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26. Paul's Chains Advance the Gospel

Philippians 1:12-30

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... of his life in Christ, to whom he is united by faith; it is, especially, part of his sharing in the sufferings of Christ (cf. 3:10). Of course, the members of the guard and everyone else to whom he refers would not see it from his point of view, but they could not fail to realize that it was Paul’s being a Christian that had landed him where he now was. The palace guard is, literally, the “praetorium,” that is, the praetorian guard, the emperor’s bodyguard. The word “praetorium” has a variety of ...

27. The Marketplace of Ideas and Finding Your Faith

John 14:5-14

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Larry Bethune

... . Says Willimon: Sometimes the biggest challenge is to admit that all of us are living by some point of view or another. All of us are betting our life on something. We may be betting our life on the point of view that says, "I try not to have any point of view other than the officially enforced point of view that there are no points of view worth acknowledging or living and dying by." Or, there is that point of view that says, "I still have lots of questions about Jesus and his way; of course there is ...

28. What Are Christian Liberals? - 1951

John 16:5-16

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Kent Moorehead

... of our basic democratic principles of any other organization that I know of. Marvelous record and I’m so proud to be a part of it. We have limitless faith in the truth. And you may never get the truth until you are willing to hear points of view that are different from your own. For all men are fallible, and no institution has all the truth. Therefore, what the liberal always demands is a free field, and no favors, and all the facts, from anybody and everybody. Nothing is so presumptuous or preposterous ...

29. He Came by Night

John 3:1-21

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David G. Rogne

... to me that he had purposely chosen a word with more than one meaning, for the word means not only "born anew," but also "born from above." I've come to the conclusion that what he was driving at is the necessity of being reborn into a new point of view. Each of us inherits a physical nature from our parents. That nature is related to this physical world; it possesses certain animal needs and drives. It is from below and its attitudes tend to dominate us. In fact, we often operate as if that is all there is ...

30. Seeds And The Kingdom

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

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William E. Keeney

... next king. The Second Lesson. (2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17) Paul would prefer to be free from the limitations of the flesh and to be fully at home with his Lord. Nevertheless he had continuing work to do so he looks at his course from Christ's point of view rather than from the human perspective. Just as Samuel looked at the choice of a king from God's way of evaluating him, Paul looks at the world from the whole new creation which God is seeking to bring into being. Gospel. (Mark 4:26-34) Jesus tells two ...

31. In Pisidian Antioch

Acts 13:13-52

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... from that hope as long as they remained as they were. These God-fearers “always remained second-class citizens. Proselytes were buried in Jewish cemeteries in Jerusalem and Rome and elsewhere … but not ‘God-fearers.’ From an official point of view, despite their visits to synagogue worship and their partial observance of the law, the ‘God-fearers’ continued to be regarded as Gentiles, unless they went over to Judaism completely through circumcision and ritual baptism” (Hengel, Acts, p. 89 ...

32. The Council at Jerusalem

Acts 15:1-21

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David J. Williams

... in Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8–10. This has led to the suggestion that the recommendations of Acts 15:20 were totally unacceptable to him, but that Luke has told it quite differently on the basis of meager evidence and in the interests of his own point of view. But against his not mentioning the decrees must be set the equally important fact that there is nothing in all of his writing to suggest that he disapproved of them. It may well have been that he simply preferred to argue his own case rather than ...

33. Lawsuits Among Believers

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... both Gk. pronouns and verb endings in this discussion, so he has the entire community in view in his remarks. Nevertheless, as N. Watson (The First Epistle to the Corinthians [Epworth Commentaries; London: Epworth, 1992], p. 55) astutely observes, Paul’s point of view shifts in his address to the community. Initially he seems to be speaking to the initiators of the lawsuits who have suffered some kind of wrong; then he turns toward the perpetrators of the wrongdoing, although still addressing them in the ...

