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51. Separating Defilement from Sanctuary and Community

Leviticus 16:1-34

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... moral (rather than physical ritual) purification. No text dealing with the Day of Atonement (Lev. 16; 23:26–32; Num. 29:7–11) mentions forgiveness from sin at all. Expiation beyond forgiveness is necessary because the process of forgiving truly guilty people affects God’s sanctuary or place of enthronement, founded on his righteous and just principles of administration (cf. Ps. 97:2) and representing his name or reputation (cf. Deut. 12:5, 11, 21; Ezek. 20:9). He would be just if he vindicated ...

52. Eliphaz's Third Speech to Job

Job 22:1-30

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... and suffering. Such a view runs contrary to that actually espoused by Job on at least one major point. Job’s complaint is grounded in his firm belief that God is well aware of what is happening in the human sphere and quite capable of acting to affect the world. Thus Job’s real question is: What kind of God can know that evil lurks in the world bringing low the righteous without acting in response? 22:15–16 Eliphaz cautions Job that an attitude that dismisses God’s awareness of or concern for human ...

53. Elihu

Job 32:1--37:24

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... and so will not come in response to Job’s pleas. So, regardless of whether the Elihu speeches form an original part of the literary complex of Job or represent a later independent insertion into the book, this block of material in its present position affects the final form of the book and has all the earmarks of purposeful placement. Connecting Links The first chapter of Elihu’s speech introduces the rest of what he has to say. Here Elihu seeks to legitimate his youthful audacity in the face of the ...

54. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... forced him into boasting (12:11). Furthermore, Paul uses this technique as a heuristic tool to expose his opponents as frauds and to win the Corinthians back to his cause. 11:17 Paul stresses that the boasting in which he is about to engage is really illicit. He is affecting a role that is totally out of character for a true apostle of Jesus Christ, for he is not talking as the Lord would (lit., “according to the Lord”). In other words, Paul is not boasting in the Lord as he should (cf. 10:17). 11:18 In ...

55. Feed My Sheep

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... the guy down at the deli because he is a pretty good guy. It’s you, nodding at the ticket taker at the train station. It could be anyone in your circle. Philio remains safe and controllable. As such, there’s nothing wrong with this kind of affection. It’s fine, as far as it goes. It’s just not the focus or intent of Jesus’ teaching and ministry. As we peel away the linguistic problems of scripture, we find that Jesus was not simply trying to irritate the disciples by repeating a question they ...

56. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Psalm 25:1-22

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... to move to a more equitable and just future. The facts that the white governing party had deep roots in Christianity and Nelson Mandela had known the power of nonviolence brought about a tremendous change. God was working in the midst of both parties to affect change and reconciliation. 2. Alert While Watching and Waiting. In a Salvation Army settlement house on the southwest side of Chicago the staff sometimes set up a ball game for the children inside the gym. At the time they did not have nerf balls, so ...

57. You Can Create A Godly Heritage!

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... thousands." Take Abraham as an example. A simple desert shepherd was told by God, "Look toward the stars. So shall your descendants be" (Genesis 12). And so it is that we ourselves should be careful how we live. For we, too, are creating a legacy that will affect the lives of hundreds of people as yet unborn. A Bad Example With this in mind, let's take a moment and look at some examples of bad heritages. The book of Ruth introduces Elimalech, the head of a Jewish household that included wife Naomi, and two ...

58. The Demons Within

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... beings. Their world-view included a mixture of science and myth. Some of their medical practices were still widely used until fairly recent times and some of their observations still inform medical understandings today. But Luke was also aware of demons and how they affected the world and people's reactions to those who had demons. You would think that someone who had been healed of demon possession would have been the center of joy and celebration, and the one who was responsible for that healing would be ...

59. Proper 4

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

In the first part of 1994 heavy rains in California sent mud slides down the hills near Los Angeles. Houses were ruined by the slides. Heavy rains falling on areas that were denuded by earlier forest fires caused the slides. The persons who were affected by the mud slides looked to the government to help them rebuild their houses. Should these people rebuild in the same locations? If they do, should those who have suffered by the mud slides get government help to rebuild in the same locations? Are they ...

60. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

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Larry R. Kalajainen

... time to remember that Christians are not isolated individuals who live in this world alone, passing through it untouched by anyone or anything and not having any impact or effect on anyone. We are a people, a politeuma, a commonwealth. We're connected. We affect each other and we affect the world around us in so many ways. On All Saints', we also pause to remember those of our politeuma, those fellow-citizens of the household of God, who are no longer present among us in body, but whose memory we hold dear ...

61. Essential Personnel!

Matthew 4:18-22

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William B. Kincaid, III

... because God loves everybody does not mean everybody is going to follow around after Jesus. Nor does the fact that God loves everybody mean that we want to see all of them in the crowd with Jesus, and with us. You see, every time Jesus says, "Follow me," it affects us. We don't mind Jesus trying to help the prostitute build some self-esteem, but that doesn't mean we want to be sitting next to her in church. We aren't bothered by Jesus spending time with the mentally ill, but that doesn't translate into our ...

62. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee

Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... well guarded. We paid the soldiers very well so nothing would happen. At least they'll do a good job. They respect us and our financial power. They know how important it is to have good pay. Some people commented on the way that Jesus died and that it affected them deeply. Someone even mentioned that Jesus was the Son of God by the profundity of his death. Apparently, there was some importance of thought from the prisoner from the cross. He forgave everyone who was hurting him. That doesn't bother or even ...

63. God's Gracious Good Will

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... Color White Suggested Hymns He Whom Shepherds Once Come Praising Joy To The World Christmas Eve Emperors and decrees, enrollment and taxes, governors and cities, bureaucracy was as complex then as it is today! With the stroke of Caesar's pen, countless lives were affected. Caesar was powerful. He got what he wanted. We get the picture. On this night, by contrast, the picture is modified. Something quite simple is being celebrated. A birth. And the birth of a child has a wonderful effect upon the human heart ...

64. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

65. Is It Too Late? ... Continued

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

George Johnson

... more. So we have more and more waste and no place to put the waste. No one wants to store the toxic waste in their community, but few are willing to consume less or stop the use of destructive chemicals. If we consume less, it will affect our economy which depends so heavily on growth. Much of the technology we have funded has produced economic growth, bigger yields, but it has cost the environment dearly. We must understand and accept the economic implications of caring for the earth. A good little book I ...

66. How Soon Is "Soon"?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... who I am" (Exodus 3:14). God is always in the present tense. This is indicated also by the language in Revelation where God is called the one who is and who was and who is to come, or the Alpha and the Omega. The passage of time doesn't affect God; with God it is always the present moment. Thus what may seem to us to be a long time of waiting is in a sense already over as far as God is concerned. There is no before or after with God, no period of waiting. Everything is right now ...

67. The Role of the Father (Father's Day)

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... by their negligence. That son may very well, probably will, act as dad did, and not take his children to church. But go on to read the rest of it. For it says that the goodness of the father can be passed down for a thousand generations. Our sin can affect, but so can our goodness. And, our goodness even more so. We can cause our children to fall by our laxness, but we can also be there to pick them up when they fall on their own. God bless those fathers who are doing good for their children. Those fathers ...

68. L’Chaim!

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Dean Lueking

... to the abundant life that God grants you so freely. Arnold and Emma Selle, your fifty-seven years of marriage are likewise a witness to the grace of Christ dwelling in your hearts and in your home. To both couples we say: best wishes! We hold you in great affection and respect, and this congregation has been blessed by your membership. God grant you his blessing in all the days ahead. Life For Our Land We have God to thank for the goodness he gives us in this land we call our own. Thinking of the quality of ...

69. THE ART OF EXPRESSING LOVE

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John H. Krahn

... is something which we all desire and need. Loving and being loved is one of the staples of human existence. Although love and physical affection enhance each other, too often the concept of love is too narrowly defined and even misconstrued when one makes physical affection synonymous with love. It simply is not! The art of expressing love is a very broad, inclusive, endeavor. To discover how to be really good at expressing love, we must look to God - the greatest of all lovers. God’s love for us ...

70. Hungry for Anything?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... grand?" Well, the scientific way of raising a child gave the child everything except to feed the innate hunger of the child to be loved. Parents supplied their children with every material comfort and advantage and left them hungry. Children undernourished in affection become evasive, suspicious, deceitful, underhanded, and self-centered, and all the while we are neglecting their deep need for human love. From the time you are born until the day you die - and I don’t care who you are - you yearn, you ...

71. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... love relationship looks like as it is lived out. A second thing that we should remember as we look at the commandments is that essentially they were given to us by God for our good, not for his. Even if we do not live them out that does not affect God’s position. He is God whether we acknowledge and live our lives in light of the fact or not. The Commandments were revealed to keep us from destroying ourselves and our fellows. That may have been one of the reasons why the majority of them deal with man ...

72. In Control

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... it wasn’t. The newspapers had a field day with that one.4 Pay no attention to the prognosticators who have established 1988 as the most recent date for Christ’s Return. They base their prediction on several scattered Old Testament texts and recent historical developments affecting the state of Israel. If the beginning of the End-Times fails to show in 1988, however, they are prepared to fall back on 2018.5 They are trying to set God’s timetable for him, and, like others before them, they are going to ...

73. Where Do Sins Go?

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... around up there, he saw a woman taking a bath in her house. She was very beautiful" (2 Samuel 11:2, TEV). In such a matter of fact way does Sacred Scripture introduce us to a turning point in David’s life. The decision David made that afternoon affected the rest of his life. He sent messengers to discover who this alluring woman was. They informed him that her name was Bathsheba. She was the wife of one of David’s great soldiers, a man named Uriah. David the king had Bathsheba brought to the palace ...

74. Facing the Glory Road

Matthew 20:17-19

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Louis H. Valbracht

... , as painful a hunger to the soul as it is to the body when it has been denied solid food. Here is the torment of our boredom: an emptiness in the soul; a basic human need unanswered; an unfed craving of the heart for some devotion, some affection, some passion that will give life GLORY and meaning and exhultation. We are bored because we are empty. T. S. Eliot calls us "the hollow men, with headpieces filled with straw." We have nothing to live for, nothing outside of ourselves upon which to fasten our ...

75. God's Plan For Empowerment

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... to stake our lives on this truth? For example, what kind of new year might you have if you walked out of this room absolutely fearless? What if no one could make you feel rejected because you are a child of God? How would that affect your work? How would it affect your personal life? What if no one could intimidate you? What if you knew it was impossible for you to fail at whatever dream lay in your heart ” because you knew that any setback you had was simply preparation for something better God has in ...

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