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226. An Appeal for Full Allegiance to Apostolic Authority

2 Corinthians 10:1-18

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... and accorded weight in this world (see Acts 4:13; 1 Cor. 2:1–5). For God has empowered those whom he has commissioned with weapons that “demolish arguments” about authority and “every pretension” of those who set their own perceptions about the ability to exercise power against the knowledge that comes from God (10:5). Accordingly, should it be necessary, Paul will not hesitate to take action that will “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,” nor neglect the punishment due ...

227. Appreciation of the Philippians’ Gift

Philippians 4:10-20

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... to thank them for their generous gift. Paul rejoices not only for the gift that he has received but also for the love and care that this gift allows the Philippians to show. Paul does not admit to having any need but only rejoices in their ability to care for him. Paul states that he is content no matter the circumstances, which is a reference to his situation in prison. Paul is not affected by outward circumstances, because they are not the focus of his life. He concentrates on what is truly important ...

228. Falling Into Faith

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

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Charley Reeb

... catch me The worst thing the flyer can do is to try to catch the catcher. I am not supposed to catch Joe. It’s Joe’s task to catch me.”[5] Such insightful truth applies to the principle of faith. Often times, we misunderstand faith as the ability to grab on to God by affirming certain beliefs about God. But that requires intellectual work, which can be stimulating, but it is not faith. Faith is allowing God to grab you, wherever you may be. For instance, when Jesus called the disciples, he did not say ...

229. Absalom Returns to Jerusalem

2 Samuel 14:1-33

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... death of a kinsman and the importance of maintaining a family line was real in that culture (cf. Ackroyd, The Second Book of Samuel, p. 131). 14:20 The idea that the king was like an angel of God, not just in his ability to judge the right thing to do but also in his ability to know everything that happens in the land, was introduced to flatter David. However, the concept apparently evolved into the kind of superstitious awe of the king’s powers that we see in 18:13. 14:26 Two hundred shekels is a vast ...

230. Job's Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... went so far as to forsake the fear of the Almighty. It is Job’s fear of God (1:9) that has been at issue in the test of suffering, and now Job hints that his will to fear may be eroding. Intense suffering often diminishes our ability to understand and believe. When the pursuit of survival exhausts our energies, we have little left to sustain our faith. This is when we most need believing friends who resist the temptation to criticize our struggling faith, and instead come alongside us to give testimony of ...

231. Absalom's Conspiracy

2 Samuel 15:1-12

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

232. The Fall of Man

Genesis 3:1-24

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... to the man; the woman and the man acted in accord in eating the forbidden fruit; and God used the same terms for pain or labor in the respective penalties pronounced on the woman and the man for their disobedience. Some data, however, illustrate the qualities and abilities distinctive to each gender. The man has the task of producing food to support his family. God put the man in the garden to till and keep it (2:15), referred to working the soil (3:17–19), and sent the man from the garden with the ...

233. The Sabbath

Exodus 31:1-11

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... are complete, the Lord gives Moses “the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God” (v. 18). This chapter unites the themes of the Lord’s gifts to Israel: God’s creating; the indwelling Spirit; creative human ability; conferred holiness; rest; life protected and ordered by God’s law; and holy time and space (Gen. 2:1–2; Lev. 19:30). 31:1–11 The Lord chose Bezalel and Oholiab to make artistic designs . . . and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship ...

234. What a Friend

John 15:9-17

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John Jamison

... have this type of friend as well, even if they weren’t the one who came to mind earlier. Perhaps they are in a higher role at work, have a political position, have a more established place in your career path, or are in some position that has access to abilities that you don’t have. You might never call them up just to hang out or chat about the weather. You may not pat them on the back when you see them or share your private, personal thoughts with them. But they are there and have offered to do what ...

235. The Nine Tests of Confucius

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Editor James S. Hewett

... of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and the alternation of day and night. But man hides his character behind an inscrutable appearance. There are those who appear tame and self-effacing, but conceal a terrible pride. There are those who have some special ability but appear to be stupid. There are those who are compliant and yielding but always get their objective. Some are hard outside but soft inside, and some are slow without but impatient within. Therefore those who rush forward to do the righteous ...

236. The Cure

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

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Lori Wagner

... health in our relationship with God. It is a physical and a spiritual healing. Jewish people in Jesus’ day felt that illness was the result of 1) an evil spirit, 2) a curse by an enemy, of 3) the ill will of the dead. Jesus’ ability to heal not only revealed to them his “medical prowess,” but God’s authority over sin, evil, and the human spirit. Jesus’ restoration proclamation is one that promised salvation --a return to a garden relationship with God, in which our primary role is to praise ...

237. Revised and Revisioned

John 8:48-59, John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41, John 10:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... realizes his dependence upon that creator. What a better ending to the usual science fiction story! All of us are fallen creatures. We are all errant and unpredictable to our Maker and Creator. We are fickle sons and daughters, sure of our own abilities, sure we don’t need God nearly as much as we truly do. We are blinded to the “truth” of our relationship to our creator, the reality of that relationship, the necessity of that relationship. Just as with any creation –whether gingerbread, artificial ...

238. House of Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18

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Lori Wagner

... . For Jesus then adds essentially: Lord, help me do this, guard me from falling into evil inclinations, for in my humanness, I’m going to mess up ….I know it, you know it. Lord, help me! We need the protection of God, because without God, our personal responsibility, our ability to hear and act in new ways in a new covenant with God, is just about nil. That’s the truth of the Gospel. We need Jesus as our Truth. We need Jesus as our Way. And that’s the only way, we’re going to have Jesus as our ...

