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576. CARVER

1 Kings 6:35

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Stephen Stewart

... stand of the temple layers, and, in speaking of the temple doors, he makes mention of the decoration of these olivewood and cypress doors and the cedar wainscoting with carvings of "cherubims and palm trees and open flowers." The Hebrew carvers were especially skilled in woodworking, and this is particularly evidenced in what we can picture the cherubim the Holy of Holies to have been. Since these were made from olivewood, each fifteen feet high, it is obvious that a great deal of joinery and carving were ...

577. FULLER

Mark 9:3

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Stephen Stewart

... regard to persons who are cleansed of evil. In referring to our text, we may say that white garments were used for religious festivals, and they required special cleansing, the fuller’s province. This, then, is the description of the supernatural appearance of the Lord - no matter how expert and skilled in his trade, no fuller could make garments shine so brightly as those which adorned the transfigured Christ.

578. GOLDSMITH

Nehemiah 3:8; Isaiah 46:6

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Stephen Stewart

... . It seems that by his time, the goldsmiths had organized themselves into guilds, which correspond very closely to the type of union which goldsmiths have today. They enjoyed great benefits from their association with this guild and received protection from it. Their skill was amazing. For a people who lived long before the mechanical aids that we have today, their delicacy of design is remarkable. They were even able to make narrow threads of gold by cutting sheet gold. Surely a ticklish procedure at best ...

579. HARNESS MAKER

Jeremiah 46:4

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... scene today, the harness maker is primarily involved in making his products for the farms and riding stables. Granted that most of our farmers are totally mechanized, still horses are to be found on their lands, and certainly there is a large field for skilled harness makers in supplying the myriads of riding academies and dude ranches and such that dot our landscapes. But today’s harness makers have mechanical helps to enable them to work with the tough leather. Not so the harness maker of biblical times ...

580. HUNTER

Genesis 25:27; Proverbs 6:5

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Stephen Stewart

Genesis 25:27 - "When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents." Proverbs 6:5 - "save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler." The hunter or fowler was one of the earliest of occupations. Although the strictly hunting ...

581. MAGICIAN, SORCERER

Micah 5:12; Acts 8:9

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Stephen Stewart

... with it. In fact, the magicians who perform it are, as a rule, the most outspoken skeptics on the subject of genuine magic. It is their business to mystify, and they know that their public is easily fooled. They achieve their effects by the skillful use of illusioned trickery. The first magicians of this type were probably those very priests who were supposed to perform genuine magic. To mystify and impress their followers they used tricks which were closely related to the modern magician’s stock in trade ...

582. PHYSICIAN

Luke 5:31; Colos. 4:14

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Stephen Stewart

... beloved physician and Demas greet you." In ancient Egypt, from which the Hebrews acquired many of their ideas, medicine was mainly magical in nature and doctors were so highly regarded that they were sometimes deified. These doctors had some knowledge of surgical skill; for example, brain surgery is known to have been accomplished by them. Among the drugs which these doctors used were cedar oil, alum, brains, salt, honey, sycamore bark, sulphate of copper, the liver, heart and blood of animals, and stag’s ...

583. PLOWMAN

Luke 9:62

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Stephen Stewart

... , was one who used or held the plow; husbandmen and plowmen are used synonymously in the Scriptures. The plowman was a farmer in general. The plow now used by Arabs in Palestine, which is very similar to the biblical plow, is lightly built, with the least possible skill or expense, and consists of two poles, which cross each other near the ground; the pole nearer the oxen is fastened to the yoke, while the other serves, the one end as the handle, the other as the plowshare. It is drawn by oxen, camels, cows ...

584. SALESWOMAN

Acts 16:14

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Stephen Stewart

... for herself in the business world, whether it be as a lowly sales clerk, or as the head of a department, or even as the head of a company. But if you will read Proverbs 31, you might be surprised to learn that the merchandising skills of women were highly regarded. The author praises her real-estate ventures, her manufacture and sale of linen garments, and such activities. But still, we must admit, the opportunities for a woman to establish herself in business were slim indeed. So it is even more praise ...

