that book about heaven and hell?" "Sort of," Mohney replied. The little girl said, "I know what heaven is. It is where people go when they die if they love Jesus. Hell is where people go when they have done bad things, and I know how people get to hell." Now Nell Mohney was ...

1499. Never Give Up

Luke 18:1-8

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... to work with. The camera itself weighed 20 or 30 pounds. That's really heavy. When you took a picture, it had to be transferred onto heavy glass plates, which the person had to carry around. In order for the picture to come out right, you had to rub all sorts of dangerous chemicals onto the glass plates. So you had to carry a bunch of chemicals around with you. Finally, you had to have a great big stand to put the camera on, so you had to carry a stand with you. Can you imagine having to carry around all ...

1500. Damaged In Transit, But Deliverable

Luke 20:27-40

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: a BandAid Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever accidentally cut yourself? Or maybe you got a scratch or a bug bite or a burn. It's no fun when we hurt ourselves, is it? When you get a scratch or some other sort of wound, does your mommy or daddy put a BandAid over it? That's a good thing. Did you know that BandAids actually help your cut to heal faster? They do. You see, a BandAid covers the cut and keeps dirt and germs out. Also, a BandAid helps hold in ...

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