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Understanding Series
Craig A. Evans
... Matthew and Luke took up their pens (see note below). Luke has retained part of the Marcan text, since it provides a link between the parable (vv. 4–8) and its interpretation (vv. 11–15). Probably because he did not fully understand (or fully share) Mark ... more blind. For a full discussion of Mark’s parables and how Matthew and Luke understand them, see Charles E. Carlston, The Parables of the Triple Tradition (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975). Lachs (p. 220) cites an interesting rabbinic tradition ...
Understanding Series
William Nelson
... that the author intends us to think of someone even higher in the chain of command than Gabriel or Michael (R. H. Charles, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Daniel [Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1929], pp. 256–68; A. Jeffery, “The Book of ... take it to mean “just now,” i.e., he was weak just now because of the vision, but only temporarily (thus RSV: “For now no strength remains in me”). Perhaps the adverb introduces a circumstantial clause linked to the first clause: “How can I talk ...
3. The New Jerusalem
Revelation 21:1-27
Understanding Series
Robert W. Wall
... D; 21:8). John repeats these same themes in reverse order in concluding his extended description of the new Jerusalem (E; 21:9–26). The new order belongs not to the impure (D′; 21:27a) but to those found in ... tribes “maintains the continuity of the OT and the Christian Church” (Charles, Revelation, vol. 2, p. 162). The number twelve symbolizes the ongoing ... side), and that it too was the location of God’s shekinah, John links the city’s shape with the presence of God which pervades and sustains it ...
Understanding Series
F. F. Bruce
... has become “the name high over all / In hell, and earth, and sky”—in these words Charles Wesley reproduces in reverse the threefold division of the universe in verse 10: in heaven and ... for this view given in R. P. Martin, Carmen Christi, pp. 157–61, add E. K. Simpson, Words Worth Weighing in the Greek New Testament (London: Tyndale Press, ... F. D. Moule, IBNTG, p. 78; cf. “Further Reflexions,” p. 270, where he links this rendering with the identification of “Jesus” as the name that is above ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... that is the opposite of fear. We might say that a fruit of the Spirit is confidence rather than fear. The link between “I am with you” and “Do not fear” (see the comment on 1:13) clarifies the fact that “I am ... or an earthquake is a recurrent image to describe creation’s reaction to Yahweh’s wrath being expressed in the world (e.g., Joel 2:10; 3:16; Nah. 1:5). The image thus anthropomorphizes the cosmos; or perhaps we should say that ... Charles Wesley’s hymn “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus.”
6. Ezekiel's Call
Ezekiel 1:1-28, Ezekiel 2:1-3:15, Ezekiel 3:16-27
Understanding Series
Steven Tuell
... expression “rebellious house” is unique to Ezekiel. In this context, this expression serves to link the two narratives in Ezekiel’s commission (2:5–6; 3:9) and to ... Prophet Ezechiel [Kurzgefasstes exegetisches Handbuch; Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1880], p. xxii). Charles C. Torrey, who argued that Ezek. was originally set in the ... Assyria in 722 B.C.—particularly in the 8th-c. prophets Hosea (1:6; 5:1; 6:10; 11:12), Amos (e.g., 5:1, 3, 4; 6:1, 14), and Micah (1:5; 3:1, 9). In Ezekiel, that usage is assumed ...
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James Merritt
... this is where the wheels begin to fall off. This is the theory that made Charles Darwin famous. In essence, he not only said that living matter evolved from dead ... see, when I was growing up, people use to talk about the "missing link". Now we know that it is not the links that are missing, most of the chain is gone! Everybody is waiting for ... -13-2005. 2. Moody Monthly, March/April 1999, p. 29. 3. L.H. Matthews, "Introduction", Charles Darwin, Origin Of The Species (London: J. N.Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1971) X-XI ...
8. Hearts
2 Corinthians 6:14--7:1
Understanding Series
James M. Scott
... 34, antediluvian humanity cast off the “yoke” of God in favor of another “yoke,” i.e., the worship of other gods. The Talmud speaks of “the yoke of the commandments” (b. Ber ... might be like one who plows with an ox yoked to a donkey.…” See further Charles L. Tyer, “Yoke,” ABD, vol. 6, pp. 1026–27. 6:14b–16b Cf. S. D ... v. 18 without the original “and” (kai), the NIV fails to recognize the fundamental link between vv. 17d and 18. The forward position of eg? combines with kai to form ...
