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2276. To Jesus from the Pharisaic Management Consultants

John 9:1-41

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Ray Osborne

... and vocational aptitude for the type of enterprise you are undertaking. They do not have the team concept. We would recommend that you continue your search for persons of proven experience in managerial ability and proven capacity. "Simon Peter is emotionally unstable and given to fits of anger. Andrew has absolutely no qualities of leadership. The two brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee place personal interests above company loyalty. Thomas demonstrates a questioning attitude that would tend to ...

2277. Matthew 28:1-10

Matthew 28:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... in Matthew 26:32. Unlike the flash-frozen guards, the women respond to the angel’s directives. After viewing the vacancy, they leave the tomb to “tell his disciples.” Though understandably still fearful, the women are also filled with “great joy.” Those emotions are about to be mightily magnified. For “suddenly Jesus met them,” making these two Mary’s the first to see the risen Lord. They respond to him as “Lord,” bow down before him, and assume a worshipful posture. Taking hold of his ...

2278. Sooner Than You Think

John 20:1-18

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Ray Pritchard

Ray Pritchard, president of Keep Believing Ministries, shared the emotions he felt at his mother's funeral: My mother died three years ago. I had the honor of speaking at her graveside service where we buried her next to my father. While I was standing there, I had a surreal personal experience. Perhaps it happened partly because I was a ...

2279. Coming Back a Saint

John 20:1-9

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... 's something wrong with him, everybody said. His family went to the priest. And the priest concurred, "There sure is something wrong with him," the priest said. "He has risen from the dead and now acts like a saint." Why is that severe hardship has to cripple us psychologically and emotionally. Coulnb't it just as well transform our lives for the better?

2280. Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Acts 2:14-41

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Leonard Sweet

... the enormity of the consequences of their collusion in the crucifixion. The crowd’s reaction is a wrenching cry of anguish, described with the only New Testament use of the verb “katanyssomai.” The verb is coupled here with “ten kardian” — making this emotional response a cry from “the heart,” or as the NRSV translates it, they were “cut to the heart.” The transformed disciples are now perceived by this crowd as people who can provide them with authoritative answers. So they beg to be ...

2281. John 10:1-10

John 10:1-21

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Leonard Sweet

... . Don’t write about urban drug/gang culture if your experience is a farm in South Iowa. When you write about your environs and the types of people you know, that’s when you write reality. You are reproducing authentic images, conveying motives and emotions you’ve witnessed first-hand that lie behind the characters on the page. Jesus would have flunked Creative Writing 101. Not just because we do not have any evidence of anything Jesus ever actually wrote down. But because he broke that first rule of ...

2282. A Caring Presence: I Will Not Leave You

John 14:15-21

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John H. Pavelko

The assurance of loving, caring presence in our lives is so important throughout our lives. Children who grow up in unstable homes often struggle with feelings of rejection and low self worth all their lives. We need the emotional support of other people throughout our life. We especially need it during life threatening situations. Surgery was scheduled for the next day. Tom could feel the anxiety rising. He knew his very life would be in the hands of the doctors. The day before surgery an attractive nurse ...

2283. The 4 Words that Tell What It Means to Be a Christian

Luke 24:50-53

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Leonard Sweet

... thank you,” after “sorry,” after “please” (or “help”), the disciples/witnesses at Jesus’ ascension experienced their final interaction with their Lord. What was it? An experience of “great joy.” “Joy” sounds like a sermon-y, syrupy, Christmas-carol-y emotion. But in today’s lexicon we would hear the experience of the disciples as a feeling of “awesomeness” that only comes after trusting God enough to say “Yes” and to embrace the moment in which they find themselves immersed ...

2284. In Our Own Language

Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... doctor that the couch would look a whole lot better on the right instead of the left side of the door.” (6) People are different. To a certain extent, that is the way God created us. It’s in our genetic code. Some of us are somewhat emotional; some of us are more intellectual. I am convinced God speaks to engineers differently than God speaks to artists. Engineers need all the nuts and bolts of faith. Artists sense a bigger canvas. The point is that God comes to us where we are. God speaks our language ...

