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1951. The Battle For Control

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... her as one of those ready to graduate. She was an honor studenta bright, attractive girl named Nancy Hollingsworth. Nancy told Dr. McFarland a fascinating story. It seems her father was killed when she was small child. Her mother worked in factory to support her and her two brothers. Her only other living relative, Uncle Ben, had a drinking problem. One night while Nancy, Jim, and Tommy were still children their mother died very unexpectedly. Uncle Ben came to the house. "Uncle Ben," the children asked ...

1952. The Way Life Ought To Be

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus...." (RSV) NOTICE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT ST. PAUL BEGINS WITH CHRIST. "So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy..." In other words 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 ...

1953. Time For Action

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... contemplation. We are called to be soldiers in the army of Christ. During the Revolutionary War a young man is reported to have come to George Washington and said: "General Washington, I want you to know that I believe in you and your cause. I fully support you." Washington graciously thanked him and asked the young man, "What regiment are you in? Under whose command do you serve? What uniform do you wear?" The young man answered, "Oh, I'm not in the army. I'm just a civilian." The general replied, "Young ...

1954. Save The Tokens For Uncle Sam

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... every dollar we earn. What is there that belongs to God? ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN. WE OWE GOD MUCH MORE THAN MONEY. Don't get me wrong. Our money does belong to God. I was amused by a story published by the University of Oregon, in soliciting support from its alumni: "When the King of Siam came to America for an eye operation some years ago, his American surgeon, accustomed to setting prices somewhat by ability to pay, couldn't decide exactly how much to charge His Royal Highness$1000 to be a good neighbor ...

1955. True Love

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . That is love without reservation. That is love that asks nothing in return. All other love pales in comparison. A parent loves his or her children, but expects in return respect and companionship. A husband loves his wife. He expects in return her fidelity, her emotional support, her physical intimacy. When Christ loves, when God loves, however, He loves without condition. That is what agape love is all about. John 3:16 sums it up as well as it can be summed up: GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD.... That is where we ...

1956. God's Plan For His World

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... realized. Any great work begins with a vision. As you go up the Hudson River in New York, you can see the imposing George Washington Bridge. This impressive structure towers 600 feet high. It has a main span of 3,500 feet. Each of the four supporting cables is a yard thick and consists of nearly 27,000 wires. This is enough wire to circle the earth four times at the Equator. This bridge, used by nearly 24 million vehicles annually, cost $62 million to build. The imposing George Washington Bridge was first ...

1957. Read My Heart As Well As My Lips

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... hurt. In 1985 there was a celebration in New Orleans. New Orleans is a town known for celebrating, but this was a special kind of celebration. Sponsored by the city, it was a celebration at the municipal pool in New Orleans. The city's life guards and support personnel were commemorating the first summer in memory with no drownings in the pools of that city. Two hundred people showed up for that party; one hundred of them were certified life guards. They had a great time, but as the party broke up, and the ...

1958. A New Way To Escape From Prison

James 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... says I should not wear a topknot!" The preacher said, "It's right here in Matthew 24:17, `Let him which is on the house top not come down...." (1) If you are determined to argue a point using the Bible, you can usually find some obscure text to support your position, but this is not the intended purpose for this sacred book. Now that we have determined the improper uses for the Bible, let us examine it's real purposes. Why should we be hearers of the word? Why should each of us set up a regimen, a daily ...

1959. Save The Children

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Prentice's father. The father is trying to convince his son to see things his way and resorts to reminding his son what the son owes him. Mr. Prentice points out that he carried a mailbag 75,000 miles and mowed yards in the dark to earn the money to support him. He reminds his son that his wife did without many necessities too so that the money could go to get her son an education. Dr. Prentice replies, "You tell me...what I owe to you for what you've done for me. Let me tell you something. I owe ...

1960. Looking For Mr. Right

James 4:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... relationships. Then, in our lifetime, in a whirlwind of cataclysmic proportions, all the rules have suddenly changed. PEOPLE magazine, December 12, 1988: A story appeared about the Governor of Nebraska. According to this story the Governor was receiving sterling behind the scenes support from a good spouse. There's nothing too unusual about that. What is unusual is that the state's governor was a woman, Mrs. Kay Orr. The "little homemaker" was her husband Bill. Bill is a senior vice-president for a large ...

1961. The Secret Of Winning

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... costume, but he lived in a thousand lives inspired by his example. (5) With which do you most identify? Which would you consider to be a winner? Through our church we have the opportunity to live in thousands of lives in the ministries which this church supports. What an exciting opportunity to participate in a way that our good works live on long after we are gone. Whatever is necessary. That should be the measure of our living and our giving. When that happens our church wins, our community wins, we win ...

1962. Soli Deo Gloria

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Mark McGilvey Livonia

... says that the circumstances may change, but the marriage stands. In a recent wage dispute in Diyarkakir, Turkey, 1,070 employees of Turkey's Highway Authority filed divorce suits. Their grounds? They claimed that $70/month was insufficient pay to allow them to support their wives. That's an interesting approach to marriage. Have money problems? Get a divorce! Why not? After all, a marriage license is only a piece of paper, isn't it? Not for the Christian. We are committed. Commitments are made to rule ...

