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276. The Wise and Foolish Builders

Matthew 7:24-29

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... one builds a house on a rock and the other chooses a sandy location. Later, when the rain pours down, causing a flash flood of the river over its banks, the first house withstands the storm and the other house is swept away. The imagery comes from climatic conditions in Palestine. The country is dry most of the year, but following the autumn rains, sudden torrents may rush down dry ravines and carry away anything in their path. The purpose of the parable is to warn those who have listened to the sermon that ...

277. Abraham Pleads for Sodom

Genesis 18:16-33

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... reports that Yahweh finished speaking with Abraham. Yahweh’s posture must have told Abraham that the dialogue was over. Yahweh then left, and Abraham returned home. The continual recounting of the number of righteous underscores the fact that the moral climate in Sodom and Gomorrah had decayed so badly that there were virtually no righteous left in those cities. There were no moral grounds for God to preserve them from destruction. In chapter 19 the reader learns that the heavenly messengers invited ...

278. The Golden Calf

Deuteronomy 9:7-29

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... as regards water. No human body, not even one with the octogenarian vigor of Moses, can survive forty days without liquid (eighty days if the fast of v. 18 is meant to signify a second period) and certainly not in the hot, dry climate of the Sinai peninsula. The intensity of Moses’ fasting signifies the momentous, historic significance of the giving of the law and the horrendous threat faced by the people because of their sin. The phrase “forty days and forty nights” may function as a literary ...

279. Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

Ezra 4:6-24

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... from the imperial archives or “annals” (NRSV). What it would learn was that in the Assyrian period the Judean king Hezekiah had rebelled, while in the Babylonian period Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed the capital for rebellion. While this was true, the historical climate was now completely different—and Judah was in no shape to secede from the Persian empire. The nightmare of a bid for independence by withholding imperial taxes or, worse, a takeover of the whole western satrapy, existed only in the ...

280. Completion and Dedication of the Temple

Ezra 6:13-18

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... therefore to begin v. 2 with “But” (NRSV). The search proved fruitless until it was extended elsewhere. Ecbatana, the capital of the earlier Median empire, was used as a summer residence because it was in a mountainous region and had a more temperate climate. Cyrus left Babylon in the spring of 538, and it is feasible to assume that he issued the edict from Ecbatana and so it was recorded there. “Memorandum” evidently refers to a brief record of an oral decision written on a leather or papyrus ...

281. The Passover

Ezra 6:19-22

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

282. A Tribute to a Woman's Love

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... t really what she wanted to do with her life. Her ultimate goal was to be an overseas missionary. And she got her opportunity. After a brief stint in Japan, she was posted to India. Carmichael had a strong spirit. The hot and unfriendly climate of India did not deter her from fulfilling her dream. Neither did the dangers missionaries often encounter. However, she suffered dreadfully from neuralgia which oftentimes left her no choice but to run her mission from her bed. When her condition grew worse, she was ...

283. Gratitude: A Matter of Perspective

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... his lonely island,” a wise pastor once noted, “he drew up in two columns what he called the evil and the good. He was cast on a desolate island, but he was still alive--not drowned like all his crewmates. He had no clothes, but he was in a hot climate where he did not need them. He was apart from human society, but he was not starving. He was without any means of defense, but he saw no wild beasts. He had no one to whom he could speak, but God had sent the ship so near the shore that ...

284. A Time of Transition

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... Galilee,’ they said, ‘why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.’” The two men in white were pointing them toward that climatic day when “at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:10-11). We, too, should look ahead to that time ...

285. The Reception was Excellent

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... life. What a magnificent planet God has given us. It is perfectly balanced--just enough light, just enough darkness, just enough moisture, just enough dry land, just enough heat, just enough cold to sustain the lives of billions of people. [This is why issues like climate change are so important. Human beings are the only creatures in the universe who seem to be capable of destroying this very delicate balance. Wouldn’t it be tragic if we were to take this world that God has so lovingly created and make ...

286. Consider the Possibilities

Illustration

Don Emmittee

... columns what he called the evil and the good. He was cast on a desolate island, but he was still alive—not drowned, as his ship's company was. He was apart from human society, but he was not starving. He had no clothes, but he was in a hot climate where he did not need them. He was without means of defense, but he saw no wild beasts such as he had seen on the coast of Africa. He had no one to whom he could speak, but God had sent the ship so near to the shore that he ...

