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176. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

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Larry Powell

... as a vehicle of protest by social activists. In a word, meanings are largely determined by the perspective from which we view them. Someone will interpret the fact that we possess ninety percent of the world's bathtubs to mean that we are ... claim that fasting is strictly a religious exercise, some see it as rejection, someone else as merely a good health practice, and others view the whole thing as ridiculous. Some people believe that longevity of life is directly related to how we care for our bodies, while ...

177. Steadfast and Faithful

Genesis 9:1-17

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... control nature. In the story of Noah, we see the Hebrew faith turning its back on all of that. The Bible does not view religious faith as the key to the mysteries of nature. The Bible proclaims nature as a clue to the Mystery that transcends nature ... and God’s goodness, it has encouraged the free study and exploration of nature. Noah’s Covenant inspired our religious tradition to view nature as a realm in which God is kindly disposed toward humanity. The belief in the goodness of creation was a tremendous ...

178. What Are Christian Liberals? - 1951

John 16:5-16

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Kent Moorehead

... your own. For all men are fallible, and no institution has all the truth. Therefore, what the liberal always demands is a free field, and no favors, and all the facts, from anybody and everybody. Nothing is so presumptuous or preposterous, from the liberal’s point of view, as gratuitous defenders of the truth. You don’t defend the truth, it defends you. Your job is not to protect it but to proclaim it. Truth is not a treasure to be hidden, hoarded, and protected. It’s a growing plant that is beset by ...

179. The Exalted Christ

Ephesians 4:1-16

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T. A. Kantonen

... sin. Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ, and Christ died for us, Christ rose for us, Christ reigns in power for us, Christ prays for us!" (Romans 8:33-34, Phillips). When the disciples standing on the hill of the Ascension had their last earthly view of their Lord, they saw him with hands uplifted to bless them. Let that be the church’s lasting impression of her exalted Head. "He is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for ...

180. JESUS: Liar, Lunatic, Legend, or Lord

John 6:25-59

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Brett Blair

... no sword in the stone, no Merlin the magician, and no Holy Grail. (And there certainly were no knights who say knee.) These were all legends that developed around a great war hero. We all understand legends. We have many in our own culture. The problem with this view is it is nearly impossible to go into the bible and separate the man, the message, and miracles. Look at it this way. At the very core of Jesus’ teachings is the message that he is divine. If you remove this from his message you remove much ...

181. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

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Brett Blair

... of cattle. The so—called worshippers were not there for prayer or reflection, but to hawk their wares. You can almost hear what the Pharisees say to Jesus as he enters: Beat it country boy, you’re in the city now. We are told that when Jesus viewed this scene he went into a rage. Gentle Jesus meek and mild does not fit the Nazarene here. Radically and ruthlessly he takes the whip in hand and drives the animals out and overturns the tables. He runs them out of the temple angrily shouting: It is written ...

182. The Grief Of God

Luke 19:28-44

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King Duncan

... ancient times people believed that suffering was sent by the gods to express their displeasure at the way we mortals behaved. Job's "friends" in the Old Testament story as well as many modern television evangelists fit into that school of thought. We still hear this view trotted out, even though Jesus specifically rejected it in John, Chapter 9. When a small child is killed or maimed, or loved ones die of cancer, or young people are killed in war, they say: "God is punishing us." It may not be said in that ...

183. He Came by Night

John 3:1-21

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David G. Rogne

... above." I've come to the conclusion that what he was driving at is the necessity of being reborn into a new point of view. Each of us inherits a physical nature from our parents. That nature is related to this physical world; it possesses certain animal needs ... like that. You think you know who God should and should not love. It takes a considerable change of attitude to come around to the view that God loves all God's children. In fact, it wasn't until I saw Jesus die, that I could accept such a loving God ...

184. Advent 3

Psalm 146:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-10, James 5:7-12, Matthew 11:1-19

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... James 5:7 to advocate "patience" among the believers seems to be an odd turn from the immediately preceding material that warned against friendship with the world and denounced the wealthy citizens of this world. But, at 5:7, James shifts his point of view from the world to the believers. Hearing about the scandalous ways of the rich could easily arouse the indignity of less affluent believers, so James wards off any problem his remarks may have provoked. The call to "patience"—literally to having a "long ...

