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4226. Thanksgiving and Appeal

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... 2 Tim. 1:7) lies here in his “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2:1). In these verses Paul comes to the point: Paul has taught Timothy so that Timothy can teach others, who in their turn can teach still others. Paul has carefully built the case for the urgency of the task: Timothy must fortify himself to fortify the church in Ephesus so that it can be a self-sustaining community. It becomes increasingly clear that Paul looks ahead to his own martyrdom and desires that Timothy come to him ...

4227. A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God

Hebrews 4:1-13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... gospel and its demands have remained unchanged from the beginning and that the spiritual world of the ancient people of God with its conditions, blessings, and powers is identical to that in which his readers now live. He commands them to take care (literally “fear”) and together to take care on each other’s behalf (Heb. 10:24–25). Eternal salvation must never be taken for granted but must be worked out in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12–13), all the more as it is possible to belong to the people ...

4228. Trials and Temptation

James 1:1-18

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... s discussion of trials in verses 2–12 and temptation in verses 13–15 is more explicit in the Greek text than in the English because a single Greek root does duty for both these concepts. In meaning, however, the two are to be carefully distinguished. A trial is an outward circumstance that can pose difficulties to our faith. A temptation is the inner enticement to sin. What James is concerned about is that his readers will confuse these two and attribute temptation to God. Scripture indicates that God ...

4229. Concluding Exhortations

James 5:13-20

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... aspect of the healing process, the sick person is also encouraged to seek forgiveness for sins (5:15). The New Testament makes clear that some illnesses (1 Cor. 11:30), though by no means all (John 9), are the result of sin and that sin will need to be taken care of before healing can come. While James has focused on the role of the elders in healing, he makes clear in verse 16 that all believers can be active in the ministry of healing as we confess our sins to one another and pray for one another. As an ...

4230. I am the Door

John 10:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... you listen while I pray?” Her eyes closed and she began. “My Father, take me home because of my Jesus. And Father, take care of this good boy here. He has given love, and he’s been my friend. Amen.” The young preacher was crying. “Thank you,” ... Master, let me what with Thee in lowly paths of service free. Tell me thy secret, help me bear, the strain of toil, the fret of care. Help me the slow of heart to move By some clear winning word of love. Teach me these wayward feet to stay And guide them in ...

4231. Dr. Jekyll Meet Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11

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King Duncan

Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote an unforgettable story about a Dr. Jekyll and a Mr. Hyde. Most of you know the story well. Dr. Henry Jekyll was respected in his community--a gentleman in every respect. But Dr. Jekyll had some secret vices which he kept carefully hidden from public view. Thus Dr. Jekyll had a dilemma faced by some people today--he wanted to maintain his reputation in the community, but be free to practice the vices that he knew would be repulsive to his neighbors. So Dr. Jekyll hatched a ...

4232. Here's Mud In Your Eye

John 9:1-41

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... together through the years of her husband's drunkenness because of a modest inheritance and whatever occasional income her husband was able to earn. It was a situation made for tragedy upon tragedy. Gloria returned to teaching school, leaving her three children under the care of good neighbors and friends. As time passed and Charles grew older, he began to walk around the community speaking to anyone who would give him the time of day. In those days that little town was divided between blacks and whites and ...

4233. The Power of the Trust Factor

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... learning that will be constant for all eternity. No one can get any more certainty than that! As God's truth, Jesus tells us three things about God: First, he tells us that people can know God personally and intimately through his Son. Second, he tells us that God cares more about us than about himself. If you ever doubt that let me remind you of that Friday afternoon at calvary when God gave up his own Son for us. Third, Jesus does not offer us yet one more religion to add to the world's list of religions ...

4234. Weeping at Christmastime

Matthew 2:13-23, Hebrews 2:10-18

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James L. Killen

... to help. If we set aside all of the complicated geography of heaven, we can remember that we are talking about a God who is alive and walking by our side and looking for ways to reach out to us. We have a God who knows about our suffering and cares deeply about it and shares in it with us. When we cry, God cries. And God comes to us in our times of trial and works with us to enable us to make the most of life under our circumstances. God is a God who expects us to take the ...

4235. A New Possibility

Matthew 4:12-23

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James L. Killen

... dysentery and diphtheria. He had given up and was ready to die. Then one day, two men came to the hospital shack to care for him. One was a Roman Catholic named Denny Moore. The other was a Methodist, the son of an English gardener. His name ... simply in an effort to recover their own human dignity. As faith revived, so did love. Dusty explained to Gordon that he came to care for him because he had always been taught that Christians are supposed to love others. The movement grew among the prisoners as acts of ...

4236. Something Different

Matthew 5:1-12

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James L. Killen

... make loud speeches about how anyone who is poor must certainly be a lazy and inferior person. Their lives are contained in very small capsules. But how much richer and happier are the lives of those who dare to love, to give and receive love, and to genuinely care about what is going on in the lives of others. Two lonely people in their late eighties knew the risk they were taking when they found each other. But they chose life and dared to love each other and to enter the covenant of marriage. Only three ...

4237. More Beyond

Acts 16:16-34

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Charley Reeb

... would lead him into the light. Paul was absolutely persuaded that with God there was nothing strong enough, evil enough, or powerful enough that could defeat him, not even death. And so it is with us. When the storms of life rage and roar, God is near, caring and encouraging, making sure we do not face the darkness alone. But most importantly, God gives us the gift of light which pierces our darkness and liberates us to bloom again. As I reflect on the witness of Paul and Silas, one of the images that keeps ...

4238. Good to Great

Ezekiel 45:3-5

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Charley Reeb

... don’t get me wrong. It is important to support charities. Please do! But nothing should take the place of our commitment to God and his church. That comes first because the church is God’s best hope for the world. The church is the only institution that cares for people’s souls. We have the only message that will transform this world. You name for me any other institution that can do what the church does. Many of you know that Brandy is an accountant. Some might say she is thrifty. Some might say she ...

