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Luke 3:15-22 · Acts 8:14-17 · Psalm 29 · Isaiah 61:1-4

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Will Willimon

... before the vision of Thy goodness? Thou livest within our hearts, as Thou dost pervade the world, and we through righteousness behold Thy presence."[1] Ed Arnett says, "I never hear about the Holy Spirit here in Duke Chapel. Why is that?" Let me explain. You may hear ... more afflicted and brokenhearted than us? Charity begins at home." "Philip, who elected you Mr. Missionary? Don't you know that Peter is supposed to be in charge? Didn't Jesus call him 'Rock'? Not you. What were you doing in Samaria? This ...

1352. Spirit Struck

Acts 2:1-21 · John 14:8-17, 25-27

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Lori Wagner

... lifted up” (John 3:14). Now Messiah has been raised from the dead, the First Fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” (1 Corinthians 15:20-23) From stone to heart. From “original covenant” to “new covenant.” From living by the Mosaic “law” to living ... ”![1] Appearing “intoxicatingly” gobstruck, or as we might say, “Godstruck,” the disciples’ intense, immersion experience stunned even passersby and drew the attention of everyone in town for the celebration of Shavuot. Peter, quoting ...

1353. The Spice of Death

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Harry N. Huxhold

... "who at first had come to Jesus by night." Nicodemus is remembered elsewhere by the evangelist John as a leader of the Jews (3:1-15) and one who guardedly did ask for a fair trial of Jesus (7:50-52). However, Joseph now threw all caution to the ... third day it was Mary Magdalene, according to John, who went to the tomb first and found it empty. She ran to the disciples, Peter and John, to report that someone had stolen the body of Jesus. However, when the disciples ran to the tomb, they were stunned by what ...

1354. Are Greatness and Christianity Compatible?

Mark 9:33-37

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Donald Macleod

... , he must be last of all and servant of all." (v. 35) Then, Mark reports, "He took a child [maybe one of Peter's children], and put him in the midst of them." Amiel, the nineteenth-century Swiss philosopher, once commented: "Blessed be childhood; it ... , what must we grown-ups resolve to be and to do in order to respond positively when Jesus puts a little child in our midst? 1. We must recapture the sense of wonder. Ours is a materialistic age. Only what can be seen and handled visibly seems to count. Only what ...

1355. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

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Johnny Dean

... their reckoning and their interpretation of the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. A great many seem to have pinpointed the date at January 1, 2000. And that IS "soon and very soon," isn’t it? In the parable placed before us today, Jesus finds yet ... gifts are. In fact, some of God’s best work over the ages has been done through ordinary, one-talent people - people like Moses, Peter, Mary, a small boy with a small lunch. The one thing these folks had in common was that they were willing to allow God to ...

1356. What You See Is What You Get

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4

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Johnny Dean

... Christians have asked me that question. One of the sources to which I have referred those who asked this question is John 14:1-14. "But what about people who commit suicide? Or what about people who commit murder? What if one of those two boys out ... had a lot of questions and doubts but mostly kept them to himself. But for the life of me I don’t understand why Peter – good old impetuous Peter – didn’t ask more questions while he had the chance. I don’t know about you, but I have a few questions of my ...

1357. If Only We Would Be Open To The Spirit ...

Joel 2:18-27

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Wallace H. Kirby

... calamity something more than a natural phenomenon. To him, it is a warning of coming judgment, a sign of the impending "day of the Lord." (1:15) Like some of his prophetic predecessors, Joel felt that the "day of the Lord" was not to be a time when God would destroy ... , I responded to the Spirit. The stained glass windows in a church I have served portray biblical characters. Enoch, Abraham, Isaiah, Peter, Paul are all there, as well as scenes from the life and ministry of Jesus. I used to marvel that those ...

1358. God's Passion

Acts 2:42-47

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... church was in love. Let me explain. The language of the Bible has many words for love. Three are most common: 1. philos, which means friendship or brotherly love. From it we get Philadelphia, city of brotherly love, and philosophy, love of wisdom. ... calls his people to renew it as a passion, and not a mere imitation of early church habits. It's the call he gave to Peter and Augustine and Luther; their faith was rooted deeply and attained great heights because they knew God offered and asked for a love that ...

