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2851. A Word of Hope for a Hard World

Matthew 2:13-18

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King Duncan

... is a pity because it would lift your spirits like it lifted the spirits of those who first heard it. In the speech, Dr. King asks how long will it be until the hopes of his people would be realized. “How long will justice be crucified, and truth bear it?” he asks. “I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because ‘truth crushed to earth will rise again.’” If you were to read the speech on the Internet, you could see the ...

2852. Our Sin Against God

Genesis 2:4-25

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... woman to believe that God is not serious. “You will not die” (v. 4). God is not really serious about his commandments — all of those instructions that he has given us in his love. You shall not kill, or commit adultery; you shall not steal or bear false witness; you shall not covet. “Love your neighbor as yourself.” “Take up your cross and follow me.” Nah. God is not serious about all those commandments. We won’t suffer any punishment or evil circumstances if we ignore what God has said. His ...

2853. The Resurrection Is for Everyone

Acts 10:23b-48

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... much meaning for you. It’s a time when everyone buys new clothes and goes to church and thinks of Easter bunnies and colored eggs. But the resurrection has never had much significance in your daily life. There are others who have come into this church bearing in the back of their minds the memory of a rather spotted past. What do you have on your conscience? Some compromise of what you knew was right? Some temptation and sin you placed in another’s way? Some sexual or monetary misadventure that you’ve ...

2854. Want to Be Happy?

Matthew 3:13-17

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Leonard Sweet

... 15). To “fulfill” (“pleroo”) in this context suggests fulfilling a prophecy while the reference to “righteousness” (“dikaiosyne”) echoes this declaration from Isaiah 53:11: “by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.” This servant identity is the unique characteristic of Jesus’ messianic role: he will suffer for the sins of all the people. John, though not wholly clued in to all the dimensions of Jesus’ identity, gets the ...

2855. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

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Leonard Sweet

... They reproduce. Disciples live and love in such a way that others want to join them in the journey of reproducing Jesus in the world. Not to be able to reproduce is the worst crisis any species can have----whether that species be a panda bear, a passenger pigeon, a particular church, or a whole denomination (many of whom have gone in my lifetime from mainline to oldline to sideline to offline to flatline). Which makes the reproduction crisis of the church today of such enormous importance. Here is an image ...

2856. Advent 2

Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 14:1--15:13, Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20

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