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101. Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Romans 11:33-36

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Raymond Gibson

... what else to do! Let’s all stand up and sing the Doxology!" At the very heart of all Christian worship, there is a deep sense of wonder at the goodness and greatness of God. Sooner or later, all Christians reach a point when they are overcome with awe and amazement ... . To him be glory for ever. Amen." Paul was a man lost in wonder, love, and praise, and all he could do was to pass that sense of wonder, love, and praise along to others. That’s all we can do, as well; but if we do, it will be enough. That is ...

102. The Divine Family

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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King Duncan

... to know that his or her parents are not perfect, but they also need to know that our lives are centered and grounded in the very best of which we are capable. We are the models by which they will judge their own lives. A sense of identity--a sense of self-worth--a sense of what is of real value. It was the philosopher Heine who once said that a person cannot be too careful choosing his parents. The truth of that assertion is too painfully apparent to us. Our relationship to God is that of a loving parent ...

103. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... missionary movement. But there is just as great a story to be written here. And it will be written here when the Church in America realizes that God is calling the Church to perform a mission right here. No telling what will happen if the Church in America got a sense of mission. We discovered what I think is also true in every other church. We are not organized to do mission because we don't expect it to happen here. If we are going to make a difference in the lives of people, if we are going to make a ...

104. Missing the Mark

1 Samuel 8:1-22

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Charles Allo

... 15: v 6a"But when they said, "Give us a king to lead us," Slide 16: The leaders simply filtered their actions through what they sensed to be true rather what they knew to be true. The hurt and pain that enveloped my choice Remember when I told you about the ... we see relief in view. Let's not reject what we know to be true for what seems to be true. What we feel and sense are real and legitimate, but why should what we experience deny what is true. The Israelites did not remember God and give Him a chance ...

105. What Christmas Gives to Us

Luke 2:1-7

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James W. Moore

... I would like to know, but what little I do know about them, I learned at the church from the lessons of Christmas… so that’s what I put down first in my most-wanted Christmas List this year… the good sense to put first things first. II. A SECOND GIFTI WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS CHRISTMAS IS THE GOOD SENSE TO ALWAYS BE GRACIOUS AND LOVING. Joey, age 8, was very sad. It was just a few days till Christmas and Joey was down in the dumps. His friend, Tommy, age 10,asked: “What’s wrong Joey? Why so sad ...

106. On Time

Matthew 24:36-44

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Leonard Sweet

... things and when not to. His out-of-sync disciples often chafed under Jesus' precise tutelage, wanting to be told more, to see more, to experience more, to understand more. But Jesus steadfastly kept to God's timetable, admitting "my time is not yet come." In fact, a great sense of timing was one of the keys to Jesus' ministry. He knew when to step forward and lead a crowd, and he knew when it was time to slip away unnoticed. He knew there were times to fast and times to feast - and he kept both according to ...

107. A Guide for Growth

Philippians 1:1-11

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Maxie Dunnam

... may be, in fact this is my assessment of the solution - we are adrift as we are in our nation and in the world today because we’ve not been able to cast aside a rigid, narrow, straightjacket approach to Christianity which repulsed most of us, and yet keep a sense of responsibility and the moral demands that are part and parcel of the gospel. This means that we must deal with the fact of sin in our lives, and God’s call to righteousness. To seek to evade fact of sin, or to water it down, is contrary to ...

108. Being the Lord's Instrument

Exodus 17:1-7

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Maxie Dunnam

... capacity of our gifts, but by our willingness to use those gifts. So the lesson here is for us to be the Lord’s instrument, as Moses was. There are two things necessary if we are going to be the Lord’s instrument. One, we have to have a sense of our own uniqueness. As Charlie Brown would say, “Even the two of clubs wins a trick now and then.” How different was Moses and Aaron. They became the Lord’s instrument in their uniqueness. Central in my theology is the conviction that each one of us is a ...

