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76. Even Marriages Made In Heaven Require Earthly Care

Mark 10:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... of Ephesians 5:22-6:9 is the great teaching of Paul about all sorts of relationships in Christ. In our lesson today, chapter 5 verses 21-33, there is the model of Christian marriage. Two verses must be held together. Verse 22 – wives be subject to your husbands as to the Lord. And verse 25 – husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her. And those two verses, which specifically instruct the relationship of marriage, must be examined in the context of Paul’s distinctive ...

77. An Enclave of Resistance

Hebrews 1:1-14; 2:5-8

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Mark Trotter

... , the arts, and most recently, in science. The computer is a remarkable testimony to human powers. The computer is simply an extension of the human brain to dimensions greater than anyone ever imagined. Hebrews says that we are to have all things in subjection to us. We will accomplish that to a greater extent than ever before through the extension of the human brain over all of creation through the computer. The computer is the great monument to civilization created by science. But 800 years ago, in ...

78. The One Habit of Highly Effective Christians

John 4:19-24

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James Merritt

... should be a habit. It should be a holy habit. It should be a hallowed habit. It will be a healthy habit. Just as God made a bird to fly, and a fish to swim, God has made you to worship. But I am convinced as I have studied the subject and turned it over in my mind, that many people, if not most people, really do not come to church to worship. A. W. Tozer once said, "Worship is the missing jewel of the evangelical church." I want to make something very plain today. Your first obligation as a Christian ...

79. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

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James Merritt

... from the same. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom ...

80. Castaway

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

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James Merritt

... . I've read enough to know that biographies all follow basically the same pattern. There will be a short section devoted to the birth of the subject; there will be a little longer section devoted to the youth of the subject; there will be a long section devoted to the adult life of the subject; and then a very short section on the death of the subject. As you know there are four biographies of Jesus—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. But these biographies are very unique. Two of the four biographies don ...

81. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

Luke 4:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... of the 17th century French epigrammist Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld who insisted that "Were it not for the misfortunes of our friends, life would be unbearable" (200). What events in your life or the life of your congregation are endlessly subjected to the "coulda, woulda, shoulda" scenario? Are there missed opportunities or ill-fated choices that haunt both your church and your parishioners? Is the image you hold of your mission and ministry so overwhelmed by a fixation on what coulda, woulda ...

82. Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

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Leonard Sweet

... Hebrews would single out Sarah as an example of unswerving faithfulness. While she never rejected the promise, she certainly did not respond to the news with the kind of grateful solemnity the author found so ennobling in others. Positing Abraham as the subject in verse 11 also makes sense in light of the conclusion drawn in verse 12. This was a patriarchal society; lineage was commonly established from a father's genealogy. It is doubtful, therefore, that when this writer praises the miracle of a plethora ...

83. Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-19

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Leonard Sweet

84. Valuing Life Without Playing God

John 10:10-15

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J. Howard Olds

... needs an abortion who is not pregnant so the Church needs to get about the business of sex education and promoting contraception and helping people avoid even having to make this decision at all. The Church needs to get off the back seat when it comes to this subject. In the second place, it seems to me that abortion should at least be safe and rare. Even the most liberal people among us are saying that these days, even Ted Kennedy is saying abortion should be rare. Now that would be a radical change for us ...

85. If Your Sense of Purpose Ever Becomes a Burden, Remember Your Value

Matthew 10:40-42

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Mark Ellingsen

... human beings as God sees them, when you see Christ in them, as if Christ himself were coming into your presence, then fulfilling God's purpose in bringing them into your life, comes a lot easier. After all, you are somebody, a lord who is subject to nothing, but these visitors in your life passing through are pretty special, too. Who would not want to serve them joyfully? Caught up in the love of God, reveling in how he has noticed me, the opportunity to serve these neighbors feels like an opportunity ...

86. One of the Family

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

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, [4] having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. Hebrews 2:5-12 [5] Now God did not subject the coming world, about which we are speaking, to angels. [6] But someone has testified somewhere, "What are human beings that you are mindful of them, or mortals, that you care for them? [7] You have made them for a little while lower than the angels; you have ...

87. The View From Jesus’ Pew

Mark 12:38-44

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David E. Leininger

... 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 ...

88. In the Mood for Murder

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... of people, teenagers and adults, walking around like ticking time bombs is increasing. The pervasiveness of anger in our society is reaching appalling proportions. You can’t have a civilized conversation with some people without their exploding in an ugly passion on some subject or another. It’s scary. Obviously, only a very few of these people will ever erupt into such fury that they kill somebody, but the potential is always there. So we need to take Jesus seriously when he says that the heart of ...

89. The Knot: Frayed (Part 1)

1 Peter 3:1-7

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James Merritt

... is all a matter of focus. Ladies you are going to learn that if you will focus on the inside of you in your marriage, God will take care of the outside of you in your marriage. So wives… I. Focus On How You Respect Your Husband “Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives.” (1 Peter 3:1, ESV) There are two things we have to address immediately. First of all is the situation. Paul is referring ...

