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2051. A Mother And Her Son (Mother's Day)

Matthew 12:46-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... , we don't read any more of Joseph. He probably died young as did many men back then. Have you ever thought of Mary as a single mom with a house full of children? How did she did she do it? She never remarried. How did she support them? Maybe this is why Jesus delayed beginning his ministry until he was thirty. Maybe Mary needed help raising his younger siblings. It was not any easier after Jesus began his ministry. Mary did not understand Jesus' teachings. She better than anyone else knew that he was ...

2052. It's A Good Thing There Weren't Unions . . .

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... were doing those things with the intent of buying off God, your efforts have been wasted. SOME OF US WORK TOO HARD ANYWAY. Boy, that's heresy in this day and time, isn't it? There was a time when a white collar worker could--with one income--support his family and not work too hard doing it. Welcome to the year 2002. Most families today--where there are two parents in the home--have both parents stressed out from overwork. And don't even think about the stress facing the single parent household. The strain ...

2053. The Defining Moment (A Sermon for New Year's)

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Do good. Five, LOOK-UP--Open your eyes to the Lord. After all, He is your only Savior. Six, REACH-UP--Spend time in prayer with your adorations, confessions, thanksgivings and supplications to the Lord. And finally, LIFT-UP--Be available to help those in need--serving, supporting, and sharing. (1) If you're going to make new year's resolutions this year, let me suggest Rev. Schoedel's list. Why do we bother to make New Year's resolutions in the first place? Why do we feel this need each January 1 to set ...

2054. Reaching Our Full Potential

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... and president of Godfather's Pizza, Incorporated, is an African-American man who was raised in poverty. He credits his hard-working father for his success in life. Throughout Herman's life, his father worked three or four jobs at a time in order to support his family. In addition to his father, Herman Cain also found inspiration from Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, a former president of Morehouse College. Dr. Mays taught Herman a poem that has guided him through the ups and downs of life. It is as follows: "Life ...

2055. Any Friendly Bears Out There?

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... he awoke from his accident, his first thought was that maybe he should go ahead and die. But one thing stopped him and gave him the will to live. His wife, Dana, spoke to him firmly, yet gently. "I am only going to say this once," she said. "I will support whatever you want to do, because this is your life and your decision. But I want you to know that I'll be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You're still you, and I love you." Those words gave Christopher Reeves the strength to go on ...

2056. Finding Something Amazing To Live For

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Have a Good Day, April 2002. 2. Peanuts by Charles Schultz, Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sept. 30, 2001. 3. Adapted from James Merritt, Friends, Foes & Fools (Nashville, TN, Broadman & Holmes, 1997). 4. Great Stories, Jan/Mar 1999, p. 10. 5. Steve Goodier, One Minute Can Change Your Life (Divide, CO: Life Support System Publishing, 1999). 6. Samuel D. Rima, Leading from the Inside Out ( Grand Rapids MI: Baker Books, 2000).

2057. Choices

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... was a young man named Dean. McGraw and Dean did everything together, from taking the same classes to working at the same warehouse. But their paths separated after high school. Dean got married and continued to work at the warehouse. His priority now was supporting a family. McGraw went away to college and got his degree. For a while, McGraw and his friends envied Dean, who earned enough money to buy a nice car and rent his own apartment. Eventually, Dean and McGraw lost contact. Ten years later, they ...

2058. If God Is For Us

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... about you?" (1) If there is one text in the Bible that lends itself to certain abuse, it is this great text from Romans: "If God is for us, who can be against us?" The problem is that so many of the world's people use this idea to support being a WAM rather than a WAY. Does it bother you that most of the unrest in the world today involves religious conflicts? U. S. peacekeepers in Bosnia learned first-hand what deep-seated prejudice can do to a nation. On one occasion vandals desecrated the crucifix of the ...

