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2201. Elihu Makes His Appearance

Job 32:1--37:24

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... in matters that are not only beyond the child’s senses but also vastly more complex than any reality the child has ever experienced. The mother’s existence transcends the child’s in innumerable ways about which the child could never even begin to guess. At the same time, however, there is no human relationship that is more immanent; the child literally lives and moves and has his or her being (Acts 17:28) within the mother’s womb and draws everything necessary for life from organic connection to ...

2202. “The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Lack Nothing”

Psalm 23:1-6

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... their car as it went by. Turning to his oldest daughter, who was deeply grieving the loss of her mother, Barnhouse asked, “Tell me, sweetheart, would you rather be run over by that truck or its shadow?” Looking at her father, she replied, “By the shadow, I guess. It can’t hurt you.” Speaking to all his children, he said, “Your mother has not been overridden by death, but by the shadow of death. That is nothing to fear.”[16] This response of Dr. Barnhouse is a great reminder to all of us that ...

2203. “May the Net They Hid Entangle Them”

Psalm 35:1-28

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... and 69, while Pss. 58; 83; and 109 are omitted altogether).[14] Even though this psalm, along with the other imprecatory psalms, is included in the standard Psalters for worship, just how often they are used in public worship is anyone’s guess. My personal practice is to use these psalms as teaching instruments, but not for preaching, except as they may yield their messianic dividends (but see “Teaching the Text” in the unit on Ps. 109). The issues require a complex discussion and theological nuancing ...

2204. Read My Heart As Well As My Lips

Mark 7:1-23

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... have on beautiful earrings. (Male Pastor) What would you think if I came to church some Sunday with all those things on? I would look a little strange, wouldn't I? A person can have all their make-up just right and have on beautiful clothes and accessories--and guess what? They can be rotten to the core on the inside, can't they? They can be mean to other people and stingy. They can use foul language and abuse their bodies and just be generally no good. The Bible tells us Jesus doesn't worry about how we ...

2205. Jerry's Story...and Ours

Jeremiah 1:4-5

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... . Did you know that the police could use your tongue print just as easily. No two tongues are alike in just the same way that no two fingers are exactly alike. Usually criminals don't leave tongue prints behind unless they were stealing ice cream, I guess, so we don't hear about tongue prints like we hear about fingerprints. Wow! You are special. In all the universe nobody has a tongue like yours! In our Bibles, God tells the prophet Jeremiah that even before Jeremiah was born, God knew him. Every person ...

2206. Thank You, Siri...Oops!

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... side of a mountain--the angels stopped and gathered the prayers into their baskets. Before long the basket carried by one of the angels grew heavy with the weight of what he had collected, but that of the other remained almost empty. Maybe you can guess why one basket was full, while the other remained empty. Into the first basket were put prayers of petition. “Please give me this . . . Please let me have that.” Into the other went the prayers that said simply, “Thank you.” “Your basket seems very ...

2207. A Celebration of Hope

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... though she only had a nonspeaking role, Jana said to her Mother, with great satisfaction, “I had the main part!” “You did?” Her mother asked, wondering why she thought that. “Yes,” she said, “because I showed everybody how to find Jesus!” (1) I guess she did have the main part. She pointed all the other actors toward Jesus. Welcome on this First Sunday of Advent. Advent points us towards the birth of Jesus. It also points us to that day when the triumphant Christ shall return to establish ...

2208. Unnoticed at Your Own Party

Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:2-11, James 5:7-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . And finally their persistence paid off! Now, asks Pastor Dent, “What would you expect a church named Little Hope to look like? Small, decaying, unkempt and unloved? “There was a church building there. There was a sign outside that said Little Hope Baptist Church. And guess what? The church named Little Hope had a paved parking lot, a big brick sanctuary, a church van with a garage?like parking place and a covered drop?off. A nice brick home stood next door, probably the pastor’s home.” Even more ...

