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Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST IS, FIRST OF ALL, A CALL TO SET LOFTY GOALS. Peter Drucker, the management guru, wrote a book entitled THE EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE. In that book he reminds us that it is not easy to stick to our goals. A story from the publishing world illustrates his point. We are all familiar with the New York TIMES. The New York TIMES is not just a newspaper, it is the standard for written English in the United States. Of all papers, the TIMES can ill afford mistakes. They stake their reputation on being ...

1727. Leadership Styles For A New Millennium

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . 1. Lectionaid, July, August, September 1994 (Kamuela, HI: LectionAid, 1994), p.2. Richard G. Capen, Jr., Finish Strong (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992), pp. 1434. 2. Our Wildest Dreams (New York: HarperBusiness, 1992), pp. 9394. 3. Contemporary Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, & Writers, Craig Brian Larson, ed. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1996), 230. 4. Dave Jackson, Coming Together (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany Fellowship, 1978), pp. 45465. 5. Allison Adato, "Kids' Pictures to God," Life ...

1728. What In The World Are We Doing Here?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... that we in the church are content to be kind. Kindness is great. It is the first step in following Jesus, but it is only the beginning of that journey. It is the bare minimum. We are to love kindness, but we are also to do justice. Someone has illustrated what doing justice is with another fable. Two people are strolling by the riverside when suddenly they see a baby in the river. They jump in, rescue the baby and turn him over to a kind stranger who rushes the baby to the hospital. The next day they see ...

1729. We Haven't Seen Anything Yet!

1 Corinthians 2:9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , when dropped, will roll into the least accessible corner.” Or “Anytime you have a 50‑50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.” And that real clincher, “Murphy was an optimist.” Murphy’s Law is amply illustrated in a joke about a man who was crawling through the desert on his hands and knees, desperate for a drink of water. He encounters a man selling neckties. “Would you like to buy a nice tie?” the salesman asks. “What would I want with ...

1730. Welcome To The Mountain. Now Go Home

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... send you into the valley of service in the Spirit of the living Christ. So, my closing words to you are these: "Welcome to the mountain. Now go home." 1. Wilma Dykeman 2. Sherwood Eliot Wirt, A THIRST FOR GOD (Minneapolis: World Wide Publications, 1986). 3. Jack Gulledge, IDEAS AND ILLUSTRATIONS FOR INSPIRATIONAL TALKS (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1986). 4. David A. Seamands, GOD'S BLUEPRINT FOR LIVING (Wilmore, KY.: Bristol Books, 1988). 5. S.D. Gordon, QUIET THOUGHTS ON PRAYER.

1731. What Are You Afraid Of?

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount: "Do not be anxious about tomorrow...each day has trouble enough of its own." Concentrate on today. Who knows what tomorrow may bring? Today is the only day we can be certain of. Norman Vincent Peale has a marvelous illustration of this. He says that when he and his wife would drive up to their summer place they would often arrive at night. A rough path of stepping stones led from the parking area to the house. On stepping out of the car with a flashlight, he discovered ...

1732. Out Of Our Control

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... a bind God would be in if He attempted to answer all our prayers to control the uncontrollable? THERE ARE AREAS OF OUR LIVES BEYOND OUR CONTROL AND THIS IS GOOD. With our finite minds, we could never order a perfect world. There are many ancient fables illustrating this truth. There is an old Hebrew legend that tells of a man journeying on a mule through a wild and desolate area. His only companion was a rooster whose shrill crowing at sunrise awoke him to his devotions. At nightfall he came to a small town ...

1733. Wrestling With God

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... spent the night wrestling with God? PERHAPS JACOB WAS WRESTLING WITH REGRET ABOUT HIS PAST DEALINGS WITH HIS BROTHER ESAU. It is not unusual for brothers to have conflict. A Sunday School teacher was teaching the importance of love in the home. She illustrated her point by referring to the commandment, "Honor thy father and thy mother." Then she asked if there was a commandment which taught how to treat sisters and brothers. One little boy from a large family raised his hand quickly. Innocently he asked ...

