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1551. Happy Birthday, Dear Church

Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... evils have been driven to defeat or shamed into hiding. Who led the battle against human slavery in this nation in the last century? Who has been in the forefront of America's quest for racial equality? Who has been most vocal in its concern for peace among nations? The church and her people have been the conscience of the world. Happy birthday, Dear Church. The church has provided bold messengers...the first pioneers and adventurers into the dark and neglected areas of the earth - the William Careys, the ...

1552. Rejoice

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... " (Ps. 37:25, KJV). (4) Henry Mitchell's father wanted his children to know that God was in control and that somehow, even in the darkest times, God would provide. Is there some darkness in your life right now? Is there a concern about your health, the wellbeing of a loved one, concern about your economic situation? I hope you will not dismiss this truth as a pious platitude: God is in control of your future and your present. God will not forget you in your time of need. "Rejoice in the Lord always," says ...

1553. "Weird People" Everywhere

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... about the life of the church? Might it be that men respond more positively to a word of challenge, to the setting of goals, to building a bigger and better church, while women might be more concerned with improving the life of the church we already have? Women might be more concerned about creating community than setting goals or accepting challenges. Each of us listens to the Gospel through an unique set of ears. Did you know that left-brained people hear the Gospel differently from right-brained people ...

1554. Love Your Enemies

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... sense they are enemies. They are persons for whom we have ill feelings, or they are persons who harbor ill feelings toward us. Of course, some enemies may arise because we try to do the right thing. I recall a story about a pastor who was concerned about some unsavory businesses that had opened near a school. His protests finally led to a court case, and the defense attorney did all he could to embarrass the pastor. "Are you not a pastor?" the lawyer asked. "And doesn't the word pastor mean `shepherd'?" To ...

1555. What We Have Is A Communication Problem

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... and one for Elijah." As he said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them. The disciples were afraid as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" This is God's word to us this day concerning Jesus: "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" Listen to him! That is the great need at the heart of all humanity ” to listen to the words of Christ. It has been fashionable in recent times to speak of our society as being a post-Christian society ...

1556. Reality Maps And Rolling Stones

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... tell them it's the end of the line. THIS WAS THE REALITY MAP THAT THE FRIENDS OF JESUS WERE OPERATING UNDER THAT FIRST EASTER. The picture we get from the New Testament is of a group of people who were totally demoralized. As far as they were concerned, their dreams were futile. Their master was dead. There was nothing left for them to do but to go back to their nets, back to their tax tables, back to their kitchens, and try to forget. It was all an illusionfollowing this Galilean. He spoke of life abundant ...

1557. On Being Mistaken For A Mannequin

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... to bed in an outer building. The next morning they fed them breakfast and took them down to the river. The soldiers got onto a sampan and went back to their base. Goodwin says that God used the Christian hospitality of this missionary couple and their concern for them to prepare his heart to accept Christ as his Savior. About five years ago Goodwin began an effort to find this missionary couple. His efforts failed until August 1993, when he heard that the Lutheran Free Church of Norway had had a mission in ...

1558. Be Joyful

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... season is joy. Let me suggest something that may be very hard for some of you. If your heart is aching this Advent season for any reason the loss of love in a marriage, the memory of someone you love who is now with God, concern about a teenage child, concerns about your health. Don't let despair defeat you. Joy is the Christian's obligation our responsibility. Find someway this special season to defeat the blues. Join a group that is singing carols, work in a soup kitchen, adopt a needy child for Christmas ...

1559. The Problem With The Big Ten

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the Lord's Day. We can feel pretty good about the first two commandments, but far too many people profane God's name, and the concept of a Sabbath has almost been lost in pagan American culture. The fifth through the tenth commandments are concerned with moral duties. "Honor your father and mother . . . You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor ...

1560. The Gift Has Arrived

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... confused. Within three or four minutes, Bandler came back, holding a measuring tape. Asking the man to hold out his arms, Bandler measured the length of his arms and his height from head to toe. After that, Bandler left. The man claiming to be Christ became a little concerned. A little while later, Bandler came back with a hammer, some large spiked nails, and a long set of boards. He began to pound them into the form of a cross. The man asked, "What are you doing?" As Bandler put the last nails in the cross ...

1561. Searching For Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... I have never seen so much spirituality," Col. Dave Peterson, chief to the nearly 1,000 chaplains for U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, said in a telephone interview from Riyadh. (4) Many people do find God in such circumstances. Times of great stress, great heartache, great concern, will often turn our hearts to the One who can meet our deepest needs. But it would be far better if we settled the vital issues of life before a time of crisis. Where, then shall we find him? Most of us find him just where Mary ...

1562. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... And we know that sin is a barrier to our relationship with God. Indeed, sin is brokenness, alienation. The longer we stay in our sin, the more difficult it is for us to turn to God. There is an interesting footnote from history concerning Mithridates, king of Pontus and a renowned man of letters a century before Christ. Mithridates guarded himself against being poisoned a favored means of assassination in those days by gradually acclimating his body to large amounts of poison. It worked. However, later when ...

