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76. The Resurrection of the Dead

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... symbolized death with Christ to the power of sin, and it was done in hope and in anticipation of experiencing the power of God’s resurrection (see esp. Rom. 6). If there were no resurrection of the dead, then being baptized in behalf of the dead made no sense. Paul means to imply that by their actions some of the Corinthians indicate a concern with or belief in the resurrection of the dead. 15:30–31 Paul again shifts the point of view in formulating a string of arguments in favor of the reality of the ...

77. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... life in my hands? The first phrase literally says, “why do I lift up my flesh in my teeth?,” which is a difficult image to interpret. The second phrase is clearer and appears elsewhere (Judg. 12:3; 1 Sam. 19:5; 28:21; Ps. 119:109) with the sense of “risk my life.” The clear meaning of the second implies that the earlier phrase should be understood along the same lines, demonstrating Job’s determination to proceed even at the risk of his life (as in NIV). Though he slay me. Verse 15 is perhaps one ...

78. Rules For A Happy Life

Exodus 20:1-21

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E. Carver McGriff

... ; when he is revealed, we will be like him." Yes, but he's referring to the children of God. That may not happen unless we take seriously the rules of life: honesty, integrity, loyalty, kindness, love. Third: The Rule Of Your Own Best Self. Each of us has an inner sense of who we are and what we hope to be. What kind of person are you? Do you have integrity? Do you want to be known in your vocation as a man or woman of honor, of unimpeachable honesty? I know a man who builds shopping centers. Some time ago ...

79. A Season Of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

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Robert Allen

... although happiness is important. In fact, I hope that there are many times when you are happy during the year. However, joy is something that abides. Joy is a kind of being. Joy is a quality. You know when you have joy and when you don’t. Joy is the sense of security that things are going to be all right in the long run, however painful they might be now, because of who God is. The shepherds went to the manger and found the child. On the way back to their flocks in the field, they were glorifying God, and ...

80. A Date With Destiny

Philippians 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... your whole life and never make a ripple and never rock a boat? Join the Peace Corps." (2) A grand sense of destiny--a sense of purpose, direction, design--we need it if we are to live out the best. As Billy Sunday once put it, "More men fail through lack of ... purpose than through lack of talent." In the second place we need a sense of destiny because of the world's great need. Visitors to Florida throng to see the Bok Singing Tower and Bird Sanctuary. In Edward ...

81. Shepherding And Parenting

Psalm 23:1-6, 1 Peter 2:13-25

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King Duncan

... toward that which is right and good. No one can be truly happy who does not have values. Values are essential to a healthy sense of self-worth. Our second responsibility as parents is to be teachers of that which is good and right and lasting. But there's ... be there. No matter how far they may stray, all they have to do is call and we will come. Nurturing a sense of trust, teaching sound and wholesome values, always being there in life's most treacherous valleys . . . "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow ...

82. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

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Phil Thrailkill

... I promise, the idea being that God will punish those who invoke his name and do not follow through. With our hand on the Bible we swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help us God. That is a oath in the serious sense, and to break it is to perjure myself, undermine the capacity of the courts to establish truth, and risk serious punishment. If you as a Christian lie in a business or legal matter, you deserve to get caught because you have taken the name of the Lord in vain ...

83. The Longest Journey Is the Shortest Distance

Acts 17:22-31

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Leonard Sweet

... and performed miracles in the most humdrum of locations in neighborhoods, at the docks, in homes filled with noisy kids and everyday chores. Wherever he found himself, Jesus knew he could find God's word, God's presence, if he but looked around and within. Our faulty sense of direction tends to lead us far away from Jesus' focus of around and within. Instead of looking for God at our feet, in our homes, across our desks we imagine the Divine must be somewhere far away and out of reach. Instead of tuning in ...

84. Experiencing God

Acts 2:1-21

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Stan Purdum

... for the experience, for it was that, which for many of us, first opened the door of faith and helped us to see that the Bible and its story is for us — for us personally. What can be learned of God only through the five senses is never enough. Thank God for sixth-sense experiences, ones that open us up to realms we never thought possible. That's what happened to some 3,000 people on that day 2,000 years ago. They heard Peter and the others preaching in the streets, interpreting scripture in the light of ...

85. Life by the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-26

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... from the external circumstances of one’s life but from the God of peace (Rom. 15:33; 16:20; Phil. 4:9). Patience has the sense of forbearance and is a characteristic of God (Rom. 2:4; 9:22) in which believers share (cf. 2 Cor. 6:6). Kindness is another ... of God’s character (Rom. 2:4; 11:22) that should characterize the people of God (2 Cor. 6:6). Goodness has the sense of “generosity” or “uprightness.” Paul uses it as a high compliment (Rom. 15:14) and recognizes that only through God’s power ...

86. Request for Prayer

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... that the word almost has a life of its own such that it could “run” through the world is reminiscent of Acts 18:5, where Paul is said to have been “seized by the word” (so the Greek). It implies a certain independence of the message; in another sense, however, it is dependent on the messenger to be heard (see disc. on 1 Thess. 1:8 for the gospel “sounding out” like a trumpet call). Perhaps the games are still in mind, with reference now to the spectators and their appreciation of a race well run ...

87. Warning Against Falling Away

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... from the statement in these three verses: (1) How is the word impossible to be understood? and (2) Can authentic Christians really apostatize? Complex answers are required in both instances and depend finally upon distinguishing what is actual from what is only apparent. In one sense, because of the very nature of apostasy, the word impossible must be taken as absolute. This sin is not like any other sin: it is the unforgivable sin because it undercuts the very basis of salvation (cf. Mark 3:29; 1 John 5:16 ...

