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226. Exodus 17:1-7

Exodus 17:1-7

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Leonard Sweet

... to Exodus, these confrontations take place before the people have been consecrated to the Lord at Sinai/Horeb and before the covenant between themselves and Yahweh had been formally established. This is perhaps a partial excuse for their ignorance and suspicion about their unique situation. Their pre-covenant status also may suggest that all this bad behavior was not yet subject to Yahweh's unbridled judgment. In ancient Near Eastern covenant relationships, part of the covenant bond involved trusting in the ...

227. Mark 14:1-15:47

Mark 14:1-15:47

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Leonard Sweet

... missing from some of the most important codices (Vaticanus and Sinaiticus) as well as several other early versions of Mark, many modern translations omit it. But the persistent maid follows Peter into the shadows. This time, she makes matters worse by revealing her suspicions to other "bystanders" (v.69). We do not have the specific words of Peter's second denial only the terse "again he denied it." Whether out of idle curiosity or malicious intent, the interest of those in the priest's courtyard is piqued ...

228. Why We Do What We Do

Matthew 6:1-4

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Mike Ripski

... rather than Creator. The serpent says, “The reason the Creator doesn’t want you to eat of the tree is that you’ll then know what he knows and be like him. The Creator wants to keep what he has to himself.” The serpent plants the seed of suspicion, of distrust. What is behind all that exists, can’t be trusted. We live in a hostile environment. The serpent named our human reality. We are not as God. God has something we don’t have. We are less because of it. The Original Sin was distrust of the ...

229. Proper 18

Proverbs 22:1-16, Mark 7:24-37, James 2:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... people if it is publicized. Protestants are sure that we are saved by faith alone. It depends on what is meant by faith. James is writing about a faith different from Paul's concept of faith. There is a kind of faith that cannot save. Many pastors have a suspicion that some of their members have the faith that cannot save. What kind of faith is it? Outline: The faith that cannot save – a. A faith without works v. 14. b. A faith that is dead v. 17. 2. A sacred conjunction: And (2:18). Need: For centuries ...

230. Too Good Not to Be True

Luke 24:36-49

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King Duncan

... as sensational as that. How much more sensational was the appearance of Christ to his followers? No wonder they were slow to believe. Who would want to fall for something like a dead man suddenly alive? It seemed absurd. So there was that fear that suspicion. Some people are still afraid of accepting the truth of the resurrected Christ even today. What if I committed my life to Christ only to discover that it was all an illusion? All of us live with that possibility. For those of us who have experienced ...

231. Mark 6: 1-13

Mark 6:1-6

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Leonard Sweet

... only as “the tradesman, the son of Mary” (v.3). In Judaic culture children, especially male children, were identified patrilineally — with the father’s name. To identify Jesus through his mother’s name is highly unusual. It even might hint at a local suspicion about Jesus’ legitimacy. If Jesus was accepted as part of Joseph’s line, however, he is not even particularly significant within that family. The crowd sees him as just one within a gaggle of brothers and sisters with whom Jesus grew up ...

232. Proper 8

2 Kings 2:1-18, Psalm 77:1-20, Luke 9:51-62, Galatians 5:16-26

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B. David Hostetter

... one to you, and that you have your own secret stairway into every heart. Take from all lands all enmity between class and class and party and party. Help all to see beyond their individual interests to the common good. Take from the world all enmity and suspicion between nation and nation, between race and race, between color and color. Help us to find a new sense of community which will transcend color and country and in which we all live as one family parented by you. Take from the world all injustice and ...

233. Proper 15

Psalm 80:1-19, Isaiah 5:1-7, Luke 12:49-56, Hebrews 11:29--12:2

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B. David Hostetter

... at war with their enemies or anarchists willing to exploit conflict to destroy all lawful authority. Teach people and parties how to reform governments and institutions without destruction or violence or the threat of violence. Deliver us from envy and hatred, from suspicion and craftiness, and from every cruelty which human beings have inflicted on each other. Teach all movements and all nations how greatly we need a Prince of Peace to rule over us all. Savior, keep in your mercy all those whom we ...