1734. Walking On The Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... be possibly recorded in the Gospels. What we have are the most memorable events in His life and in some cases the most "preachable." That just may be why we have the story of Jesus walking on the water. It is an ideal preacher's story. It is a beautiful illustration of how Christ, through the power of faith, can free us from our fear and lift us out of the angry waves of life. The story is a simple one. Following the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus told his disciples to get in their boat while He went up ...

1735. Designer Religion

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... practiced another. Several years ago, there was a minor hubbub over the highly esteemed organization, the Sierra Club. Officials of this important force in the environmental movement had admitted that they didn’t use recycled paper in their lushly illustrated nature calendars. Why not? They said that photographs do not reproduce well on recycled stock. Two Denver-area club branches, calling that stance hypocritical, stopped selling the annual fund-raising calendars, and a state chapter official warned a ...

1736. Celebrating Christ The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... upon the way each and every one of us live! We all have neglected the poor, the sick, the imprisoned. We all pass by when we see someone who is hurting. We are all sheep who have gone astray. Norm Lawson tells about a CALVIN AND HOBBES cartoon series that illustrates this truth brilliantly. Calvin says to Hobbes, "Let's push the car out of the garage. I can't budge it by myself." Hobbes replies, "I still think you should ask your Mom to move it." Then Calvin says, "Then she'd probably say no, and we won't ...

1737. Possibly Our Best Year! (A Sermon for New Year's)

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... year? We know who we are. We know where we are going. We know who's going with us. 1. Joseph Bayley quoted in Stephen Brown, IF GOD IS IN CHARGE, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1983). 2. THE EXECUTIVE SPEAKER'S NEWSLETTER. 3. Cullen, Joseph P. "James' Towne," American History Illustrated: (October, 1972), p. 33.

1738. Speak, Your Servant Hears

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be part of His eternal plan. 1. Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. OUT OF DARKNESS INTO LIGHT, (New York: Bantam Books, 1989). 2. Melanie Brown, PH.D., ATTAINING PERSONAL GREATNESS, (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1987). 3. Jon Noble, Castle Cove, New South Wales, Australia in "To Illustrate...," LEADERSHIP (Spring, 1990), p. 48. 4. Douglas Hyde, DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP (Notre Dame, Indiana: Note Dame Press, 1966), pp. 27, 38.

1739. I'm Mad And I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore!

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... something about that." 1. Larry King, THE KING, (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988). 2. "Mother Who Abandoned Son Wins Half of His $300,000 Estate," The Knoxville News Sentinel (May 10, 1989), Section A, P. 7. 3. Brother C. Edward, FSC. "The Law That Failed," AMERICAN HISTORY ILLUSTRATED: (Jan., 1973), pp. 38-45. 4. SUCCESS, October, 1990.

1740. One For All

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... my behalf. Rather, I should be sacrificing myself for him. Today's not too late to start. By his grace I will dedicate the rest of my life to him. I hope you will, too. 1. Ewing, Edwin, Jr. "The Asgill Incident," American History Illustrated (May, 1973), pp. 10-13. 2. A. Philip Parham, LETTING GOD, (San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers). 3. "The Far Side of Paradise," U.S. News and World Report (Feb. 13, 1989), p.15. 4. Thielicke, Helmut. BEING HUMAN...BECOMING HUMAN: AN ESSAY IN CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY ...

1741. Breaking Down The Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... in Nixon's long ordeal in the wilderness, that was it." (4) There comes a time when someone must take that walk of compassion, someone must scale that wall of hostility, someone must go out on that limb of love. Jesus did. There is no more graphic illustration of that truth than the event that occurred the moment he died. What does St. Luke tell us happened when Christ breathed his last? "It was now about the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sunlight ...

