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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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2451. What About the Weeds?

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... only what felt good to us we would be physical, mental, moral and spiritual wrecks. The things worth having in life require effort, and sometimes, pain. One of the most dangerous heresies of this sort is the idea that love is something that comes naturally. In this view of life, love is a mushy feeling. Mature people, however, understand that love is not simply a feeling; it is a commitment. Real love takes work. It involves the willingness to be there in good times or bad, for better or for worse. That’s ...

2452. Out Of Our Control

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... AND LOVING GOD. St. Paul writes those very familiar words in Romans 8:28, "We know that in everything God works for good with those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose." (RSV) That is the Gospel. It doesn't fit our rationalistic view of our universe. It makes a mockery of our dependence upon charms and astrologers, but it is the Gospel. In everything, God is working for good with those who love Him. How can we get our minds around this great truth? Wendell P. Loveless once explained it ...

2453. The Pearl Of Great Price

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... look at the youngster as if she had not been really aware of him before and giving him a shove said, "He's not my boy. I never saw him before." Embarrassed, the little boy moved aside and sunk down in the seat as if to try to shrink from view. It was obvious that he was fighting back tears. "I'm sorry," he said to the lady whose dress he had soiled. "I didn't mean to." The lady was no longer angry and she felt badly that she had responded the way she had. "That's all right," she ...

2454. Vive La Difference

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness." Particularly notice those words, "Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us..." Often people are afraid to get involved in ministry or take responsibility for an area unless they view themselves as superstars. There is a failure to understand what the Bible says about spiritual gifts. God has designed things so all of us have areas where we can contribute, and all of us have areas where we need the contributions of others. The ...

2455. There's A Better Way Than Shooting Somebody

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... well how to talk rather than fight and that lesson is still serving him today. (3) It is O.K. to be angry with evil. Jesus was angry with evil. If we can channel that anger appropriately, it can be a plus rather than a minus. ANGER, IF VIEWED CONSTRUCTIVELY, CAN EVEN OPEN POSSIBILITIES FOR US WE MIGHT NEVER HAVE SEEN OTHERWISE. George Crum was an Indian chief a century and a half ago. He was also a chef at the Moon Lake Lodge in Saratoga Springs, New York. Wealthy Cornelius Vanderbilt came in one evening ...

2456. Blessing, Testing, Response

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... others. And even when we don't genuinely feel that concern, we still have a responsibility to act like it . . . in obedience to the Lord. Perhaps you've heard the story about the old drunk who was paid to situp all night in a funeral home in a viewing room with an open coffin in case anyone came late to pay their respects. Unknown to the town drunk, he was being setup by some practical jokers. In the quietness of the early morning hours, the body in the coffin sat up and screamed. Very calmly the drunk got ...

2457. Ultimate Thanksgiving

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... the money and stared at the window. She couldn't see anybody. "I know you are completely automated," she said, "but I want to thank you anyway." How sad to have a feeling of gratitude and have no one to thank. Some people are in that boat. They view ours as an automated universe. Harriet Martineau was not a believer. One bright spring morning, however, she exclaimed, "I'm so grateful." A friend who was a believer replied, "Grateful to whom, my dear?" How sad it would be not to be able to say, Thank you. FOR ...

2458. Speak, Your Servant Hears

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... at this time in your life you are where God would have you bedoing what God would have you do? FOR YOU SEE, EVERY WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR IN LIFE IS POTENTIALLY A VOCATIONA CALLING FROM GOD. Martin Luther helped us see that. Until Luther's time work was viewed by Christian theologians as punishment for sin. When Adam sinned, part of the penalty was that he should work. "Not so," said Luther. Luther saw a person's work as his calling from God. Before Luther the word vocation referred only to life in a monastery ...

2459. Face To Face With The Tempter

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... turned to bread to feed the hungry, a spectacular descent from the pinnacle of the Temple as the crowds gasped in amazement and awe, political appeasement as the foundation of the Kingdom program rather than righteousness and justice. According to Dostoyevsky's view, Satan offered three easy means of inciting beliefmiracle, mystery, and authority and Christ refused all three. (2) Again I say, I wish we could all be so fortunate. LET'S BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE REALITY OF TEMPTATION IN OUR LIVES. None of ...

2460. What Makes You Blush?

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... we live in a time in great moral confusion. You've probably read about that new book, THE DAY AMERICA TOLD THE TRUTH -WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT REALLY MATTERS. The authors did a survey in which they asked people about their real views on life. They discovered that in this time of moral uncertainty, people are fashioning their own moral codes. For example, according to this survey only 13 percent of people today believe in all Ten Commandments. Nine out of ten people in this country lie ...

2461. How Do You See It Now?

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... how, after years of persuasion, her mother was finally talked into having a cataract operation. Returning home from the hospital, the mother sat down in front of the picture window, which looked out on a lake. "Do you notice any difference in the view, Mom?" the daughter asked. "I certainly do," her mother replied. "Don't you ever dust?" We see only what we are prepared to see. That is the first revelation of modern psychology. The second revelation comes from that esteemed philosopher and theologian, Flip ...

2462. In Defense Of Ceremony

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... he told his mother of his decision. Sitting at that same kitchen table, with tears running down her cheeks, she said, "I never thought it would come to this my son, a religious fanatic." Some of us can identify with that, can't we? Some parents view baptism as an innoculation rather than an initiation. Innoculation is where you get a little bit of a disease in a safe form so that you won't catch the real thing. Baptism, nevertheless, is an act of community. Except in the direst of circumstances it should ...

