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1326. When You Drop the Ball, What Next?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... money, buy insurance, invest for retirement. We have a home, a family, a schedule, which gives structure and meaning to our days and nights. We build our lives on the secure foundation of predictability. But conversely, we also crave spontaneity. We hunger for those unexpected moments that bring uncontained joy and unconstrained excitement to our day-to-day existence. We ache to be astonished and amazed. That is why God made sports channels. There is nothing like the unscripted, uncut, unpredictable moment ...

1327. The Big "W"

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... that they are “gracing us” with their presence and their acceptance of what we offer to them. Did you come to worship this morning as a “scarf hound” or as a “spoiled dog”? Are you here because your soul trusts in God’s providence and presence, and hungers for the divine gift of being able to draw near to God? Or are you here because you are doing God a “favor” by showing up? Do you somehow imagine that God needs your presence and the witness of your worship in order to validate God’s ...

1328. The Door Is Open

John 10:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... and give it a divine meaning. He actually did that seven times. So there would be no mistake as to exactly who He was, seven times Jesus identified himself through metaphors. Two weeks ago, we learned He is the Bread of Life. He is the One that can satisfy every hunger and every thirst that we have. Last week, we learned He is the Light of the World. When you are in the dark places of your life, He is the light that can guide you out. Today, He compares Himself to something we all encounter all the time and ...

1329. Determining Your Destiny

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

James Merritt

... good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.” (Luke 16:23-25, ESV) What a difference a day makes! We are told specifically that Lazarus was “comforted.” Look at Lazarus now! No more hunger. He is dining at God’s table. No more sickness. He is permanently healed. No more poverty. He is walking golden streets surrounded by pearly gates. No more homelessness. He is living in a room custom built by the Master carpenter. No more loneliness. He ...

1330. Seismic Shift

2 Corinthians 7:2-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... others of us and we do love Jesus, we do know Jesus, and we want to live for Jesus, but we have a pet sin that we keep on a leash, in a closet, that we don’t want to give up. For some of us, it is greed and hunger for money. For some of us, it is our sex life or our social life, or for some of us it is our temper, or our impatience. For some of us, it is our pride that keeps us from going to someone we have wronged and asking for forgiveness. The ...

1331. Don't Forget the Bread

John 6:25-59

Sermon

... , which they were told to save until morning. For children who knew the pain of near-starvation, this bread represented security to them. That night, all the boys fell asleep peacefully, each clutching his bread. The boys then slept soundly because, after so many years of hunger, they finally had the assurance of food for the next day. (2) Because we are not as dependent on bread as Jesus’ original listeners, we may not appreciate as much as they what he meant when he said that he is the bread of life. He ...

1332. Hamburgers Don't Grow on Trees

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” In other words, the day is coming when, on this earth, God’s love will reign in every heart. At that point, the world will live in peace. There will be no more pain, no more hunger, no more war. The Kingdom came into the world with Jesus and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, it has been growing ever since. Notice in this parable that the farmer doesn’t plow the seed under nor does he irrigate it. He simply scatters the seed on the ...

1333. Poem: Adonais

Eulogy

Percy Bysshe Shelley

... deep and liquid rest, forgetful of all ill. VIII. He will awake no more, oh, never more! - Within the twilight chamber spreads apace The shadow of white Death, and at the door Invisible Corruption waits to trace His extreme way to her dim dwelling-place; The eternal Hunger sits, but pity and awe Soothe her pale rage, nor dares she to deface So fair a prey, till darkness, and the law Of change, shall o’er his sleep the mortal curtain draw. IX. O, weep for Adonais! – The quick Dreams, The passion-winged ...

1334. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... where, couch’d at ease, The white kine glimmer’d, and the trees Laid their dark arms about the field. But when those others, one by one, Withdrew themselves from me and night, And in the house light after light Went out, and I was all alone, A hunger seized my heart; I read Of that glad year which once had been, In those fall’n leaves which kept their green, The noble letters of the dead: And strangely on the silence broke The silent-speaking words, and strange Was love’s dumb cry defying change To ...

1335. Blessed Are the Abnormal

James 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... memory. Her father had often thrown wild parties when she was a child at which he became quite drunk. Whenever he got drunk, he would start giving away whatever food he found in the pantry. This was right after the war, when jobs were scarce and hunger and poverty stalked their town. Most of the men at these parties would have starved if it hadn’t been for Yasuko’s father’s drunken generosity. After the man left, Yasuko’s mother told her the truth: her father never drank alcohol. In Japanese culture ...

1336. God's Pattern for Sainthood

Psalm 24:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... your life has been] loaded . . . with woes and miseries!” “I will tell you,” replied [this financially-challenged man]. “I have cast myself wholly upon the Divine Will, to which I so conform my own will that whatever God wills, I will also. So when hunger, thirst, cold, heat or sickness molest me, I do nothing but praise God, and whatever happens to me--whether it be prosperous or adverse, whether it be pleasing or unpleasant--I take all from the hand of God with great gladness, as that which can ...

1337. The Assurance of Bread

John 6:35, 51

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... in terror. One doctor had an idea for handling that fear. After feeding the boys a large meal, he put them to bed with a piece of bread in their hands, which they were told to save until morning. The boys then slept soundly because, after so many years of hunger, they finally had the assurance of food for the next day. Do you have Jesus as your Savior? If you do, you hold the Bread of Life in your hands and therefore have the assurance that you will not go out of this life in terror and fear.

1338. Ingredients of Good Government

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... disciple, “suppose you had no choice but to dispense with one of those three, which would you forego?” “Weapons,” said Confucius. His disciple persisted: “Suppose you were then forced to dispense with one of the two that are left, which would you forego?” Replied Confucius, “Food. For from of old, hunger has been the lot of all men, but a people that no longer trusts its rulers is lost indeed” (Confucius, The Analects).

