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1151. Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... before, the wording of Paul’s Greek emphasizes the personal dimension and relational dynamics of Christian life. While the NIV’s translation catches the general sense of the statement, it makes it sound more like a cold commandment than a word of comfort, assurance, and care. Paul’s desire for the Corinthians is that they may be in such a relationship with God that they are about the work of God’s mission. No matter what one’s earthly status may be, if the believer’s life is formed and directed ...

1152. Warnings from Israel's History

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... to instruct the Corinthians. The references to the cloud and to the passing through the sea recall the story of the deliverance from Egypt in Exodus 13–14. At this point Paul is conjuring up images and the ideas of inclusivity and security in divine care before making creative interpretive use of the story in the verses that follow. 10:2 Paul says they were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. This statement is remarkable, for it interprets the deliverance of Israel from Egypt by acts ...

1153. Various Laws

Leviticus 19:1-37

Understanding Series

W. H. Bellinger, Jr.

... consequences. The offender must be cut off from his people. Along with the prohibitions is, again, the expectation of proper worship of Yahweh. 19:9–10 We have seen previously the two injunctions which relate to the poor and the alien. Here is an attempt to care for the powerless and those in economic need. The customs are to leave the ripe crops around the edges of the fields and the gleanings. With the grapes, there is to be no second scouring, stripping bare, of the vines or picking up the ones which ...

1154. Eliphaz's Third Speech to Job

Job 22:1-30

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... are common characteristics of the poor (Heb. ʾani), and the latter two (“widows” and “fatherless”) describe categories of persons whose vulnerability in society is linked to their lack of any male representative. The law frequently enjoins Israelites—and kings in particular—to care for the needy and to protect the rights of those left defenseless in society: “Do not deprive the alien or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge” (Deut. 24:17; also 14:28–29; 26 ...

1155. Job's Third Reply to Eliphaz

Job 23:1--24:25

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... he wishes. 23:4–5 I would state my case. If God could be found and forced to appear, Job would prepare an articulate case to present. Behind NIV’s low-key “state” is the Hebrew verb ʿrk, “lay out in order; arrange carefully.” What Job would carefully lay out before God is mishpat—a legal term describing the statement of what should have occurred in a particular case (see the discussion on 13:17–18 in §44). Usually the judge pronounces mishpat after having considered all of the evidence in ...

1156. Do Not Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... can be used metaphorically as “a span of time,” it is best to take the phrase to mean “to prolong life by even a short period of time” (v. 27; NIV has add a single hour to his life). Jesus’ disciples are to examine with care (katamanthanō, a compound in which the prefix kata intensifies the verb manthanō, “to learn”) the lilies of the field (v. 28). The flowers are perhaps the purple anemone, whose color would lead naturally to a comparison with the royal purple of Solomon (cf. the “purple ...

1157. Daniel’s Prayer

Daniel 9:1-19

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... pour out” v. 27 v. 11 tkhnh/tkhnwn, “supplication” vv. 3, 20, 23 vv. 17, 18 This shows that the prayer is now an integral part of the chapter. It is not clear whether that is because the prayer is original or because the redactor who added it was careful to choose words for the prayer that linked it to the surrounding material. 9:9–10 Although vv. 4b–19 constitute a prayer, directed to God, the author shifts to the third person (note the him and he) in vv. 9–10 for didactic purposes. In vv. 4b ...

1158. The Year of Jubilee

Leviticus 25:8-55

Understanding Series

W. H. Bellinger, Jr.

... the intent to mitigate such circumstances and break the spiral into poverty motivate these rules. The chapter upholds community, family, and the promise of a future while resisting the amassing of property and wealth. The rich are not given complete domination, and the poor are cared for and granted a mechanism to escape poverty. The themes covered in this chapter relate to the focal points of prophetic literature (e.g., Isa. 5:8–10; Amos 2:6–8; Mic. 2:1–11). Part of the goal of holiness as Yahweh’s ...

1159. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... firmed up and shaped around the central commitment to Christ. It does not happen overnight, for it is a process. The process needs to finish its work, or “have its complete effect,” for it is the shaping of the whole person that is at issue. One must be careful not to short-circuit it: to pull the metal out of the fire too soon, to abort the developing child, to resist the schooling—to use three metaphors often used to describe the process. James does not see a single end to the process, such as the ...

1160. The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... . The covenant relationship between God and God’s people really means something only if God is totally committed to it. A God who was not jealous for the reciprocal commitment of God’s people would be as contemptible as a husband who didn’t care whether or not his wife was faithful to him. Part of our problem with this profound covenantal reality is that we have come to regard religion, like everything else, as a matter of “consumer choice,” which we have virtually deified for its own sake ...

1161. The Most Generous Gift

Luke 1:26-38

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King Duncan

... restaurant were now staring at him and the old man. Erik’s parents hurried their meal as soon as it arrived. The old man was still teasing at Erik: “Peek-a-boo . . . I see you.” The man was anything but cute and obviously intoxicated, but Erik didn’t care. No sooner had they finished their meal than Erik’s dad hurriedly went to pay the check. He told his wife to meet him in the parking lot. The old man sat poised between the mother and the door. “Lord, just let me out of here before he speaks ...

1162. Rebirth

John 3:14-21

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John Jamison

... , the centurions and other officials were on guard and watching closely for thieves and pickpockets hiding in the shadows. Even though he could quickly clear up any problem by showing them who he was, having to do that would create even bigger problems. So he had to be careful. This story in today’s scripture raises a lot of questions for many people. At one point, Jesus says that God loved the world so much that he sent his only Son to save it, and then turns around and says that those people who do not ...

