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John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , the Trinity is a deep mystery. Theologians have spent lifetimes spraining their brains trying to understand it. It helps to remember what the early church meant when it spoke of "God in three persons." The word "person" come from the Latin "persona," and originally referred to the mask worn on the stage by actors in a play. Because of masks, actors in the Roman theater could play several different roles. So God plays several different roles on the stage of human history. God is Creator, God is Redeemer ...

1702. It Makes No Difference Where You Belong

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... , that is how many religious groups feel about one another. It must grieve the heart of God. Consider the Middle East. And in parts of Lebanon, Christian militia fighting each other. All three great faiths in that part of the world trace their origins through the patriarch Abraham. All three embrace the Mosaic law. All three are monotheistic. And yet as the political walls of this world come tumbling down, the religious walls seem to grow higher and higher. How tragic. I have great sympathy for that ...

1703. Living In Spite House

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... equipment into the swimming pool. He then doused her $200,000 wardrobe - fur coats, designer gowns and all - with liquid bleach. Then things began to go downhill. She poured a gallon of paint all over his $70,000 Ferrari. So he kicked a hole in a $180,000 Picasso original she loved. She had just opened the sea cocks of his 38 foot yacht, causing it to sink at its dock, when the couple's daughter came home and saw what had been going on. She called the police. They were powerless to do anything. It was not ...

1704. The Way Life Ought To Be

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... he's saying, "if you have ever found Christ's support in an hour of need, if he has ever refreshed your spirit and given you the ability to hold on, then complete my joy by being of the same mind...." The words Paul uses in the original text picture Christ coming and standing by our side to comfort, console, to encourage as only Christ can. In one game this past season that matchless superstar of the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan, scored 69 points. One of his teammates was interviewed on television not too ...

1705. Speak, Your Servant Hears

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... .'" Samuel did as Eli instructed and soon the voice called again, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak, Lord, for your servant hears." And the voice of God spoke to young Samuel and an important volume of Sacred History was begun. Now, let's return to our original question. Have you ever heard the voice of the Lord? Has He ever called your name? Even more importantly, are you reasonably certain that right now at this time in your life you are where God would have you bedoing what God would have you ...

1706. Face To Face With The Tempter

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... a very painful and dangerous wound, he obviously could not take his problem to the hospital. About this time, the woman who lives at the house returned home. So the burglar felt he had no choice but to tie her up. That added seriously to his original burglary offense. Now wounded, the man needed a car. He stole the woman's. Grand theftauto. However, pain and loss of blood from his leg wound were causing him to drive rather erratically. That attracted the attention of a police officer. The burglar pulled off ...

1707. I'm Mad And I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore!

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... is missing in your character. There are times when it is right to get angry. Jesus was angry when he drove the moneychangers out of the temple. They had turned a place of worship into what he called a "den of robbers." The money-changers were originally an answer to a problem raised by Roman coinage. The coins had on them the image of Caesar. Therefore they were unacceptable for Temple ceremonies. The people were thus forced to change their Roman coins into coins that were acceptable. Those of you who have ...

1708. Breaking Down The Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... Middle East, in Northern Ireland, and across Africa. All over the world nations not only are striving against one another, but they are torn by strife within. It is a problem as old as humanity itself. I was interested to read somewhere about the origin of the custom of handshaking. In ancient times, men always carried daggers. When a traveler met a man he didn't recognize, he automatically reached for his weapon, as did the stranger. The two would then circle each other until they knew what the situation ...

1709. What Makes You Blush?

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... trying to help you avoid some snags, some trouble spots, some heartachebringers. In some cases they don't want to see you make the same tragic mistakes they have made or someone they love has made. What is it that makes you blush? Let's return to that original question. Let me ask you a very pointed question. Would it make you blush if people found out you were a Christian? The people you work with, the people you party with, the people you go to school with. Would it embarrass you if people found out you ...

1710. Who Will Take Away This Burden Of Guilt?

Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... the middle of the tunnel under the sea. The "Chunnel" running underneath the English Channel will join a long list of modern public works projects that engineers, historians and others rank among humankind's greatest achievements. The Erie Canal: The original 363-mile canal in New York was the missing link between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The Transcontinental Railroad: Linking the Pacific and Atlantic coasts by rail in 1869 required massive earthmoving and filling techniques. The Panama Canal ...

1711. Opening Up Heaven

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... faced with an unusual problem. In their army hospitals were over one hundred soldiers who had developed total amnesia caused by battle trauma. These men could not remember their names, their families, their hometowns. They were totally separated from their origins. Finally, the government announced to the whole nation that all families who had relatives missing in action should come to a certain hospital on an appointed day. For this occasion, a large platform was erected. With the families gathered around ...

1712. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... , there is hope for us as well. At the cross we can find relief from our bitterness and hurt. Forgiveness is what Jesus is all about, and he offers to us the deliverance of a forgiving heart that we might also forgive. If only the original Judas had known that. There is a legend about the last day on earth, the Judgment Day, that Scripture tells us about. In heaven on this final day, everyone is joyfully celebrating, singing, dancing, and embracing their loved ones. Everyone is jubilant except Jesus, who ...

1713. The Joyful Mystery of the Trinity

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... doctrines of the Christian faith - the doctrine of the Trinity. God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How can it be that three persons can yet be one? Some theologians have solved this problem by taking a look at the Greek word PERSONA which originally meant "mask." The Greek actor would play many roles in the same play. He would assume each new role by putting on a new mask. Hence the notion that the one God makes himself known in three masks: Father, Son, Spirit. Others have considered the ...

