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Leviticus 16:1-34, John 20:24-31

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Lori Wagner

... , in which the goat can be a foreign entity, that is, not Jewish (in that sense, it is sinful) or in the case of a goat skin covering the skin of Jacob (representing the sin clothing him at that moment of deception), the goat is a negative representation. In the person of Jesus as scape goat, the “sins” are still laid upon Him (in the metaphor of the goat), but in the person of Jesus, He has the power of redemption. Instead of retreating into a wilderness, Jesus as scape goat takes the sins of humanity ...

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

Agnes Martin

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.

Charles Baudelaire

179. A Faithful Witness

Luke 23:26-49

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Brett Blair

... on the wall of a room near the Palatine Hill in Rome, which has now been removed and is in the Palatine Hill Museum. It may be meant to depict Jesus; if so, it competes with an engraved gem as the earliest known pictorial representation of the Crucifixion of Jesus. It is hard to date, but has been estimated to have been made c. 200. The image seems to show a young man worshipping a crucified, donkey-headed figure. The Greek inscription approximately translates to "Alexamenos worships god," indicating ...

180. Caesar or God?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... not?” The Pharisees thought this was a no-win situation for Jesus. Whichever way he answered, he was going to make somebody angry. The Romans demanded heavy taxes from the Jewish people while at the same time oppressing them. We understand taxation without representation. That’s the reason we rebelled against the British. Zealous Jews believed that paying taxes to Rome was not only a burden to them, it was dishonoring to God because it was to God they owed their ultimate allegiance. If Jesus wanted to ...

181. A New Identity for a New Year

John 1:(1-9), 10-18

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King Duncan

... of our identity? The first blessing of being a child of God is that we are welcomed into a new family. Let me make this truth crystal clear: Every person on this earth was created in the image of God. Every single person on this planet is a living, breathing representation of the Great I AM, the Almighty God. However, just because you are made in God’s image doesn’t mean you know God. A person can be made in the image of God and still spend their whole life far away from a relationship with God. We need ...

182. What Are You Bananas About?

Philippians 3:17-4:1

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King Duncan

... for us to imitate. Dr. Ralph Wilson and his wife went house-shopping a few years ago. They visited one subdivision under construction. At the entrance to the subdivision, the builders had constructed two or three “model homes.” These were the exact representations of the houses that would be available when the subdivision was complete. These model homes were meant to create trust in the builders’ vision and skills. That’s why they are the first homes you see when you drive into the development. The ...

183. Ordinary Sin

Luke 22:28-34, 54-60

Sermon

Will Willimon

... ." Peter says, ''But I betrayed him." And we love Peter for that. Our sin against Jesus rarely rises to the level of .a cross but we will stoop to betrayal if the price is right. Fifty years ago Eric Auerbach wrote, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, in which he contrasts the pictures of human beings in Roman and Greek classics with their depiction in the New Testament. In the classics, ''ordinary'' folk were almost invisible, unfit subjects for drama, ordinary people appearing in ...

184. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

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Russell Conwell

... , at least, to suggest how it is done. We get a prejudice against rich men because of the lies that are told about them. The lies that are told about Mr. Rockefeller because he has two hundred million dollars -- so many believe them; yet how false is the representation of that man to the world. How little we can tell what is true nowadays when newspapers try to sell their papers entirely on some sensation! The way they lie about the rich men is something terrible, and I do not know that there is anything to ...

185. Life Between the Times

Revelation 22:7-21

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Mark Ellingsen

... revelation. All time is the time of the man Jesus: Can the Christianity and the church that really derive and are grounded in the resurrection of Jesus Christ ever be anything better than the place where, from out of and beyond all the required representations of Jesus Christ, the kingdom, the covenant, reconciliation and its fruit, men can only cry and call out: “Lord, have mercy upon us! Even so, come Lord Jesus?” Is not perhaps the surest test of genuine Christianity and church life whether the men ...

186. Bible Wagon

Ephesians 5:8-14

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Dr. Ronald Love

... would lay his hands upon them and with oil make the sign of the cross on their foreheads. All the worshipers would then celebrate the Lord’s Supper. “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” The baptismal liturgy is a symbolic representation that Christians are to be the light of the world that overcomes the darkness of evil. They are to be the shoes of discipleship, the white robe of martyrdom, and the candle to give light to a dark world. It is the message that Paul wrote ...

187. The Hidden City

John 3:1-17

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Lori Wagner

... of repentance. We also need to be “baptized” of the Holy Spirit –to be “Spirit-birthed,” if you will. When Moses led the people of God out of the viper-filled desert and toward the promised land, he held up a symbol, a serpent on a pole, a representation of their sin and the promise of God’s redemption and healing, for the people to follow. Likewise, Jesus will be lifted up as well, as symbol of our sin redeemed. God’s healing salvation will enable all of us to enter into the kingdom of God ...

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Psalm 97:1-12

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... wings formed the throne. At the temple’s dedication after the ark entered the darkness of the Most Holy Place (1 Kgs. 8:12), Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud (Hb. ʿarāpel).” This earthly representation had a counterpart in the heavens (also “skies,” Hb. šāmayim signifies both). In another thunderstorm theophany, we read, “dark clouds (Hb. ʿarāpel) were under his feet. He mounted the cherubim and flew” (Ps. 18:9–10). An allusion to the cherubim-ark ...

189. God Is Like...Fire

Malachi 3:1-4 · Luke 3:1-6, 9,16-17

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Kenneth L. Gibble

... or repels. But fire always causes a reaction. You can’t ignore it. Maybe that’s why fire is an important symbol in nearly every religion in the world. There’s something about its power for either good or evil that makes it a vivid representation about things beyond our control. For the earliest members of the human family, fire was a remarkable discovery. Somehow it must have come from the sun, they thought, that remarkable fiery ball in the sky. And since nothing grows without the sun’s light, they ...

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176. Holy Goat!

Leviticus 16:1-34, John 20:24-31

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Lori Wagner

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

Agnes Martin

The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present.

Charles Baudelaire

179. A Faithful Witness

Luke 23:26-49

Illustration

Brett Blair

180. Caesar or God?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

181. A New Identity for a New Year

John 1:(1-9), 10-18

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