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3851. Josiah Celebrates the Passover

2 Chronicles 35:1-19

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... parallel account may reflect the Chronicler’s desire to introduce a Levitical prophet into the narrative once again (1 Chron. 6:25–28; cf. 1 Sam 1:1)” (R. B. Dillard, 2 Chronicles [WBC 15; Waco: Word Books, 1987], p. 291). Samuel is indeed an important character in the Chronicles. A concordance search shows that, outside the books of Samuel, the name Samuel occurs only nine times—seven of them in Chronicles (1 Chron. 6:28, 33; 9:22; 11:3; 26:28; 29:29; 2 Chron. 35:18). The combination “Samuel the ...

3852. The Death of Josiah

2 Chronicles 35:20--36:1

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

3853. Jehoiakim King of Judah

2 Chronicles 36:5-8

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... Zedekiah did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet seems strange. The normal accusation is that the king or people did not humble themselves before Yahweh. Hermann-Josef Stipp (“Zedekiah in the Book of Jeremiah: On the Formation of a Biblical Character,” CBQ 58 [1996], pp. 627–48) shows, however, that the same Zedekiah does not get similar harsh treatment in the book of Jeremiah: “The verdict pronounced by the writers of Chronicles typifies an advanced state of a concept that took shape ...

3854. Jehoiachin King of Judah

2 Chronicles 36:9-10

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

3855. Zedekiah King of Judah

2 Chronicles 36:11-14

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

3856. Rebuilding the Temple

Ezra 3:7-13

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... applied to the foundation, although we are not informed what aspect of it sparked the protest. In light of the upbeat nature of Haggai 2:1–9, it is probable that the narrator, in echoing it, wanted to draw attention to the “not yet” character of the restoration to the land. In terms of Psalm 126, the restored fortunes enjoyed thus far by the returned exiles fell short of eschatological expectations. Rather than surpass the glory of Solomon’s temple, as Haggai promised it would one day, this second ...

3857. The Completion of the Wall

Nehemiah 6:15-7:3

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... about Jerusalem. Tobiah’s Judean contacts were members of a family network by marriage and were his sworn political supporters. They lost no opportunity to commend him to Nehemiah and to report back Nehemiah’s stated views. Tobiah sent letters of a different character directly to Nehemiah—hostile letters meant to intimidate. We have not heard the last of Tobiah. Nehemiah was later to confiscate his apartment in the very precincts of the temple, given to him by a priestly member of the pro-Tobiah party ...

3858. Praise to the Lord

Isaiah 25:1-12

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... :1–19. Because of their visionary portrayal of world judgment, heavenly conflict, and a radically new day, the chapters have been described as a “Little Apocalypse.” “Apocalypse” is another word for a vision or a revelation with an “eschatological” character. The words “eschatological” and “apocalyptic” are used in such varying and often ill-defined ways that they are best avoided. As a form of writing, apocalypses flourished in Israel much later than Isaiah’s day. Many come from the ...

3859. A Song of Praise

Isaiah 26:1-21

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

3860. Deliverance of Israel

Isaiah 27:1-13

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

3861. Israel's Only Savior

Isaiah 43:1-13

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... ). After this fourth unit Yahweh returns to confronting Jacob-Israel. At this point a sequence parallel to 42:18–43:21 begins and develops these points further. These chapters unfold themes gradually, somewhat like a novel or a film in which character and plot unfold gradually so that only later do you see the significance of hints that appeared near the beginning. For centuries, commentators have commonly assumed that the prophecies that begin in chapter 40 were intended for the deportee Judean community ...

3862. God's Mercy and Israel's Unfaithfulness

Isaiah 43:14-28

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

3863. How Well Do You Listen?

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... that her whole crew started breaking up in the studio. According to Woolf, the inspiration for Larry’s put-on was a classic routine by an old radio comedy team whom some of you may remember named “Bob and Ray.” This skit featured a character on their radio program named Wally Ballou. Wally would be on the street, saying, “This is Wally Ballou, world-famous interviewer. Here comes a gentleman. What is your name, sir?” “My name is Jim Frizzell,” said the interviewee. “Hello, Jim,” said Wally ...

3864. In Search of Heroes

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... volunteering in their communities. They are not giving to those who are down and out. Some of these followers have only one virtue and that is they seek to keep themselves free from contact with an impure world. In that regard, they are like the character Hilda in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Marble Faun. Hilda lived in a shell of selfish security. She did nothing that was apparently wrong, and she was quick to condemn those who did. But neither did she do anything that was truly right. She brought ...

3865. The Most Generous Gift

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... if he wished he’d dreamed a little bigger.” (2) Well, Christmas is a time for big dreams, at least dreams “of sugar plums dancing in your head.” More than that--Christmas is a time for generosity. There is no quality more winning in a person’s character than a spirit of generosity. There was a story in an issue of Reader’s Digest not too long ago. It is a brief, true story from a lady named Ann Douglas Vaughan who lives in Newport News, Virginia. Ms. Vaughn writes that when she was ten, she ...

