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226. One’s Proper Service

Isaiah 58:1-14

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Larry Powell

... to break every yoke ... to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him" (58:6-7). William Linkhaw believed that a part of his service to God was to sing in the church choir. I am inclined to agree with him. His voice may have been off key, but his comprehension of service to God was not. What is your service to God?

227. Song of an Historian

Psalm 78:1-72

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... forebears’ behalf, from the plagues he inflicted on Egypt to his seating of David on Israel’s throne. Nor can he refrain from calling on his contemporaries to consider their heritage carefully lest they lose their sense of direction. Give ear, O people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! I will open my mouth in a parable, I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. (Psalm 78:1-3) Thus, the psalmist will instruct ...

228. Remember Who(se) You Are

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Frederick C. Edwards

... is continually expressed anew through them. So creation took place by the Word or creative expression of God. Probably few of us regard our own baptism as one of those powerful and creative events, but perhaps it has more potential than we are inclined to believe. In the springtime, when the winter snows are still melting in the High Sierras, the Yosemite Valley of California echoes with the thunder of waterfalls. Streams and rivers come together in torrents of rushing water, rushing over sheer rock walls ...

229. The Covenant Of Amazing Grace

Genesis 9:1-17

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... things went from bad to worse. Cain murdered his brother Abel. Lamech introduced polygamy. Unnatural marriage alliances were formed. We read in the sixth chapter of Genesis, "The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that he made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart." Sin is unchecked and the universe is moving toward disaster. When evil becomes a way ...

230. The Right Spirit Within Us ...

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... a time when any criticism of our country is regarded as unpatriotic. Yet, the sermons of the Old Testament prophets were directed primarily toward the sins of their own country. They seemed to be much more suspicious of patriotic fervor than we are inclined to be. I think about Jeremiah and the flag controversy in our country. I also think about how popular and important the swastika flag was for Germany fifty years ago. In any public event, church or secular, this national symbol was in prominent display ...

231. The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-21

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Brett Blair

... upon how we view care for the aging in our society. In our throw away society, all too often the aged are dumped and forgotten. The prevalent attitude today that the government should take care of them because we don’t the time or the inclination is certainly foreign to the Biblical perspective. This commandment is so pervasive that even in the end when our parents are deceased we are still not released from the obligations of this commandment. It means that we are to continue living the kind of lives ...

232. The Ten Commandments - Part 3

Exodus 20:1-21

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Brett Blair

233. Egypt: Unlikely Refuge

Matthew 2:13-18

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... the devil I never see Kalas having a beer!" God didn’t give me a seminary professor, a pastor, or even a run-of-the-mill Christian to be my refuge during my six months in New York City. He gave me a refuge in Egypt. You and I are inclined to limit God. He can use whom He will. Thus the Lord spoke to the prophet of old, "I have chosen Cyrus to be King."4 I wonder if the prophet said, "Would you repeat that? You can’t mean Cyrus, the Persian, the pagan, the roughneck military man?" None ...

234. Out of Doors: Nature and Supernatural

Matthew 14:22-36

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... discovered, and nature is not going to break its own laws. But according to the New Testament record, Jesus sometimes did some things which were beyond those laws of nature. We call them "miracles," and we are uncomfortable with them. Our natural, modern inclination is to think that the writers who recorded the incidents probably made a mistake, or that they stretched a rather normal event until it had extraordinary qualities. But could it be that they weren’t miracles at all? That is, could it be that ...

235. "But, Lord, I Didn’t Want To Be Saved in That Way"

2 Kings 5:1-27

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Thomas D. Peterson

... God to Naaman and a one-way street of faithfulness from Naamen to God. Naaman’s request for "two mules’ burdens of earth" testified to his having accepted these conditions. Having pondered this story, I wonder if I had refused the payment would the professor have inclined to be my friend? Or, would he have been ashamed to be indebted to a student? Of course, the comparison is not complete, but it is close. Paying people for a service does put things in perspective. The one who pays can always feel a bit ...

236. It Might Have Been ...

Luke 22:1-6, Matthew 26:14-16, Matthew 27:1-10, Matthew 26:47-56

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... not. All of which indicates that Judas was as much a part of the disciples as any other - as close to Jesus, perhaps, as any other. He had all the opportunities, then. He could have served God ... but he chose to serve lesser loyalties. Now, I’m inclined to discount entirely, or take with a grain of salt, John’s accounts about his stealing from the treasury. I think that John, years later after the enormity of the betrayal had had time to settle in, was unable to think any good thing about Judas - and ...

237. LORD, I BELIEVE

John 9:35-41

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Louis H. Valbracht

... a picture of Christians as lifeless, Christianity as something to be gloomy about, Christianity as musty and pallid. Very often, when we meet such a person, one who goes about as though he were suffering from a chronic case of sour stomach, we are inclined to say, "Here is a person who suffers from too much Christianity." Don’t be mislead. He’s not suffering from too much but, rather, too little Christianity. Whenever I see such a person suffering from religious dyspepsia, I am tempted to remind him ...

238. The Very Nearness Of Holy Week

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Leonard H. Budd

We were sitting at the side of the road - near where it begins its incline toward the gate to the City. We could see the dust of the road being kicked up into a great cloud off toward Bethany. It was a sure sign that a large group of pilgrims was coming. The dust of the air began to be mingled with the shouts and ...

