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Mark 6:1-6

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... claim they can, but we know they can't. We know human nature. No one can keep the law for a whole day, let alone a whole year. JOEL: So, we're all sinners without any hope of having our sins forgiven. NATHAN: And yet Jesus is telling people their sins are forgiven. DANIEL: How can he do that? NATHAN: I've been thinking about that. Don't the scriptures say there is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood? JOEL: Yes. The scriptures say that, but Jesus is not a priest. He cannot make sacrifices ...

2. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... –dared to challenge YHVH, the fountain of living water! This scene is not only a messianic symbol but a huge indicator of Jesus’ identity, his time to come, his role in God’s harvest, and the warning to Israel’s children! It’s like Nathan, Daniel, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Moses (and others) all wrapped up into one! The Sukkot experience! The Feast of Tabernacles. The event is taking place in fact on the last day of the celebration, just before the great lamps of the Temple will be darkened ...

3. The Writing on the Wall

2 Samuel 11:1-27, 2 Samuel 12:1-31, John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . Remember the story of Snow White? When the wicked Queen looks into the mirror on the wall, it reflects exactly the inner state of her heart. In the story of Daniel, the “writing on the wall” is prophecy –the consequences of the sin of Nebuchadnezzar revealed in the Light of God. In the case of David, the “writing on the wall” is revealed in Nathan’s parable, in which David is able to see himself within it. In the case of Jesus and the adulterous woman, the writing on the wall (in this case in ...

4. Vetted

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... from Adam to Abram (1 Chronicles 1:1) The Story of Esther, Adopted of Mordecai, Queen of Persia The Story of Daniel and His Test of Faith in God (Daniel 6) God’s Lament Over His Son Israel in the Words of the Prophet Hosea (Hosea 11) God’s Restoration ... , the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, the son of ...

5. The Writing on the Wall

Daniel 5:1-31

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... to rebuke kings for their sins. Samuel pronounced judgment on Saul for offering an illicit sacrifice (1 Sam. 13:8–14) and for failing to devote everything to destruction in his battle with the Amalekites (1 Sam. 15:1–23). Nathan criticized David for his sin with Bathsheba (1 Sam. 12). Elijah condemned Ahab and Jezebel for the multitude of their abominations (1 Kgs. 21:20–26). Daniel is portrayed as an Israelite prophet here, except that he is facing a foreign king instead of one from his own people ...

6. Daniel Interprets the Dream and Confronts Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel 4:19-27

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... has declared the king guilty, he moves quickly to Nebuchadnezzar’s sentencing. 4:22 Your Majesty, you are that tree! Daniel’s confrontational words are diplomatic; nevertheless, he functions like an Old Testament prophet here and in 5:22–28 (cf. Nathan’s “You are the man!” in 2 Sam. 12:7).5This narrative completes three encounters between Nebuchadnezzar and the Judeans: Daniel confirms the king as “the head of gold” in his second year (2:37–38); his friends defy Nebuchadnezzar’s ...

7. When Things Don’t Work Out, What Then?

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... adultery with Uriah’s wife, but that repentance and the subsequent absolution pronounced by the prophet Nathan did not remove the consequences of David’s act. Nathan pointed out that what David had done was unworthy of a prince of Israel who was ... furnace and from your power, then he will. But even if he doesn’t, Your Majesty may be sure that we will not worship your god ..." (Daniel 3:16-18, TEV). When God doesn’t deliver you or your loved one from the problem, even then you can choose to hold on and ...

8. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of God. Hebrews 12:1-2 Like Daniel who appealed to the saints of the Most High, to cheer up those who were suffering persecution, the writer to the Hebrews appeals ... to protect himself. David, “a man after God’s own heart,” sinned flagrantly and had to be reprimanded by the prophet Nathan. The reason that these people are examples is not because they point to themselves as paragons of virtue, but rather because they ...

9. Preparations for the Temple

1 Chronicles 22:2-19

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... City of David (1 Chron. 15–16). We heard the eternal promise spoken by Yahweh to David’s “house” through the oracle of Nathan (1 Chron. 17), and we noted how David and his men subjugated the surrounding nations to Jerusalem (1 Chron. 18–20). And then (at ... haʾelohim) occurs almost exclusively in postexilic biblical texts. It occurs once in Judges, once in Ecclesiastes, and once in Daniel, but eighteen times in Ezra-Nehemiah and thirty-four times in Chronicles. The occurrence here in 22:2 is the ...

