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Mark 7:1-23

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Donald B. Strobe

... in so many ways, that there is a real danger that we become a rootless and fruitless generation. Novelist John O’Hara once defined America as “a country that has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.” That’s not ... never done it that way before.” If there is an “Eighth Last Word” I would suggest that it might well be: “Restructure.” John Gardner, in his book “Self-Renewal,” says: “The last act of a dying organization is to get out a new and enlarged edition ...

2. Slow Burn

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 6:19-24

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Lori Wagner

... if the salt has lost its saltiness, how shall its saltiness be restored?” The gospeler John says, Jesus is the Light of the World. But here in Matthew, Jesus says, YOU ... eye once gazing in the wrong direction can easily become a slave to sin (yetzer hara –evil impulse). A person’s gaze therefore reflects his or her inner character. YHWH is ... as well). When Sabbath candles are lit, the words are repeated: “Blessed are you, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who sanctified us with his commandments, and ...

3. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... is believed. This first use is most like Paul; the others differ from Paul’s. See O. Michel, “Faith,” NIDNTT, vol. 1, pp. 587–606. To doubt shows that the person is unlike ... further discussion of the yêṣer tradition, see F. C. Porter, “The Yeser Hara: A Study in the Jewish Doctrine of Sin”; and G. F. Moore, Judaism ... desire in 1:15. Regeneration language (which is very close to the Johannine tradition, e.g., John 3–13, 1 John 3:9–10) and new creation language (which is closer to Paul, e.g., 2 ...

4. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

5. A Strategy For Status Seekers

Luke 14:1-14

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King Duncan

... !" It is said that the infamous criminal John Dillinger once ran into a farmhouse and repeatedly yelled at the farm family, "My name is John Dillinger. I’m not going to hurt you. I just wanted you to know that my name is John Dillinger." We are told that the plainspoken ... GONE WITH THE WIND. It is said that she personified many of the characteristics which she ascribed to Scarlett O’HARA she was a neurotic and immature egotist. One biographer wrote that Margaret Mitchell could never endure a conversation ...

6. The Jump to Judgment

Matthew 7:1-6

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David E. Leininger

... you know her from Gone with the Wind.(6) Two scenes involving Melanie are particularly significant. In the first, she, Scarlett O'Hara, and Mrs. Mead are leaving the Confederate hospital after a long day of nursing wounded soldiers. As they leave, a gaudily ... a Melanie Wilkes. Amen! 1. William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible, CD-ROM edition (Liguori, MO: Liguori Faithware, 1996) used by permission of Westminster/John Knox Press 2. II Samuel 12:1-7a 3. George W. Koch 4. Matthew 7:15-16a 5. "Are We Living in a ...

7. A Rainbow And A Cross

Genesis 9:1-17

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King Duncan

... you have already paid, please disregard this notice." Some of us have paid, haven't we? In that epic novel Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara says despairingly, "Oh, it seemed so right when I did it, but it was all so wrong. If I had to do it over again ... innate, inescapable rebellion of the creature against the Creator. The Bible tells us that God takes sin seriously and so should we. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodists, took sin seriously. "Give me men who love nothing but God and hate nothing but ...

8. The Weak and the Strong

Romans 14:1--15:13

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... Peter who, having betrayed his Lord and deceived his friends, prayed the simplest of all prayers, “ ‘Lord, you know all things’ ” (John 21:17). We cannot know all things about ourselves, much less about others. The fact that we must all stand naked ... See Everyone Needs a Philosophy of Life. Albert Schweitzer’s Philosophy of Reverence for Life, ed. and arr. by M. O’Hara (Great Barrington, Mass.: Albert Schweitzer Friendship House, 1978). Ernst Käsemann offers a clear exposition of this verse in ...

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