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576. Some Crossroads of Family Life W. Dexter Moser

Genesis 25:19-34

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... the elder shall serve the younger." However, it seems that Rebekah must have shown partiality of action if not of specific word to Jacob, the quiet one, who loved the home surroundings. The textual account tells that Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his wild game as his father had done earlier. Isaac’s and Rebekah’s positive influence was reflected through the ages even to the crossroads of the New Testament early church. For example, at the healing of the lame man who clung to Peter and John ... "And ...

577. Prayer in a Pinch

Matthew 14:22-36

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... water, but certainly facing a challenge. Then in a moment of fear, we take our eyes off Christ and see only the wind. In that moment, whether it lasts a minute, a day, or a year, we founder. Everything seems to come loose, like a picnic dinner where a wild wind comes up and everything flies around. You grab your plate and your napkin goes flying. You snatch your napkin and you tip over your Kool-Aid, and on it goes. At a picnic you need perspective and a sense of humor; after all, you will survive! In life ...

578. The Family Reunion

Matthew 9:35-38

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Glenn L. Borreson

... out of the family circle because they were regarded as "not good enough." Jesus invites the entire family, not some select group of personal favorites, but everyone. He invites the hypochondriac aunt. He invites the bore-you-to-death cousin. He invites the wild-eyed harmonica-playing uncle who obviously should perform only for himself but doesn't know that. He invites the mother who always brings sick kids who insist on sharing their ice cream cones with you. Jesus invites everyone. All those folks whom the ...

579. The Promise of the Savior King

Isaiah 11:1-16

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... will be established in the human community. The garments of this ruler will be righteousness and faithfulness signifying that order and justice will be maintained. The result of this rule will be that the earth will again live together in peace and harmony. Wild animals and domesticated animals, often natural enemies, will live together in paradisaical peace. A very young child shall be able to lead these creatures who no longer will respond violently to each other. There will be no fear in the earth. The ...

580. The Promise of Homecoming

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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... to be with us in order that we may come home to our God. We can go home again in spite of who and what we are, because our God loves us and, in divine prodigality, showers us with the gift of salvation, the gift of sustenance, the gift of wild celebration for Jacob is free again!

581. God of the Ordinary

Exodus 13:17--14:31

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... child. It isn't much God asks of us in order to be saved, "Repent, believe the Gospel, and be baptized." But out of that ordinary action is wrought the grandest miracle of all time - salvation and redemption for you and me! Even though some claim wildly-wonderful, other-worldly experiences when they are converted, even though they grandly affirm, "I really had a born-again experience!" (and I have no reason to doubt for a moment they did have a great conversion), that is not the usual way it happens for the ...

582. Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Exodus 19:1-25

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Our "take-it-or-leave-it" attitude concerning God is evidence that we do not always fully appreciate who he is. You may have watched Marlin Perkins of TV's "Wild Kingdom." This wonderful animal lover and trainer has been trying to get people on a first-name basis with animals for most of his seventy-seven years. His wife, Carol, gave this account: "When Marlin and I were dating, I wanted him so badly that I never let him know ...

583. Mi Casa, Su Casa

Matthew 21:33-46

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Mark Radecke

... to another biblical parable: Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard. Here the people of God are themselves God’s "pleasant planting," well tended, well cared for. But when the vintner looks for his vineyard to yield grapes, it yields only wild grapes, a piece of symbolism later explained in the painfully poignant verse: "And (God) looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, a cry!" In both biblical vineyards, the vintner is cheated of his fruit, the fruits of righteousness ...

584. For Those On The Outside

Luke 8:40-56

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... to this holy place only because we want to be among our friends. The woman in this story came seeking Jesus with the hope that his magic power would heal her disease. One would think that before Jesus could deal with this woman that he would correct her wild and crazy notions. He should have told her that this business about magical healing was nonsense. We might think that he should have told her that it was his message about the love of God and the love of humanity that was his true purpose for being on ...

