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Matthew 6:25-33

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King Duncan

... for breath—these are not my native air. But in faith and confidence, I breathe freely—these are my native air.” (5) A few years ago Pastor Ray Pritchard happened to catch a few minutes of an interview with Hamilton Jordan, Chief of Staff under President Jimmy Carter. Some of you remember Jordan. He had written a book with the intriguing title, No Such Thing as a Bad Day. It’s his own story about being diagnosed with cancer on three separate occasions before the age of 50. “Where did the title ...

2. The Death of Jacob

Gen 49:29–50:14

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... . They discovered that the dehydration of the body takes forty days; this time corresponds to the time specified in this text (J. Hamilton-Paterson and C. Andrews, Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt [New York: Penguin, 1978], p. 43). Perhaps Herodotus had in mind ... le Nakhum [ed. M. Brettler and M. Fishbane; JSOTSup 154; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993], pp. 54–64). Demsky also identifies Jordan with a city in the Negev, present-day Khirbet Irq, some eighteen miles from Gaza. ’eber then refers to “a ...

3. A Sign for a Sign

Mark 8:11-13

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Donald B. Strobe

... and they “lured the people by promising them astonishing signs. The would promise, for instance, to part the waters of the Jordan in two and leave a pathway through it, or they would promise, with a word, to make the city walls fall ... with might, but with mercy, with “enormous respect for our frailty and our freedom, standing at heart’s door to seek admission there.” (Wallace Hamilton, WHO GOES THERE? N.Y: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1958, p. 34.) As an unknown poet put it: Thou shalt know Him when He ...

4. When "Well Done" Is Rare

Matthew 25:14-30

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Eric Ritz

... to desperate poverty and another to affluence? This is an immense and troubling problem. Everyone who has seen Michael Jordan play basketball or Emmitt Smith run with a football knows we are not all created equal. However, this parable ... . Finally, this parable teaches that the final outcome of our lives depends on the obligation we honor in our lives every day. J. Wallace Hamilton, in his book What About Tomorrow, tells the story of a wealthy builder. He called in his top assistant manager and said, "I am ...

5. Northern Kings Defeated

Joshua 11:1-23

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

... reoccupied. The destruction of Hazor fits the date, which has been recognized by archaeologists as the time of the conquest (J. M. Hamilton, “Hazor,” ABD 3:87–88). A. Ben-Tor of Hebrew University continues to excavate the site made famous by Y. Yadin, and ... . For instance, Arabah refers to the Great Rift Valley, primarily the section south of the Dead Sea. Arabah can refer to the Jordan River valley and hence to the Arabah south of the Kinnereth Sea (Sea of Galilee; 11:2). Mount Halak also is a desert ...

6. The Table of Nations

Genesis 10:1-32

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... are the peoples of northeastern Africa and Palestine: Cush (Ethiopia), Mizraim (Egypt), Put (possibly Somalia or Libya), and Canaan. Hamilton (Genesis: Chapters 1–17, p. 336) postulates that Canaan is placed here because the Canaanites were city dwellers like ... that the former were survivors of that empire. Jebusites occupied the hill country in the Cisjordan, the land area west of the Jordan river. In David’s time their center was Jerusalem (Josh. 15:63; 2 Sam. 5:6). Amorites lived across a wide area ...

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