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476. John 12:20-33

John 12:20-33

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Leonard Sweet

... Passover festival when, probably as a result of the Lazarus healing, they seek out Jesus. Thus, even as the Pharisees and the established elders of Judaism are rejecting Jesus and starting to plot against him, the Gentile mission begins. There are a couple of theories as to why these seekers go first to Philip. The text takes the trouble to define Philip as being from "Bethsaida in Galilee." It is likely that Philip, from the ethnically diverse region of Galilee and bearing a Greek name, himself spoke Greek ...

477. Mark 13:1-8

Mark 13:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... For while chapter 13 interjects a new subject into the flow of Mark's text, it does not offer any radical departures from the rest of Marcan theology. Indeed, combative biblical scholars have used that evidence as a jumping-off place for a new theory of chapter 13 _ suggesting that instead of being some patched-on addition, this eschatological unit is actually the organizing principle behind the rest of Mark's gospel. This new argument concludes that all of Mark is involved in progressively interpreting the ...

478. Christ's Life Changed Culture

Mark 1:21-28

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Brett Blair

... us a glimpse of what Christ's coming meant to the world. He writes, "Whether we like it or not, Christ's life radically changed human culture throughout the world. Before Jesus came, the world was ruled by the ‘might makes right' theory. But Jesus' teaching about humility and turning the other cheek redefined our views of human character, of war, of masculinity. Jesus' commitment to the poor, to women and children opened the way for civil rights and equality for women. Marriages became more equitable ...

479. He Made Me Whole

Mark 1:40-45

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Keith Wagner

... who is isolated from the community in which they live will not only feel inferior but could even develop certain neuroses. Thus they are labeled "sick." Alfred Adler believed that people needed to be "touched" and included socially to develop healthy lives. His theory was in direct opposition to Sigmund Freud's, which was popular at that time. But, Adler believed in a different approach and introduced an entirely new concept, one that requires a loving contact between us humans. You may wonder why this was ...

480. Looking at the World through the Eyes of God

John 3:1-21

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Brett Blair

... inhumanity to man. We had gotten it out of our soul. We had washed our hands of the dirty business of war. Now we were set to build the society we'd dreamed of. The peace of Versailles would insure this. Albert Einstein formulated his Theory of Relativity. Airmail service was established in the United States. The 19th Amendment gave American women the right to vote. Gandhi emerged as India's leader in its struggle for independence. Charles Lindbergh flew the "Spirit of St. Louis" from New York to Paris. The ...

481. The Nativity Of Our Lord

Isaiah 9:1-7, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... for Jesus to the very end of his life "Render unto Caesar" ...; sentenced to death by one of Caesar's men. Yet, on the other hand, the "decree" reminds us that Jesus came into a real world at a definite time and place. The incarnation is not a theory or myth or the product of human imagination. Christmas is rooted and grounded in history. 2. Shepherds (v. 8). The shepherds were the first to hear of the birth of a Savior. Was it not strange that God sent the angel to tell shepherds? Why not announce it to ...

482. Born Again

John 3:1-21

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Brett Blair

... There is no reason for it having happened and there is no explanation for its continuance. The wind: you can hear it but you cannot map it's journey. This man, that woman, this old man, this young child has been changed, fundamentally. But, Darwin has no theories to explain this evolution. The changes that take place in us do not come from this world and our effort. I cannot change. But what Mark the columnist does not understand Paul the apostle does. When the Spirit breaths new life in us it is no longer ...

483. The Message That WILL Save Your Life

1 Corinthians 15:1-4

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James Merritt

... do not believe that Jesus actually died and they do not believe in His literal resurrection. That is nothing new. There was a group of people several hundred years ago called, "Rationalists", who did not believe in the resurrection. They formulated what is known as the "Swoon theory". They said that Jesus really didn't die. He just went into shock. His pulse rate got very, very low and very, very faint and He was at the point of death, but He didn't die. They said that when Jesus was put into that cool ...