585. The Cracking Point

Mark 12:1-12

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Harold Warlick

... our problems in life come when we turn over to ourselves things that don't belong to us. When we try to play God, we crack up. When we use other creatures to selfishly maintain our own high standard of living, we crack up. When our own ambition wildly leads us to covet things that are not ours, we crack up. When we sever relationships with other people and jealously try to steal for ourselves the integrity of those other people, we crack up. But humans and God have in common more than the ability to reach ...

586. Coping With Anger In A Close-up World

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Harold Warlick

... couple is a hopeless cause. At least anger is energy, albeit the wrong kind of energy. That energy has at least the faint hope of being converted into another type of energy. But when the energy is lacking, the closeness is gone. It is easier to tame a wild horse than inject energy into a dead one. Finally, my friends, consider the wisdom in Jesus' calling of us to be "other" directed - to serve. He or she who gives, really gets. He or she who chooses to keep what he has and not share it, really winds ...

587. Repentance

Matthew 3:1-12

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... side. One must pay for having turned away from God. John the Baptizer, the way-maker of the Messiah, hit a different note. He said, "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Dressed in strange garb and eating a trail mix of locusts and wild honey, he came preaching sermons about how to prepare for the coming One. He preached that people should prepare for the coming One by repenting and by bearing fruit worthy of repentance. In this context, repentance does not mean to change one's mind. Nor does ...

588. First Encounters

1 Samuel 16:14-23

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... few miles north of Jerusalem. It was a meeting which the old King would never forget. A meeting which would introduce the country bumpkin shepherd to the world of court intrigue and the unsavoury pastime of jockeying for power. Once, on a lecture tour of America, Oscar Wilde became so disgusted with a reporter who plagued his every step that he retorted, "I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll make an exception." Saul never forgot David’s face. Even when he tried to kill him with a spear, and even ...

589. The Singer and the Siren

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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... and Bathsheba is so. No amount of DeHart Deluxe Latex will wipe away their sin. Michelangelo’s statue of David portrays him as if he were about to line up for the hundred yard dash at the Olympics. Nary a worry wart line scampers in wild abandon across David’s forehead. Encountering David on a sultry Jerusalem afternoon, we see deep lines etched into his forehead. Lines scratched with the steel stylus of sin. Commandments were about to be broken. Promises were about to be crushed in the winepress of ...

590. Getting Even

2 Samuel 13:1-22

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... covertly longed for some bad egg to crack. Dreams have flitted across our soul’s landscape in which we have finally beaten the Joneses next door. Such thoughts are natural and we have all had them. Maturity gives us the courage to bridle those wild stallions, envy, jealousy, and revenge. Christian faith gives us time to pause and reflect upon our own blessings, talents, and opportunities. Revenge of the Body Snatchers is much more than a science fiction flick. It is descriptive of those who would like to ...

591. Love’s Legacy

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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... delighted in recording the last words of famous people. O’Henry died saying, "Turn up the lights, I don’t want to go home in the dark." Ballerina Anna Pavlova died crying out, "Get my swan costume ready." Legend has it that an expiring Oscar Wilde complained, "Either that wallpaper goes, or I do." Rock musician Terry Kath, playing Russian roulette with a loaded pistol, remarked, "Don’t worry, it isn’t loaded." My grandmother told me that, in her day, when folks usually died at home, the family often ...

592. Dedication

Drama

... coins and would buy a pigeon or a turtledove. They were acceptable sacrifices even though they marked us as poor people. But, there’s no shame in being poor. As we took Jesus in for the dedication an old man came running toward us. His hair and beard streamed wildly as he rushed toward us. I was frightened at first. Then, he came and smiled at us and reached out his arms to hold the child. A smile of contentment crossed the face of this man called Simeon. With great sincerity he told us he was waiting to ...