2209. Joseph’s Interpretation of Dreams

Gen 40:1–41:57

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... by seven thin heads of grain. One would think that the dreams should have been essentially self-explanatory. They both have to do with the number seven, and with something good and healthy being overcome by something unhealthy. At least the magicians might have guessed at it. Does God not only make the difficult discernible but also the easy indiscernible? It is ignorance that opens the door for Joseph. Suddenly the cupbearer recalls Joseph. Little notes such as the fact that Joseph shaves (41:14) serve to ...

2210. Samson's Marriage

Judges 14:1-20

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of the occasion, Samson challenges his thirty Philistine groomsmen to a timed riddle with the wager set at thirty sets of clothing. Since the riddle involves Samson’s earlier experience of eating honey out of the lion’s carcass, the groomsmen obviously cannot guess the answer. So they threaten Samson’s wife-to-be with death, and she, in turn, keeps nagging Samson until he gives in and tells her the answer. She then reveals the answer to the groomsmen, who naturally win the bet. Samson, realizing ...

2211. Security Clearance

1 Kings 2:1-46

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of the chapter unfolds. Attention soon shifts to other foes. David did not mention Abiathar, but Solomon takes initiative (2:26–27) and banishes the priest to his hometown—though the king says he is worthy of death! While Abiathar’s “crime” is unstated, one guesses it is that he sided with Adonijah, despite a history of loyalty to David. At the same time, Solomon’s order intersects with a prophetic word spoken against the house of Eli (1 Sam. 2:27–36), reminding the reader that such utterances ...

2212. Dedication of the Temple

1 Kings 8:22-66

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... discourse features an impressive theological synthesis that must appease the various interest groups assembled. Even if there is a fair bit of promotion of the Davidic line, there is also an unambiguous recognition of God’s transcendence, and one guesses that the prayer must have had an overwhelmingly positive reception. The concluding stage of the ceremony (8:54–66) comprises a corporate blessing by the king (with a call for fully committed [Hebrew shalom] hearts), abundant sacrifices, and a joyful ...

2213. The Widow's Oil & Elisha's Ministry

2 Kings 4:1-37

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Early in Elijah’s career a Sidonian widow is sustained during a famine through a supply of oil; Elisha is involved with something similar (4:1–7), except this time the widow of a deceased Israelite prophet is the beneficiary. Here, one guesses the oil is limited so as to facilitate trust in the prophetic word without fostering complacency, even as it delivers her from the immediate threat of her creditors—and thus the woman is not childless. Elisha’s care for the widow sets the tone for the rest of ...

2214. Famine in Besieged Samaria

2 Kings 6:24-7:2

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... siege invariably faces scarcity and massive inflation, and here mothers are driven to contemplate cannibalism (see Deut. 28:53–57 for a warning). When the king of Israel is apprised of the situation, he directs his outrage at Elisha; no motive is stated, but one guesses that he wanted to destroy the captured Aramean soldiers earlier (6:21), while the prophet let them live. The king orders the death of Elisha, but as the king of Aram knows full well, Elisha is an elusive foe. Not only does Elisha avoid ...

2215. Trouble from Within

Jeremiah 40:1-6, Jeremiah 40:7--41:15

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... puppet. Gedaliah, in urging them to help in the harvest, is essentially calling for a return to normalcy. Terrorist tactics are detailed in 40:13–41:10. Johanan, one of the guerrillas, emerges as spokesperson for the restless remnant. We can only guess at Baalis’s motives (40:14). Did he wish for a leader in Judah sympathetic to a policy of retaliation against the Babylonians? Did he wish to forestall any consolidation of survivors? Did he have personal ambitions? Johanan’s counterplan points to ...

2216. Hope: God Loves You

Hosea 11:1-11

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... destroy his people. In these words to Hosea, God reveals that he is not a cold and heartless father; his heart goes out to his beloved children that he has to punish. This does not indicate that God is indecisive, does not know what to do, or is second-guessing himself. Because of his deep love for Israel he is in emotional anguish; he asks himself if it is really possible for him to give up on his children. In the past he was willing to punish the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim (Gen ...

