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751. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:1-6, James 4:13-17, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... are more likely to turn to prayer and humble dependence upon God. The wealthier person, however, may be lulled into a false sense of security and trust in money by the relative comfort of his or her station in life. It is this problem that ... 8; Jer. 23:17; Ezek. 33:10; 34:4. It is similarly used in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. This sense of a moral departure from the faith (often due to demonic entrapment) also is frequent in the New Testament: Matt. 18:12–13; 24:4–5 ...

752. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:7-12, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

753. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:13-20, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

754. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... messianic title (e.g., Wisd. of Sol. 2:18; 1 Enoch 38:2). In the NT it was applied to Jesus: Acts 3:14 (by Peter); 7:52 (by Stephen); 22:14 (by Paul). The unrighteous: The Greek term (adikos) basically concerns law rather than ethics; here it has the sense of “those who break God’s law.” Bring you (prosagein) to God: The verb, found in the NT only here, is used of having the right of access to a tribunal or a royal court. In the Greek OT (LXX) it describes the act of offering sacrifices to God (Exod ...

755. The Call of Abram

Genesis 12:1-9

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... word dominates curse formulas such as those found in Deut. 27:15–26. The best way to render the verb “bless” at the end of v. 3 is debated. It stands in the Niphal, thus having either a middle or a passive sense. Which sense is preferable? The versions, including Vg. and Tg., along with Eng. translations, have favored the passive. But some scholars advocate a reflexive meaning, “bless themselves,” drawing support from restatements of this promise with the Hitpael (22:18; 26:4). Others have argued ...

756. Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad

2 Kings 8:7-15

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... saw judgment in the midst of salvation, as Jehoram’s officer died because he doubted whether prophecy could come to pass (7:2, 17ff.). Jehoram himself was found complaining about God’s tardiness (6:33)—albeit in salvation, not in judgment. Chapter 8 now adds to this sense of imminence by (at last) introducing us to Hazael. We are on the edge of fulfillment. But there are loose ends to be tied up before we can go on. We must hear the end of the Shunammite’s story, and we must catch up with happenings ...

757. Jehoram King of Judah

2 Kings 8:16-24

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

758. Ahaziah King of Judah

2 Kings 8:25-29

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

759. Jehu Kills Joram and Ahaziah

2 Kings 9:14-29

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... would have left Jezreel to meet him if there had been any doubt in their mind about his intentions. The Hb. hašālôm has, in fact, appeared several times already in 2 Kgs. (4:26; 5:21; 9:11), where it has always had the sense “Is everything all right?” That must be its sense in 9:22, and given its appearance so recently in 9:11 it is much better to take it this way also in 9:17–18 (and, uttered sarcastically, in v. 31; the NIV’s footnote is a most unlikely rendering of the Hb. in view ...

760. Jezebel Killed

2 Kings 9:30-37

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

761. Everlasting Salvation for Zion

Isaiah 51:1-16

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... in verses 1b–2 confirm that. Initially, the challenge to look to the rock would suggest looking to Yahweh. The people were born from this rock (Deut. 32:18). But it then emerges that here the rock is Abraham and the quarry is Sarah. In a sense this makes little difference: the point is that what Yahweh did with Abraham and Sarah is grounds for believing that Yahweh could do something similar again. The decimated community far off from the promised land is hardly in a less promising state than a childless ...

762. How It All Began

Luke 2:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a stable and a baby being born who would change the destiny of humankind. Then the story moves to a group of shepherds on a hillside who are the first to find out about the birth of the Messiah. This certainly proves that God has both a sense of humor and a sense of irony. If there is a more humble occupation in the world than that of shepherding, I don’t know what it is. Their role in life was to be guardians to a bunch of smelly sheep. I doubt that any special training was required--just some common ...

763. Where It Ends

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

John Jamison

... being there was to serve everyone else. To think that anyone with the privilege of having a place at the table would even think of giving it up to act like a servant was unheard of. And to think that the host himself was doing that! No — it made no sense at all. But no one even knew how to ask about it or protest. One disciple did pull his legs back, perhaps out of embarrassment at what Jesus was doing, but Jesus simply smiled and calmly reached out and pulled the guy’s feet toward him so he could ...

764. Jesus' No-Nonsense Guide to Discipleship

Mark 10:46-52

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April Yamasaki

... goal of $2,000. She's following Jesus on the way. A retiree now in his seventies volunteers at the local hospital where he takes patients to and from the radiology department. He seems to know when to engage someone in conversation and when to be silent, and his sense of compassion and kind words are a blessing to both hospital workers and patients. He's following Jesus on the way. Jesus' question to Bartimaeus is also a question for us today. "What do you want?" Jesus continues to ask us as a church and as ...