234. Proper 25

Psalm 65:1-13, Joel 2:23-32, Luke 18:9-14, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

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B. David Hostetter

... worthily only with the aid of your prayerful Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Great God, mighty and awesome, you are above all pettiness and unmoved by cheap bargaining. Forgive our preference for people just like us, our suspicions of those alien to us, our double standards of caring for those of our kind and those of other customs. Excuse our neglect of justice on behalf of those who are not in a position to speak for themselves. We have forgotten your outgoing grace ...

235. “Bad Form” and Bad Jesus

Ephesians 2:11-22

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Leonard Sweet

... text declares that in the new reality that has been created by Christ, Jew and Gentile are now bound on the common ground of “Christ.” All that divided and distanced Jew and Gentile was demolished, broken down, eradicated. Instead of hostility and suspicion there was a new wholeness found in Christ: “For he is our peace” (Ephesians 2:14). What does Jesus’ “peace” mean? True peace, authentic “shalom,” is not defined by absence. The absence of wars, the absence of hostilities, the absence of ...

236. Bad Form and Bad Jesus

Ephesians 2:11-22

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Leonard Sweet

237. Small Saves

John 6:1-15

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Leonard Sweet

... the opportunity to do something small but right, the small but wrong won’t hesitate to move in. A smile directed at a neighbor can offer a fragment of the kingdom. A frown or blank stare invites the seed of another sort to settle in — the seeds of suspicion, hostility, disregard. God is not calling us to save the world. Jesus did that for us. But God is calling us to make small saves, to share shards of the grace we have been given to all those we encounter, in all the actions that we take. Your life ...

238. Go Fly A Kite

John 6:25-59

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Leonard Sweet

... empire. Investments, money management, employees, stock market cycles, global currency exchange, become daily concerns. The “freedom” of all that money chains those winners down with new responsibilities. The “hands-out” posture of friends and family dissolves trust and deepens suspicions. Wealth can batten down and beat up the spirit as much as poverty. The sixties slang that called money “bread” was right on target. But it is the bread “that perishes,” the bread that never frees or feeds ...

239. Sex and the City

Exodus 20:14

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James Merritt

... in store after your morality is found out: Your mate will experience the anguish of betrayal, shame, rejection, heartache and loneliness. No amount of repentance will soften those blows. Your mate can never again say that you are a model of fidelity. Suspicion will rob her or him of trust. Your escapade(s) will introduce to your life and your mate's life the very real probability of a sexually transmitted disease. The total devastation your sinful actions will bring to your children is immeasurable. Their ...

240. The Underlying Mercy

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

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Stan Purdum

... undergo such a loss and emerge with my faith intact." I admit that I felt that way the first time I read the story behind the writing of "It Is Well With My Soul." In fact, I considered whether the man might have been in denial. My suspicion of that deepened when I read a little further and discovered that eight years later, Spafford headed off for Jerusalem under the strange notion that he was a second Messiah. Apparently some mental disturbance took hold of his mind, although we cannot know if it was in ...

241. Jesus Brings Hope

Revelation 1:4-8

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Richard Gribble

... other slaves; he possessed a twinkle in his eye. Still, he carried the proper credentials and thus was not eliminated by the IGW. Actually #2,750,300, whom we can call Mr. White for short, was a model slave. He did his duty well; he was above all suspicion. On Restday (there no longer was Sunday), White many times left SC1, but where he went no one was certain. He often went to a rural section of the land where one day he found something quite remarkable, a piece of brown earth which had not been destroyed ...

242. New Creations in Christ

Revelation 21:1-6

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Richard Gribble

... injuries done against him, now he saw how much he was loved and he was able to demonstrate forgiveness that healed his wounds. Where before he had seen nothing of value, now he found many hidden treasures. Where before he experienced only boredom and suspicion, now he lived in wonderment and trust, and where before people had irritated him, he now saw in them something that reminded him of the stranger. And he knew that the stranger lived.1 The old man was bitter, arrogant, and resisted change, but through ...

