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

Romans 5:12-21

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C. Marvin Pate

... .E. 44; Apoc. Mos. 14; 32]), more often than not it placed the blame squarely on Adam’s shoulders based on Genesis 2–3 (e.g., 1QS 4.22–23; CD 3.20; 1QHa 4.15; 4 Ezra 4.30; 2 Bar. 23.4; 48.42). Paul agrees with the sentiment here in 5:12–14 (cf. 1 Cor. 15:21–22). 2. The ancient Hebrew phenomenon known as “corporate personality” may well be in play here. Corporate personality is the idea that one person’s actions represent the many. Joshua 7:1–26 illustrates this in the way it attributes ...

77. The Four Horsemen

Revelation 6:1-17

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J. Scott Duvall

... things that sin produces, and they’re not pretty. This passage offers an opportunity to talk about the personal and social devastation caused by sins, both “big” and “small.” Second, the passage speaks to us about God and his purposes. Revelation 6 strips us of a sentimental view of God as nothing more than a benevolent parent who only consoles and accepts us just as we are. As Mangina puts it, “God is not whoever we would like him to be. God is God.” He continues, “If the image of the all ...

78. The Warrior Messiah Conquers the Two Beasts and Their Followers

Revelation 19:1-21

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J. Scott Duvall

... :19; 19:13; Isa. 63:1–6). The title “Almighty” (pantokrat?r) again emphasizes God’s sovereign power to conquer and condemn evil (1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7, 14; 19:6; 21:22).4This portrait of the Warrior Messiah leaves no room for a purely sentimental view of God. 19:17–18 Come, gather together for the great supper of God. John now uses Ezekiel’s prophesy against Gog (Ezek. 39:17–20) to depict the coming defeat of God’s enemies in terms of a feast. Everyone will participate in one of two ...

79. The Daughters of Zelophehad (Part 2)

Numbers 36:1-13

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... time were in economic distress because they had borrowed too much money at the extremely high interest rates of that era. Many were facing foreclosure and the possibility of actually losing their farms. Ikerd, himself raised on a dairy farm, was surprised by the sentimental attachment that famers had for their farms. In talking with these farmers, these real people, I began to understand that a family farm is much more than a business. The true family farm is part of the family and the family is part of ...

80. Proverbs of Solomon

Proberbs 10:1--22:16

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Gary M. Burge

... much less a death threat. Verse 9 affirms that the righteous shine more brightly than the wicked, whom God will extinguish (cf. Prov. 20:20; 24:20), and in this context more brightly than the wealthy, who may soon fade. Verse 10b echoes the sentiment of 13:1a: wisely accepting advice is the opposite of arrogant quarreling (13:10a). A lengthy unit on fulfillment versus frustration follows in 13:12–19, as indicated by the expression “a longing fulfilled,” which brackets the section in verses 12b and 19a ...

81. The Parable of the Great Banquet

Luke 14:15-24

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Gary M. Burge

The reference to “the resurrection of the righteous” (14:14) leads one guest into a reverie on the blessing of being part of the eschatological banquet (14:15). Jesus responds by telling the parable of the great banquet (14:15–24), puncturing the man’s sentimentality and bringing him back to reality. The kingdom of God is like a banquet, but the people invited make excuses so that they do not have to participate. The excuses (14:18–20) given show that these are people for whom material goods and ...

82. Love

Romans 12:9-21

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... ; clings to what is good. In modern society love is used for a host of things which have little, if anything, to do with agapē. If love is not twisted by its ubiquitous associations with lust and sex, then it is reduced to a sentiment. Sentimentality is a particular danger because it grounds behavior in feelings of emotional idealism and divorces itself from a world of imperfect choices. Agapē, on the other hand, commits itself to the good of the other regardless of cost to self. It is discriminating, for ...

83. Job's Reply to Bildad

Job 9:1–10:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand” (64:8). Having remembered the source of their hope, the people renew their plea: “Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD” (64:9a)—a sentiment that has much in common with that expressed in Job 7:20–21. 10:10–12 Job stresses the creative care of God in these two verses containing alternative metaphors for the birthing process. The images are striking, and they may demonstrate some understanding of the ...

84. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... from unending divine surveillance, humans would be able to live out the rest of their days with a modicum of comfort—although Job’s characterization of the human as a hired man suggests some doubts as to the possibility of a positive relationship with God. The sentiment is like that of the returning Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11–32 who, having reached the end of his personal rope, plans to ask his father to take him on in the reduced capacity of servant so that he might at least have hope of survival ...

85. Job's Second Reply to Zophar

Job 21:1-34

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... or be envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out” (emphasis added). Job’s reference to the lamp of the wicked may indicate a familiarity with this particular proverb, or with the sentiments it expresses. Bildad had trotted out a near quote of this proverb in 18:5 “The lamp [Heb. ʾor, ‘light’] of the wicked is snuffed out.” In response to this traditional expectation of sure judgment for the wicked, Job asks, how often? (Heb. kammah ...

86. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... withdraws silently from social contact and refuses even to go outside. Such is not his case, Job declares, precisely because he has no transgression to hide. Additional Notes 31:30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin. While the words are slightly different, the sentiment is almost the same as the earlier statement in 2:10: “In all this, Job did not sin in what he said” (lit., “with his lips”). We are probably expected to remember this earlier disclaimer here at the end of Job’s speeches. 31:31 ...

87. Gethsemane

Mark 14:32-42

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... execution for his sake, were surely supposed to see Jesus’ prayer as a powerful example to them of the submission to the will of God they were to emulate in their time of testing. That is, Mark’s account is not motivated by a desire to give a sentimental picture of Jesus, but it is intended to give his readers a role model to follow. It reflects a practical concern for their ability to stand firm in trials of their faith. The prayer of Jesus, which describes what is about to happen as God’s will (v ...

88. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Will Willimon

... just for this morning, try to put out of your mind the wedding solos or other mush you have heard on this text. This I Corinthians 13 love, which can make or break our speech, is, says Elizabeth Achtemeier, "closer to hard-eyed realism than simpering sentimentality." Christian love is not a stupid unwillingness to look at the world as it is. It is the recognition that, because the world is as it is, nothing less than love will do. Love takes that noisy cacophony of jangling, discordant notes called life and ...

89. When We Are Weak

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... slaves. That is interesting, don’t you think? Patrick Henry was a slave owner. He is best known for his “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” speech, but somehow, he did not think that the men and women who worked his farm might have the same sentiments. Some of our ancestors had this same blind spot—and we are still paying for their sins today. In spite of his father-in-law’s generosity, however, Patrick Henry also failed as a farmer. Finally, on the advice of some friends, Patrick turned to law. He ...

90. Being Good

Matthew 5:17-20

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Will Willimon

... . I know of no way to do that with this text. "You think I’ve come to help you weasel out of the law? Forget it," says Jesus. "I've come to intensify, exceed, deepen the frontal assault of the law." And all of our sweet Jesus sentimentality and gushy grace just crumbles before these searing commands. We are, as Matthew says of Jesus' first congregation, astonished. You want to be good? "Keep all that I have commanded you" (28:20), says Jesus. There is the arrogance of the rule-stressing legalist, yes, but ...

91. You're In the Army Now

Ephesians 6:10-20

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Will Willimon

... needed me. Even today, it is only with great difficulty that I pass through Fayetteville, North Carolina because of my bad taste at Fort Bragg. Recently, a friend and I were discussing our days there in boot camp and he told me that I was not alone in my sentiments about Fort Bragg. “I served a year in Viet Nam during heavy fighting,” he said. “And if someone gave me the choice of going back to Viet Nam for a year or spending nine weeks at Fort Bragg -- I'd have to think about it.” Friends, can you ...

92. Where's the One?

Luke 15:1-10

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Jill J. Duffield

... trying to go about life and work, knowing that if the answer were easy we wouldn’t find ourselves in the place we are in virtually every city in America. Bad news, ugliness, feeling overwhelmed and beaten up, not good enough, not compassionate enough, not adequate enough, such sentiments seem to be in the air and water these days. For me, it was a dog that almost pushed me over the existential edge. It was a stray dog that threatened to paralyze my hope and make me want to throw up my hands and give up on ...

