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26. The Lord Chooses a Prophet

1 Sam 3:1--4:1

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... Lord honors her loyalty by choosing her son to be a prophetic voice in Israel and to eventually anoint the king, whose arrival and success Hannah anticipates (2:10). Jesus warns the religious leaders of his day that honoring God is not mere lip service and adherence to human rules, but rather heartfelt loyalty (Matt. 15:8; Mark 7:6). No one can honor the Father without honoring Jesus (John 5:23). Those who serve and therefore honor Jesus will be honored by the Father (12:26). More specifically, we honor the ...

27. The Jews and the Law

Romans 2:17-29

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... his inviolable status with God. Comparable to the understanding of citizenship today wherein nationality depends on birth rather than on adherence to the ideals of the nation, so salvation was assured by the ritual of circumcision. Paul parted ways from his ... time of Abraham (Gen. 17:10ff.), was practiced as an act of initiation into the community of Israel as a sign of adherence to the covenant. Paul’s terminology in 2:15 and 3:1 is instructive. He does not say that circumcision “justifies” (dikaioun ...

28. Abraham Justified by Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... knew the struggle of faith. Faith does not exist in a vacuum. We may worship God in a sanctuary, but we do not normally find our faith in one. Faith is more often born in a boxing ring of choices—of doubt, disbelief, impossibility, and meaninglessness. To adhere to the promise of God in spite of everything to the contrary is to give glory to God. If Abraham can do nothing to receive God’s promise except to believe, neither can he honor and glorify God except by believing (1:21). “No greater honor can ...

29. David at Nob

1 Samuel 21:1-9

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... for David to ask for a good supply. The rule about no sex while on duty served as a way of alleviating any doubts that Ahimelech might have had about letting David use consecrated bread, which was normally restricted to priestly families. At a later stage, Uriah’s adherence to the rule for troops under David’s control brought disaster to both of them (2 Sam. 11). Doeg’s presence and the fact that he was Saul’s man is noted by the writers and, as we are informed in 22:22, by David, although the fact ...

30. David at Gath

1 Samuel 21:10-15

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

31. David at Adullam and Mizpah

1 Samuel 22:1-5

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

32. Are We Living In The Last Days?

Luke 21:5-19

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Richard Hasler

... continue until “the last days” when Christ comes again to destroy the forces of evil forever and issue in the peaceable kingdom.[4] Each of these views has difficulties; this third one which most mainline and historic churches from the time of the Reformation adhere to this one, and it is the one that makes best sense to me. Its main drawback is that some churches treat the book of Revelation as the only book in the New Testament; followers of the amillennial view tend to neglect the book altogether ...

33. Share Your Unique Story

Acts 10:23b-48

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Richard Hasler

... of the house for his noon prayers and while there he has a vision that changes his life. In his dream he sees a huge sheet descending from the sky. The sheet contains a variety of animals. A voice orders him to kill and eat. But Peter who adheres strictly to his Jewish tradition will not eat unclean animals. But the voice speaks again, saying to him that he should not call unclean what God has cleansed. As Peter ponders what the dream might mean, a knock at the door shakes him even more. Already God has ...

34. Empowered By A Vision

Genesis 28:10-22

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R. Robert Cueni

... at running from God as he had been at running from Esau. It doesn't work that way. A number of years ago, a prominent banker went to a professional meeting in Las Vegas. Since he was so far from home, he decided he didn't have to adhere to his usual high moral standards. Unfortunately, he appeared in the background on network television on the evening news going into a hotel with a young woman not his wife on his arm. There is no place we can go to get away from responsibility for our own behavior ...

35. Proper 4

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

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William E. Keeney

... knowledge and judgment without regard to the law or the will of God. Such persons do not have the ability to know thereal meaning of life and the final outcome of history. They are in peril of ultimate destruction. 8. "Authority." (v. 29) Authority adheres to persons who are perceived to have knowledge, wisdom, competency, and integrity. They have no vested or personal interest in the outcome but have insight into what is real and true. Jesus was believed to have a true understanding of the meaning of life ...

