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1601. Trouble Brewing In The Kitchen

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Graham M. Bingham

... a balance in our lives between our WORSHIP and our WORK. Do you have a place for WORSHIP in your life? Do you have a place for WORK in your life? Charles Wesley said it perfectly in one of his hymns: I still would choose the better part; Serve with careful Martha's hands, And loving Mary's heart. We have looked at the SISTERS IN THE HOME, now notice THE SCENE IN THE HOME. Try to picture the scene. Mary is sitting at the feet of Jesus. If the disciples are present, they are reclined at various vantage points ...

1602. Positive Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... bugs or dirt he might have missed. When he finished, the man in the car became angry. He rebuked the attendant again saying, "It's still dirty. Don't you know how to wash a windshield? Now do it again!" The attendant cleaned the windshield a third time, carefully looking for any place he might have missed, but he could find no messy spots anywhere. By now, the driver was fuming. He screamed, "This windshield is still filthy! I'm going to talk to your boss to make sure you don't work here another day. You ...

1603. Where Are Your Chickens?

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... grace is Fantine, a single mother who loses her job and is forced into prostitution in order to support her daughter Cossett, and be able to survive herself. One evening she is abused and beaten by a group of men. Jean Valjean takes her to a safe place and cares for her. But Fantine says to him, "Why are you being so kind?" At first she thinks he wants what all the other men wanted. When it dawns on her that there are no strings attached, she says, "You don't understand. I'm a [prostitute], and Cossett has ...

1604. Building A Life

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... of business students. To drive home a point, he used an illustration. He said, “Okay, time for a quiz." Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed mason jar and set it on a table in front of him. He produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said, “Yes." Then he said, “Really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a ...

1605. The Present

Revelation 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... of that first cup from the new jar?), you tend to dole out generous portions, because you have a full jar. But about halfway down the jar, you tend to be a little more conservative. By the time you reach the bottom of the jar, you find yourself measuring very carefully, reaching into the corners of the jar for every last grain. We tend to treat our time in the same way. When we are young, we are careless about how we spend our time. We have our entire lives in front of us. Somewhere in those mid-life years ...

1606. Is It Time To Tear Down Our Church?

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... good news. If you are excited about some aspect of our church's ministry, you need to broadcast it. It is not that people today are not responsive to the church's message. People are confused about what that message is. And they don't know unless we care enough to tell our story. Researchers say that 7 out of 10 people who don't presently attend worship services would seriously consider doing so. When will they do so? The answer is almost always the same: "We will go when someone asks us!" Why are you here ...

1607. Why The British Coast Guard Doesn't Like Eric, But God Does

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... must be a God somewhere. But when I gave Him thought, I felt He was so far away, and so occupied with great things, that He knew nothing about me. I am sure I never would have become a criminal if the thought had ever entered my mind that God cared anything about me." (3) That's true of a lot of people. They have a misleading view of God. When they picture God, it is of a being who is more eager to harm them than to help them. What is your view of God? The scowling judge waiting to ...

1608. Who's Your Daddy?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But Jim isn't out of the picture. He bought the house next door to his, so that Kelli and her mom can always live nearby and he can remain a positive influence in their lives. (5) Jim isn't even Kelli's dad, but he committed himself to caring for her emotional needs as well as her physical ones. In today's worlds of divided families, many men are in the position of being "Dad" to children that are not biologically their own. We are grateful to all men who understand that their commitment to Christ means a ...

1609. What Are You Afraid Of?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... , our athletic ability, our money and possessions. But our true worth comes from being a unique creation of God. This worth cannot be diminished in any way. (7) This is what Jesus is saying to us: Do not be afraid. God cares for the smallest sparrow falling from the sky. Surely, God cares for you! A few years ago, motivational speaker Patrick O'Dooley gave a seminar for a group of business people in Galveston, Texas. Galveston is a small island just off the coast of Texas. O'Dooley noticed that some of the ...

1610. Memorial Day

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... him, he had the courage and commitment to do anything necessary to protect them. Imagine if we in the church had that kind of love for each other. Imagine if we could point to any member of our church and say, "That's my family, and we take care of each other." Imagine if we could back up those words with loving, sacrificial action. That kind of love would have the power to change not only our church, but our whole society. We would be unstoppable. And those around us who witnessed our love for each other ...

1611. The Defining Moment (A Sermon for New Year's)

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... wait for the Messiah. Years ago author J .C. Ryle wrote these words (and please, feel free to substitute the word woman where you feel it is appropriate): "A zealous man in religion," writes Ryle, "is pre-eminently a man of one thing . . . He only sees one thing, he cares for one thing, he lives for one thing, he is swallowed up in one thing; and that one thing is to please God. Whether he lives, or whether he dies--whether he has health or whether he has sickness--whether he is rich or whether he is poor ...

1612. Willing And Able

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... died thinking, "It is a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done." (4) Is it possible for one person to care that much for another? Yes, throughout history people have laid down their lives for others. But notice this: Sydney Carton laid down his life ... about? There is something about modern life that will rob us of our sense of God's presence and God's power if we are not careful. One way we can guard against that is if we will share with the people we meet what God means in our life. That is why ...

1613. Clean Hearts And Dirty Hands

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... I am late. It is not etiquette to be late. "Do not hop, skip, jump or slide in the church vestibule. Tip. Tip all the way to your seat. Be sure and do not sit in other people's pews. Jesus wouldn't care, but other people would." (2) And that's the point, isn't it? God didn't care that the disciples ate with unwashed hands, but other people did. A church growth specialist named Bill Easum authored a book several years ago titled, Sacred Cows Make Gourmet Burgers. What a great title! In it he told a couple of ...

