Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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226. Weed-Pulling
Matthew 13:24-30
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Richard Patt
... , amid our churches and other institutions, and in our dealings with people. The weeds are there a-plenty! And we have solutions! We have answers. We know how to solve these matters. We are tempted to have a weed-pulling spree. Don't get the idea we're advocating an anything-goes policy toward evil and sin in the world. Jesus surely detested evil and weeds as much as anyone. But Jesus was very sensitive about not injuring the wheat too. Be careful not to pull up some of the wheat with the weeds. And do not ...
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Dean Lueking
... to see is really the same one who was blind all those years. To them the man says, "I am the man!" Then he is brought to the Pharisees, who denounce it all because Jesus healed the blind man on the Sabbath. A division occurs among them, some advocating affirmation, but others claiming the healer is not from God because he healed on the day of rest. Then the man’s parents are brought onto the scene; they are asked questions which can put them at odds with the Pharisees. The blindness is caused by fear. He ...
228. Proper 8
Lk 9:51-62 · Gal 5:1, 13-25 · 1 Ki 19:15-21
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... Elijah that he is not the only faithful one in Israel, but there are seven thousand more. Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Christian freedom is to live and walk by the Spirit. The Galatian churches were in danger of being bound by a false gospel. Some were advocating a slavery to rules, regulations, and rituals such as circumcision and other Mosaic laws. In contrast, a Christian has freedom from these things because Christ fulfilled the Law for us. We are free from the demands of the Law to be saved. By faith in Christ ...
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... to the questions of the high priest, Stephen delivered an eloquent defense of his faith and actions and those of his Hebrew-Christian colleagues. He acknowledged the God of the Hebrews as his God, and Moses as God’s lawmaker and faithful advocate. He tells the story of God leading his people in the days of the patriarchs, their eventual enslavement in the land of Egypt, and their worsening persecution to the point where their children were put to death. At this critical juncture Stephen introduces ...
230. Mi Casa, Su Casa
Matthew 21:33-46
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Mark Radecke
... , mi casa, su casa - my house is your house. The fruits of the family vineyard are sweet and true: no longer bloodshed and cries, but the fruits of justice and righteousness freely, spontaneously springing from vines well tended, well cared for. We act as advocates in our Father’s world precisely because it is our father’s world. We are agents of God’s justice and righteousness, after the manner of his only-begotten Son, our elder brother, Jesus. There are, you see quite literally millions of God’s ...
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... the judge and you may end up in prison. You will not get out until you have paid the last penny." Congregation: We have a terrible adversary, eager to take us to the courts of heaven. Our case has been settled by Jesus Christ. May we claim you as our advocate in both word and deed so that we don’t have to try in vain to pay every last penny.
232. Advent 2
Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 3:1-12
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... to the children of God. Psalm-series Sermon - Psalm 72:1-14 (15-17) - "Long Live the King's Son!" 1. His reign shall be determined by God's righteousness and shall be marked by justice for the poor and prosperity for the people. 2. He will be an advocate and a deliverer of the poor and oppressed people of the earth, a blessing to the whole world. 3. He will rule as redeemer over the humble and all of the exalted rulers of the nations. 4. He will live forever and all nations will finally call him blessed ...
233. Proper 12
Romans 8:1-17
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Theme: A sighing Spirit for dumbfounded saints Exegetical note The picture of the Spirit presented in the first two verses here is a powerful one, best illustrated by the defense-advocate in the courtroom, who speaks on behalf of a helpless client. The latter here are saints who are dumbfounded by their weakness (i.e., sin), and who therefore require the kind of profound intercession before God that only God's Spirit itself can provide, and that in unspeakable sighs! Call ...
234. Proper 25
Matthew 22:34-40
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Theme: Christian love as bifocal Exegetical note In a sense, Jesus refuses here to play along with the Pharisee's question, which called for a singular answer. Jesus' answer, advocating a "bifocal" love, was not original in the rabbinic tradition. Others had emphasized these two Old Testament injunctions before. Jesus does, however, appear to raise the second commandment to a nearly co-equal status with the first with the word "like" in v. 39, and in his citing both as ...
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... this temptation, and has often yielded to it. But it is so tempting to think you might be able to shape the destiny of the world, change the course of history. It was tempting to medieval popes and their armies, to 19th century missionaries, to social justice advocates of the left and the moral majority of the right. And all would use that power for good, of course. But Jesus says no, no to power. Finally, the devil quotes Scripture at Jesus one last time - which proves the truth of the old saying I have ...
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... in opposition to the will of God;" "that grace for wise and peaceful governance be given to rulers, so that obedience to their commands not necessitate disobedience to God;" and meaning, therefore, "the Creator’s purposes will be fulfilled." Those advocates of Christian unity who support and affirm the World Council of Churches, have been bombarded with rhetoric, and much worse, which insists this expression of a world organization is anti-nationalistic and, in fact, communistic. What many such diatribes ...
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... the magistrates (these were praetors, Roman officials who ranked below a consul and who were charged with hearing and deciding minor cases) they levied an unusual charge against them: "These men are Jews and they are disturbing our city." While they added, "They advocate customs which it is not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice." there is no other accusation of lawbreaking. They did not say, "These men have taken away our livelihood by curing our slave girl." They simply charged, "These men are ...
