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151. “Within Your Temple, O God, We Meditate on Your Unfailing Love”

Psalm 48:1-14

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C. Hassell Bullock

... and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” See Nehemiah 12:31–43 for Nehemiah’s dedication of the Jerusalem wall. 48:14 this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.The sense seems to be that what the pilgrims see in Zion will convince them that “this God is our God for ever and ever.” “He will be our guide” brings to mind the picture of the shepherd leading the way. The phrase “to the end” is the Hebrew ‘al-mut, which ...

152. Jesus Is Coming

Revelation 22:7-21

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... James 1:22–27; 2:8–13). Especially according to the Pauline midrash on Proverbs 24:12 found in Romans 2:6–10, God’s retributive justice rewards those whose works are good and punishes those whose works are evil. If we assume that John’s sense of divine justice is similar to Paul’s, then the interpreter must not assume that Christ’s saying refers only to the community of overcomers, whose reward is salvation (cf. Rev. 20:4–6); but God’s coming triumph is the occasion to dispense justice to ...

153. Job's Reply to Bildad

Job 9:1–10:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... interpretation is awkward in that Job immediately does what he says he cannot: he determines to speak out freely in the following verses (10:1–2). In light of this context, the translation that appeals most to me is: “But it is not so with me with myself.” The sense here is that Job has ceased to fear the consequences of divine power and wrath. As he comes to admit in 10:1, “ I loathe my very life.” In other words, death holds no fear. He has seen the worst life has to offer, so he has no more ...

154. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... reading is superior. The phrase in those days is in v. 6, so the NIV translates: “In those days she will be handed over.” However, the phrase comes at the end of the verse in Hebrew, and the verse division may be in the wrong place. It makes better sense to read it with what follows in v. 7, as in the RSV: “In those times a branch from her roots shall arise”; or NRSV: “In those times a branch from her roots shall rise up.” 11:8 Several ancient sources record how Ptolemy seized their gods, their ...

155. The Glory of the New Covenant

2 Corinthians 3:7-17; 4:1-6

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... pp. 221–66. 4:1–2 On God’s mercy as a reference to Paul’s Damascus road christophany, see Kim, Origin of Paul’s Gospel, pp. 11, 26, 288–96; Thrall, Second Corinthians, vol. 1, p. 298. See further on v. 6. On the use of enkakein in the sense of lose heart, see Spicq, TLNT, vol. 1, pp. 398–99. M. Thrall argues that the verb here denotes “be remiss” (Second Corinthians, vol. 1, pp. 298–300). 4:4 The expression the god of this age (ho theos tou aiōnos toutou) is unique in the NT, although 1 ...

156. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

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

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Lori Wagner

... come to the water and drink.” God’s finger created a world made of dust and water. Out of this, we and the earth were formed. And from God’s breath, we were given life. When we choose to live without “water,” we choose our own death. In a sense, the Pharisees that day, choked on the dus…..just as we choke on our own humanness…..because our breath,…our life comes from the living water!! God the potter will continue to form us, make us, mold us, fire us up, if we put ourselves in God’s hands ...

157. “I Will Sing the Lord’s Praise, for He Has Been Good to Me”

Psalm 13:1-6

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C. Hassell Bullock

... do we all, is how one is to interpret such a long delay. Is it the maturing of the time or the person that is in play here, as Kidner suggests? Or is there some ineffable attribute in the divine nature that becomes part of the formula? In one sense of the word, since there is no time with God, and God’s eternal decrees are already accomplished in the eternal realm of realities but sometimes not yet realized in the human, the answer is most likely found in the maturing of either the time or the person, or ...

158. A Living Memorial

Exodus 12:1-30

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Douglas J. Deuel

... family and, most of all, he wanted to reconcile with God. But he didn't know how and he wasn't sure he could. The minister visited him a number of times over a period of several weeks. During the visits, they would read scriptures together that reflected a sense of God's grace and forgiveness and unconditional love. Each time the minister would close by asking him if he wanted to pray and, in his own words, ask for God's forgiveness and express openly to God what he felt in his heart. But somehow the old ...