10. Mourning for the One They Pierced

Zechariah 12:10-14

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... 1; Jer. 3:21; 31:9; Dan. 9:3, 17, 18, 23), and that of their ancestors (Dan. 9:4–6). Fasting, sackcloth, and ashes accompany Daniel’s supplications (Dan. 9:3). The mourning will be as intense as anyone can imagine. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only ... ., Jer. 33:19–22). The other two named clans fill out the picture of complete participation. One of David’s sons was named Nathan (2 Sam. 5:14), and the clan of Shimei is listed in the third generation of the tribe of Levi (Num. 3:18). ...

11. The Giver Becomes The Receiver

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... in its Holy of Holies. King David wanted to build a divine residence of cedar which would contain the Holy of Holies. Nathan originally blessed this idea. But God changed God's mind and offered a second opinion. The temple would be built by David' ... us as it once was for this precarious tribal chieftain named David. There is no greater joy that can be promised us. 1. Daniel Day Williams, "The Vulnerable and the Invulnerable God," Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Vol. 17, No. 3, p. 225. 2. Some of the material ...

12. In Quest of Fire

2 Chronicles 36:15-23

Sermon

Larry Powell

... David, his soul still smarting because his sinister intrigue against Uriah had been published to his very face, and he would answer, "Nathan was a true prophet." * We could ask the fifty prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, still holding the ... Elijah was a true prophet." * We could ask Nebuchadnezzar about his dream of the tree that touched the sky, and he would answer, "Daniel was a true prophet." * We could ask those of the Babylonian captivity who found it difficult to sing the Lord’s song in ...

13. Internal Medicine

Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... ! It all belongs to him anyway, right?! But kings can stumble. And even great kings can sin greatly. And when God checks in with David, through Nathan the prophet, David collapses in grief. What have I done?! he weeps. How did I get myself into this?! Where did I sell my soul to ... unmoved. No man is an Island, said John Donne. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind! Daniel fasted when he remembered the destruction of Jerusalem, and the loss of his people's homeland. And in Jesus' day, ...

14. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

Revelation 1:1-3

Eulogy

Edward Inabinet

... on whom that character is based is still living, now married and a Lutheran. In a conversation with the author of the screenplay, Daniel Lang, here is what he said: "We all figured we might be dead in the next minute, so what difference did it ... hold on to the old life and grasp the new as well. It cannot be done. No wonder our light in the world is so feeble. Nathan Soderblom said, "Saints are persons who make it easier for others to believe in God." Most of us would not cherish being called saints, but in ...

15. David, Nabal, Abigail

1 Samuel 25:1-44

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... be taken against the farm or its workers. David’s response to Abigail’s speech has some parallels with his reaction to what Nathan had to say to him in 2 Samuel 12, although that comes after rather than before he has taken unwise action. Nabal, on ... bright future, was not likely to be easy. 25:42–44 Abigail and David apparently had one son, known as Kileab in 2 Sam. 3:3 and Daniel in 1 Chron. 3:1, but we read no more of him, and he may have died early. Saul did not officially have the right to give ...

16. The Birth of Jesus Christ

Matthew 1:18-25

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... Jesus. It has often been noted that, from David forward, the Lucan genealogy has forty-one generations traced through Nathan rather than twenty-six generations traced through Solomon. Possibly Luke records the actual descent of Joseph whereas Matthew ... dreams were often used as vehicles of revelation. They seem to appear in clusters: in the patriarchal period, during the ministry of Daniel, and in the nativity narratives in Matthew. 1:21 Jesus: The name is the Greek form of the Hebrew “ye(hô)šu’a ...

17. The Prophet of Locusts and Honey

Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, the son ... in Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning, God [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth.”) Hebrew names often incorporate el, as in Daniel, which means “God is my judge.” Mahalalel means the “The Blessed God.” Jared = Shall come down. The name Jared comes from ...

18. You Can't Handle It!

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... famous lines in film history comes from Rob Reiner’s 1992 film based on Aaron Sorkin’s 1989 play, entitled “A Few Good Men.” In the movie, a military court scene plays out in which Navy lawyer Tom Cruise (Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee) pushes Colonel Nathan Jessup on the stand (played by Jack Nicholson) to admit that he ordered a “code red,” a hazing, violent disciplinary measure that allowed two marines, Dawson and Downey, ultimately to kill fellow peer, Private First Class William Santiago. While ...

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