593. Good Morning, Jerusalem!

Drama

... you were at the tomb early this morning. What did you find? Simon: Well ... some of the women followers of Yeshua told us that when they came to embalm the body, the stone had been rolled away and that his body was missing. John and I thought they must be wild with grief, crazy or something, so we ran to the tomb to find out for ourselves. Saul: Was the Nazarene’s body actually gone? John: I got there ahead of Peter ... Like the women had said, the stone had been rolled away ... I didn’t see any of the ...

594. True And False Prophecy

Mark 14:27-31

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... or the elders on the Sanhedrin who hated Jesus might try to stir up the crowd against us, or that zealots and malcontents might start a riot and try to make Jesus a king by force before we were ready. Expectations about Jesus as the Son of David were running wild toward the end. And it did not calm my nerves any to hear Jesus say "I did not come to be served but to serve, and to give my life as a ransom for many." PETER: (Solo - after a pause) He reminded us how the prophet Zechariah had said, "I ...

595. The Fashioning of Christians

Ezekiel 36:1-38

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... from my seminary days. At Princeton, they take the first-year students over to the Jersey shore for an overnight. Since the only ocean shore I had ever visited was in Washington State, I naturally (and foolishly) assumed that the Jersey shore was just as wild and desolate. I packed up my sleeping bag and various camping items, preparing to "rough it." When I arrived at the luxury hotel I realized that I had miscalculated - badly. At a formal dinner, I was introduced to my professors, who, I am sure, to ...

596. If You Are A Disciple of Jesus Christ

Luke 6:17-26, Luke 6:12-16

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Bill Bouknight

... with a suggestion for a meaningful ministry. Rebecca Pippert, a gifted layperson from Washington, D.C., tells an unforgettable story in her book, "Out of the Salt Shaker and into the World." It paints a wonderful picture of a disciple. Bill was a college student with wild hair and tattoos. He wore nothing but jeans and a faded T-shirt. He was brilliant but skeptical about Christianity. He had not been to church for many years. But one Sunday for some reason he decided to attend the church not far from his ...

597. Repent Your Way To A Merry Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

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Brett Blair

... prepared to splash about in the shallows. Soon the sword of Herod's guard would flash and his tongue would lie silent in the grave. Superficial people came out from Jerusalem to see him. They were intrigued by this strange phenomenon of a wild man preaching repentance. They were fascinated by frivolous things such as his dress, his diet and his fierce declamatory oratory. They wanted to interview him and then tell all their friends about their remarkable experience. "Who are you?" they asked. His answer was ...

598. What Do You See?

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Barbara Brokhoff

... eager for the spectacular. We go to airshows and thrill at the maneuvers of the wingwalker, the "delayed" parachute opening, the "close-to-the-earth-spin," and gasp and wonder if the pilot can pull the plane out in time. Or we go see a rodeo. Men on nearly wild, bucking horses are propelled out of chutes, and we ask ourselves how many seconds the rider will stay on and how high he will be thrown, and how many bones will break when he lands? Evel Knievel rode his SkyCycle in a leap of death as he tried to ...

599. The Danger of Being Religious

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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John R. Brokhoff

... laugh and love! Modern people ought to be for this kind of religion, for we love freedom. When the American hostages were released after 444 days in Iran, a mother in Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, ran out to the main street, clanging a cow bell wildly and shouting, "My Bruce is free! My Bruce is free!" Everywhere people are yearning to be free from oppression. Some flee Communism by hijacking planes, or flying over borders by balloon. Some brave the Pacific or the Caribbean to get freedom in America. False ...

600. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... the small donkey on which I rode. He found the most comfortable places for me to rest often, and cradled me in his arms at night while I slept. He slept, O so little, for he tried to keep me protected from the chill and dew, and the wild animals. The night we arrived in Bethlehem, the streets were crowded with people who could not find lodging. I knew that the time was fast approaching for Jesus’ birth. I tried to hide my discomfort, but Joseph knew. At every inn, the story was the same. Finally, in ...

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