1339. I Was Hungry

Matthew 25:31-46

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Michael P. Green

I was hungry, and you formed a humanities club and discussed my hunger. I was imprisoned, and you crept off quietly to your chapel in the cellar and prayed for my release. I was naked, and in your mind you debated the morality of my appearance. I was sick, and you knelt and thanked God for your health. I was homeless, and you ...

1340. Peter’s Vision

Acts 10:9-23a

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... the dream was conditioned by his immediate circumstances. Rackham suggests that he may have already been pondering the question of Jewish-Gentile relations, pressed upon him by his visit to Joppa, with its shipping and its hint of faraway places (p. 150). Add to this his hunger and the image of the awning over his head, or perhaps of sails glimpsed in the harbor below, and all the ingredients were there for the imagery of the dream. For he saw (lit., “he sees,” a rare use of the historic present by Luke ...

1341. Paul's Hardships

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... The first part (vv. 4b–7a; cf. 2 En. 66:6) gives a straight catalogue of various things organized, in part, into groups and introduced by the preposition in—persecutions (beatings, imprisonments and riots), deprivations (hard work, sleepless nights and hunger), fruits of the Spirit (purity, understanding, patience and kindness; Holy Spirit, sincere love, truthful speech, power of God). The second part of the list (vv. 7b–8a) gives a shorter catalogue of paired items introduced by the preposition with ...

1342. Godlessness in the Last Days

2 Timothy 3:1-9

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... in the church. Although our other sources date from a somewhat later period, there is plenty of evidence that religious quackery had an especially fruitful field among women. Both their less-than-satisfying social position in Greco-Roman society and their religious hunger, typical of the era, made women easy prey. With these words Paul simultaneously associates the false teachers with such quackery and condemns the women in the church who have let themselves be taken in. It is with this information in hand ...

1343. Trials and Temptations

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

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... s Magnificat (Luke 1:53). A similar theme occurs in 1 Enoch. More importantly, the Lukan beatitudes express it clearly (Luke 6:20–26): 20 Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23 “Rejoice in that day ...

1344. Favoritism Forbidden

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

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... . 35:10) but also very much a part of the intertestamental period; e.g., 1 Enoch 108:7–15; Psalms of Solomon 5; Gen. Rabba 71:1. See further E. Bammel, “Ptōchos,” TDNT, vol. 6, pp. 895–98; R. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger (Downers Grove, Ill: Inter-Varsity Press, 1977), pp. 59–86; R. Foster, The Freedom of Simplicity (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981), pp. 15–51. The promise of the kingdom of God to the poor is found throughout the New Testament, e.g., Matt. 5:3, where “poor in ...

1345. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... (October–November) before sowing. After the sowing he waited for the spring, or later, rains (March–April) to ripen the crop. All this time his food supplies were getting lower; it was not uncommon for food to be rationed and the children to be crying from hunger during the month or two before harvest. The later the rains, the worse it was. But with his life in his hands he had to wait for conditions outside his control. 5:8 Christians also must be patient. Like the farmer, the Christian bets his or ...

1346. Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 16:1-33

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... 24 is “lips.” 16:25 See 14:12 and comment. 16:26 Synonymous. Line b gives the reason for line a. The paronomasia, or play on words, of the Hebrew can be preserved by substituting “labors” for works. There is a certain advantage to hunger; it can lead to more diligent labor. But the author of Ecclesiastes is not so optimistic (Eccl. 6:7). 16:27 Synonymous? “Lips,” “evil,” and “perversity” are repeated in verses 27–30; and “man” begins verses 27–29 (cf. also 29:8–10). Scoundrel ...

1347. Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 19:1-29

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... be visited by evil.” See the Additional Notes. Despite this, the meaning is clear: fear of the LORD brings security. 19:24 Synonymous and chiastic. See also 26:15. The point of the exaggeration is to underscore the laziness of the sluggard; even hunger will not transform a lazy person. 19:25 Antithetic. The saying deals with the effects of physical discipline and correction. The mocker will probably not learn from it, but the simple will. The discerning person does not need such a drastic example to learn ...

1348. More Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 27:1-27

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... true sign of love). In verse 6, there is a contrast between the frank though hurtful actions of a friend and the profuse (but hypocritical) kisses of an enemy. 27:7 Antithetic. This is partially matched in Ahiqar, line 188 (ANET, p. 430): “Hunger makes bitterness sweet . . .” The paradoxical observation is applicable to many situations in life. 27:8 The point of the explicit comparison between the bird and the human is homelessness. Uprooting could be caused by various events, such as war or exile. 27:9 ...

1349. How the Gold Has Lost Its Luster

Lamentations 4:1-22

One Volume

Tremper Longman III

... city because the crops that sustained the population came from the surrounding fields, which would have been seized by the attackers. The second parallelism describes the reasons for the famine (lack of food from the field) and the torture it brought (racked with hunger, they waste away). Jeremiah had warned Judah that it would fall to sword and famine, frequently adding a third threat, plague (Jer. 11:22; 14:12–18; 16:4, etc.). 4:10 Yod. A siege radically and perversely inverts normal human relationships ...

1350. Remember, O Lord, What Has Happened to Us

Lamentations 5:1-22

One Volume

Tremper Longman III

... of the city has affected the health of the people as well. Hygiene and sanitation would not function as usual; disease could spread. Thus, the people grow feverish. A lack of food is specifically named as a cause of the bad condition of the people (feverish from hunger). 5:11–14 The next four verses describe the sad situation of specific groups of people. The first group are women (v. 11). War and its aftermath are bad times for women. Rape is a horrible fate for women left defenseless by the death or ...

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