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John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... on their canvas, because everything they work for is perishable. They have missed the whole point of living. And what is the whole point? Perhaps we can learn the whole point from a nineteen-year-old who works very, very hard. His name is Michael Chang. Two years ago at age seventeen he stunned the tennis world by becoming the youngest player ever to win the French Open. His endorsements alone exceed one million dollars annually. He looks forward to career winnings that will run into many millions more. But ...

2. Daniel’s Vision of a Man

Daniel 10:1--11:1

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... it to the participle ʿomed, “standing.” The Greek reads “me” instead of the MT’s him. By making those two changes, and eliminating the reference to Darius the Mede, which may be a scribal insertion, it is possible to read this as a continuation of 10:21b: “no one supports me against them except Michael, your prince, standing to support and protect me” (paraphrased in NIV language from Montgomery, Daniel, p. 416). This is very attractive because it makes sense of a difficult passage. However ...

3. God's Math:Lose Life = Save It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... But let me remind you that you will all be reunited again in the future. Then without hesitation, Jim said, "When do you want me?" Michael considered this for a moment and then said, "Summer football camp starts the first of August, but we can give you a few extra ... 't need to change the way in which he lived and gave to his family. He didn't have to change the way in which he served his community. He didn't need to change the way in which he was committed to the church. He didn't have to change the way he ...

4. John the Baptist, Sanctified Indifference, & the King of Pop

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... himself didn’t write. All proceeds from the song went to charity. Listen to the words: “If you want to make the world a better place Then look at yourself and make a change.” What if Michael had someone who had the John the Baptist courage to hold a mirror up to his life and remind him on the man he wanted to be. Steve Stockman, who has written some great books on the spirituality of U2 and the theological underpinings of rock music, discovered this past ...

5. Toss Your Cap Over the Wall

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... mention earn the reputation as the best hoops player on the planet? Passion? Confidence? Determination? All of these were involved, of course. Michael Jordan, who famously was cut from his middle school team, simply set out to be the best he could be and the ... ask you if your spouse has ever called you a baboon. But I can assure you that anyone who seeks to make a dramatic change in their life is going to encounter criticism and tension. Sometimes it will come from your own family. Or it may come from ...

6. Building A Home

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... of crying in front of everyone. He had been away, in difficult situations, in the company of rough and tough men. He didn't know how much he had changed, or how much his family had changed. He was looking forward to two things when he got off the plane: telling his mother how much her letters had meant to him, and hearing his little nephews call him Uncle Michael. Patsy, a mother herself, was able to offer a sympathetic ear. She told him about her son's return from fighting in Guam. When he got off the ...

7. A Discussion Among Angels

Matthew 24:36-44

Drama

Matthew Powell

... has followed triumph, and oppression has been the first-born child of victory. I know that the liberators of people have sometimes become tyrants over those whom they have set free. I have seen fighters for liberty change into soldiers of fortune. Power corrupts and might cannot save. Doesn't the Archangel Michael remember how the angel of the Lord led the armies of Israel and gave them victory over every foe ... except the enemy within their own camp? And how the wickedness of the tribes of Canaan survived ...

8. Birdbaths and Flagpoles

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... under eighteen years of age. Alden Tucker wasn't about to take "no" for an answer. He began talking to reporters and legislators about changing the consent laws for bone marrow donation. He also met and befriended Michael Peñon. Just before Michael's death in 1999, Alden promised him that he would never give up the campaign to change bone marrow donation laws. In March 2000, the Michael Peñon Law allowing bone marrow testing and donation by people under the age of eighteen was signed into law in the state ...

9. King of Atlanta

Romans 8:28-39

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... black people to sit in chairs in the back of the department. Martin, Jr., must have vowed to carry on his father’s example but to do something more than simply get angry. ANTAGONIST: Dangerous business, trying to change society. PROTAGONIST: Dangerous business, letting it destroy innocent victims. LECTOR: Dear Michael - I was surprised to get a letter from you. It’s been years since I attended seminary in Pennsylvania. But since the bus boycott began, I’ve heard from a lot of people I’d lost track ...

10. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... 1–2). Jude’s verb pareidyein, to slip in secretly, is similar to the pareisagein, to smuggle in, of 2 Pet. 2:1. Who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality agrees with 2 Pet. 2:18–19 in pointing to a group who, under ... :10; Shepherd of Hermas, Similitudes 8.3.3), a responsibility which some angels had abdicated (Jude 6). The OT makes no reference to Michael disputing with the devil and simply states that God buried his servant Moses “in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to ...

11. Seeking Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... occurred to one of the searchers: I’m an Asian woman, 5 feet 3 inches tall, and I was wearing dark clothes before I changed my outfit . . . Yes, the woman had spent the last 12 hours searching for herself. It took a little doing, but she finally convinced ... with him. She said yes. During the counseling sessions, Michelle fell in love with Michael, her ex-husband, in a whole new way. One evening after their sessions, Michael asked Michelle—for the second time—if she would be his wife. They got ...

12. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... spiritual well being by the way they falsely treat these matters (2:1–22). 2:1 In some respects times do not change. All prophecy, whoever gives it and in whatever circumstances, needs to be interpreted. Furthermore, just as in the period of the OT ... NIV yet corresponds to the Greek hopou, lit. “where,” i.e., “in a situation in which.” Slanderous accusations: The tradition about Michael and Satan was in the now lost ending of the Assumption of Moses. See Additional Note on Jude 9. For the Greek ...