109. The Curse of the Impossible

Mark 9:14-32

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Maxie Dunnam

... do not happen, it’s the reason our l are so humdrum and routine, so hemmed in and dull. 2 the reason the church is so bland in its witness that not many stop to take note of what’s going on among Christians, We are cursed with a sense of the impossible. Let’s look at the story, and then underscore a couple of truths. Jesus had been with Peter, James and John upon the mountain alone for spiritual renewal and rest. There on the mountain He was transfigured in their presence, and Elijah and Moses came to ...

110. Jingle Bells at a Funeral

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

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King Duncan

... God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” Ask God for joy if you do not have it in your life already. Joy is your privilege and responsibility as a follower of Jesus Christ. Cultivate a sense of God’s presence and carry it with you always. That’s what it means to “pray continually.” And develop a profound sense of gratitude in your life that you can hold on to regardless of your circumstances a gratitude attitude. This is God’s will for you, says St. Paul. Listen to the message of these three short ...

111. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... and blossoms like the rest. CXVI Is it, then, regret for buried time That keenlier in sweet April wakes, And meets the year, and gives and takes The colours of the crescent prime? Not all: the songs, the stirring air, The life re-orient out of dust Cry thro’ the sense to hearten trust In that which made the world so fair. Not all regret: the face will shine Upon me, while I muse alone; And that dear voice, I once have known, Still speak to me of me and mine: Yet less of sorrow lives in me For days of ...

112. Boasting

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

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... and his seed belong the promises of God (cf. Gen. 12:1–3, 7; 13:15–17; 15:18; 17:7–10, 19). Paul traces his gospel back to the Abrahamic promise (Gal. 3:8), and he regards Christ as the seed of Abraham in the strict sense (Gal. 3:16). In Christ, believers participate in the seed of Abraham and and thus become heirs to the Abrahamic promise (Gal. 3:29). 11:23a After comparing himself favorably to the opponents in terms of membership in the historic Hebrew nation, Paul makes yet another comparison ...

113. Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:17--3:5

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... , “you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome this world”—and its prince (John 16:33; cf. Matt. 5:11f.; Mark 8:34ff.; John 12:31; 14:30; 15:18–21; 16:11; Acts 14:22; Phil. 1:29). Believers will share in that victory and, in a sense, they already have. But as long as this age lasts, they must not expect an easy life. But Paul is saying something more than this. Trials are a part of God’s purpose for us. Why, we do not know, but acceptance of the proposition that “we were destined for ...

114. Advice About Widows, Elders and Slaves

1 Timothy 5:1-6:2

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... case, even those that are not cannot be hidden forever. This final clause is not so clear in the Greek. It could mean even those deeds that are not good, but in the light of what has already been said in verse 24, the NIV probably has given the right sense. It is also not clear when Paul thinks they might be no longer hidden. Kelly thinks at the judgment, but more likely it balances the word of verse 24 and thus also goes back to verse 22. Just as caution is required because some people’s sins are not ...

115. Encouragement to Be Faithful

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... v. 14), reminded Paul, first, of many who had not kept that trust (v. 15), and, second, of one who in particular had not only not deserted but had gone out of his way to the share the “shame” of Paul’s imprisonment. In this paragraph we sense the pain of Paul’s present situation and his loneliness, brought about both by what has happened in Ephesus (v. 15; cf. 2:14–3:9) and by his unfavorable circumstances in Rome (vv. 16–18; cf. 4:6–18). The paragraph, however, is not without its difficulties ...

116. The Blood of Christ

Hebrews 9:11-28

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... to Christ’s blood in 1 Pet. 1:2—but this, of course, is to be understood in a figurative rather than a literal sense. Like our author, Josephus (Ant. 3.206) refers to the sprinkling of the tent and its vessels. Everything used in its ceremonies may be ... we have read that he died “for everyone” (2:9). Thus the “many” of Mark 10:45 is probably also to be explained in an inclusive sense as referring to all (see 2 Cor. 5:14f. and 1 Tim. 2:6). Compare too the “many” of Rom. 5:15 and 19 with the ...

117. A Time for Everything

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... of Ecclesiastes, and is used in settings from funerals to folk-rock concerts. In the poem, pairs of opposites illustrate that there is a proper time for all human activity. When it is read in isolation from its context, the poem provides the reader with a sense of comfort and reassurance. There is a time for everything. In the unpleasant seasons of life, one can recognize that there will be balancing good times. Thus one is enabled to accept grief as part of a larger picture (when using this as a funeral ...