185. Christmas 2

Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Ephesians 1:1-14, John 1:1-18

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... less predicable than simply equating God's rule with our security, or with forms of power that are most evident to us. A more complex view of God's rule arises in vv. 16-19. Here we are told that God both makes the threatening snow and melts it with his ... us or provide security), because there are times when God's word can run counter to our expectations—the word can melt snow. In view of this situation, the psalmist tells us in v. 19 that the only way ultimately to evaluate the rule of God in this process ...

186. It Ain't Over Til It's Over

Matthew 5:31-32

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James Merritt

... problem. We have become totally focused on divorce; Jesus was preoccupied with marriage. When trouble comes we ask: "How can we get out of it?" Jesus says you should be asking: "How can we stay in it?" What matters is not man's view of divorce, but God's view of marriage, and this is God's view of marriage and it goes all the way back to the beginning of this world. "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." (Gen. 2:24) The word "cleave ...

187. Two Schools of Thought on Divorce

Matt 5:31-32; Mark 10:1-12

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Mickey Anders

... his breakfast, put too much salt on his food, showed disrespect to him, spoke disrespectfully of her husband's parents in his presence, spoke to a man on the street, or even let her hair down in public, he could divorce her. The view of Rabbi Hillel was the view that was popular in Jesus' day. So divorce was common in Palestine, and in this respect the setting was not unlike our own. Perhaps the most significant difference between their customs and ours lay in the status of the different genders. A man ...

188. Why We Need the Pledge of Allegiance

Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

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Wayne Brouwer

... game called religion, but for the most part it is a rather invisible and private authority, one held closely in your hand so no one else sees, and played as a trump card when you run out of other options. Perhaps there is some reason for this view. Didn't Jesus himself tell Pilate, "My kingdom is not of this world"? (John 18:36 NIV). And another time, when the Pharisees came to Jesus and asked him about the kingdom of God, Jesus told them, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation ...

189. Breakdowns and Breakthroughs

Genesis 22:1-14

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Stan Purdum

... an indication of his self awareness at that later time ... Thus in 1725, he thought he was a Christian, for a while after 1738, he thought he had not truly been a Christian in 1725; by the 1770s, he was willing to admit that perhaps his middle views were wrong, and that he could understand himself as having been in some real sense a Christian in 1725.2We must assume that what [Wesley] believed about himself at any given time is true for him at that time. Later reflections upon his earlier conditions must be ...

190. Dust and Ashes Wednesday

2 Corinthians 5:11 – 6:13

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David O. Bales

... because of Jesus' life and death for us. We might desire ease, but Jesus bestows upon us courage to live for him. We might want congratulations or at least recognition and thanks for our serving. Jesus grants us his example, his love, and his Spirit. Our world's view of importance is summed up in the question, "If you're so smart, how come you ain't rich?" Apply that to Jesus as well as to Paul, the apostle. They weren't rich. Paul makes a point of stating Jesus' poverty on our behalf and mentioning his ...

191. Job Is for Real

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

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Donna Schaper

... a path for the thunderstorm and carves a road for the rain — to water the desolate wasteland, the land where no man lives to make the wilderness blossom and cover the desert with grass? — Job 38:25-27 There are many scriptures that take exactly this point of view. Psalm 104 is my favorite: It uses the same voice from the whirlwind as It confronts Job. You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth, and wine to gladden the human heart oil to ...

192. Jesus’ Four Surprising Road Rules for the Missional Highway

Luke 9:57-62, Luke 9:51-56

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Leonard Sweet

... back-alley pathways and appalling byways of sacrifice and service. 2) There is no road map, only road pals a relationship with the One who is The Way. 3) Traveler Beware: The Road is Filled with Robbers and Dangers. 4) You Can’t Drive Forward without a Rear View Mirror, but the Front Window Faces Forward, not Backwards. You pay your debt to the past by investing in the future. What you owe the past is to own the future. 1) The fact that Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem was not going to be down some familiar ...