1359. Death: Commonality Explored

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... 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 ... as the body is one and has many members and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ." (1 Corinthians 12:12) It is with the tools of self-acceptance, reality, grief, and transition, in the presence of death, that we come to grips ...

1360. Facing Up to a Power Problem

Acts 2:1-13

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Robert G. Tuttle

... Jerusalem and in Nazareth at the same time. After Pentecost, it was all different. His Spirit (the Holy Spirit) indwelt Peter and the other disciples. His Spirit indwelt the early Christians. And this Christian movement possessed the Roman world. Christ’ ... fire, A joy, a peace - Thus, speaks the Holy Spirit Within my restless soul. Albert Edward Day wrote a little book, Existence Under God.1 The thesis of this book was that to be filled with the Spirit of God was not abnormal but normal. For the created to ...

1361. Converting the Converted

Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... every corner in America, so much evil abounds? In a country with approximately 120 million church members, 98 million gamble, costing $5.1 billion per year. In a land where seventy-one percent of the population claims to belong to a church, more than 20,000 ... ? He uses people like you and me. Peter was brought to Christ through his brother Andrew, and thus Andrew is known as the first Christian evangelist. Andrew first found Christ and then brought Peter. Philip was responsible for bringing Nathanael. After ...

1362. Forgiving Is Forgetting

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Harold Warlick

... our own confession. Yet Jesus continually stressed the fact that a man who cannot forgive his brother is not saved. One day the great Apostle Peter was finding it hard to live among a certain group of people. He ran up to Jesus and asked if seven times was enough to ... have the ability to forgive and forget. According to the parable (Matthew 18:23-35) a man owed the king 10,000 talents, roughly $1,000. He went in to the king, fell on his knees, and begged the king to have patience with him. Out of pity the ...

1363. How To Be A Saint In A Storm

Acts 27:13-26

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Barbara Brokhoff

... ourselves. You’ll recall that when God gave Peter the miraculous deliverance from prison by sending his Earthquake Angel, the angel opened the doors, opened the iron gate, the angel struck off his chains - but the angel told Peter he could put on his own cloak and ... but I could not attempt to live a life of faith without something to hold on to as an anchor. Let me name four of mine. 1. I believe in God (not everyone does, you know). 2. I believe that Jesus is the Divine Son of God, and my Savior. 3. I ...

1364. Cross-Bearing

Matthew 16:21-28

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... that he was going to have to suffer and be put to death. Peter couldn’t stand that idea and told him, "This shall never happen to you" (Matthew 16:22b). Jesus told Peter that he was thinking the way people thought rather than the way God thought ... today in our Scripture we have a challenge issued to us if we are really going to be with the Savior. Three things are required: 1. We must forget ourselves; 2. We must carry our cross; 3. We must follow Jesus. Let’s consider them one by one that our lives ...

1365. The Christian’s Style - 1960

Matthew 11:1-19

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Kent Moorehead

... or contention. They can deftly counteract the constraint of a Cross by the exemption of a whip, or discount the way he died by declaring that he allowed Peter to carry a sword. No, we have learned not to be too greatly disturbed by any of these specific expressions of Jesus’ ethical demands. We can neatly nullify ... that we abide in Him and He in us because we have His spirit" (1 John 4:13). That is the Christian’s style. 2. From Six Months At The White House With Abraham Lincoln, by Francis B. Carpenter.

1366. The Mission of Christ Church

Nehemiah 6:1-14

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Bill Bouknight

... this evening, and not on the Lions' stinking loss to the Bears this afternoon on that lousy holding penalty call by the refs with 1:15 to go in the game." Now, that was a distracted preacher! The evil one is not happy that Christ Church is having ... every way into Him who is the Head, into Christ." The last word of St. Peter in his second letter is this: "…grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (II Peter 3:18) How does one become more like Jesus? When Jesus wanted to mature his ...

