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2026. The Secret Of A Great New Year

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... s prayer. Forty years later, Schuller's father cried again as he told Robert of his own secret dream. He had once prayed to be a pastor. But his parents had died when he was just a boy, and Schuller's father had gone to work to support himself. So he changed his prayer: “God, make me a minister through one of my sons someday." The Schullers had three children, but none of them seemed destined for the ministry. Years passed, and Mrs. Schuller bore another son, Robert. Through him, God answered Mr. Schuller ...

2027. Destined For Greatness

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... intense study of everything Jesus said in the Bible. He confronted Jesus' teachings about greed and materialism and trusting in riches and trying to serve two masters. Humbled by what he read, Jim Bakker sat down and wrote letters to a number of his former supporters, telling them that he had been wrong and apologizing for his earlier beliefs. Today, Jim Bakker works in an inner-city ministry for teens. (4) He has discovered that God's elect are chosen not for seats of privilege but for service. Maybe Jim's ...

2028. Light For A New Year

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... Perhaps you are familiar with a remarkable young man named Tony Melendez. You may remember seeing him play guitar for the pope on television a few years ago. A young man limited by serious birth defects, Tony taught himself to play guitar with his feet, and supported himself as a street musician sitting on the sidewalk in Los Angeles playing hymns for bystanders. It was there that he was discovered and invited to play and sing for the pope on his visit to our country. You may remember how the pope made his ...

2029. I Didn't Expect This In Church!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the mop closets of their private lives. Jesus, on the other hand, strides in quite intentionally, and before he has so much as set his backpack down asks another guest how her fifth husband--or was he just a live-in?--is proceeding with the delinquent child support payments to his former wife . . ." (3) Be honest now--would you be comfortable with Jesus as a guest in your home? Or would you feel a little guilty over the conspicuous consumption that fills many of our homes? What if he asked you what you were ...

2030. Beaten Up, But Still Standing

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... does not have. We have faith. We have prayer, and we have the community of the saints. We draw strength from bearing one another's burdens. There are people in this room who will testify how much it helped in a time of crisis to have the love and support of the people in their church. III. God Is in Control. Life happens. Faith has little to do with what happens to us; faith has everything to do with how we handle what happens to us. But there is a third principle we need to acknowledge: Ultimately, God is ...

2031. Positive Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... them. "It's some sort of entertainment," one of the Africans suggests as the religious folk get down on their knees. "It can't be," his friend responds. "They look too miserable." From that point on, the abolitionist Christians who come to lend their support are referred to, from the Africans' perspective, as The Miserable Ones. "It's a sad and significant commentary on religious experience," writes Penelope J. Stokes. "We are The Miserable Ones, the people who have no sense of humor, no joy in life." (2 ...

2032. Birdbaths and Flagpoles

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... critical night of August 20, 1991, when martial law was proclaimed and people were commanded to go to their homes, many of these women disobeyed and went instead to the place of confrontation. Some of them fed the resisters in a public display of support. Others staffed medical stations, others prayed for a miracle, while still others, astoundingly, climbed up onto the tanks, peered through the slits at the crew-cut men inside, and told them there were new orders, these from God: Thou shall not kill. The ...

2033. On the Wrong Plane (New)

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... , rehabilitation, and athletic training, Terry Fox began his run across Canada. He started at St. John's, Newfoundland. Each day, he ran an average of twenty-six miles--and this on one artificial leg. All along his route, Terry spread the word about cancer research. Supporters sent get-well cards and donations. All of Canada was inspired by this young man's efforts. But after 143 days of running, Fox fell ill again. His cancer had returned. Terry Fox had to quit his race. On June 28, 1981, he passed away ...

2034. The Gates of Hell

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... are others of you who do understand. You want our church to be a beacon to a sick and dying world. You want our church to make a difference. That is why you serve in the ministries of our church. That is why you give to support its causes. In 1989, former President George Bush, our current president's father, was entering St. John's Episcopal Church to attend a worship service. A homeless man, William Wallace Brown Jr., stopped him and asked for prayer. The President's answer must have shocked onlookers ...

2035. God Is Not Fair (Grumbling in the Vineyard)

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... worthy of hell? Murder? Theft? Adultery? A woman was recently tried for killing a man who raped her daughter. Would she qualify? How much do you have to steal to be headed for Satan's domain? The kid who breaks into your house and steals a few hundred dollars to support a drug habit. Is he a candidate for hell? But wait. What if he happens to be your kid? Then what? What about the company president who steals millions? But he's a deacon at the Baptist church! Does he get a pass just because he's a believer ...

2036. When the Best People Were Left Out

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... by Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ. Maxine Raines, director of a ministry to the homeless in Knoxville, Tennessee, knew her homeless friends couldn't afford to buy a movie ticket. So she brought the movie theater to them. With the support of her church and private donors, Raines erected an outdoor theater under a downtown bridge where homeless people like to congregate. Then she showed the film to a group of more than 400 street people. Many were moved to tears; dozens prayed to receive ...

2037. Heroes

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't easy to gather her children around and tell them that they had a half-sister they never knew. It wasn't easy to relive the story of giving away her baby for adoption. But when she was finished, Ruth's children rallied around her. They would support her all the way. Ruth went through with the donation, and today both women are doing well. Alicia Sferrino is healthy, her new kidney functioning fine. She is married now, and the mother of a baby daughter herself. In a time of physical and emotional crisis ...

