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201. Day of Atonement (III)

Numbers 29:7-11

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... little clue. The gradual decline leads to the important number seven. See Davies, Numbers, p. 314. 29:35 Assembly is a different term from sacred assembly used earlier in the section. Budd translates “closing assembly” (Numbers, p. 318). The root word of the term suggests restraining or abstaining. Refraining from work is prescribed; fasting and other restraints may also have been involved. The final assembly could be a time of rejoicing. 29:39 On the fellowship offering, see Lev. 3:1–17; 7:11–21.

202. Feast of Tabernacles (II)

Numbers 29:12-40

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

203. At the Door of the Church

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... it and entered. None of the others monks knew what he was thinking, but all of them knew that he was preparing for the occasion which was to follow. Thus it became a habit for the monks to lay their hand upon the knob and wait. They refrained from haste as they prepared to enter into the presence of God. This spiritual courtesy is not a mere mannerism, but goes back to the experience of man and his beginnings. The Jews do not enter the synagogue for services until they have prepared themselves the night ...

204. What On Earth Is God Doing? - 1940

Psalm 76:1-12

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... use men’s wickedness for a purpose peculiarly his own. Leslie Weatherhead, in his book The Will of God, has illustrated this truth with the story of a man, who, working in a paper manufacturing establishment, one day either ignorantly or willfully refrained from putting into the mixture, that was to be made into fine writing paper, a certain essential ingredient. The product was useless for writing purposes and a large loss of time and material was apparently inevitable. But the employer took a sample of ...

205. It’s About Time!

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... sleep. CHRISTIAN-WITH-EXCUSES: Why suddenly all this talk of time? He’s (she’s) not worried about it. You just want me to feel guilty. NON-CHRISTIAN: Time, time, you all talk in riddles. TIME PRESENT: A time to embrace TIME PAST: And a time to refrain from embracing. TIME FUTURE: A time to weep TIME PAST: And a time to laugh. TIME PRESENT: A time to love TIME FUTURE: And a time to hate. NON-CHRISTIAN: It’s about time you characters get down to real cases. What time really is - time is money! Basically ...

206. Family Night Live

Drama

Dave Marsh

... ’s and don’t's C) He is a kindly old man who merely wants us to believe in Him Of course, God wants to be friends with us. And as we develop that friendship with Him we desire to do things that please Him and refrain from that which hurts our relationship... Cast: John: Dad. Angela: Mom. Isabelle: Daughter Props: Couch Remote TV Guide Glamour magazine Setting: The family room. (LIGHTS UP CENTER STAGE where the John and Angela are watching TV (much to Angela's dismay) and Isabelle is reading her magazine ...

207. What's Your Drink?

Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... sips of wine. The other half eschews strong drink and "spirituous liquors," finding that its negative influences on individuals and our culture outweigh any positive functions it might once have served. These churches discourage drinking of any kind and even refrain from using any form of alcohol in the communion cup. Whatever your personal or denominational conviction, drink is still one of the most pervasive images throughout the Old and New Testaments. God the host has been pouring out wine, water, the ...

208. The Devil Made Me Do It

Illustration

Michael Horton

... in quality and quantity. Everything that is wrong in the world is the fault of the bad god. And it's up to the initiate or believer to make sure the good god wins. Back when Jimmy Swaggart defied the orders of the Assemblies of God to refrain from preaching for one year, he assured the public that he was free of moral defect, for, he said, Oral Roberts had cast out the demons from his body over the phone. Oral Roberts confirmed Swaggart's report, insisting he had demons and their claws deeply embedded in ...

209. You Won't Regret This

Illustration

Brett Blair

... . Destroying a letter written in anger. Offering an apology that will save a friendship. Stopping a scandal that was ruining a reputation. Helping a child find themselves. Forgiving a wrong. Taking time to show consideration to parents, friends, brothers and sisters. Refraining from gossip when others around you delight in it. Refusing to do a thing which is wrong, although others do it. Helping someone out of bind. Forgiving a debt. Living according to your convictions. Saying "I love you" to someone who ...

210. There Is a Time to Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

Brett Blair

... . You recall the familiar verses that read: There is a time to live and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which has been planted, a time for peace and a time for war, a time to touch and a time to refrain from touching. A sage person will appreciate the difference.

211. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel’s Interpretation: Part One

Daniel 2:1-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... over kings and nations. He bestows insight on the wise. God’s plan for the future lies hidden from man’s scrutiny but is fully known to him. This God is no other than the “God of my ancestors,” who is faithful to his servants in exile. Though Daniel refrains from using the divine name Yahweh, he intimates that the God of the fathers and the great king has a name and that this name will endure “for ever and ever” (2:20), even though it may seem to the Babylonians that their gods are victorious.

