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276. After A Lost Election, Field Of Dreams

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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James Angell

... say no to that? Another lawyer in town with much more experience was also being proposed for the job. Roscoe Jones was a good and long-time friend of my father and mother, and someone who also had been most friendly to me - and honestly so. The night the city council ... beginning of a pastorate: I beg you, do not look upon Dortmund as a steppingstone, but rather say: "Here I shall stay as long as it pleases God; if it be his will, until I die." Look upon every child, your confirmands, every member of the ...

277. The Simplicity of God's Call

Romans 8:28-39

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... may have life, and have it more abundantly." And the life that God is talking about is precisely this: It's the life that we long for, the life He offered the young man in mourning, the life He offers to all of us. How the psalmist expresses it so well: " ... ... For you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. FROM PSALM 42 As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for Thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the Living God. Why are you cast down, O my soul, ...

278. A Noble Patriotism John D. Mauney, Jr.

Exodus 2:11-25

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... of God. He was to lead the Israelites through forty years of wilderness wanderings and would ultimately bring them to safety in Canaan, the Land of Promise. But it came to pass that Moses himself was not permitted to enter that land, which was the goal of their long journey. He viewed it from afar, as we read in the final chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy, but God said to Moses, "I will give it to your descendants ... but you shall not go over there." (Deuteronomy 34:4) "So Moses, the servant of the Lord ...

279. Is God With You, Or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

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... is the certainty of his presence. Jesus has already told us, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." He has said, "Lo, I am with you always." These are not idle words. These promises are like solid rock beneath us. And we can manage almost any difficulty, as long as we are confident that God is with us! Yes, it's true, my mother suffered, and lingered, and she could no longer sing the hymns she loved, but God was there all the time. In the early evening, before she died at dawn the next morning, we heard ...

280. I ... Oh ... U

Luke 18:9-14

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... spot in the overall tragic gloom. Here was a person unwilling to distinguish one group of bereaved families at the expense of another. From what I’ve said, it could easily be concluded that I’m encouraging all of us to run out and establish very long "U"s and very short "I"s. After all, the parable says, "He who humbles himself will be exalted." And Biblical words such as this often come across with the connotation that he who feels basically worthless and inferior will be more pleasing in the sight ...

281. Let’s Face It

Matthew 25:1-13

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Michael L. Sherer

... Lord’s. He promised that. We can believe it. We can die at any time if necessary. Martin Luther King, Jr., said on the night before he died, speaking to a crowded room of followers, "Longevity is a thing much to be desired. I’d like to live a long, long time, but if I don’t, I’m ready to meet God ... because mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord ..." "Lord strengthen me, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ..." As Jesus’ followers, we must get things settled between ...

282. No Longer Spectators - But Participants!

Acts 2:14-41

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Barbara Brokhoff

... stamp of God’s favor was placed on his Son when he brought him back to life again. (v. 24) Three days, God felt, were long enough to prove his point, and he raised Jesus from the dead! The ugly tyrant of death lost its grip on Jesus. It simply couldn’ ... to shame - we just attempt to show the doubters a bit of the glory we have seen. We may never astound them with our long, involved dissertations on creeds, but we have had a part in the resurrection, and we simply invite them to meet the Master who can ...

283. Which Jesus? This Jesus!

Acts 17:1-9

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Barbara Brokhoff

... iron. She cooked meals on a wood stove in the winter and on a cantakerous old kerosene stove in the summer. She kept the house spotlessly neat and clean. She loved Jesus with a pure heart and sang the great hymns of the church around the house, all day long, as she worked. But she often would admit, "My feet hurt." Why wouldn’t they hurt? The shoes she wore were sometimes too small because they had been given to her by someone else. Often they were worn through on the soles, or run-over on the sides. As ...

