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26. A Different View

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Life is all about how you look at things. A man was driving in the country one day and he saw an old man sitting on a fence rail watching the cars go by. Stopping to pass the time of day, the traveler said, "I never could stand living out here. You don't see anything, and I'm sure you don't travel like I do. I'm on the go all the time." The old man on the fence looked down at the stranger and drawled, "I can't see much difference in what I'm doing and what you're doing. I sit on the fence and watch the ...

27. Three Ways of Viewing Christmas

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Harry Reasoner

The basis for this tremendous annual burst of gift buying and parties and near hysteria is a quiet event that Christians believe actually happened a long time ago. You can say that in all societies there has always been a midwinter festival and that many of the trappings of our Christmas are almost violently pagan. But you come back to the central fact of the day and quietness of Christmas morning—the birth of God on earth. It leaves you only three ways of accepting Christmas. One is cynically, as a time ...

28. A Different View

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Editor James S. Hewett

It was just a few days before Christmas. Two men who were next-door neighbors decided to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. While the men were out in their sailboat, a storm arose. The sea became very angry and the men had great difficulty keeping the boat under control. As they maneuvered their way toward land, they hit a sandbar and the boat grounded. Both men jumped overboard and began to push and shove with all their strength, trying to get the boat into deeper water. With his feet ...

29. A Child's View of Love

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Editor James S. Hewett

Some children were asked, "What is love?" One little girl answered, "Love is when your mommy reads you a bedtime story. True love is when she doesn't skip any pages."

The optimist is the kind of person who believes a housefly is looking for a way out.

George Jean Nathan

In the annals of sheep the wolves are always defeated and disgraced.

Paul Eldridge

History is largely the glorification of the iniquities of the triumphant.

Paul Eldridge

33. Long View — Long Haul

Luke 13:31-35

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Schuyler Rhodes

Have you ever known anyone who has suddenly stopped and changed direction? Maybe it’s you. I know that in my life I stopped the pursuit of a career in the theater and finally listened to God’s call to me to enter ordained ministry. It wasn’t a call, so much, to change direction, as it was a call to authenticity and commitment. Today, though, I want to tell you about a friend of mine who did this. At the age of fifty, Marcy decided to change everything. She made the momentous decision to leave her job, her ...

34. Hell under Fire

Matthew 5:22; 28-30

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James Merritt

... gave you four reasons why the Bible should be believed and trusted as the Word of God. As I present to you the biblical world view of these hot-button issues you must decide whether to believe it or not. I report; you decide. Today we are going to take a ... go into hell." (Matthew 5:22; 28-30, NASB) The reason I quote Jesus may shock you but most of what we know about the biblical view of Hell comes from His own lips. Of the 1,850 verses in the New Testament that record the words of Jesus, thirteen percent of ...

35. Are We Living In The Last Days?

Luke 21:5-19

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Richard Hasler

... . Some religious believers have the convictions that they are living in the last days. Therefore, they are getting ready for the crisis that is coming. They may need non-electrical equipment in order to survive. The owners of the Lehman store do not subscribe to this view but they are happy for their business. Are we really living in the last days? Not a few people are fascinated with a study of the end-time. What does the gospel of Luke say about the future? Everyone seems to be interested in the future ...

36. Overseers and Deacons

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... the letter. The metaphor then shifts slightly, from household to building (cf. Eph 2:19–20). The terms pillar (“bulwark”) and foundation and the language of the living God (cf. 2 Cor. 6:16) indicate that Paul’s common image of the church as God’s temple is in view (cf. 1 Cor. 3:16–17; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:21). Just as the living God dwelt in the sanctuary of Israel, so now by the Spirit, God indwells his new temple, the church, and as such they are to “uphold the truth and keep it safe” (JB ...

37. Elihu Makes His Appearance

Job 32:1--37:24

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Daniel J. Estes

... or videos of a desert in bloom can illustrate 37:13, in which one of God’s purposes for the storm is watering the earth. Nature: Elihu uses the light of the sun to portray how humans cannot observe the full majesty of God. It is dangerous to view the sun directly, but watching a video of a solar eclipse can provide a good sense of how awe-inspiring the light of the sun is. This natural phenomenon only points to the greater awesomeness of God’s unrivaled power and knowledge. Our response to him should be ...

38. Blood: Right and Wrong Uses

Leviticus 17:1-16

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... of blood in the Bible. They find references to blood offensive and off-putting. They would like to explain the teachings of the Bible without reference to blood, whether the blood of sacrifices or the blood of Jesus Christ. But this is to adopt a view of blood that is at odds with what the Bible itself says. Blood was an essential element of the sacrificial system of the Old Testament through which atonement and forgiveness were made available. It is also essential to the New Testament’s theology of the ...

39. Why Believe the Bible?

John 17:17

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James Merritt

... get the idea that God created us, that because of the fall of man, sin entered into this world and ruined it and that Jesus Christ came to die and was raised from the dead to make this world right again. We get it from the Bible. The Christian world view is based on what we believe, not only to be truth, but the ultimate truth found in the Bible. Many of us as children can remember the song that goes like this - "Jesus loves me, this I know For the Bible tells me so." That raises "the" big question - Why ...

40. The Day of Atonement: Preparation

Leviticus 16:1-34

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... of God’s holiness so that God will find Aaron’s sacrifices for the people of Israel acceptable and be pleased to continue to dwell among them. It is easy for us today to forget the severe holiness of God. Modern worship is often too casual, viewing God as little more than the worshiper’s “buddy.” Rarely does one come away with a sense of the fearsome holiness of God in worship. But this is unfortunate. God is still a holy God. The preparation ritual of Aaron before performing the Day of Atonement ...

