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51. The Un-Stolen Car

Humor Illustration

... , I must have left them in the car. Frantically, I headed for the parking lot. My wife, Diane, has scolded me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them. Her theory is that the car will be stolen. As I burst through the doors of the church, I came to a terrifying conclusion. Her theory was right. The parking lot was empty. I immediately called the police. I gave them my location, confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had ...

52. He Ascended Into Heaven

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

David O. Bales

... both “sky” and “heaven”; fortunately, our language helps us separate the physical from the spiritual. Second, as we meditate upon Jesus’ ascension (as well as upon his resurrection) we’re better off than Christians who were bombarded by popular scientific theories in the first half of the twentieth century. They were enthralled by what’s now called the “old science.” After 1950, humans have created new atoms and understand better the moment by moment creation and destruction of atoms in ...

53. Family Re:Union - (PG) Parental Guidance Required

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... able to have on the life of their kids. I don’t mind telling you today that as I deal with this subject of rearing children I feel like the man who said, “Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children. Now, I have six children and no theories.” In actuality, I don’t have a theory; I have a reality that really will work with your family. If you truly do everything you can to raise your children to Love God, Serve Others and Share their Story you really will have done a great work ...

54. Timothy’s Encouraging Report

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... When our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones: One scenario of the end time embraced by many Christians today sees a twofold return of Jesus: the first in secret to gather up the church, the second openly, following the tribulation (which, on this theory, only the world will endure) to judge the world. The first return is called the Rapture, the second the Revelation. The Greek word from whose Latin equivalent (rapere) our word “rapture” is derived, is actually used by Paul in 4:17, “we … will be ...

55. Jethro Visits Moses

Exodus 18:1-27

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... fears God still clings: “all these people will go home satisfied” (shalom, “in peace,” “contented”). Additional Notes 18:1 Several theories have attempted to explain the nature of Jethro’s priesthood: Jethro was the originator of belief in Yahweh (Kenite theory); alternatively, Jethro and Moses both learned Yahwism from the Kenites. See Durham’s summaries of four speculative theories (Durham, Exodus, p. 241). 18:5 In the narrative context, near the mountain of God refers to Rephidim. In 17:6 ...

56. The Only Place of Worship

Deuteronomy 12:1-32

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... :5), since Josiah’s program was the most sustained attempt hitherto in Israel to remove the bāmôt (cf. Manley, Book of the Law, p. 133), and Deut. never uses the word bāmôt at all. 12:5 This is a key verse in the theory that this chapter calls for the centralization of Israel’s worship at the sole sanctuary (i.e., Jerusalem) and in the consequent linking of Deut. to Josiah’s seventh-century reform, of which cult centralization is said to be a major feature. The arguments around this question have ...

57. Adam, the Law, and the Curse of the Covenant

Romans 5:12-21

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... Christ, we have the power to make wholesome decisions that honor God and help others. Teaching the Text A couple of sermons come to mind from Romans 5:12–14. The first is “What’s Wrong with the World?” Here one could summarize theories regarding the origin of evil (Marxist, atheistic/evolutionary, and Eastern/dualistic) and discuss and defend the biblical view. Thus, Marxism argues that capitalism is the root of all evil because it divides humankind into haves and have-nots. And one day a classless ...

58. The Reversal of the Deuteronomic Curses and Blessings: Replacing Law with Faith

Romans 9:30--10:21

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... Christian. After Peter regained his Christian faith, he wrote a book entitled The Rage against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith. His older brother, Christopher, became famous as an acerbic advocate for atheism and wrote The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice and his bestseller, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Peter understands that logic; as a teen, he burned his Bible and rebelled against everything that he had been taught was good, right, and holy. But in time, he ...

59. How to Deal with Demons

Matthew 12:38-50

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Maxie Dunnam

... ’ve asked me to give it to you. Indeed, to prove to you just how simple it is, I’m going to ask my chauffeur to step forward and answer your question.” I’m not going to talk today about anything as simple as the theory of relativity. Now I don’t know much about the theory of relativity, but I know it’s something we can learn. Most of us could learn it if we determined to do so. I’m talking about something far more difficult today—How to deal with demons. Our parable for today is one of the ...