9. Jesus as God’s Wisdom Is a Hidden Reality
Matthew 11:20-24, Matthew 11:25-30
Teach the Text
Jeannine K. Brown
... 4:17). As in 11:2–5, the miracles that he has done are directly linked to this message and his identity (11:21–24), so their rejection of his ... from Israel’s prophets, who called God’s people to repent and return to their God in covenant loyalty (e.g., Isa. 59:20; Jer. 18:8; Ezek. 14:6; 18:30–31; Hosea 14:1–3). In Matthew ... his signs but have not responded in repentance. Literature: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. In Dickens’s famous story, Ebenezer Scrooge is warned about his miserly way ...
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Harold Warlick
... student." In the future, conversation possibilities will be expanded for them by E-Mail and Internet. Even today parents in the United States "talk" ... of God's apparent silence in a world saturated with communication devices is to be found in linking the Old Testament story of Samuel with an assertion in the letter to the Hebrews. The ... be it. 1. For exegetical background and additional preaching themes, see Walter Brueggeman, Charles B. Cousar, Beverly R. Garenta, and James D. Newsome, Texts for Preaching: A ...
11. Pentecost
John 20:19-23, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13, Psalm 104:1-35, Numbers 11:4-35
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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe
... Israel. The complaint of Moses in vv. 10-15 concerning the burden of leadership provides the link to the subtheme of prophetic leadership in vv. 16-30, which divides between vv. 16-23 ... marked resemblance to the Egyptian hymn of Akhenaton (Amenophis IV 1200 B.C.E.?), especially with the encyclopedic listing of aspects of creation. In addition references to ... the minister's said epiclesis in the Great Thanksgiving. The text is by Charles Wesley and should be sung to an appropriately vigorous tune such as Azmon. ...
12. Getting Ready for the Passover
Luke 22:7-38, Luke 22:1-6
Teach the Text
R.T. France
... established in principle through Jesus’s ministry on earth, is yet to be fully realized (see, e.g., 13:18–21). The Passover meal itself, which in Israel looked back to God’s ... a parallel statement about eating. The coming of the kingdom of God is closely linked with Jesus’s imminent death and resurrection. “Fruit of the vine” is a traditional ... .3 It is the one who serves who is truly great. Autobiography: Charles Colson. When Charles Colson (1931–2012) went to prison in the wake of the Watergate ...
13. Personal Accountability
Ezekiel 18:1-32, Ezekiel 19:1-14
Understanding Series
Steven Tuell
... 3:23–28//Luke 6:1–5). The poor are not to be bereft of their most basic needs (see, e.g., Deut. 15:7–11). Christian readers will remember Jesus’ parable of the last judgment, which blesses those who have ... Preachers have often read verses 31–32 as an altar call. Charles Wesley’s powerful invitational hymn “Sinners, Turn: Why Will You ... of the Lord, could see that Zedekiah’s rebellion was doomed. In any case, the link with the sermon in Ezekiel 18 is apparent. The exiled kings of Judah are ...
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James Merritt
... . Put simply, that means Jesus is the "E. F. Hutton" of your life—when He speaks you listen. Furthermore, true sheep are linked to the Shepherd. Jesus also said, "and I know them." The people who know Jesus and who are known by Jesus, are linked by faith to Jesus. They know that He ... live, and work freely and fearlessly, knowing that once we are saved, we are always saved. 1. Charles R. Swindoll, Eternal Security, Zondervon, 1995, p. 3. 2. J. Vernon McGee,Thru the Bible, Vol 4, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1983) p. ...
15. Jesus Is Coming
Revelation 22:7-21
Understanding Series
Robert W. Wall
... because it seems so haphazardly drawn and pointless. A few, like Charles, even want to reshape it to give it “proper” form ... Revelation is true not only in a metaphysical sense, it is true about physical (i.e., historical) things as well. John, a Christian prophet, predicts the parousia of Christ that must ... abundantly clear at the second coming of Christ. Significantly, the Lord’s promise—repeated three times—links the community’s past, present, and future in the person of the Lord Jesus. Thus, ...
16. The Death of Jesus
Luke 23:44-49, Luke 23:26-43
Teach the Text
R.T. France
... man with the deserved destruction of the rebellious city. 23:32  Two other men, both criminals. These men are never explicitly linked with Barabbas, but their crucifixion suggests a political crime, such as that of Barabbas described in 23:19. Luke uses a ... poet, composed this familiar hymn in 1707. It is said that Charles Wesley would have given up all his hymns to have composed this one. It captures the sorrow and compassion of Christ (“did e’er such love and sorrow meet”) and the personal response ...
