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751. How Was Jesus' Death Different?

John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27

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So they took Jesus, and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. (John 19:17-18) Death is a common experience of life. All who lived in the past died. Every one of us now living will die sooner or later. Approximately five thousand Americans die every twenty-four hours. Almost two million deaths occur in our country every year. There are ...

752. I Kid You Not

2 Kings 4:8-37

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... 1:16) When Hannah finally conceived and bore a son, she named him Samuel and gave him to the Lord as she had vowed. Elizabeth, another woman advanced in years, became the mother of John the Baptizer. During her pregnancy, she said, "Thus the Lord has done to me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men." (Luke 1:25) By speaking ... word. 1. Jack Paar, I Kid You Not, Little, Brown & Co., 1960, p. 79. 2.Walter Brueggemann, 2 Kings, Knox Preaching Guides, John Knox Press, 1982,p.18-19.

753. Not Blind but Seeing

John 9:1-12

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Dean Lueking

... is the God of judgment, yes. But that judgment leads to redeeming love and merciful entering into our insoluble problems of life. The rest of John 9 is all about that! Seeing In a World Still Blind The blind man is healed. Jesus makes clay spittle, puts it on the ... great work of God that means "the eyes of our heart are opened to the hope to which God has called us." (Ephesians 1:18) God be thanked for our eyes which see. God be eternally thanked for the vision which is ours by faith that puts us alongside ...

754. Believing Is Seeing

John 20:24-31

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Dean Lueking

... ? And how shall they preach unless they are sent ... so then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:14-18) This is how we have been brought to faith: by hearing the Word of the crucified and risen Lord. What a great mystery and marvel ... middle of terrible problems for the rescue and helping of people everywhere. Such a word proclaims "a faith that overcomes the world." (1 John 5:4) We live in the middle of such strong temptations to give in to the world, to live by the secularity ...

755. A Faith-Life To Emulate John W. Cobb

Genesis 12:1-8

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... controversy with the sons of Abraham Jesus affirmed "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it and was glad." (John 8:56) Let us examine some of the qualities of Abraham in order to try to understand his place in salvation history ... to the way of the Lord and to do what is right and just; thus I shall fulfill all that I have promised for him." (Genesis 18:19-20) Abraham worshiped. It may seem a minor detail that the story of Abraham includes various references "And Abraham built an altar there" at ...

756. Some Crossroads of Family Life W. Dexter Moser

Genesis 25:19-34

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... and subdue it; and have dominion ... over every living thing that moves upon the earth ..." (Genesis 1:27-31) In Genesis Chapter 2:18 we read the explanation of God’s reasoning "Then God said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make ... the ages even to the crossroads of the New Testament early church. For example, at the healing of the lame man who clung to Peter and John ... "And when Peter saw it he addressed the people ‘Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us ...

757. Communion Is Remembering

Luke 22:7-38

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... on the steeple. His death was not the result of irreversible circumstances set in motion by the scheming of clever enemies. His death was the intentional action of a Gracious God. It was Christ's willing choice to demonstrate his love for you and me. Jesus said in John 10:17-18, "In this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life ... No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord." Christ willingly endured the agonizing death on the cross in order to show you and me and all people ...

758. Death: Commonality Explored

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... know the final shape of Christ’s Body, once it is visibly united. Again, the Spirit blows at will. Whether one is attracted or not to the primacy of Peter and the place of his successors to John Paul II, such a clear series of transitions offers an important view for all who call themselves Christians. The passage from Matthew 16:18 which says, "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church and the powers of death shall not prevail against it," is there for all of us to read and ...

759. Acceptance: The Keynote

Ruth 2:1-23

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... have faith and I have works.’ Show me your faith apart from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith." (2:18) We work hard as Christians, supported by the grace of God and knowing the fullness of discipleship springs from the interlocking of faith and works. ... thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." (John 17:14) The cult of success in America and among those professing his name has many worshipers. It is almost as if success, ...

