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Leviticus 20:1-27

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... 27) Interpretive Insights 20:2–3 sacrifices . . . to Molek. On sacrifice to Molek, see comments at Leviticus 18:21. stone him . . . cut him off. Child sacrifice (see “Historical and Cultural Background” at Lev. 18:1–30 and comments at Lev. 18:21) is subject to a double penalty: stoning to death by the human community (v. 2) and being cut off from one’s people by God (v. 3). Cutting off (see “Additional Insights” following the unit on Lev. 6:8–7:38) involves something beyond stoning, such ...

52. Samuel Confronts the People

1 Samuel 12:1-25

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... (8:19–20). When the time came to choose this king, the Lord made it clear he was not going to give them what they wanted. He would give them a leader to deliver them from their enemies (9:16–17), but the king would be subject to the “regulations of kingship” provided in the law (10:25 AT; cf. Deut. 17:14–20). Saul, the Lord’s chosen king, appeared qualified by superficial, human standards, but his failure to take military action against the Philistine garrison (10:1–13) and his hesitancy ...

53. The Lord Chooses a New King

1 Samuel 16:14-23, 1 Samuel 16:1-13

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... 3), while it also becomes apparent that the divine presence has departed from Saul (18:12; 20:13). 16:21 Saul liked him very much. The Hebrew text does not specifically identify the subject or object of the verb “liked” (or “loved”). The usual assumption, reflected in the NIV, is that Saul is the subject and David the object. This interpretation is supported by some ancient Greek textual witnesses, by the following verse (in which Saul declares that he is pleased with David), and by the fact that ...

54. Job's Third Reply to Eliphaz

Job 23:1--24:25

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Gerald H. Wilson

... will ultimately bring them to justice—at least, Job hopes so! 24:24 Since God is the one who lifts up (they are exalted) and brings low (they are brought low; see also Ps. 75:7), the rise of the wicked to power is no independent achievement but remains subject to the permissive will of God. When God decides to act, those who are at the peak of their human power will be gone. God is the true actor behind the seeming vagaries of human existence. The phrase and gathered up may also be taken as a jussive form ...

55. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

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Norman Hillyer

... respectful gentleness.” See Additional Note on 2:25. 3:16 To maintain a clear conscience, vital to Christian living, is frequently stressed in the NT (Acts 23:1; 24:16; 1 Cor. 4:4; 1 Tim. 1:5, 19; 3:9; 2 Tim. 1:3; Heb. 13:18). The subject occurs again in 2:19 and 3:21. Speak maliciously against your good behavior echoes 2:12. The Greek is literally “in the matter in which you are spoken against,” i.e., the insults, threats, and abuse are specifically on account of their Christian life and witness. The ...

56. Mind Your Manners

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Will Willimon

... are supposed to be here for, administrators and faculty have advised you about courses and majors. I suppose that you have had just about all the information you need to be a success at Duke. I reckon that orientation has covered just about every conceivable subject. Then yesterday I got this letter from Dean Wasiolek: Dear Dr. Willimon, Since this is the first Sunday of the school year and possibly the last Sunday that you will see many of our Freshmen in the Chapel until their graduation, would you be so ...

57. Return To God

Joel 2:1-11

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Douglas J. Deuel

... day in these terms: "a day of darkness and gloom" (Joel 2:2). Let the buyer beware! A day of reckoning is coming and it just may not be pleasant. The traditional picture of judgment day is one in which God sits on his throne, dwarfing and intimidating his subjects. God is seen as the supreme judge who hands down a verdict or judgment on the goodness of the person standing before God. If that picture of judgment day ever was capable of motivating people to choose a new path for their lives, it isn't any more ...

58. What Will It Profit a Man?

1 Tim 6:7; Matt 16:26

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Chevis Horne

... would be concerning our priorities. Too often we could be accused of putting more trust in our money than we do in God. We often see our bank account or investments as the vehicle for protecting our future. This is why the Bible is not silent on the subject. When Charlemagne, the Frankish king, died, the people dealt with it in a unique fashion. Instead of the normal burial, using a shroud, they used his royal robe. They placed his royal robe on him and had him sitting on his throne for all to see. Then ...

59. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, Genesis 11:1-9, John 14:5-14, Romans 8:1-17

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John R. Brokhoff

... of the Spirit is so large that the preacher must ask what aspect of the Spirit shall he deal with this year. The lessons assigned for the Day would help to answer the question. Even in the Lectionary, there is a broad number of subjects. It gets down to the questions of what to preach about according to the Lectionary. Probably the solution is to study the immediate needs of your congregation. Does the congregation need a revival or renewal of Spirit? Is there a lack of interest among the people in church ...

