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1. Six Nails of the Cross V: The Nail of Hatred

Luke 6:17-26

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Wesley T. Runk

... not begin on such a full-scale level. It begins within each one of us. When our rights, our goals, our interests, our jobs are threatened Ä these things which are so central to our identity, our purpose, our being Ä it is then that we strike out in fear and hatred. Bishop Nygren once put it this way in a commencement address at Carthage College: Let us imagine that we are walking on a large plain. We can see in all directions. If I look around, I see the line of the horizon like a line of a circle. Where ...

2. Jesus’ Love and the World’s Hatred

John 15:1-17

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... 38), and now Jesus refers explicitly to the danger of being killed for his sake (v. 2)—even as he had bluntly charged his enemies all along with trying to kill him (7:19; 8:37, 40). The thrust of Jesus’ prophetic vision is that all the hatred directed against him from the beginning of his ministry, expressing itself in persecution (5:16) with the intent to kill (5:18), will be redirected at his disciples after his departure. His hope is that the disciples will remember that I warned you (v. 4a) and be ...

3. Haman’s Hatred of Mordecai

Esther 5:9-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Full of joy and inebriated, Haman leaves Queen Esther’s banquet and returns home to boast of his great wealth and honored position in the courts of the king. On the way home, Haman encounters his nemesis Mordecai, who refuses once again to bow before him (5:9). Seething with rage, pretentious Haman vows revenge. After bragging to his family and friends about the special privileges he has received from the royals, Haman expresses severe discontentment at Mordecai’s refusal to honor him (5:13). Haman’s ...

4. Thou Sayest I Am King

John 18:28-40

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Maxie Dunnam

... late 1950s and the early 60s. It really was an upheaval time all over the nation, but I knew it in Mississippi because I was a pastor there. I can still see the twisted faces, flushed red with hot blood. I can still hear the venomous hatred of people who were normally upright, educated, respectable, religious people, as they came together to discuss the stand I’d taken in relation to public schools, freedom of the pulpit, and voter rights. And I never will forget the mob that surrounded the church at an ...

5. Walls, Walls, Everywhere Walls

Ephesians 2:11-22

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King Duncan

... speak to all the world’s people, we may not be able to personally intervene to prevent the death of innocent people in places where hatred is strong and life is cheap. But what we can do is take responsibility for our lives, to pray for God’s love to reside ... the wall of hostility. Never has the world needed the peace that Christ brings more than it does today. There is hostility and hatred all about us. These come from the powers of wickedness, not from God. God’s intent is that we all be one family ...

6. A Real Solution For Real Problems

Acts 9:1-19a

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King Duncan

... FIRST SIGN OF AUTHENTIC CONVERSION OF A SOUL TO JESUS CHRIST. WE ARE CONVERTED FROM A LIFE OF HATE TO A LIFE OF LOVE. How else can it be? The very nature of God is love. How can a man or woman stand before God or humanity and spew out hatred in the name of Jesus Christ? It is a contradiction in terms. Jesus spells it out even more succinctly. Notice he asks, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute ME?" That is one of the most terrifying questions in all the New Testament. It brings with it the realization that ...

7. Strategic Kindness

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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King Duncan

... and praying with him. The ministry of Chris opened the door for the man to welcome Christ into his life. No arrest was forthcoming, for the statute of limitations on the crime was long past. But fortunately the statute of limitations had also run out on Chris's hatred and bitterness. He said, "While many people can't understand how I could forgive my kidnapper, from my point of view I couldn't not forgive him. If I'd chosen to hate him all these years, or spent my life looking for revenge, then I wouldn't ...

8. The World Hates the Disciples

John 15:18--16:4

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

9. God With A Human Face

John 1:1-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... Christ's people, the church. Jesus said that we, his disciples, are the light of the world. If there are over 100 million Christians in America, why is there so much darkness here? If there are about a billion Christians in the world, why is there so much dark hatred in the world? Could it be that we Christians are failing to be lights to the world? Is it possible that we have allowed the light to go out in our lamps? Are we like the foolish virgins in the parable? There was once a train and school bus ...