1367. The Measure of Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

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Brett Blair

... Sweitzer who was the greatest person in the world. He answered: “Some unknown person, who is doing the work of love.” When Mike Peters won the Pulitzer Prize for political cartoons (1981), he wasn't expecting the honor. He described his response by saying, "It is like ... lap, he was running 30 seconds behind the two leaders. All at once the car in second place tried to pass the No. 1 man on the final stretch. This caused the first car to drift inside and force the challenger onto the infield grass, and ...

1368. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

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Brett Blair

... is an amazing accomplishment for a film written in two dead languages. Why the success? There are several: 1. It is skillfully done; it is not another one of these “Holy Land Postcard” movies that Hollywood often ... from you ever again? The next day, as the disciples reentered the city, they saw that the fig tree had withered over night. It was Simon Peter who exclaimed: Master, look, the fig tree that you cursed is withered. Jesus replied by rather unclearly urging his followers to have faith in God. ...

1369. A Service the Church Will Never Forget

Acts 2:42-47

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King Duncan

... that happened two thousand years ago that the church of Jesus Christ is still talking about today. On the day of Pentecost Simon Peter preached an amazing sermon. The result was that three thousand persons were added to the Church that day. It was the birthday of ... pay you fifty cents after the service if you kept grandfather awake.” Tommy said, “Yes Ma’am, but grandfather offered me a $1.00 if I would let him sleep.” Many of us can sympathize with grandfather. Worship is not the most exciting place ...

1370. Jesus And The Ayatollah

Matthew 22:34-40

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King Duncan

... gaining entrance there. One day he and St. Peter were talking when for some reason that club was mentioned. "Did you know," said the black man, "that club refuses to accept Blacks or Jews as members?" "We know," said St. Peter. "The Boss's son ran into the same ... minethose are the important words in many people's vocabulary today. And why notif there is no God? Why not look out for No. 1? That's what happens when faith wanes. The most natural thing in the world is for us to love ourselves and those who ...

1371. The Living Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

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Edward Inabinet

... hope. Just as God raised His son from the dead so He has power to give eternal life to everyone who believes. That''s why Peter exults, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope ... across the busy highway. Then he turned to Vanauken, raised his voice above the traffic, grinned and shouted, "Besides, Christians never say goodbye." (1) And we don''t. We don''t need to, even in death, because our Saviour is Lord of life and death and his ...

1372. Making Sense of the Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

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Donald B. Strobe

... at the right hand of God the Father. Luke says (in the Book of Acts) that a cloud took Him out of their sight (Acts 1:9b). Now, unless we understand what cloud means in the Bible, we will never understand this. The cloud was an ancient symbol of the invisible ... said (Matthew 28:18). Dare we believe it? The First Letter of Peter says that “Jesus has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.” (I Peter 3:22) That is to say that, as a result of ...

1373. The Thirteenth Apostle

Acts 9:1-19a

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Donald B. Strobe

... Matthias. And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles.” (Acts 1:23, 26) But Matthias was never heard from again! Evidently some sort of mistake was made. Perhaps the apostles were not as ... of the Gospel is that God can use any of us and all of us. As the old Gospel hymn puts it: “If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul; Just tell the love of Jesus, and say He died for all.” This is true whether you are the thirteenth ...

1374. God’s Greatest Gamble

Mark 12:1-12

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Donald B. Strobe

... God. The vineyard is God’s people, Israel. Behind the image of Israel as a vineyard lies the Song of the Vineyard in Isaiah 5:1-7, whose hedge, pit, and tower are echoed in Mark 12. The tenants are the religious leaders of the day. The servants who came ... which the builders rejected.” So the writer of the First Letter of Peter says: “Come to him, to that living stone, rejected by men but in God’s sight chosen and precious....”(I Peter 2:4) So the entire story in Mark 12 foreshadows the passion ...

1375. Holy Thursday

Mark 14:12-26

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Donald B. Strobe

... Isaiah, when he sees the final salvation and deliverance of Israel, pictures it as an invitation to a table. (See Isaiah 55:1-7) For Israel, to look forward to the arrival of the Messiah meant to look forward to the time when God’s ... disciples. (Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11) This was a second man in addition to the one carrying the water jug. When they saw him, Peter and John were to say, “Where is my guest-chamber to celebrate the Passover?” The word “guest-chamber” appears only twice in the Greek ...

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