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26. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (ii)

Psalm 137:1-9

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Maxie Dunnam

... she's had an abortion or not -- what moral questions that's going to raise. What do we do with science and technology when they bring us to the place of "human engineering" and such easy control of life over death – and death over life. How do we sing the Lord's song in such a strange land? It's not as easy as some would make it. There are a lot of gray in the area of moral decisions. Everything is not always black and white. (NOTE FOR BOOK: Give two illustrations about two people you have dealt with on ...

27. “Trust in the Lord and Do Good”

Psalm 37:1-40

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C. Hassell Bullock

... 21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously. This prophetic promise is found in Deuteronomy 15:6; 28:12, 44, and here the psalmist affirms that the promises given to the patriarchs are fulfilled in those who are blessed of God.7 37:23 The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him. The verb “delights” (hpts) is not the same as that in 37:4 (Hitpael of ‘ng), but they are synonyms. 37:25 I was young and now I am old. Here and in 37:35–36 the psalmist ...

28. I've Seen the Lord

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

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David & Marian Plant

... stumps of the arms of an amputee, learning to use prosthetics to help fold and stamp the newsletters of the church. When asked, why that task he said, “Because it is what I am able to do now, I want to be of help.” I have seen the Lord. I have seen the Lord in the woman who decided to read through her Bible in a year based on a comment made in a sermon about how it can be done and multiple years later decided that it was such a valuable thing to do, she reads through her entire Bible every ...

29. Baptism of the Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 45:1-17, Psalm 89:1-52, Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

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George Bass

... their way into Matthew 11 in Jesus' answer to John's question, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?" Isaiah 61:1-4 (C) Once more the Common lectionary makes its own choice of first reading for the Baptism of our Lord (an early adaptation of the ORDO by the Episcopal Church did appoint part of Isaiah 61 for the Third Sunday in Epiphany. This has since been superceded by Nehemiah 8:2-10). Although it describes the servant-ministry of the prophet, it also "fits" the ministry of Jesus ...

30. The Lord Is with David

1 Samuel 18:1-30

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... :2–6). On the second occasion, the Spirit energized Saul to rally his troops and deliver Jabesh Gilead from the Ammonites. The repetition of this verb in 18:10 draws attention to the tragic irony of what has happened to Saul. Having been abandoned by the Lord’s Spirit, he is now victimized by this evil spirit. He was prophesying. We might be tempted to think of prophesying in a positive sense, as a means of divine revelation. But in this case Saul’s behavior is a prelude to violence and wrongdoing. We ...

31. The Lord's Prayer: A Surplus of Meaning

Matthew 6:5-15

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Eric Ritz

... and reveals the bare sheetrock? What do you do when the trusted answers are revealed as no answers at all? The words of The Lord''s Prayer are more than words. They are words that will never roll-up and be empty, void and null. They are sacred words ... feel you are hopelessly lost or that you are slipping in your Christian walk and witness, I plead with you to let the words of The Lord''s Prayer flow from your lips into the deepest part of your soul and spirit. Sing it, shout it, say it--just pray it. If you ...

32. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

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Maxie Dunnam

... creative moment in his life. He said, "I often think that one ought to pray before one works, and then leave the rest to the Lord. I always felt that I stood naked before the fire of Almighty God to go through me." Knowing D. H. Lawrence, he probably did stand ... fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation" (Hab. 3: 17-18 RSV). Isn't that an incredible word? And how instructive. It tells us ...

33. The Angel of the Lord at Bokim

Judges 2:1-5

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

... closely bound up with that of the world (Gen. 12:3b). The angel then announced the appropriate punishment for Israel’s sin: I will not drive them [the Canaanites] out before you. The people wanted to form a relationship with those people and their gods. Well enough, the Lord would see to it that they had ample opportunity; he would not drive them out of the land. But at the same time they must know that these people and their gods will be thorns in their sides and their gods will be a snare to them. These ...