60. Crowds Follow Jesus

Mark 3:7-12

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... not account for the fact that Jesus was crucified as a messianic pretender (“king of the Jews,” 14:61–63; 15:2–31, showing that at least his enemies saw him as more than merely another teacher!), and for this and other reasons this theory must be rejected. Instead, the emphasis on secrecy in Mark is linked with Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection (9:9; see comments on this verse) and seems intended to show that no proclamation of Jesus as Christ was proper until these decisive events took place ...

61. Righteousness Through Faith

Romans 3:21-31

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... ark, although on the Day of Atonement the high priest continued to sprinkle the place where it had stood. See Str-B, vol. 3, pp. 165–85; and G. Davies, “Ark of the Covenant,” IDB, vol. 1, pp. 222–26. A full discussion of the theories of the atonement is presented by G. Aulen, Christus Victor, trans. G. Hebert (New York: Macmillan, 1969). Dunn offers a careful and balanced discussion of the atonement (Romans 1–8, pp. 170–72). 3:27 On the meaning of “law of faith,” see Cranfield, Romans, vol ...

62. Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

Romans 5:12-21

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... links sin with death (“when you eat of [the tree of the knowledge of good and evil] you shall die,” Gen. 2:17), but it is silent concerning how sin and death were transmitted to the race. By the first century A.D., however, a theory had developed in Jewish thinking linking Adam’s sin and human corruption and death. Fourth Ezra says, “You laid upon [Adam] one commandment of yours; but he transgressed it, and immediately you appointed death for him and for his descendants” (3:7). From Second Baruch ...

63. Job's Second Reply to Zophar

Job 21:1-34

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... sight of the severity of Job’s suffering in their haste to prove him wrong. He tells them to be astonished. To look at Job, to really see his suffering and to empathize with his plight, is to be astounded by the lack of congruence between the theory of retribution and Job’s actual experience. As their first sight of Job (2:12–13) reduced the friends to silent weeping, so now they need to renew their awareness, and as a result become both astounded and silenced. Further, he tells them, clap your hand ...

64. The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... astrologically significant days, etc. is, of course, common in many, if not all, human societies. But the cycle of seven days as a week and the nature of the seventh as a sabbath appear to have been unique to Israel. For a survey of research and theories as to its origins, see Hasel, “Sabbath,” who writes: In spite of the extensive efforts of more than a century of study into extra-Israelite sabbath origins, it is still shrouded in mystery. . . . The quest for the origin of the sabbath outside of the OT ...

65. Should We Wash One Another's Feet?

John 13:31-38, John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... all creation could separate any of us from the love of God in Jesus Christ.” (1) That’s what the communion table of Christ is all about. Theologian N. T. Wright reminds us that, when Jesus wanted us to understand the cross he didn’t give us a theory or a theology, he gave us a meal. As Bishop Wright says: “We break bread and drink wine together, telling the story of Jesus and his death, because Jesus knew that this set of actions would explain the meaning of his death in a way that nothing else—no ...

66. The Green-Eyed Monster

Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , Mother of God. You can see these meanings easily when you examine the beauty of the stained glass windows in early cathedrals in Europe. Also in the Renaissance however, colors took on meaning in the realm of the medicinal arts. An important theory of medicine stated that the human body was made up of four temperaments called “four humours.” These constituted black bile, yellow/green bile, phlegm, and blood. When these were in balance, a person remained healthy. When they somehow got out of balance ...

67. Are We Living In The Last Days?

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... but a very long time stretching from the first coming of Christ to his second coming. This is a more “realistic” view, somewhere between the optimistic view of the postmillennialist view and the pessimistic view of the premillennial view. The millennialist theory assumes that good and evil will continue until “the last days” when Christ comes again to destroy the forces of evil forever and issue in the peaceable kingdom.[4] Each of these views has difficulties; this third one which most mainline ...

