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Matthew 7:1-6

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Phil Thrailkill

... to eight months.”1 When you make such judgments, you never know what others are dealing with. To be shocked at the gross error of our opinions is a vivid form of God’s correcting grace, preserving us from taking on divine prerogatives and giving ... very noisy." "And this is me. I'm just sitting here minding my own business."12 We are Lucy. We are the monks. We are Andrew. We are laughing at others, but Jesus is laughing at us. And we deserve it. “You hypocrites,” he says to his closest friends, “You ...

2. "A Friend Indeed"

Mark 10:17-31

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David E. Leininger

... are even worse than us old folks. "Never before has so much meant so little to so many." The hour offered some interesting insights. Our Gross Domestic Product is now twice as large as it was in the 1950's, yet many Americans report that their quality of life is not ... . That is why we support Urban Ministry, why we have CROP Walks, why we support groups like the Society of St. Andrew and get out in the fields salvaging perfectly good food that would otherwise go to waste. Last month the National Presbyterian ...

3. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... seems content to be distinguished simply as a sibling of the more celebrated figure, just as Andrew seemed happy to be in the shadow of his prominent brother Peter. Both Jude and Andrew had the priceless and rare enough gift of being prepared to play second fiddle. The outstanding ... upon themselves. The sins may differ, whether a matter of unbelief (v. 5), rebellious discontent (v. 6), or gross fornication (v. 7). The sinners may differ, whether Israelites, privileged to have the divine promises (v. 5), or ...

4. For All the Saints

Luke 19:1-10

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Leonard Sweet

... fully appreciate the almost universal solvency power of good old H2O? Mud, pasta sauce, the puppy and diaper stuff – that even more gross gunk that clogs up the bathroom sink – all of it magically, miraculously washes away with a little soap and water. But ... of Abraham. All it takes to transform Zacchaeus from sinner to saint is to "come down." When Jesus first spied Simon Peter and Andrew, and then James and John as they were fiddling with fishing nets, he called out to them, "Follow me!" All it took to ...

5. Brushing Your Teeth with Oreos

Luke 2:41-52

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King Duncan

... keeping a clean house like this, “Cleaning house with kids around,” she said, “is like brushing your teeth with Oreos.” Yucky! Sounds kind of gross to me. Those of you with small children, however, will have to tell me if she got it right. Humorist Robert Orben asks, “Who can ... and Collaborate (Kindle Edition). 4. William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of Luke (Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press, 1953), p. 25. 5. M. Bianchi, John P. Robinson, Melissa A. Milkie, Changing Rhythms of American ...

6. The Cost of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35, Luke 14:15-24

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... to lose one’s enthusiasm for the kingdom of God to competing interests and loyalties. Video: The Great Feast, by Tim Andrews. This interesting and amusing video is an animated short that puts the parable into the context of a barbeque. The host calls ... about the decision that he and his wife made to practice a principle of “graduated tithe, which means that as [their] annual gross income increase[ed] above and beyond any simple cost of living increase,” their giving went up as well. Besides that, he ...

7. Broken Promises

Matthew 21:28-32

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King Duncan

That creative writer Father Andrew Greeley tells a story--a parable, really--about two sisters who worked as babysitters in their community. A young couple had recently ... become an excuse to renege on his promise.” (3) Many of us would renege, wouldn’t we? What is more frustrating than to try our best to help someone and to be met with gross ingratitude? Perhaps it is a child, or an aging parent, perhaps it is a sibling or a friend. Don’t they know that the time and the money that you devote to them is ...

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