88. Concluding Exhortations

Hebrews 13:1-25

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... Greek verb for “strengthen” (bebaioō), see 1 Cor. 1:8; 2 Cor. 1:21. (In Hebrews 2:3 the same verb is used in a different sense.) For the heart as the center of the religious life, see J. Behm, TDNT, vol. 3, p. 608–14. On foods (brōma), see J. Behm, ... urge (parakaleō) occurs with the same meaning in v. 22 (cf. 3:13 and 10:25 for the word used in a different sense). The verb for be restored (apokathistēmi) occurs in Hebrews only here. A Concluding Prayer The letter is rounded out with a magnificent ...

89. Favoritism Forbidden

James 2:1-13, James 2:14-26

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... Abraham to keep quiet and hold this faith in his heart, Abraham acts consistently with his faith. His faith works with or directs his actions. Furthermore, his faith was made complete by what he did. The idea is not that faith was perfected in the sense of it having been less than faith before, but that faith is brought to maturity through action (cf. 1:4, 15). There is a mutuality: Faith informs and motivates action; action matures faith. James is not rejecting one for the other but is instead insisting ...

90. The Impending Departure I

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, John 14:15-31

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... forth Judah’s question. The world will not see Jesus after he departs. As far as the world is concerned, he is absent; a real (and permanent) separation has taken place. But for the believer, the separation is not real. Even though Jesus goes away in the sense of departing from human view, the disciple continues to see him (v. 19; cf. vv. 7b, 9) by sharing his life and by knowing the other Counselor, the Spirit of truth who takes his place. Jesus departs from the world only to be closer to his disciples ...

91. Love the Lord Your God

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... , Exodus and Sinai. Both of these scholars reject von Rad’s separation of the traditions on this basis. See also C. J. H. Wright, God’s Land, pp. 13–15, 24–43. 6:25 It is unlikely that the word “righteousness” is being used here in a forensic sense, i.e., of being “in the right” legally. This seems to be the basis (misleadingly in my view) of the REB “For us to be in the right we should . . . ,” and the NRSV, “If . . . we will be in the right.” That is hardly the issue in the context ...

92. Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... is bound as long as her husband lives; but if he may sleep [a euphemism for dies], she is free to be married to the one she wishes—only in the Lord.” Paul’s admonition at this point assumes the word of the Lord and offers a common-sense reasoning to a related situation. 7:40 What Paul says here comes as no surprise: He prefers the condition of singleness because it offers the potential for the believer to devote full energy and attention to the mission of God. Thus, if a Christian woman who becomes a ...

93. Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

John 14:15-31, John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

94. Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

95. The Mighty Wind of God

Acts 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... weren’t already measuring us for a casket. For that is what is being said about many churches--we are dying. The church today needs the power of the Holy Spirit. We can all agree on that. But what would that mean? Would we have a new sense of excitement if the Spirit came upon us? I surely would hope so. That certainly happened to the church on the Day of Pentecost. Before Pentecost the followers of Jesus had been a group of nervous people hiding behind locked doors--fearful that they would be persecuted ...

96. What Do You Expect?

John 6:24-35

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King Duncan

... or power. But many of those who have obtained great wealth or fame or power know them to be empty and unfulfilling. Every wise person who has ever lived knows what is missing in life—and it is not material possessions or recognition or power. What is missing is a sense of meaning to life. Why are we here? Where are we headed? What does it all mean? For many people there is no meaning. This is the message of our art and literature over the past few decades. All art has a message, and it speaks of the times ...

97. When The Fat Lady Sings

Mark 13:1-31

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Steven E. Albertin

... will happen within the lifetime of the current generation? He may not know the exact minute and hour, but he does have a general sense of its nearness. And it's definitely not hundreds of years off in the distant future. The same could be said for Saint Paul ... will be clear to all. The fat lady has begun to sing. It's over. In the meantime, we live in a world marked by a sense of the already but not yet. By faith we trust that our final destiny has already been determined for us in Jesus Christ. But the final ...

98. Black Preaching: A Four-Cornered Universe

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... which allows the preacher to search those spoken and unspoken aspects of the text in an attempt not only to help hearers make sense of the text but also to reveal how it intersects with their lives presently. If critics say the essential idea of the text ... key element in the psycho-spiritual healing and liberation of black people. As a parishioner once remarked, "Black preaching helps me to make sense of it all. It helps me to understand that I'm all right and that God will take care of things in the ...

99. Three Days To See

Mark 10:46-52

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Helen Keller

... to enjoy its color, grace, and movement? I cannot enjoy the beauty rhythmic movement except in a sphere restricted to the touch of my hands. I can vision only dimly the grace of a Pavlowa, although I know something of the delight of rhythm, for often I can sense the beat of music as it vibrates through the floor. I can well imagine that cadenced motion must be one of the most pleasing sights in the world. I have been able to gather something of this by tracing with my fingers the lines in sculptured marble ...

100. Divine Liturgy, Divine Play, Divine Comedy

John 13:31-38

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Carl Jech

... because they help to give us a broad-ranging perspective on truth. Playing around with various perspectives on life is a major part of what life is all about! This is what humor does also. One of the things that humor does for us is to give us a sense of distance from reality, making it easier for us to cope with painful and harsh realities at those times when we are in fact right up against them. In Latino cultures, people put death at arm's length by making fun of it with skeleton symbolism. We can laugh ...

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