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2001. From Tears To Triumph

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... in life. There are other ways of losing someone we love. There are those who would testify that divorce is as devastating as death. Sometimes moving can be the ocasion for real grief. Any break in a relationship can bring pain. Sooner or later we all feel it. Mary was weeping, first of all, because she had lost someone she loved. MARY WAS ALSO WEEPING BECAUSE SHE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE FULL GRANDEUR OF THE GOSPEL. She was weeping because she thought she was standing beside the tomb of someone who was dead ...

2002. God Of Compassion

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... are areas of our life in which we are so vulnerable, so uncertain, so insecure. Middle-aged people, watching young people and remembering days gone by, say knowingly, "I wouldn't be 13 again for anything in the world." All of the struggles, all of the intense feelings. We envy their youth but not their situation. Probably we will sit around in heaven and say the same thing about our days on earth. "It was nice while it lasted, but I wouldn't want to go back..." The heartaches of loving and losing, the fears ...

2003. Walk With Confidence

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... a physician with every symptom of serious illness. But when the doctor examined him, he found the man to be organically sound and sent him on home. In two weeks he was back. "Doctor, I want you to examine me again, for I am at my wit's end. I feel very bad. I am nervous and upset. I can't eat or sleep. I am in great pain. I'm totally miserable." The physician repeated extensive examinations and tests and again could find no physical cause for illness. "As far as I can see," he said finally, "there is ...

2004. A Woman's Place

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... without my money that furniture wouldn't be here." Whenever they would take a trip she would always say, "George, remember without my money we wouldn't be here." Finally he could not take it any longer and he said. "Honey, I really don't want to hurt your feelings but you ought to know that without your money I wouldn't be here." Nobody deserves to be put down whether it's because of sex or race or social status. Women deserve to be accorded dignitythe same dignity as a man enjoys. For two reasons. One: A ...

2005. Marriage: Agony Or Ecstasy

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... emotions. One little boy was cautioned that "big boys don't cry." Later when he was observed taking a bad spill, he did not shed a tear. "I've learned," he explained, "to cry in my brain." How sad that is. The ability to communicate about our deepest feelings would save many marriages and enrich many more. The third big "C" after commitment and communication is cooperation. It is interesting in Genesis 2: 18 that God says, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a helper fit for him." (RSV ...

2006. The Ultimate Evidence of God

2 Peter 1:16-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? Do not forget that the experience on the Mount of Transfiguration was not enough to keep Simon Peter from denying Christ when the time of testing came. It did not keep Peter from going back to his fishing nets after Christ’s crucifixion. You and I should not feel guilty if at times we find our faith wavering. There is a veil over eternity that no human eye can penetrate. It took the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost to change Simon Peter from a reed to a rock. His life was a study in uneven growth ...

2007. Coming Alive To Christ

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... the bread and the cup and heard those timeless words, "This is my body which was broken for you. This is my blood which was shed for you." Part of the power of that sacrament is that we experience it together. We are Christ's family and we feel that in a most beautiful way when symbolically we are gathered around his table. Fellowship is at the heart of the body of Christ. We are not "Lone Ranger" Christians. The communion table forever is our reminder of that. There is a wonderful example of the "oneness ...

2008. Walking On The Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... as a strong and forceful man. Bismarck shook his head and asked, "Is that supposed to be me? It can't be." Then he turned around to a picture his friend had of the fearful Simon Peter sinking beneath the waves and said, "That is I!" That is how we feel when we take our eyes off of Christ. Many of us can identify with Peppermint Patty in a recent Peanuts cartoon. She is giving a report in school. She says, "This is my report on daytime and nighttime. Daytime is so you can see where you are going. Nighttime ...

2009. Who Is He?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... of horses pulling a wagon. It was in the middle of the lake and it was moving rapidly. The frontiersman knew that if the ice could support a horsedrawn wagon, it surely could support him. He stood confidently to his feet and continued his journey with a feeling of great exhilaration. That is the good news of the Gospel. One has gone before us. He has shown us, as it were, that the ice will hold. Someone sent a clipping from their church bulletin to Catholic Digest sometime back. The typist had misplaced a ...

2010. Started Toward A Great Tomorrow

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... settled into the school and did acceptably graduating just below the middle of his class. When he returned home, though, his neighbors mocked him in his new uniform, and the old humiliation returned. The boy was so deeply wounded emotionally that he would forever feel self-conscious in uniform. Later, as a 3star general, he would prefer to wear a simple private's shirt with 3 stars sewn on it. After marrying and attaining the rank of Captain, he dropped out of the military. He tried various ventures in ...

2011. I'm Mad And I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore!

John 2:12-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... , religious injustices, economic injustices. One does not have to be a Stokely Carmichael to realize that there are some people who never get a fair shake. That's true all around the world and that is true right in our own backyard. The fear that many of us feel as we drive into the inner city of some of our large metropolitan areas is God's judgement on our failure to correct some of the injustices in our own land. For you see, as the saying goes, what goes around, comes around. The fruits of injustice are ...

2012. Forgiven!

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... it mean, first of all, that WE ARE FREE TO MAKE A NEW START? That is the meaning of the word "repentance." It is not simply "feeling sorry for one’s sin." We are told that the word "repent" appears 46 times in the Old Testament. In 37 of these instances it is ... , because he knew that God first loved him. You are forgiven. Can you give more than intellectual assent to that proposition? Can you feel its impact in your heart of hearts? You are free to make a new start. You are free to love, accept and forgive ...

