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1. No Withdrawal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... Christmas can be a mountain top as the Good News is proclaimed, carols sung, love spread all around. And as we head back down into the valley the terrain is a bit different, but the vision and the spirit of those days never leave us. There is no withdrawal from the impact of it all. In that great adventure story, "The Call of the Wild," by Jack London, Buck the wolf dog was a creature of the wild. The urge of his wild heritage frequently pulled against his loyalty to John Thornton. The pull was so strong it ...

2. Fear of Missing Out

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and right now. We need to have our eyes peeled and our hearts opened to whatever new visions and versions of a faith-filled life are being offered to us each and every day. If bad “FOMO” is the fear of withdrawal from social media, good “FOMO” is the fear of withdrawal from God. Without God’s life, we are devastatingly empty and convulsively anxious. Without God, we are without the breath we need to live whole and healthy lives filled with grace. Without God, we are missing out on the best things ...

3. Jesus as the Isaianic Servant of the Lord

Matthew 12:15-21

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... in line with Isaiah’s servant figure (8:17). He further emphasizes Jesus as God’s chosen servant here and will do so again via allusions to Isaiah 53 in 20:28; 26:28. Interpretive Insights 12:15 Jesus withdrew from that place. Matthew narrates Jesus withdrawing from controversy three times in 11:2–16:20, each time using the verb anachoreo (12:15; 14:13; 15:21). In each case the previous passage recounts a point of controversy: in two cases between Jesus and the Pharisees (12:1–14; 15:1–20), and ...

4. Job Presents Evidence against the Retribution Principle

Job 12:1--14:22

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... address to God he has anticipated in verses 3 and 15. Job believes that he cannot argue his case if God exerts undue pressure on him that subverts a fair trial. He therefore asks for two pretrial conditions, which he spells out in verse 21: God must withdraw from Job his heavy hand of affliction, and God must remove the overwhelming dread that makes Job feel intimidated. 13:22 Then summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me. What Job values most is communication with God in place ...

5. David Flees

2 Samuel 15:13-37

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... to travel with David and to use the ark as a potent tool to draw support to David’s cause. However, David sent them and the ark back to Jerusalem. This was a wise strategy but also a clear statement of faith. David recognized that his withdrawal from Jerusalem meant that Absalom would take the city. Perhaps one reason for the withdrawal had been to save Jerusalem, which since he had made it his capital had become precious to David, from siege. Sending Zadok and Abiathar back with the ark was one way of ...

6. David and Ziba

2 Samuel 16:1-4

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

7. Shimei Curses David

2 Samuel 16:5-14

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

8. The Good Samaritan (Revised Edition)

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... them. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Religion should help life, not hinder. Religious leaders should be interested in touching the wounded and bleeding to make them whole, rather than withdrawing from them and loathing them. The sinner Jesus denounced most often was the religious legalist who did nothing to help his fellow man. Goodness is not a passive morality; it is not a "colorless" abstention from certain vices. Most of Jesus' teaching deals not with prohibitions, says B. Harvie ...

9. With Our Heads In The Clouds

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... This is not what Peter had in mind when he called Jesus the "Messiah." The Need To Withdraw A week later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John and they went up a high mountain to be alone. Jesus felt the need to withdraw. We need that opportunity to withdraw from the clutter and ambiguity of day to day existence. We know that special moment when we can get in touch with the deeper realities of who we are and who God is. We need that mountaintop experience where there is the parting of the veil which hides the ...

10. Even God Can Change His Mind

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , and the Ark of the Covenant. All of which constitute the place where God will dwell with his people. God, after this incident, will come down from the mountain and dwell from here on with his people. Instead of punishing, he forgives them. Instead of withdrawing from them, he joins them. God will be with them now, forever. It is as if he understood why they sinned. They were anxious. They were fearful of the future. They were lost without Moses to guide them. In this uncertain future they didn't know ...

11. Eye Exercises

Matthew 6:25-33

Sermon

Mark Trotter

12. Proper 13

Psalm 17:1-15, Romans 9:1-29, Matthew 14:13-21, Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... ") God's work. Matthew 14:13-21 - Christ Shows the Degree of God's Grace Setting. The fourth major section of Matthew's presentation of Jesus' ministry begins at 13:54 and continues through 19:1 or 2. In this section, Jesus steadily withdraws from the high level of public interaction that characterized his ministry through the first three sections of Matthew's account. He turns deliberately toward his smaller band of disciples to form them into a basic community of faith. The initial story in this fourth ...

13. Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

2 Kings 18:17-37

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... first time these rules are broken. The king of Assyria has decided (for reasons undisclosed in the narrative) that, on this occasion, payment is not enough. While Jerusalem’s gates remain closed to him, he will regard Hezekiah as a rebel. Far from withdrawing from Judah (v. 14), therefore, he now sends an army from Lachish to Jerusalem, and his commanders try to talk Hezekiah into surrender. The issue at the heart of the field commander’s speech is precisely that of “trust” (Hb. ḇṭḥ in v. 5 ...