2038. The Good Parent

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... an event from many years ago featuring a well-known troupe of tightrope walkers. The Flying Wallendas were performing their famous "incredible human pyramid" at Cobo Hall in Detroit when tragedy struck. The human pyramid consisted of four men walking across the high wire, supporting three more men standing on poles that were mounted to the walker's shoulder. Above those three men was a woman seated in a chair. What an act! That night, as the "pyramid" inched its way across the wire, Dieter Wallenda's knees ...

2039. How To Love

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... where affection is restrained. We need to know that love is a commandment, and one of the ways we love is to express affection. ANOTHER WAY WE EXPRESS LOVE IS THROUGH WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. Why is it so hard for some parents to be supportive of their children? Why is it so easy for many parents to be critical? Again, my guess is that this is what these parents experienced when they were growing up. Communication specialist Roger Ailes tells an interesting story about one of America's consummate showmen ...

2040. On "supersizing" Our Vision

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... fascinating that philanthropy is generally a word used to describe the wealthy when they donate large sums to a church, a mission, a college. But what of the givers of small gifts, those who keep the church operating day to day? We call them supporters or contributors, reserving the term philanthropist for the rich. I wonder who Jesus would have called the contributor and who he would have called the philanthropist? One thing is certain--this widow had a supersized vision which Jesus holds up as an example ...

2041. Take This Job And Love It

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... grace, but we are to earn our keep! This is not a matter I need to dwell on with this congregation. Many of you are stressed out by too much work rather than too little. That's the price of responsibility. We've got bills to pay and families to support. This does not mean, of course, that all of us are happy in our work. The Washington Post sponsored a contest for excuses to give your boss for not coming into work: If it is all the same to you, I won't be coming in to work. The voices ...

2042. Look Who's Giving Thanks!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... he had to be thankful in his situation. Reason #3 to be thankful: “I have good strength in my arms. This helps me move with the wheelchair and helps me walk with crutches." Reason #6: “. . . nearly everything I have experienced has been of value and support to me." Reason #10: “I am thankful for the future, for it holds not a promise but a challenge and an opportunity." (2) Thankful that he can get around on a wheelchair and on crutches? Thankful for months of rehabilitation? What kind of nut is he ...

2043. The Ultimate Solution For Sin

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... song, "Thank You," a young person dreams that he has gone to Heaven. There, he sees all the people whose lives he has touched by his Christian witness. The child he taught in Sunday School class. The person who was saved through the missionary work he supported. In one verse, he sings: "One by one they came, far as the eye could see, each life somehow touched by your generosity. The little things that you had done, sacrifices made, unnoticed on the earth, in Heaven now proclaimed. Now I know up in Heaven ...

2044. Passing The Test Of Faith

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , and his trust. In the final challenge, Indy finds himself teetering on the brink of a deep, vast chasm. The way across, according to the legends, lies right before him. But he cannot see it. He must step out in faith, with no tangible assurance of support. He must trust what his eyes cannot see. Fearful but determined, Indy steps out . . . and discovers himself standing on a bridge of rock, solid and firm beneath his feet but invisible to the eye. (4) I've stood on that rock, haven't you? Anyone who ...

2045. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... dedicated his life to serving the poor. He organized homeless people into work cooperatives. They gathered bottles and cloth rags for recycling. Soon, these street people had created a viable recycling business. Pierre insisted that as soon as a street person was able to support himself, he must find another beggar to help. Pierre's program was so successful that he soon ran out of homeless people to help. So Pierre took a group of former street people to India to build a clinic for leprosy patients. When ...

2046. A Question We All Ask

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... this man. "You lack only one thing," Jesus told him. Ah, this is what this man had come expecting. He only needed one thing. Get out the check book. Whatever the Master asked of him, he knew he could afford, if not in money, at least in time. Support the building program? Work with the youth group? Teach a Sunday school class? Knock on doors? Those were not ministries he was excited about, but he could do them if they would guarantee him a place in the Kingdom of God. "You lack only one thing," Jesus said ...

2047. Standing Tall

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

A few years back, Jim Stovall decided to become a stock broker. Even though he is blind, Jim has a determination and commitment to hard work that has helped him to transcend his disability. Jim also has a wife, Crystal, who supports and encourages him in everything he does. Jim and Crystal studied hard to get through the broker exams, then went through training sessions together. Most of the other students in the training sessions were better educated and better trained than Jim. They had no handicap to ...

2048. The Divine Balance

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... us is that we believe that Christ has saved us. The only requirement is that we trust in the power of God's love for us. Having said that, though, it is equally true that saving faith bears fruit. If I say that I believe that a certain bridge will support my weight, but I refuse to cross that bridge, it is questionable whether my faith in that bridge is authentic. In the same way, if I say that God so loved the world that God gave His Son to die on the cross in my behalf, and I refuse to ...

2049. Where Can I Be Safe?

Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... conservative with his money. To me that is analogous to what so often happens in the church. We could do such great things for Christ, but the first question that is always asked, is, "Where will the money come from?" The second question is, "Will everyone support it?" Friends, even Jesus had one-twelfth of his congregation who wouldn't go along with him. As far as money is concerned, most churches have such timid goals that God can't bless them: they aren't attempting anything for which they need to depend ...

2050. Temptation Island

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Some of the children dealt with their grief by rebelling against their father. But all of them eventually straightened up. All of them except Ben. Ben's anger drove him to start fights at school. He began using drugs. Soon, Ben was stealing from his family to support his habit. When George tried to confront him, Ben knocked his father unconscious with a beer bottle and left him lying in a pool of blood. Finally, the family knew Ben had hit rock bottom when he stole his mother's jewelry and sold it to buy ...

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