760. Is Jesus Still in the Healing Business?

Luke 4:38-44, Luke 4:31-37

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Bill Bouknight

... Old Testament, you will miss this great verse: "…yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior." (Hab. 3:18) Bruce Larson is a great Presbyterian pastor on the West Coast. He tells about a Presbyterian conference held in Omaha. People were given helium ... love of God, they ought to be joyful. Come on, Methodists and Presbyterians, let your balloons go! In John 15, after Jesus had taught us that he is the vine and we are the branches, our Lord said, "I have told you this so that my joy ...

761. Leading a Friend to Jesus

Luke 5:27-32, Luke 5:17-26

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Bill Bouknight

... his means of drawing James to himself. Our scripture today offers two beautiful examples of how a friend can lead someone to Christ. In verse 18 of Luke 5, we meet a paralyzed man who was brought to Jesus on a cot by some mighty good friends. The house where Jesus ... old friends who are as lost as a goose. Levi didn’t. He invited them to meet Jesus. What kind of friend am I to unchurched John if I play golf with him repeatedly, loan him my car when his is in the shop, and keep his child for him while he and ...

762. If You Are A Disciple of Jesus Christ

Luke 6:17-26, Luke 6:12-16

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Bill Bouknight

... he is not limited by time and space as we are. How do I know that he prays for us? The Bible says so, in I John 2:01. "We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." Advocate is another term for defense attorney. It's wonderful if you have ... : "All this is from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation." (2Cor. 5:18) Now if you are a seeker, just investigating a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, please disregard what I am about to say ...

763. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Dennis Kastens

... Christianized. Jesus said, "... I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18) His final commission to his disciples was, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature." (Mark ... talent; nevertheless they took our Lord at his word. When he said, "Go," they went! Tradition tells us that Peter died in Rome, John in Ephesus, Andrew in Greece, and Thomas in India. Virtually all of the disciples gave their lives carrying Christ’s mission to the ...

764. Mary of Nazareth

Isaiah 7:1-25

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Warren Thomas Smith

... ..." At the cross she heard him call to her. In gasping words he arranged that she should be cared for, "Woman, behold thy son! ... Behold thy mother!" (John 19:26-27) She saw him die. Amid the shame and brutality of a Roman execution, she waited. Should any mother be made to suffer this much? Quite ... in Christ In Poetry, ed. by Clark (New York: Association Press, 1952), p. 18. Used by permission. 2. Roland H. Bainton, The Martin Luther Christmas Book (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1948), p. 23.

765. Great Grace Was Upon Them!

Acts 4:32-37

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... be aware that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world - therefore the world hates you." (John 15:18-19) So this young congregation is under official notice to cease operations. Before, such a warning would have brought on fear and trembling, but now of all things, it results in a joyous, public prayer meeting. This beginning community of believers responds to threats and ...

766. How Can You Tell When People Are Religious?

Mark 2:18-22

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Daniel G. Mueller

... he boasted to God of all the good things he did. As part of his self-righteous list he bragged, "... I fast twice a week! ..." (Luke 18:9-14). God was not pleased with his fast nor with most fasting that went on because people fasted for themselves but not for him. Because ... by some because they didn’t fast. They didn’t act "religious enough." "Why do the disciples of John the Baptizer and the disciples of the Pharisees fast?" the people asked Jesus, "But your disciples don’t fast?" Matthew tells us ...

767. Twenty-First Century Reformation

John 8:31-41

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Warren Thomas Smith

... indeed. "But does this apply to the Twenty-first Century?" Luther’s response would be that it applied to the sixteenth. Read our text, from John 8:36; it is all about freedom, about truth, about life. It just might be that we have here the secret to real liberation, and ... are called to share the glad tidings that we "having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness" (Romans 6:18). When the church is willing to step back that Christ may be exalted, she will be free indeed, and will be ...

768. Easter People

Colossians 3:1-17

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T. A. Kantonen

... air. As Paul states it, "then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished" (1 Corinthians 15:18). The word apoolonto, "have perished," means literally "are destroyed." Phillips translates it "are utterly dead and gone." If ... victory." Life, not death, has the last word. The resurrection of the Son of God puts death in its place. God reigns, not death. Like Pope John XXIII, we can look out on life and death from the vantage point of Christian faith and say from the deathbed: "Any day is a good day ...