2285. Why Are You Acting Like Orphans?

Romans 8:18-27

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Leonard Sweet

... be legally incorporated into a new family. Both the law-loving environments of first century Judaism and the Roman empire had a laundry list of adoption laws, policies, rights, and regulations. Whether it was done for economic, political, or emotional reasons, in the world Paul inhabited, “adoption” was a well legislated procedure. So when Paul used the language of “adoption” to describe the startling, new relationship enjoyed by followers of Jesus, he was speaking to an educated audience. First ...

2286. When the Caterers Weren’t Available

Matthew 14:13-21

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King Duncan

... church covered-dish supper was born. [Now you know why there was so much food left over.] These explanations miss the point, however. The important point of this story is that Christ is able to supply our needs, no matter how he does it. Our needs may be physical or emotional or spiritual, but Christ is sufficient. This may be the point at which a lot of us are missing the joy of our faith. We believe that God cares about us and our need, but we don’t really believe that God is able to help us. And thus ...

2287. Many Kinds of Bread

Matthew 14:13-21

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Johnny Dean

... think of rice. In Malaysia, the same applies to sweet potatoes. For every culture there is a "staff of life." For most it's bread. It's the basic thing you need to stay alive. But all these words - bread, rice, and sweet potatoes - can also refer to the emotional and spiritual basics that keep us alive. There are a few people without whose love and presence in my life, I would find it difficult, if not impossible, to survive. There's one or two I wouldn't mind getting away from awhile, just to see how I ...

2288. The Loaves and Fishes Still Work

Mt 14:13-21

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King Duncan

... can only read one section at a time. Spread the other sections around for others to read. Some of you are parents or grandparents. Take out the pictures of your children or grandchildren and show them to others." With that brief announcement she changed the emotional climate of that flight. Later, when the flight attendant came near Parker Palmer's seat he asked her, "What's your name? What's the name of your supervisor? I want to write a letter of commendation. That was the best example of group leadership ...

2289. He Ascended Into Heaven

Acts 1:1-11

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David E. Leininger

... , and to the ends of the earth"? (v. 8). Come back, Jesus. The show is over. Come back. Jesus. Jesus? But he was gone. One might figure that our friends would be depressed at Jesus' disappearance. After all, they had been on quite an emotional roller coaster. There were the good times traveling through the countryside for three years, the bad times of trial and torture that culminated at Calvary, the good times together once more following the resurrection, now, gone again. Who could blame them for being ...

2290. Giving It Up for Lent

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

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David E. Leininger

... . Why not check that sharp tongue at the door? * Give up your hatred of anyone or anything! Instead, learn the discipline of love. "Love covers a multitude of sins." * Give up your worries and anxieties! Instead, trust God with them. Anxiety is spending emotional energy on something we can do nothing about: like tomorrow! Live today and let God's grace be sufficient. * Give up television one evening a week! Instead, visit some lonely or sick person. There are those who are isolated by illness or age. Why ...

2291. He Descended Into Hell

1 Peter 3:18-22

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David E. Leininger

... to survive the bleakness of winter. Hell — perhaps it is physical infirmity — the sore that will not heal which carries a message you are afraid to hear; perhaps it is the pain that persists and pervades and allows no relief. Hell — perhaps it is an emotional state — the landscape of life is utterly bleak, and nothing you or anyone does can brighten it. Hell.... Is there a hint there of what we have in Jesus? "He descended into hell," we say. Even yours. As the psalmist said, in the phrasing of ...