34. The Lord Will Care for Judah

Zechariah 10:1--11:3

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Pamela J. Scalise

... signaled (“whistled”) for the nations from the ends of the earth to attack Israel and Judah (Isa. 5:26; 7:18), so God will signal for the long-exiled Ephraimites to turn home to the land of Israel. They will not return by their own strength, for the Lord will gather them in like a shepherd, reversing the scattering they had suffered (Jer. 23; 30:10). God’s promise to redeem Ephraim likens their return to the exodus from Egypt (Deut. 7:8; see Jer. 31:11; Zech. 10:10). In the book of Hosea the judgment ...

35. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

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Lori Wagner

... you in God-time. God in your time. --God in our time. This is perhaps the best definition of Jesus in fact: God in our time. Jesus was trying to tell everyone that in the scriptures today. He wasn’t just about healing on the Sabbath. He IS the Sabbath. Lord of the Sabbath. The Song that shook the world. The lullaby that gives us comfort, joy, and rest. And you are God’s Song in the world. When you glorify God in Sabbath time, your voice echoes with the angels in heaven. God has put a Song into every one ...

36. Transfiguration of Our Lord

Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18, Psalm 2:1-12

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... 2. God put on a "sound and light" show of his own for six days on top of Mt. Sinai as "the glory of the Lord settled" on the mountain. Apparently, the Israelites couldn't miss the demonstration of God's glory; it must have seemed like a volcano to them; they ... us; God will be patient, taking his time "to get to us" so that we "see" his full glory in Jesus Christ, his Son, and our Lord. 4. Moses, the man of God on the mountain was so overcome by what happened to him that he stayed there for forty days and forty ...

37. The Day of the Lord

Malachi 4:1-6

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... not escape (cf. Mal. 3:17; 4:1). Yet God will provide ways for people to find refuge in order to survive that day. Elijah’s ministry is one of those ways (cf. Joel 2:32; Zeph. 2:3; Zech. 13:7–9). 4:6 On the Day of the Lord those who do not turn to God will be struck with a curse. “Curse” translates the word kherem, the ban of utter destruction. God had threatened Israel with this before, for refusing to submit to Babylon (Jer. 25:9) and for apostasy. An Israelite town that turned away to worship ...

38. “Lord, I Love the House Where You Live”

Psalm 26:1-12

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C. Hassell Bullock

... the goal is tempered by love. David’s world is incredibly evil, and the cost he pays as Israel’s monarch is substantial, both politically and personally, but he has been steadied on his feet (26:12) by the love of God’s house. Another patron of the Lord’s house speaks of the ways to the temple as being in the hearts of the pilgrims (“in whose heart are the ways of them,” Ps. 84:5 KJV). It was more than planning the pilgrimage; it was making the pilgrimage the essence of their life. Teaching the ...

39. Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

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... the wilderness, is a path we have chosen ourselves and at times it is a path someone else has chosen which we have been willing to follow. In any case, the net result is the same: we find ourselves in the midst of the wilderness asking in bewilderment, "Is the Lord among us or not?" A member of our church shared with me his story of putting up all of his resources to join in a partnership with another man. It turned out that the man was dishonest. He had, in effect, put them in a position in which they lost ...

40. OUR LORD DENIED

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E. Jerry Walker

... capable, had turned to ashes, been twisted into a sort of betrayal, and he could not, he would not accept this! What had his Lord expected of him? That he would stand there and let them take him? How could this one gesture of devotion have been an ... he tried to cry out in protest, to hold back the rising sun, but no words came. His mind filled with a vision of his Lord. Those deep sad eyes. Remembering how he, Peter, had so bravely vowed, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will neverfall away. Even ...

41. The Lord Has Need

Mark 11:1-11

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Donald B. Strobe

... sermon: “There are many of you in this congregation who think to yourselves, ‘If only I had been there! How quick I would have been to help the Baby. I would have washed his linen. How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in a manger!’” And then, with that harsh realism which was uniquely his, Luther said, “Yes, you would! You say that because you know how great Christ is, but if you had been there at that time you would have done no better than the people of ...

42. Servants Of The Servant Who Was Lord

Mark 10:35-45

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Maxie Dunnam

... his own case. He ascended after the resurrection and now sits at God’s right hand. Therefore, God has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name. That at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. That’s who Jesus is. And who he is determines who we are, if we’re going to be Christians. Carl Young, the great psychiatrist, told of am an who asked a rabbi once, how come in olden days God would show ...

