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1826. Living In Spite House

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... our resentment and anger from destroying us? Simon Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother? Seven times?" That is certainly a relevant question. Do I keep submitting myself to someone else's abuse in order to maintain a relationship? For how long? It is an important question. But we want to deal with a slightly different question this morning. When someone has done me a grievous wrong, why is it necessary for me to forgive and how? IT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO FORGIVE, FIRST OF ALL ...

1827. The Way Life Ought To Be

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... 1) St. Paul is not counselling the church at Philippi simply to be nice to one another even though their many squabbles were profoundly disturbing him. He knew that "being nice" is a surface phenomenon that soon withers and dies and can even cause resentment. He longed for them to be transformed to a new creationto have the mind of Christ as their mind. Thus he begins with Christ. THEN HE PAINTS A POSITIVE PICTURE OF THE KIND OF CHURCH HE HOPES THEY WILL BECOME. "So if there is any encouragement in Christ ...

1828. I Don't Have Time For A Banquet

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... wanted was my essay." Mike, a 14-year old, came up with a "watertight" excuse for arriving at school an hour late with his pants soaked to the knees: "I was just about to board the bus when I found I'd lost my ticket. Since it would take too long to walk to school, I hopped a fence onto a golf course. I headed for a creek that criss-crossed several fairways until I found a likely spot for lost balls. Retrieving three balls from their watery graves, I then made for the clubhouse where I sold the balls for ...

1829. God And The Irs

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... insight in mind he stated on one occasion, "I do not see how it is possible...for any revival to continue long. Religion must necessarily produce industry and these cannot but produce riches. As riches increase so will pride, anger and the love ... preached on the text: "You are not your own. You have been bought with a price." He was met after the service by a cattleman who had not long been a Christian. The man said, "Let's go for a walk. I have something to show you." They went up the canyon more than a mile ...

1830. Salvation By Faith Alone

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... prayer to be prayed. It is "Yes. I accept my acceptance." For you see, no one loves us like God loves us. No one wants us to experience the healing and wholeness of grace like God wants us to. Even our own mothers and fathers don't long for our salvation like God longs for it. And He has provided a Way. That Way is Jesus. Somewhere I read about the manager of an opera house who received a telephone call from a woman following a performance. She had lost a diamond pin. Might it still be in the theater? The ...

1831. Ready For The Game Warden

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... hunting seasons or laws or anything, and he knew the woods better than the game warden. The game warden had been trying to catch Quill for a long time. Today was the day. He knew Quill would be up early to go fishing. So the game warden sneaked down there in the middle of ... for it, and you just didn't?" The master said, "Yes, I guess that's right." The servant took the staff he'd carried so long and said, "Master take this with you. At last I've met a man more stupid than myself." Could that be us? Could we ...

1832. Lesson From Five Maidens

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... through a glass window, shattered glass stuck in his body, and lay on the ground in excruciating pain. Not surprisingly, he came to a conclusion amidst the blood, glass, and handcuffs, and muttered, "I ain't going to do this anymore!" To make a long story short, Arthur eventually got out of prison two decades later, and settled down in a quiet New England town. There he became a respected citizen, even leading a local veteran's organization. But it finally leaked out to the press that this notorious jewel ...

1833. True Love

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... in his later years, the composer Johannes Brahms reached a point in his life when his composing almost came to a halt. He started many things, serenades, part songs and so on, but nothing would seem to work out. Then he thought, "I am too old. I have worked long and diligently and have achieved enough. Here I have before me a carefree old age and can enjoy it in peace. I resolve to compose no more." This cleared his mind and relaxed his faculties so much that he was able to pick up with his composing again ...

1834. One For All

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... were rescued. The point here is that the man knew the ship would stop. He was not really sacrificing his life for his dog. (2) What I long for us to see is the divine absurdity of it all. The Lord of all the universe lay down His life for such as you and I ... silent when he ought to have confessed. The gifts you have given him have not made him humble but proud." He goes on for a long time in this strain. But then the counsel for the defense interrupts; he is the exalted Son of God. "O Father and Judge," he ...

1835. Looking For Mr. Right

James 4:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... fewer auto accidents, are ill 50 percent less time, and earn 20 to 30 percent more money. The study did not indicate what kissing did for their wives. My guess is that it improved their day, too. So, men get busy! We want each of you around a long time. OF COURSE, THERE IS ONE ASSUMPTION IN MARRIAGE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OTHER. THAT IS THE ASSUMPTION OF PERMANENCE. Either marriage is a lifelong commitment or it is not. Jesus says in our lesson from Mark's Gospel that it is a lifelong commitment. We began ...

1836. The Deal Of A Lifetime

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... friends -- told him it would never sell because of its length. When it was finally published it came out priced at ten dollars -- the most expensive book of its time -- with no one expecting it to be of any interest to anyone but scholars. To make a long story short, THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH by William Shirer made publishing history. It sold out of its first printing on the first day. Critics praised the writing. Foreign sales were strong. A quarter of a century later, it remains the all-time ...

1837. How Do You See It Now?

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... such done." The underlying message in these statements is that this is the way they are, and there is no way for them to change. As long as we believe we cannot change, the odds are against us. Once we make up our minds that there is hope, however, the whole world becomes ... hours of this morning, in the stillness of my room, I reached out my hand and someone took it." (6) That is what each of us longs for, is it not? To reach out a hand in the dark and have someone take it. May this be a great New Year for ...

1838. A Time For Silence

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE GREATER THAN OURSELVES. We need that kind of inspiration from time to time to ponder a masterpiece or to sit at the feet of a legend. At times like that we do not chatter on. We sit quietly, expectantly, reverently with a longing to soak up as much of the greatness as we are able. In the early 1900s a young stage actress spent two years in Europe. Much of this time was spent in concert halls and art museums. Later in life when people asked why she had given so much ...