10. Family Survival

Genesis 37:1-11

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Stephen DeFur

... them, they hated him even more." Verse 8: "His brothers said to him, "˜Are you indeed to reign over us? Are you indeed to have dominion over us?' So they hated him even more because of his dreams and his words." What's the word that keeps popping up? HATE. Hatred infects the community, the family. Verse 9 says that Joseph had another dream. You'd think that by now, if he had any sense at all, he would have learned to keep his dreams to himself. But oh no, he brings all of his brothers together. "I've had ...

11. Proper 14

Genesis 37:1-11, Genesis 37:12-36, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Jonah 2:1-10, Romans 9:1-29, Romans 9:30--10:21, Matthew 14:22-36

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John R. Brokhoff

... to sink." Lack of faith - "afraid." b. We are helped - vv. 31-32. Hears Peter's cry - "Lord, save me." Offers his hand - "Reached out his hand." Saved Peter - "caught him." Old Testament: Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 1. The Cost Of Hatred. 37:1-4, 12-28. Need: Hatred is a common trait. The Arabs hate the Jews, the Capitalists hate Communists, whites hate blacks, labor hates management, some spouses hate each other. Christians are not to hate any person. They are commanded to love even their enemies by praying for ...

12. Facing the Glory Road

Matthew 20:17-19

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Louis H. Valbracht

... an explosive point in the capital city. Every miracle, every sermon, every civil or ecclesiastical disobedience to the law, every plaudit of a crowd of peasants in Galilee or Perea or Samaria had reached the ears of the rulers in Jerusalem. The anger, the hatred, the determination to destroy this Nazarene agitator had grown like a black thundercloud. And now, the Master was telling them that they were going to walk smack-dab into the very jaws of this threatening danger and destruction. And if they had any ...

13. Shalom Shattered

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

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Arley K. Fadness

... . Joseph does not belong in a waterless pit! One can imagine the dread he felt as he tumbled down into this dark prison. As he lays on the damp earth he wonders how long it will be. What will happen next? "My brothers are filled with hatred. If only I had toned down telling about my dreams. If only I had not been so showy with my new robe." Reflection brings regrets and new fears. Many today are experiencing waterless pits in their lives. Families are falling apart due to infidelity, immaturity, selfishness ...

14. What Does God Expect Of You?

Micah 6:1-8

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Robert Allen

... our daily relationships. Justice is such an easy word to say, but it is a difficult word to live because there is so much injustice in our world. We live in a world where there is violence and the innocent suffer. We live in a world where there is hatred and people are hurt. We live in a world where there is hunger and people are starving. We live in a world where there is prejudice and people are denied their basic human freedoms. Doing justice in our everyday lives concerns the passion that you and I must ...

15. The Lord's Prayer: Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Matthew 6:5-15

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Eric Ritz

... the scene in which Lady Anne, the widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, follows the open coffin of her father-in-law, King Henry VI? Both men have been murdered by the Duke of Gloucester. The coffin-bearers stop to rest and Anne pours out both her tears and her hatred of the murderer: "O! Cursed be the hand that made these holes; Cursed the heart that had the heart to do it; Cursed the blood that let this blood from hence!" Without the witness and the work of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, I am sure that the ...

16. Dealing With Your Enemies

Luke 6:27-36

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King Duncan

... love and those who have God within them are possessed by the Spirit of love. That is our only hope. That is the world’s only hope, that the Spirit of Christ will one day dwell in every heart. Then there will be no wars, no terrorism, no hatred. That is our hope, our only hope as followers of Christ. Do you see any other hope? We keep killing terrorists and more terrorists step in line behind them. “Mole-whacking” is what some of our soldiers call it. You whack one mole in your yard and another sticks ...

17. Shockwaves of Joy

Matthew 28:1-10

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King Duncan

... have any power over us. And now we can say “Hallelujah!” to the hope of resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Only when you are sitting beside a tomb do you really understand the value of life. Only when you have stared hatred in the face do you really understand the value of love. And only when you have experienced the darkest depths of despair do you understand the power of unshakeable hope, the hope that can only be found in the character and promises of a loving, faithful ...

