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4951. The Way, The Truth, And The Life Style

John 14:5-14

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Thomas Long

... a child with a fever is life. Our life styles can lose luster, but with sufficient cash flow, they can be improved; our lives, on the other hand, are more desperate and in need of being saved. It is worthy of note, then, that Jesus, gathered with his disciples around the table for the last meal before his death, pointed down the road he would soon be traveling and said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life." He did not say, "I am the way, the truth, and the life style." The difference is significant ...

4952. Confidence To Spare

Psalm 27:1-6, 13-14

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Robert G. McCreight

... too often we hold back the Spirit with our sinful ways. We are a selfish and self-indulgent people. You call us to minister to the needs of our brothers and sisters, yet we point our fingers at one another and gossip. We are timid disciples who walk past your children, blinding ourselves to hunger and homelessness. O God, although we are unworthy of your love and care, guide us in the acceptance of opportunities for joyful service. Amen. Declaration of Pardon In the past you were spiritually dead because of ...

4953. The Sure Foundation

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

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Marc Kolden

... longer slave or free, no longer male and female, we hear this passage in a different way than if a man reads it. The one who speaks the words of our gospel passage today is the one who has called us to follow him, just as he called the original disciples, and who began this Sermon on the Mount with a series of blessings that we call the Beatitudes. More than that, the Jesus who speaks these words is the one whom scripture calls "Emmanuel," God with us, the one who was sent to save his people, not to cast ...

4954. Second Sight

Matthew 17:1-13

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David Belgum

... the mantle down to Elisha so that the work could continue. To this day we speak of accepting the mantle of authority or this or that as an obligation, a calling. Jesus refused the luxury of staying in this mountaintop experience in the three booths the disciples offered to construct, a kind of Scout camp away from the city, the pleasures of being out in nature away from the hassles of the masses. "As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Tell no one the vision....' " What Then Is A ...

4955. All-Surrounding Grace

John 3:14-21

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Elaine M. Ward

... are you doing?" This time the merchant impatiently cried, "Don't delay me. I have to attend to my business." But the rabbi insisted. "Everything you are so worried about is in the hands of God and all that is in yours is to trust and love God." The disciples in the boat in the storm were worried and Jesus said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?" The author of the book of Hebrews wrote that faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). Charlie ...

4956. Affirming The Ash Heap

Job 2:1-10, Mark 8:31--9:1

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Wallace H. Kirby

... gone through the Gospel of Mark in order to focus on Jesus as a teacher, a preacher, and a healer. One of the things we have noted is the way Jesus kept telling his followers that he would be put to death. The Gospel records that Jesus told his disciples three times he would be handed over to people who would kill him. Each time we ran across that prediction in our class, we tried to figure out what Jesus had done up to that point in his ministry to deserve the hostility he encountered. In all three times ...

4957. Screaming For A Reason Why

Matthew 26:36-46; 27:45-46 · Job 3:1-26

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Wallace H. Kirby

... me live? Why should anyone who is to suffer ever be born? Why is life given to people who find it so bitter? Job sat on his ash heap and he screamed for a reason why. It was Thursday night, after he had shared the evening meal with his twelve disciples, that Jesus went to a secluded spot in a city park. And he did as Job had done as he sat on his ash heap. "Why? Why a cross? Is this the only way?" In the rock opera, Jesus Christ, Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice), Jesus asks some ...

4958. Responding In Anger

Job 7:11-21 · Matthew 21:12-13

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Wallace H. Kirby

... the Sabbath observance in healing a man with a withered hand. The record read, "Jesus looked round at them with anger." And why not? Surely the man was more important than the day of the week. When Jesus was questioned by the high priest about his disciples and about his preaching, he answered with a tinge of anger in his voice. "I have always spoken publicly to everyone. I never said anything in secret. Why then do you question me? Question the people who heard me." That's when one of the guards slapped ...

4959. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... hail you in the Risen Christ who brings to our dark world the glory of an eternal morning. Above the crosses of sin your deathless life shines, bursting through the tombs of death, and is reflected by the beauty of springtime. O Lord, you appeared to your disciples when the world seemed desolate. Quicken, we pray, your people everywhere with a sense of your eternal goodness which rises anew after evil has had its empty day. Roll away the stones of doubt and fear which keep us from a strong faith and a bold ...

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