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1501. Christ Has Gone Up

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... why not? They knew that he was coming back. They knew that he had not forsaken them. And so they had tremendous joy. It was the joy of anticipation. A traveling salesman stopped in to visit a church for the first time in a strange community. He was an emotional kind of fellow and he got carried away in the service. He even let out a little “Amen.” Several people turned around and looked at him rather sourly. He hung his head as if to say, “I’m sorry.” The lady next to him whispered, “We just don ...

1502. You Are A Winner!

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... learned to accept and even appreciate themselves. Such a person was Adam Clarke. Clarke was born in the eighteenth century in Ireland. When he was a schoolboy, his father told the teacher, "Adam won't do well." Such offhand remarks have emotionally crippled some children. Fortunately Adam Clarke's teacher replied, "He looks bright." That statement changed Adam's life. He went on to become a great scholar, a great preacher, and an author of commentariesbecause he was fortunate enough to encounter a teacher ...

1503. Forever Hopeful

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... , said Jackson, then we will be able to incorporate them and go on. Our lives will grow tall and straight and we will live triumphantly. (3) We may not be able to control our circumstances, but we can control the effect that they have on us spiritually, emotionally, psychologically. How do we do that? We do it by entrusting them to the One who loves us enough to give His own Son in our behalf. Only then do we find the resources to make it through difficult times. L.B. Bridgers served as a Kentucky ...

1504. One Word Changed Everything

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but we are not here this morning because he was a great teacher. Jesus had a way with crowds. The common people heard him gladly. But we are not here because of his public speaking. He was a great healer. He healed the blind, the lame, those with serious emotional disturbances. But that's not why we are gathered in worship. We are here because of who Jesus wasor better yet, who he is today. It is his very nature that has brought us together. Emerson once wrote: "Though we travel the world over to find the ...

1505. Vive La Difference

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Scientists have discovered that the left and right hemispheres of our brain function in different ways. Some experts say that they perform different tasks. The left hemisphere is concerned with language and logic. The right side is said to be the creative, emotive, artistic side. Our educational system is set up to cater to left brain aptitudes those that require logic and language skills. Suppose you happen to be a right brain dominant child, however. You are labeled as slow, a dreamer, an underachiever ...

1506. The Lure Of The Easy Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... not a 50/50 proposition but a 70/30 one in which both parties give the 70. A sound family means that we will take the time to be sensitive to the needs of our children, that we provide not only for their physical needs but their emotional and spiritual needs as well. Such goals require sacrifice, they require perseverance, they require determination. But everyone of us knows that the path to personal success is the path of self-denial. We also know that self denial is essential to the salvation of the world ...

1507. Living In Spite House

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... today? 1. (Portland: Multnomah, 1989), p. 19. 2. William A. Marsano, MAN SUFFOCATED BY POTATOES, (New York: New American Library, 1987) 3. Herb Miller, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN VERBS, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989). 4. Adrian P Rogers, MASTERING YOUR EMOTIONS, (Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1988). 5. Albert L. Hock in AUGSBURG SERMONS 2, Gospel Series A, (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1983). 6. Ernest Boyer, Jr., FINDING GOD AT HOME, (San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1988)

1508. Designer Religion

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... United States were in complete ruins, the national honor of the Soviet Union was intact?” (1) We can only wish that leaders of all the nations of the world could have such a level-headed approach to their responsibilities. Pride can be a deadly emotion. Of course, it is not the sole possession of those at the top of society. During the classical period of Greek mythology, a terrible thing happened in one of their temples. One night the statue of Zeus was mysteriously smashed and desecrated. A tremendous ...

1509. Lesson From Five Maidens

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of tomorrow: DO PEOPLE YOU LOVE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE THEM? Sometimes we wait too late to say, "I love you," or "Please forgive me," or "Thank you." You may know the story of William Stidger, a businessman who experienced a shattering emotional breakdown. His energies were depleted. His enthusiasm for life had vanished. He was depressed. He sought help, but did not progress. Days passed. One day an insightful friend said to William, "When was the last time you singled out one of your acquaintances ...

1510. Face To Face With The Tempter

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... properly and could not be stopped for about 20 minutes. When people were finally rescued from their thrill, all were sick and some were taken to the hospital. There is something exciting about certain areas that the Bible tells us to avoid, but the excitement is an emotion one feels when he gets on the ride, not when he gets off. (5) Ask the person whose adultery has cost him his marriage and the respect of his family and friends. Ask the person whose carelessness with his company's funds has cost him his ...

1511. A Story Almost Too Big To Tell

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... their typewriters. Not Stallings, however. He was in a tizzy. He paced up and down the press box with his hands clasped to his head. "I can't," he wailed. "I can't write it! It's too big." (1) The writers of the four gospels probably felt that same emotion as they put quill to parchment to tell the last chapter of Jesus' story on earth. "It's too big. How do you tell it?" How do you describe something as earth shaking as the Easter story? Christ has been raised from the dead! Each of the four gospels tells ...

1512. Connections In High Place

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... cell that allowed him to take only three steps in any direction. Still, during these years of unbelievable hardship he was able to pray, "God, help me use this time to get better." He took a dismal situation and used it for a time of mental, emotional and spiritual growth. In spite of being able to communicate with his fellow POWs only by tapping on the cell walls, he along with other prisoners managed to learn French. He learned to recite Kipling and Shakespeare. Most amazing of all, Coffee and his fellow ...