484. Decoding the Da Vinci Code (Part One - Exploring the Fiction)

1 Timothy 1:4

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James Merritt

... purely fiction…But, all of the art, architecture, secret rituals are factual." He went on to say in an interview with Good Morning America: "I began the research for The Da Vinci Code as a skeptic. I entirely expected as I researched the book to disprove this theory and after numerous trips to Europe and two years of research, I really became a believer."[[4]] Now, if Brown is right then everything that I preach from Sunday to Sunday up here is a lie. If Brown is right, then the disciples were all party ...

485. Explore the Evidence

Acts 1:1-3

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James Merritt

... raised from the dead. a. His Body Was Buried Obviously, before Jesus Christ could come back from the dead, He had to be actually dead. There are many today, who say that Jesus really didn't die on the cross. Many believe in what is called the "swoon theory". It suggests that either Jesus Christ fainted on the cross or perhaps went into shock and fell unconscious, but He didn't really die, it is just that everybody thought He was dead. Then when He was taken to the tomb, the cool air revived Him and somehow ...

486. Israel: The World’s Invincible Nation

Jeremiah 23:2, 7-8

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James Merritt

... we got married, you were given the Wasserman test. Wasserman was Jewish. The most prestigious association of doctors in the world is the American Medical Association. It was founded by Isaac Hays who is Jewish. The greatest scientist who ever lived, who discovered the Theory of Relativity, was Albert Einstein, who was Jewish. I don't believe this is a coincidence, I believe it is providence. Israel is a chosen people; chosen to be a blessing to this world. You know why I call it an invincible nation? Listen ...

487. Joseph – The Promise Believed

Matthew 1:18-25; 2:13-23

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James Merritt

... is also a promise that that prophecy will come true. Now Joseph had to make the big decision. Was he going to trust God's promise or not? Don't think it was easy for Joseph to still go along with what God wanted. According to history there were 3 theories concerning Mary's pregnancy. Some said the baby was Joseph's and that actually he was a fornicator. Some said the baby belonged to Mary's secret lover (that is she had an affair) and others said that Mary had been raped by a Roman soldier. Any of these ...

488. Clean Hearts and Clean Hands

Mark 7:1-23

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Paul Janke

... meet in today's Gospel lesson. After a bit of observation, they asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples wash their hands?" Their concern was not the hygiene of the disciples. People in those days didn't know what we know now about germs theory and the spread of disease. No, their concern was that the disciples were not following "the tradition of the elders," which prescribed ritual hand washing before meals and after returning from the marketplace. In his response to the scribes and Pharisees, Jesus makes ...

489. Does Jesus Have a Health Plan?

James 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... towards being truly “scientific.” Medical practitioners and researchers began to understand what was really making people sick - and what was really making people well. Medicine didn’t really become scientific until 1865, when Joseph Lister described germ theory and the concept of antiseptic surgery emerged. Yet far from “giving up” or “giving over” health care to these new scientific practitioners, the church committed itself to promoting and providing these new healing methods more than ever ...

490. April Love

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Stan Purdum

... do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular." An eight-year-old boy's answer was, "I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful." Well, those theories are all interesting, but when we are experiencing the first blush of love, I doubt very many of us are sitting there thinking, "I wonder what causes this wonderful feeling?" Rather, we are just hoping it will last. That feeling of being madly in love is what gave ...

491. The Disciples Were Not Superheroes

Mark 8:27-38

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David A. Van Dyke

The theory was developed by Lawrence Peter and its principle is this: In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence. The Peter Principle is supposed to explain occupational incompetence and I wonder if it were applied to the disciples, how they'd fare. One of ...