2059. Beginning Again

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." (Eph. 2: 4-7, NIV) We were dead, but now we are alive! And not just barely-breathing-on-life-support kind of alive. We are made alive with Christ. What does Jesus say about his kind of life in the book of John chapter 10, verse 10? "I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly." (emphasis mine) Jesus doesn't just give us back our ...

2060. People Jesus Loved

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? No one is hopeless if they have someone who loves them. James W. Moore, in his book, When All Else Fails, Read the Instructions tells about a "made-for-TV" movie years ago titled "The Betty Ford Story." The movie was produced with the help, the support, and the encouragement of former First Lady Betty Ford, to reveal, out of her own personal experience, the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Mrs. Ford was overwhelmed by the demands and stresses of being this nation's first lady and by the debilitating pain of ...

2061. If Your Life Were A Movie

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... Take time for those we love and take time for God. Then we will discover that our life will no longer be a mess. It will become a masterpiece. 1. William Rodgers Johnston, Jokes That Span Generations 2. One Minute Can Change a Life (Life Support System Publishing, Inc., 1999). 3. Keeping Your Head Above Water (Loveland: Group Publishing, 2002). 4. Russ Martin, When You're Too Busy. 5. By Mary Helen Straker fromA Cup of Comfort, edited by Colleen Sell (Avon, Mass.: Adams Media Corporation, 2001), pp. 212-218 ...

2062. It Isn't Easy Getting Ready For Christmas

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... in Daily Life. 4. Seasonal Illustrations, San Jose: Resource, 1992, p. 16. 5. Edward Hastings in The Speaker's Bible. 6. "We are all changed. Every one of us has changed." an interview with First Lady Laura Bush by Ellen Levin, Good Housekeeping, Jan. 2002, pp. 105, 130. 7. Life Support System Publishing, Inc. Copyright 1999, pp. 112-113. 8. "The tapping on the wall" by Senator John McCain, Ladies' Home Journal, July 2002, pp. 107-111.

2063. God, The Promise Keeper

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... or hotels. They had to use separate drinking fountains and rest rooms. They had to ride in the back seats of public transportation. And, of course, many children went to segregated schools. This was the law and many white people, even church people, supported it. Barely 100 years earlier, landowners primarily in the South held, or "owned," African-Americans as slaves. Imagine that--owning another person--in the United States! What would make anyone think they had such a right? As we look back on it now ...

2064. Worthy Is The Lamb

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... re wrong." Bruce Melver in his book, Just as Long as I'm Riding up Front, tells a delightful story about a little girl named Emily. Emily's parents are graduates of Baylor University. Like most Baylor grads they are avid, sometimes fanatical, supporters of the "Baylor Bears." Emily has attended Baylor University football games ever since she was a toddler. Happily, says Melver, she's been so absorbed in the theatrics--marching bands, cheerleaders, and live bears--that she's never understood or worried about ...

2065. Loved By The Father

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... give you an example of how important a sense of self-worth can be. It comes from the book, Take This Job and Love It, and I believe it will hit home with someone in here today. Ethan is one of the best-liked managers in his company, unfailingly supportive of his people and always willing to listen to them. However, his caring does not extend to himself. He does not treat himself the way he treats the people in his branch. He never takes time for himself, never lets himself off the hook. When he is sick, he ...

2066. The Forward Look

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... in their past. Psychotherapist Pat Pearson had a client named Susan--a gifted young woman who achieved success early in her career. For a woman who was raised in near poverty, this was quite an accomplishment. At first, Susan's family and friends were supportive of her career. But soon, they began to make snide comments about how Susan was getting too fancy. She wasn't like them anymore. Who did she think she was? And so Susan began unconsciously sabotaging her own success. Her income and achievements ...

2067. A Life Without Apology

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

King Duncan

... recognize that God was with them in their pain. They let their commitment slide because of this earthquake. We can sympathize with them completely, but their reaction to this unfortunate incident is self-defeating. They have cut themselves off from much loving support. In her book God Knows My Heart, journalist Christine Wicker interviewed a man named Vincent Hall. Mr. Hall is known throughout Dallas, Texas for two things: he is chairman of the board of a major credit union, and he is a committed Christian ...