Understanding Series
Craig A. Evans
... of Acts 1:1–2 (“In my former book [i.e., the Gospel], Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach …”) harks back to the Gospel preface and thus provides an important link between the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts ... gnosticizing tendency to minimize the importance of Jesus’ real, historical, earthly life. For more on this general theme see Charles H. Talbert, Luke and the Gnostics: An Examination of the Lucan Purpose (Nashville: Abingdon, 1966). 1:1 Account literally ...
Sermon
Harold Warlick
... expressive thinkers in Judaism. Rabbi Cohon used to love to walk down the bank of the Charles River in the Cambridge-Boston area. One day he saw a number of boys sailing toy ... This ever-present grace, so available to Titus, is available to us all when we link our baptism to the nativity of our Lord. Our baptism, like our Lord’s ... Beryl Cohon, Out of the Heart (New York: Vantage Press, 1957), p. 77. 2. E. Elizabeth Johnson, Proclamation 6, Series C: Advent/Christmas (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1997), pp. ...
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Leonard Sweet
... The Evangelical Empire." For example, when someone came to the altar at a Charles G. Finney revival (as 10% of the population did during the 1830-31 ... can remain in balance as long as the desires of humanity are imbalanced. Paul links together the fall of Adam and the consequent fall of creation with a ... 't Christianity doing all it can to give Adam Smith's invisible hand a "green thumb" (as biologist E. O. Wilson puts it), rather than Christianity spending its time giving capitalism a middle finger? God has a ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... of an inaugural vision, such as the prophets and seers received.… There may be intentional links with Acts 1 and 2 in terms of the prophetic witness now realized (2:17 = Joel ... . Barrett, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans [London: Adam and Charles Black, 1962], p. 89). Moreover, the Hillel family had always had an ... to baptize” is used in the passive when referring to the subjects of Christian baptism (cf., e.g., 9:18, “he was baptized”). But here the subject is presented as doing something for ...
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King Duncan
... is the self-giving love of God. NOTICE FROM OUR TEXT, THE LINK BETWEEN LOVE AND HAPPINESS. Jesus says to his disciples, "These things have I spoken unto ... happy either. . ." Lucy then becomes quite indignant and roars, "Somebody's not doing his job!!!"(2) E. Stanley Jones, in his book GROWING SPIRITUALLY, tells another good story. It's about a man ... AND PEANUTS. (Westminster/John Knox Press Louisville, Ky. 1990), p. 14. 3. Charles R. Swindoll. LIVING ON THE RAGGED EDGE. (Dallas, Word Publishing, 1985). 4. ...
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Leonard Sweet
... they hate US?" and I came up with 21,000 links. One Web site is dedicated to answering this question "Why ... 's a youth minister received the following email from the church Web site. It came anonymously: Here's the e-mail: Today after church, my family and I went to eat at Fazoli's and ran into your church ... inducement prizes. Take Charles Lindbergh. A French hotel owner in NYC named Raymond Orteig created a $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1919 for the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic. Charles A. Lindbergh won ...
23. Living With The Birth Pangs
1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11
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King Duncan
... . It will let people live and work wherever they please, create dynamic new communities linked by electronics, improve the lot of the poor and reinvent government unless its use ... it is inevitable. And that brings us to the last thing to be said: CHANGE IS IN GOD'S HANDS. As E. Stanley Jones said a generation ago: "I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future." ... York: Summit Books, 1986), p. 27. 2. Charles R.Swindoll, THE BRIDE (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994), p. 114. 3. THE ...
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King Duncan
... had put a number behind his name! John Alexander "˜76, Fred Thompson "˜77, Charles Francis Lovell "˜76, Philip Norton III "˜76. It didn't take him long ... , the present, and the future, and Princeton people march proudly in their segments, forming links in a chain forged year by year at this, their alma mater. Fascinating, thought ... our essential identity and we shall be with God--the source of perfect peace and love. E.M. Bounds, in his book, CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN, writes that Stephen recognized the ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... but he made a response to that call. He quoted the words of Charles Wesley to describe his experience: “Thine eye diffused a quickening ray I woke ... love” (Eph 1:4). In his first letter to the Thessalonians he forged the indissoluble link between God’s call to be holy and the Holy Spirit which makes holiness possible. ( ... mediocre victory-less life) to, “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” E. Stanley Jones said it best, “Unless the Holy Spirit fills, the human spirit fails.” Thus ...
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