13. Afraid of Hope

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... a speeding car or motorcycle -- and that the leap of new sight was not really adventuresome if everything felt safe. As a result, every day had its mixtures of success and failure, but most important this constant stream of new opportunities to see and experience allowed Michael to grow and change for the better. The same is true when we come to Jesus. We will see all of life with new eyes. Paul writes, I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and ...

14. Changed Lives - Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... below, for reference sake, is the old sermon. We will continue this updating throughout the year bringing fresh takes on King's best sermons.] Original Title: Changed Lives – Nicodemus New Title: What Does “Born Again” Mean? If you have ever been around a child who is mentally challenged and has difficulty with speech, you may appreciate a story that Michael D. Powell, a United Methodist pastor tells. Powell’s first church was in the tiny logging town of New Meadows, in the mountains of Idaho. The ...

15. Flying High

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... who are motivated to extend themselves beyond the ordinary person, there would be no great accomplishments in this world. Michael B. Curry, Presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, tells about an old Apple computer commercial from the 1990s ... certain if we want to take our faith that far. We think to ourselves: ‘I am not ready for the manner in which that man could change my life.’” (7) That man, of course, is Jesus. He wants to make something magnificent out of your life . . . if you will let him. “ ...

16. If We Do It, It Will Work

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... know about the birth. See the way the star is moving? Some very wise kings from a far-off land have already seen that star and are following it. It will be some time before they get here, but when they do, they will tell Herod. Michael: It’s about time. So, then Herod will change his ways and treat the people better? Gabriel: Or, maybe he’ll just move out of the palace and let Jesus move in, like he should? God: No, I’m afraid he won’t do either. Herod will be so jealous of Jesus, he’ll do ...

17. We've Been Bragging About You!

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see George Michael in concert tonight!" Mueller didn't know whether to laugh or cry. In a grand bubblebursting moment, he showed the mother the lyrics to Michael's lusty hit song "I Want Your Sex." (2) In case anyone wonders, George Michael is not a ... To move ahead, churches, like businesses or clubs or any other organizations made up of human beings, have got to be willing to change. Unfortunately, change is not easy to do in the church. It's like the lady who had been a member of her church for twentyfive ...

18. Willing to Pay the Price

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King Duncan

19. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... Carlyle adds," And God is still waiting for a host of Jonahs to come around to His way of loving." It was not God who needed a change of mind, but Jonah. That is our greatest need, too, to bring our lives into such harmony with the love and purpose of God that his ... afraid of ridicule, admitting weakness, afraid to admit we need help. Despite his phenomenal success in swimming, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, encountered profound internal struggles outside the pool. He battled anxiety ...

20. Can People Change?

Galatians 1:11-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... to get a grip on our own need until we turn it over to God and allow God to reach down and set us free. Kembel is right. Real change is a gift from God. Very few programs for rehabilitating human nature progress very far unless they have a spiritual basis. If we do allow God to be part of the change process, though, almost anything is possible. According to Michael Scott Horton it's like a scene in a movie about a rock and roll group called EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS. One night Eddie took his girlfriend to a ...

21. When God Is At Work

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... .” Which really isn’t a question. It is, rather, a statement of faith. “If you are willing,” he said. He did not say if you are able. It’s recognition that Jesus has the ability, the power of God to heal. And it changed his life. Let me share a story about Michael Wayne Hunter who was put on death row in California in 1983, in San Quentin Prison. After his third year on death row something happened. One day he was getting ready to spend time exercising when the guard said, "You're going to miss ...

22. The End Times

Daniel 12:1-13

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... on who is listed in a book. As such, it calls to mind the judgment setting of Daniel 7 (see esp. 7:10–11, 22, 26). Michael’s function may be to carry out the sentence of destruction on God’s enemies (Dan. 7:9–11, 26; see also Zech. 3:1–5 ... looks very much like an r and the t compares to the h, it is quite possible that the original text had “evil,” which was accidentally changed to “knowledge” in what was handed down in the MT. 12:5 The term for river is yeʾor (see also 12:6 and 7). While ...

23. You Are God's Child

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... else. My name is Sam.” The first man paused for a moment and then said, “Why isn’t that great? And you’ve changed your name, too!” That’s clearly a case of mistaken identity. There are many people guilty of mistaken identity, and it is their ... think of me.” Can anyone relate to those two lies? Vickie says that in her group there was a young Nigerian pastor named Michael. Michael later told her that, as a black man, when he sat in meetings with all-white pastors, he struggled with the same lies as ...

24. Jesus - the Holiest Name

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

... text to speak. Should the text be used at a watchnight service on December 31, a slightly different approach would have to be made: "Jesus - the Name that Makes All Things New.") For most of the past decade, a local man has been attempting to change his name from Michael Herbert Dengler to 1069 (pronounced One Zero Six Nine by Mr. Dengler). He has taken his case to court, but has been turned down on the grounds that it is totally inappropriate; it has no meaning. Mr. Dengler argues it does have meaning, at ...

25. Rejected at Home

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... writes, "That day, I made a decision to just exist in this life, to get through it, and to spend the rest of my time dreaming about a place where I was happy, popular, and influential." Michael's insecurity and emptiness stayed with him as he entered adulthood. But his whole life changed in a very short period of time when he attended a Billy Graham Conference in Amsterdam. At the conference, Michael gained a new image of God, God as a loving Father, as a Creator who intended good for God's children. After ...

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