2068. Danny Devito In A Tree

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In twenty-two out of twenty-three elections since 1900, the taller of the two major-party candidates has won. The exception? Jimmy Carter over Gerald Ford in 1976. (In fact, if you ever run for president, studies show that voters who support you will consistently overestimate your height, and those who are against you will consistently underestimate your height.) (3) Life's not fair. And sometimes it's plain stupid. Sometimes you're discriminated against because you're short or you're female, or because ...

2069. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the kitchen. As gently as possible, Arthur's father explained to him that they couldn't afford a train that year. But his father had another gift for him, one that he hoped his son would appreciate someday. He said that he would always love and support Arthur, through any circumstance. He assured Arthur that his love for him was never-ending, and could always be counted on. And through the years, Arthur's father made good on that Christmas morning promise. (3) Some of us may have grown up in homes like ...

2070. The Not-So-Secret Service

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... so he knows something about achieving his goals in ministry. Jakes replied that such a pastor needs to be relentless. Relentless. That was his one-word description of a pastor who will achieve his goals in ministry. He never mentioned gifts or charisma or congregational support or money. A pastor doesn't need those things to succeed. He needs only to be relentless in his focus and commitment to his goals. (2) Jesus said, whenever you enter a town and they welcome you, announce, "The kingdom of God has come ...

2071. Drowning In A Sea Of Stuff

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to laugh or to cry at some of the news stories that come across the wire. For example, there was a story carried by the British news service Reuters recently that actor Jim Carrey's ex-wife, Melissa, wanted a judge to award her more child support, saying that their daughter must get by on $10,000 a month and cannot afford her own bodyguards, personal trainer or Pilates equipment. Melissa Carrey says in the court papers, obtained by The Smoking Gun Web site, that $10,000 a month "is not sufficient" to ...

2072. You Can't Please Everybody

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... toll. They put Jesus on the cross. But truth cannot be defeated. Hold on if someone is criticizing you. Do the right thing and eventually you will be victorious. 1. Steve Goodier, One Minute Can Change a Life: Sixty-Second Readings of Hope and Encouragement, Life Support System Publishing, Inc., 1999. 2. George Burns, Gracie, A Love Story (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988), pp. 233-235. 3. William Morrow and Co., Inc., New York, 1992, p. 65. 4. Chuck Shepherd, et. al., News of The Weird (1989). 5. J.K ...

2073. Hungry For God

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... us pleasant things, prophesy illusions. Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!'" (vs. 9-11). (NIV) "Stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel." This is a vivid picture of a people who are on spiritual life support. They are very near death. They prefer lies to the truth. They know that they are living in sin, and they don't want to be reminded of the danger they are in. A preacher once compared the hardening effects of sin to an athlete's callouses. He ...

2074. First, Last And Always--god!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... , John Cheku, spent his days selling dog leashes at a busy intersection in Lagos. From sunup until sundown he stood in the heat, breathing in exhaust fumes, trying to sell his leashes. He could have joined a local gang and turned to a life of crime to support himself, but he chose honest work. John kept a positive attitude in spite of the hard work and grinding poverty. Here is what he told the writer from the National Geographic, "No, I don't get discouraged, because I know that God is life." (1) Wow! John ...

2075. The Bread Of God

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... God of the means. Alexander Raleigh wrote: "When I know that I have a Father in heaven-- Who watches over me, Who forgives my sin, Who strengthens every holy purpose in me, Who provides for all my needs, Who cares for me in all my cares, Who supports and guides me and draws me toward His heart and home. Why should I not be cheerful?" And finally, manna speaks to us of Christ. It gives us a foreshadowing of what Christ is. The Jews, not satisfied with the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves, demanded ...

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