159. Rich In God's Sight

Luke 12:13-21

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Richard Patt

... God; we know the supreme blessings involved in being "rich in God's sight." So that is what we want to consider in a positive way: being rich -- being rich in God's sight. As we consider the parable, the first point that impresses us is the story's sense of urgency. Time marches on. The days and years tick away. There are certain things that ought to be done before time runs out. Being rich in God's sight means first of all our realization that there is a spiritual urgency about life. That urgency primarily ...

160. On The Road To The Cross

Luke 20:9-19

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Glenn E. Ludwig

... a friend behind her back, or gossiping about a neighbor, God still loves us. In the center of our sin, even as we kill his son over and over again through our own acts of hatred, pride, jealousy and arrogance, God still loves us. Tell me, does that make any sense to you? And so, Jesus told us a story -- a very foolish, illogical story -- about God's love and God's risk and God's action in sending his son, Jesus the Christ. Why would God take such a foolish risk? I can't comprehend it all; my rational, small ...

161. Ready Or Not -- He Comes

Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

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John A. Stroman

... experience of God getting in touch with human beings. So much of it seems too good to be true. It is awesome in the sense that God is veiled in human flesh and "in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself" (2 Corinthians 5:19). Mind-boggling to ... Advent is upon us. We need to get our lives in order or we will miss the whole thing again. Advent Is An Opportunity To Regain A Sense Of Wonder Dag Hammarskjold said, "God does not die on the day we cease to believe in him, but we die on the day our lives ...

162. Toward A More Sensuous Christianity

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John A. Stroman

... in the Book of Acts? This charismatic renewal is seen as a lay people's movement to take religion out of the hands of the experts. It is a reaction against the lack of feeling in worship and through this rediscovery of emotions, dance, praise, and the senses, the new figure of the "sensuous Christian" is an indication of the spontaneity of our time. When we talk about the Spirit of God and the kingdom of God it is more than just sermons. It is a question of demonstrating that we do indeed take seriously ...

163. Getting Down To The Local Issues

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Thomas Long

... the woman had been walking to visit her daughter, but had gotten disoriented. She showed Ginny the written directions she had, and Ginny knew immediately where she had gotten lost and where she needed to go. Although Ginny was now late for her home chores, she sensed that getting this troubled stranger safely to her destination was the chore she most needed to be doing. So she traveled with her, talked gently to her, listened to her as the woman spoke of the pain in her life, and guided her to her daughter ...

164. On The Cross-Road

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

165. Proper 17

James 1:19-27, Song of Songs 2:1-17, Mark 7:1-23

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Russell F. Anderson

... avid skier, your shoulders droop and your spirits lag. But in the spring, the days get longer and the rays of the sun are brighter and warmer. The sunlight draws out all the colors of life and love; the sky is bluer, the grass greener and our senses are in resonance with the light of life. What our hearts told us all along is now being confirmed by science. It is no secret that more people become depressed in the winter, if you live in a more northerly climate. However, researchers are now onto the source ...

166. Remembering The Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

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Larry R. Kalajainen

... own spiritual family tree. A friend told me of the influence of his great-grandmother, whom he doubted he would find it very easy to really like if she were still alive. She was the epitome of a dour, ultra-strict Scots-Irish Protestant who didn't have the greatest sense of humor in the world. But she did have a passionate love for God and a wonderful and powerful life of prayer. One of my friend's earliest memories is from the time when he was about three or four years old, his parents were away and he was ...

167. Some Illusions (Symbols) Are Better Than Others

Acts 14:8-20

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Carl Jech

... are secondary to faith. In this instance, Paul and Barnabas might have wanted to undo the miracle, but I am certain that they would not have wanted to undo the faith that they had seen in the lame man. The miracle had become an illusion in the sense that it was deceptive and misleading. The real thing, the man's faith, was missed by the people of Lystra who then proceeded to compound their mistake by not listening to Barnabas and Pauls' explanation of what real faith is all about. Doug Henning prefers to be ...