43. The Day of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

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Rick Brand

... the most likely time for this event will be a time when everything is going well. When the stock market is humming, and there are no wars, and we as human beings are beginning to think that we have mastered this old game of life, then the coming of the Lord will happen. Paul thinks it is likely to happen when things are going very well. Jesus, who also claimed not to know the day or the hour of this Second Coming, suggests that it is most likely to come when strange events are in the sky. In Luke's Gospel ...

44. The Lord Commands Joshua

Joshua 1:1-18

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

... of Joshua [JSOTSup 134; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993], pp. 33–34). In these ways Joshua exemplifies the standards of a prophet like Moses whom God would send (Deut. 18:15–19). The book of Joshua also describes other ways in which Joshua is a leader like Moses. As the Lord had been with Moses, so God will be with Joshua (1:5, 17; 3:7). As the people experienced awe for Moses, they will feel the same way about Joshua (4:14). The eastern tribes promise to obey Joshua as they followed Moses (1:16–18; 22:2 ...

45. The Lord Chooses a New King

1 Samuel 16:14-23, 1 Samuel 16:1-13

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... the seat of the emotions (1 Sam. 1:8; 4:13; 17:32; 25:36; 28:5), will (6:6; 7:3), motives (17:28), reason (21:12), and conscience (25:31; 2 Sam. 24:10). A person’s “heart,” or mind, is relatively inaccessible to human beings, but the Lord is able to probe people’s innermost regions and assess one’s true character (Jer. 11:20; 20:12). When God chose Saul as king, he gave the people the kind of physically imposing individual that they, like other nations, would find desirable (1 Sam. 8:5; 9:2; 10 ...

46. “The Earth Is the Lord’s, and Everything in It”

Psalm 24:1-10

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C. Hassell Bullock

... is God who did this (“for it is he who founded it”). The root word for “establish” (kun) means to “build” a house.[5] Psalm 8:3 uses the same verb in the sense of “create” (NIV: “set in place”). 24:3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? David bought the threshing floor of Araunah, on which Solomon ultimately built the temple (1 Chron. 21:18–22:1). The question/answer format occurs here and in 24:8 and 10. 24:4 clean hands and a pure heart, who ...

47. In the House of the Lord

Psalm 23:1-6

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Maxie Dunnam

... and Holy Communion in the 23d Psalm. And that is the reason I share this scene from Places in the Heart. The lovely dominant image of the Psalm is that of the shepherd. So gripping that image that we hardly note the change in verse 5. Here the Lord becomes a host, and we are guests at his table. “Thou preparest a table before me.” The ideas of verses 5 and 6 are basically those of the first 4 verses: “Repose and provision, danger and change, again fill the foreground; and again there is forecast of a ...

48. “May Your Unfailing Love Be with Us, Lord”

Psalm 33:1-22

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C. Hassell Bullock

... he himself created this world, and he had every right to redeem it. Luther in his typical candor once said, “If I were as our Lord God, and had committed the government to my son, as he to his Son, and these vile people were as disobedient as they now be ... of what it must be like to love God truly, for his own sake, to love him no matter what.[11] “But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love” (v. 18). God reaches out to us in grace. True Story: ...

49. The Coming of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

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Gary M. Burge

... times and dates we do not need to write to you” (5:1). The question they had was about the time when the day of the Lord would arrive (5:2), an ancient query among God’s people (Hab. 2:1–4; Matt. 24:3; Acts 1:6; 1 Pet. 1:10–11 ... see Heb. 6:4; 10:32). Paul’s point is that living the moral life in the light assures the believers that the day of the Lord will not surprise them, since they will be ready for it. Preparedness does not come by speculations about when that day will arrive. The believers are ...

50. The Lord Appears to Elijah

1 Kings 19:9-18

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... Elijah’s life, indeed, that it is not at first clear that the messenger is God’s (v. 5). Only the unexpectedness of the provision in such a place suggests the identity of the donor (cf. 17:1–6). We are not told plainly that the angel is of the LORD, in fact, until the second occasion upon which Elijah is woken to eat (v. 7)—and now it becomes clear also that there is more to the divine plan than food and sleep. Elijah thought his journey was over; he had had enough (Hb. raḇ, v. 4). But now he ...

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