3866. Getting It Right in the Coming Year

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... be to take into the New Year? We are the adopted sons and daughters of God. I am convinced that the greatest problem in most people’s lives is that they don’t know who they really are. Author Jeff Goins compares our situation to the action film character Jason Bourne. Do we have anyone in the house who is a Jason Bourne fan? For those who have never seen The Bourne Identity or any of the other five Bourne movies, Jason Bourne, played by actor Matt Damon, is a highly skilled former CIA assassin who was ...

3867. Rethinking the Formula

Illustration

James Emery White

... of the most basic assumptions made about life change is that it happens instantly at salvation. According to this belief, when someone gives his or her life to Christ, there is an immediate, substantive, in-depth, miraculous change in habits, attitudes, and character. As a result disciples are born not made. The question for rethinking discipleship is this: Are these assumptions valid? If they are, then working this formula in the life of the church should consistently give the same result: a new community ...

3868. A Time to Get Angry

John 2:13-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... these two men fought a duel. You think politics are bad today. Politics today are a cakewalk in comparison. The duel was the culmination of a long and bitter rivalry between the two men. Tensions reached a boiling point when Hamilton defamed Burr’s character in a New York political campaign. In the duel Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton, who died the next day. Burr survived the duel but the harsh criticism and animosity directed toward him following the duel brought an end to his political career ...

3869. Faces of Failure: Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... will of Jesus Christ.”[ii] Do you hear the difference? For Campbell, Jesus was a divine being, come from God. He was “the Word made flesh,” God incarnate. But for my colleague, Jesus was a great human being with divine attributes or a godlike character. For Campbell, Jesus was God; for my colleague, we could “see God” in him but he wasn’t necessarily God. Now my colleague wasn’t being particularly radical. His approach is a popular one because of the way people have been trained to think about ...

3870. Faces of Failure: Judas Iscariot

Matthew 26-27 (selections)

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... give me if I deliver him over to you?” It was clearly a solicitation for money, and they obliged, giving him “30 pieces of silver.” While we don’t know much about Judas, John’s Gospel suggests such greed might be in keeping with his character. In John’s account of the woman anointing Jesus with expensive perfume, it is Judas--not the disciples, as in Matthew, but Judas--who objects, suggesting the perfume should have been sold to help the poor. But, John’s says, Judas did so “not because he ...

3871. Faces of Failure: Peter

Matthew 26 (selections)

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... illustrate what happens when we fail to trust Jesus. Our Lord’s mother, brothers, and sisters reveal what willful blindness to Jesus and his work looks like. Then, last Sunday, we saw the failure of lost hope overwhelm Judas Iscariot. Each of these biblical characters could serve as a warning to us and, save maybe for Judas, as a reminder of God’s grace. That is certainly true of our focus for today, Simon Peter. On the night Jesus was arrested, he had celebrated a final meal with his disciples ...

3872. All for Some Dumb Sheep

John 10:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... We call such people who give their lives for others heroes. They deserve our applause. JESUS SAID, “GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS: TO LAY DOWN ONE’S LIFE FOR ONE’S FRIENDS” (John 15:13). This is the ultimate display of human affection and character--to sacrifice one’s life for someone else. And it inspires us to hear such stories. James R. Edwards, in his book, Is Jesus the Only Savior? tells another true story of a tragic event that occurred in Switzerland back in 1957. Four mountain climbers ...

3873. Treasure Hidden In a Clay Jar

2 Corinthians 4:5-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. John Candy played a former American gold medalist who becomes a coach to the Jamaican team and is very popular with the team. Later in the story, however, it is revealed that Candy’s character had disgraced himself by breaking Olympic rules while seeking his two gold medals. He was disqualified from further competition for cheating and retired in disgrace to Jamaica, where he was leading an impoverished life as a bookie when he was recruited to ...

3874. Family Ties and Good-byes

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... that Jesus had thrown away his former friendships in Nazareth. They must have felt that Jesus was respected in that community and now he had made other friends of suspicious fishermen, a reformed tax-collector, and a fanatical political zealot, among other shady characters. That worried the family. That conflicted them. The family must have felt that Jesus had thrown away security. He had had a job and an income. He had had some material goods and respect in his hometown of Nazareth. He could have settled ...

3875. And They Lived Happily Ever After... or Did They?

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Rick McCracken-Bennett

... that God intended for him to marry. Word went out and the wedding preparations were put on hold. The best friend began his quest anew and within a few days another potential bride was found. She too was reported to be beautiful. A woman of fine character and of spotless reputation. With great joy wedding preparations resumed. She was brought to the bridal chamber and once again, a stone was rolled against the door. The young king dashed up the stairs to see his new bride. Through the crack in the door he ...

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