1513. The Awesome Power Of Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... book, MEGATRENDS, calls our age one that needs to provide both high tech and high touch. Naisbitt argues that with increased technology there must also come increased literal and figurative touching of people to fulfill their human needs. Love heals bodies. Love heals hearts, emotions, spirits. LOVE ALSO LIFTS US TO A HIGHER PLANE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. How often the story has been told, "He did it because of love." That was true of Elias Howe. He was a man broken in health and poverty stricken. He wanted to ...

1514. Breaking Down The Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... what our faith is all about. He tears down walls. Especially the walls we build around our own hearts. Judson Swihart once put it like this: "Some people are like medieval castles. Their high walls keep them safe from being hurt. They protect themselves emotionally by permitting no exchange of feelings with others. No one can enter. They are secure from attack. However, inspection of the occupant finds him or her lonely, rattling around his castle alone. The castle dweller is a self-made prisoner. He or she ...

1515. The Majesty And The Misery

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... one? Some of us find ourselves crippled for a lifetime by our inability to accept ourselves as we really are. We go to extremes to avoid having persons dislike us. Any small word of criticsm is taken as a personal affront. We isolate and insulate ourselves emotionally from others. We dare not let anyone penetrate the facade that we have constructed. They might discover that we are, in fact, human. Tom Hopkins in his book, HOW TO MASTER THE ART OF SELLING, uses the analogy of a torpedo on a submarine. Use ...

1516. A Time For Silence

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the time both of her eyes were swollen shut, and pain racked every part of her body. John Claypool reports that moving with her through those two weeks was an unspeakably draining experience. He found myself stretched in every way physically exhausted, emotionally dissipated, his faith itself challenged as never before. The worst moment of all, however, came one night when his daughter could get no relief, and she asked him, "When will this leukemia go away?" He answered, "I don’t know, darling, but we ...

1517. Winning When It Really Counts

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... an interview on NBC’s TODAY program, he told of the years of education, hard work, dreams and rigorous discipline he spent preparing for that historic mission with Neil Armstrong to the moon. During the interview Aldrin also told of his later emotional breakdown and slow, painful recovery. This crisis didn’t have anything to do with the moon or with space travel or weightlessness. What caused it? Over and over again Buzz Aldrin kept saying that the breakdown resulted from the terrible disillusionment he ...

1518. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but we can do our part to see that some of the hungry are fed. We can't answer the question why sometimes healthy adults with families are struck down in midlife, but we can be there to bring comfort and to supply both material and emotional support. A young university student visited Wolfgang von Goethe, the noted author and requested an autograph and a few wise words. Goethe thought a moment, and then wrote: "Let each person sweep in front of his own door, and then the whole world will be clean." Each ...

1519. The Waiting Father

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... . "Thou shalt not kill," "Thou shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not commit adultery," etc. Every game has its rules. So does the game of life. There are only rules that make sense, though. Some things in life are destructive. They lead to death: physical death, emotional death, spiritual death, death of a friendship, or a marriage. Because our lives are interconnected with one another's and with God's, there are always choices to make. But we are free to make those choiceseven bad choices if we so desire. The ...

1520. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... , it is shocking that after all he had witnessed, after all he had heard, after all he knew about the Master, he would betray him. BETRAYAL IS ALWAYS SHOCKING, IS IT NOT? The arrow of an enemy, while not welcome, can at least be dealt with emotionally, but betrayal by a friend hurts beyond words. An outstanding Prime Minister of Australia was once the victim of a vicious verbal attack in Parliament by a member of his own party. When the traitor had finished speaking, the Prime Minister rose to his feet and ...

1521. I Am The Only One Left Who Cares!

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... is normal.'" The world has always been in bad shape-ever since the species HOMO SAPIENS first appeared on the globe. Up until then, things had been pretty peaceful. But with humanity came lust and greed and resentment and malice and a host of other malevolent emotions. Our time is no better or no worse. Because people are no better or worse. This Is Not To Say That We Do Not Have Some Staggering Problems. We do. There is still the threat of nucleur war. In 1860 a French chemist named Marcellin Berthelot ...

1522. From Timid To Terrific

2 Timothy 1:6-8

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King Duncan

... by a spirit of timidity or fear, it causes us to break the 11th commandment. What is the 11th commandment? "A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another." (John 13:34). Fear, when it manifests itself as timidity or shyness, is the most selfish emotion of all. As Christians, you and I cannot afford the luxury of giving in to a spirit of fear because Christ has called us to love one another, and how can you love someone else if you are scared to even speak to them? Now, admittedly, people are ...

1523. Are You the One Who Is to Come?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... this, "If we make it through December...." Some of you know the meaning of those words. "If we make it through December...." It was December for John the Baptist. He was hurting in Herod's prison. He was hurting physically and he was hurting emotionally. He was gripped with disappointment. John Was Disappointed, First of all, Because He Had Different Expectations of What a Messiah Would Do. He was a product of his time. He expected the same kind of Messiah everyone else expected ” one who would drive out ...

1524. Set Free

Ephesians 1:1-14

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King Duncan

A few years ago a large group of Vietnam veterans met in New York to commemorate the Vietnam War and its effects on their lives. Many were still suffering emotional wounds from that devastating conflict. A Vietnamese Buddhist monk came to the gathering and told a moving story. During the war, a young Vietnamese woman was killed. She left behind her husband and her young son. The husband, needing to provide for himself and the boy, traveled far and wide ...

1525. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... intelligent, deeply concerned about the truth and willing to persecute those whom he considered in grave error. The church is built on the foundations laid by both Peter and Paul. There are not two churches, one for the simple people who trust their emotions more than their brains and the other for the intellectuals who are willing to debate the current issues. There is only one church, in which Peter and Paul each has his own role and importance." (3) Everyone has something different and something positive ...

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