239. Blow The Trumpet In Zion

Joel 2:1-11

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Larry Powell

... is no longer "special," and has lost its attention-grabbing, spirit-lifting power for referring to something exclusive or genuinely outstanding. Similarly, the word "repent," like an old metal file, has lost its bite, for we have smoothed the edges ourselves. Besides, even if we were so inclined to come to terms with the word, we do not really have the time. We have a field to buy, or something to take to market, or a garment to mend, or somewhere to be, or something to do. Is there a word which falls upon ...

240. When Ten Equals Two

Exodus 20:1-21

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Larry Powell

... beat a ninety-year-old couple, then set fire to their house, burning them alive. If given a choice between identifying with certain characters of our kind, against the alternative of descending from a respectable monkey, there are times when we would incline to agree with Huxley and "declare in favor of the monkey." Love is the word we are reaching for. Theologically, there is a greater relationship between God and humanity than reverence. Morally, there is a greater relationship between ourselves and our ...

241. On His Way

Matthew 21:1-11

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Larry Powell

... them, telling them to be silent." How are we to account for this rather surprising outburst on the part of the crowd? It’s difficult to say, unless the crowd was, in fact, as we have supposed. (1) The accumulation of random pilgrims would be inclined to caution the two blind men against allowing their enthusiasm to run away with them to the point of desperation. Without having actually witnessed any of Jesus’ miracles themselves (and there is no reason to assume that they had) this element of the crowd ...

242. Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Larry Powell

... had fallen behind a caravan, would hear his name called in a tone hauntingly familiar. Thinking it to be the voice of a friend, he would seek out the voice and ultimately perish. Perhaps we do not hear voices, but as Christians we are put upon by inclinations which we, like Judas, may carelessly mistake for opportunities. We follow them, whatever they may be, only to discover that we have been brought far from the cause of Christ. As one of his own, we have betrayed him. The greatest damage to the Church is ...

243. An Unusual Legacy

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Roger Prescott

... Keep me from the idea that I must express mnyself on every subject. Release me from the craving to meddle in everyone’s affairs. Keep my tongue from the recital of endless details of the past which do not interest others. Seal my lips when I am inclined to talk about my aches and pains. They are increasing with the years, and my love to speak of them grows sweeter as time goes by. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be wrong. Make me thoughtful, but not interfering; helpful, but not bossy ...

244. The Father Who Wanted His Son To Succeed

1 Kings 2:1-12

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Alton F. Wedel

... strange world in which to bring up children. It’s a charge from God that takes a heap of loving. One Last Chance The Word today is not from Dr. Spock on child psychology or health, but from the Holy Scriptures and a paragraph of history we may be inclined to overlook. It’s the story of a father who wanted his son to succeed - in this case, King David, who not only wanted Solomon, his son, to succeed him on the throne of Israel, but to prosper, too, in everything he did, whichever way he turned. This was ...

245. The Word To The Wise

Proverbs 2:1-22

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Alton F. Wedel

... We are in a frantic panic, rushing headlong toward the grave, each trying to scoop up a piece of pie along the way. The Lord Gives Wisdom The Word to the Wise is Wisdom. "Receive my words ... treasure up my commandments ... attend to wisdom ... incline your heart to understanding." Seek wisdom, struggle for it, pray for it, "for the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." The problem with the book of Proverbs, when it is read in isolation, is that it comes out sounding strangely ...

246. The Good News of Easter

John 20:1-9

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Brett Blair

... before the headstone when he heard the music blasting from a car radio. He said he could hear the base even before he spotted the car. Around the road of Memorial Park came a car filled with teenagers. They were laughing and shouting and his first inclination was that they were there simply to create trouble. Surprisingly, however, the car stopped by a grave in the distance. They all got out and they went over to a particular marker. They stood there quietly, and they all broke out in tears. They embraced ...

247. A Lack of Feeding in the American Dream

Romans 6:1-14

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Gregory J. Johanson

... set that we don’t that we are correspondingly diminished in self-worth; or the idea, especially prevalent in this part of the West, that a man in particular must in every way be self-sufficient, self-made, and in no way weak or dependent or inclined to seek help for any troublesome issues. When any of these assumptions or dreams or fairy tales are in operation, our self-esteem cuts us off from the feeding available from persons who are willing to give to us regardless of IQ, looks, sports ability, total ...

248. Treasures of the Heart

Luke 2:41-52

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Dallas A. Brauninger

... provides for us the capacity to accept change and to adjust to the continual remodeling of our lives. Amen. Prayer Of Confession We cling to what is familiar, O God. We like the status quo. Give us courage to let go where it is best to let go. Strengthen our inclination to loosen when creative slack supports another’s growth. Help us to be present while we stay out of the way. Amen. Hymns “When The Morning Stars Together” “I Would Be True” “Born Of God, Eternal Savior”

249. Praying for a Whole New World

Luke 21:5-38

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William G. Carter

... , some scriptwriter mixed up the sequence of biblical events, but the essential story stayed the same. A flood wipes out the entire known world. As the book of Genesis says, “The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5). So God decided to wash away human wickedness in the waters of a flood. Only Noah’s family and pairs of every animal were spared. When the rain began to fall, it ...

250. The ABC Gospel

2 Kings 5:1-27

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... might have looked impressive in the sight of all his people, but to this young maid he was a man with a desperate need that only God could meet. She spoke of God’s amazing power to heal even those diseases science calls hopeless. Naaman was at first inclined to reject the prescription that came to him. He failed to understand the way God works with us. “He went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of garments” (2 Kings 5:5). Naaman wanted to buy the cure ...

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