585. SHIPBUILDER

2 Chronicles 20:36

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Stephen Stewart

... marine designers, who have extensive training in their field, but in biblical times it was a master ship’s carpenter who drew up the design for the ship that was to be built. These men probably had served a long apprenticeship, since, after all, a great deal of skill was required. If you would like to have an idea of what a sea-voyage was like at the time of Christ, for example, read the voyages of St. Paul, especially Acts 27 and 28, which Lord Nelson said taught him his trade! Then we can understand why ...

586. A Personal God in an Impersonal World

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a holy inflation keeps driving those numbers upward. Everybody is a somebody. Within five miles of where we worship today, thousands of little children are being reared in poverty, exposed to filth, drugs, abuse, and violence, being taught nothing but survival skills. Many of those precious souls--barring a miracle--will likely become vicious criminals in about ten to fifteen years. Those little children are like the unwanted babies left on the doorsteps in ancient Rome. They are the unwelcome ones whom we ...

587. When The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... busy wrapping packages. The family was going to a Christmas Eve service that evening. There was a young boy in the family who was absolutely hyper with Christmas waiting and expectation. His mother, trying to keep him occupied, asked him to practice a newly acquired skill. She asked him to polish her shoes which were scuffed up a bit. He jumped right to that project and before long presented the shiny shoes for inspection. His mother was so pleased that she gave him a dollar bill. That evening as she put ...

588. Someone At the Door

Revelation 3:14-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a surprising fact about the statue. Michelangelo was not the first artist to work on this block of marble. The Italian sculptor Agostino d’Antonio worked diligently on it but gave up, claiming that this marble was of inferior quality. But when the masterful vision and skill of Michelangelo came to bear on it, that block of marble became David. Could it be that you and I are like that block of marble? Perhaps we have tried to make something of ourselves, but without much success. But now we are invited to ...

589. How to Handle Criticism

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... us doubt it. Some years ago, I took a group of travelers to the nation of Israel, with a short side trip to Greece. In Israel, we learned that most of the sales persons in the little shops liked to barter, to haggle over prices. Our people became skilled in this art in record time. One of our ladies almost drove the shopkeepers crazy. But when we got to Greece, especially in those fashionable shops in Athens, there was no bartering. Whatever the price tag said, that was the firm price. As long as someone is ...

590. A Living Sacrifice

Matthew 16:21-28

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Brett Blair

... anything else she wanted to be able to mow the lawn. But each season she was told that she was too young. The great day came, however, when her parents decided that, at last, she was old enough to do the task. She did it with surprising skill and great delight, and having finished admiring her work, she began to cast long, envious glances across the fence at the neighbor's lawn, which also needed cutting. The neighbor, seeing her interest, said, "Sally, would you like to cut my lawn?" And the little girl ...

591. Unfulfilled Potential

Judges 16:23-31

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Larry Powell

... footnotes to the larger theme of Samson’s life; he forgot God and wasted himself. There is suggestive evidence that Samson did not have the monopoly on frivolity and unfulfilled potential: 1. twenty-three million Americans, or one in five adults, lack reading skills and writing abilities to handle minimal demands of daily living; 2. an eighteen-year-old New Yorker named Ben dreads using the subway because he cannot read the names of stations; 3. a top eastern law firm has hired a professional writing ...

592. Blessed among Women

Luke 1:39-45, 1 Samuel 2:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... "yes" to a spectacular calling from God. There is an important spiritual lesson to be learned here, which is that God doesn’t need people who are unusually strong or bright or well-to-do to be His servants. God doesn’t need people who are exceptionally well-educated or skilled to do His will - ordinary folks will do just fine. In fact, if you think about it for a moment, ordinary people are all God has to work with, so there is no reason for any of us to say no to His summons to service! Like Mary and ...

593. The Role of the Coach

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Jim Smoke

Unfortunately, in some churches the professionals in ministry like to keep their people in the role of spectators. These church pros like to appear all-wise, all-skilled, and all-trained while subjugating the laity to subservient and menial roles in the life of the church. I have often wondered why bankers, engineers, and other professionals are given no more responsibility in some churches than ushering. I wonder why educators in daily life become spectators of religious education ...

594. Why Don’t You Send Somebody?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... God," nor was the destruction of that great church viewed at that time as in the most remote sense "to the glory of God." It was indeed a tragedy mourned not only by that city and the English people, but by people around the world. The work and skill and devotion and artistry that had taken generations to produce that glorious edifice took only one night to destroy. Its spectral ruins remain, left as an awesome mute reminder of what happens when we wander so far from God. The cathedral was only part of the ...

