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1. IRONSMITH

Isaiah 44:12

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Stephen Stewart

... , and forges it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint." Tubal-cain, of the race of Cain, is described as "an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron" (Genesis 4:22). It used to be thought that the use ... chariots and weapons of iron. Even in the time of Saul, his army had no swords or spears for battle, he and Jonathan alone possessing them. When the power of the Philistines was broken by Saul and David, the iron-smelting formula became public ...

2. Can It Be Sin to Be Shy?

2 Timothy 1:1-14

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King Duncan

... to suggest that shyness is, for the most part, an inherited condition. It is genetic in origin. Behavioral scientist Jonathan Cheek has made extensive studies of shyness and even wrote an entire book on the subject. He studied over ... re shy, God made you just as you are. There are virtues that grow out of shyness. In fact, there is a best-selling book by Susan Cain titled Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking that helps shy people appreciate some of those virtues. [As a somewhat ...

3. Dressed for Success?

Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:1-11

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Lori Wagner

... love we feel for another person leads to the love of G-d, and robes us in garments of light.” (Rabbi Jonathan Sacks) Prop: a white tie and white baptismal shawl / wear a clergy collar or robe that day How many here work ... . They are never going it alone. This is a much more loving and beautiful story, isn’t it, when you think of it this way. Likewise, when Cain sins and fears going into the world alone, God assures him that he will be protected by God. Again, although he sinned, he will still wear the ...

4. Easter 6

John 15:18--16:4, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

... friends, life is sterile and meaningless. In a person's life friendship rates ever higher than love. Love may lead a person to kill, but friendship never. Cain killed his brother Abel because he was only his brother and not also his friend. We remember David as a great king not because of his conquests but because of his great friendship with Jonathan. After the Wiesel family had been herded into a ghetto, their Christian housekeeper, Maria, a dear friend of the family, managed to get in so she might ...

5. Called in From Off-stage

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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Donald Zelle

... at the spotlights! Nor is this the only time that divine election worked that way. Earlier, it was Abel instead of Cain, Jacob instead of Esau, Joseph before his eight brothers, Moses over Aaron, and Gideon, the youngest of his family. Later, this ... way, the way that was fitting for him. For David, it was a slingshot; patience with King Saul; love for the King's son, Jonathan; and waiting for the right moment. Once anointed, David called out from within himself the latent powers that were his. For many of us ...

6. “The Heavens Declare the Glory of God”

Psalm 19:1-14

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C. Hassell Bullock

... honey is in mind here, whether it was the product of bees or a fruit nectar. However, the story of Saul’s son Jonathan eating honey attests to bees’ honey in the time and place of this psalm (1 Sam. 14:27; Judg. 14). Moreover, the problem ... were done out of willful disobedience. Sin seeks to “rule over” the individual, which may be an allusion to the Lord’s instruction to Cain that he “must rule over it” (Gen. 4:7). 19:14 Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Above we observed that “Rock” as ...

7. Wicked

Luke 20:9-19, Matthew 21:33-46

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Lori Wagner

... just ignore but remove God from our lives….we commit the worst sin of all. It’s the sin of Babel. It’s the sin of Cain. It’s the sin of the Israelites. It’s the sin of the Pharisees. And it’s our sin too. Here in the church….everything we ... We were created to be the beauty and the glory of God! We ARE the fruit. We were created to bring God pleasure. Jonathan Edwards, one of the giants of the Great Awakening, described our role in relationship to God as “remanating” the emanations of God! We ...

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