90. In Pisidian Antioch

Acts 13:13-52

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... as Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath (v. 42). It is not clear in the Greek who did the inviting. It may have been either the people or the officials; no subject is expressed. Nor is it certain that the invitation was for the following Sabbath, though this is the most likely meaning. The Greek has a phrase that could mean that they were invited to speak “between Sabbaths,” that is, during the week. At a later time ...

91. The Riot in Ephesus

Acts 19:23-41

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... period reveals how the vast wealth deposited in the temple of Artemis found its way by bribery and corruption into the hands of the city officials. Hanson comments: “The town clerk might not relish the thought that this disorderly meeting in the theater on the subject of the temple of Artemis might lead to a close scrutiny of temple affairs (p. 197). 19:38 The proper course, he said, was for Demetrius and the others to take any complaint they had to the appropriate authorities on the days appointed for ...

92. Body / Ambassador

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... to abandon Christ and the Spirit, and thus the very love of God. 5:16 The new section begins in verse 16 with a conclusion (So, h?ste) that draws together what Paul has been saying in the previous section and makes a transition to a new subject. In the previous section (4:7–5:15) Paul has been arguing that the opponents’ physical criterion for assessing the legitimacy of his apostleship is distorted. The apostle’s suffering and dying body and his lack of a glorified face like that of Moses cannot be ...

93. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... Already in 1 Corinthians 9:14, Paul defended his right as an apostle to receive support from the churches, even as he also explained why he voluntarily relinquished that right (1 Cor. 9:15–17). Earlier in 2 Corinthians, Paul has touched on the subject of peddling the word of God (cf. 2 Cor. 2:17), and he returns to this contentious issue in the subsequent context (cf. 12:13–18). Since Paul has divine authority for his apostleship, he is not concerned with demonstrating his authority by taking advantage ...

94. Living to Please God

1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... explanation is added: For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. The tense of the verb (aorist) dates this call from conversion (see disc. on 2 Thess. 2:14). The mention of impurity (akatharsia, cf. 2:3) confirms that the subject of verse 6 is sexual rather than general behavior. The construction in the Greek, with this noun in the dative case governed by the preposition epi, denotes purpose. But the construction changes in the second half of the verse to en with the dative. The noun is ...

95. The High Priesthood of Jesus

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... , unlike all others, he never yielded to sin. Our author thus shares the NT view of the sinlessness of Jesus (e.g., 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:22; 1 John 3:5). Whereas Jesus can sympathize with our weaknesses, he is not, like other high priests, himself subject to sin (see 5:2f.). Jesus became “like his brothers in every way,” yet was without sin. It is for this reason that he can help us. “Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted” (2:17–18). 4 ...

96. Warning Against Falling Away

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... figuratively do so themselves. By using the title the Son of God, the author underscores the full gravity of the offence, for it was just this view of Jesus that had once been believed and is now rejected by the apostate. Moreover, they are subjecting him to public disgrace, for as others witness their disloyalty he becomes the object of ridicule. Apostasy, therefore, is the most serious of sins—a sin for which there is no remedy and from which there is no possibility of return. No means of salvation ...

97. Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

Hebrews 10:1-18

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... mission on earth, reigns as king at the right hand of the Father (cf. 1 Cor. 15:25). The second part of the quotation (v. 13) begins with since that time. What remains is the final vindication of Christ wherein his enemies are fully and finally subjected to him (cf. 9:28). This motif will become an important basis for exhortation in succeeding sections of the epistle (cf. vv. 25, 27, 35, 39; 12:28f.). The point here, however, is that Christ’s atoning work is complete, as the following verse now emphasizes ...

98. The Day of the Lord

2 Peter 3:1-18

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... you really are because of Christ’s grace. Don’t let the enemy drag you down into the mud.” 3:2 To that end, Peter bids them recall the words spoken by God’s messengers in the past, and in particular, as the following verses indicate, on the subject of the return of Christ in glory and its implications for the moral requirements of the gospel. He bases his appeal (as he did in 1:16–21) on the twin authorities of OT prophets and NT apostles. Both convey the divine message. Peter is thus already at ...

99. An Invasion of Locusts

Joel 1:1-12

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... is affected not only outwardly by our ecological indifference and rapacious actions toward it. The Bible’s view is more radical than that: the very being of nature is corrupted—every seed, every gene, every process. As Paul phrases it in Romans 8:21, all are subject to the “bondage of decay” and to the final death that is the wages of sin. Additional Notes This passage (1:5–12) may be divided into three strophes or stanzas, on the basis of the imperative calls for lamentation: vv. 5–7, 8–10 ...

100. Habakkuk’s Complaint

Habakkuk 1:1-4

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... saved from one’s predicament. But it does not. To underline the point, in the two lines of the verse, “call for help” is paralleled by cry out, the verb used of Israel in Egypt (zaʿaq). Yahweh listened to that cry—why not to this one? The subject of the cry is “Violence!” (khamas). Violence filled the earth before the flood (Gen. 6:11, 13), it is another recurrent topic for prayer in the Psalms (e.g., 55:9; 74:20), a concern of Proverbs (e.g., 16:29), but especially of the Prophets in Habakkuk ...

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