1163. Where It Ends

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

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John Jamison

... treat all other people as having more value than they have themselves. It means that the disciples will set aside their position, and care for those with the lowest, or even no position. Jesus took the role of the lowest in the room and challenges us to ... anyone else? What if you were asked to accept the fact that they have exactly the same value as you? What if you were asked to care about them? And for them? Sometimes, that’s where it all comes to an end, isn’t it? Peter was a strong man and strong ...

1164. Giving Up Control

John 6:1-21

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Ron Lavin

... us because bad things happen to us even when we follow the Lord, we have the opportunity to remember the hardest lesson of all. God is in control, not me. God acts on his time schedule, not mine. God is stronger than the storms of life and God cares about us as his children. Faith means waiting, trusting, depending on Jesus, not self. When the sun is shining, our lives are going well, and we are successful by human standards, it is easy to slip into the heresy of self-dependency and lose sight of who really ...

1165. Speaking Truth to Power and Hope to the Powerless

Mark 9:30-37

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Rick McCracken-Bennett

... the disciples shooing children away from Jesus. And Jesus became irate. So Jesus put one of these little ones, the least of all in society, in the midst of the disciples and said, in effect, the only way you can have any importance in the kingdom of God is to care for, to welcome, to serve those who are least of all. The only way that the disciples can be reckoned as having any status whatsoever is for them to serve the powerless. It is a theme we hear over and over in the gospels, the first must be last of ...

1166. Sheepish Shalom

Matthew 25:31-46

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Susan R. Andrews

... any other day. I am dumbfounded by these guys who remember that day and haven’t given up. It’s an honor to realize how much they still care for me.” Like the sheep in today’s vision who end up in the kingdom of God, Alfred Rascon was astonished by the positive reward that now ... not individuals who are sentenced and saved in this vision. It is the nations. And as citizens of this nation, we must care about how our nation as a whole is doing the work of shalom. Feed the hungry. How are we doing in child ...

1167. Lying By the Side of the Road

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... was this. He said that during that period of 20 or 30 minutes, he beckoned everyone who passed along the roadside to stop and summon help for them, to get an ambulance to come to the rescue of a dying woman. But he said, “No one seemed to care.” And no one stopped. (3) It’s a revealing story of the kind of society we are becoming. Obviously we have our reasons, just as the priest and the Levite had their reasons. Still this story makes us uncomfortable. There are two levels at which we may respond ...

1168. The New Moses

Matthew 1:18-25

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Dean Feldmeyer

... and see what else we may have missed. We start with a walk through the cemetery. Matthew’s gospel account and his story of the birth of Jesus begins with a long and, to be honest, rather boring, genealogy. You have to look at it very carefully to find anything interesting, here, and that’s just what preacher and professor Fred Craddock does for us. He likens the placement of this genealogy as a walk through the cemetery. Craddock asks us to imagine the author of the story, Matthew, waiting for the birth ...

1169. Recognizing Who God Is

Job 42:7-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... turn to the movie Rudy. Rudy is based on the true story of a young man named Rudy Ruettiger whose only goal in life was to play football for Notre Dame. Rudy is small and he lacks athletic ability. He is repeatedly rejected by the team. Rudy enlists a caring priest as his spiritual advisor during this time. The priest hurts for Rudy, and wants very much for his prayers to be answered. In this clip, Rudy has run out of options. He is desperate. So he goes to the priest for advice. [If you are using the Video ...

1170. The Proof is in the Roof

Luke 5:17-26

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Lori Wagner

... me? What IS your definition of intercessory prayer? [You might go interactive at this point and see what your people say.] Well, you can either define “intercessory prayer” with words, or you can tell this story of the four friends who cared enough about their friend that they dug through a roof. Intercessory prayer breaks through barriers. It never gives up and it perseveres valiantly, even in the face of doubt and discouragement. Intercessory prayer gives hope for change, new opportunities, new life ...

1171. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

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Lori Wagner

... OUR way. We made one of the top songs of all time “I did it MY Way.” We want what we want, and we don’t care how we get it. We say we trust God, but don’t really trust God. We have a plan of how we want things to go, and ... in law Naomi, it is a high priority for Naomi and help Ruth find another husband, so that they would again be part of a family, be cared for, and have food and money and identity. Without it they were nothing. When Ruth “lays with” Boaz, it is an agreement that he would marry ...

1172. Bittersweet

Matthew 2:1-12

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Lori Wagner

... no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the ...

1173. Lost

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , a King of the House of David (23) Through Jeremiah, God Mourns That His Sheep Are Scattered and Lost, and Jeremiah Predicts the Fall of Babylon and the Return of the Fold (50) Ezekiel Tells of God’s Anger at the Shepherds of Israel Who Have Not Cared for the Flock; God vows to Care for the Flock and Look for the Lost (34) Micah Tells of God’s Plan to Raise Up a Shepherd to Rule Over Israel; Then God Will Seek the Lost Sheep of Israel (5) Be Good Shepherds of Your Flock (1 Peter 5) Luke’s Witness to ...

1174. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

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Lori Wagner

... help the man up and send him on his way. He establishes a relationship with this man, delivering him to an inn, paying for his care, and checking back to make sure he’s ok. So the question for us too is this: what are we doing to establish relationships ... him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I ...

1175. Lazarus Rising

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44, John 11:45-57, John 12:1-11, John 12:12-19

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Lori Wagner

... was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.” He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it. “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will ...

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