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1751. Son of a Daddy

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... would not have handed him over to you" (v. 30). Then Pilate responds, "Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law." The Jews reply, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death" (v. 31). If Pontius Pilate is a master of anything it is the art of political power plays. Matthew helps us with more details again. He reports that an aide comes to see Pilate and whispers a message from Pilate's wife that he should not harm the Nazarene, whom she calls an "innocent man" for she had "suffered a great ...

1752. The Invitation

Isaiah 55:1-9

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . Pardon the pun, but cars are the new “vehicles” of salvation. There was an advertisement for a certain type of automobile which claimed that the car will not only transform, but transfix you. When you feel the leather seats, hear the state of the art stereo system, and sense the power of the engine, all of your problems will dissolve. You will be elevated to another dimension. You will ride in a state of complete ecstasy. But have you seen anybody smiling in traffic lately? Or is the new smile ...

1753. Dying To Live

Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... , ugly coat and say, “Bring to me the family robe of righteousness, for my child has come home.” All we have to do is shed our sin and claim our inheritance as children of God! A beggar sat every day on a street corner across from an art studio. For days, an artist had seen him and decided to paint his portrait. When the artist completed the portrait, he invited the beggar into the studio. The artist said, “I’ve got something I want you to see.” Inside the studio, the artist unveiled the portrait ...

1754. The Life You've Always Wanted

Acts 5:27-32

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... could die at home. The greatest “bear” on Wall Street — Jesse Liver- more — died a suicide. The president of the International Bank — Leon Frazer — died a suicide. The head of the greatest monopoly — Ivar Krueger— died a suicide. All of these men learned well the art of making money, but not one of them learned how to really live.[3] Perhaps some of you have made the same discovery. Maybe you have discovered that not all the things you believe are so worth- while are of the same worth. Maybe ...

1755. A Vexing Vision

Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... !” What possessed Ananias to say such a word? My hunch is that when Ananias looked upon Saul, he saw him the way Christ saw him — as Paul. Picasso painted a portrait of Gertrude Stein in 1906, which is now on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. What is so interesting about this painting is how long Picasso toiled with it before its completion. It is said that Stein sat for Picasso more than ninety separate times. However, what was even worse was that when his friends looked at ...

1756. Dealing with Difficult People

1 Peter 3:8-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... no, he voted yes. He made things very difficult for me. I prayed, “Lord, help me deal with this man. What should I do?” Shortly after I began praying for this man there was a fall festival at the church. I walked around to the different booths, looking at the arts of crafts created by those in the congregation. The man I was praying for had a booth full of paintings he had done. They were portraits. I had no idea he was a painter and a good one at that! I asked him to show me his paintings and tell ...

1757. The Real Thing

Matthew 5:21-48

Sermon

James L. Killen

... told about when and how the arrowhead had been found. He wasted no time in making the acquaintance of the man in the bolo tie so that he could ask about his jewel. The man was happy to tell about his tie. He explained that he had learned the ancient art of flint chipping and made a hobby of it. He himself had made the arrowhead on his tie out of the glass from the bottom of a beer bottle. He was proud of his work. But the amateur archeologist was disappointed because the thing about which he had gotten ...

1758. The Joy of Christmas

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... midst. We walk right by situations where God is active and working. We just don’t see it. The great landscape artist Joseph Turner was known for painting very vivid landscapes. They were filled with color and imagery. They looked alive. One time an art critic approached Turner and said, “Your paintings are so vivid, but I have never seen landscapes look like that.” Turner replied, “Yes, but don’t you wish you could?” I imagine when the shepherds told others about what they saw there were some ...

1759. Pop Verses: Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... been prayer vigils for the victims in Orlando. People with different political and theological views have together saying, “Love is stronger than hate!” A group of staff and volunteers from Orlando Shakespeare Theater as well as the Orlando arts community will work together to build "Angel Wings" to block Westboro Baptist Church members protesting the funerals of the Orlando shooting victims. When finished, they will look like this (photo). Sometimes being a Christian means shining the light of ...

1760. The Visit of the Magi

Matthew 2:1-12

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... exiles and the opportunity to develop an interest in the coming Messiah (cf. TDNT, vol. 4, pp. 356–59). The same word (magos, sg.) occurs in Acts 13:6, 8, of the magician Elymas (Bar-Jesus), but in the negative sense of one who practices magical arts (Paul calls him a “child of the devil … full of all kinds of deceit and trickery,” Acts 13:10). The wise men who came to worship the Christ were not crafty magicians but highly respected members of the community (note, however, that Ignatius of Antioch ...

1761. The Parable of the Sower

Matthew 13:1-23

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... in the New Testament, primarily in the Synoptic Gospels. The parable is a simple story taken from daily life that illustrates an ethical or religious truth. William Scott observes, “Disinclined as he was to discursive exposition, the Semite practised the art of persuasion by thus skillfully appealing to the imagination” (HDB rev., p. 725). For many years the church allegorized the parables, ignoring the obvious meaning and finding support for theological positions. It was Adolf Jülicher’s famous Die ...

1762. Talented People

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... have the same number of gifts. In the parable, one person is given five, another two, and another one talent. And some persons' gifts are intensified because they have received them all in one field. Surely Shakespeare must have received five in literature, Michelangelo five in art, Edison five in inventive ability. Faced with these kinds of persons who are so richly endowed, the one-talent person is apt to feel "What can I do? I am so poorly endowed I can't make much of a contribution to life." But in fact ...

1763. Who Cares?

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... , Nobel resolved to make clear to the world the true meaning and purpose of his life. And through the final disposition of his fortune, he established the most valued and prestigious prizes given to those who have done most for the cause of world peace, the arts, and sciences.[1] At some point in our lives, Jesus says, we submit to scrutiny and we have to give an accounting. Jesus goes on to say that the evaluation process elicits surprise. Those at the king's right hand are told they have rendered service ...