168. The Gospel of the Little Man

Luke 19:1-10

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... judgments on the little people. It is not the story of a parish godfather whose intention is to make others over in his perfect image. It is not the story of respected righteous people. It is the story of a man who was a sinner, and who in his heart sensed something of his lostness. It is our story. And in a day of shame and self-despising, if our own self-image has grown rusty, we can find new hope in him who seeks and saves the lost. Little People Count The story has been told of one of our ...

169. Let God Be God

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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... that seems unique in the animal kingdom. It is a gift of grace. So far as we can tell, no other beings possess it. But what is it? What makes humans unable to live satisfying lives, as other beings appear to do, without being disturbed by a sense of need to be related to something other than and beyond themselves? A possible cue to this mystery is found in the Genesis record of the capabilities and responsibilities given the first humans. God made Adam and Eve capable of naming the other beings found in the ...

170. Chapter II

Exodus 20:1-21

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Frank H. Seilhamer

... than anything else. I had the chance to feel what it is like to see someone I had helped create, come to life. It was with a sense of awe that I sat and watched as the baby began to emerge from the womb. All I could see at first was the crown of her ... wanted those whom he has loved and borne to love him as he has loved them. He wants that love. He needs that love. In the ultimate sense our love is that only thing that we have to give him. It is the one thing that we have, and which he wants, which he doesn ...

171. Religion in Focus

Mark 8:27-30

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Richard Patt

... can mean the end of the guilt that shackles and spoils life. The stakes are high when it comes to a sure direction and course for our daily living. Indeed, one of the characteristic marks of living today is a loss of direction, the sense that modern life no longer makes any sense. Unemployment, breakdown of family, the looming nuclear outbreak, and fears about advancing old age can bring any of us near the brink, where we feel as though we’re at the end of the line. Where am I headed and what’s the ...

172. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

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Wayne Brouwer

... Him. But if He should ever interrupt our daily routine...What do we do? What do we do? We’d be scared to death, like John was. His presence scares us. BUT IT ALSO SHELTERS US. John never really gets rid of his fear. He shouldn’t. No one can sense the presence of God without fear. Let us worship God acceptably, with reverence and awe, says the writer of the letter to the Hebrews, for our "God is a consuming fire!" (Heb. 12:28-29) And you don’t play around with fire. But fire can be a comforting thing ...

173. Standing In the Gap: The Work of Intercession

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

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Maxie Dunnam

... in Orlando. I’m particularly excited about your theme: Standing in the Gap—and the fact that Steve is basing all of his sermons on the Lord’s Prayer. I want to fit into that pattern—but confess to you that I do so out of the kind of sense that D. T. Niles expressed when he described evangelism as “one beggar telling another beggar where to get bread.” None of us are experts in prayer—the more we pray, the more we realize that we are limited—and that we’re not tapping all the resources of ...

174. What Is Required of Us?

Matthew 5:17-20

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Phil Thrailkill

... years ago when I was on the verge of a divorce. The time you spent with me helped save my marriage.” She then quoted to me exactly what I had said that made the difference. I was stunned. To me it was not that big a deal, just Christian common sense. She finished with this comment, “My husband and I now lead one of the sports ministries at out church and life is good again.” She walked off; I stood in the lobby for a moment of quiet. “Thank you, Lord. Thank you for your church. Thank you for this ...

175. Low Carb Christianity

Luke 14:25-35

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Leonard Sweet

... if disciples could hate, that is reject, the earthly ties that bound them to human allegiances and loyalties first and foremost, then they could focus their faith and draw their strength from God's power, God's love, God's kingdom. Jesus went against common sense, against conventional wisdom, by declaring the family's strength couldn't be the source of his disciples' strength. Our primary identity isn't in family but in Christ. Only by letting go of family, letting go even of one's own life and picking up ...

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