243. Past, Present, Future

Isaiah 43:16-21

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Frank Ramirez

... one, then it was important for rulers to be able to authorize the torture, mutilation, and slaying of enemies and friends alike, and still be able to show up for worship on Sunday. Churches prized their relationship with the state, and those who professed suspicion about this relationship were often branded heretics. Eventually, it was simply assumed that you couldn't have a church unless it was supported by the state, and supported the state in turn. Even the reformers, who did great work by challenging an ...

244. Hebrews 9:24-28

Hebrews 9:11-28

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Leonard Sweet

The person who finds a new way to fix an old problem is usually not welcomed with open arms, much less rave endorsements. The new and novel is typically viewed first with suspicion, perhaps even hostility. Take the notion that the earth orbited around the sun, not the other way around. That scientific “advancement” brought Galileo a boatload of trouble - even though it was true. It took 350 years for the Vatican to admit that Galileo was right, and that his 1633 trial ...

245. Putting Ourselves into the Picture

Exodus 1:1-22

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Maxie Dunnam

... whole new way of doing things, a whole new way of living. Or it may be that you’ve just gone through a divorce, and you feel devastated and defeated. Your self-esteem has been shattered. Or you’ve just gotten the word from the doctor, his suspicion has been verified, malignancy. And now you’re whole life is different. The future is foreboding. You don’t even know how to talk about it, so you don’t express your fear and you remain silent. You feel alone and helpless. Change – it can bring despair ...

246. Finding ‘Comfort’ Instead of ‘Little Hope’

Romans 12:12-15

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... , for some reason, tends to live in the town of Little Hope. It's where they think we should all live. But the truth is, when there's no hope or little hope we have a tendency to get small minded, insular and look at one another with suspicion rather than looking at each other as children of God and brothers and sisters in Christ. That's pretty much opposite of what the Apostle Paul writes in Romans 12:12-15: [12] Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. [13] Contribute to the needs ...

247. Like a Venomous Snake

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

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King Duncan

... it and no one will know what they were up to. A simple plan which, if all goes as planned, will make them all very, very rich. Of course, things do not go as planned. Hank decides to return part of the money to the plane to allay police suspicion. An old man on a snowmobile stumbles on him as he reaches the plane. His brother Jacob clobbers the old man with a crowbar, and before long greed and thievery have led to multiple murders. The simple plan spins out of control. It ends with Jacob killing Lou and ...

248. Be A Barnabas

Acts 4:33-37

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... when they didn't want to have anything to do with him. Paul was the great persecutor. But Barnabas had heard Paul preach Jesus with great power while in Damascus. Barnabas used his status and influence to tell Paul's story and tear down the walls of suspicion, so Paul could be accepted. And so the early church could hear and be touched by the power of Paul's preaching. And if any introduction ever paid off. It was this one. We all know how incredibly successful Paul was in spreading the Gospel and starting ...

249. The Real GPS: Gospel Positioning System

John 21:15-25

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Leonard Sweet

... big deal. It was the human, the humane thing to do. For over two years Miep and Jan Gies closeted the Frank family. Miep bicycled around Amsterdam visiting many different grocers, so that her extra ration cards and extra food purchases wouldn’t raise suspicions. But in August of 1944 a tip from a still unknown source clued the Nazis into the Frank’s hiding place. They were arrested and deported to Auschwitz. Before the Nazis could return to confiscate any remaining items, Miep gathered up the Frank’s ...

250. Magnificent Fools

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

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Maxie Dunnam

... whose devotion to the cause made him a trusted leader in the movement. Those two had been rounded up by the existing government and put under torture to make them reveal the secrets of their undercover revolutionary activities. Released, they were soon again under suspicion and sought by the authorities whose net they had escaped. Eventually they reached the sea coast where a boat was waiting to take them to safety. But there at the water’s edge, the worker stopped, held out his hand to the writer, and ...

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