287. Lying By the Side of the Road

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... this story makes us uncomfortable. There are two levels at which we may respond to the story of the Good Samaritan. The first is at the level of simple civility or common courtesy. I once read that just as Hawaiians have no word for “weather” because the climate is so good, Eskimos have no word for “thank you” because in a world that is so stark, helping one’s neighbor is seen as a duty. You would think that being civil to one another is the least we can do. Every major religion or philosophy ...

288. Jesus Destroys the Power of Sin

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... leaks are never a good thing. A leaky water line or toilet valve can pour money down the drain without ever giving away its presence. A leaky gas vent can put whole buildings in danger of blowing up. Leaky seals around doors and windows allow our climate-controlled inside air to escape out and outside air to seep in. Leaking brake lines, transmission fluids, or battery acid can all spell disaster for our safety while driving. Yet when what is being “leaked” isn’t water or gas or air, but snippets of ...

289. Don't Give In

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... rumors of wars, starving children, the insidious, pernicious, scourge of disease and pestilence, the ravages of aging, the life destroying distraction of drugs, the increasing American culture of taking wonderful words like mission, vision, and servant-hood, and transforming them into the climate of business; not as words of altruism or service to God but as words of ways to increase the bottom line. Might I succumb to my own temptation to ask an awful question? Forty days and nights in the wilderness, what ...

290. Loving Made Real

John 13:1-17, John 13:31-38

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... bathing) and not religious fashion (ritual, baptism, symbolic of spiritual thirst, or practice of hospitality), the meaning of a text such as this one is lost. We know that in the times of Jesus, the footwear of choice was likely sandals except only for the wealthiest. The arid climate made for dirty feet as a matter of course. It was a time more like when we sent our children out to play and after all day of sweating and engagement with the outdoors they would hit the door and we would swoop them up to the ...

291. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... or a gardener, you may keep rain barrels. Years ago, people would catch rain in buckets. Why? Because rainwater is gentle, free of chemicals, clean, and fresh. Plants and crops love rainwater. They thrive in it. So do we. If you live in an arid climate, rain water can be the best gift. Remember that line in the 23rd psalm? “My cup overflows….” Picture the kind of rain that comes down, and comes down, and comes down…..filling those huge rain buckets and rain barrels, and overflowing them from the ...

292. Daddy's Love

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... bird and so numerous that often it is considered a pest. But sparrows can be found nearly everywhere on earth. From New Delhi, India to Santiago, Chile; from London, England to Sydney, Australia; they are, indeed, ubiquitous. Some studies indicate that, due to climate change, there are fewer sparrows than there used to be. In fact, a survey published last Fall in the Journal Science reported that there are nearly 3 billion—yes, I said billion with a b—3 billion less birds altogether than there were ...

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

Bill Gates

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.

Charles Caleb Colton

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape.

Gerald Brenan

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

Giacomo Leopardi

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

Henry Ward Beecher

Heaven for climate, hell for company.

James M. Barrie

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Joseph Addison

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276. The Wise and Foolish Builders

Matthew 7:24-29

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

277. Abraham Pleads for Sodom

Genesis 18:16-33

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

278. The Golden Calf

Deuteronomy 9:7-29

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

279. Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

Ezra 4:6-24

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

280. Completion and Dedication of the Temple

Ezra 6:13-18

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

281. The Passover

Ezra 6:19-22

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

282. A Tribute to a Woman's Love

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

King Duncan

283. Gratitude: A Matter of Perspective

Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Sermon

King Duncan

284. A Time of Transition

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

285. The Reception was Excellent

John 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

286. Consider the Possibilities

Illustration

Don Emmittee

287. Lying By the Side of the Road

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

288. Jesus Destroys the Power of Sin

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

289. Don't Give In

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

290. Loving Made Real

John 13:1-17, John 13:31-38

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

291. Rain of Grace

Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

292. Daddy's Love

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.

Bill Gates

Charles Caleb Colton

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape.

Gerald Brenan

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

Giacomo Leopardi

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

Henry Ward Beecher

Heaven for climate, hell for company.

James M. Barrie

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Joseph Addison

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