193. Freedom In Christ

Galatians 5:1-15, Galatians 5:16-26

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... 2:16). For Galatian believers concerned about righteousness and willing to turn to the law as a guarantee this statement hits the mark. Paul states that faith is not abstract but a way of life that is made effective, visibly and daily, through love. Paul has in view the love of Christ in which believers participate through being “in Christ.” This love will be manifest in love of neighbor (5:13). Additional Notes 5:2 It is rare for Paul to use his name within a letter. Usually his name occurs only in the ...

194. Paul's Labor for the Church

Colossians 1:24--2:5

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... 6:3–11; 2 Cor. 4:10–14; Phil. 3:10) or to Acts 9:4, where Paul’s persecution of the church is equivalent to persecuting Christ himself (“Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”). Paul’s sufferings for the church, therefore, could be viewed as the sufferings of Christ himself, but through a member of his mystical body. Some writers employ the term the corporate Christ, by which they mean that the sufferings of the church, or individual members of it, are one with the sufferings of Christ. In other ...

195. Paul's Ministry in Thessalonica

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... Christianity. It puts us into the way of salvation and is the key to our continuing relationship with God. The latter is especially in view here since Paul uses the present participle. 2:11–12 Yet again he calls on the Thessalonians to witness to the truth of what he ... the language of the OT describing the day of the Lord is applied by the NT to Jesus and to the day of his return—he is viewed as the Lord whose day it was. Hence, in addition to being called the day of the Lord (cf. 1 Cor. 5:5; 1 Thess. 5:2 ...

196. A Workman Approved by God

2 Timothy 2:14-26

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... 9). Although the final description is not fully certain (see note), Satan is further portrayed as having taken them captive (lit., “having been captured alive by him”) to do his will. As noted in the discussion on 1 Timothy 4:1–2, this is a thoroughly Pauline view of what has happened to those who oppose the gospel. The emphasis in this sentence has been clearly redemptive. Paul wants Timothy to model a kind of teaching that will not simply refute error (Titus 1:9; 2:15) and save his hearers (1 Tim. 4 ...

197. What Must Be Taught to Various Groups

Titus 2:1-15

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... The reason for their living out their faith in terms of this domestic code is for the sake of the gospel and how it would be viewed by outsiders: so that no one will malign the word of God. For this clause, see discussion on 1 Timothy 6:1. Here we have the ... would ever have given scholars the suggestion. This is not a domestic code, but a call to exemplary behavior, with the outsider in view. 2:2 For a discussion of the triad faith, hope, and love as a common pre-Pauline formula for ethical instruction, see A ...

198. Jesus Made Like His Brothers

Hebrews 2:5-18

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... the Greek is reversed by NIV) so he too shared in their humanity (lit., “partook of them,” i.e., of flesh and blood.) Again, as the aorist tense (in Greek, that tense which usually refers to completed action in the past) indicates, what is in view is a preexistent being who at a particular point in time took upon himself human nature. The second half of the verse consists of a purpose clause that again links the incarnation with its goal, his death. But whereas in the previous statements of this purpose ...

199. Concluding Exhortations

Hebrews 13:1-25

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... Pet. 4:9; cf. 1 Tim. 3:2; 5:10; Titus 1:8). Probably it is traveling Christian workers who are primarily in view (see especially 3 John 5–8). Entertain is literally “show hospitality.” The reference to some in the past who had unknowingly shown ... is to be noted that the agency of that activity of God in us is expressed: through Jesus Christ. This is in complete accord with the view of Christ and his work throughout the book (cf. 7:22). Most of the NT doxologies are directed to God (e.g., Rom. 11:36; 16 ...

200. Favoritism Forbidden

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

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... the judges is not a use of the usual term for arresting a person. It indicated injustice or persecution, as in Acts 16:19; 21:20. 2:8 Some see the royal law as a Jewish reference to the kingship of Yahweh. Others, e.g., Dibelius, James, p. 143, view it as a law having sovereign authority, citing 4 Macc. 14:2 as a parallel. Still others believe this epithet royal refers to its rank among other commands (cf. Matt. 12:31). Probably the reference is to its being a law of the kingdom of which Jesus is king ...

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