41. Of Peace and War

Deuteronomy 20:1-20

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James Merritt

... states that believers should support the government and should be willing to fight when they really believe that a war is just. Only just wars are justified. You probably already guessed, but the third view is my view and the view I believe to be the biblical view. With that being the case, then I have to address the second point which is – II. War Is Regrettable But Acceptable [Turn to Deuteronomy 20] It is very obvious that the God who never changes, the God of the Old Testament being the same God as ...

42. Israel and the Present Curses and the Past Blessings of the Covenant

Romans 9:1-29

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C. Marvin Pate

... Insights 9:6–9 It is not as though God’s word had failed. Verse 6a raises the first criticism of Paul’s view of salvation history. Verses 6b–13 provide Paul’s rebuttal. The criticism, no doubt from a Jewish perspective, takes umbrage at Paul’s ... election claim to have resolved the tension between divine sovereignty and human responsibility. I would like to side with the corporate view, but the objections raised by Paul’s critic(s) (Rom. 9:6, 14, 19) are precisely what one would expect if God ...

43. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

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Daniel J. Estes

... away from the friends to address God, and by the end of the book just Yahweh and Job are left speaking. Historical and Cultural Background As in 3:17–20, in 7:9 “the grave” refers to Sheol, the place of the dead. In ancient Near Eastern thought, this was viewed as the shadowy underworld (see the sidebar, “Sheol and the Afterlife,” in the unit on Job 3). In 7:12 Job alludes to the familiar motif of the battle between the creator God and chaos (see also 3:8; 9:8, 13; 26:12–13; 38:8–11; 41:1 ...

44. Gabriel Brings an Answer to Daniel’s Prayer

Daniel 9:20-27

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Ronald W. Pierce

... -two ‘sevens’” to make a single unit of sixty-nine “sevens.” This era extends from “the word [that] goes out” until “the Anointed One,” who is Jesus (9:25 NIV; cf. NASB, NKJV). Although the church has held some version of this view throughout its history,2there remains no consensus on four key issues: which “word . . . goes out” to begin this period, which coming of Jesus ends the sixty-nine “sevens,” when does the last “seven” occur, or what is the identity of the “ruler who ...

45. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... and complete quality of Job’s words. Those commentators who depict Job as in the wrong and who see God’s theophany as a rebuke of Job’s attempt to place God in the wrong do not note the clear connection this final statement makes with the view of Job in the opening chapters. The author of Job leaves very little to chance, and so it is probable that this postscript, with its word choice, is intentional. This reaffirms for the reader that Job, who survived the initial tests and did not sin, either by ...

46. The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... on your numeration!) is thus that Israelites were neither to have nor to serve other gods than Yahweh and that they were not to make any image of Yahweh in the form of anything in creation. For what reason was the faith of Yahweh to be imageless? One view (e.g., Mayes, Deuteronomy, p. 166) is that the use of an image of deity makes the deity subject to human manipulation, and so is an attack on divine freedom and sovereignty. This may well be so, but it is perhaps more an explanation of the prohibition on ...

47. A New Vantage Point

Colossians 3:1-17

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Wayne Brouwer

... a skyscraper and gaze upon a vast city below. Why do we need to do that? What's inside of us that makes us want a view from above? Psychologists have an answer. They say there's a sense of power that comes when we stand above the world. We can play "god," ... begins to see life as it really is. In the end we get the feeling that Lucy Honeychurch actually does have "a room with a view." It's a view of things as they truly are. It's a window looking down on a world of good and evil, of beauty and pain. And Lucy ...

48. Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... that he holds this position because of the eschatological character of the time in which he believes he and the Corinthians live. Paul’s comments seem to recognize that before Christ, in the old world, there was no value to single life from the human point of view. But now, as part of the gospel, there is a new sense or value to single life—lived in complete devotion to Christ—in the context of the new Christian life. For now, however, he suggests that should they be as he was—gifted with celibacy ...

49. As Seen from the Solitary Broom Tree

1 Kings 19:1-18

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Stan Purdum

... ll have a better grip on your situation if you spend less time worrying and more time taking care of your real needs. MIT View: If you're not worrying about work, you must not be very committed to it. We'll find someone who is. 12. Keep ... Your Sense Of Humor. Begin to bring job and happy moments into your life. Very few people suffer burnout when they're having fun. MIT View: So, you think your work is funny? We'll discuss this with your director on Friday, at 7 p.m.!3 Those suggestions and others like ...

50. The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... used for each day of creation tells us that verses 1–2 are not an integral part of the first day of creation (vv. 3–5). That is, these first two verses stand apart from the report of what God did on the first day of creation. A third view, the initial chaos theory, understands verse 2 to describe the raw material that came into existence as a result of God’s initial creative act reported in verse 1. That is, after making the raw materials, God went about ordering the cosmos from these raw materials as ...

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26. A Different View

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27. Three Ways of Viewing Christmas

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Harry Reasoner

28. A Different View

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Editor James S. Hewett

29. A Child's View of Love

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

Some children were asked, "What is love?" One little girl answered, "Love is when your mommy reads you a bedtime story. True love is when she doesn't skip any pages."

The optimist is the kind of person who believes a housefly is looking for a way out.

George Jean Nathan

In the annals of sheep the wolves are always defeated and disgraced.

Paul Eldridge

History is largely the glorification of the iniquities of the triumphant.

Paul Eldridge

33. Long View — Long Haul

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

34. Hell under Fire

Matthew 5:22; 28-30