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Mark 11:1-11

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David E. Leininger

... my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away."(3) For half a millennium, they had kept an eye out for David's successor to gallop into town, assume the throne, and change their sad song. The orchestra was forever ready to play, "Happy days are ... I could offer it in any number of ways, but one of my favorites is from a special book called, It's Friday, but Sunday's Comin'.(6) My mother gave it to me. It is a series of essays by Dr. Anthony Campolo, and the title work tells of a church service ...

2. On the Cross Jesus Is Mocked and Dies

Mark 15:33-41

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Grant R. Osborne

... anguish, the cry from the heart of Jesus (Aramaic); Matthew stresses the formal quotation of Psalm 22:1 (Hebrew). In Psalm 22 David is the righteous sufferer lamenting his plight; yet in the second half of the psalm he cries out in triumph, knowing that ... that centered on the refrain, “It’s Friday. Sunday’s a-comin’.” Campolo proclaims, “It was Friday, and my Jesus was dead on the tree. But that’s Friday. Sunday’s a-comin’. . . . Friday Mary’s crying her eyes out. The disciples are ...

3. Life Between Verses 4 and 5

Psalm 13:1-6

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David E. Leininger

... by the delight of Easter. Between verses 4 and 5, we hear again Tony Campolo's wonderful phrase, "It's Friday, but Sunday's comin'." Between verses 4 and 5 is where the church finds its most meaningful life. Sad to say, we stiff-upper-lip Presbyterians are awfully ... , it has helped thousands of others as well. The book is called simply Psalms of Lament. My copy says, "To David, Through Tears - With Hope. Ann Weems." Her poetic preface, composed after her work was done, describes "life between verses 4 ...

4. The Shepherd's Song

Psalm 23:1-6

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John E. Harnish

... a shepherd. James Rudin, a writer for the UM Reporter, describes how a contemporary news editor might have tried to update David's psalm to more adequately address the reality of American life today: "The Lord's my shepherd." Drop the shepherd ... my journey, My Lord, I'm on my journey, on my journey home. If you get to heaven before I do Just tell my Lord I'm comin' too, For I know His grace will carry me through And I'm on my journey home. The shepherd leads… Through green pastures and by still waters, ...

5. Sunday’s Comin’

Hebrews 10:16-25

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David E. Leininger

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast." "Where there's life, there's hope." You might have heard of that fellow who decided that his life had no hope. He resolved to end it all by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge.A kind hearted policeman saw what was going on and tried to reason with the man but to no avail. Finally, they struck a deal: The policeman would listen to the jumper for five minutes if the jumper would return the favor. For five excruciating minutes the young man recounted a tale of woe that ...

6. The Language of the Heart

Psalm 100:1-5

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David E. Leininger

Music, music, music. In the words of Carlyle, "Music is well said to be the speech of angels."(1) Or Longfellow, "Music is the universal language of mankind."(2) Shakespeare: "If music be the food of love, play on."(3) Music. Sometime back public school music teachers compiled some answers that youngsters gave to test questions:(4) • Refrain means don't do it. A refrain in music is the part you better not try to sing. • A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals. • Handel was half German, half Italian ...

7. The Forgiveness Business

Luke 7:36-50

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David E. Leininger

Wonderful story. At least, it is to me. Others might not like it so well. It is certainly astonishing. Put it in the context of a dinner party at your own home or even a supper downstairs in Fellowship Hall. By this time in Jesus' ministry, he had garnered quite a bit of public notice. All sorts of people had been attracted to him - rich, poor, educated, illiterate, from the highly respectable to the lowly riffraff. To have this famous rabbi come to dinner was very special and everyone would have been ...

8. The Language of the Heart

Psalm 98:1-9

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David E. Leininger

"Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things ... make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn - shout for joy before the Lord, the King" (vv. 1, 5-6). Music, music, music. In the words of Carlyle, "Music is well said to be the speech of angels," or if not that, the speech of those of us who would serenade the angels. Public school music teachers compiled some answers that youngsters gave to test questions.[1 ...

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