492. Bethlehem: Where Extremes Meet

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

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Gary L. Carver

... and has been. For example, if it were only a thing of profundity and depth, little children and the great mass of people would not be affected by it, for they would not understand it. There is no great popular devotion to Einstein's theory of relativity; for the simple reason that it is beyond the capacities of most of us to comprehend its abstractness. Profundity, without simplicity, will always be limited in its appeal. By the same token, simplicity without profundity has a relatively short life span of ...

493. Recognizing His Disciples

John 13:31-35

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Donald Charles Lacy

... to get Christians to accept and practice Jesus' example for living? We have been at it for twenty centuries. Many areas of the world, especially the United States and Europe, have promoted the Christian faith. In the USA, we have sought by both theory and practice to make it possible for his teaching to be implemented. True, we had our share of denominational wars and the testing of the church/state relationship. Nevertheless, we must admit that regardless of what measuring device we use, we have fallen ...

494. The Prodigal Father

Romans 8:14-17

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John Jamison

... sons? There was grumbling and shouting. There was the shaking of heads and of fists. The anger of the crowd grew, as did the volume. The father held his son close as he looked at the crowd. He had made his choice. He had just delivered a class on his theory of what it meant to be a father, a dad, and a daddy. My friends, I believe this is what Paul had in mind as he wrote these few paragraphs to the Romans. When Paul said that we were now adopted as sons of God; this is the kind of ...

495. Itchy Ears

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

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Donna Schaper

... if we let ourselves go through what we know, yet fear. Remember Saint Paul in another letter to the Ephesians, wrote: "Pray that I speak as fearlessly as I ought." Walter Lippman, the great journalist, defines procrustean behavior as a determination to make the evidence fit the theory. Isn't that what we do when we deny evil in our lives? Don't we become procrustean, and chop off part of what we know on behalf of what we hoped would be true? Instead, we might pray with Paul that we become as fearless as ...

496. Whose Inheritance Is It?

Ephesians 1:11-23

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Donna Schaper

... they have — and they don't imagine that they are like the used car dealer who, having inherited the car dealership from his father, declares himself a self-made man. Saints are God-made men and women, not self-made men and women. In fact, that "self-made" theory is one of the most dangerous of all. It broaches a dangerous idolatry that somehow creation didn't happen in us, just in others. Surely we do make parts of ourselves. Life is what we "make" of it — and the Creator God, living now in us as Holy ...

497. Choosing to Believe

1 Kings 18:20-39

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Stan Purdum

... people when God did send someone to them from the death — Jesus himself. To this day, you can hear the speculations of people about what "really" happened on that first Easter, how Jesus' disciples were fooled or how his body was moved, or some other theory. The same thing proved true of the account we read from the Old Testament of Elijah challenging the prophets of Baal. Those prophets begged their god to bring fire to their altar, but nothing happened, but when Elijah made a similar request to the Lord ...

498. Song Sung Blue

Lamentations 1:1-6

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Lee Ann Dunlap

... the president just didn't get at the real issue for many. Just why did this happen? Meteorologists explained the science of a hurricane and the Army engineers explained the physics of water pressure on dirt levees. City planners and social analysts could pronounce theories about why so many folks could not or did not get transported to safety. But these answers just were not enough to satisfy the big question: Why did it happen to us? A few religious extremists claimed that the city was experiencing God's ...

499. Predictions of the Future

Mark 13:1-8; Luke 21:5-38

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... . "The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives." Admiral William Leahy, U.S. Atomic Bomb Project. "There will never be a bigger plane built." A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that holds ten people. "Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction." Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872.

500. The Power of Purpose

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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Maxie Dunnam

... that, don’t we? Life hangs heavy on our hands. Our days drag drearily on if some purpose doesn’t pervade our lives. Out of the harrowing years of Nazi prison camps, one of the great psychiatrists of our time, Victor Frankle, developed a theory which he called logal therapy. While others have talked about the power principle or the pleasure principle as the key to behavior, as a result of these hellish experiences in prison camps, Victor Frankle contended that the striving to find meaning is the primary ...

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