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26. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:1-17, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

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Russell F. Anderson

... case of Karen Anne Quinlan, who existed for years in a vegetative state. She was apparently kept alive by medical technology and her parents had to go to court to obtain an order to free her from the life-support machines. The person who is separated from God, hostile to the claims of her Maker, is indeed brain-dead. Paul says that the mind of sinful man is death (v. 6). Good news for the brain-dead; Christ will give us a new mind through faith. Epistle: Romans 8:11-19 Sermon Title: The Unfair Goodness Of ...

27. Wonderful Story

Genesis 17:1-27

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E. Carver McGriff

... Wonderful story. That briar patch, so fearful a place to Bre'er Fox and his kind, was the natural habitat for Bre'er Rabbit who knew how to survive there, "Born and raised in a briar patch." My analogy is only intended to say that in an unbelievably hostile environment such as this world, Jesus knew exactly how to cope and survive. Of course, in a sense, Jesus did not survive. But that was a choice made in response to a higher power. And ultimately, Jesus not only survived, but showed us all how to survive ...

28. Justification and Reconciliation

Romans 3:21-31

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T. A. Kantonen

... strategy for restoring broken personal relations both between God and man and man and man. Paul weaves both aspects together when he tells the Ephesians that the Christ who abolished the enmity between God and man also broke down the dividing wall of hostility between Jew and Gentile, reconciling "both to God in one body through the cross" (Ephesians 2:14-16). The cross reveals God’s way of bringing reconciliation, of healing rifts, or making peace. When a rift has occurred in human relations, each party ...

29. A Hope for Peace

Romans 15:4-13

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James L. Killen

... been accomplished, or at least made a real possibility and as a part of God's promise, through Jesus. Again in Ephesians, we read, "He is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us" (Ephesians 2:14). And in the letter to the Galatians, Paul shares his vision for something that God was causing to be true, first in the church and then in the world. "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there ...

30. Stirring Things Up

Mark 13:1-8, Hebrews 10:11-25

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Mark Trotter

... good works," and then return to the battle. So Hebrews says, "Stir up one another to love and good works...encourage one another," because it's not easy out there, if you take it seriously, and seek to live a Christian life. You are doing it in a hostile world. Some years ago, a parent gave me an essay that her son wrote about this church. It is wonderful. Let me read it. As Christians, we should spread God's love by helping other people. Our church is involved in many projects to do this, such as housing ...

31. When It's Time to Reconcile

Romans 12:9-21

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J. Howard Olds

... together into a team while a community was angry and ready to riot. Thanks to an all-American high school kid by the name of Gary, and a star defensive player by the name of Julius, the impossible happens in the movie. The walls of hatred and hostility begin to break and come down. These two great football players lead their team toward a state championship. It is a high moment in their team life. Then Gary suffers an automobile accident and winds up in a hospital. When Julius comes to see him, Gary’s ...

32. Breaking News: The Middle East

Genesis 12:1-8

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James Merritt

... be too many to count, and that she will call the name of the son “Ishmael”. Then, he says this in verse 12, “He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.” (Genesis 16:12, NIV) In other words, Ishmael and his descendants will be like a donkey that you can’t tame; free and roving like a wild donkey in the desert. This is the kind of people they would become. Then he says, “His hand ...

33. Punishment for Israel

Hosea 9:1--10:15

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... watcher with my God; that is, his message comes from the presence of God with him. But the Israelites respond to his care with hatred, laying fowler’s snares in all his paths, as if he were some wild animal to be caught, and showing him nothing but hostility. The phrase, in the house of his God refers to the whole region of Israel (cf. 8:1; 9:15), which is Yahweh’s land (cf. 9:3). The Israelites have deeply corrupted themselves, verse 9. The prophet compares their corruption to that of the Benjamites at ...

