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526. Five Amorite Kings Killed

Joshua 10:16-28

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

... been a part of the narrative. The narrative reads smoothly without the account of a return to Gilgal. The slaughter of the fleeing kings has its own account and setting. This story takes place at a cave at Makkedah. Large rocks at the entrance of the cave remain to this day (10:27). The narrator divides the event into three parts (10:16–27). First the tribes roll rocks to block the mouth of the cave to contain the enemy kings while the troops pursue and inflict casualties on the fleeing enemy. Second, the ...

527. Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon

1 Kings 11:26-40

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... 11 to suggest that the seeds of what occurred later in Solomon’s reign were already present earlier. The fact that Rezon and Hadad (and indeed Jeroboam) may have been Solomon’s adversaries from early on (if “all his days” does not simply mean “all the remaining days of his old age,” cf. 11:34) does not logically entail that they were a problem to him as such (“adversaries” worthy of the name) or that their activities were so significant in Solomon’s earlier period that the general state of ...

528. Solomon's Death

1 Kings 11:41-43

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

529. Jehoash King of Israel

2 Kings 13:10-25

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... caught by the wind and blown away. But there is no rejection (2 Sam. 7:14–15). Although he is an idolater, God responds to Jehoahaz’s plea for favor (v. 4), and Israel is saved from complete destruction (v. 5). The precise means by which salvation occurs remains obscure. Who is the deliverer? It is a strange way of referring to Elisha, if that is who is meant. Is it perhaps a gifted Israelite general? Or a foreign king, distracting Aram from its war with Israel? We are not told. But we are told that God ...

530. Jehoiakim King of Judah

2 Kings 23:36--24:7

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... flows into the coffers of the new imperial power in Babylon. As people used to come from all over the world to Solomon’s court, so now all the notables of Jerusalem journey on enforced pilgrimage abroad (vv. 14–16; cf. 1 Kgs. 10:23–25). A remnant still remains—but only the poorest in the land (v. 14; cf. 2 Kgs. 19:4, 30). Among the exiles, although Kings does not tell us this, is the prophet Ezekiel, whose prophetic ministry begins a few years later in Babylon (Ezek. 1:2–3). 24:18–25:7 As the ...

531. Jehoiachin King of Judah

2 Kings 24:8-17

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

532. Zedekiah King of Judah

2 Kings 24:18-20a

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

533. The Fall of Jerusalem

2 Kings 24:20b--25:26

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

534. Everything You Need to Know about Love

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... are going to focus a little more intently than normal on the meaning of love today. In our lesson from John’s Gospel we read these words: “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. “Greater love has ...

535. The Ascension Day Experience

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... this destination because my family had emigrated from this area nearly 150 years ago. This was to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about the origin of my rare and odd family name. Early on a Wednesday evening we entered through a city gate in what remained of a medieval wall. We parked on the town square. Directly across from our car was a flower shop with my family name. I was thrilled. For the first time in my life I was going to have the opportunity to meet a stranger with my last name. Then ...

536. Get Home Safely

1 John 1:9; John 14:15-31

Illustration

F.B. Myer

... for the airline stewardess to walk the child to them when they arrive in LA. You have gotten approval for the child to just stay in his seat in Dallas. Now as you take the child to the airport you have only one message for him. “Remain in the plane. Everything is taken care of; all you have to do is just remain in your seat. And you will arrive at the desired destination.” That’s what Jesus is saying to these disciples. I have gotten you on board with me. Don’t get off the plane in Dallas. Just ...

537. Sitting Shiva Behind Closed Doors

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , the other disciple who reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw –and believed! (They had not as of yet understood the meaning of the scriptures to say that the Messiah must die and rise from the dead). After that, the other disciples returned home. But Mary remained there weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and as she did, she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her ...

538. The Sign of Jonah

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... either unclean or not fit for the Jewish communities to Gentile people. His “old life” was one of separations and status quo. It was not the life Jesus called him into and which he accepted as his disciple. So on that boat of transition, Peter remained in limbo. The metaphor of the boat is coupled here with the metaphor of darkness. They are fishing through the night. The metaphor of darkness, in which Peter cannot “see” himself or Jesus, is a womb-like time, a timeless void, in which his identity ...

539. Moving On

Luke 6:12-16, Luke 9:1-9, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a visitor have his feet washed, and his head anointed, be given food and lodging. If one wasn’t welcomed, his feet would remain dirty and dusty from traveling the road. But Jesus says, don’t fret about it. Is there no one to give you ... very important one in the scriptures. We are first formed from dust, and someday to dust we will return. Without the breath of God, we remain merely dust. Part of our egoism lies in thinking, we are our own and exist for ourselves and by ourselves. More than that however, ...

