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Harold Warlick

... say, but even when they came to visit me in my 30s I was in some respects still their sixteen-year-old Harold, Jr., according to the map they were going by in trying to understand me. At times it was frustrating. Much of the ... asked for a baseball glove for months. Mother couldn't be home, so she left my present on the table. There it was in a brown S & H Green Stamp bag - a baseball glove. It was horrible. My folks knew nothing about baseball. It was too small. It was too inflexible. It was too cheaply made ...

2. Living In Sin Or Synergy?

Matthew 11:25-30

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King Duncan

... on this plantation one set of workers cut down the man-sized stalks containing dozens of green bananas. Then others would bear these across their shoulders and back to a central loading place. Gently ... can. You take over until morning." And then he would go to sleep. (7) As a man named Charles H. Brent once said, "Peace comes when there is no cloud between us and God. Peace is the consequence ... Waco, TX: Word Books, 1982), p. 150. 5. (Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1995), p. 29. 6. Richards, Lawrence O. ...

3. It’s Not about You; It’s All about God

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

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Mark Ellingsen

... , Illinois: Harper & Row, 1963), p. 187; Eduard Schweizer, The Good News According To Mark, trans. Donald H. Madvig (Richmond, Virginia: John Knox Press, 1970), p. 96; Eduard Schweizer, The Good News According to Matthew, trans. David E. Green (2nd printing; Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1977), p. 297. 2. Martin Luther, The Large Catechism (1529 ... III.55-56, p. 447. 10. Martin Luther, The Freedom of a Christian (1520), in Luther's Works, Vol. 31, ed. Harold J. Grimm (Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1957), p. 349.

4. John the Baptist Beheaded

Matthew 14:1-12

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... that both Herod and Herodias wanted to be rid of the prophet, although Herod is the one who is a bit reluctant. Green’s opinion that Mark’s version (adapted by Matthew) “rests on popular tradition, not to say bazaar gossip” and is therefore “no more ... (younger son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace). For a full-length study, see Harold Hoehner, Herod Antipas; see also F. O. Busch, The Five Herods. 14:6 Daughter of Herodias: In Mark 6:22 the UBS editorial committee ...

5. The Cracking Point

Mark 12:1-12

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Harold Warlick

Everyone has a cracking point. There comes a certain point in our relationships with others or in our feelings about ourselves when everything snaps. You and I are emotionally and physiologically structured so that we can withstand only so much. There is only so much garbage, so much heat we can take. Then, like the valve on a pressure cooker, we simply blow off. Perhaps the six most dramatic words in the English language are these: "I just can't take it anymore." Every person has a cracking point. It ...

6. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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Louis H. Valbracht

One of the favorite books in my library is a little book published recently titled Children’s Letters to God. There is in that book a letter by a fourth or fifth grader, but it might have been written by an adult. He writes: "Dear God, Our minister says that you are everywhere, but I don’t see you anywhere. How come? Your friend, Harold." I thought the closing was a nice touch: "I don’t see you anywhere. Your friend." Typical of the kind of ambiguity from which all of us suffer. Occasionally, someone will ...

7. Judas Hangs Himself

Matthew 27:1-10

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

27:1–2 At daybreak the chief priests and elders met in full council to plan the death of Jesus. The morning session also served to legalize the clandestine meeting that had taken place the previous night. Since their concerns about Jesus’ religious claims would carry little weight with Roman authorities, it was necessary to develop a charge that would appear revolutionary from a political standpoint. Luke cites a threefold charge of seditious teaching, opposition to taxation, and claim of kingship (23:2). ...

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