1563. News From The Vineyard

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... would make a difference. That somebody really cared. If people want to help, they can. Here are a few things everyone can do: Smile more, even to people you don't know. Touch people. Look them in the eye. Let them know you are aware they exist. Be concerned about those you work with. Listen when they speak to you. Spend an extra minute. If someone has a problem, just listening means more than you'll ever know. To those who are in depression, say this: "Everybody has highs and lows. Nobody is on top of the ...

1564. A Woman's Place

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... . For instance, studies show that boy babies sleep less and are more active than girl babies. Studies have shown that women have a better memory for names and faces. This fact supports other data that indicate that women are more concerned about people, whereas men are more concerned about objects or goals. Women are faster and more accurate in tasks requiring manual dexterity. That's why so many women are good typists and why more should be neuro surgeons. Here's an interesting fact. If a woman is ...

1565. Response To The Resurrection: Christian People In A Pluralistic Society

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... the cave. When the 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 ...

1566. What About the Weeds?

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... with a mental idea of what you hope to achieve. You map it out in your mind’s eye. You visualize the finished product--the roses and the begonias, the dogwoods and the maples, the hedges and the walkways. Do you have that same clear-cut vision concerning your life? There are some people who take better care of their lawns than they do their lives. Successful people almost always have a vision of what they hope to achieve in life. The story’s told of a skinny, scrawny African-American youngster who one ...

1567. Where Are Your Loaves And Fishes?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... important to the work of Christ. Every once in a while, when something important needs to be done, a young person will step forward and make a difference. I hope our young people will particularly pay attention this morning. You and I share a very deep concern. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO GO TO BED HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT. You and I have heard that truth so often, we might not take it very seriously. That would be tragic. Someone has noted that the average person BLINKS his eyes 13 times every minute. This ...

1568. Vive La Difference

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... following the research on right and left functions of the brain? It is exciting. Someone in this room may be a James Bond fan. Near the beginning of one the most famous Bond adventures, DR. NO, we are told that James Bond need not be concerned about the injuries sustained on his last mission. He notes that an average person can manage without his gallbladder, spleen, tonsils, appendix, one kidney, one lung, two quarts of blood, twofifths of his liver, most of his stomach, four feet of intestines, and half ...

1569. Do We Know What We've Got?

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . “Too often,” says author Chuck Colson, “we confuse love with permissiveness. It is not love to fail to dissuade another believer from sin any more than it is love to fail to take a drink away from an alcoholic or matches away from a baby.” (2) Such love and concern have caused some Christian groups to give a high priority to the need for accountability in the church’s fellowship. Colson points out that the eighteenth century spiritual giant John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, was so ...

1570. Time For Action

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... been a blessing or a burden, one who lifts up or one who puts down, a person who inspires others to their best or one who lives only for self. A certain nurse won the admiration of her entire community with her patience, her cheefulness, her genuine concern for others. She gave far more of herself than anyone could ever expect. Her salary was inadequate by any standard, and one day a physician friend spoke to her about that. "Nurse," he said, "Why don't you get out of this backward little community and go ...

1571. Designer Religion

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... that there is too much nudity, violence, and profanity in today’s movies. Seventy-two percent of those polled said there is too much nudity, 82% said too much violence, and 80% said too much profanity. However, only about half of those expressing these concerns said that either nudity, violence, or profanity in a given film would have any influence at all on whether or not they attended that movie—even if they knew about the existence of the negative material in advance. Hypocrisy! We don’t like ...

1572. A Story Almost Too Big To Tell

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... space, had to go to a local funeral home. One woman, who had been in surgery when the bomb threat was first received, came out from under her anesthesia and realized that she was staring at the surroundings of a funeral home. She was quite concerned until she saw other patients and had the situation explained to her. Although the awakened woman initially misunderstood her situation, she was only premature not wrong in her conclusion. Each of us will face a day when our life on earth is over. Realizing the ...

1573. When The Recession Reaches Your House

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... . "Don't forget, a baby is in water for nine months before it is born. Also, babies are still very trusting and will allow you to do more with them." (3) That's true. Somewhere along the way we lose that child-like ability to trust--to rest our concerns on God. The first widow had quit trusting God. Elijah came to her and gave her hope. He told her to trust God. There is a third principle we need to remember. SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING. Jesus was watching as the second widow dropped in her two small coins ...

1574. Winning When It Really Counts

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... this morning some differences between winners and losers. LOSERS LIVE ONLY FOR TODAY AND ITS PLEASURES. Theirs is the world of instant gratification. They seek the road that requires the least effort. Their ambition is like that of an Ohio legislator who was concerned with the vicious winter that had just raked the north central part of the country. He filed a bill in the Ohio legislature that would officially abolish January and February and divide their 60 days up among June, July and August, which are ...

1575. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... not want his interrogators to get bogged down with this question about why bad things happen. He wanted them to understand their responsibility for making good things happen. He tried to get them to see that WE ARE NOT TO CONCERN OURSELVES WITH THOSE THINGS IN LIFE WHICH WE CANNOT CONTROL. RATHER WE NEED TO CONCERN OURSELVES WITH THOSE THINGS WHICH WE CAN CONTROL. Some people sit around and speak sadly about what life has done to them. Jesus says to them and to us that on the day of Judgement we will not be ...

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