34. Oracles of Restoration

Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ezekiel 35:1-15, Ezekiel 36:1-38, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Ezekiel 37:15-28

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... upon the survivors in the land (33:28–29). The mountains of Seir will suffer the same fate that God meted out to the mountains of Israel. In the second judgment, God gives a reason for Edom’s condemnation: “Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword at the time of their calamity” (v. 5). The second half of this statement is fairly straightforward: frequently, texts from the period of the exile target Edom for its participation in the sack of Jerusalem ...

35. Faithful Witnesses Who Proclaim God’s Word

Revelation 11:1-14

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J. Scott Duvall

... in the ministries of both Moses and Elijah and consistently symbolizes judgment in the Scriptures (e.g., Num. 11:1–3; 16:35; 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Kings 1:9–16).3The message of judgment is portrayed as a fiery spiritual weapon bringing torment upon those who are hostile to God (cf. 11:10; also 1:16; 2:12, 16; 19:15, 21). 11:7–8 the beast that comes up from the Abyss will . . . kill them. Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city—which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where ...

36. God’s Protection Takes the Form of a Faithful Friend

1 Samuel 20:1-42

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... also vv. 30–31).3But in his response to his father, Jonathan uses David’s name to refer to his friend (v. 28). Earlier Saul has called David by name several times (cf. 18:8, 11, 22, 25; 19:22), but the change here indicates his growing hostility as he distances himself emotionally from his son-in-law. 20:30 Saul’s anger flared up. See the comment above at 18:8. Saul expressed righteous anger when he heard of the Ammonite threat against Jabesh Gilead (11:6), but his anger became self-centered and ...

37. Job's Reply to Bildad

Job 9:1–10:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... wrath. As he comes to admit in 10:1, “ I loathe my very life.” In other words, death holds no fear. He has seen the worst life has to offer, so he has no more to lose. Job has moved clearly in this chapter to identify God as hostile and punitive in his relationship with him. We may have difficulty dealing with such brutally honest language that views God as the enemy. We may want to absolve God of any wrongdoing, and so we often employ twisted logic and thinking to explain away what Job finds obvious ...

38. Job's Second Reply to Bildad

Job 19:1-29

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... cold pursuit of Job. This kind of anger deserves punishment by the sword. Hartley (Job, p. 298) follows this track and additionally reads khemah, “anger,” as the plural pronoun hemah, “these”—a reference to the friends’ multiple acts of hostility and pursuit. In other words, the friends are making themselves vulnerable to the kind of divine punishment Job has already received. Others would take khemah as a reference to divinewrath (as presumably NIV), and see that divine wrath brings punishment ...

39. The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod

Mark 8:14-21

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... teachers but as those who refuse to acknowledge that Jesus is sent from God and has the authority to speak and act for God (e.g, 2:1–3:6; 3:22–30), their rejection of Jesus reaching the point of outright hostility (3:6). Herod, too, is mentioned as having a hostile interest in Jesus (6:14–16), seeing in Jesus only another source of annoyance like John the Baptist. Thus, both the Pharisees and Herod (see notes on the variant readings) appear in Mark as representatives of a spiritual blindness that goes ...

40. House of God

Ephesians 2:1-10, Ephesians 2:11-22

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Lori Wagner

... hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to ...

41. True Worship

Ephesians 3:14-21

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Will Willimon

... was his reason for worship? Turn back a page or so in Ephesians, I think you'll find Paul's reason. We talked about it last Sunday: "For he is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility,...that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of two, so making peace,…" (Eph. 2:14-16) There's the reason. Paul has been talking about the tough problem of divisions, walls within the church, specifically divisions between Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians ...

42. Whom Shall We Obey?

Acts 5:17-42

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Douglas J. Deuel

... the world, therefore the world hates you ... But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father ... he will bear witness to me" (John 15:18-19, 26). When we choose to be faithful witnesses for Christ, we may encounter rejection and hostility in the world. If we remain faithful to our call, in spite of our suffering, we will experience the blessing that comes from faithful obedience to God. There is no deeper joy in life than to sense that affirmation that comes from pleasing our Father ...

