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1. Repentance

Matthew 3:1-12

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... layperson in my church recently said, "If we are not careful, John the Baptizer will take all of the fun out of Christmas." I think my friend is dead wrong. Heeding the preaching of John the Baptizer will restore joy to Christmas. What better way to prepare than to turn one's life toward Christ and to bear fruit as a sign of repentance? That is the way to prepare for a real Christmas. And that is what most of us want because we are bone tired of Christmas the way it is. John the Baptizer's preaching calls ...

2. Proper 17

Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... child is not responsible for the sin of a father but also that a person can change. The wicked can turn to God and begin to live a good life. On the other hand, a good person may turn to wickedness. Life or death depends on which way a person turns. One does not have to be what one is. Lesson 2: Hebrews 13:1-8 1. Brotherly (v. 1). We are to continue in "brotherly love." Is this word offensive to females? Why not sisterly, motherly, or fatherly love? It is not a sexually oriented word but a theological one ...

3. Sin, Confession and Redemption

Isaiah 59:1-21

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... aim (sins), like choosing to go the wrong way (iniquities), like deceiving someone about your commitment (treachery), like turning your back on someone. This wrongdoing involves behaving in a consistent way in relation to society. Turning one’s back on other people goes hand in hand with turning one’s back on God, and an encouragement of deception in human relationships and an effective outlawing of truth and honesty goes hand in hand with the attempt to deceive God. If only the people will acknowledge ...

4. Blow The Trumpet In Zion

Joel 2:1-11

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Larry Powell

... Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and repents of evil. (2:13) The alarm had been sounded. The word had come into focus: "Repent!" Again, strangely enough, external circumstances frequently serve to turn one "outside-in" to be dramatically confronted with the matter of repentance. In his book Born Again, Charles W. Colson, a former top aide to President Richard M. Nixon at the time of the Watergate scandal, tells his story. Colson, often quoted as ...

5. The Excellent Meal Ticket

Genesis 37:1-11, Genesis 37:12-36, John 21:15-25, Mark 8:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... is only on one side? In case not, I have one here to show you today. You see this? I get so frustrated when I see these shirts. They offend my OCD sense of decorum because you turn, and the pattern just stops. It’s like, you can only turn one way in speaking to people, cause otherwise, it looks like the rest of you is invisible. The exciting part is turned toward the front. But turn around, and the rest is just plain, bland, one-color. How disappointing! Maybe this is how God feels sometimes when we come ...

6. The Chicken or the Egg

Mark 1:1-8

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Donald B. Strobe

... are sorry they got caught, or that life has caught up with them. That is why confessions and rebirths behind prison bars are always greeted with a certain amount of cynical skepticism by the public. But true repentance-in the Biblical meaning of the word means turning one’s back on a previous behavior and direction, and turning toward God. It means that one comes to hate the things one once loved, and to love the things one once hated. Repent is an action verb. To repent means to turn around, to change ...

7. Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Luke 4:1-13

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Frank Ramirez

... ways the first temptation seems harmless. Jesus is famished. Why not turn a few stones into bread? It's not like he's going to do it every day. After all, some may wonder, didn't he multiply the loaves and fishes? What was so wrong about turning one lousy stone into a loaf of bread? The difference, I think, is that in turning loaves and fishes to more loaves and fishes Jesus was quickening what was a natural process in order to feed others. The future kingdom of God, in which all will be filled, was ...

8. What If It Happens To Me? The Fear of Suffering

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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James Merritt

... in stride and with good cheer. These limitations that cut me down to size - abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks, I just let Christ take over! And so, the weaker I get, the stronger I become." (II Corinthians 12:7-10, MSG) Can you see how Paul has turned one hundred and eighty degrees? Before God spoke, all Paul wanted, was to get rid of his problem, but after God spoke, he wouldn't take the world for it. Victor Frankl, a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, who spent years of his life in a concentration ...

9. In the Wrong Place At the Right Time

Mark 15:21-32

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Maxie Dunnam

... that we are being led. Hugh Redwood was a British journalist. He described a time when he was under a terrific strain and pressure because of terrible decisions that he had to make. He didn’t want to make them. He didn’t know which way to turn. One day he was invited to give a speech in another town. His host arranged a little reception before the event in his house so that he could meet some people. During the reception the host said, “You look weary and tired. Would you like to escape from ...

10. Parables of the Kingdom

Mark 4:1-20

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Grant R. Osborne

... that their mind-set is renewed (Rom. 12:2) and they think the things of God rather than of humankind (Mark 8:33). Then the believer will have a new retirement plan: treasures in heaven rather than treasures on earth (Matt. 6:19–21). Friendship with the world turns one into an enemy of God (James 4:4) and will bring his wrath. As in Mark 4:18, desire for possessions deceives and leads to a life of worry, choking out the life of the Spirit (see also Rom. 8:1–13). 4. Receptivity is paramount to bearing ...

11. In the Wilderness

Matthew 4:1-11

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April Yamasaki

... . Each time he arrives to reassure her, steady her feet, and lead her onward. After all, the Shepherd knows every step of her way, and he has the added benefit of experience. For the Shepherd had also traveled a road with rough terrain and unexpected turns. One unexpected turn came to Jesus the shepherd as he was about to begin his earthly ministry. At his baptism, the heavens opened, the Spirit of God descended on him, and a voice from heaven proclaimed, “This is my Son, the beloved, with whom I am ...

12. When The World Goes Crazy!

Genesis 6:1-8:22

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King Duncan

... a famous missionary who was killed trying to bring the Gospel to the Auca tribes deep in the heart of Peru. Before his death, Elliot wrote, "Father, make me a crisis man. Let me not be a milepost on a single road. Make me a fork that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me." (5) Every Christian is called to be a fork in the road. Our holiness is supposed to make us uncomfortable in the world. In I Corinthians, chapter 4, the apostle Paul calls Christians "fools for Christ's sake." He says ...