595. Break Through

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... of her role as an enabler of God’s purpose? Surely not. Nor can we know the impact of our own part in the cause of God to which we are invited. We’ll never be ready enough, wise enough, knowledgeable enough, have time enough, or energy or skill enough. But fortunately God usually invites us at the small end of the task. For some even that may be terrifying enough, but don’t say no. Our part is to be the willing servant, and trust. That’s faith. The philosopher George Santayana’s poem suggests the ...

596. You Can Go Home Again!

Jeremiah 3:6-4:4

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... with parents. Oft’times attempts at reconciliation do not work. The same old reactions take over and the situation blows up again. But in a surprising number of cases a counselor is able to work with both parties and help them to build skills for getting along and being sensitive to one another’s needs. When several of these reconciliations are ready to take place, they are celebrated with a brief service, ending with the Lord’s Prayer. It is a time of high emotion and anxiety, wondering ...

597. And Now For Something Completely Different

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... trying to let go of the wreckage in the will to choose life. We may only need the encouragement and advice of a good friend, or perhaps a compassionate pastor. Sometimes it is more complicated than that and we need to seek the help of a trained and skilled counselor to help us. In any case the point must be that we must get to the place where we can forgive ourselves and move onto the mainland of living once again. Jesus understood the disabling effect of feeling unforgiven - by God, or by someone else, or ...

598. Pontius Pilate - Adamant, But Acquiescent

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... priests, accusing Jesus of perverting their nation, forbidding them to pay taxes, and saying that he was a king called Christ. Well, please believe me. I was no fool. I had not achieved that office as prefect of Judea by chance. My superiors had recognized my skill in the service of Rome, both as a commander of armed forces and as an administrator. I had always been intensely loyal to the emperor and used my talents quite well on his, and my, behalf. I took advantage of the resources available to me, to ...

599. The Right Spirit Within Us ...

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... of God had grown so used to "God talk" that there was no question that God was on their side. The uncomfortable insights of Old Testament scholar, Walter Brueggemann, are helpful at this point: "They are fascinated with statistics. They are skilled at press conferences. They believe their own propaganda. They imagine that God loves rather than judges, that the Babylonian threat will soon disappear, (cf. Jeremiah 28:2-4) that the economy is almost back to normal, that Judean values will somehow survive ...

600. Courageous Preaching

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... home. Though discouraged, depressed, and oppressed, we have to make the best of it. We have our families to take care of. So we make do. We get what jobs we can. We struggle to learn the language. We work at our trades and use our skills. Over the years we begin to put down roots in this foreign land and memory of home begins to fade. A generation passes. The adjusting, assimilating, and adapting continues. There are many inter-marriages. It is even getting hard to tell the Moslems from the Christians. It ...

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576. CARVER

1 Kings 6:35

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

577. FULLER

Mark 9:3

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

578. GOLDSMITH

Nehemiah 3:8; Isaiah 46:6

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

579. HARNESS MAKER

Jeremiah 46:4

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

580. HUNTER

Genesis 25:27; Proverbs 6:5

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

581. MAGICIAN, SORCERER

Micah 5:12; Acts 8:9

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

582. PHYSICIAN

Luke 5:31; Colos. 4:14

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

583. PLOWMAN

Luke 9:62

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

584. SALESWOMAN

Acts 16:14

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

585. SHIPBUILDER

2 Chronicles 20:36

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

586. A Personal God in an Impersonal World

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

587. When The Word Became Flesh

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

588. Someone At the Door

Revelation 3:14-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

589. How to Handle Criticism

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

590. A Living Sacrifice

Matthew 16:21-28

Illustration

Brett Blair

591. Unfulfilled Potential

Judges 16:23-31

Illustration

Larry Powell

592. Blessed among Women

Luke 1:39-45, 1 Samuel 2:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

593. The Role of the Coach

Illustration

Jim Smoke

594. Why Don’t You Send Somebody?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

595. Break Through

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

596. You Can Go Home Again!

Jeremiah 3:6-4:4

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

597. And Now For Something Completely Different

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

598. Pontius Pilate - Adamant, But Acquiescent

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

599. The Right Spirit Within Us ...

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

600. Courageous Preaching

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

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