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2201. The Unexpected Jesus

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... restaurant. Just a few minutes later some construction workers entered and filled the tables. Now the reporter had hoped to continue their earlier conversation about church, but was unable to do so because people kept interrupting. One man thanked Will for ... a CARE package to at the inner-city mission, but definitely not someone you would invite to a Sunday dinner! Yet," George continues, "this is exactly what Jesus did, he invited all the Johnny Cornflakes of Jerusalem to Sunday dinner with the best linen ...

2202. Coming For The Right Reasons

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... store on Manhattan's Upper East Side. "No, no, I feel strongly about this," said one with finality. "I want to pay for it with my mother's credit card!" (4) That's our attitude toward faith, isn't it? God is an indulgent parent of whom we are continually seeking to take advantage. Many people look for Jesus for all the wrong reasons. And this is why some newcomers to our faith drop out. They come for their own reasons ” like Billy, who wanted to learn how to grow up. But when they find out that they will ...

2203. Christian Living As It's Meant To Be

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Rumel's wife, Jo, is busy as well. She is the secretary at a church during the afternoon, and on weekends, their only time together, they both volunteer at the local neighborhood center. They helped organized the fund raisers to pay for the center, and they continue to give it their support. (2) Jo and Rumel don't see anything remarkable about their lives. But let me tell you, any non-Christian who looks at them will see the true meaning of the faith that we profess here today. They believe in the power ...

2204. The Three-fold Journey

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... her sunglasses. She realized by now that she was broken, burned, bruised, and that she could not save herself. Valerie was sensing God's presence in a way she had never expected or even thought possible. She tried desperately to regain her composure as the service continued. But long before the service ended, her head was in her arms and she was crying. (5) Few people have such a dramatic episode of God's grace in their life. Nor is it necessary that everyone have such an experience. We are saved by faith ...

2205. How Shall We Prepare?

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... , fortresses, temples, aqueducts, cities, and the great new Temple in Jerusalem. He stimulated trade and commerce. He was so highly respected by Rome that he would actually go down in history as "Herod the Great." But his life deteriorated into paranoia. He was continually writing to Rome for permission to execute one or two of his own sons for treason. Finally, even his friend Augustus admitted, "I'd rather be Herod's pig than his son." (6) Within the Christian community Herod will always be remembered for ...

2206. About Miracles

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

There is a time-honored story about a skeptic who was continually harassing the local pastor. His one delight in life seemed to be making the pastor appear inadequate ... is God like?" He visited a wounded soldier in a hospital. "What I want to know," said the officer, "is what is God like? I never thought about it much before the war," he continued. "I took it for granted. But now it is different. When I'm transferred into a new battalion, I want to know what the Colonel is like. He bosses the show, and it ...

2207. The Seven Year Switch

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

King Duncan

... life was filled. He became a new person in Christ. Have you experienced that kind of change in your life? Perhaps, as the motivational speaker says, we need to do a check-up from the neck up. Becoming a new person begins with a recognition of who we are. IT CONTINUES WITH THE ADMISSION THAT WE ARE HELPLESS TO SAVE OURSELVES. There are some areas of our life that we can improve on our own. We can go on a diet. We can begin exercising. We can discipline ourselves to read a book a week. There are areas of our ...

2208. I Am Doing A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... cries out, "I'd rather die!" Unfortunately, that is the response of many of us. God has done a new thing. He has done a new thing for the world. He has done a new thing for each of us. What is our response? Shall we continue in our same self-destructive ways? Shall we continue to hurt those who love us most? Or shall we begin to do a new thing ourselves? "This is what the LORD says: `...Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you ...

2209. I Was There

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Gary Whitbeck

... of us secretly wanted to encourage Barabbas. However, as we turned away, Pilate yelled at us. It was obvious that he was stunned by our decision. So he asked us what we wanted him to do with Jesus. Again, we followed the lead of our leaders in continuing what we thought was a good joke on Pilate. We yelled, "Crucify him!" We knew crucifixion was used by the Romans for rebels, slaves, and criminals of the lowest class. We knew they wouldn't listen to us. They never did. They didn't let Jews set punishment ...

2210. A New Vantage Point

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... Lucy Honeychurch reaches out to that world. THAT'S WHAT PAUL SAYS GAINING THE PERSPECTIVE OF CHRIST CAN DO FOR US. It can give us the perspective of Christ in heaven, and then fill us with his character as we continue to live in this world. Paul says it begins with a confession of faith, and then continues with a conscious decision. The confession of faith is this: Jesus Christ is Lord and Ruler of the Universe! It may not always seem like that's the case, but, as Paul says in another passage: We live by ...

2211. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... to a hospital in Maracaibo where he was told it would be six months before he would recover. He could never return to a jungle climate. "But I had a deepening peace in my heart," Bruce wrote. "God had brought me to the Motilones; God would help me to continue. Within three weeks I was back up the river." Bruce Olson never gave up. He lived with this tribe for four years and eventually introduced these people to the love of God. (4) Where do we get the ability to keep going even when everything appears to be ...

2212. Visioning Or Vanishing?

Proverbs 29:1-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... in relative seclusion. On one such night, he brought a White House aide with him. Walking back home, the aide asked the president how he liked the sermon. "I thought it was well-thought through, powerfully delivered and very eloquent," was Lincoln's reply. "Oh," continued the aide, "you thought it was a great sermon." "No," the president said, "it failed. It failed because Dr. Gurley did not ask us to do something great." (6) As John Naisbitt declares: MY GOD, WHAT A FANTASTIC TIME TO BE ALIVE. What a ...