118. Where Has Your Lover Gone

Song of Songs 6:1-13

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... the NIV identifies the central man as the speaker here, it is as easy to imagine that the central woman is speaking. In fact, there is nothing that precludes a different speaker for each verse. The meaning depends on the speaker(s). If the woman speaks both, the sense may be: “I meant to go to the orchard. I don’t know what I’m doing among the royal chariots with this admiring throng.” She could also be using the orchard and the vineyard as images for her own sexuality, so that in taking a walk to ...

119. Riddles and Metaphors

Ezekiel 15:1-8, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 17:1-24

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... warlike image (see 2 Sam. 1:23) that often refers to conquering enemies (Hos. 8:1, of Assyria; Deut. 28:49; Jer. 4:13; 48:40; 49:22; Hab. 1:8; and Lam. 4:19, of Babylon). As the interpretation of the allegory makes evident, it is in this last sense that Ezekiel uses the image of the eagle here. The first eagle, which planted the vine by the river, is Babylon (v. 12). The second eagle, toward which the vine vainly struggles to grow, is Egypt (v. 15). In his fourth year (594/3 B.C.), Zedekiah made an alliance ...

120. Egypt

Ezekiel 29:1-21, Ezekiel 30:1-26, Ezekiel 31:1-18, Ezekiel 32:1-32

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... of these defunct powers. Some of the nations here also feature in the earlier oracles against the nations: Edom (v. 29; see 25:12–14), and the Sidonians (v. 30; not just the people of Sidon [28:20–24], but “apparently in its wider sense = Phoenicians” [Katzenstein, History of Tyre, p. 324]). Others are a mystery. Elam (vv. 24–25), a region east of the Tigris, lost its independence when Ashurbanipal of Assyria sacked its capital Susa in 646 B.C. Thereafter, it was absorbed into Assyria and, later ...

121. Elihu Makes His Appearance

Job 32:1--37:24

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... in God in 13:15 and 14:14. He complained in 9:24; 12:6; and 21:17 that God is not acting justly toward him. Elihu takes Job’s words and spins them so that they sound like an arrogant rejection of God, but that is not an accurate sense of Job’s spirit and intention. 35:16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk. Taking the same harsh tone as the three friends before him, Elihu concludes that Job’s words are empty. He uses the Hebrew term hebel, which is found repeatedly in the book of Ecclesiastes ...

122. Orderly Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... seems clear on the surface, but what Paul means, where he received the decree, and how, are all open questions. Watson (First Epistle, p. 155) states that “Paul now claims for himself the right to speak for God,” but that is wrong. Paul may demonstrate a sense of authority here, but he claims no rights. The exercise of a genuine responsibility is not the same as the assertion of a right. Moreover, the form of this statement by Paul is much firmer in tone and grammar than is his more modest claim at 7 ...

123. Job's Second Reply to Eliphaz

Job 16:1-17:16

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... . Just who is this intercessor in whom Job places so much hope? The Hebrew word (melits) is not a common one and occurs only five times in the OT (twice in Job, here and in 33:23; also Gen. 42:23; 2 Chr. 32:31; Isa. 43:27). The sense in all of these passages seems to be “interpreter” or “go between.” In the Hebrew text, the word is plural, leading some to suggest a masculine form of the noun melitsah, which is often taken to be derived from the Hiphil stem of the verb lyts, “mock, ridicule.” In ...

124. The Lord Speaks

Job 38:1--41:34

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... ring in the nose of a wild ox provides a means of controlling him. In some ways the hippopotamus looks like a heavy, aquatic ox. The question infers the impossibility of bringing such a unique and powerful wild beast under human control. In the larger, more metaphorical sense, Job (and the reader) is forced to admit that only God is able to bring order to the chaos that otherwise reigns in his creation. Additional Notes 40:19 He ranks first among the works of God. Some take the meaning of this to be one of ...

125. Boasting

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

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

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