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151. All the More Reason

Psalm 100:1-5

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Brett Blair

... to the Nazi regime, was executed two years later. On the day that the sentence was carried out he conducted a service for the other prisoners. One of those prisoners, an English officer who survived, wrote these words: "Bonhoeffer always seemed to me to spread an atmosphere of happiness and joy over the least incident, and profound gratitude for the mere fact that he was alive... He was one of the very few persons I have ever met for whom God was real and always near... On Sunday, April 8, 1945, Pastor ...

152. The Wizard of Yoj

Psalm 100:1-5

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Edward L. Palmer

... s an astounding number of s’s in the word Christian - solemn, sinful, and somber among them. And all too often they join with two more - Sunday service - to form the most joyless hour of the week. Maybe organs, pews, gowns, and store clothes help create this atmosphere; but in the final analysis we’re the ones who set the tone. If we let it be predominantly solemn and somber, we have a tragedy in the making - the tragedy of missing one of the simplest, most precious gifts our Lord has given. Not as the ...

153. Return to Jerusalem

Acts 20:7-12

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... in the Scriptures but which have become an axiom, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." No wonder there was weeping and embracing when Paul finished. The elders were touched and sorrowful about his imminent departure. Whatever else may have pervaded the atmosphere at Ephesus, a great spirit of love, loyalty and affection existed between Paul and the leaders of the congregation. The words in 21:1, "we were parted from them," could better be read as meaning, "we were torn away from them." From here on ...

154. Echoes of Eternity

Matthew 10:24-32

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Dennis Kastens

... littered and unsightly, that our beaches and resort areas are checkered with styrofoam cups, plasticware and tin cans, nor that our closets and garages are cluttered and disorderly, or that our municipal dump heaps are burning with continual air and atmosphere pollution. These things are bad in themselves. However, the really sad thing is that people transfer this posture of temporalness, carelessness, and cheapness to their own souls, the one aspect about ourselves which God tells us is immortal and worth ...

155. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Romans 13:1-7

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Carroll Gunkel

What are you to do if you are a Christian in a non-Christian society? More than that, what are you to do if you are a Christian in an anti-Christian society? What are you to do if you have been reared in a theological atmosphere steeped in Romans 13 with its emphasis on obedience to those in authority? What are you to do if you have been taught that your political leaders hold their mandate from God and that disobedience to these leaders is a sin against God? What are you to do if you ...

156. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

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Esther R. Russ

... , then to Herod, and back to Pilate, the darkness of the last hours mingled with the sweat of the Savior’s brow. Blasphemy! Choir: Blasphemy! Narrator: Blasphemy! Choir: Blasphemy! Narrator: Death! Choir: Death! Narrator: Words thick upon the hearts of men penetrated the atmosphere. Pilate tried to run from the evil influence, but as a man of power, weakened by those he ruled, he cried out, "What then must I do with Jesus who is called the King of the Jews?" (Choir Member jumps into the aisle, raising ...

157. On Being Lifted Beyond Ourselves

Romans 8:18-27

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Robert G. Tuttle

... , the charismatics are realizing a "fellowship with the Father and the Son through the Spirit, and therewith - indeed, thereby, (are) realizing (a) spiritual oneness with the rest of God’s assembled family." This results in what someone has called "atmospheric communication." Dr. Packer concludes his article in Christianity Today with this interesting speculation: "As ‘egg-head’ radical theology invites the church into the wilderness of a new Unitarianism, is it not (dare I say) just like God to have ...

158. Journey To The Cross II: Jesus And The Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

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James W. Moore

... , teacher, and counselor. In his book entitled Through The Eyes of Faith, he tells about his prison ministry. About once a month, he visits a prisoner in the state penitentiary. He describes how difficult that is for him personally… the atmosphere is dismal, dark, depressing… and charged with suspicion. However, on one occasion, Father Powell said he had an enlightening and inspiring experience in that stern and somber prison environment. An elderly woman was standing beside him as they moved through ...