284. Peter’s Net

Luke 5:1-11

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Richard F. Bansemer

... to not want faith, but some poor substitute that can make the days pass smoothly away. We can succeed in fooling ourselves with a gigantic hoax. Let’s go back to the person who wants faith, but does not have it. It is, hard to imagine a more common longing. Here are men or women who would believe anything, if only they could, and do anything, if only shown the way, but faith escapes them. Like the lover whom no one loves, or the bereft and the bereaved, ‘so now the believer who senses no faith senses a ...

285. The Agony and Ecstasy of Sight

John 9:1-12

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Richard Hoefler

... us the promise that he is at work in us. When confronted by human need, we should respond as people of the Light and help "so long as we have life." Holy Spittle The manner in which Christ cured the man born blind is also an interesting detail. Jesus spat on the ground ... a prophet." At the end of the story his eyes are finally opened to the reality that Jesus was the Son of Man. It is a long way from "a man" to the "Son of Man," but therein lies the plot profile of our miracle story. For it is the account of a ...

286. The Guy With The Donkey

Matthew 21:1-11

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Bill Bouknight

... like this: all of us are supposed to be donkey-givers. But in order to understand that, I must introduce you to a man Jesus met long ago. This man is a mysterious fellow. We are not told his name or his profession. We don't know what he looked like or how ... she could find a Bible verse that commended that kind of work to a man. That wife prayed and went to work on her Bible. Before long she came to him with her Bible open to II Kings 21:13, where we read: "God says, 'I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes ...

287. A Mother Who Could Let Go

1 Samuel 9:1--10:8

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Bill Bouknight

... memory that a child can have is to be able to say this: "From as far back as I can remember, I heard my parents call my name in their prayers." with a spiritual legacy like that, it is almost impossible for a child to stray from God for very long. The noblest thing you can do in parenting is to help your children gradually transfer their reliance from you to God. Success for a parent is working yourself out of a job, producing a young adult who is utterly God-dependent. That's what Hannah did. That is our ...

288. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

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Frank H. Seilhamer

... what was taking place before my eyes. I had looked at that scene before, I had sat on that knoll and walked through those very fields hundreds of times, but I had never seen them before. And I kicked myself mentally for what I had missed for so long. I also began to think, if I was moved by what I was seeing for the first time, even though I had physical vision, how a person who had been physically blind might be overwhelmed if he suddenly had his eyes opened after years of darkness. That actually happened ...

289. The Greatest Story Ever Told

Luke 15:11-32

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Bill Bouknight

... to reject his parent and leave home for points unknown. How does a parent close his eyes in sleep night after night, not knowing where his child is, not knowing if he is sick or destitute or in danger? What an agony! An awful price had been paid long before the prodigal came home. God never dispenses cheap grace. He never says concerning our trips into the far country, "Oh forget it, it was no big thing." God never says concerning out sin, "No big deal. Other people have done worth. Forget it." Our sin is a ...

290. Marriage: God's Idea

Genesis 2:4-25

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Bill Bouknight

... the ideal marriage. He didn't have to hear about the men she could have married, and she didn't have to hear about the way his mother cooked. NOTICE THIS FIRST TRUTH ABOUT MARRIAGE: GOD SAW ADAM’S NEED BEFORE ADAM DID. Eve was in the mind of God long before she was in the arms of Adam. What was the most basic need that marriage met? It was not sex, though we may assume that Adam and Eve had normal sexual desires. Sex is a wonderful creation of God and vitally important in a marriage. The Bible tells us ...

291. The Forgiving Father (Father's Day)

Luke 15:11-32

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Brett Blair

... father will wake him up and say: Well, its time to go to work. But father, when I was on my own I slept all morning long. Yes, but your back home now. You are going to have to start carrying your own weight now. It is ridiculous to think that we ... and miserable, that causes you restlessness, it is no longer a block between you and your relationship with God. What you have done and how long you have done it is no longer a consideration. As far as we know, the father never even asked the boy how he wasted all ...