1963. When The Recession Reaches Your House

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... hopeless in her eyes, but not in the eyes of the stranger. For the stranger was the prophet Elijah. He knew that God is a bountiful, giving God. Elijah would have appreciated a story about George Mueller--that saint of a man who supported his orphanage exclusively on prayer. Mueller never directly asked anyone for a contribution. He simply prayed to God about his circumstances. Someone observed, "It looks like a handto-mouth proposition." "Yes, it is," Mueller responded, "But it is God's hand and my ...

1964. It Happens In The Best Of Families

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the whole process will be frustrated and will be futile. Sometimes that's a painful process letting gobut letting go is an important part of loving. Of course, the best families are committed not only to one another, but to God. The statistical evidence supporting active participation in church as a deterrent to a host of snares which await teenagers is overwhelming. The admonition of the Old Testament is a true one, "Bring up a child in the way it should go and it will not depart therefrom." That's ...

1965. In Defense Of Ceremony

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Have you noticed that there is a great deal of rethinking going on concerning so called "no fault" divorces? We are creating a new class of poor persons of discarded women and children. Where there is no alimony, very little child support, and a society that still undercompensates women for their work, you have the possibility of very real exploitation and abuse. Ceremonies remind us of both responsibilities and realities. A few years ago 151 cadets were expelled from West Point for cheating. Remember ...

1966. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , but we can do our part to see that some of the hungry are fed. We can't answer the question why sometimes healthy adults with families are struck down in midlife, but we can be there to bring comfort and to supply both material and emotional support. A young university student visited Wolfgang von Goethe, the noted author and requested an autograph and a few wise words. Goethe thought a moment, and then wrote: "Let each person sweep in front of his own door, and then the whole world will be clean." Each ...

1967. Idle Tale Or Eternal Truth?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... or he was hallucinating or Lewis was alive after his death. Those are the only three possibilities. You may take your pick. I do not believe that J.B Phillips, however, would have been willing to have been thrown into the gladiator's ring to support his contention that he really had seen Lewis. The disciples, however, were willing to give up every thing they had including their lives in defense of their contention that Christ was alive. Why? Because they now knew without a doubt that death no longer had ...

1968. Blessed Are The Believers

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Soviet Union was forced to edit his own remarks when he visited the U.N. Before he spoke to the General Assembly, Gorbachev met with U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar. When Perez de Cuellar thanked Gorbachev for the Soviets' recent support for U.N. peacekeeping efforts, Gorbachev answered, "God is on your side at the United Nations." After a short pause, he rephrased his statement in a more orthodox Marxist fashion: "The objective trends of what is happening in history are on your side," he ...

1969. What We Are About

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up." (4:910 RSV) We need one another. Our faith was never meant to be lived out in isolation. People who say, "Jesus, Yes; the church, no!" simply do not understand the Gospel. We are to support, pray for, and encourage one another. That does not always happen in the body of Christ. Melancthon once compared the strife torn church to a pack of dogs sent out to do war with some wolves. The wolves sent out a scouting party to check out the approaching ...

1970. Help For Troubled Hearts

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... troubled," he says in verse one. Then he adds, "You believe in God, believe also in me." Faith is the key that unlocks the door of both fear and guilt. Faith in Christ’s promises and faith in his power. We are told that when the cables were built to support the weight of the San Francisco-Oakland bridge, they were fashioned with a capability of bearing a load two and one-half times as great as the maximum they would ever be called upon to bear. I do not know how heavy a load we are capable of bearing. The ...

1971. A Mystifying Question

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

King Duncan

... behavior, and then proceed to violate every one of the rules. Why didn’t they go to a state school in the first place? For that matter, why do people stand at the altar of a church and promise that they will be loyal to that church and support it by their prayers, presence, gifts and service, and then promptly disappear? Why did they bother to join in the first place? And most disturbingly of all, why do people claim the name of Christian, follower of Jesus Christ, and then live in a way that is totally ...

1972. Entering Into The Agony

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... Sullivan’s wife of fifty years, Ruby, had been dying of cancer. For much of that time she was beyond help and pain relievers. Nights were the worst. When her cries of pain tore him apart, all Dan Sullivan could do was to bang on the apartment wall for support. One of the young couples would be at his door instantly to help Ruby in any way they could, and to ease Dan’s burden. They entered into the older couple’s agony. "Two o’clock, three o’clock in the morning, they were there in a minute," says ...

1973. Lost In America

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... completely without merit. He loved to work with his hands. His one masterpiece was the house steps that he had built himself. What if Willie had pursued a vocation in which he could have used the gifts he did have? He had a family who loved and supported him. He had a reasonable amount of intelligence. His was hardly a hopeless life and yet Willy finally kills himself, hoping by this last desperate act to give to his son, a drifter, insurance money that will improve his chances for a better life. It didn ...

1974. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... not real happy about it when the candidate asked for their vote. “Vote for you?” one of them jeered. “Why, I’d sooner vote for the Devil!” “Fair enough!” called out the candidate, “But in the event that your friend doesn’t run, may I have your support?” Well, that’s one candidate who wasn’t put off by a little opposition. That’s good. The mark of a successful person is that he or she doesn’t give up just because things are not going his or her way. One man who never gave up was ...

1975. Don't Give Up - He Hears!

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... of his worries. For one thing, the Continental Congress failed to send him the food and supplies his army needed. Food was available in large supply in other areas; but transportation problems, the shaky value of Continental paper currency, and lack of total support for the Revolution by the civilian population kept the food from reaching Washington ™s army. Of 11,000 American troops beginning that winter, about 2,500 died, more than 2,000 deserted or refused to reenlist at the end of their expired term ...

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