13. The Footwashing

Luke 7:36-50

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... inquiry or failure of nerve? - he said, "I wanted to get rid of my sins." The weeping woman knew that she needed God’s forgiveness for the way that she had been living if the rest of her life was to have any meaning. Repentance is always turning one’s back on the past as well as turning toward God and new dimensions of living. Loren Eiseley tells about a scientist who was instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb. He was walking in the woods near his farm with a couple of young scientists ...

14. The Lord’s Case Against Israel

Micah 6:1-8

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... of “humbly” here can also be “attentive,” “paying attention to,” “watching” Yahweh during their journey together. Walking humbly with God is living from God’s word and not one’s own, paying attention to God’s will and not following one’s own desires, turning one’s eyes to God as a servant turns his or her eyes to the master (cf. Ps. 123:2) for guidance, approbation, and correction. It is such a humble walk with God that makes it possible to act justly and to love ḥesed, and thus ...

15. Look At Your Fixations!

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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Carl Jech

... Some seem by their very nature destructive. Others could be either good or bad depending on how they affect or are integrated into the rest of our life. The excitement of meeting the Pope could inspire a life of faith, service and devotion; or it could turn one into the kind of religious fanatic who, like some people I have met, "think religion" (or religious art, or music, or ?) twenty-four hours a day. It was Martin Luther who said, "God is interested in a lot of things besides religion." The injustice of ...

16. The Green-Eyed Monster

Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

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Lori Wagner

... ” by the green-eyed monster meant you could turn into such a beast. When extreme jealousy begins to reign one’s heart, mind, spirit, and body, it can be extremely destructive. It can ruin relationships, destroy the heart, and in fact even can turn one into a killer. The “green-eyed monster” is a nasty, uncontrollable beast, a vicious predator.[2] But in a sense, the green-eyed monster is just another name for a creature identified in scripture from the beginning of time when God admonishes Cain ...

17. To Elders and Young Men

1 Peter 5:1-11

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... 29). 5:6 While the previous verse spoke of the expression of humility toward those who share the common faith, Peter now goes more deeply. The foundation of Christian humility is a dependent attitude toward God and his ability to rescue. That involves turning one’s attention away from self and away from circumstances, however pressing and however painful. The believer’s attitude must be one of taking it for granted that God’s hand remains in control of events. In the OT, the expression the mighty hand ...

18. Going Into Labor

Mark 13:1-8

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Frank Ramirez

... ,” saith the stone, “The King of Kings; this mighty City shows “The wonders of my hand.” — The City’s gone — Nought but the Leg remaining to disclose The site of this forgotten Babylon. The final six lines, however, take a different turn, one that we might well think about: We wonder,—and some Hunter may express Wonder like ours, when thro’ the wilderness Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chase, He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guess What powerful but unrecorded race ...

19. The Day of the Lord

2 Peter 3:1-18

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

The Writer’s Purpose Restated 3:1 After his lengthy tirade against the false teachers and their perverted life-style so dangerous to the well being of his readers, Peter turns—one senses, with warm relief—to address his dear friends directly. He now reverts to his opening exhortation to them to foster their spiritual life (1:5–8). This is now my second letter to you, he declares, although whether he means 1 Peter or some other letter, now lost, is ...

20. Jews and Christians: All in the Family

Romans 15:4-13

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Will Willimon

... , who remained in the field, faithfully working for the father -- refused to go to the party. The father came out into the darkness and pleaded with the brother to come in, but to no avail. In our day, the story has taken a sad and unexpected turn, one which Luke couldn't have imagined. The younger brother soon lost his repentant, contrite spirit. The shock of his father's gracious reception wore off. He came to resent his older brother's failure to party at his homecoming. He began to scheme against his ...

21. Athaliah and Joash

2 Chron 22:10–23:21

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... the source text in 2 Kgs. 11:19–20) describes the young king being brought to the palace and set on the royal throne. Additional Notes 22:10 Although the NIV translates to destroy here, the verb used in Chronicles (dabar) rather means “to turn (one’s) back on.” The Chronicler has replaced the verb from the source text in 2 Kgs. 11:1 (?abad, “to destroy”). 23:3 The NIV unfortunately did not translate the Hebrew word hinneh (“see/observe/look”), which introduces the reference to the king’s ...

22. What’s the Good Word?

John 1:1-18

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Donald B. Strobe

... , but your true nature, created by God and for God, and you will find Him written there. Do not think of salvation, as so many do, as a turning of one’s back upon the world, an escape from this world of people and things; that is to turn one’s back on that which God has created, redeemed, and destined for glory. To have any view of salvation which does not embrace all of the created order of God is to be shortsighted and limited in our vision. Yes, John recognizes that there is wickedness and evil and ...

23. Joash Repairs the Temple

2 Chronicles 24:1-16

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... on the book of the kings (see Additional Note on 24:27). A new era dawned when Amaziah his son succeeded him as king. Additional Notes 22:10 Although the NIV translates to destroy here, the verb used in Chronicles (dabar) rather means “to turn (one’s) back on.” The Chronicler has replaced the verb from the source text in 2 Kgs. 11:1 (ʾabad, “to destroy”). 23:3 The NIV unfortunately did not translate the Hebrew word hinneh (“see/observe/look”), which introduces the reference to the king’s ...

24. The Wickedness of Joash

2 Chronicles 24:17-27

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

25. Drink One For The Brothers

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... . So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself." The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there. The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn. One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your ...

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