2213. The Source Of Joy

John 3:22-36

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... these words which he spoke: "I am determined that no human limitation shall ever strip me of my joy." (4) We can get bitter or we can get better. When Jesus Christ enters our lives as Lord and Saviour he imparts a deep inner strength for us to continue on when the journey in life is difficult. St. Paul, like Hugh Crocker, discovered that the joyful vitality of life is found in a daily appreciation and thankfulness for what God has done for us in Christ Jesus. If we aren't filled with joy, we soon will ...

2214. Hard Choice

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live." (v19) Moses was saying that a time of decision was at hand. The people of Israel could no longer walk on both sides of the fence. They must make a choice. YOU AND I ARE CONTINUALLY MAKING CHOICES, ARE WE NOT? Some of them are very minor choices. Think of all the choices you made getting ready for church this morning? Which tie? Which blouse? Do I shave? etc. Some choices are really not choices at all. Frequent fliers will undoubtedly sympathize ...

2215. When God Speaks

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a still, quiet voice within his own heart? Did God give him some kind of sign? I wonder how God spoke. I ask that question because I am continually wondering if God is speaking to me. Don't you? I want to know if I am walking in God's will. I want to know if I am ... was on a hill. A well would never be dug on a hill, as the water runs low. But the pastor, deacons and elders all continued to dig. Soon one of the deacons became quite upset. "Why is it in the pastor's backyard?" he asked. "Why couldn't it be ...

2216. What's The Matter? Are You Blind?

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... , one of a family of eleven children, living on a farm in Canada. In his book, ADVENTURE IN JADE, he relates that he had never been able to distinguish objects clearly. His nearsightedness was so acute and so distressing that he assumed everyone on earth suffered continuously from furious headaches, and that all the earth had the blurry image of a boat seen from under water. But one summer an eye doctor from the city was vacationing in the vicinity, and young James was taking care of the doctor's horse and ...

2217. Thankless Jobs

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a prestigious clinic in Maryland. Sarah took her son to this clinic, where the astonished doctors told her that the boy's continued survival and slow disease progression were nothing short of a miracle. Evidently, Sarah's loving care was keeping her son alive and in ... fair condition. The doctors suggested that Sarah take him home and continue to care for him in the manner in which she already had, for that seemed to work some kind of magic that the ...

2218. The Testimony of a Tax Collector

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . When the Master heard their question, he gave an answer that has changed forever how Christians are to look at those who are outside the ranks of the righteous: "Those who are well have no need of a physician," he said, "but those who are sick. Go," he continued, "and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.'" And then he concluded with these priceless words: "For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." I was one of those sinners, but I was not the only one. In fact, it would have ...

2219. Does It Make A Difference Who Jesus Is?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... own reference point. What we need is a universal reference point so that we can say, "Here. Here is how the good life is lived." For Christians there is such a reference point - and that is Jesus. What would Jesus do? That is the question that continually helps us in our quest for right living. Jesus not only revealed the character of God but he also patterned the ideal life for humanity. In one of his books, Gordon MacDonald tells about a young Florida man who became devoted to Elvis Presley. For Dennis ...

2220. Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... they disowned her. As everyone knows, her marriage was a beautiful, happy relationship for both Elizabeth and Robert. In spite of the hurt of being rejected by her family, however, Elizabeth Barrett Browning continued to write regularly to them. In each letter, she told her father and mother how much she continued to love them. She received no response. Then, after total silence for ten years from her parents, a large package arrived. Elizabeth Barrett Browning eagerly opened it. The box contained all of ...

2221. Teamwork

Nehemiah 1:1-11

Sermon

Rev. Dr. Ward Williams

... Each had lost an arm and they were applauding by clapping their two remaining hands together. We live in a society where there is little cooperation. No one seems to want to contribute their fair share to the well-being of the community. The church is in continual need of those who are willing to expend a little extra effort, a little extra time, a little extra money, to further its program. What have we come to? In a culture saturated with concern about incidentals, is there any room left for talking about ...

2222. A Misplaced Holy Day

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Indian workman carrying a hoe, one of the maintenance staff, who mounted the platform. This man knelt before the manger, then announced to the startled audience that he had once had leprosy and had been doomed to a life of begging. He continued, telling how the caring Christian medical staff had treated his disease and performed surgery on his once useless hands. Finally, a third person stepped up. Everyone recognized that it was a surgeon, Dr. Chopade, wearing operating room attire. The surgeon bowed low ...

2223. Getting The Proper Nourishment

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... in our lesson for the day. He tells us that the person who trusts in man is like a shrub in the desert; he shrivels up and dies. But the person who trusts in God is like a tree planted by the water; he is nourished, refreshed, in continual contact with the source of life and renewal. He doesn't have to fear drought or heat, for he is connected to a neverfailing source of sustenance. The people to whom Jeremiah was speaking could relate to his message. There is very little rainfall in Palestine. It is ...

2224. The Look Of Eagles

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... might say is, "You're trying to do too many things. "A weakness of all human beings," Henry Ford said, "is trying to do too many things at once. That scatters effort and destroys direction. It makes for haste, and haste makes waste . . . Every now and then," Ford continued, "I wake up in the morning . . . with a dozen things I want to do. I know I can't do them all at once." When asked what he did about that, Ford replied, "I go out and trot around the house. While I'm running off the excess energy ...

2225. The First Easter Sermon

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... sermon carried the Easter message. "You know what has happened," he said. " . . . how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power and how he went around doing good and healing . . . because God was with him. We are witnesses of everything he did," Peter continues. "They killed him by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen . . . by witnesses . . . who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to ...

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