159. TUNE IN WITH PRAYER

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John H. Krahn

... will of the nation with God’s will. God’s people tuned into him, listening for his direction. In my freshman year at Concordia Preparatory School in New York, I can recall trying to tune my radio into WBAL in Baltimore, my home town. Under certain atmospheric conditions, I was successful. Often the static wasn’t too bad, and I could hear the familiar sounds of the way the king’s English was spoken at home. It was the sound of home, and it felt good. Unfortunately, our lines of communication with the ...

160. God and the Weather

Matthew 5:45; 16:2-3 · Psalm 18:7-11; 46:1-3, 11

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Robert Noblett

... in a vision of life’s harmony in which God and his people dwell together in oneness and joy. In Genesis God says of creation that it is good. And in Revelation we see a vision of the holy city, the New Jerusalem, and its atmosphere of tearlessness, deathlessness and painlessness. Between those two visions there is a history of turmoil between God and his creation, but there is absolutely no doubt about God’s intentions. He wants oneness with his prodigy. Thinking along the lines of the weather and God ...

161. MIRIAM’S BABY BROTHER

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Marcia Miller

Miriam’s Baby Brother is based on the familiar story that is found in Exodus 1:15--2:9. This play is an historical re-telling of the story-line but has a more modern atmosphere, which is demonstrated through the dialogue and setting. If a more elaborate set decoration is used, the setting is inside the house. There are a table, several chairs, a fireplace, and a cradle; the usual things. A door on stage right leads to another room in the house. Sitting on ...

162. THE WITCH OF ENDOR

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Marcia Miller

... strong that he carries it.) His colors should be white and gold. The main acting area in which the play is set is the Inner-room of The Witch’s House. Again, the historical accuracy should not interfere with the set decoration. It is important to establish the atmosphere of the witch’s altar. It could be best described as a small hut with, perhaps, a dirt floor. It is not necessary to have a lot of furniture. But try to avoid the stereotyped "Fairy Tale" witch’s house. There must be a screen for the ...

163. Five Grains of Corn

Psalm 111:1-10

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Allan J. Weenink

... ! God had brought them by his providence and direction to a new land. Here existed limitless resources. It remained for them, not simply for their own personal needs, to build homes and carve out farms, but to establish a moral and spiritual atmosphere which would nurture, uplift, support, and sustain those who were to follow. That they did. Their blessings, even though apparently frugal at first, placed on them responsibilities which they could not shirk. Nor did they. We in the United States have special ...

164. When The Cheering Stopped

Matthew 21:1-11

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Brett Blair

... for a redeemed, reconciled, and healed world.” Our concept of consumerism has crept into the church. To recruit persons and to be marketable we think that we need to be able to say: “Look what our church can offer you.” In this atmosphere of a sorority rush party, talk of discipleship is muted. Discipleship means knowing who Jesus Christ is and following the revelation made known to us in his teaching, death, resurrection, and presence. Commitment means after the shouts of Hosanna we walk to Golgotha ...

165. When Christians Quarrel: Resolving Conflict in the Church

Matthew 18:15-20

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... fellowship, if it is Christian, conflicts can be resolved, if at all possible, by not going to law or by Christless argument. Legalism seldom settles relationship problems, but often drives them deeper. What Jesus means here is this: It is in an atmosphere of Christian prayer, Christian love, and Christian fellowship that personal relationships may be righted. It is clear that Jesus makes a big assumption here that our fellowship is Christian, and that because of that, we judge everyone not on legalism, but ...

166. Being Set Free

John 8:31-41

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... saving presence. But by the free gift of God’s grace, they are all put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free" (Romans 3:23-24). The Scripture promises liberation. It is the sense and realization of that which gave the New Testament its atmosphere. Thus, it is the happiest book in literature. When at last the day of their emancipation was breaking, the slaves of Jamaica, who had climbed to the summits of the highest hills that they might miss no moment of it, no sooner saw the sun’s rim ...

167. Strained Gnats

Matthew 23:1-39

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Herchel H. Sheets

... follows naturally that his or her interests become warped. Hornbeck, the reporter in the play, Inherit The Wind, is a rather skeptical person. He has come to the little town where a young school teacher is about to be tried for teaching evolution. A carnival atmosphere prevails in the town, and Hornbeck is taking it all in. One hawker comes by yelling, "Hot dog?" and another, "Bible?" Hornbeck up-ends his suitcase, sits on it, and muses: "Now that poses a pretty problem! Which is hungrier - my stomach or my ...