2292. When Words Are Not Enough

Ephesians 5:15-20

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David E. Leininger

... were moving about much more slowly than usual and a few were sitting alone, quietly weeping. I was puzzled until I realized that the tape was still playing and that they had been overcome by the old man's singing. This convinced me of the emotional power of the music and of the possibilities offered by adding a simple ... orchestral accompaniment that respected the tramp's nobility and simple faith.[3] "Jesus' blood never failed me yet/Never failed me yet/Jesus' blood never failed me yet/This one thing I ...

2293. A Wonderful Mother (In-Law)

Ruth 1:1-18

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David E. Leininger

You have heard the classic definition of mixed emotions: watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new Rolls Royce. One preacher exhorted his congregation at offering time to "give as if you're giving to send your mother-in-law back home." It is an old problem. Even in ancient Rome, the writer, Juvenal, said, " ...

2294. Speaking Peace

John 20:19-31

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John Smylie

... . Perhaps, today, our hearts and our world are just as needful of hearing those strong words of peace that Jesus spoke, as the disciples were 2,000 years ago. How can we know true peace? How can we know a peace that is more than an individualistic emotional high? How can we know a peace that does not close its eyes to the blighting of our environment — or to the oppression of the poor? What about the suicidal violence of nation against nation with the threat of nuclear weapons always looming around us? We ...

2295. Actions Speak Louder than Words

John 17:6-19

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John Smylie

... . Perhaps during these days between the Ascension Day and Pentecost we, too, would be wise to gather together in one another's presence, quietly awaiting the coming of the Holy Spirit. The world brings us many challenges and most of us have likely gone through emotional and momentous occasions and we likely crave the presence of others who have walked that road. We may long to be with others who have faced this world and at times felt crushed by it. Perhaps we need to gather in community because we have ...

2296. Do You Love Me?

John 14:15-31

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Kristin Borsgard Wee

... earliest times, human suffering has been so severe that Saint Teresa of Avila reportedly said to God, "No wonder your friends are so few, considering how you treat them." We also know that suffering can produce virtues. Facing painful problems head on can lead to emotional maturity. The pain we experience — if it doesn't destroy us — may cause us to grow stronger. I suspect this is why some of us are willing to take on hard things in life. We go to evening meetings that last until midnight and attend ...

2297. This Gospel Is for Our Children

Mark 10:13-16

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... surely aren't aware of these later findings of medical science but by presenting their children before Jesus, they are doing even more than getting Christ's spiritual blessing upon their children. They are contributing to their long-term physical and emotional development. Christ uses touch often in his ministry as a means of conveying special blessing. Remember the woman who had a bleeding problem for twelve years? When she touched Jesus, she was immediately healed. The man born blind received Christ's ...

2298. Agony and Ecstasy

John 11:17-37

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Steven Molin

... night before? Had they agreed that Jesus had let them down? So it seems, and this is where the gospel text begins for us today. When Jesus asks to be taken to the grave of Lazarus, he finds it surrounded with grief-stricken people, and he is overcome with emotion. Here is the shortest verse in the Bible, and many a preacher has made the joke of taking time to memorize it, but that's unfortunate, because these two words provide for us a view of the empathy of God. "Jesus wept." That's how the gospel writer ...

2299. The Thing about Laws

Mark 12:28-34

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Steven Molin

... 000 years? Of course, it didn't. Doesn't it stand to reason that the greatest commandments in Jesus' mind would still be "Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself"? There will be conflicting emotions in the answer to that question. Those who think that Christians must walk the walk and talk the talk or they are obviously not Christians will hold firm. They would demand righteousness from their sisters and brothers, and expect it of themselves. They would ...

2300. Celebrate This!

Mark 12:38-44

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Steven Molin

... to the cause. Have you ever wondered why some people give? Have you ever analyzed why you give? Sometimes it is because we have extra, and it seems like the right thing to do. Sometimes it is because we have been moved — because something has touched an emotion deep within us — and even if we can't really afford it, we give anyway. Sometimes we give, simply because giving is the most articulate way we know of saying, "Thank you." It's a form of gratitude, really; giving is a natural response to having ...

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