36. Wicked Tenants

Matthew 21:33-46

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William E. Keeney

... separates understanding and accepting persons who seem to transgress values held most dear and embracing the values of those persons as valid. The trick of opposing wickedness perpetrated without taking upon oneself the destruction of the perpetrator requires a disciplined adherence to the respect for the life of every person regardless of his or her actions. It also requires a trust that God is the final vindicator of real values. Illustrative Materials 1. Given to Others. Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 ...

37. Sermons

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John R. Bodo

... on Jonah's skull with tropical cruelty, and once again Jonah is ready to give up. What kind of God is God, anyway? Does God not owe it to Jonah, a prophet, to keep him alive -- and comfortable? Is Jonah not a privileged man, son of a privileged race, adherent of a privileged religion? Jonah is angry, but this time it is the anger, the galling anger of deep disappointment in God. But Jonah was doomed to be disappointed in God, and so are we if we insist that God must arrange everything to suit us as long as ...

38. God Knows!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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Robert R. Kopp

... rest -- including you and me -- with enquiring minds. That's why Christendom has never endorsed this ethical dualism pretending a disconnection between private and public lives. That's why Christendom has always endorsed consistently connected discipleship, encouraging its adherents to love God privately and publicly through confession (talk), conduct (walk), and countenance (appearance) as taught in the Bible and exemplified in Jesus. That's what it means to be known as completely Christian. I was playing ...

39. Advent 3

John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 65:17-25, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

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E. Carver McGriff

... mission was to warn people that their long-awaited hopes and dreams were soon to be fulfilled. The Christ was indeed alive and soon to be revealed. But it would seem there was a problem in the community of the time concerning John the Baptist. He had won many adherents and there were some who were more impressed with John's teaching than that of Jesus. Bible scholar Raymond E. Brown makes this point, explaining that the several statements in John's Gospel of a negative sort (1:9, 1:15, 30, 1:19-24, 3:28, 29 ...

40. Life Insurance Available -- Free, But Not Cheap

John 10:22-42

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Glenn E. Ludwig

... you do not believe." Jesus had announced the good news in word and deed, in miracle and teaching, on hillside and in temple, and still, people could not believe. In contrast to those who wanted to make God's love something we must earn by adherence to law after law, ritual after ritual, Jesus claimed that God loved even the sinner. It was the righteous, the religious of Jesus' day who had trouble hearing that as good news. They had developed a whole system designed around earning God's love. They somehow ...

41. Transfiguration

2 Corinthians 3:7-18, Exodus 34:29-35, Luke 9:28-36

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John R. Brokhoff

... the veil of legalism and see Christ face to face. b. Drop the veil of unbelief, and Christ will be mirrored in your face. 2. Nothing to hide (4:1-2). Need: Various religions appeal to mystery as a means of attracting adherents. Ancient mystery religions had a mystery revealed only to the initiated. Gnosticism claimed to have a secret knowledge. Roman Catholicism attracted her people by the mystery of the mass, the elevated host, and transubstantiation. In modern times Christian Science has a mystery "the ...

42. Proper 23

Luke 17:11-19

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... God's obvious failure to act in times of wickedness and perversity, Habbakuk receives a divine word of comfort and affirmation: God will act surely and decisively against the unrighteous. Those who have remained righteous will live by their faith, which here means adherence to the covenant and its demands rather than the New Testament's more profound sense of trust in God's grace. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns All Who Believe And Are Baptized A Multitude Comes From East And West Thee Will I Love ...

43. Tenders Of The Sacred Fire

Acts 2:1-13

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R. Robert Cueni

... to Jesus Christ translated into the religious duty to care for the sick and dying. And for that matter, the teachings of the faith made the life of the Christian meaningful even in the midst of surprising and sudden death.1 Those who adhered to the Christian faith founded hospitals and orphanages and schools and established a myriad of other social agencies. People noticed how the Christian faith could turn a person's life around; how the faith moved people to treat one another in love; how Christians ...