34. The Believer's Freedom

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... by tradition.” In other words, the Christian does enjoy a freedom from mere social conventions and mere religious regulations. Freedom is found in relationship to God, and action is to be determined in the context of divine-human relations. To put Paul’s point of view into paraphrase, “If you aren’t worried about offending God, don’t worry about other things.” 10:26 Paul cites Scripture—specifically the LXX text of Psalm 24:1—to verify his advice: The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in ...

35. The Little Boat

Mark 4:35-41

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Ron Lavin

... are in the center, asking the questions, feeling that we are uncared for, asking, "What are we doing here?" That question comes at the apparent breaking point. But the breaking point may be the turning point, because we may come to see things not just from the human point of view, but from a higher perspective. There is another side. It is the side with God in the center, raising the questions: "What do you mean, 'Don't I care?' Look at my creation. Look at my Son, your Savior. Look at me and what I've done ...

36. The Cracking Point

Mark 12:1-12

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Harold Warlick

... will return to the ground from which you were taken; you are dust and to dust you shall return (Genesis 3:16-19)." Then God drove them out of the garden. In reality, the response from God seems all out of proportion to the mistake - from our point of view. But not to God. Arrogance is his cracking point. As we view the Bible, we can say God's cracking point is consistent, from the Tower of Babel, when humans tried to reach into the heavens and God busted them into different languages, to his relationship ...

37. Sermons

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John R. Bodo

... was rich and spicy. Daniel and his friends were young, healthy men who loved food and would surely not object to getting the finest quality as long as they were getting enough! Thus everything was looking up from Nebuchadnezzar's point of view. But from the point of view of Daniel and his friends, things looked grim. They were Jews, heirs of the Jewish faith, members of the Jewish religious community. Their moral and religious commitments forbade them to melt into Babylon's melting pot. They had their own ...

38. Epiphanies and Training Wheels

Mark 1:9-13

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Johnny Dean

... you can ride alone, be independent. That’s the way I look at God and church and religion. It’s just training wheels. And I don’t need them any more. I’m all grown up now. I can handle it by myself." I have since discovered that the point of view as stated by a stranger in the church parking lot is much more popular than you might think. Despite the claims of the Religious Right, that America is "more religious" now than it ever has been, I find this new interest in religion, for the most part, to be ...

39. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

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Harold Warlick

... not have to bend anything to anyone's particular tastes in order to have authority. God can dress any way God wants to dress. People tend to want to point to "signs" that Jesus is the sole possession and monopoly of a certain class with a particular point of view. Jesus knew that. "No signs," he countered. No signs? Well, what are we to do when people exclaim, "Look, here He is. There He goes. Yonder He is"? Do believers need a sign? If I interpret this scripture correctly, "No, they don't." In fact, one of ...

40. Imagine a World

Matthew 18:10-14

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Mark Trotter

... all of us are. Yet for the most part we are protected from disease by a force, a power within us that we are not even aware of which daily protects us. All of this is amazing, he said, when you realize from a scientific point of view, the fundamental law of nature, the most basic fact about all life, is that it is breaking down and disintegrating. That is called "entropy," the second law of thermodynamics. It is true universally. Life breaks down, disintegrates. Everything is supposed to do that. That is ...

41. Freedom In Christ

Galatians 5:1-15, Galatians 5:16-26

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... .2.7 [Rackham, LCL]). Paul describes the kind of love that can fulfill the law as producing the kind of life required of a slave—a life lived entirely for others. 5:15 Paul then approaches the nature of Christian freedom from the negative point of view, saying that if the Galatians keep on biting and devouring each other they will be destroyed by each other. This image works on the basis of understanding believers as indentured to other believers (having become slaves to each other) by all being in Christ ...

42. Saul, The Tormented King

1 Samuel 8:1-22

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Arthur H. Kolsti

... unique outlook. One source, the earlier, looked upon the monarchy in Israel as a fine thing. These writers may well have been part of the royal court in the days of Solomon. The second source takes a rather dim view of kings. Both points of view shine forth in today's reading. It's as if one blended together two interpretations of American history, one favoring states rights and the other favoring a strong central government. In 1 Samuel the editors just blended both interpretations. Scholars consider the ...