540. Do(n't) Rock the Boat

Mt 14:22-36, Mk 4:35-41, Lk 8:22-25, Jn 6:16-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ! Hugging the harbor! While a boat needs to harbor once in a while to refuel and stock up on supplies, during a storm if the ship remains in the harbor, it will crash against the rocks and the shore and be pulverized to bits! The place for a ship during a storm is ... splash some onto your face, wipe your face with the towel. Cleanse away all of your fear. Cleanse away all of your doubt. What remains when you emerge –that’s faith. Go…in faith….to sail the seas of the Spirit! *[You can also do this by a ...

541. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... has not sinned, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.’ Then he bent down and wrote on the ground again. When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the eldest, until Jesus was left alone with the woman, who remained standing there. He looked up and said, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?’ ‘No one, sir’ she replied. ‘Neither do I condemn you.’ said Jesus ‘go away, and don’t sin anymore.’ When Jesus spoke to the people again, he said: ‘I am the ...

542. Precocious

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... all of the five hundred chicken in the coop had died. But they didn’t die from the tornado. They died of starvation. They had been used to the industrial feeding of pellets that came to them if they stood in place. So they stayed on the cement plank, remained in the status quo, and waited, and waited, and died. Only five of the chickens decided that maybe they needed to dare to look beyond their familiar home and use the senses they were born with. Only five ventured to step off of the plank and eat some ...

543. The Gardener

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the rags, and is restored in a new body. He is a part again of God’s holy garden. And his breath will soon restore and birth a church. It is important that Mary sees Jesus in the garden among the living. The “shell” of the linens is all that remains inside of the tomb. No sign of Jesus is left behind there. He is alive and walking the garden as God’s presence. And all who believe in Him will walk the garden as part of God’s whole creation once again as well. On Holy Saturday, Jesus goes into ...

544. Redemption

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Image Exegesis: Redemption Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. (John 12:23) "But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep." (1 Corinthians 15:20) Then He said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful ...

545. Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain

Mark 15:42-47

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Garden of Gethsemane the night before. They hadn’t really believed him. How did he know? But the master was right. Everything he said had come true. The mission in which they had invested their life would die with him, they feared. Shock set in. Some remained out of sight. Most tried to blend in with the crowd. Two others had been on the cross far longer than Jesus. Their skin was already rotting and blood dripping from their legs. They would soon be gone, extinguished. But Jesus would not die by sundown ...

546. The Catch

John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25, Acts 10:1-8, Acts 10:9-23a, Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” Because of this, the rumor spread among the believers that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say that he would not die; he only said, “If I want him to ...

547. How Does Your Garden Grow?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

Our scripture reading from the gospel of John tells of Jesus teaching his disciples about remaining connected to him in order to grow strong in their Christian lives. He used an illustration that ... grace, mercy, and wisdom. Finally, Jesus gives us the greater goal as to why we are pruned to be fruitful. He says, “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.” ...

548. It's No Fun to Move

Ruth 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... their homeland. She told them that it was absurd for them to follow her, “Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?” she asked them. Finally, Orpah decided that her mother-in-law was right. It would be best for her to remain in her own country. Ruth, however, still wanted to stay with Naomi. Ruth loved Naomi deeply. It was in this context that Ruth spoke some of the most famous words in all of literature: “Where you go, I will go,” she told Naomi, “your people shall be my ...

549. Going Into Labor

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... world is full of surprises so we shouldn’t be shocked when events catch us off guard. For something as cosmic as the return of Jesus, you’d better be alert — but keep in mind the biblical meaning of watchfulness is working for the kingdom. So remain watchful. Besides, if we’re not looking we might even miss something as obvious as Christmas. What is your post? To what have been assigned by the master? Do you imagine that it will be free from suffering? Have you heard others complain when suffering ...

550. Get Your Third-Class Tickets Here!

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... seated during the entire trip no matter what happened. If the stagecoach got stuck in the mud, or had trouble making it up a steep hill, or even if a wheel fell off, you could remain seated because you had a first-class ticket. If you had a second-class ticket, you also could remain seated—until there was a problem. In case of a problem, second-class ticket holders would have to get off until the problem was resolved. You could stand off to the side and watch as other people worked. You didn’t have ...

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