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Hebrews 11:1-40

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... . The Faith of Abraham and Sarah In the OT Abraham is the man of faith par excellence. According to Genesis 15:6, “Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.” Paul can describe Abraham as “the father of all who believe ... “bowed himself upon the head of the bed” (RSV). The words for “bed” and “staff” consist of the same three consonants (mṭh) vocalized differently. The Masoretes of the early Middle Ages chose the vowels for “bed,” and so it has come to us ...

2. Leaving Home

Genesis 12:1-8

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King Duncan

... But I won’t be coming back here. And this is my dolly; I’m going to give her to you because I know that you will give her a wonderful home.” (5) Children sometimes understand things in a way that adults never can. It’s not an easy thing to leave home. Home is where the heart is, says the old platitude. And it is true. God told Abram to leave his home. That must have been difficult for both Abram and Sarai. However, God spoke and Abram obeyed. It is one of the most important statements in all sacred ...

3. Mud Below, Stars Above

Genesis 15:1-18

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King Duncan

... that language, which is our native tongue. E. M. Bounds in Power Through Prayer says, "Men are looking for better methods, God is looking for better men." We can be better men and women if we understand where our true citizenship lies. God told Abram to look up at the sky and count ... The Twelve Who Walked in Galilee. (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Co). 5. Robert Schuller. Living Positively One Day at a Time. (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revel Co, 1980). 6. Heinrich Borkamm. The Heart of Reformation ...

4. The Law and the Promise

Galatians 3:15-25, Galatians 3:1-14

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... have a real heir and that Abram’s legitimate descendants will be as numerous as the stars in heaven (Gen. 15:4–5). Because Abram believed this “the Lord … credited it ... ). For a helpful analysis of Paul’s response to the rival gospel, see C. H. Cosgrove, “Arguing Like a Mere Human Being: in Rhetorical Perspective,” NTS 34 (1988), pp ... limited in terms of time and of function. The Greek for Absolutely not! (mē genoito) is the standard emphatic rebuttal used in persuasive arguments of the time. See ...

5. Faith or Observance of the Law

Galatians 3:1-14, Galatians 3:15-25

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

6. Driving Out the Nations

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... totally. As the NIV footnote informs us, the Hebrew word translated here “totally” (heḥ e rîm) had a technical sense. The common explanation that it meant “devoting” things or people to ... as El. The end result of what God began to do through Abram was of significance for the Canaanites precisely because it critiqued and ... .” 7:2 You must destroy them totally: The Hb. word found here as a verb, hḥrm in Hiphil, and the related noun, ḥērem, have a complex history of interpretation. They have ...

7. Hugging The Coastline

Hebrews 11:1-40

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King Duncan

... architect and builder is God." What is faith? Faith is focus, first of all, on a future promise. This is all Abram had when he left his home in Hebron--a future promise. The story is often told of swimmer Florence Chadwick in ... half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out. Still thawing her chilled body several hours later she told a reporter, "?Look, I'm not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.' It was not fatigue or even the cold water ... H. Revell Company, 1988), pp. 26-29.

8. Put Within Us

Jeremiah 31:31-34

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R. Kevin Mohr

... halves, thereby dooming the two groups to another round of senseless payback killings. In God's covenant with Abraham (still known as Abram then), though the carcass halves were laid out, only the presence of God passed between the pieces. The first covenant with the ... we have been stamped with the love of God. Amen. 1. Roland H. Bainton, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (New York: Mentor Books, 1950), p. 44. 2. Gene M. Tucker, Preaching the New Common Lectionary, Year C, Lent, Holy Week, Easter (Nashville: ...

9. The Israelites Confess their Sins

Nehemiah 9:1-37

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... 2 Kgs. 19:15. The sense must be “You, Yahweh, are the only (God)” (Clines, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, p. 193). 9:7 Chose Abram: Only here is Abraham’s election mentioned. It is an inference from Deut. 4:37; 10:15. 9:8 Righteous here has the sense ... this is mentioned separately from the gift of the Torah, the distinct episode of Exod. 16:23–30 is in view (M. Gilbert, “La place de la Loi dans la prière de Néhémie 9,” in De la Tôrah au Messie [ed. J. Doré et al.; Paris: Desclée, 1981], pp. 307– ...

10. The Last Laugh

Luke 24:1-35

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Will Willimon

Early in his ministry, critics came to Jesus saying, "The disciples of John fast often, but yours eat and drink." Jesus replied, "can the wedding guest fast when the bridegroom arrives?" Do you find it interesting that one of the earliest charges against Jesus' people is that they had too much fun? "Why don't your disciples go around fasting, wearing sad faces and mournful looks -- like the disciples of John the Baptist? We can tell that John's disciples are religious -- they're miserable!" Would the same ...

11. If Only We Would Accept Responsibility ...

Ezekiel 33:1-20

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Wallace H. Kirby

"Are you the minister?" he asked as I came through the courtyard toward the entrance of the church. I wanted to say no, because there were dozens of things that needed my attention that Monday morning when I got to work. With a bit of dumb resentment at the interruption of my planned agenda, I acknowledged that I was one of the pastors of that downtown church. He followed me into the office complex. "What can I do for you?" I asked, hoping that a meal ticket or perhaps a quick referral to another helping ...

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