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26. Zophar's Second Speech to Job

Job 20:1-29

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... circumstance, Zophar describes how, in the midst of his plenty, the wicked is overtaken by distress. The second half of the verse further defines this “distress” as the full force of misery. This kind of misery is not just an unpleasant emotional state, but comes as the result of exhausting human labor or toil. The noun ʿamel is related to the verb ʿml, by which Ecclesiastes characterizes the profitless toil of humans which cannot provide ultimate security or satisfaction. Far from providing security ...

27. What is the Connection Between Church and State?

Mark 12: 14-17

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J. Howard Olds

Well, here we are on the 4th of July. What a great time to be alive. What a privilege to be an American. What a joy to worship God in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Among other things, we hold this right to be sacred: “That Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” We believe in the separation of Church and State. The thought is inherent in the statement of Jesus who said, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s ...

28. The Flow

John 7:37-39 · 1 Corinthians 12:3-13 · Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

A breathtaking phenomenon! That’s the way most people describe the northern lights, otherwise known as the aurora borealis. The beautiful colors of the aurora are actually moving waves of light, energized particles from the sun that have bombarded earth’s atmosphere at approximately 44 million miles per hour. When they hit our magnetic field, they are pulled toward the poles and depending on the gases in the atmosphere, they form colorful, wavy lights that shimmer and shine. Strangely and ironically, this ...

29. Are You Troubled by Demons?

Mark 1:21-28

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King Duncan

Most Christians remember Mother Teresa as the true saint she was. That is why I was so startled by an item I read in a book that was published shortly after her death in 1997. According to this source, the Archbishop of Calcutta, Henry Sebastian D’Souza, announced to the world that he had ordered an exorcism performed on Mother Teresa shortly before she died. Think about that! An exorcism on this beautiful person who had given her life to serving God! D’Souza said he thought the Nobel Peace Prize winning ...

30. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

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Richard Hoefler

This miracle is not simply the story of a mother and her demon-possessed child; it is really an international incident which was to affect the future shape of Christendom. What happened to the Canaanite woman that day affects us today in a most direct and vital way. Like most international incidents it happened at the border between two adversaries. Jesus had traveled to the extreme north end of the Jordan Valley. He was standing at the border line between Syria and Galilee. The inhabitants of Syria were ...

31. The Problem With Giving Up Chocolates

Mark 8:34-38

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King Duncan

The story is told about a gung-ho drill sergeant who always demanded the best from his soldiers. One day he stared in pained disbelief at a sloppy squad of new recruits wearing their uniforms for the first time. For a moment the sergeant was speechless with rage. Then he screamed in frustration, "Just step out here and look at yourselves!" Now, I don't know how he expected them to do that ” "step out and look at themselves" ” but his basic concept was on target. There is a time when all of us should step ...

32. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

Wisdom for Life’s Tests 1:1 The letter from James opens with a simple and direct greeting. The writer identifies himself simply as James, a servant of God. There was only one James so well known in the early church that he would need no other form of identification, and that was James the Just, brother of Jesus, leader of the church in Jerusalem. The readers are expected to recognize the name. Yet for all his prominence and important position in the church (so important that the letter from Jude begins, “ ...

33. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

34. Hope for People Who Are Angry

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Sermon

King Duncan

A man came to work one day with a bad limp. One of his coworkers noticed and asked him what had happened. The man answered, “Oh, nothing. It’s just an old hockey injury that acts up every once in a while.” The coworker was surprised at his answer. “I never knew you played hockey,” he said. The man explained, “Oh, I didn’t play hockey; I hurt it last year during the Stanley Cup play‑offs. When I lost five hundred dollars on the final game, I put my foot through the TV set!” (1) When we’re angry we do some ...

35. The Heart of the Matter

Psalm 51:1-19

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King Duncan

“Let’s say it’s 4:17 p.m. and you’re driving home alone after an unusually hard day on the job. Not only was the workload extraordinarily heavy, you also had a disagreement with your boss, and no matter how hard you tried he just wouldn’t see your side of the situation. You’re really upset and the more you think about it the more uptight you become. All of a sudden you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles ...

36. Missing the Mark

1 Samuel 8:1-22

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Charles Allo

I love movies. I love movies because they make me think. No matter what I am going through, I can walk into the theatre and focus on a story other than mine. I see the images and how they paint a story about situations in life. Real situations. Unreal situations. It doesn't matter. For two hours and seven bucks, I get to experience a situation. Just a combination of circumstances; a state of affairs. In which I become lost, engaged in the flashes and personalities that remind me of my world, a world I want ...

37. Forgiveness: Human and Divine

Matthew 6:12-15

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Edward Inabinet

Today we are concerned about the matter of forgiveness, God''s forgiveness of us and our forgiveness of others. According to the Bible, the two go together and can never really be separated. James Knight is a Professor of Psychiatry, an Associate Dean of the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. Lately, he has been speaking and writing about some of the horrendous and overwhelming social and emotional problems people face today. He speaks from his own experience when he says, "I confess that ...

38. I am the Man Who Has Seen Affliction

Lamentations 3:1-66

One Volume

Tremper Longman III

Man of Affliction: Chapter 3 constitutes a new and complete poem. Like the two chapters that precede it, it is marked by a complete acrostic. Unlike the previous chapters where each verse started with a successive letter of the alphabet, in chapter 3 each letter repeats at the start of three verses before going on to the next letter. Thus, there are sixty-six verses, not twenty-two verses. However, since the verses are shorter in chapter 3, the overall length of the chapters is approximately the same. The ...

39. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

One summer's day my wife and I journeyed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to attend a conference. We packed early in the morning and joined a colleague and his wife for breakfast. The other couple was also attending the Pittsburgh conference. After saying "goodbye" to our friends, we indicated that we would see them at the hotel in Pittsburgh. We were leaving directly from the breakfast while they were not leaving for another two or three hours, after they went home, packed, and took their children to the ...

40. Jesus Heals Body and Soul

Mark 1:29-34

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King Duncan

Two of our greatest presidents were born in February, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. One of the things I love about Lincoln was his sense of humor. Abe Lincoln laughed at himself, and especially at his appearance. He was reportedly a very plain looking man. I particularly like one story that Lincoln told on himself. He said, “Sometimes I feel like the ugly man who met an old woman traveling through a forest. “The old woman said, ‘You’re the ugliest man I ever saw.’ “‘I can’t help it,’ the ugly man ...

41. The Sufficiency of Christ

Philippians 4:10-20

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Maxie Dunnam

Some years ago, I had the marvelous opportunity of visiting Philippi. I was troubled by the fact that not much was left of that once flourishing Roman colony. But out by the river, where Lydia was converted, and perhaps baptized, I gained a helpful perspective. The most winsome church of the apostolic age probably never had a building of her own. It was the church in Lydia’s house, or in the house of some other. If there was a particular building for the church at any time during her history, not one stone ...

42. The Healing Of Simon's Mother-in-Law

Mark 1:29-34

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James W. Moore

Her name is Jackie Greer. She is without question one of the most amazing persons I have ever known. She is without question one of the most devoted Christians I have ever known. She is without question one of the most influential witnesses for Christ, the Christian faith, and the Christian Church I have ever known. Whoever came up with the idea of the “Energizer Bunny” in those TV commercials must have had Jackie or someone like her in mind. She is so full of life and zest and energy. Her life is filled ...

43. Elihu Makes His Appearance

Job 32:1--37:24

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

Big Idea: The young Elihu claims to know the truth that has escaped Job and his friends. Understanding the Text After Job concludes his words in 31:40, the reader expects to hear Yahweh speak to resolve the debate between Job and his friends. Instead, a young man named Elihu bursts upon the scene, and for the next six chapters he holds the stage. In his long, uninterrupted speech, Elihu summarizes the points made by Job and the friends, often quoting or alluding to their specific words. He agrees with them ...

44. A Cure for the Workaholic

Genesis 2:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

If you are from the Deep South especially, you have to like Jeff Foxworthy. He made the word "redneck" universally famous. He was the one who said, "You might be a redneck if all of your salad bowls have "Cool Whip" stamped on them." Nobody knows how to identify a redneck, better than Jeff Foxworthy. I came across some ways you can also identify a workaholic. In case you are wondering whether or not you might be one, just consider the following: If it frustrates you that they don't allow laptops on a ...

45. Choosing to Love

Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67

Sermon

Stan Purdum

The popular notion in our society is that the best way to choose a marriage partner is to wait until we "fall in love" with someone. By that, we usually mean that we wait for some kind of feeling, some emotional response to a person of the opposite sex that convinces us that we can never be truly happy again unless we can spend the future with that person. And often the feeling we experience is one of ecstatic joy and excitement. But there are a couple of realities about falling in love that aren't quite ...

46. A Tribute to a Woman's Love

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

King Duncan

A true, but delightful story appeared years ago in a publication named The Pathfinder. It was about a woman who had an enormous impact on her community. If you look at a map of Alaska you will see a thin, wavy line about midway between Nome and Teller, Alaska. This line is known as Mary’s River. It was named for an Eskimo woman many years ago who lived along the shores of the river with her husband and their two children. But then tragedy struck--the village was hit by a deadly flu. This happened during ...

47. Passage To New Life

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

Thirty years ago, in 1964, State Senator Bobby Rowan of Georgia rose to his feet to make a motion before the state assembly. "Mr. President," Senator Rowan began, "I move that the proposed Georgia election code be amended as follows: No person may vote, either in the Democratic primary or in the general election in the State of Georgia, who has been deceased more than three years." The amendment was completely serious. A lively debate followed. On the floor of the state senate legislators argued over the ...

48. Dad: The Head of a Godly Family

Joshua 24:15

Sermon

James Merritt

A father was getting on to his son because he was not measuring up to his expectations. After a few choice words, the father said, "Frankly, I'm just ashamed of you; you still don't have a job; when George Washington was your age he had a job as a surveyor in the wilderness." The boy quickly fired back, "That's true dad, and when he was your age he was President of the United States." I know it is true that sons do not always live up to their father's expectations, but we face a different problem in ...

49. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Psalm 102:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

There is an interesting place called Thorofare Ranger Station in the Southeast corner of Yellowstone National Park. To get to the station, which is no more than a cabin, a barn, and a corral, Lloyd Kortge, who works as a ranger in Yellowstone National Park, drives about fifteen miles from his home. Then he saddles up on horseback; he then travels 32 miles back into the wilderness, which is for him the shortest route to get to the station. Now what is so interesting about this particular place in ...

50. Family in the New Kingdom Community

Mark 10:13-16, Mark 10:1-12

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

Big Idea: The emphasis here is on family life in the new kingdom community. Jesus states that the easy-divorce policy advocated by many rabbis was not God’s will, and that divorce was allowed only because of their stubborn sin. He further teaches that children are models for kingdom living; to enter life with God, all must have a childlike faith. Understanding the Text There is both geographical and thematic movement in this section. Geographically, Jesus continues south, moving through Galilee and across ...

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