93. In Pursuit Of The Promise

Acts 1:1-11

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Douglas J. Deuel

... plant. As they were working one day, the plant foreman lost his watch in the piles of sawdust in which they packed the dry ice. He had his entire crew stop their work to help him find his watch. The watch was valuable and it also had sentimental attachments for the foreman. He desperately wanted to find it. Eventually the men gave up looking and went to lunch. When the crew and their foreman returned from lunch, they encountered the boy standing in front of the plant. He had been waiting for them to return ...

94. Naaman Is My Name!

2 Kings 5:1-27

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Barbara Brokhoff

... , for without the cross there is no cure! We will never find a way to reduce the harsh judgment of God upon all human sin that the cross represents. A blood-stained, nail-pierced, splintered, rough-hewn cross-tree is an ugly thing, and no matter how we sentimentalize it, or call it foolishness and weakness and offensive, it still is the only cure for the curse of sin that holds us fast in its ugly grip. Think about a person lying in a hospital, dying for lack of blood, and then a life-giving transfusion is ...

95. The Perisitent Noise Of Solemn Assemblies

Luke 10:25-37

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Maurice A. Fetty

... have to bear his own load" (Galatians 6:5). We all belong to the family of man and must be responsible to each other in that relationship. In conclusion, let us say that the noise of all sorts of solemn assemblies is very persistent today. Sentimental romanticists, naive utopians and vicious revolutionary anarchists abound. But let those of us in the church not be deluded by ideologies which do not deal with the pride and selfishness of human beings. But on the other hand, let us not be withdrawn and lulled ...

96. Called! Cleansed! Sent

Isaiah 6:1-13

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Robert A. Hausman

... . They are more than those little flying piglets! They are awesome, majestic creatures, flying around the throne of God and singing: "Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh sabaoth; the whole earth is full of his glory." Their song was not banal or verbose. It is not sentimental, or shallow, as so much religious language is today. It is direct and profound. It praises God as God. In the song of the seraphim, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh sabaoth," the word "sabaoth" means hosts, as in "hosts of armies." It came to refer ...

97. Seeing With New Eyes

Isaiah 6:1-13

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Tony Everett

... twice as many church members absent from worship as there are in the pews. The number of unchurched or "underchurched" persons is rapidly overcoming the number of the baptized in many areas of our nation. There is a growing number of the "sentimentally religious," who find ultimate meaning in a variety of new age beliefs and gatherings. A recent survey of Presbyterian baby boomers indicated that there was little difference in the beliefs of persons in the two largest categories: "moderately active in any ...

98. Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-26

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John R. Steward

... Hembree goes on to say: "This legend beautifully expresses how many feel about the unsearchable riches of God's Word. We are thrilled we have absorbed as much as we have, but sad because we have not absorbed much more." He goes on to say that this sentiment certainly applies to this verse in Galatians which describes the fruit of the Spirit. Perhaps we should also call these fruits the jewels of the Spirit. Adapted from Charles Hembree, Fruits of the Spirit (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House), p. 7.

99. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

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William E. Keeney

... the persistence and power of sin and evil in human life and the world. He wanted people to know the hard realities of engaging in the struggle to overcome evil. When does the church downplay the difficulties and price of battling against evil? Do people sentimentalize Jesus as a person who never had to struggle with personal sin? Is a "sweet Jesus" presented that is not true to the kind of bitter struggle he had to go through against his own temptations and against the pressures from his enemies and even ...

100. Proper 22

Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, Lamentations 1:1-22, Psalm 137:1-9

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William E. Keeney

... the power to grow like a mustard seed. The passage proceeds to ask the series of questions which calls for the disciples to work as slaves or servants without asking for rewards or special recognition. Psalm. (Psalm 137) The psalmist echoes some of the same sentiments as found in the first lesson regarding Jerusalem. The setting is in captivity along the rivers of Babylon. The psalmist finds no joy and cannot sing the songs of Zion in a foreign land. He recalls the devastation urged on by the Edomites. He ...

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