18. A Zealot’s Greatest Battle

Drama

... cannot go with you. (Turning away) I will not go with you. When I yielded myself to my new Commander, it was a lifetime vow. He taught me the truth about God. God doesn’t hate, he loves. God doesn’t want us to try to change the world with hatred, but with love. It works! I’ve seen it work! Barabbas One thing refutes your whole theory ... look behind you! (They look up at the cross) It looks like it works, all right! Where did all that love get him? Crucified! He’s dead, Simon! What good is a dead ...

19. The Forgiven and the Forgiving

Matthew 18:21-35

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Robert G. Tuttle

... afraid to stand up for his Jewish friend because of the pressures. The Jewish boy’s parents sent him to America to save his life. Here he made good. Meanwhile, his mother and father were murdered by the Nazis. The Jewish boy deepened and deepened in his spirit of hatred. Thirty years later there was a reunion of his prep school in Germany, and they sent him a letter with a list of the names of the boys and what had happened to them. The Jewish man was mad, bitter, wouldn’t read the letter, threw it away ...

20. "I Don’t Hate Any More!"

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Robert G. Tuttle

... thoughts with contradictions. A wife wrote to her husband: "Dear George, I hate you. Love. Alice" We need more of the saving grace of forgiveness than our grandfathers ever did. Clergy are not exempt. As a young preacher in my first congregation. I collided head-on with hatred. There was an old, ugly, twenty-foot hedge between the parsonage and the next house. During the Great Depression as it was, a poor man came by wanting work. I had an inspiration. I gave him a saw and told hum to cut that hedge down to ...

21. What It Means To Be A Family

John 13:31-38

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King Duncan

... lost both legs to a booby trap mine in Vietnam. Aunt Rose couldn't have known what emotions her request would conjure up. The trauma of the war, combined with Bill's horrible injury, had left him bitter and angry. Over the years, he had developed a deep hatred for Vietnam and its people. So Bill's first instinct was to reject Aunt Rose's request. But then a deliciously evil thought seized him: he could make the Vietnamese family suffer, just as he had suffered. He agreed to Aunt Rose's request, and a week ...

22. With Malice toward None, With Charity for All

Matthew 5:43-48

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James Merritt

... guards. One day a Bible was brought into that prison. It was passed around and it finally came to DeShazer. He began to read it, and he came across the words of Jesus that said, "Love your enemies." Well instantly the love of Jesus melted that mountain of hatred inside of him, and he was filled with the joy of Jesus Christ. From that point on every time he was tortured, beaten, whipped, or harassed, he would just simply say, "Lord, help me to love my enemies." When the war was over he returned home. He ...

23. Tricked Into Forgiveness

2 Samuel 14:1-33

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Bill Bouknight

... was found on a remote hillside—he had been shot to death. His son, Adolph IV, then fifteen years old, had lost his best friend. Many years passed. Young Ad Coors grew up, served in the Marine Corps, and became a responsible adult. In his heart he harbored hatred for the man who had murdered his father. Then in 1975, Ad became a Christian. He became part of a Grace Group. One of his new Christian friends, Dale Morris, asked him if he had forgiven the man who killed his father. Ad replied, “In my heart I ...

24. Enemies of Promise

Matthew 3:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... the poor because you're rich; hate peace because your life is not peaceful. Hate, in turn, supports the whole structure of violence that is staggering our nations. On April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City testified to the violent legacy begotten by hate. That particular hatred was so intense it could not even wait to eradicate the promise within all children through a lifetime of tutelage. It blew them up in their day-care center while they were still innocent of hate. The enemy of hate devours promise, leaving ...

25. Family Resemblance

John 14:5-14

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King Duncan

... is, was, or ever will be that God is a God of unlimited love. That is what this verse says, “When you have seen me, you have seen my father.” Some of those who purport to be followers of Jesus have given God a bad name. They spew out hatred toward others of God’s children. Sometimes they even do it in Jesus’ name. May God have mercy on their souls. Can you even imagine Jesus hurling cruel taunts at others? No way. He even forgave the soldiers who drove nails through his hands and feet and nailed him ...

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