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2 Samuel 18:1-18

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Stephen M. Crotts

... all over to God. The vengeance is all his. I'll let him judge between Nabal and myself." There are many in our world today who point out that Christ's commands to go the second mile, turn the cheek, and forgive seventy times seventy are unworkable, impractical, in this dog-eat-dog world. But what happens when David walks in this way? David starved, Nabal got fat, and King Saul lived happily ever after, right? Wrong! The text says Abigail shared plenty of food with David. Nabal heard of his wife's generosity ...

2. Sometimes It Is Okay to Be Absentminded

Isaiah 43:14-28

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Curtis Lewis

... causes you to walk in darkness? God is victor over all darkness which threatens to destroy you. He triumphed over all evil to give you victory. What is the need of the Church? The greatest need of the Church is to be set free from crusty, worn-out, unworkable tradition. When this happens, the Church will return to its first love and God will do new and wonderful things greater than we can perceive. What is the need of our world? The greatest need of the world is to remember that God has created us and that ...

3. Breakdowns and Breakthroughs

Genesis 22:1-14

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Stan Purdum

... to be the body of Christ in the world. It is not that we usually go looking for some new concept. Instead, we actually hold tightly onto the ones we are already comfortable with until we reach some point where they become untenable, inconsistent, or unworkable — or until some new light is shed on the subject. For example, in our individual lives, God as we envision him now, should be different from how we envisioned God when we were children. We adults cannot easily worship the concept of God that exists ...

4. Redeem the Time

Matthew 24:36-44 · Romans 13:11-14

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Will Willimon

... fear that our fate is solely in our hands, that it is all up to us to save ourselves or we won't be saved. For nearly fifty years we have been building atomic bombs to insure our survival. Now, a good portion of us feel that this is an unworkable strategy so now we ought to dismantle our bombs to insure our survival. But here you and I are, stuck on this first Sunday in Advent with a text which clearly asserts that God is unwilling for us to survive as we are anyway. Left to our own devices, as ...

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