1839. A Mystifying Question

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bishop Benoventa asked in his Easter sermon, "Why not make friends with our neighbor?" Leaders listened. Before long the two countries signed a Treaty of Arbitration, pledging to arbitrate disputes. To seal their peaceful ... writer Michael Crichton who was revising a screenplay at a posh English hotel by cutting apart and taping back together pieces of the script. To get the long pieces of tape he needed, he ran pieces of tape down the front of the desk drawers so that it lightly stuck to the knobs. Then, when ...

1840. Ready For The Great Race

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... kill yourself or save your life." It was that talk straight from the heart that snapped Johnny Cash out of it. He began a month-long fight to withdraw from his drug habit. It was pure agony, but Cash had help. As he says, "I did it by humbling myself like ... had copybooks given to us, and the "top line" of each page was printed for us as a pattern....every stroke properly formed. As long as we kept the `top line ™ in view we were likely to write a fair copy for ourselves, but by the time we had written ...

1841. I Should Have Written That "Thank You Note"

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... million dollars per year. Remember, this was more than 40 years ago. What is not widely known is that in 1973 after a season in which he went 13 and 20, Steve Carlton asked the Philadelphia Phillies to renegotiate his contract, which was a binding long-term contract that could only be broken by mutual consent. That’s not unusual. Athletes ask to renegotiate contracts already signed all the time. The difference is that Steve asked the Phillies to REDUCE his salary because of his bad year. How’s that for ...

1842. The Problem with Being Idle

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... thing to be said. Here is the second. WORK IS NOT ONLY ESSENTIAL TO OUR PHYSICAL SURVIVAL. IT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL TO OUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. As one author has pointed out. "Work you enjoy is the best guarantee you can find for a long, happy, and healthy life." The magazine NATION'S BUSINESS did a survey asking its readers to select the ten top business people America produced in its first 200 years. The survey respondents nominated people such as Edison, Bell, and Ford. Each of the top ten was ...

1843. Thankful For The Right Things

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... those fierce creatures studying them closely. Gradually the gorillas accepted her and trusted her. From 1967 until 1985 she carried on her work. In 1985 Dian Fossey was murdered, still seeking to protect the gorillas among whom she had made her home. It is a long way from California to the jungles of Africa. It is much farther, however, from the throne of God to a stable in Bethlehem. Yet Christ made that journey in our behalf. (2) When Robert Louis Stevenson retired to the Samoan Islands for his health he ...

1844. Preparing For God's Great Gift

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

King Duncan

CBS News Anchor Dan Rather writes about watching the Flying Valentis while growing up. He writes, "Walking past a vacant lot on our way to school early in the morning, we would come across the Flying Valentis practicing in their long tights and tank tops." The Flying Valentis were a troupe of circus acrobats who traveled and performed throughout the United States. "Although we were used to their art," Rather recalls, "the Flying Valentis never ceased being the wonder of the neighborhood. Every morning it ...

1845. Are You the One Who Is to Come?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He wanted to know, has it all been in vain? Is it all an illusion - a dream? In the wilderness John had believed Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah, but in the face of certain death he has some doubts. He wanted to know for sure. So he sent some of his followers ... over for you." The man told Lennie his excuses for being so late, but the boy never heard them. "I could scarcely wait." Before too long he was riding down the street on his pony. To this day he still doesn't know if that was his best Christmas or ...

1846. Finding Jesus

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... his congregation. "If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. Every now and then I wonder what I want them to say. Tell them not to mention that I have ... . Willimon writes, "Looking back now at the collapse of communism, the difficulties of rebuilding the Soviet Union after a long period of spiritual bankruptcy, I hope my friend would now say, `Thank God for the little old ladies.’ Their ...

1847. Confused But Not Forgotten

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... would be cared for. And in one of the saddest scenes in all the Bible, Abraham gives in to Sarah and casts out Hagar and Ishmael. A woman and her son cast out into the desert with only a skin filled with water and a little bit of bread. How long did Abraham think the water and bread would last anyway? The hot desert was no place for Hagar and Ishmael to be without adequate provisions. When the scanty provisions ran out Hagar could not stand to see her son suffer. She did the best a mother could do in such ...

1848. Waking To A World Upside Down

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... practice comes the saying: "You made your bed, so lie in it." (3) It’s an old expression, but most of us probably subscribe to it. "You made your bed...." Christians will never be comfortable in a society that says sex outside marriage is fine as long as you use a condom. Christians will never be comfortable in a society that says if you get pregnant, that’s all right, too. Just get an abortion. Or a society single parenting is "in." Indeed, over half the children alive in America today will live part ...

1849. Are You Strong Enough To Forgive?

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... sisters about it. Joseph's brothers had enough. They decided to get rid of this spoiled brat once and for all. They stripped Joseph of his beautiful robe and threw him in a deep pit, a dry well. It was their intention to leave him there to die. Before too long a band of slave dealers appeared. One of the brothers persuaded the others to pull Joseph out of the pit and sell him as a slave. That way they would be rid of him and make a small profit besides. Then they told their father Jacob that a wild animal ...

1850. When Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... blind to God's actions in our life. Sometime we are all talk and no action. Sometimes we refuse to let God break into our lives and help us make a new start by His grace. A farmer had two sons.... 1. HOW TO STAY ALIVE AS LONG AS YOU LIVE. Robert H. Spain. Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1992, p. 136. 2. PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES. Maxie Dunnam. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993, pp. 45-46. 3. PRINCIPLE CENTERED LEADERSHIP. Stephen R. Covey. New York: Summit Books, 1990, p. 53. 4. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS...READ THE ...

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