769. Today

Luke 4:14-30

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William G. Carter

... after Evil nails him to a cross, Jesus emerges from the tomb to continue his saving work. He is the Strong Son of God turned loose in the world. According to the Gospel of John, Jesus comes to reveal God. “No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made God known” (John 1:18). But for the writer of Luke’s Gospel, the word that best summarizes the person and work of Jesus is the word “prophet.” Jesus is a prophet. What comes to your mind with the ...

770. His Death

Luke 23:26-43

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Brett Blair

... emotions. Tuesday was the day of teaching, a day of critics questions. Wednesday was the day nothing happened. Neither Matthew, Mark, Luke, nor John tell us anything about this day. We are left to assume, that for Jesus, it was a day of silence. On Thursday Jesus ... Eccl.", I, viii; Schol. Juvenal., XIV, 78; Niceph., VII, 46; Cassiod., "Hist. Trip.", I, 9; Codex Theod., IX, 5, 18). Thereafter, this punishment was very rarely inflicted (Eus., "Hist. Eccl.", IV, xxxv; Pacat., "Paneg.", xliv). Towards the fifth ...

771. The Bedrock of Faith

Mark 13:1-8 · Luke 21:5-19

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Brett Blair

... for maybe five computers." Popular Mechanics magazine in 1949 made this prediction: "Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only ... to make sacrifices at the temple after Jesus death? Paul even makes an offering (Acts 21). It is the place where John’s birth was announced, Jesus’ preeminence was recognized by Simeon and Anna, Jesus’ religious intelligence was recognized by the leaders at ...

772. The Ten Commandments #2: No Idols!

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

... ends. Help us to increase our faith and then to be faithful. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen! 1. Isaiah 44:9-17 2. Orion Pictures, 1986, Robert Greenhut, Producer, Written & Directed by Woody Allen 3. Exodus 25:18-20 4. Exodus 28:33-34 5. John A. Redhead, Uncommon Common Sense, Vol. II, The Ten Commandments, (Greensboro: Worth Family Foundation, 1997), p. 34 6. W. Herschel Ford, Simple Sermons on the Ten Commandments, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1956), p. 32 7. Walter Brueggeman, "The Book of Exodus ...

773. The Ten Commandments #7: No Adultery

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

... we are tempted. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen! 1. Deuteronomy 22:29 2. Genesis 29:1-30 3. Leviticus 20:10 4. Deuteronomy 22:13-24 5. Quoted in William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible Series, CD-ROM, (Liguori, MO: Liguori Faithware, used by permission of Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996) 6. Matthew 1:18-25 7. Ephesians 5:28 8. Mark 10:11,12 9 ...

774. Good News for Tenant Farmers

Matthew 13:1-23

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David E. Leininger

... of his gospel was organized just for them. In chapter eleven, Jesus confronts political opposition as Herod arrests and murders John the Baptist. In chapter twelve, he faces religious opposition as the Scribes and Pharisees challenge him and even suggest ... Soil information from William Barclay, And Jesus Said: A Handbook on the Parables of Jesus, (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970), pp. 18-19 3. The New Interpreter's Bible, CD-ROM (Nashville: Abingdon, 1997) 4. Janet Mathistad, via Ecunet, "Gospel Notes ...

775. The Judas Gene

Matthew 26:14-16

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David E. Leininger

... Twelve who was not a Galilean. Shouldn't his job as treasurer have had him included with the inner circle of Peter, James, and John? Was it disappointment? Some Jews were fanatic nationalists who were prepared to go to any lengths to drive the Romans from Palestine. They were ... Very Best of the Stories He Used to Tell (Nashville: Generoux, 1986), 18ff. Quoted in Homiletics, April, 1993 2. John 12:6 3. William Barclay, Daily Study Bible, CD-ROM, (Liguori, MO: Liguori Productions, 1996) 4. Frederick Buechner, ...

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