1714. Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... the other dazzling sights to be seen in the Big Apple of that day. His people looked at him coldly and walked away. They began to call him Sagdluk, meaning The Liar, and this name he carried in shame to his grave. Long before his death his original name was entirely forgotten. Sometime later another Eskimo named Mitek also visited New York, where he saw many things for the first time and was impressed. Later, upon his return, he recalled the tragedy of Sagdluk, and decided that it would not be wise to tell ...

1715. Mentor, Mediator, Master

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... Zenger, his bail was set at an enormous 800 pounds. Two months later Zenger still sat in jail, although the grand jury refused to indict him for anything. After 9 months, Zenger want to trial for publishing "false, scandalous, malicious, and seditious libel." His original attorneys had been disbarred, his current lawyer had been appointed by a Cosby man, and the jury had been instructed to rule only on whether Zenger did or did not publish the newspaper. His "guilt" as to the "libel" in the paper had ...

1716. Determined Discipleship

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... make a man much loved. The ring was passed from father to son until it happened that a man had three sons. Before his death he had two copies made so each of his sons would have a ring. The sons were disturbed. How would they know which had the original? They took the matter to court and the judge said, "We will know who has the genuine ring by the goodness of his life." (5) Somehow I believe that is also how we know that Christ genuinely lives in a person ™s heart. These, then, are the qualities of a ...

1717. Way Down In Egypt's Land

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christ." She then gave a brief explanation. Grandpa looked in disbelief at his daughter. "A note of astonishment, of genuine, of radiant humility, something so unexpected that it even caught Rita off guard. Indeed she spoke almost as though she had just discovered the origins of Christmas herself, as if that very moment such knowledge had been revealed to her." Laughter broke out again, Charlotte’s face glowed like a little angel’s. There was no more talk of Jesus that evening. "And yet ” it was as if ...

1718. Promises Kept!

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... dishes that used to be in the Temple at Jerusalem and send them along with the returning Jews. What’s so surprising about that? Well, just think about it for a minute. Why were these treasures in Persia if it was Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon who had originally taken them? Persia is Iran today, and Babylon is Iraq. They were enemies then; they’re enemies now! In those days, when the troops of one country sacked the temples of another country, they knew that their gods were more powerful. It’s like the two ...

1719. Finding Jesus

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... Twain. The house was a "trim, white-washed house with green shutters, set incongruously in the middle of downtown." It cost two dollars to walk around the site. Bryson found the house a disappointment. "It purported to be a faithful reproduction of the original interiors," he writes, "but there were wires and water sprinklers clumsily evident in every room. I also very much doubt that young Samuel Clemens’ bedroom had Armstrong vinyl on the floor or that his sister’s bedroom had a plywood partition in ...

1720. A Remedy For Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... next to each other all through the party," Marsha recalls. "They were talking about their days in school back when they were boys. It was as if no time had passed at all." Their friendship seemed to grow immediately. Both had forgotten what that original argument had been about. It was a business argument, but neither one of them remembered the details. Marsha and Michael were married; Hy and Louie were restored to being the best of friends. Marsha kept thinking that she and her new husband had changed ...

1721. Time To Do Something About The Piano

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... know the way very well?" They both nodded in agreement. "I might say that I could almost drive to Lexington blindfolded," the young man answered, "I've made the trip so many times." The pastor then asked if their friends in Dayton knew they were originally from Kentucky. "They must know that you know the way from here to there," he suggested. "Of course," the woman responded as if it were obvious. "Suppose," the pastor asked them, "one of your friends ask for directions to Kentucky. Would you hide anything ...

1722. Beneath The Cross

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... he humble and riding on a donkey...." Jesus fulfilled this ancient prophecy. Father Henri Nouwen found a sculpture of Jesus on a donkey in the Augustiner Museum in Frieburg. He calls it one of the most moving Christ figures he knows. The fourteenth-century sculpture originally came from a small town close to Breisach on the Rhine. It was made to be pulled on a cart for the Palm Sunday procession. Nouwen found himself drawn to this sculpture. He sent postcards of it to his friends and keeps one in his prayer ...

1723. Taking The Risk Out Of Dy(e)ing

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... Even the oldest graves, some of which date back three hundred years, bear forsythia, jonquils, tulips, or azaleas ” whatever is blooming in season. Everyone stands and watches as the sun comes up over a hill covered with ancient cedar trees that were brought with the original Moravian settlers from Germany. In the awesome silence, with the beauty of the flowers all around, it is as if the living are united with the dead. "You cannot fail to believe in the resurrection when you are in the midst of all this ...

1724. Roll Call

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... us rejoice and be glad in it!" (2) That is saint-like faith ” living life trusting nothing other than God. SAINTS ARE ALSO PERSONS WHO SUBMIT THEIR WILL TO THE WILL OF GOD. "Blessed are the meek," said Jesus, "for they will inherit the earth." In the original Greek "meek" meant literally the "tamed" or the "broken" (as a wild horse is broken). A wild horse is of no use to anyone, but a "meek" or "gentled" horse can carry children. Meekness is a matter of submission to God's will. Submission is something ...

1725. The King Of Ifs

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Richard Andersen

... dying man that he would be with Him in Paradise. The significance of this phrase is not apparent. One has to examine the word. Paradise is not just another word for Heaven, but indicates a close relationship and a particular honor. The word is of Persian origin. It means a private, but lavish garden, one enclosed behind a wall, a place where a Persian king would stroll with his closest friends. Such people were given a title: companion of the garden, just as some people are called "Knights of the Garter" or ...

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