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Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... A few years ago, the Des Moines Register newspaper asked readers to send in stories of their Mom’s love. A woman named Donna Devereaux Copeland submitted this short, but powerful example of a mother’s love and comfort: “On my first day of kindergarten [my mother ... $170 a week, who--by taking the time to care, and by being willing to go with what her heart told her to do--gave Douglas hope and the will to carry on.” (3) Sometimes all we can do is pray and weep and offer a word of encouragement. What we ...

2. Hope For The End Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... been feeling bad for several days. His temperature was ranging between 103 and 105 degrees, and he was suffering flu-like symptoms. His mother, Donna, took him to the emergency room where blood tests revealed one of the most agonizing things a parent can learn about a child. Douglas was diagnosed as having leukemia. During the next forty-eight hours, Douglas endured blood transfusions, spinal and bone marrow tests and chemotherapy. For five days his mother stayed in his hospital room. The doctors were frank ...

3. Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... the babe of Bethlehem. He is what the world has been seeking. HE IS ALSO WHERE THE WORLD IS HEADING. General Douglas MacArthur was a student of history. As his troops were being evacuated from the Philippines he wanted to say something that ... message of Christmas is not only "Joy to the World." It also is a very personal message of hope and encouragement. Jo Carr and Donna Cash tell an amusing story of a family out in Texas whose custom was to put large plywood letters bordered with Christmas tree lights on ...

4. Building On A Firm Foundation

1 Peter 2:4-12

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King Duncan

... , And he who believes in Him shall not be disappointed.'" The only cornerstone that will not ultimately disappoint you is the person of Jesus Christ. 1. Source unknown 2. Today in the Word, July, 1990, p. 11. 3. God Stories, edited by Donna I. Douglas (Lancaster, PA: Starburst Publishers, 1999), pp. 88-91. 4. Gilda and Phil Feldman. Acronym Soup (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1994), p. 159. 5. Howard Kurtz. Media Circus (New York: Random House, 1994). 6. "Cantor battles back from tragedy" by ...

5. A Time for Opportunity

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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King Duncan

... KISS. Then he approached actor Corbin Bernsen with the snow globe in exchange for a paid role in a Corbin Bernsen movie called Donna on Demand. Now, why would Corbin Bernsen trade a role in a film for a KISS snow globe? MacDonald had done his homework ... positive, always joyful, always brightening up the room, don’t we? “Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord . . .” Rev. Douglas Meyer tells about a man who claimed to be the most accurate fortuneteller in the world. A man once came to this ...

6. When Christ Is King

Colossians 1:11-20

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Donna Schaper

Many people don't like the theological language of Christ as king. They say it is too old-fashioned: democracies don't have kings. They say it is too masculine: we all believe in gender equality. What they don't say is what it means. When we declare that Christ is king, we mean that Christ is the most important matter, the one with the most power for us, personally. On Christ the King Sunday this is a great day to see what this means — whether we like the language of king or not. When we know that Christ ...

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