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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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Mary S. Lautensleger

... . He proceeded to hang new curtains, make the bed, dump the trash, wash the dishes, stack the scattered newspapers neatly, fold and put away the ironing board, and drop dirty clothes into the hamper. He took nothing other than the old ... she is probably the most beautiful of any of the angels in heaven. I'm sure she wants you to know how very much she loves you." Ben told the little girl a story of resurrection. We all need a resurrection story; to hear it again and again. We have a sure and certain hope ...

2. When God Speaks

Genesis 12:1-8

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King Duncan

... . He then got up from the table and went upstairs. His mother and father looked at each other and then decided to follow Ben. They thought they might find him on his knees in prayer. They didn't. Instead, they found him folding his Star Wars pajamas into his Sesame Street suitcase. They asked, "Ben, what are you doing?" He answered, "Packing." "Why?" they asked. "To go to heaven," he said. In Ben's young mind, giving one's life to Christ was no small step. It meant the willingness to leave his family and ...

3. Mimosa Pudica

Luke 10:1-10, 16-24

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Robert C. Cochran

... chhui-mui, that which dies upon touch. When the opportunity comes for us to make a spiritual connection with someone, we fold inward and shrink down. The most important thing to us in these moments is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ or our ... how your experiences connect with theirs and thus see theirs in a whole new light: the very light of Christ. The British writer Ben Johnson once said that William Shakespeare’s gift was that he wrote “what was often thought but never so well expressed.” Shakespeare ...

4. Less Fear; More Fruit

Matthew 3:1-12

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Dean Feldmeyer

... unverified to be passed off as fact. Examples of this would include the famous Ben Stein rant about Christmas and pop culture, only about one third of which was actually written by Ben Stein, the claim that the current bed bug infestation in the US is actually ... of bloggers and twitterers. The result of a steady diet of this fear is despair. We become frozen, paralyzed, unable to move. We fold in on ourselves, seek only our own well-being and refuse to hear any pleas beyond our own. We abandon hope, eschew ...

5. Deep Faith

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Genesis 5:1-32

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Lori Wagner

... “born into” or commissioned, baptized if you will into God’s mission.*** Like Jonah, both Noah and Moses are “encased in God’s care,” folded within the arms of God if you will….and in the womb of God….within the deep (the primal seas of creation), out of which ... Rollins. ***Torah Club; chaimbentorah.com. ^Rabbi Yisroel Ben Eliezern an 18th century rabbi and master of Hebrew suggests this metaphorical reading of the ark as relational. See chaim ben torah.com. Likewise, we enter into Christ ( ...

6. The Downside Of The Practice -- Performance Equation

Romans 8:28-39

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Robert R. Kopp

... called to pay attention to only One. I feel much better now. New or prospective pastors probably feel worse. So let me do an old Raider Ben Davidson thing and pile on. If you would like to know what it's like to be a pastor, put on a deerskin and go walking ... fruit is on the vines; though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food; though the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation. God, the ...

7. The Road to Somewhere (I am the way, truth, and life)

John 14:5-14

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Eric Ritz

... came and looked into the well at me and said: ''My child, you must quit the condition in which you find yourself. Relax, fold your arms and meditate. Soon you will find Nirvana, which is the peace we all desire.'' I called out: ''Father Buddha, if ... world religion like Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed, or Laotze." We have countless examples of people like Lew Wallace who wrote the classic book Ben Hur and in the 20th century Josh McDowell--people who set out to prove that the claims of Jesus Christ were false and ...

8. Who Are Christians?

James 5:13-20

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Maxie Dunnam

... out before you. New Orleans had its jazz bands; San Francisco, its Golden Gate; London, it's Parliament Houses, Big Ben, and one of its many bridges over the Thymes. Washington, D.C., its Lincoln statue, the Capitol dome, and the Washington ... thought was for forever. When, as a parent, our teenage children are trying their wings. When a spouse has died. When our job has folded and our bank account is dwindling. When someone has spoken a harsh word that wounded our hearts. There are all sorts of occasions when ...

9. Learning to Live Like Jesus

Philippians 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... he asked. “Almost everyone knows that Paris is the home of the Eiffel Tower. Rome has its Coliseum; London has Big Ben and the Tower Bridge; Moscow has the Kremlin. Around the world, many cities have landmarks by which they are recognized. ... Jesus is to love and serve one another and to lay down our life for the world. This is to say that our mission is two-fold love one another and love the world for which Christ died. Years ago Chuck Swindoll told about a very disturbing case that came before the courts ...

10. Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 17:1-28

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... . Although there were rules for inheritance (Deut. 21:15–17), instances illustrated by this saying could occur. See 27:18, and also Ben Sira’s advice about servants in Sirach 7:20–21. 17:3 This verse is a “priamel,” a poetic form in which ... on the body. Verse 22a is similar to 15:13 (see Additional Notes). 17:23 Synthetic; in secret is, literally, from the bosom (the fold of the garment, that served as a pocket). It is not necessarily “in secret,” although the parallelism in 21:14 suggests it for ...

11. The Bramble King

John 15:1-17, John 15:18--16:4, John 16:5-16

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Lori Wagner

... the hurt that he has done to you, so [to an equal degree] will your sins also be forgiven when you pray.” (Ben Sira) “And forgive us our sins, as we also forgive those that have sinned against us.” (Jesus) Repentance is a prerequisite of ... and Judas the Withered Fig or the Bramble/Thistle. The metaphors in John’s scripture and in the other gospelers are multi-fold: Metaphor of the Bramble (that which pulls you into sin, and turns you into one who hurts) Metaphor of Thistles (which choke the ...

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