60. Pentecost

Jn 14:8-17, 25-27; 20:19-23 · Acts 2:1-21 · 1 Cor 3-7, 12-13 · Gen 11:1-9

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John R. Brokhoff

... of the Spirit is so large that the preacher must ask what aspect of the Spirit shall he deal with this year. The lessons assigned for the Day would help to answer the question. Even in the Lectionary, there is a broad number of subjects. It gets down to the question of what to preach about according to the Lectionary. Probably the solution is to study the immediate needs of your congregation. Does the congregation need a revival or renewal of Spirit? Is there a lack of interest among the people in church ...

61. A King Worth Having

Zechariah 9:9-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... is a king worth having. A Winning King Jesus Christ is a king worth having because he is a true king who always wins. Our text says of him, "triumphant and victorious is he." Who wants a king for his life on earth and his eternal destiny who is subject to defeat by a stronger power? In the history of Israel, there were kings like Ahab and Josiah who were defeated and killed in battle. King Jeconiah was carried as a captive to Babylon. In contrast, Jesus is a victorious king. Because of his divine power over ...

62. Living Water for a Thirsty Soul

John 4:1-26

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Brett Blair

... spirit and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. In other words, the place of worship is not as important as the integrity with which you bring to worship. If you want to talk religion, he is saying, that is fine, but the most important subject in religion is you. Can you hear Jesus saying that? You want to worship and that is good. But where you worship, on this mountain or that, in your home or in your car, in this church or that church, matters little as long as you worship in spirit ...

63. Christ the King

Matthew 25:31-46

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... manipulated our own ego trip. That isn’t the way it is for those in Christ the King’s kingdom. We’re tender-hearted subjects who must respond to needs of people. That means all sorts of neonle who need us. There is something else here. Notice we aren’ ... soon have the joy of helping our King. What a glorious picture Jesus gives to us. He tells us to respond if we are really his subjects, and he is our King. He tells us we indeed do have a king, that God rules, he is in control. He is on the throne and ...

64. Chapter VII

Exodus 20:1-21

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Frank H. Seilhamer

... experience I had this past year made the point clear to me. It took place in the social room of a large church in which I was serving as a guest preacher. After the services the congregation and I met for informal discussions, usually centering around the sermon subject for the day. Following one of those sermons a mother button-holed me and took me into a corner of the room. "I want an opinion from you," she said. "I have a fourteen-year-old daughter who has been asked to the senior high school prom next ...

65. Confrontation in the Temple

John 2:12-25

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George Bass

... , "during a casual discussion of midlife plans," he writes, "a friend asked me what goals I had. To his surprise (and my own), I said my main goal was to live long enough to see my four-year-old daughter get an education. Then we dropped the subject of the future." The very next day, Proffer was hospitalized with severe abdominal pain with "shifting diagnoses" of an ulcer, appendicitis, or a hernia. He was operated upon and, he says, "when I awoke my wife was there to tell me I had a right-side metastatic ...

66. Enduring

Mark 13:1-31

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Warren Thomas Smith

... at by the proud Jew. It lasted through the revolt of the Maccabees. The Third, known as Herod’s Temple, was built by the infamous Herod the Great in the incredibly short period of eighteen months, 20-19 B.C. Herod presented this splendid structure to his Jewish subjects as a gift. Forced labor had been used, then taxes raised to pay for it. This was the Temple that Jesus knew, and about which he predicted "There will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down" (13:2). Just as ...

67. A Vision of Freedom

Isaiah 65:17-25

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Mark Ellingsen

... have the same inheritance, and everything will be the common possession of friends.6 In this vision of the End, of the new heaven and the new earth, God turns enemies into friends. The institutions that have controlled us and American society as a whole will be subject to simple, ordinary people like you and me. There will be peace without forcing people to be at peace, because love will prevail. We will share the goods of the earth; wealth will be held in common. Do I hear the end of poverty and suffering ...

68. Christian Liberty

Luke 6:17-26

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Brett Blair

... to every one.” This was his definition of Christian Liberty and it is a good definition for us this morning as we consider Jesus’ Beatitudes. Listen to it again, “A Christian man is the most free lord of all, and subject to none; a Christian man is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to every one.” To be poor in Jesus’ mind is to be free from the entanglements of the world and therefore free to serve in the Kingdom of God. This brings meaning to life. As we go through life it’s easy ...