4239. Elephants in the Room: Sexploitation

1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

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Charley Reeb

... to get along with each other, and here we are getting hung up on sexual issues.” Some of you may feel that Christians in general need to lighten up about the whole issue of sex and lust. After all, it is 2017, not 1955. As long as people are careful, what they do with their bodies is up to them, right? That is the pervasive view of culture today. And maybe it makes sense to you. Maybe you are a teenager dating someone, and it is so hard to control your urges, and you really don’t understand what the ...

4240. While You Wait

Mark 1:1-8

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Charley Reeb

... 11:9). You have asked until your throat is sore and you have knocked until your knuckles are bloody and yet there is still no answer! You are getting discouraged. You think, “Does God not like me? Does he not care? Is God angry with me?” This may be hard for some of us to believe but it is be-cause God cares for us and loves us that he often makes us wait. God always has good reasons for making us wait. Once we recognize these reasons it is easier for us to accept that waiting on God is not a ...

4241. Addicted to Hurry

Matthew 6:25-34

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Charley Reeb

... spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. (vv. 28-29 NIV) This is Jesus getting Zen on us again. Look at flowers. Do you see flowers laboring, spinning, rushing, worrying, or shaking? No! Yet their needs are taken care of. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? (v. 30 NIV) If that is how God treats flowers and they don’t worry ...

4242. Pop Verses!: Philippians 4:13

Philippians 4:13

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Charley Reeb

... perspective. Do what Paul did. Take your mind and heart off the non-essentials and focus on the eternal. Let go of what you should have and grab hold of what you should do. Get to work on following Jesus in the world and everything else will take care of itself. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you.” The richest people are those with the fewest needs. The richest people are those whose only desire is to please Christ and live for him. So many think this verse ...

4243. Pop Verses: John 3:16

John 3:16

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... ’s love in the worst way. You have been beat up, put down, knocked out, and push aside by people in life. Perhaps you are thinking, “Does anyone love me? Does anyone care? Does anyone understand? Does anyone know how I feel?” And Christ reaches out to you with nail scarred hands and says, “Oh, I do. I love you. I understand you. I care about you. I am crazy about you. I am here to love and empower you.” “For God SO love the world…” I remember preaching at a youth camp several years ago. The ...

4244. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Matthew 10:1-42

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... GNB). If we are not to complete the phrase in this way, the idea would be that even in death sparrows and faithful witnesses are not deprived of the presence of God. As the well-known hymn has it, “Be not dismayed whate’re betide; God will take care of you.” 10:32–33 Stendahl gives the gist of this next paragraph as “the only thing worth fearing is not to be found on Jesus’ side by failure to confess him before men” (p. 783). Those who acknowledge before men that they belong to Jesus will be ...

4245. Throwing Away the Calculator

Matthew 18:21-25

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Kristin Borsgard Wee

... for one reason and one reason only. This someone wants to remain in relationship with you. When someone like that has stopped keeping score on you, you feel sort of foolish keeping score on the people in your own life. How often should we forgive? Will seven times take care of it? "Not seven times," Jesus said, "but, I tell you, seventy-seven times" (v. 22). This is no burden, no job, no chore. This is a promise, because forgiveness is a way of life. What God knows and we don't yet is that once we get the ...

4246. Thanks-Giving Is Good for Everyone

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... and knew all of the discomforts and pain of being plugged into a variety of machines and devices. Nevertheless, her spirits were high. She was thanking God for the close attention and constant care she was receiving. She was aware of what others around her were suffering, and she was thankful that her own difficulties were not worse than they were. She was also thankful for what friends were doing for her family while she was hospitalized. I don't mean to say that ...

4247. The Real Thing

Matthew 23:1-12

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David G. Rogne

... service, even something as small as giving a person a cup of cold water (Matthew 10:42). When we help a needy person, when we offer food to the hungry and drink to the thirsty, we are actually serving in the spirit of Jesus. When we care for the forgotten of our society as Jesus did, we are actually demonstrating the call of Jesus to render service. What we do for others has eternal consequences. Leo Tolstoy told a beautiful story about a cobbler named Martin. In a dream, Jesus promised Martin, "Tomorrow ...

4248. The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4:1-20

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... and encouraging the listeners to give serious attention to what they have heard. The statement reappears in 4:23, and it reflects the emphasis of the whole section on the parables (and indeed the emphasis of all of Mark) that one must exercise care to perceive Jesus properly. 4:10–12 Although this passage introduces Jesus’ interpretation of the preceding parable (4:13–20), Mark has the disciples asking Jesus about the parables. That is, Mark intends Jesus’ statement in 4:11–12 to be a general ...

4249. Before the Sanhedrin

Mark 14:53-65

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... the NT (2 Cor. 5:1; Col. 2:11) and connotes the idea of validity and approval by God for whatever is described by the term. The Matt. 26:60–61 parallel does not use these terms in describing the charge against Jesus, showing that Mark has carefully worded the charge to bring out the kind of point described in the discussion above. Luke does not refer to the charge in his account. John 2:18–22 attributes to Jesus a similar saying but explicitly makes it refer to Jesus’ resurrection. There may also be ...

4250. Introduction

Luke 1:1-4

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... is himself an eyewitness. In v. 2 Luke tells us that his information comes from what has been handed down from eyewitnesses and servants of the word (of God), which probably refers to the particulars of the Gospel story. Luke assures us that he has carefully investigated the information that he has obtained from eyewitnesses and various other sources, and now feels that he is in a position to write an orderly account for his friend Theophilus (v. 3). His purpose in writing is so that his friend may know the ...

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