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376. The Longest Distance in the Universe

Mark 10:35-45

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Leonard Sweet

... to measure the abilities of the kids and their critters. Just as the Boy Scouts have their well-known pledge, the 4-H-ers have their own pledge and commitment. In fact the 4-H motto is the reason for the designation "4-H." The four h's are head, heart, hand, and health and a 4-H-er promises to pledge their head to clearer thinking, their heart to greater loyalty, their hands to larger service, and their health to better living. The integration of Heart, Head, Hand into Health may ...

377. The World's Best Hearing Aid

Mark 9:2-13

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Leonard Sweet

... it upon himself to rebuke his master, rejecting his words, shutting his ears to the truth of Jesus' message. Fear kept Peter from hearing the unmistakable ring of truth in Jesus' voice. The transfiguration, that "sneak peak" at Jesus' glory and divinity, was designed to help the disciples stop listening to their fears and open their ears to the new and unexpected deliverance that Jesus preached and lived. What's keeping us from hearing God's voice? Have you managed to develop you own selective hearing to ...

378. Looking for Shoots or Roots?

Matthew 11:1-19

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Leonard Sweet

... (v.14). Yet Jesus issues a tremendous disclaimer. Yes, John is greater than anyone who has ever been born (above Abraham, Moses, David!). But in the kingdom of heaven he is nothing, absolutely nothing: “the least . . . is greater than he” (v.11). Jesus’ designation of John as Elijah firmly places John in the pre-messianic age, the era before the Messiah inaugurates the in-breaking of the divine on earth. Not only is Jesus the long anticipated Messiah. With his arrival on earth the whole of the world ...

379. The Church on Main Street

Matthew 28:16-20

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James McCormick

... and I am one of the people of God. I belong to Him!” I have learned a few things in my years of life. One thing I have learned for sure is that the whole world is designed to function in a God-centered way. Nothing works out very well until we understand that and cooperate with that. Life is designed to function according to a “right order of things,” with the God we have come to know in Jesus at the center, and with everything else deriving its meaning and direction from that vital center. Augustine ...

380. Which End Is Up?

Ephesians 3:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... as “commission” in the NRSV is really “oikonomia,” also translated “stewardship” or “trusteeship.” In the three times this term is used in Ephesians (1:10, 3:2,9), it is always associated with providential design. Paul’s unique stewardship, his unique commission, is a part of God’s peculiar design for the Gentiles. How Paul accomplishes this mission is by gifts of grace. But while the apostle is the recipient of this “grace,” it is given for the benefit of “you,” that is, the ...

381. The Lonesome George Church

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

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Leonard Sweet

... community on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (which as a fresh water body should more accurately be called the “Lake of Galilee”). Historically this region along the lake belonged to tribes of Zebulan and Naphtali, although by the first century these designations had no real relevance. What is significant to Matthew is that Jesus’ presence in this region can be validated as a fulfillment of scripture. Matthew’s use of Isaiah 8:23-9:1 does not correspond exactly to either the Hebrew or Septuagint ...

382. Epiphany 5

Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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