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451. Detestable Practices

Deuteronomy 18:9-13

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... others, to harm others and ward off the harm others may aim at oneself. Alienated from the living God, humans devise the dark arts of verses 10b–11 for such purposes. Their effect is usually to compound the fear that led to their being practiced in the ... give, God who would address God’s own people with words of warning and encouragement. Prophecy, unlike all the divinatory arts aforementioned, would not be what humans could discover, but what God would reveal. Secondly, true prophecy would follow God’s ...

452. The Prophet

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

453. Where Did He Get Such Authority?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the plague. (6) One of the sources of Christ’s authority through the ages has been his influence on those who follow him. Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” painted over 500 years ago, is considered one of the classic masterpieces in the history of art. According to author Michael J. Gelb, this painting was done in a circular motif. Everything on the table is round, such as the bread and the plates. Also, the disciples are arranged in a half-circle on either side of Jesus. There is a distinct ...

454. God with Skin On

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... . My family and I were fortunate enough to get tickets to the Vermeer exhibit at the National Gallery of Art — the most complete showing of the artist’s work ever to be assembled. A deeply religious man, Vermeer expressed his faith through ... his work. But there is nothing “religious” about this art. His portraits are small and limited in subject matter — common people in common places doing common things. And yet to ...

455. The Way Up Is Down!

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... way down is up! Reach down to give a hand to someone in need. Sacrifice your wants for the needs of another. Practice the art of humility. Jesus, to illustrate this lesson, embraces a small child and says, "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name ... whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. — Romans 14:7-8 The praise song of pride is not "How Great Thou Art" but "How Great I Am!" God alone created us and anything good about us. At the end of the creation week, the scriptures declare, " ...

456. Holy Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... the sign and said to himself, “Since I have all I need as a wealthy man, I certainly qualify. I might as well claim the land.” He approached the Quaker to seal the deal. “And art thou truly satisfied?” the Quaker inquired. “I am, indeed. I have all that I need.” “Friend,” said the Quaker, “if thou art satisfied, what dost thou want the land for?” What does it take to make us satisfied? What does it take to make us “happy”? And is happiness the same as blessing? In his book Making ...

457. Missed Opportunities

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... sense, so I mumbled something about a tight-money situation and promised that I would look into the whole thing a little later on." "Later on will be too late," Walter cautioned Arthur as they walked back to the car. "You'd better move on it right now." And so Art Linkletter turned down the opportunity to buy up all the land that surrounded what was to become Disneyland. His friend Walt Disney tried to talk him into it. But ...

458. Lost in the Wonder of God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... hurt. Now if you stand in the middle of the highway, you don’t get run over by the shadow. You get run over by the truck. But at Calvary, Jesus took the truck and all we have to take is the shadow. “I shall fear NO EVIL, for thou art with me.” Scholars tell us that “the valley of the shadow of death” was not just a metaphor for David. It was a real place where murderers and criminals would hide out and lurk in the darkness. But even with that specificity, David could say “I shall fear NO EVIL ...

459. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... enough to allow him or herself to accept it, along with all of the help, healing, love that would have gone with it. Many a relationship has been ruined upon the breakdown or lack of trust. The “art of receiving” Jesus’ love and assistance is as important or even more important than the “art of giving.” Without first receiving, we have nothing to give. Some of you may in the past have spent some time in therapy. Or maybe you yourself are a counselor, or therapist, or psychologist. If so, you ...

460. Stargazers

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... people. These most likely became the wise men who served in the Babylonian courts when the prophet Daniel was made head advisor over all of them by King Nebuchadnezzar. Although the wise men were trained in astrology, astronomy, mathematics, history, healing arts, medicinal herbs, and dream interpretation, they probably also were trained in the faith of the Jewish people, the truth of Daniel’s God YHWH, and his prophecies for Israel. In other words, they may have been God-respecting gentiles already. In ...

461. Slow Burn

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... large salt granules or pink Himalayan rock salt / photos on screen In Europe, salt lamps like the one you see here [see photo] are popular art and health pieces for the home. The lamp is a bowl filled with rock salt from mines in Poland and the Punjab area of Pakistan ... requires…salt. Throw salt on the coals…..and you’ll reduce flaming flare-ups, and guarantee a nice evenly slow burn. The art of smoking you might say is pretty close to the way people cooked meat or baked bread in Jesus’ day. They used ...