765. Four Magic Words

Psalm 126:1-6, Psalm 145:2-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... fortunate to receive. “By making gratitude a habit,” says Robert Emmons, we can begin to change the emotional tone of our lives, creating more space for joy and connection with others.” In her article, Dr. Breines lists some simple things we can do to increase our sense of gratitude. I’m going to list three of them. The first is very familiar to those of us who have been in church any time at all. It is “Count your blessings.” Dr. Breines suggests taking time each day to make a list of 3 things ...

766. In Awe of Christ

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... knew the lines in Helen’s hands.) She held her hands out in front of her, and he gasped. “You are Helen! You are Helen of Troy! Do you remember?” She looked up at him in astonishment. “Helen!” he shouted. Then the fog seemed to clear, and a sense of recognition came to her face. Helen discovered her lost self, and she put her arms around her old friend and wept. Then Helen discarded the tattered clothes and once more became the queen she was born to be.” (4) My friend, that can be your story and ...

767. Four Lessons from Geese

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... of one another.) Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone, and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front. (If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same way we are going.) When the lead goose gets tired, he rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point. (It pays to take turns doing hard jobs—with people at church ...

768. A Shrewd Christian?

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

George Reed

... in a context where one has used their intellect to take advantage of a person or a situation in an unethical way. Jesus calls us to be as shrewd in ethical ways as others are in unethical ways. The manager in Jesus’ story is a shrewd fellow in the worst sense of the word. He has misused his master’s resources. We don’t know the exact nature of the crime but he has obviously been converting his master’s resources for his own use. He has been placed in charge of wealth to manage it for the owner and ...

769. No Longer Home Alone

John 15:13-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... 's not very fun to be left home alone, or isolated, ignored, or forgotten.1 Now we come to the second sermon in this series of six on the spiritual needs of Americans. Our focus is on George Gallup's discovery of this second need -- the need for a sense of community and deeper relationships. Dick Meyer tells about a woman who shared her story as a childhood polio victim. She said, "When my mother left me in Sunday School, I always asked her if I could wear her locket. She thought I liked it, but that wasn't ...

770. Lost in Plain Sight

John 1:29-34, John 1:35-42

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... had found it too. In fact, Andrew was so sure, he went to tell his brother, Simon, because he knew that Simon was searching for the same thing he was, the same thing for which we are searching. Like Andrew and Simon, we are all searching for that same sense of meaning and direction and purpose. We are all searching for that which will reassure us that there is more to life than day after day of endless work and toil. We are all searching for that saving knowledge that will give our work and our play, our ...

771. The Sign of Jonah

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of scriptures, was a rather stubborn, impulsive, headstrong, rough-and-tough fisherman with somewhat of a quick temper and a sometimes immovable sense of Jewish thought in regard to Jesus’ mission to the Gentiles. He was quick to pledge total loyalty to Jesus. He was ... Jesus that he would never falter. He must feel he is a failed disciple, and in the wake of Jesus’ death, a deep sense of inadequacy. So, he goes back to what he knows he is good at--his former “life” as a fisherman. He tells the others ...

772. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to John’s, and Jesus emphasizes that in his response to the Pharisees, defending John as well as himself, asserting them once again as an inseparable “duo” bound together by scripture and prophecy. Jesus and John are an interesting pair. We get the sense that they are nearly opposites. John’s life is one of fasting. Jesus’ life is one of feasting. John’s disciples spend their time in simplicity, prayer, and detailed observance of the law. They baptize, and they call for repentance. Jesus and his ...

773. Soul Food

Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God’s kingdom are revealed to us (similarly to what Jonah experienced within the fish, where he was harbored). At the end times, God’s revelations will be revealed to the righteous. They will “embody” the Torah (as they consume the fish). In a sense, in partaking of the fish, they were “swallowing God’s Word so that it could take root within them.” They “ate up” everything Jesus said to them voraciously and eagerly. The Jewish sages in Jesus’ time said that in the future, God would feed ...

774. Precocious

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... psalms to the birds so that his words would not be lost. It was a bird (dove) who signaled the land of the new covenant to Noah. It was birds who fed God’s people in the wilderness. It was sparrows who lived upon the providence of God. In a sense, the songs of birds have kept the Jewish people alive through the worst of times. And as Jill Hammer reminds us, “Birds sing each morning. Birds remind us that everything we do can be an act of praise.” [Allow people to come and see the bird. If the bird ...

775. No Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... than those who have known Him from the onset. God wishes all disciples to celebrate with God upon the found, not to grumble at sharing God’s table or giving up a seat to another. This is one of the hardest lessons his disciples have to learn. And in a sense, they never do as long as he’s with them. This parable comes on the heels of the prior exegesis, and many of the same scriptures apply. Again, God is the owner of the Vineyard, from which we all are given part. The lesson that all belongs to God, and ...

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