43. Golden Calves at Bethel and Dan

1 Kings 12:25-33

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... like Deut. 4:15–24 are concerned. You cannot worship the LORD using representations of him, for then you are not worshiping him at all but “other gods” (1 Kgs. 14:9). Whatever Jeroboam thinks he is doing with his calves, it is idolatry from the point of view of these passages; and it is already clearly associated with the worship of Canaanite deities in 1 Kgs. 14:15. Sincerity—if that is what it is—is not enough. 12:29 One he set up in Bethel: Although two sanctuaries are mentioned initially, it ...

44. Proper 22

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 21:33-46, Philippians 3:1-11, Psalm 19:1-14

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... his causes through the inadmissible human action. As God judges the rejection of the son unacceptable, God acts both to vindicate the son and to extend the riches of his provisions to those who will cooperate with God's purposes. Told this way, from a theological point of view, the story gets us past the historical origins of the text that can render the text irrelevant for today. Yet if we are ignorant of the time-bound quality of this lesson, we will likely be either baffled about what to do with the text ...

45. Saying Yes To Forgiveness

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Maxie Dunnam

... 't close your mind. What do you think Paul was talking about in our text? Listen to verse 16: "From now on, therefore, we regard none from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer." He was talking about practicing being God -- not viewing persons from a human point of view, but from a God perspective. And when we have that perspective, the ministry of reconciliation follows. Come at it from a slightly different way. When are we most ...

46. Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues

1 Corinthians 14:1-25

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Marion L. Soards

... point and a clear audience for tongues, but other humans are not the intended recipients of the message and so they do not comprehend the substance of the speech in tongues or benefit from it. 14:3 Paul pursues the same objective from another point of view. By contrast to the tongue speakers, those who prophesy speak to humans for the edification, encouragement, and consolation of their hearers. As one can see from nearly everything that Paul writes in this letter, the building up of the church and the well ...

47. Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

John 13:1-17, John 13:18-30

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... misunderstanding of Jesus’ last words to Judas, What you are about to do, do quickly (v. 27). The statement that No one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him (v. 28) gives evidence of being written from the beloved disciple’s point of view. The narrator seems, by making him the observer, to exclude the beloved disciple from the generalization that no one at the table knew what was going on. The narrator sees the action through the beloved disciple’s eyes. Though this does not prove the ...

48. Nice Guys Finish First

Proverbs 1:20-33

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Stan Purdum

... background at all. But the mother felt that a minister might be able to help. I agreed to meet with them. They were in my office only a few minutes when a painful tale of marital infidelity on the part of the wife began to unfold. From a religious point of view, it would have been easy for me to talk about the sinfulness of her behavior, but the fact was, she was not even thinking of it in that context. In her mind, she felt justified because of some slights on her husband's part. In fact, she was still ...

49. Palm/Passion Sunday

Mt 26:14-27:66 · Php 2:5-11 · Isa 50:4-9a · Ps 31

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... on Isaiah 50:4-9a because Psalm 31:9-16 explores the interior dimensions of the psalmist during the time of suffering in a way that the suffering servant song did not. Although the suffering of the servant in Isaiah 50:4-9a was intense, the point of view of the passage was on God and God's reliability during times of suffering. Because of this focus, we were never allowed to separate the servant's suffering from God's presence and salvation. Because of this, Isaiah 50:4-9a is probably best categorized as ...

50. Advent 3

Psalm 146:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-10, James 5:7-12, Matthew 11:1-19

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... in James 5:7 to advocate "patience" among the believers seems to be an odd turn from the immediately preceding material that warned against friendship with the world and denounced the wealthy citizens of this world. But, at 5:7, James shifts his point of view from the world to the believers. Hearing about the scandalous ways of the rich could easily arouse the indignity of less affluent believers, so James wards off any problem his remarks may have provoked. The call to "patience"—literally to having a ...

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