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Daniel 8:1-14

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... level of heaven (8:10–11). At the height of his power the large horn is broken off (8:8). Surprisingly, in 323 B.C. Alexander the Great died in the prime of life at age thirty-two in Babylon. In its place four prominent horns grew up (8:8). It ... bring us to 170, which is close to 171, when the high priest Onias III was murdered (Dan. 9:26; 2 Macc. 4:23–38; see Miller, Daniel, pp. 229–30). However, there is no hint of this event in the vision of chapter 8. The focus—especially in verses 11–13, where ...

2. Blinding Specks

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... ever in order to count a fault in another more serious than we count the same or a similar fault in ourselves. Yet we often do this. Alexander Maclaren wrote once, "We look at our neighbor’s errors with a microscope, and at our own through the wrong end of a telescope." He said, "Every ... p. 229. New York: The New American Library, Inc. (Signet Books). Copyright 1958 by Pantheon Books, Inc. 2. Arthur Miller. After The Fall, p. 7. New York: Bantam Books, 1965. First Printing in 1964, Viking Press. 3. Henry ...

3. Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts

Daniel 7:1-14

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... author was familiar (Hartman and Di Lella, Daniel, pp. 212–13). As with the symbolism of the three ribs, this is not at all clear. 7:6 Those who say this animal is Greece interpret the four heads as the four Diadochi, or successors of Alexander (S. R. Miller, Daniel [NAC 18; Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994]). However, it is clear that the author had Persia in mind, because his four-kingdom scheme is Babylonia (7:1; 8:1), Media (9:1), Persia (10:1), and Greece (10:20). For further discussion of the four ...

4. The God Who Is Near

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... had blown it, when Einstein leaned over to him and said, "Say fellow, I hope your side wins. If you don't we're all doomed!" (7) Bill Alexander knew that we see God most clearly in the person of Jesus Christ. "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found. . ." Of course most of the people ... 1983). (5) Susan Russell, quoted in Arthur Tonne, WITH PARABLES, (Emporia, KS: Didde, 1945). (6) Keith Miller and Bruce Larson, THE PASSIONATE PEOPLE, (Waco: Word Books, 1979). (7) (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1983). (8) ...

5. A New Name

Genesis 17:1-27

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Paul W. Kummer

... a new name. When you were baptized -- or whenever your faith birthday was -- your middle name was changed to "Christian." Scott Christian Miller. Susan Christian Wise. Even if you are named after a grandparent or parent, your given middle name is not nearly as ... saved and have abundant life now. How well are we living up to the name God gave us: Christian? Alexander the Great was reviewing his troops as they prepared for war. As he walked along the straight lines, he found one disheveled soldier. Standing directly ...

6. An Announcement for a New Year

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Paul, we can see the influences of Greek philosophy and thought. Greek culture broke down some of the barriers of nationalism. The influence of Alexander helped pave the way for the coming of Christ. Then came the great Roman Empire. The Romans furnished a system of law which made it possible ... Edition). 2. Don Friesen, http://www.ottawamennonite.com/sermons/e4eternal.htm. 3. Contributed. Source: ABC News. 4. Dan Miller, Wisdom Meets Passion: When Generations Collide and Collaborate (Kindle Edition).

7. Don't Be Afraid

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... we will just hold on to our faith and look for Christ’s hand reaching out to us, we can make it through any storm. Pastor Ted Miller tells about a very active woman in his church named Jeanne. Jeanne was an officer in the church. She was involved in everything that had to ... met every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson and was friends with many famous figures, including Alexander Graham Bell, Charlie Chaplin and Mark Twain. Not bad for someone who could not hear or see. Do you know ...

8. Daniel’s Vision of a Man

Daniel 10:1--11:1

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... (s), and the spiritual warfare preceding the giving of the vision. The body of the unit, after briefly mentioning Persia and Alexander the Great, goes into much more detail about the Hellenistic era, focusing on the wars between the Seleucids and the Ptolemies and ... was thinking of Yahweh’s suffering servant, who was portrayed as having a disfigured (mishkhat) appearance (Isa. 52:14). 10:10 Because Miller (Daniel, pp. 281–83) identifies the figure of vv. 5–6 as God in the form of Christ, he is forced to ...