68. Scandal

Luke 22:14-23:56

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... the closing notes of his lament. But on Good Friday, the good news is that of escape and substitution. A second family of atonement theories is not the Creator/ Father who needs to take note of Jesus in his sufferings, but we humans. We have forgotten who we are ... movement that has since spanned the globe. “Be like Jesus!” they declare. There is also a third approach to atonement theory, and our gospel reading connects with it. For Luke, God’s good world had been plunged into darkness by the viral ...

69. Go Down To The Potter's House

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

James McLemore

... , generativity vs. stagnation, and integrity vs. despair. The advisor looked in the young woman's eyes and he saw the intensity of her dedication and the sincerity of her commitment. Then he took out his notepad and wrote down these words. "You have learned all the theory, and you have received all the training. The only thing that you need is to come in contact with human problems. Go down to the neighborhood center and touch the lives of boys and girls, men and women, and after you give them all that you ...

70. Love And Resurrection

Mark 16:1-20

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Don M. Aycock

... from the tomb to show everyone that Christians were crazy and therefore not to be trusted. 4. The whole thing was just mass hallucination which was passed on by word of mouth and recorded in what became the New Testament. It is easy to punch holes in each of these theories. What is not so easy to realize is that Easter Sunday, for whatever else it may be, is a strong, clear word from God saying to us, "I LOVE YOU!" The cross was a slap in God's face by humanity. It was the utter rejection of him by those ...

71. The Song Of Angels--And The Son Of God

Isaiah 9:1-7

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... sign -- a child lying in a manger. It is something we understand. God comes to us in the stuff of life, not in some theory, not in a complicated set of rules to live by, not in any otherworldly philosophy, not in some mystical trance, but in something we ... on a lake trying to sail a treehouse."3 This world would make religion so complicated, but it is really simple. God is not some great theory or set of directions. This child is a sign of who he is, what he is like, what he will do. This is where we find ...

72. Epiphany 6

Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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John R. Brokhoff

... been raised ..." There is no "if," "but," or "and." It is a fact that Jesus was raised. Upon this fact depends our salvation and victory over sin and death. The resurrection is the one fact we do not question or doubt simply because it is a fact, not a theory or a man-made story. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Jeremiah 17:5-10; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20; Luke 6:17-26 The Choice Is Yours. Need: The hour of worship is often the hour of decision. This is one of those Sundays when the Lessons call for a decision. We are ...

73. No One Enters The Kingdom… Save With Empty Hands

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... of The Ohio State University representing the U.S.A. He was aptly called “the fastest human alive.” Der Fuehrer was Chancellor Adolph Hitler who had recently risen to power championing an arrogant theory that his “Aryan race” of “supermen” would conquer the world. In implementing his theory he began systematically to stamp out the Jews in a bitter expression of prejudice and discrimination. Hitler also publicly denounced Blacks, Negroes as they were called then, as an inferior race. Jesse Owens ...

74. Saved From Water: The Storm

Luke 8:22-25

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Steve Swanson

... . Then, all of a sudden, Jesus actually stopped that storm, that water, dead in its tracks. I've never seen anything like it. Now there'll be a few of you who will consider some other theories, like maybe we sailed into the eye of the storm and that's why it got so calm. That could have happened, but it didn't. I considered that theory myself the next day. But I had been in the eye of a storm before, twice, and it wasn't the same. Andrew agreed with me. It wasn't the same. We also considered it ...

75. How Much Is Enough?

Matthew 14:13-21

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Johnny Dean

... everything you need from that group. Add a glass of milk, and you’ve got the all the basic food groups covered. I’d rather have raspberry Kool-Aid, but I’ll the drink the milk just to keep the nutritionists happy. I can’t get any arguments about my theory at home. They just look at me, then look at each other with that "what-do-you-expect-it’s-Dad" look and go on about their business. I’ve heard people use the phrase "comfort food." I suppose that’s what a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on ...

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