69. The Ten Commandments #6: No Murder

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

... of the fact that we might prefer that no harm come to helpless beasts, is not under consideration here. Genesis deals with that subject: God tells Noah after the flood, "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you."(1) If we were not supposed to ... In the 13th chapter of Romans, Paul goes on at some length about a citizen's responsibility to the state.(4) He says that we are subject to the powers of the government. That means we must obey our leaders when we are told to adhere to the civil law, to pay ...

70. The Ten Commandments #7: No Adultery

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

... kids will find out soon enough. True. Sex is something we all learn about, some sooner, some later. There is the classic story of the father who wanted to make sure his eight-year-old son learned sooner rather than later, bought him a series of books on the subject, told him to read them, and then promised to answer any questions when he was done. The boy did the reading, then when the father asked for a reaction, the lad responded, "Well, it's all right if you like that sort of thing." Uh-huh. Of course ...

71. The View from Jesus' Pew

Mark 12:41-44

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David E. Leininger

... The view from Jesus' pew: "He sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury." As I said at the beginning of this, if I had my druthers, I would not do much preaching about money - the subject intimidates me. But this story is not so much about money as it is about trust, the kind of trust that gives shape to the way we live our lives. Jesus does not demean the big-money gifts, nor does he romanticize the small one. The contrast is ...

72. Casting Out An Evil Spirit

Mark 1:21-28

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King Duncan

... with care. We are not advocating replacing medicine with so-called "faith healing." This is a field where so much damage has been done by spiritual quacks that most responsible religious people are even afraid to approach the subject. Even as great a man as Mahatma Gandhi was guilty of a grievous error in this regard. Gandhi's wife was severely ill with pneumonia and was fading. Gandhi refused to let her have penicillin, arguing that alien substances should not be introduced into the body. Accordingly ...

73. A Failure To Communicate

Hebrews 1:1-4, Hebrews 2:5-18

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King Duncan

... will find an answer to life's most profound questions. And what is that answer? Here it is, God is love. At the center of Christ's revelation is God's love for humanity. The writer of the Epistle continues with these words: "Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. But someone has testified somewhere, "聾hat are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them? You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned ...

74. The Shy Member of the Trinity

John 14:15-31

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Donald B. Strobe

... he was invited to the home of the then 90-year old Dr. Charles Erdman, who was a very popular Bible lecturer of his day. Erdman had written an exhaustive commentary on the New Testament. During the course of the evening the discussion got around to the subject of the Holy Spirit, and several budding theologues asked, “How can we be filled with the Holy Spirit? How can we know if and when we are filled with the Spirit?” A lot of confusing answers were given, but Charles Erdman summed up his answer by ...

75. Opposite the Treasury

Mark 12:41-44

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Donald B. Strobe

... money in the pulpit.” To which Dr. Chappell replied, “Then he must have been very spiritual, indeed, because he ran way past Jesus... Jesus often mentioned money.” He did! And not only did Jesus mention money, but he had more to say about the subject than any other subject on which He spoke! He had more to say about money than He had to say about Baptism, the “New Birth,” the so-called “Second Coming,” the Church, or Heaven, or Hell. In the first three Gospels, one verse in six mentions money ...

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51. Punishments for Sin

Leviticus 20:1-27

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Joe M. Sprinkle

52. Samuel Confronts the People

1 Samuel 12:1-25

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

53. The Lord Chooses a New King

1 Samuel 16:14-23, 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

54. Job's Third Reply to Eliphaz

Job 23:1--24:25

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

55. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

56. Mind Your Manners

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

57. Return To God

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

58. What Will It Profit a Man?

1 Tim 6:7; Matt 16:26

Illustration

Chevis Horne

59. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, Genesis 11:1-9, John 14:5-14, Romans 8:1-17

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

60. Pentecost

Jn 14:8-17, 25-27; 20:19-23 · Acts 2:1-21 · 1 Cor 3-7, 12-13 · Gen 11:1-9

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... of the Spirit is so large that the preacher must ask what aspect of the Spirit shall he deal with this year. The lessons assigned for the Day would help to answer the question. Even in the Lectionary, there is a broad number of subjects. It gets down to the question of what to preach about according to the Lectionary. Probably the solution is to study the immediate needs of your congregation. Does the congregation need a revival or renewal of Spirit? Is there a lack of interest among the people in church ...

61. A King Worth Having

Zechariah 9:9-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

62. Living Water for a Thirsty Soul

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

63. Christ the King

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger