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576. The Death of Jesus

John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27, John 19:38-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... water” (4:14; 7:38) in no other way than by shedding his blood. The account of Jesus’ burial (vv. 38–42) is a natural continuation of the events associated with the removal of his body from the cross (vv. 31–37). As far as Pilate was concerned, the granting of permission to Joseph of Arimathea to take charge of Jesus’ body was simply an extension of the permission he had already given to the Jews to remove the three bodies from Golgotha (v. 31). Joseph of Arimathea is a new character in the story ...

577. The Burial of Jesus

John 19:38-42, John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

578. Praise to God for a Living Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... as past, present, and future. The past salvation “saved,” Eph. 2:5; 1 Pet. 3:20) looks back to the moment when a Christian first believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and received forgiveness of sins. The present salvation (“being saved,” 1 Cor. 1:18) concerns the subsequent daily growth in grace (1 Pet. 2:2; 2 Pet. 3:18). The future salvation looks ahead to the ultimate fulfillment of God’s plan for the whole of his creation (Rom. 8:21–24; 1 Pet. 1:5). See Turner, pp. 390–98; TDNT, vol ...

579. Moses Returns to Egypt

Exodus 4:18-31

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... birth the Lord’s firstborn nation through the waters of the sea. It is certain in this text that uncircumcision was not an option. It is also certain that Zipporah understood the situation, acted to save her family, and satisfied the Lord’s concern. In doing so, this Midianite woman proved her commitment to the God of Abraham who commanded circumcision as an “everlasting covenant” (Gen. 17:1–14). Her action resolved the ambiguity of Moses’ identity as a Hebrew who was raised in Pharaoh’s house ...

580. Freeing Servants

Deuteronomy 15:12-18

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... being defined as a “Hebrew,” not in order to indicate his nationality, which would be tautologous, but rather to indicate the precise socioeconomic identity of the persons concerned. The previous law was concerned with “your brother the needy person” (v. 9). This law, which is distinct but with a similar concern, is concerned with “your brother the Hebrew . . . ” The literature on the identification of ʿibrî and its connection with ʿapîru is now enormous. For good representative surveys of ...

581. Marrying a Captive Woman

Deuteronomy 21:10-14

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... victims as far as possible. If we ask whose interests this law serves, the answer is clearly the female captive. If we ask whose power is being restricted, the answer, equally clearly, is the victorious soldier. The law is thus a paradigm case of the OT’s concern to defend the weak against the strong, war being one of the most tragic human expressions of that situation. There are four ways in which this law benefits the captured woman, (a) She is not to be raped or to be enslaved as a concubine, but is ...

582. Israel Exiled because of Sin

2 Kings 17:7-23

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... it the distinction of being treated like Israel. 17:18–23 This is also the implication of verses 18–23. We are again mainly concerned with the sins and fate of the northern kingdom. As verses 7–17 have offered us a general catalog of sins, so verses 21 ... 24–41 We shall have to wait for an answer to this last question. For the moment the narrative continues with its main concern—the fate of the north. The Israelites have been exiled; however, the land of Israel was not left empty. The king of Assyria ...

583. Samaria Resettled

2 Kings 17:24-41

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

584. Sin, Confession and Redemption

Isaiah 59:1-21

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... in the NT on the other side of the cross (e.g., 2 Thes. 1:6–9). The fact that the recipients of this punishment are the islands gives the audience the clearest permission to infer that Yahweh’s displeasure at there being no mishpat denoted a concern for the community’s destiny and a commitment to its deliverance, rather than a displeasure at its own life and a commitment to taking action against it. But it gives them no permission to assume that they can look forward to mishpat if there is no mishpat ...

585. Big Bubba Has Your Back

Revelation 21:1-6a

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King Duncan

... moment. Regardless of the burden we are carrying, He is available to us. He is the God of the past, the God of the present. And, of course, he is the God of the future. Many of us are so fearful of the future. We are a bundle of anxieties concerning our health, our finances, our children, even the safety of our world. Our constant anxiety reminds me of a story that Mark Twain once told about a friend of his who--needing a train ride home--came to him at the races one day and said to Mark Twain, “I ...

586. A Word to Busy Parents

Luke 2:41-52

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King Duncan

... begins his ministry. In Mark 3 we read that when his family heard about the controversy he was stirring with his new teachings, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind” (v. 21). That was surely embarrassing for all concerned. But this was, after all, a real family. Even in the best of families there is disagreement. At least they didn’t have social media to drive them further apart. Recently I read about a home show promoting new styles of homes which featured one dream ...

587. A Hall of Fame Dad

John 16:12-15

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King Duncan

... My guess is that Jesus had a wonderful relationship with both his earthly father and his Heavenly Father--the same kind of wonderful relationship he had with his mother. Now someone is going to say, “Well, Joseph was not his real father.” As far as I’m concerned, there are many Dads who are not biological Dads, who function more as a real Dad than many biological Dads. Today we honor all the men in our congregation who put in the time, love and instruction to be a Dad to a young person regardless of ...

588. Look At Your Fixations!

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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Carl Jech

... , what many people call love is actually such a total fixation and dependance upon another person that the proper word for it is not love, but addiction! Does this description cause twinges of discomfort in us? Is it possible that some of our most cherished concerns and relationships are actually the kinds of extreme fixations that amount to an addiction? Well, of course, it depends. What or who is it that has possibly become a fixation for you? Is it your best friend's spouse? Is it alcohol? Some fixations ...

589. The Wind Came

Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... , but he is my Savior just as surely as he is the Savior of the warm-hearted believer who jumps three pews to express his conviction. He is the Lord and Father of us all. This brings us to the final thing to be said, and that is concerning the missionary nature of Pentecost. The Christian movement was never intended to be an exclusive club directed only toward a small segment of humanity. It was not for the church that Christ died. It was not for the Jewish nation that Christ died. It was for the world ...

590. Here

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... just one house at a time. If you really care about homelessness, you ought to work for a new senator in Washington." See? With Martha we have been taught to look past the sad lot of the Jones' across town toward more universal, society-wide concern for the less fortunate. Greatest good or the greatest number and all that. Big. General. Universal. And yet, here is a Christmas story which is anything but big, general or universal. The story of the Nativity, which we just read from Luke, is decidedly small ...

591. Out of the Saltshaker

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... the inconvenience. He said the moment he walked in the door, he could smell the vomit. Jimmy was on the sofa, shivering and in distress. Jeffrey wiped his forehead, then got a bucket of soapy water to clean up the mess. He managed to maintain a facade of concern, even though he was raging inside. Jimmy’s friend, Russ, who also had AIDS, came down the stairs. The odor from the vomit made Russ sick, too. As he cleaned the carpet around Russ’s chair, Jeffrey said he was ready to explode inside. Here he was ...

592. The Christian Mother

John 15:9-17

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King Duncan

... little girl got real close and looked intently into her mother's eyes. Then she said, "Mommy, I can see way down and the only thing I can see is myself." That is the kind of love for which every child hungers. And make no mistake about it, such selfless concern is ultimately rewarded. In his book AN OPEN ROAD, Richard L. Evans writes: "A certain woman was heard to say as she observed a manly young man, ˜I would give twenty years of my life to have such a son.' And the mother of the young man was heard to ...

593. The Seventy “Sevens”

Daniel 9:20-27

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... heaven. There is probably a connection between “a word went forth” (9:23; NIV “an answer was given”), which explains the dispatching of Gabriel to Daniel with a message from God, and “the going forth of the word” (9:25; NIV “the issuing of the decree”) concerning the rebuilding of Jerusalem. If so, then this is not about a royal decree from a human king or even a prophetic oracle that we have access to, as in the case of Jeremiah, but a word that God speaks in heaven (Collins, Daniel, p. 355 ...

594. God's Vision For The Church

Acts 11:1-18

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Douglas J. Deuel

... for young adults which had the added benefit of offering more contemporary music for worship. People were excited about the growth and especially all of the young families that were attending. But then a concern was raised. What could the concern be? One of the elders of the church, in all seriousness, said, "I'm concerned. All of a sudden, we have so many young people joining the church. Actually, I think we have too many young people joining the church." Is it any wonder why churches can struggle to ...

595. Topsy-turvy Christianity

Luke 6:17-26, Luke 6:27-36

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J. Will Ormond

... toward scripture. "Oh, that's in the Bible, and was spoken a long time ago in a culture different from ours. It is far too impractical for our time." The Lucan beatitudes and woes are certainly at variance with the accepted criteria of our time concerning what it takes to make one healthy, wealthy, and wise. They also do not fit a theology which presents the gospel as a sure road to success, peace of mind, and easy forgiveness. These sayings leave little room for "cheap grace" which emphasizes the grace ...

596. Prepare The Way

Malachi 2:17--3:5

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Robert A. Hausman

... of the Lord is not a shallow, painless gesture of charity. The valleys must be filled, the mountains made low, the crooked must be made straight, and the rough places turned into a plain. The preparation must go beyond our hearts into our world. Malachi was concerned about the oppression of people who are weak and poor, the aliens and underclass. What is our attitude toward those people? What is the message we give about them in church and home? Do we see Christ in people who are poor, in their nobility and ...

597. Called To Pull Down; Called To Rebuild

Jeremiah 1:1-19

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Robert A. Hausman

... comfort, but it will not make us comfortable. It demands before it promises; it tears before it heals. Jesus stood in the tradition of Jeremiah. He said, "I have not come to bring peace, but a sword." He reminded the people that they had no lock on God's concern. He referred to the widows of Zarephath and Naaman the Syrian as two who took preference in God's sight (Luke 4:25-27). Then the people were outraged and sought to kill Jesus by throwing him off a cliff; but Jesus passed through them and went on his ...

598. When Wisdom Cries Out

Proverbs 8:1-36

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... against having our "proclamatory power" domesticated and sunk into a customary piety. Wisdom cries out for the people of God to vault those spiritual inanities and ecclesiastical insanities which bind and suppress our verse and verve and which transmute our concern for truth and wisdom into liturgical quagmires of mediocrity and silence. If wisdom cries out anywhere, it cries out in the church, in the practice of spirituality, in the undaunted explication of pure, unsullied truth, in the need for religious ...

599. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

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William E. Keeney

... used family terms when describing the nature of God. He referred to God as Father. Even though he would not let family ties detract him from his higher calling as the agent of God (Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21), he was concerned for the care of his mother even while suffering on the cross (John 19:26-27). Jesus did not see family values or marriage to be contrary to the kingdom of God. Indeed, does he not see family and marriage in their proper perspective when commitment to the kingdom ...

600. Proper 25

Psalm 65:1-13, Luke 18:9-14, Joel 2:28-32, 2 Timothy 4:9-18, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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William E. Keeney

... Just prior to the parable of the two men praying, Jesus had told the parable of the persistent widow and the bad judge. It is placed in the context of the need of the disciples to pray constantly. While the parable of the two men praying is more concerned with who trusts in God's grace rather than their own merit for their righteousness, it is the prayers of the two men that show their attitudes and God's response. So the theme of the proper way to pray continues in this parable. Context of the Lectionary ...

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