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2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... Lord has laid on another the consequences of your sin. III Thirdly, look at the consequences of sin in God’s life. In the sixth century before Christ, two men, hundreds of miles apart, had the same intuition that sin’s consequences touched God. In Greece, Aeschylus wrote about Prometheus, the son of one of the Titans of Greek mythology. Jupiter, the father of gods, gave Prometheus the task of creating man. Prometheus went to the bank of a river in Arcadia, scooped up clay, molded it into the figure of a ...

2. The Awful Grace of Amazing Grace

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... was killed, Senator Robert Kennedy was campaigning in Indianapolis. On a street corner he broke the news of King’s death to an African-American audience. After he had spoken of Dr. King, and the greatness of his vision and ministry, Kennedy closed with a quotation from Aeschylus: [I recommend that you actually play for your people the original recording of Kennedy’s speech. You will need RealPlayer plug‑ins. Download the RealAudio file at http://www.morec.com/rfk.rm, so that the audio may be heard ...

3. The Ultimate Question

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... limited means produce a culture and a wisdom that have been an inexhaustible storehouse for civilization for nearly 2500 years. The means by which they lived were primitive, indeed, but when we think of the end for which they lived - Praxiteles and Phidias, Aeschylus and Sophocles, Plato and Socrates - then their day moves into a place much higher than our day today. One remembers twelve men gathered around their Teacher in Galilee. The means were crude, indeed. The best home was a little more than a sun ...

4. Where Can We Find Wisdom?

Proverbs 2:1-22

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... things pertaining to the gods are called religiosi, from relegere." Such persons look between the lines, as it were, and reread the meaning inherent in the events of life. Often, it is the tears of suffering which cleanse our eyes to see more clearly. As Aeschylus, the Greek dramatist, wrote: "He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God." (Prometheus Bound ...

5. Hosea's Marriage Troubles

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . The most famous age of genius was the Greek civilization in the 5th century, B.C. It was called the Age of Pericles. During that one hundred year span a few men developed a culture that changed the history of the world. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates. All of them lived within the span of one hundred years, in a relatively small geographically area of the peninsula of Greece, and laid the foundation for the arts, philosophy, science, medicine and ethics. All that ...

6. Paul Before Agrippa

Acts 25:23--26:32

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... . The same question is found in all three accounts, Why do you persecute me? (v. 14), but here alone is added what was in fact a familiar proverb of the ancient world, It is hard for you to kick against the goads (cf. esp. Euripides, Bacchae 794f.; also Aeschylus Agamemnon 1624; Terence Phormio 1.2.27; Ps. Sol. 16:4). Some have seen in this a witness to Paul’s uneasy conscience, which he had tried to quieten by ever more frantic activity, but it is not wise to press a proverbial saying too closely with ...

7. The Coming of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... of those who believe in the resurrection of the dead. Without that hope, people must view death only as a sleep from which there is no awakening—“one unending night to be slept through” (Catullus 5.4–6), “one unbroken night of sleep” (Aeschylus, Eumenides 651). Such hopelessness in the face of death permeated pagan society. Bruce cites Theocritus: “hopes are for the living; the dead are without hope.” But the Thessalonian Christians had no cause to grieve like the rest of men, who have no ...

8. Making One's Calling and Election Sure

2 Peter 1:1-11

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... part; we must cooperate and do ours (cf. Phil. 2:12). What our part is, Peter now goes on to spell out. The Greek for add, epichorēgein, has a vivid history. In the great days of ancient Athens, the plays of dramatists like Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides required large and costly choruses. But when such a play was put on, some wealthy public-spirited Athenian defrayed the vast outlay on the chorus—and consequently was known as the chorēgos. The noble productions were extravagantly expensive, but ...

9. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... enjoyed God’s marvelous light (1 Pet. 2:9); now they are plunged in darkness (hypo zophon, lit. under darkness). The phrase is commonly used in Greek poetry for the intense blackness of the underworld (Homer, Iliad 21.56; Odyssey 11.57; Hesiod, Theogony 729; Aeschylus, Sibyline Oracles 4.43). The Greek translated chains by NIV is desmoi, bonds, that is, anything used for tying. In the healing of the deaf man with an impediment in his speech, it is said that “the string (desmos) of his tongue was loosed ...

10. Paul Before Agrippa

Acts 25:23--26:32

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... epiphanies, when God shows his presence among his people (cf. Luke 9:31; 22:43; Acts 7:2). Moreover, the phrase “It is hard for you to kick against the goads” (26:14), one that reminds the audience of similar proverbs in Greek literature (Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1624; Euripides, On Bacchanals 795), points to the futility of fighting against God. The point is clear: if Paul’s mission is ordained by God, opposing his ministry is “fighting against God” (cf. Acts 5:39). The continuity of Paul’s mission ...

Aeschylus

Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.

Aeschylus

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.

Aeschylus

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Aeschylus

But time growing old teaches all things.

Aeschylus

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Aeschylus

By Time and Age full, many things are taught.

Aeschylus

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Aeschylus

Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

Aeschylus

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Aeschylus

Delay not to seize the hour!

Aeschylus

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Aeschylus

Fear is stronger than arms.

Aeschylus

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

Aeschylus

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

Aeschylus

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

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1. Where Do Sins Go?

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

2. The Awful Grace of Amazing Grace

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3. The Ultimate Question

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

4. Where Can We Find Wisdom?

Proverbs 2:1-22

Sermon

Edward Chinn

5. Hosea's Marriage Troubles

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

6. Paul Before Agrippa

Acts 25:23--26:32

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

7. The Coming of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

8. Making One's Calling and Election Sure

2 Peter 1:1-11

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

9. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

10. Paul Before Agrippa

Acts 25:23--26:32

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Aeschylus

Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.

Aeschylus

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness and he will never come to utter ruin.

Aeschylus

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Aeschylus

But time growing old teaches all things.

Aeschylus

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Aeschylus

By Time and Age full, many things are taught.

Aeschylus

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Aeschylus

Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

Aeschylus

Death is softer by far than tyranny.

Aeschylus

Delay not to seize the hour!

Aeschylus

Excessive fear is always powerless.

Aeschylus

Fear is stronger than arms.

Aeschylus

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

Aeschylus

For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

Aeschylus

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.

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