2013. Teach Us To Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... are met and all of our problems are solved. I wish it was that simple. There was a cartoon sometime back in which a little fellow said with disgust, "Uncle Jim still doesn't have a job, Sis still doesn't have a date for that prom, Grandma is still feeling poor. I'm tired of praying for this family and not getting results." Prayer is sometimes like that. It sometimes seems that there is no one listening, though in our heart of hearts we know that is not so. It seems like we do not get results, at least not ...

2014. A Christmas To Remember

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... Joseph other than he was a carpenter from the small town of Nazareth. "At first view there was nothing striking about this man. His simple, well-worn clothes revealed him to be a man of small means. He was a person of few words, much more apt to show his feelings by arriving at your door with his tool chest to fix that stool, table, or door latch. This man was a doer, not a talker; he was an unassuming person, who stood patiently in lines, waiting his turn." (2) What we do know about Joseph is that he was a ...

2015. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... ." Paul is seeking to divert them from a faith based on knowledge to a faith based on the gracious love of God. He is seeking to divert their attention from their own accomplishments to what God has done in their behalf. He is seeking to help them overcome the feelings of pride that are causing them to be alienated from one another. Thus, he puts the focus on God and not upon people. That's always a good idea, isn't it? Pride causes us to do some foolish things. I was reading a story recently about John H ...

2016. Beneath The Cross

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... went on," he recalls, "I had a lot of time between narrations to think about what I had been asked to do." From where he was standing he could see the cross at the rear of the sanctuary. "As I thought about carrying it out, I had a strong feeling of not being worthy." He thought that someone else should do it. "I wondered why the pastor had asked me. Why hadn’t he asked someone else?" These thoughts distracted him from what he was supposed to be reading in the cantata. His eyes kept returning to the cross ...

2017. To Forgive Is Divine

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... woman felt both hurt and rejected. At the time she felt she would never get over it. In her confusion she didn't understand her intense feelings to cause him harm in some way. It is a natural to want to hurt someone who has hurt us. This young woman had never been ... years on medication Hubert was totally disabled. It was when he was at his lowest point that he began to examine the feelings he had at the time of his father's death. Hubert began attending church and reading the Bible. The process was slow ...

2018. Why Are You Troubled?

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... you? Is it the future? Is it the past? Believe the Gospel. That is Christ's answer to your need. Why are you troubled? The future is in His hands. The past has been blotted away with His blood. Why are you troubled? Perhaps it's because you feel powerless to deal with the present. Some of us are not troubled so much about the past or the future. We're overwhelmed with the here and now. I was interested to read a little tidbit about General Norman Schwarzkopf in the paper recently. Someone asked the General ...

2019. Working For Love

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... and the next day. That was when John realized that there were some things that were beyond anyone's control. It was that lost sense of security that led John to his first drink years later while he was in the Navy. He found that it made him feel secure again, for the first time in many years. He continued to drink in order to maintain his sense of security, and before long he was an alcoholic. One night some years later, while John was drinking himself into a stupor, he began to think of what had become ...

2020. How Do You Get To Heaven?

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... I'll forgive," we say, "but I won't forget." It takes a very special kind of person to forgive so completely. But here is the important truth for today: GOD, WHO IS PERFECT, OFFERS PERFECT FORGIVENESS. When God says we are forgiven, we are forgiven. If it makes you feel better to do some kind of penance for your sin, fine. But understand that it is for your benefit, not God's. I can say to you, as a representative of God, that you are forgiven - not because of who you are, but because of who God is and what ...

2021. Giants Or Grasshoppers?

Numbers 13:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... watching him from the spectators' balcony. As frightened as he was, he wasn't alone. Rev. Andrews went on to say that sometimes we feel this is what God has done to us. Pulled up the ladders, turned off the lights. But He's still watching. (2) "Great ... just been thinking. About our church, and about how much our faith means to us, and about our future. Maybe it's time we show our feelings with our pledge." "I'm pleased," said Ann. "I've thought for a long time that we could do more. I've been looking for a ...

2022. People Who Dread Christmas

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... was not a working day, it was Christmas! His heart was pounding. He was very much afraid. He wondered if he would have enough air. Trying to calm himself, he remembered that when the new vault was installed they had told him something about a "safety hole." Feeling around in the darkness he located it at the top of the back wall ” too small for burglars, but large enough so that he could breathe. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day passed. He was alone, as he usually was. But there was a difference. He was ...

2023. Jesus Goes To School

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... concern for the least and the lowly. How will they handle life when they are struggling to survive in one of life's terrible storms? It will be by the sweet assurance down in their subconscious that Jesus calmed the storm. What about those cold, lonely nights when they feel like nobody cares for them? They'll remember that God's eye is on the sparrow, and that they are of much more value than a sparrow. And when one of their life's dreams is destroyed, how will they make it through? A voice from within them ...

2024. A New Look For A New Year

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's quite a change of appearance, from defeated, disappointed, down-hearted to sturdy, erect and proud, like oaks. How would you like to have a new look for this new year? Well, here's the good news for the morning. It matters not how defeated we may be feeling, how down on ourselves or our world we may be. Christ offers us the opportunity to stand tall and proud and victorious. How does it happen? Isaiah tells us about the changes God would make in our appearance. FIRST OF ALL, HE SAYS THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE ...

2025. Empowered

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... great hungers of our time ” EMPOWERMENT. Have you heard that word before? It is a current buzz word in our society. Everyone nowadays wants to be empowered. We want to feel that we have control over our lives. We want to feel we can take charge of our destinies. We want to know we can follow the dreams of our hearts. But many of us feel powerless. Some of us are held back by our lack of initiative. Others of us are held back by a deprived environment. Others by barriers in our society. Still, we hunger ...

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