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... to him more detail about the life and work of Jesus. It was a fortunate combination. The three of them made great strides in winning over the Jews and establishing a Christian congregation at Ephesus. With his knowledge of the Scriptures, Apollos became a convincing advocate for the Christian cause. He then moved on to Corinth, where he became the leader of the congregation and where Paul later referred to him as his co-worker in the Gospel. Aquila and Priscilla turn up several times more in the pages of ...
239. Paul in Chains
Acts 21:27-36
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... rally on the Mount of Olives, promising them that the walls of the city would fall down at his command. Roman forces moved in and dispersed the crowd with much bloodshed. The "Assassins" were the extreme right wing of the zealots, terrorists who advocated violent resistance to Roman rule. Terrorism has ancient roots in Palestine! This time the soldiers forced their way into the crowd to Paul’s side and the tribune ordered Paul arrested and bound in chains. This was actually a helpful step, since it placed ...
240. Study the Healthy
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Abraham Maslow revolutionized my thinking when he advocated if we want to learn about mental health, let’s study those who are healthy, not those who are sick.
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Bill Bouknight
... good enough to get into heaven, I guess I’m in worse shape than I thought.” Then Bill Hybel drew a cross right across the middle of the chart. Underneath that cross he wrote these words from I John 2:2: “But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins.” Underneath that verse he drew a line and said to the man beside him, “Just sign here if you would like to be covered by the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Then ...
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Carroll Gunkel
... Schweitzer, founded MEDICO. It was never my privilege to personally meet Tom Dooley, but he had a two-fold impact on my life. First, Dr. Dooley’s books about the events in Viet Nam colored my thinking to the point that personally I became a staunch advocate of American efforts to stem the advance of Communism in that part of the world. Perhaps, along with many others, my sentiments were foolish or misdirected, but I saw no other alternatives. Tom Dooley’s books led me in that direction. But this was a ...
243. Forever His
Romans 14:1--15:13
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Raymond Gibson
... a virtue instead of a sin because so many people believe they belong to themselves first of all. One of the major arguments used by those who want to legalize the use of marijuana is that if it harms anyone, it harms no one but the user. One young pot advocate told a narcotics bureau officer, "It’s my life and my body! What right do you have to tell me what I can or can’t do to myself?" To believe that we belong first of all to ourselves is to subscribe to a social philosophy of hedonism and utter ...
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Tom Eberle
... give me a crash course in the Christian way. For right now I am feeling that I am not so drastically evil that I should be totally immersed and drowned of my present self. Maria: I do not know, Severus, if you are questioning as the devil’s advocate, or if you seriously wonder about what awaits you. You are not bad in the way that you just spoke of yourself. I have always loved you as my husband. Severus: Then, why this ritual that says I must drown before I live? Certainly it states that the Severus ...
245. The Un-Parade
Matthew 16:21-28, Luke 19:28-44
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Robert Noblett
... , weakness can teach us the strength in passivity and the folly in aggressiveness. On that day of the original triumphal entry, there was more strength in the weakness of Jesus than strength in the strength of the Romans and Sadducees and Pharisees. I am not advocating in time of attack that we roll over and play dead, but I am saying that in times of counterattack the weapons we use do not always better the situation. When we begin to romanticize war and vengeance (as sweet as that sometimes seems), we ...
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Jerry L. Schmalemberger
... Messiah - who point to themselves rather than to God. The real test is to ask, "Is that person like Christ?" The effect of these false leaders is eventual dissension in the church and bigots as its membership. Roy L. Smith tells in The Christian Advocate, "We have heard of a community that has been crying for leadership for the past five years, but when a leader appeared the other day, they crucified him." Charles L. Wallis said, "It is reported that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt at San Juan Hill never said ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... as Jewish eschatological mysticism. According to Bultmann, on the other hand, Paul must be viewed within the framework of Hellenistic Christianity. He was won to the Christian faith by the proclamation of the Hellenistic church and he was on advocate of Hellenistic Christianity over against the Palestinian church. While Paul’s Hellenistic background must be acknowledged, neither must it be over-emphasized. He was, after all, according to his own description, "a Hebrew of the Hebrews" (Philippians 3:5 ...
248. Salvation as Hope
Romans 13:8-14, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58
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T. A. Kantonen
... from the affairs of the old world and oriented to the new. Eschotology in this sense is not confined to "the lost things." It may be described as "realized" (Dodd) or "trasmuted" (von Dobschutz) or "inaugurated" (Hunter) eschotology. Today the futuristic interpretation is advocated most strongly by the "hope" theologians such as Moltmann and Pannenberg. Here eschatology as hope for the future is the sum and substance of all theology. The very being of God and of his kingdom is defined in terms of the future ...
249. Paul Today
Acts 17:16-34
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T. A. Kantonen
... to the future, convinced, as Moltmann insists, that eschatology is not just another branch of theology but the essence of all theology. There is only a tenuous connection, however, between Pauline eschatology and the secularistic utopianism and political radicalism advocated by the contemporary theologians of hope. Paul’s view of the future focuses on the parousia, the day of Christ, when the consequences of his redemptive work will be fully revealed. He shared with other Christians of his generation ...
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Herchel H. Sheets
... good is in our lives. But Jesus was saying that our good deeds must not loom high in our own minds. It is from ourselves that they are to be concealed. They must not be conspicuous to us. Why? Why did Jesus go to such lengths to advocate "voluntary blindness?" A Call To Genuine Goodness He did it, for one thing, because he was interested in genuine goodness. He called the people who made a show of their charity "hypocrites." A hypocrite is one who wears a mask or plays a part. Jesus was saying, "The ...
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