1742. The Awesome Power Of Believing

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... deal with this perverted, distorted self-concept? The reality of the situation is not nearly as important to the anorexic as what she believes that she is too fat. What you believe about yourself will determine your destiny. On a more positive note comes an illustration from the world of basketball. Every basketball fan is familiar with the name Adolph Rupp, the late but immortal coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. It is said that Adolph Rupp once made a boast at a news conference that he could take any young ...

1743. Why We Give

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... number one in our lives. You can give of your your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake-and your own-give something. 1. THE INSPIRATIONAL WRITER 2. Herm Albright in QUOTE 3. Ruth Baldwin in CATHOLIC DIGEST 4. SERMONS ILLUSTRATED

1744. The One Thing That Matters

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... love. Our modern society has so degraded that word until it has no kinship with the word in the New Testament. But to understand love's real meaning we need only to look at the cross. Let me tell you a beautiful, true story that illustrates love at its highest. A minister in the Midwest had performed the marriage ceremony for a lovely young woman and a fine young man, whose dreams of continuing the family farm ran high. Shortly after their third child was born, however, she developed an incurable disease ...

1745. How Can I Know The Truth?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... skies; But take the dimness of my soul away. That is a valid prayer regardless of our circumstances. How can we know the truth? With the help of One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. 1. (New York: Seabury Press, 1983). 2. Philip Markanna, "Ghosts," AMERICAN HISTORY ILLUSTRATED, XXIII (May, 1988), p. 25. 3. David McCullough, THE UNEXPECTED HARRY TRUMAN. 4. Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler, LAUGHTER IN APPALACHIA, (New York: Ivy Books, 1987).

1746. Entering Into The Agony

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... not have been disturbed? Or would you have remembered a man hanging upon a tree in your behalf? "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1. I am indebted ot the R. David Rogne for this illustration. 2. A more complete description of crucifixion is found in William Barclay, THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, (Philadelphia: The Westminster press, 1975). 3. John Bishop, A WORD IN SEASON, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1979). 4. Barclay 5. THE GRACE OF GIVING, (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House ...

1747. You Are Not Yourself!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... give. And it is available to you and to me. 1. R. Maurice Boyd, A LOVER’S QUARREL WITH THE WORLD, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Westminster Press, 1985) 2. Newsweek, January 11, 1988 "Scalpel Slaves Just Can’t Quit." 3. Sufrin, Mark. "Saga of the U.S.S England," American History Illustrated (June, 1970), PP. 1323. 4. Ernie Nivens

1748. Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... a great God. 1. Carl Lomen, the reindeer king of Alaska, quoted in KEEP OPEN THE WINDOW OF YOUR MIND by Merle Crowell in the The American Magazine. 2. VITAL SPEECHES. 3. Mark Trotter, GRACE ALL THE WAY HOME. 4. Wukovits, John J. "Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear," American History Illustrated (Oct.,1988) pp. 2528. 5. May/June 1987.

1749. No Price Too High

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... infinite potential. There is only one way to become what God has created you to be. It is the way of love, commitment and service. It is the way of the cross. 1. I am grateful to Dr. Joe Harding, Richlands, Washington for this illustration. 2. Ray and Ann Ortland, THE BEST HALF OF LIFE (Waco: Word Books, 1976). 3. Harold C. Bennett, REFLECTIONS ON FAITH (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1983). 4. John Bishop, A WORD IN SEASON (Nashville: Abingdon, 1979). 5. Garin Inrig, A CALL TO EXCELLENCE (Wheaton, IL: Victor ...

1750. Mentor, Mediator, Master

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... , 1988), pp. 66-69, 149. 2. Adrian P. Rogers, GOD'S WAY TO HEALTH WEALTH AND WISDOM, (Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman Press, 1987). 3. "Man Steals Bus But Still Walks," The Knoxville News-Sentinel: (April 28, 1989), Section A, p. 7. 4. Robbins, Peggy. "The Trial of Peter Zenger," AMERICAN HISTORY ILLUSTRATED (Dec., 1976), pp. 9-17. 5. Eugene W. Brice, BOOKS THAT BRING LIFE, (Lubbock, Texas: Net Press, 1983).

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