168. The Christian’s Style - 1960

Matthew 11:1-19

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Kent Moorehead

... philosophies. Consider the unabashed and unabated acquisitive instinct. How persistently we measure life in material terms, the things we can acquire, the money we can make, the control over others we can exercise. Suppose that into such an atmosphere of unashamed, well-rationalized selfishness the authentic Spirit of Jesus should be effectively projected. What do you think would happen? What almost always does happen? His utter selflessness, his exaltation of character qualities above everything else - in ...

169. The Evangelism Of Emphasis - 1946

Matthew 5:1-12

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Kent Moorehead

... church, you may harp upon all that is wrong, out of order, or altogether lacking, and your querulousness soon queers your ability to see whatever there is that is right and good. But if you talk about the values, directly the atmosphere of heaven begins to pervade the place. The familiar maxim is sound: the optimist stresses the opportunity in every difficulty, the pessimist stresses the difficulty in every opportunity. Suppose, now, we consider some of the most distinguishing and characteristic emphases of ...

170. Is The Social Gospel Out Of Date?

Matthew 6:25-34

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Kent Moorehead

... might be under the bushel of silence. So we tacitly agree to ignore these controversial matters and put exclusive emphasis on personal evangelism - an evangelism so personal that it dies aborning, because evangelism can only thrive in the life-giving atmosphere of healthy social relationships. Scant wonder the Christian Church is so innocuous at the very moment of its greatest membership. It could not be otherwise - with its individual witness smothered by its social silence. The whole truth of this matter ...

171. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

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Leonard Mann

... one of the most profitable areas of publication and journalism. We have a whole spate of articles and books, many of them big money makers, very convincingly telling us that anything and everything is about to happen: there’ll be a chain reaction in the earth’s atmosphere, or a depletion of the ozone layer, or a new ice age, or the insects will overcome us, or we’ll run out of energy, or suffocate in our garbage, or poison ourselves with insecticides. It would seem we like to be scared; and it would ...

172. Trumpets in Church on Easter, The Very Idea!

Mark 16:1-20

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Jon L. Joyce

... territory and the prison of fallen man, quarantined by the powers and dominations of the divine milieu around it. But those who escape the silent planet can recover their cosmic orientation. [Time, August 21, 1972] Earth is not entombed in a stone of space. We are not limited to this atmosphere. This is a parable about death. The huge stone which so worried the women on their way to the tomb had already been rolled away. God does not weigh us down. He is the weight lifter.

173. Put the Cross on Top

1 John 4:7-21

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Bill Bouknight

... what is best for all other persons, even our enemies, without regard to benefits or costs. Why? Because God has lavished upon us His very best--a Savior named Jesus. This agape love is so wonderful that you might think a meteorite from heaven slipped into our atmosphere and delivered it to us. Verses 9 and 10 tell us the source and model of this agape love. God embraced us with agape love through the life and death of Jesus Christ. This is the ultimate and defining act of agape love. This is the expression ...

174. An Identity Crisis

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James Bjorge

... headlong into an identity crisis from which he has never really recovered. God’s heart broke that day when man forgot who he was and for what he was made. He began to call man back to his created position but it was tough going. Sin had blackened the whole atmosphere and man’s vision of God was blurred. In fact, at times God was blotted out of man’s mind and man either made gods for his own purposes or occasionally he played god himself. And man didn’t know who he was. But God’s love was not ...

175. Chapter IV

Exodus 20:1-21

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Frank H. Seilhamer

... with the reverence it deserved. How that "reverence" was to be interpreted, and how it was to be shown, became matters of great importance. As with many things that we value, our efforts to guard them at times led us to become overly protective. Thus a weighty atmosphere grew up in some homes and communities that hovered over Sunday like a dark cloud. I can remember how, in my Grandmother’s house, the day took on an aura of grimness. We were to go to church, keep on the good clothes, sit on the porch ...

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