9. How Does Religious Conduct Work?

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... I do." (Romans 7:19) Jesus, "looking up to heaven," in the face of one of life's great demands helps us, as Samuel Miller remarked, "to find the point again." 2. "He gave a deep groan." How alien this seems to Jesus' conduct! Almost invariably we note Jesus ... with us; but more: his groan meant he felt the heavy burden of human need. Just one deaf-mute before him, but, as Alexander Maclaren wrote: "The whole weltering sea of sorrow that moans around the world of which here (this man) is just one drop." This ...

10. Kingdoms In Conflict

Daniel 2:24-49

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... chest and arms on the statue. It lasted from 539 until 330 BC. Then came Alexander the Great and the conquering Greeks, represented by the bronze belly and thighs on the statue. Alexander was still a young man when he conquered the known world. Then he sat down ... s dissenting opinion in Abington Township School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (June 17, 1963) is cited in Miller and Flowers, Toward Benevolent Neutrality, p. 372. 2. Quoted in an article entitled, "College Christian Group Caught in Culture Wars ...

11. On Being in the Wrong Place

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

In one of his books, A Scent of Love, Keith Miller tells the true story of a mother who took her children to the Animal Farm - a place where they could pet the ... WAS COMPELLED TO CARRY THE CROSS, BUT SOMETHING GOOD CAME OF IT. Mark alone gives us an interesting detail about this man Simon of Cyrene. He says that he was “the father of Alexander and Rufus...”(15:21) as though those two boys would be well known to his readers. And so they were...for in Paul’s Letter to the Church at Rome, he refers to ...

12. The End Times

Daniel 12:1-13

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... to the persecution of the Jews under the Seleucids. This Final Revelation briefly summarizes the Persian stage and touches on Alexander the Great (two verses—11:2–3); then it goes into much more detail about the Hellenistic era, focusing on ... copy that would have circulated. It is argued that the sealing was not to conceal it but to preserve the original from corruption (Miller, Daniel, p. 320). The evidence given to support this is a passage in Jeremiah where a real-estate document is prepared in this ...

13. Pilgrimage of Faith John M. Cobb

Exodus 3:1-22

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... follows is quoted.2 "In 1817 a group of 1,400 families, consisting of about 9,000 souls, set out under the leadership of [one] Johann Koch, a miller of [the town of] Schluchter in Wuerttemberg"3 (i.e., in Southwest Germany) to emigrate to the Caucasus region of Central Russia. From studies in the Book of ... influence of Madame de Kruedener, "the Lady of the Holy Alliance," who was a close friend of Tsar Alexander. (See Eisenach, pp. 5 1-2.) 6. Giesinger, p. 39. 7. Eisenach, p. 54. 8. Giesinger, pp. 41-42.

14. They Said 'Yes!'

Ephesians 1:11-23

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Albert Outler, Karl Barth, Detrich Bonhoeffer, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Fanny Crosby, Isaac Watts, C.S. Lewis, Pauline Cruze, Beulah Miller, Pauline Swearingen, Tom & Vera Goodrum, Ruth Terry, Jo Cater. What do all of these people have in common ... speaks, he walks by statues and paintings of the fathers, leaders and framers of America and says their names. "James Madison. Alexander Hamilton. Ben Franklin. Thomas Jefferson. George Washington." He pauses at the last statue, that of his father, "John Adams. We ...

15. The Fast Lane Religious Leaders

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... to any of these students, the teacher had arranged with three students from the Princeton University Drama Department to meet them along the way, acting as people in great need. In front of Alexander Hall one of the drama students was going around covering his head with his hands and moaning out loud in great pain. As they passed by Miller Chapel on their way to Stewart Hall they found a fellow who was on the steps lying face down as if unconscious. And finally on the very steps of Stewart Hall the third ...

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