14. Jerusalem's Deliverance Foretold

2 Kings 19:1-13

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

15. Hezekiah's Prayer

2 Kings 19:14-19

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

16. Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib’s Fall

2 Kings 19:20-37

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

17. St. Jim, Your Halo Is Tipped

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... normal community - friends, family, church. Grief at any loss through death, divorce or any one of a hundred things which cause that feeling of separation and loneliness often results in behavior which is the opposite of the felt need. We need people, so we withdraw from people. We go off by ourselves and join the "Poor Me Club." Stress Can Lead to Self-Pity Elijah, man of God, prophet of Yahweh, outspoken critic of the idol-worshiping Baal priests had just won a monumental battle for good against evil at ...

18. The Kingdom And The Seed

Mark 4:4-20; 30-32

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Word never sinks in. Some people are like a hard path because of suffering. Other people are like the path trampled over by many feet. People have hurt them so much that they make the decision to withdraw. In this withdrawal from people there is also often a withdrawal from God. Fearing to get hurt again, some people build up a false front - a hard surface - often expressing itself as rudeness, cockiness, or self-centeredness. Underneath is hurt which could be healed by the "balm of Gilead" - the Word of ...

19. Security Concerns

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... "put on the full armor of God," offer relevant advice for our own age. We must match the amazing power created by our mastery over nature with an equally amazing spiritual and moral maturity. In the face of immense security concerns, we are not encouraged to withdraw from the world. To the contrary, we are called to reflect God and live. We need armor to challenge the forces in our world because the Church was never meant to hibernate its way into the future. The writer of Ephesians assumes that the social ...

20. Jesus’ Compassion and Authority to Do the Miraculous

Matthew 14:13-21, Matthew 14:22-36

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... case he withdraws after hearing of John’s death at the hand of Herod. Given that Herod closely associates John with Jesus (14:1–2), it is not improbable that Herod’s violence against John could spill over into violence against Jesus. So Jesus withdraws from controversy and possible harm to focus on his healing ministry (as at 12:15; 15:21). 14:14 he had compassion on them and healed their sick. Matthew provides several summaries of Jesus’ healing activity in this section (12:15–16; 14:14, 35 ...

21. Don’t Be a Trender - Be a Trendsetter

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ) man, and in today’s text, the truly ill child who did not belong to one of the “twelve tribes,” but was nonetheless a child of God. But Jesus did not train his disciples to defy the crowds, or to succumb to the crowds, or to withdraw from the crowds. He taught them how to live with them, love them, and show them a better way, “The Way.” Aaron Chambers, in his new book called “Devoted” (2014), tells of preaching a sermon entitled “Trash or Treasure” where he threw up on the screen images ...

22. Wanted: A Lasting Marriage. Only Good Chemists, Bad mathematicians, Expert Soul-O-Flexors Need Apply

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... you and your spouse are making. When your bank account is nearly empty, every deposit or withdrawal is keenly felt. In relationships, every act of love or caring is like money in the relationship bank. Each argument or instance of uncaring is like a withdrawal from the account. To be happy, couples must have a reserve of love and caring to help them through the rainy days in their relationship. How much caring is enough? Researcher John Gottman believes that a marriage can withstand conflict if the ratio of ...

23. In Corinth

Acts 18:1-17

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... of the first verb, and though the same object would naturally be assumed for the second, it is not impossible that a change was intended and that it was of Christ they said evil things (see disc. on 13:45). Under these circumstances Paul was forced to withdraw from the synagogue, and he established himself next door in the house of Titius Justus. This need not mean that he had left his lodging with Aquila and Priscilla, only that he made this the meeting place of the Christians (see disc. on 14:27 and notes ...

24. Demon-Possessed Child

Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob sent a healing prophet. Here again, God had sent a prophet to the netherlands of the faith so that he might regain his strength from remembering Whose he is. Asker: Jesus had come to Canaan, the land of the god Baal, to withdraw from the threats of his own people. Did he, too, remember that God once sent the prophet Elijah there for refuge? This story could have ended when you called out to Jesus and Jesus did not answer you.Woman: It did not end there. I could not let it ...

25. Proper 12

John 6:16-24, John 6:1-15, 2 Samuel 11:1-27, Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... a leave from battle, that he might have intercourse with his wife. Uriah adheres to the laws of holy war and refuses to lie with his wife while others are doing battle. David sends a letter to Joab, his general, to put Uriah at the forefront of battle and then withdraw from him, so that he might be slain. Lesson 1: 2 Kings 2:1-15 (E) (See The Transfiguration Of Our Lord) Lesson 1: 2 Kings 4:42-44 (RC) Lesson 2: Ephesians 3:14-21 (C) This lection repeats a phrase sounded in verse 1: "For this reason..." Just ...

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