2463. Why We Give

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... and a kind of intense bitterness that plagued him throughout his life. Later he left Germany and went to England to study. He sat daily at the British Museum formulating his ideas and composing a book. In that book he introduced a whole new world view and conceived of a movement that was designed to change the world. In the book he described religion as the "opiate for the masses." He committed the people who followed him to life without God. His ideas became the norm for the governments of almost half ...

2464. Winning When It Really Counts

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... until it was too late to get it all figured out. Winners understand the value of sacrificing today’s pleasures for tomorrow’s rewards. Winners feel a great sense of purpose in life--a purpose that grows out of their relationship with God. Winners view life from the perspective of eternity. So, if you are one of those imbued with the modern obsession for winning, why not win where it really counts with God and eternity. 1. Ron Luciano and David Fisher, REMEMBRANCE OF SWINGS PAST, New York: Bantam Books ...

2465. Idle Tale Or Eternal Truth?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... in freezedrying housepets for $300-$1800, is now getting requests from people who want to be freezedried when they die. A spokesman said that he expects this to happen in 23 years. He envisions...the day of the glass topped coffin in perpetual viewing chapels...so that the family can visit whenever they want. "A freezedried body will last virtually forever." (2) We don't deal well with the fact of death and neither did those early disciples. They were a disappointed, discouraged, defeated lot on that ...

2466. Blessed Are The Believers

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... , some of the most illustrious in the fields of science, had ranged themselves on the side of the Gospel, he resolved to let the Bible speak for itself. As a result he wrote a book called Thoughts on Religion, showing why, from a merely human point of view, everyone should be a Christian. He concluded, "Unbelief is usually due to indolence, often to prejudice, and never a thing to be proud of." (4) For most of the world's people, there is certainty enough. This is not to say that faith is to be accepted ...

2467. The Wondrous Possibility Of Change

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... St. Paul. Paul by his own admission persecuted the early Christian church. He was a zealous advocate of the Jewish faith. Rather we should say that he was so fanatically attached to a particular kind of orthodoxy that he could not tolerate conflicting views. It is important to make that distinction because it is possible to have the same kind of misguided zeal for the cause of Christ. The important thing, however, is that Paul changed. He became the great missionary apostle for Christianity. But it was ...

2468. The Secret Of His Success

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... it had once been. Neither was the fear of humiliation, or pain or rejection. He helped turn the world upside down because he was totally committed to the ministry to which God had called him. We have a crisis of commitment in the church today. Many people view the church like a filling station. They come once a week and get some spiritual fuel to take them through until the next Sunday, but as far as feeling a responsiblity for being Christ’s body reaching out in service and witness to the world, they ...

2469. Take Time To Pray

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... down to pray for deliverance. He closed his eyes tightly, but opened them a few moments later and was delighted to see that the bear was also kneeling in prayer right in front of him. He said, "Oh, bear, isn't wonderful! Here we are with such different view points and such different lives and such different perceptions of life and we're both praying to the same Lord." The bear said evenly, "Son, I don't know about you, but I'm saying grace." There are many different uses of prayer. We are beginning today a ...

2470. You Are Not Yourself!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... new sense of self-esteem. Self-esteem is vital but it is not sufficient. Ronald Allen writes in THE MAJESTY OF MAN: "Speaking of self-esteem as man’s greatest need is akin to an observer at a funeral parlor remarking, "How wonderfully lifelike" as he views the corpse. We need to face the issue squarely: Dead people need life, not makeup. Fallen people need redemption, not self-esteem. Jesus did not come to earth to make dead people feel better." Christ came into the world to give dead people life. He came ...

2471. Where Have All The Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... in shock due to a loss of blood from a severed right leg. She was pinned in the wreckage and it was some time before they could free her and treat her wounds. All the while she remained conscious and alert. They were amazed at her calmness in view of the serious injuries she had sustained. Later one of the paramedics said to newsmen covering the story, "I guess the only thing that saved her life was the singing." Puzzled at this revelation, they asked him what she was singing. He replied, "What a friend we ...

2472. Determined Discipleship

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... writings on world history. He entitled one volume, "Sense of Drift." In this volume Toynbee describes the carelessness of man about the loss of spiritual values. He analyzes the drift of civilization from a higher form of spiritual values to a baser, more materialistic view of life and living. (3) Many of us can relate to that drift. We too have lost our way. One would be hard-pressed to find anything distinctive about the way we live our lives as compared to our non-believing neighbors. E. Stanley Jones ...

2473. United We Stand, Divided We Fall

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... had bought up foreclosed farms and built beautiful homes in the hills. They were accustomed to fine furnishings, and they detested what they had dubbed "the Victorian Leviathan" that dominated what otherwise was a plain but handsome church. The Clyde family viewed the couch in a different light. Their farms had fallen on hard times in recent years. They looked at the couch each Sunday and fondly remembered that their great-grandfather Cedric had founded the church. Although their tractors were rusting in ...

2474. From Foolishness To Power

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... 's conflict. That is Pride. Pride is a cancer that can tear Christians from one another. The Corinthians were a sophisticated group of people, or at least they thought they were. They were influenced by Greek thought and philosophy, which gave them an inflated view of worldly wisdom. The Corinthians thought they could think their way to God. Paul tells them they are mistaken. All the earthly wisdom they could obtain would not lead them to God or salvation. The wisdom they held so dear had neither led people ...

2475. Have You Changed Your Clock?

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... limited to the clock and therefore is fragmented and finite, compared to God's sense of time which is eternity. I believe Jesus teaches us in this scripture lesson and in other places of sacred scripture that because we are the "people of God" we are to view time from a different perspective. We are to use time ” not have time use us. We are not at the mercy of a secular society, because we are to move to the beat of a different drummer. We have a different clock. During the Advent season, many churches ...

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