212. God’s Absurd Answer

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... of the fragmented ashes of a violent world. Yes, according to our crucified and resurrected Lord, the best way to honor those who have been destroyed through war and terrorism is to love our enemies, do good to those who hate us, bless those who curse us, to refrain from judgment and retaliation, and to honor the dead by refusing to hate or abuse those who killed them. It isn’t easy to be a follower of Jesus. Friends, as we look back over the last fifteen years, it is clear that we are still struggling to ...

The greatest triumphs of propaganda have been accomplished, not by doing something, but by refraining from doing. Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

Aldous Huxley

214. A Good Mom

2 Timothy 1:5

Illustration

Andrew M. Greeley

... children. Her children, like all children, didn't really appreciate this and were always telling her she did more for one or the other of them than she did for all of them. "You love her (him) more than you do me", was an oft heard refrain from one or the other. Though the Mom felt bad about her children's reaction, she just continued to do the best she could to keep them all satisfied. She encouraged their individual talents, seeing them as God-given gifts that needed her encouragement. When they reached ...

215. The Lord of Birth and Death

Genesis 18:1-33

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... before Abraham.”) Abraham is convinced that the judge of all the earth will do right. He has no doubts about the integrity and consistency of God. Therefore he speaks plainly with God. This is no place for clichés and shibboleths. He asks if God would refrain from judging Sodom if there were fifty righteous people in the city. Eventually he jumps not by fives but by tens, and finally he asks if God would spare Sodom for the sake of ten righteous people. Abraham believes that the presence of a few who are ...

216. Plot Against Jeremiah

Jeremiah 11:18-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... word the NIV translates as “heart” is literally “kidneys,” which were thought to be the seat of emotion. The heart (NIV “mind”) symbolized thought and will. Together, the two terms represent a person’s internal motives. Commendably, the prophet refrains from retaliation. His prayer is in accord with the teaching, “‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Rom 12:19 NASB). God’s response to bring disaster on the plotting townsfolk must be seen as a miniature scene showing ...

217. The Man With Leprosy

Matthew 8:1-4

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... his illness (cf. Lev. 5:3 with Lev. 13:1–59). After healing him, Jesus commands him (1) to fulfill the requirements of the law for ritual cleansing with sacrifices, bodily washings, and purification rites (cf. Lev. 14:2–32); and (2) to refrain from speaking about the healing. The latter fits with other commands to silence in Matthew (e.g., 9:30; 12:16; 16:20), likely indicating the need for Jesus to conceal his messianic identity in the face of political ramifications until his own public declaration ...

218. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Luke 18:9-14

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... two principal characters. In this parable the Pharisee provides an example of the wrong way to approach God, while the tax collector provides an example of the right way. The error of the Pharisee lies not in the fact the he has refrained from certain sins and has performed certain religious duties faithfully; his sin lies in his lofty self-esteem. Because he has remained legally and ritually pure, and because he has fasted regularly (a sign of religious seriousness) and has tithed faithfully (as required ...

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

Sydney J. Harris

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.

Aleister Crowley

In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.

Andre Gide

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Aristotle

Kindness is not without its rocks ahead. People are apt to put it down to an easy temper and seldom recognize it as the secret striving of a generous nature; whilst, on the other hand, the ill-natured get credit for all the evil they refrain from.

Honore de Balzac

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not, and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

Marcus Annaeus Seneca

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Marcus Aurelius

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201. Day of Atonement (III)

Numbers 29:7-11

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

202. Feast of Tabernacles (II)

Numbers 29:12-40

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

203. At the Door of the Church

Sermon

Harold Warlick

204. What On Earth Is God Doing? - 1940

Psalm 76:1-12

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

205. It’s About Time!

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

206. Family Night Live

Drama

Dave Marsh

207. What's Your Drink?

Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

208. The Devil Made Me Do It

Illustration

Michael Horton

209. You Won't Regret This

Illustration

Brett Blair

210. There Is a Time to Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Illustration

Brett Blair

211. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel’s Interpretation: Part One

Daniel 2:1-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

212. God’s Absurd Answer

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

Aldous Huxley

214. A Good Mom

2 Timothy 1:5

Illustration

Andrew M. Greeley

215. The Lord of Birth and Death

Genesis 18:1-33

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

216. Plot Against Jeremiah

Jeremiah 11:18-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

217. The Man With Leprosy

Matthew 8:1-4

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

218. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

Luke 18:9-14

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

Sydney J. Harris

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.

Aleister Crowley

Andre Gide

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Aristotle

Honore de Balzac

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not, and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

Marcus Annaeus Seneca

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Marcus Aurelius

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