1764. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

Mark 6:30-44

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... the actions here and at the Last Supper in 14:22, suggesting that Mark intended his readers to see this miracle as a kind of Eucharist (or Holy Communion) meal. Certainly Mark’s Christian readers would have seen the similarities, and early Christian art and liturgy show that Christians saw a connection. It should be pointed out, however, that the actions of praying, breaking the bread, and giving to others are simply the standard meal practices of religious Jews in ancient times. Gave thanks here is ...

1765. Jesus Before Pilate

Mark 15:1-15

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... died under the ordeal. There was no regulation about how many blows a person might receive, and the object of this punishment, as even more so with crucifixions, was to cause the victim the maximum in pain and suffering. The Roman soldiers were encouraged to use their imagination in the arts of cruelty, and vv. 16–20 only hint at the terrifying things done in such cases. (See Lane, p. 557, for references to the punishment in ancient sources.)

1766. Slaves to Righteousness

Romans 6:15-23

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... given along with the breath of life. It is inherent in being human, for it sets freedom itself in motion and is thus the primal condition of knowing and loving God. In Paradise Lost the angel Raphael admonishes Adam and Eve in pristine Eden, “ ‘That thou art happie, owe to God; That thou continu’st such, owe to thy self, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.’ ” Freedom, then, obligates one to obey grace, and only in obedience to grace is one free. The auto racer who drafts or slipstreams a car ...

1767. On Divisions in the Church

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... . The foundation of Jesus Christ sets a standard that determines the appropriateness and worth of all our efforts as Christians. One may derive materials for building on Christ from a variety of resources—philosophy, sociology, science, psychology, business, arts, anthropology, and other areas (some seemingly good, some seemingly bad)—but no matter what the worldly value of such systems, their consistency with Christ and the truth of his gospel ultimately determines their value in relation to the ...

1768. The Believer's Freedom

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... states Paul’s understanding of God’s own ultimate aspiration and end; the passive verb assumes that God is the author and agent of salvation. 11:1 In saying “Imitators of me become,” Paul uses the Gk. word mimētēs, a term from the representative and performatory arts. In a negative usage the word connotes “fake,” but in a positive usage the word seems to refer to a “representation.” It is the representative aspect of behavior—the believers represent Christ—that Paul has in mind.

1769. The Rider on the White Horse

Revelation 19:11-21

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... Christ, and does not chart a series of events over an extended period of time. Each vision of the whole portrays a distinct and critical aspect of God’s coming victory in Christ. Together the seven visions comprise “a tour through an eschatological art gallery in which the theme of God’s victory at the end of history is treated in seven different pictures, each complete in itself with its own message and with little concern for chronology” (Boring, Revelation, p. 195). In this important sense, then ...

1770. Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

Numbers 12:1-16

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... , 1988], pp. 72–74). 12:3 ’Anaw can indicate the poor or afflicted, but it can also refer to humility or meekness. Moses understands that his position is a gift from God. See George W. Coats, “Humility and Honor: A Moses Legend in Numbers 12,” in Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature (ed. D. J. A. Clines, D. M. Gunn, A. J. Hauser; JSOTSup 19; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1982), pp. 97–107. 12:6 When a prophet of the LORD is among you is a difficult phrase. The Hb. says, “if your prophet ...

1771. Job's First Test

Job 1:6-22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... second). First the Sabeans, raiders from the southern reaches of the Arabian Peninsula, carry off oxen and donkeys and kill servants. The fire of God then destroys sheep and servants, and Chaldeans carry off camels and kill more servants. There is artful variation here in splitting the destruction of the sheep and camels into two independent episodes. Finally, Job’s children die when the house where they were feasting collapses in a mighty wind. The repeated transitions between reports, while he was still ...

1772. Job's Reply to Bildad

Job 9:1–10:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... what the ancestors had “learned” (Heb. kheqer), but Job counters here that no human has the ability to comprehend God’s wonderful deeds. Rather than being beyond knowing, God’s mighty acts cannot be found—they elude any who would search them out. The artful poem in chapter 28 will explore this same territory in even greater detail, with similar negative results. Humans are unable to find divine wisdom. Only God knows the way to it (28:12–28). God’s deeds are powerful and humans are unable even ...

1773. Job's Third Reply to Eliphaz

Job 23:1--24:25

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... NIV) ground their reading in a very rare use of khoq, “statute; ordinance,” to refer to the portion of a sacrifice allotted to the priest and translate “more than my necessary food” (NASB) or more than my daily bread (NIV). There is an artful chiastic arrangement of the segments of verses 11–12 as the phrases move from positive to negative and then from negative to positive. “I have kept to his way / without turning aside / I have not departed from the commands / I have treasured the words ...

1774. Elihu

Job 32:1--37:24

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... book than there is to excise chapter 28, or even the prose prologue and epilogue. 32:1 So these three men stopped. The intent to connect back to the dialogue section is clear. If the Elihu speeches are a later addition, the final editors have artfully incorporated them into the fabric of the book. “Stopped” is the same verb (shbt) that describes God’s own cessation of creative activity at the end of the first account of creation (Gen. 2:2). While in Genesis the term is often translated “rest,” in ...

1775. Epilogue

Job 42:7-17

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... , “horn of kohl,” is a container of eye makeup used to highlight the eyes. As Pope (Job, p. 292) puts it, “The names of Job’s daughters represent natural feminine physical and spiritual charms enhanced by perfumer’s and beautician’s art.” The reference to these daughters’ unparalleled beauty and their unusual inheritance indicates that Job’s prosperity was so great that he had sufficient wealth to ease the lives of his daughters as well as his sons. Thus Job’s beautiful and prosperous ...

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