43. Prepared Servants

Luke 12:35-48

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William E. Keeney

... forces of the Holy Spirit to work with the acts of God. That should give direction to their lives and affect the direction of history toward God's ends and purposes. Homily Hints 1. Do Not Be Afraid. (v. 32) The church often lives in a hostile environment. It may tend to act defensively against various threats. The church should speak out boldly since the threats can never destroy the reality of the kingdom of God on which the church is based. A. Not Afraid of Rival Religions B. Not Afraid of Government ...

44. The Peace Treaty

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Sandra Hefter Herrma

... a sign of trust, and such an appointment is one of the highest honors any country can bestow upon a citizen. Yet here is the president of the United States saying that your safety as ambassador cannot be guaranteed ‚--û that in fact we can count on a hostile reception. You will be ambassador of the most powerful nation on earth, yet you are asked to go, hat in hand, to our sworn enemy and petition for reconciliation! Is this any way for a superpower to act? But this is exactly what Paul claims: that he ...

45. The Holy Spirit As The Dove Of Peace

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John A. Stroman

... a very heart-wrenching moment for those watching on television. What is one to do in a moment like that? Is it possible to know a sense of peace in the midst of such tumult and pain? For Jesus this peace is a peace even in the midst of hostility, even in the face of Calvary and death. He said to his disciples, "I have this peace; this peace I give to you." The Holy Spirit And Inner Peace Nowhere does the Bible teach that the righteous shall not suffer, or face adversity, or not live amid turbulent events ...

46. Truth And Its Consequences

Acts 5:17-42

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Rodney Thomas Smothe

... engage our communities and become willing to present the gospel of Jesus Christ in an effective witness that challenges the despair of the down-and-outs and challenges them to receive the hope of Christ Jesus in their lives. These challenges will sometimes be met with hostile responses but must be pursued in the name of justice for all God's people. The truth is that we are our brothers and sisters' keepers and share in consequences of our failure to include them in the riches of the kingdom of God on earth ...

47. All Saints' Sunday

Mt 5:1-12 · 1 Jn 3:1-3 · Isa 26:1-21 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:9-11, 22-27; 22:1-5 · Ps 24 · Ps 34 · Ps 149

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Russell F. Anderson

... v. 3). The Revised Standard Version speaks of perfect peace in this verse. I like that notion because what the world views as peace is so incomplete and tentative. Peace is often enforced by the barrel of a gun and is usually understood as a cessation of open hostilities. The peace of God comes from within, when our minds and hearts are focused on God. Yearning for God (v. 9). The Psalmist expresses a deep yearning for God. For many people, they want to keep the Lord at a distance but the saints of God have ...

48. Do You Believe In Peace? - Memorial Day

Ephesians 2:11-22

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Erskine White

... that He is risen from the dead, He is our peace - He is peace itself - giving to us what we could never gain on our own. Do you believe in peace? Think about it just in terms of peace between two people for a moment. Imagine a longstanding hostility which might exist in a marriage or a family, with someone down the street or someone at work. Imagine that kind of continuing conflict between people and how it might be settled. According to the wisdom of this world, we might first try a "Peace Through Strength ...

49. For The Love Of What?

Psalm 137:1-9, John 2:12-25

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Erskine White

... we face the same challenge faced by the Israelites in Babylon and the early church in Rome. They, too, had a faith to keep and children to teach. Like them, we must teach our children to sing the Lord's song, even in a strange land which is fallen and hostile to the ways of God. Perhaps this will be clearer when we consider what we are up against and who else is out there with other songs for our children to sing. We have a lot of competition, you know. There are many other people who are all too eager ...

50. To Be Sure

Luke 17:11-19

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Theodore F. Schneider

... , having already given us the story of the "Good Samaritan," now gives us the story of the "Thankful Samaritan." The "Thankful Samaritan" in today's gospel is "twice an outsider." It was enough that he was a Samaritan, and therefore a "foreigner." There was open hostility among Jews and Samaritans in Jesus' day. Enmity had been brewing for centuries, and especially since the return of the exiles from Babylon in the sixth century B.C.E.4 Though it may be that by Jesus' day few remembered the stories of its ...

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