44. Going Ahead Anyway

Matthew 2:1-12, Matthew 2:13-18

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William B. Kincaid, III

... off to Egypt. They returned only after they heard the news of Herod's death. A large part of the anxiety was created by the fact that Herod was such an evil person. Herod destroyed practically everybody who was any threat to his power, including adherents of religious groups. He executed 45 Sadducees and confiscated their property. Herod conspired to have one person drowned, and later executed his wife, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law.1 In short, Herod was a power-hungry ruler whose actions reeked of evil ...

45. Christ The King

Ephesians 1:15-23, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46

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Russell F. Anderson

... of their King. 3. Sermon Title: Is The King Dead? Sermon Angle: Years ago, I read a book titled The King Is Dead. The point made therein has it that the day of authoritarian structures is dead for both the world and the church. A large measure of truth adheres to this statement, yet, how can we, as Christians, agree to this adage? The central message of Jesus holds that the kingdom is at hand. The church operates not as a democracy but as a kingdom where Christ reigns. There can be no kingdom without a king ...

46. Wonderful Story

Genesis 17:1-27

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E. Carver McGriff

... dealt with harshly and instantly. Only after many years was there a grudging respect for this man who quietly turned the other cheek to all mistreatment, while treating everyone he met with gentle respect. One day, years into a ministry which had won only one adherent, he and his friend were walking by a river. Hearing a commotion, they walked to the river's edge and saw, on the far shore, an incredible example of eighteenth century "justice." A young woman had been bound hand and foot. As they watched, she ...

47. Choosing Your Spirituality

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Charles R. Leary

... entangling issue. Many don’t seem to give any validity to religious pluralism. They even condemn their sisters and brothers within the Christian faith who hold different views and/or practice different styles than they. And, to them, non-Christian religious adherents are pagans and eternally lost. Jesus did not condemn people because they held a different religious loyalty or belief. To him all people are creatures of God. You and I are heirs of that godly charity. Plurality contributed genuinely to the ...

48. Lent 2

Mk 8:31-38 · Rom 4:13-25; 8:31-39 · Gen 17:1-7, 15-16; 22:1-18 · Ps 22

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Russell F. Anderson

... mount. The Samaritans claimed that Moriah was located on Mount Gerizim. Epistle: Romans 4:13-25 The true descendants of Abraham are not those who seek to live by the law but those who live by faith. Abraham did not receive the promise of God because he adhered to the law but because he trusted the grace of God (v. 16). Abraham trusted God in spite of evidence to the contrary. After all, both Abraham and Sarah were far beyond the childbearing age. Epistle: Romans 8:31-39 In Paul's day becoming a Christian ...

49. Proper 12

John 6:16-24, John 6:1-15, 2 Samuel 11:1-27, Ephesians 3:14-21

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Russell F. Anderson

... , one of David's valiant fighters. He has her brought to his palace and has sex with her. When she sends word that she is pregnant, David attempts to cover his sin by having Uriah take a leave from battle, that he might have intercourse with his wife. Uriah adheres to the laws of holy war and refuses to lie with his wife while others are doing battle. David sends a letter to Joab, his general, to put Uriah at the forefront of battle and then withdraw from him, so that he might be slain. Lesson 1: 2 Kings ...

50. Advent 3

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28, Isaiah 61:1-11, John 1:19-28, John 1:1-18

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Russell F. Anderson

... of giving, so I want to share with you some serendipity. (Pass out the stick-ons to 4 or 5 people.) What do I mean by serendipity and what makes these stick-ons serendipitous? It seems that somebody at the 3M Company developed an adhesive but it didn't adhere very well; you could easily pull it apart. This guy thought he had failed! Then the idea came to him or to one of his co-workers. Wait a minute! We could put this adhesive on note pads and post messages where they could be seen. Voila! A serendipity ...

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