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Philippians 3:12-16

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... the old cannon and appoints Andy and Barney to be the ones to sell it. At the same time, Andy is trying to teach Opie about the Golden Rule. Opie comes into the Sheriff's Office one day and asks if he can leave his books. He tells Andy that he'll being going ... it is to look at some of the more than fifty "one another" passages in the New Testament. Here's just a few. Love one another (John 13:34-35, Gal 5:14) Encourage one another (Heb 3:13; 10:24-25) Be devoted to one another (Rom 12:10) Build up one ...

2. Behold The Man Who Takes Away Sin

John 1:29-34

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... the cross, we know he came to do many things. One of those things he came to do was to restore a right relationship between God and his children. John the Baptist knew it right off, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." We see it in many places later in the story. ... live and get along in this world. One time on The Andy Griffith Show Opie had been in a fight. Andy was trying to talk with him about it and how to get along with people. Andy said, "Sometimes you have to give ...

3. Wait. Trust Me.

Exodus 20:12 · Ephesians 6:1-12 · Proverbs 22:6

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Paul Batura

... 1961. [It’s politically incorrect these days to refer to a homeless person as a “hobo” – but that wasn’t the case back when John F. Kennedy was in the White House.] As the storyline goes, a homeless man named David Browne shows up in Mayberry. He swipes some sandwiches, makes friend with Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Griffith) and by extension, Opie, Griffith’s son. Deputy Barney Fife is suspicious of Browne, but Andy gives the traveler benefit of the doubt. Soon, though, things begin to change ...

4. Jesus Predicts His Death

Matthew 16:21-28

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... the tempter in 4:10. In the earlier account, he says, “Go away, Satan” (hypage satana): here he says, Get behind me, Satan (hypage opisō mou, satana): To call Peter a “satan” is a strong rebuke, but those who oppose the will and plan of God are emissaries of ... various suggestions offered, the two that seem most plausible are that Jesus will shortly be transfigured before Peter, James, and John (17:1–9) and that Jesus speaks of the intermediate kingdom of Christ in and through his church (Green, p. ...

5. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... 29–30; Gal. 1:6–9; Phil. 3:2; Col. 2:4; 2 Thess. 2:1–3; 1 Tim. 1:3–7; 2 Tim. 3:1–8; 1 John 2:18–19; 2 John 7–11; Jude 3–4). There will be false teachers: Peter uses the future tense since he anticipates a worsening of the situation (cf. Matt. 24:11). But ... lust”; cf. 2:1, where “destructive heresies” is lit. “heresies of destruction.” The phrase of the sinful nature, opisō sarkos (“after the flesh,” KJV), is used in Jude 7. Other similarities to Jude’s vocabulary in this verse ...

6. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

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Harold Warlick

... brought home poor grades. I'd spend hours communicating with my boys. We'd go down the road, arm-in-arm like Andy Taylor and Opie in Mayberry on the way to the fishing hole, and have these long, meaningful father-son talks. You dream one life and are forced to ... is a matter of experience and not of appearance or language. Jesus' words to His disciples are quite clear. They are recorded in John's gospel: "... you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I ...

7. Repairing Your Broken Dreams

Luke 24:13-35

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Harold Warlick

... brought home poor grades. I'd spend hours communicating with my boys. We'd go down the road, arm-in-arm like Andy Taylor and Opie in Mayberry on the way to the fishing hole and have these long, meaningful father-son talks. You dream one life and are forced to ... Charles L. Allen in The Miracle of Hope (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1983), pp. 16-17. 2. See John Howard Yoder, The Politics of Jesus (Grand Rapids, Minnesota: William B. Eerdmans, 1972), p. 61. 3. Ernest A. Fitzgerald, How To Be ...

8. The Writing on the Wall

Daniel 5:1-31

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Ronald W. Pierce

... October 12, 539 BC (Herodotus, Hist. 1.191; Xenophon, Cyr. 7.5.15–25), two days after the Persians conquered Opis (modern Baghdad, about fifty miles north of Babylon) and nearby Sippar. Nabonidus fled at first, then later surrendered to Cyrus ... from humble beginnings to become a remarkably accomplished person. He became the youngest physician to lead a major division at Johns Hopkins, was the first to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head, and won the prestigious Presidential Medal of ...

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