292. When Something is About to Happen

Mark 13:32-37

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Thomas Long

... profound way, the church has always struggled with its pain over a future which fails to come. "Come, Lord Jesus," they prayed, but it was Roman soldiers who came. "This world is passing away," they sang, but the world remained. One can live on tiptoe just so long, before the muscles grow tired and the eyes grow weary of looking for the light of a day which never dawns. If the church is standing at the threshold of God’s future kingdom of justice, then the church can dare to touch the wounds of lepers ...

293. The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

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Brett Blair

... difference at all in the life of anybody. But I do know that it is better to try than not to try. I don’t know that if a teacher makes an effort to reach out to a troubled student that it is going to make any difference in the long run, but I do know that it is better to try than not to try. When a person teaches a church school class or goes to the trouble of singing in the choir and having to show up for rehearsal, they have no guarantee whatsoever that there efforts will help ...

294. If You Had Been Here

John 11:17-37

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Louis H. Valbracht

... comfort men whose wives have slipped from them just when their families needed them the most. We have conducted funerals for dead servicemen, whose families had prayed for their safety the whole time that they were in the combat area. A young woman sat in my study not long ago and put the questions verbally that every one of us has at least asked silently: "Look, if prayer is the answer, why don’t I get an answer to my prayers? Why doesn’t God speak? Why doesn’t He at least offer an explanation? Why ...

295. Extended Light

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

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William F. Dunkle

... do you imagine were the Roman army’s equivalent to campaign ribbons on his tunic? Did he have "hash marks" on his sleeve for long service? Only one thing is recorded. He watched Jesus die and whispered in awe, "Truly this man was the son of God!" War ... been demonstrating more interest in eschatology (the doctrine of last things) during the second half of this present century than for a long time previously. So we still live in a world of time, measuring our days and being measured by them. We are still ...

296. Waiting

John 1:6-8, 19-28

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Brett Blair

... up and down the aisles, writing furiously. There was peace on earth, no more war, no hunger or poverty. There was peace in families, harmony, no dissension, no more drugs. There careful use of resources. By the time she got back to the counter, she had a long list. Jesus looked over the list, then smiled at her and said, "No problem." And then he bent down behind the counter and picked out all sorts of things, and finally stood up, and laid out the packets on the counter. "What are these?" the woman asked ...

297. King of Atlanta

Romans 8:28-39

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... forefront as a leader of the protest. Dr. King told reporters on the scene, "Our concern is not to put the bus company out of business, but to put justice in business." It remains a question as to whether the blacks can make the boycott stick over a long period of time, or whether they will yield to pressure and give up. ANTAGONIST: I suppose Martin Luther King, Jr., figured he had to live up to his first and middle name by becoming a crusader of some sort. PROTAGONIST: Actually, I think he wanted to live ...

298. Backsliding

John 6:60-71

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Brett Blair

... wife's side when their first child was born? Or should he withdraw from the team and remain behind. Bill's wife insisted that he go to Paris. After all, he had been working towards this for all these years. It was the culmination of a life-long dream. Clearly the decision was not easy for Bill to make. Finally, after much soul searching, Bill decided to withdraw from the competition and remain behind with his wife so that he could be with her when their first child arrived. Bill considered being at her side ...

299. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

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King Duncan

... Families are coming apart. Teenagers are losing themselves in drugs and suicides. With the Welfare Reform Act people who have never had a real job in their lives are facing desperate times. You and I can say, "Well, it's about time. They needed to find a job a long time ago." The truth is that many of them are unemployable and many of them have children who will be going without some of the necessities of life. Many of these children will turn to a life of crime. Can you look into the eyes of someone who is ...

300. You Can Be Happy

Mark 1:29-34

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King Duncan

... also; for that is what I came out to do." Jesus would not be side-tracked by the adulation of the crowds. He knew where he was headed. Nothing else mattered. Gorman Williams spent most of his life as a missionary to India. In 1945 he purchased tickets for a long-awaited vacation back to the United States. He had counted down the months and days until he would be home. A few days before he was to leave he heard about some Jews who had escaped the wrath of the Nazis. They had traveled by boat to India seeking ...

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