1614. The Voice Of The Lord

Psalm 29:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... impact on the world around them. In fact, we probably know about all the cases in which God spoke in this way to individuals, because the voice of the Lord is so powerful that these individuals by necessity went on to make history. That is one reason we should be careful if we should begin hearing voices. Another is this: If you hear a voice telling you to do something that is not in the spirit of Jesus, that voice is not from God. If a voice tells you to kill somebody, it is not from God. If a voice tells ...

1615. Worthy Is The Lamb

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... there are in a jar? For those of us who follow Jesus, there is an absolute standard for religious faith, and that standard is Jesus. "Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered . . ." Without Jesus we are free to believe all kinds of idiotic things about God. I have to be careful here. You know that I respect all the great religions of the world-I'm not one of these people who wave the flag and yell, "Hooray for our team. We're right, you're wrong." Bruce Melver in his book, Just as Long as I'm Riding up Front ...

1616. Above All--god

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... As he sat down on the sofa, he put his feet up on the coffee table. All of a sudden, his mother yelled out, "Put your feet down!" His father said, "For goodness' sake, Barbara, he's the president of the United States." And Barbara said, "I don't care. I don't want his feet on my table." The president promptly did as he was told, for as Mrs. Bush observes: "Even presidents have to listen to their mothers." Today we honor our mothers. And we continue our series on Touching God. If you were just guessing, what ...

1617. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Church doesn't know what to do with them. They often would find a warmer reception at the corner bar than in a Sunday School class. "But Jesus would find a place for them. HE would find a place for them because he cares. And he cares unconditionally . . ." (4) And Jesus means for us to care. Part of the reason many people love Christmas--even if most of the year they are outright pagans--is that they sense the love and the charity that Christmas brings. We need to let them know that this is what our faith ...

1618. Good Neighbors

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... of your life without anyone ever saying they loved you? Bobby's mother was 15 when she gave birth to him. She hung out in the local bars every night, leaving her children to fend for themselves. Since Bobby was the oldest, he took care of his brothers and sisters. The men their mother brought home from the bars often beat the children or sexually molested them. When the child welfare authorities found the children, they were living in filth, surviving off ketchup sandwiches. The children were separated into ...

1619. Who Did He Praise?

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... home and spent his days watching Oprah. He could have waited for someone to give him a break. That's the first thing he could have done, nothing. The second thing he could have done was ask God to solve his problem for him. Now I have to be very careful here. It sounds so pious to say, "I'm just going to pray about this, and if God wants me to work, God will provide a job." Have you ever known anyone with that kind of attitude toward life? It sounds like such a nice, religious idea--waiting for God ...

1620. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... and said, `Young lady, I'm so sorry this happened to you. I know it embarrasses you.'" (1) How would you have handled that situation? Can you love as the Master would have us love? Can any of us do that? How? We must examine our text carefully. Note that Jesus says, "As I have loved you, love also one another." If you took all the psychology texts, boiled them down to their essential truths and from that extensive effort sought to produce one statement about the character of humanity that would be the most ...

1621. He Calms The Storms

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... and went to bed, fairly certain that he would not be alive the following morning. But he was still alive when morning came. So he got up and started to walk down the hall. Then he heard people singing: "Be not dismayed whate'er betide. God will take care of you." A few people were having an early morning prayer meeting, and he slipped in and sat down in the back. Someone read quietly from the Bible, and led a prayer. Before long, Mr. Penny began a spontaneous prayer. He prayed, "Lord, I can do nothing. Will ...

1622. To Whom Shall We Go?

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... you might wish it were, you would still need to know what kind of house you would be able to buy next. Are we to be less careful about our faith than we are about a house? Are you the kind of person who would be concerned about a house for your physical body, but ... It is easier to tempt a person than to save him; easier to ruin a life than to win that life to Christ. Be careful whom you listen to about faith, because there are people who have a genius for destruction. They are unhappy when there is nothing to ...

1623. A Word For Christian Fathers

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... you "blew it?" Some of you know what I am talking about. This is Father's Day. Dad's don't get the respect that they used to. Remember "Father Knows Best." For many fathers, those were the good old days. Recently a college professor conducted a careful, two year study that asked children aged four to six: "Which do you like better, TV or Daddy?" Forty-six percent of the youngsters indicated that they preferred television. I like the story about the ten-year-old boy who answered the doorbell at his home one ...

1624. Mud Below, Stars Above

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... agreed. The brave man stepped into the cage and began talking to the elephant in a strange language. He walked up to him and began to stroke his trunk. The beast then wrapped his trunk tenderly around the feet of the man, lifted him up, and put him carefully back down. After a while, the man walked out of the cage and said, "He should be all right now. You see, he is an Indian elephant and understands only one language. He was merely homesick for someone who could understand him." The man's name was Rudyard ...

1625. Living The Kingdom Life

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... , his nation, which had once been so prosperous, lay in ruins. Nor can we always tell the difference between wisdom and foolishness. See how little our own national leaders can agree on the wise course to take with regard to such vital issues as terrorism, the environment, health care, foreign trade, and so on. Who can truly be wise in such matters? No wonder that St. Paul cries out that God has made the wisdom of this world to be foolishness. (I Cor. 1:20). But in the end, it is not wisdom that saves us ...

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