239. Babel

Genesis 11:1-9

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Lori Wagner

... are a human invention as opposed to stones which are nature’s building blocks. Bricks and mortar build walls, fortress cities, raise towers, create walls for the purpose of showcasing the “works” of human hands. These are not altars to God, but monuments to the abilities and independence of humankind. And as the scripture tells us, the idea of the builders of Babel was to “make a name for themselves.” This city was not built to the glory of God nor for the worship of God but for the purpose of ...

240. And a Child Will Lead Them

Exodus 2:1-10, Matthew 18:1-9, Matthew 18:10-14

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Lori Wagner

... from our children and their fresh outlook on life. Children are not property says Jesus. They are not mere undeveloped disciples, but the best disciples we have. They are not to be tolerated but celebrated, not cast aside but lifted up. For in their faith and their ability to love the way they do, they are the best humans among us. Today, I invite you to celebrate your children, to listen to them, to learn from them. For the moment, we can sit at the feet of our children, we have understood the future of ...

241. Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... a final event, and social action and community service projects. The Freedom Schools program has been studied and evaluated by more than a dozen nationally recognized universities and foundations and has been proved by all of them to be highly effective. Reading ability of children who participate in these programs increase an average of 2.2 grade levels, some as high as four grade levels in just six weeks. The cost of conducting a Freedom School, however, is not insubstantial. The details are available on ...

242. The Advantage

Illustration

Staff

Former pro basketball star Bill Bradley tells that at the age of 15 he attended a summer basketball camp that was run by Easy Ed Macauley, a former college and pro star. "Just remember that if you're not working at your game to the utmost of your ability," Macauley told his assembled campers, "there will be someone out there somewhere with equal ability who will be working to the utmost of his ability. And one day you'll play each other, and he'll have the advantage."

243. A Quantum Decision

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... him there. As he contemplated the long sentence ahead of him, Randy Myers began to pray and ask God to help him turn his life around. He didn’t just want to get his old life back. He wanted to start over completely. He asked God for the ability to make better decisions and to follow through with those decisions. Myers’ growing faith in God gave him hope, and he began to use his time in prison to gain new work skills and further his education. After serving a 21-year sentence, Randy Myers walked out of ...

244. Under the Fig Tree

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , it guides their lives. John Wesley would say that we can’t be a true Christian without that relational, intuitive, spiritual encounter with Jesus that “warms our hearts” and “changes our lives.” This kind of “feeling” is the basis for conversion. Jesus had the ability to see into people’s hearts. He is the “sword” of discernment,” the “stumbling stone” that will reveal the hearts of many, the eye of God who can see our very souls. But a good rabbi, a good student of the Torah, in ...

245. Sin

Romans 7:15--8:13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... our failure. Researchers asked people to perform some sort of test. After the test, they told some that they did well; others that they flunked. "I've always been good in math", said those who succeeded. "Rotten luck," said those who failed. I succeed because of my ability and effort. I fail because of some other reason. When I win at Scrabble, it's because of my verbal skill. When I lose, "Who gets anywhere in this game with a Q but no U?" (2) You and I suffer from favorably biased self-assessment. Drivers ...

246. Living Bread

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... world, after all. (Imagine what he could have done if he would have applied himself to business.) And they are blown away by the level of his commitment — I mean, whoa! Crucifixion? Please! But they know they aren’t that talented and they don’t have his abilities, they can’t heal the sick or turn water into wine, and public speaking scares them to death. They know they’ll never be able to achieve what he achieved. How many people get to start world religions? A dozen maybe? In the history of the ...

247. A Day of Passion, Praise and Prophesying

Acts 2:1-21

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King Duncan

... Brazilian surfer’s native language. I think that’s a beautiful image to keep in mind as we read our scripture lesson this morning from Acts 2, the day of Pentecost. That, of course, is the day when the Holy Spirit gave ordinary men and women the ability to share the message of Jesus in multiple languages. In this way, they were able to fulfill the promise and the commission Jesus gave them to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. Our story begins like this, “When ...

248. Sharing God's Vision

Acts 2:1-21

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... they faced, the believers at Pentecost lived as people of great hope. And the second great gift we receive from Pentecost is that the Holy Spirit enables us to share the truth of God with grace and power. The Holy Spirit gives us both the desire and the ability to share our faith in God, to tell our story in a way that draws others closer to God, just as on the day of Pentecost, “God-fearing Jews from every nation heard the believers declaring the wonders of God in their own language.” In 1954, a young ...

249. Wherever The Messiah Is

Matthew 16:13-23

Sermon

William G. Carter

... for a lot of us was Superman. Faster than a speeding locomotive, he could leap tall buildings in a single bound and catch bullets in his hand. Like most little kids, I spent a lot of time daydreaming about those super powers. If only there was some special ability that would make us stand out or lift us above the pack. A lot of kids dream about that. One of my daughters was enchanted by Harry Potter. When she was little, she would have loved to wave the magic wand to change back the clock, alter nature ...

250. Prophet Without Honor

Mark 6:1-13

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David Coffin

... was frustrated and told the father he would seek help elsewhere with a tutor or another student whom he knew to be skilled at high school mathematics. The father was otherwise very good with the use of math where he worked. However, at home, his mathematics abilities made him a prophet without honor. In the same community, a young man had been working for an area manufacturer, and one day decided he did not want to work in this factory or its office anymore. He felt called to become an ordained Christian ...

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