462. The Balm of Gilead

Mark 8:1-13, Mark 8:14-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... culture or religion. But you don’t need to be a doctor or a missionary to offer people the healing presence of Jesus in their lives. All you need is the “balm of Gilead.” Jesus Himself will take care of the rest. In medieval art, there is a widespread current in German and Austrian circles, that depicts Jesus as holy pharmacist, dispensing the balms, ointments, and medicaments to cure an injured or wounded body and soul. [See examples on screen.] Jesus is God’s healing balm, the medicine that can ...

463. The Tragedy of Caiaphas

John 18:1-27 · John 11:45-47 · Matthew 26:36-75

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... on the clouds of heaven.” (Matthew 26:64) “I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.” (John 10:16) Greek theatre became an art form long before the first century. But in the first century it still flourished in the cities of the Roman Empire, including in Jerusalem. Here, Herod the Great had built an astounding open air theatre in the upper part of the city. There, the wealthiest of the ...

464. The Good Husband

Isaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... their own way, each one to his unjust gain, to the last one. “Come,” they say, “let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink; and tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”] Image Exegesis: The Barren Will Bear / House of Prayer / The Art of Husbandry Enlarge your tent! This is the primary message of Isaiah’s prophecy. The tent metaphor of course is that a people (even a wandering people) is still God’s people, and that this people must take into their midst others who are in their ...

465. The Mustard and the Cedar

Ezekiel 17:1-24, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... showing people the picture and asking them to find the image within it.] Anyone look at a photo of an art piece with multiple image possibilities? Our eyes are trained to see one familiar image. But if someone points out another, all ... see a skull? How many a little girl in the forest? Both? These are relatively easy ones to see. But some are harder. But it’s the art of taking one perspective and pointing out another in the same image. I like to call this re-imaging, although it’s really more of a re ...

466. Star Maker

Matthew 2:1-12, Psalm 19:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... followed that star, that cosmic sign like a lure to a better world, a hopeful future.* “For God so loved the world” assures our scriptures. For the Creator, the Artist of Life, so loved the world, His creation, and everything in it, His masterpiece, His art, He revealed Himself within it, and pointed to His presence with the lighted vault of the heavens. And the star, perhaps too with halo around it, shone powerfully in the night and over the place where the Messiah had been born. Emmanuel. God with us ...

467. Living in the Shadow of Jesus' Resurrection Glory (Chiaroscuro)

Acts 12:1-19a, Acts 5:17-42, Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... (s) of God. We are God’s created images and the world is God’s beautiful, moving canvas of color and sound. A good photographer knows, you need more than sheer light to create the most beautiful photographs. True art is a combination of light and shadow. This is the art of Chiaroscuro. Light, when it reflects off of other images, creates shadows. An artist seeks to capture the interplay of light and shadow in order to create aesthetically beautiful photographs like this one: Or this one… Or this one ...

468. Look At Your Fixations!

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Carl Jech

... affect or are integrated into the rest of our life. The excitement of meeting the Pope could inspire a life of faith, service and devotion; or it could turn one into the kind of religious fanatic who, like some people I have met, "think religion" (or religious art, or music, or ?) twenty-four hours a day. It was Martin Luther who said, "God is interested in a lot of things besides religion." The injustice of an unfair eviction could simply fixate one on "what a terrible victim I am." Or it could motivate a ...

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

Akhenaton

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

Albert Ellis

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Anatole France

Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.

Andre Malraux

All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.

Ann Landers

Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

Anonymous

Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.

Art Blakey

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451. Detestable Practices

Deuteronomy 18:9-13

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

452. The Prophet

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

453. Where Did He Get Such Authority?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

454. God with Skin On

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

455. The Way Up Is Down!

Mark 9:30-37

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

456. Holy Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

457. Missed Opportunities

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

458. Lost in the Wonder of God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

459. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

460. Stargazers

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

461. Slow Burn

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

462. The Balm of Gilead

Mark 8:1-13, Mark 8:14-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

463. The Tragedy of Caiaphas

John 18:1-27 · John 11:45-47 · Matthew 26:36-75

Sermon

Lori Wagner

464. The Good Husband

Isaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

465. The Mustard and the Cedar

Ezekiel 17:1-24, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

466. Star Maker

Matthew 2:1-12, Psalm 19:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

467. Living in the Shadow of Jesus' Resurrection Glory (Chiaroscuro)

Acts 12:1-19a, Acts 5:17-42, Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

468. Look At Your Fixations!

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Carl Jech

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

Akhenaton

The art of love is largely the art of persistence.

Albert Ellis

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

Anatole France

Art is a revolt against fate. All art is a revolt against man's fate.

Andre Malraux

Ann Landers

Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

Anonymous

Art Blakey

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