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Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... lots of folks go on a diet. Millions of dollars are being made in the diet industry, by Dr. Adkins and Jennie Craig and even by the Cabbage Soup diet. I hear one product advertised on radio that you just drink before going to bed and supposedly the pounds just fade away as you sleep. If folks will spend good money on a scheme like that, just think what we could make off a book on the Daniel diet, advertising it as the only 2600 year old, biblically approved diet on the market, with all the proceeds going to ...

2. Body

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... 28 (1986), pp. 81–101; T. Francis Glasson, “2 Corinthians 5:1–10 versus Platonism,” SJT 43 (1990), pp. 145–56; W.L. Craig, “Paul’s Dilemma in 2 Corinthians 5:1–10,” NTS 34 (1988), pp. 145–47; A. C. Perriman, “Paul and the Parousia: 1 Corinthians ... of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem/The Shrine of the Book, 1983), vol. 1, pp. 182–87, vol. 2, p. 129; Daniel R. Schwartz, “The Three Temples of 4QFlorilegium,” RevQ 10 (1979), pp. 83–91. Both Kings and Chronicles report that when ...

3. Faithful Witnesses Who Proclaim God’s Word

Revelation 11:1-14

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J. Scott Duvall

... , 11–12). Revelation never mentions the three-and-a-half-years designation, and Daniel never uses the figure of forty-two months, but the time period is equivalent. The Daniel prophecy is fulfilled multiple times, including the persecution of the Syrian ruler Antiochus ... God’s miraculous works often accompany the proclamation of the gospel (e.g., Acts 6:8; 14:3; 19:11–12). As Craig Keener reminds us, “Only when the church becomes prepared to challenge the idols of society with the claims of Christ, as ...

4. Jesus Proclaims Judgment on the Temple and the Nation

Mark 13:1-31

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Grant R. Osborne

... and killing the followers of Christ and establishing a worldwide, one-religion empire of evil. He will reign for forty-two months, fulfilling Daniel 9:27. The dragon, the beast, and the false prophet (Rev. 16:13) will become the false trinity, but their reign will be ... Jerusalem, but this is also apocalyptic imagery pointing beyond to “the great tribulation” period in Revelation 7:14. As Craig Evans says, the swiftness and suddenness do not apply well to the events of the Roman invasion, for this occurred ...

5. The Parable of the Sower

Luke 8:1-15

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... is known of this woman. This is the name of the beautiful heroine of one part of the apocryphal additions to Daniel. their own means: Lit. “from their own possessions.” The word translated “possessions” occurs frequently in Luke (11:21; 12:15, 33 ... and Jer. 4:3 as well. Note that Isa. 6:9–10 is employed in the same telic sense in John 9:39 and 12:40; see Craig A. Evans, “The Function of Isaiah 6:9–10 in Mark and John,” NovT 24 (1982), pp. 124–38. In his version of the question concerning ...

6. The Bride of Jesus

John 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... would get some interesting stories. I would also get some interesting stories if I asked about your wedding. In his book, Hustling God, Dr. Craig Barnes tells about a wedding that started as a real disaster. First, the weather was atrocious. Some of the main streets had to be ... to us. God will never forsake us, no matter what we do or what our circumstances may be. I like the way Pastor Daniel Habben has put it. He writes, “Have you ever been to a downtown that has seen better days? Where there once were ...

7. Adopted! (New)

Ephesians 1:1-14

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King Duncan

... But I mean, which one is adopted?" Aunt Ruby did not hesitate. She looked straight at her guest and replied, "I've forgotten." As Craig Brian Larson writes, "When we are adopted as God's children, we quickly come to cherish our heavenly Father's forgetfulness. For he ... . B. Fowler, Jr., Illustrating Great Words of the New Testament (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1991). 5. Dr. Daniel Lioy, Tarbell's Lesson Commentary, Sept. 2004- August 2005 (Colorado Springs: Cook Communications). 6. Chuck Colson, found ...

8. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

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King Duncan

... by so many people over so many years.” Author John Feinstein adds this comment, “Maybe that is the key to Arnold Daniel Palmer. After all these years; after playing golf with six presidents; after having signed every autograph; after granting every interview request ... and give praise to God except this foreigner?” Randy Phillips is a member of the contemporary Christian music group, “Phillips, Craig and Dean.” Randy tells about an elderly woman who had a major influence on his life. She was a member ...

9. A Road Straight to Your Heart

Luke 3:1-20

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King Duncan

... to enter a city, the people who lived there would build a special entrance that was always straight and smooth. According to Dr. Craig Barnes, one of the most exciting archeological digs going on in Israel today is in Beit Shean which is uncovering a great Roman ... d=1997-12-14%200000 2. The Rev. Dr. B. Wiley Stephens, http://day1.org/1610-uncluttering. 3. Dr. Daniel Lioy, Tarbell’s Lesson Commentary, September 2004‑ August 2005, (Colorado Springs: Cook Communications). 4. Michael Slaughter, Change the ...

10. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... Conformity to the Torah and Jewish Vigilante Reactions (Leiden: Brill, 1995). On rabbinic loanwords for whipping, see Daniel Sperber, A Dictionary of Greek and Latin Legal Terms in Rabbinic Literature (Bar-Ilan University Institute for ... Ascent in Philo: An Examination of Selected Passages,” in The Pseudepigrapha and Early Biblical Interpretation [ed. James H. Charlesworth and Craig A. Evans; JSPSup 14; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993], pp. 246–68). 12:2 Of course, Jesus’ self-designation as the “Son ...

11. Jesus Is Tried before Pilate and Sentenced to Death

Matthew 27:1-10, Matthew 27:11-26

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Jeannine K. Brown

... 18:39, which add the detail that Pilate was deferring to local custom in offering to release a prisoner at Passover. Craig Keener provides evidence of Roman officials deferring to local customs in regard to leniency.1 27:17 Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus ... ’ kingship would be defined by sedition against Rome, not exoneration from such charges. Jesus, in a surprising turn based on Daniel 7, claims that his vindication and enthronement most certainly will happen. However, it will happen not by an overthrow of ...

12. Jesus’s Glory and Majesty Disclosed

Mark 9:2-13

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Grant R. Osborne

... (see 9:1). Even Jesus’s clothes were transformed, more “dazzling white” than any human launderer could ever accomplish. Certainly Moses’s radiant face in Exodus 34:30 comes to mind, but also the pure white clothing of the Ancient of Days in Daniel 7:9 is echoed. As Craig Evans points out, Jesus as the Son of Man (8:38) “has taken on some of God’s characteristics (much as Moses’s face began to shine with God’s glory).”3 9:4 Elijah and Moses. These were the two eschatological prophets ...

13. The Glory of the New Covenant

2 Corinthians 3:7-17; 4:1-6

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... articular noun ho theos refers to God (as usual in Paul) or to Satan (unattested in Paul). It seems to have gone unnoticed that Daniel 5:4 LXX decries those who have praised idols made with their own hands rather than “the God of the age/world [ton theon ... :26; 22:17; 23:8; Judg. 1:21; 10:4; 18:12; 1 Kgs. 9:13; 12:19; 2 Kgs. 2:22; 8:22; 10:27). Cf. Craig A. Evans, To See and Not to Perceive: Isaiah 6:9–10 in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation (JSOTSup 64; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989). On their minds ...

14. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

15. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of case studies. One week they did one particular study called “The Case of the Dearly Departed Chicken Bone.” The study by Craig Strasshofer maintained that what appeared to be dead was in fact really alive! He was talking about bones! They may not look alive ... Redemption (Isaiah 49) The Invitation to All Who Are Thirsty (Isaiah 55) In the End Times, Those from the Dust Will Awaken (Daniel 2) The Lord’s Anger and Promise of Resurrection (Hosea 6 and 13) Jesus’ Prophecy of the Holy Spirit (John 15: ...

16. Belonging at the Table

John 6:51-58

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David Coffin

... RSV). It is not a matter of getting words right but belonging at the table of the one who wishes to give us life and give it abundantly John 10:10 (RSV). Amen. Sources: 1. Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of John, (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998). 2. Craig S. Keener, The Gospel of John: A Commentary, Volume one, (Peabody. MA: Hendrickson Publishers LLC., 2003). 3. Gail R. O’Day, and Susan E. Haylen, Westminster Bible Companion: John, (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox ...

17. Jesus Heals a Paralytic

Luke 5:17-26

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

Healing Controversies: Both of the healing stories of Luke 5:12–26 have religious implications. The healing of the leper (vv. 12–16) involves the issue of religious purity and impurity (or “clean” vs. “unclean”). The healing of the paralyzed man (vv. 17–26) involves faith and the forgiveness of sins. This healing story is the first of a series of episodes where Jesus encounters religious criticism and opposition. In 6:1–5 Jesus is accused of working on the Sabbath when he and his disciples picked grain to ...

18. Do Not Worry

Luke 12:22-34

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

12:22–31 The applications of the Parable of the Rich Fool are now driven home. Jesus wants the lives of his disciples to be guided by interests other than worldly, material ones. The disciple is not to worry about food and clothes, which is not only a distraction, but betrays a lack of faith in God (see v. 28). There is more to life than food and clothing. God will supply food for his children just as surely as he provides for the ravens of the sky; and he will furnish clothing as surely as he arrays the ...

19. Signs of the End of the Age

Luke 21:5-38

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

21:5–7 The Lucan eschatological discourse differs from its Marcan source in one major way: The “end” (see v. 9) refers not to the return of the Son of Man, but to the destruction of the temple. This can be seen most clearly when one compares the question of the disciples in Mark 13:4 with the Lucan version of the question in 21:7. In Mark the disciples want to know two things: When the temple will be destroyed, and when the end will come. (In Matt. 24:3 it is even more explicit: when will the temple be ...

20. The Last Supper

Luke 22:7-38

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

22:7–14 With the sinister conspiracy between Judas and the religious authorities in the background, Jesus and his disciples begin making preparations for the Passover meal. Luke notes that Jesus sent Peter and John (Mark 14:13 says only “two of his disciples”) into Jerusalem to meet a man carrying a jar of water (which was a task women usually performed), to whom they will convey the word of the Teacher. The owner of the house, the disciples are told, will show them a large upper room, all furnished. There ...

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