2217. Weeping and Mourning

Micah 1:8-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... and the Hebrew for “to the team of horses” (larekesh). The significance of Lachish in this oracle may be seen in the accusation that they began the sin that infected Jerusalem. Nothing in the text indicates clearly what that sin was. Many have guessed from the reference to chariots that the sin was an overreliance on military armaments. The next three city names also involve wordplay. Moresheth Gath (1:14), Micah’s hometown, located near Lachish, has a name similar to the Hebrew word for “betrothed ...

2218. Timothy’s Encouraging Report

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... event that prompted Paul to pen this letter was Timothy’s return from his trip to Thessalonica (see 1 Thess. 3:1–2). He had departed from Athens, and upon his return from the Thessalonian church, he caught up with Paul in Corinth (Acts 18:5). We can only guess how he traveled (by road or sea?) and how long the trip and stay with the church lasted (up to a month or so?). The wait must have been agonizing for Paul. “But Timothy has just now come to us from you” and, contrary to fears, “has brought ...

2219. You Shall Be My Witness

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with us and always brought cookies. She ducked in time, and then looked them squarely in their devilish eyes. Soft as the angel she was, she said, “I don’t approve of what you boys did here tonight, and neither does Jesus. But if He can forgive you, I guess I can, too.” She handed them the whole plate of cookies, and last I heard, both are good daddies with steady jobs and rarely miss a Sunday in church. That was the first miracle I ever saw.” [4] That woman provides the model. We don’t have to ...

2220. I am the Door

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... she opened her eyes and saw him. She smiled. “How are your ladies?”, she asked teasingly in a whisper. He tried to smile. There was silence for a long time. He held her hand; it felt brittle and boney. After a while she looked at him again. “I guess I’m going to leave you,” she said, “I’m going to die.” “I know,” he said. “I’m very tired.” “I know,” he said again. “I’ve never died before,” she said with a smile. “I’ve never been with anyone who died before,” he said ...

2221. Today Can Be the First Day of Your New Life!

Matthew 2:13-23

Sermon

King Duncan

It’s said that in Rome, on New Year’s Eve, there is a tradition of literally throwing old things right out the window, to start the New Year free from the past. I guess the moral of that is, if you are fortunate enough to be in Rome, Italy some New Year’s Eve, you best keep an eye skyward. Somebody might be throwing out a heavy piece of furniture just as you are passing by. That’s their tradition. A pastor named Patricia ...

2222. A Light for All Nations

Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... he circled around in the darkness not knowing what to do and expecting at any moment he might run out of fuel and plunge to his death. What happened next had to be an answer to prayer. Someone on the ground heard the little plane circling the airport and guessed what the problem was. Immediately he jumped into his car and headed for the airport. Not knowing how to switch on any of the airport’s lights, he settled for driving his car up and down the runway with his lights on high beam showing the pilot the ...

2223. You Are a Child of God…Uh-Oh

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... . “I’m not ready for this. I am but a prophet. This is the Christ! What am I doing baptizing him?” Matthew tells us, “John would have prevented him, saying, `I need to be baptized of you, and do you come to me?’” It’s easy to guess what went through John’s mind. I wonder, though, what Jesus was thinking? Why would he, the sinless Son of God, submit to baptism by John there in the wilderness? This is interesting. Bible scholars tell us that the fact that Jesus was baptized by John was an ...

2224. Jesus or Niccolo?

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... necessary stepping-stones to personal advancement. That is why his name has gone down in infamy as a synonym for devious trickery. I even used a Machiavellian tactic illustratively in the title of this sermon. Had I titled this message, "Jesus or Machiavelli," you would have guessed right away what I had in mind. However, when I used his first name, Niccolo, you probably had no idea what I had in mind. With this verbal slight of hand, I probably had you fooled until now. Similarly, Satan will try to fool us ...

2225. Afraid of Hope

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... the other disciples when they kept the Lord's command to keep on meeting, even as we do each Sunday that we might encourage each other in the faith Jesus gives us. Why did Thomas not meet? We can merely speculate but it seems that a good guess would be that Thomas reasoned, "What's the use? He is gone." Whatever it was, Thomas was convinced that Jesus was dead -- never to live again. Thomas was afflicted with that ultimate, indescribable despair that sees no benefits in tomorrow. It was not the first time ...

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