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Ephesians 2:11-22

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... and Unity in Christ,” in Studies in Ephesians, ed. F. L. Cross, pp. 36–50; Martin, “Reconciliation and Unity in Ephesians,” in his Reconciliation, pp. 157–98. Martin offers a detailed literary and theological analysis of 2:19–21; W. Meeks, “In One Body ... the expressions near and far is given by D. C. Smith, “The Ephesian Heresy and the Origin of the Epistle to the Ephesians,” Ohio Journal of Religious Studies 5 (1977), pp. 78–103. Smith’s investigation leads him to conclude that it is ...

2. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:15-28, Daniel 7:1-14

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Paul W. F. Harms

... Saints is for the encouragement of the entire church, heroic and non-heroic members of it alike. C. S. Lewis in his book, The Great Divorce, illuminates how holiness and sainthood have to do ... for which they were unequal. The steady kind of courage of a Mrs. Smith of Golders Green is a courage which the church needs more of. The ... is always the case. We are not alone. It was true of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King, Jr., and Pastor Hernandez, and Bishop Romero who was assassinated as he celebrated ...

3. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:1-14

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4. It Is Right To Fight When You Fight For Right

Jude 1:3-4

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James Merritt

... from the Word of God that he can stand up against the devil and defend himself when men seek to lead him astray.4 What Martin Luther was really saying was, it is right to fight when you fight for right! Jude has sounded the alarm. You could title his book ... of the old truth. We don't need Joseph Smith, Mary Baker Eddy, Ellen White, golden tablets, or dreams and visions. All we need is what we have, which is the inspired truth of the infallible Word of God. c. It Is A Delivered Faith This faith is "once ...

5. We Hold These Truths To Be Essential

1 Peter 3:8-16

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J. Howard Olds

... pledge ourselves to His kingdom. A Savior is somebody who does something for you that you can't do for yourself. Martin Smith was a 33 year old professor at Cambridge University. He loved kayaking in southern England. One day when he was kayaking, his kayak ... , not the earning of spiritual merit badges. Mr. Wesley gave that to us. He gave us the catholic spirit, catholic with a little c, a sense of universalism of Christ's body. It means, my friends, that we're not against any other community of faith. It ...

6. How Can I Know The Truth?

John 16:5-16

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King Duncan

... we did. I was reading recently about Park Smith, a new RAF pilot in 1942 when the U.S. shipped the first Mustang fighter planes to England. Back then little training was given to pilots. The extent of Park Smith’s pre-flight instruction in the new plane ... our faith like Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley and others. I am helped by more recent theologians like Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer and great Christian souls like Paul Tournier and C.S. Lewis. These are people who ...

7. Déjà Vu or Divine Revelation?

Luke 23:35-43

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King Duncan

... people have been captivated by the show A Game of Thrones. This show is based on the best-selling set of books by George R. R. Martin. It is about the bloody, desperate struggles between warring clans trying to claim the throne of a fictional world called Westeros. In the show, the noble ... -police.html. 5. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (New York: Bantam Books), 1996. 6. https://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/the-shrewd-steward-tim-smith-sermon-on-parable-shrewd-manager-204259?ref=SermonSerps. (J ...

8. The Fountain of Truth

2 Peter 1:12-21

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James Merritt

... We don't need Joseph Smith, Mary Baker Eddy, Ellen White, Nancy Fowler, golden tablets, dreams and visions, or another testament; all we need is what we have, which is the inspired truth of the infallible word of God. Martin Luther once said, "I have ... one chapter. No other book has, can, does, or will make that claim, because the only book that is the word of God is the Bible. c. Divine Illumination "We also have the prophetic word made more sure, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark ...

9. The One Habit of Highly Effective Christians

John 4:19-24

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James Merritt

... the background for the beginning of this discussion on worship is very important. In 1722 B.C. God judged the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom, which was called Israel, and allowed the ... vocal point. There is a reason for that. The Protestant Reformation took place because men like Martin Luther and John Calvin re-discovered the priority of the word of God. They began to ... , worship Him." 1 Hiram W. Smith, The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management, pp. 124-125. 2 Warren W. Wiersbe, Real ...

10. Jesus Would Do What?

Philippians 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... Protestant Reformation. At one point he found himself at odds with the father of the Reformation, Martin Luther. Zwingli did not know what to do. He found his answer one morning on the ... concerned, not just himself. Go and do likewise. 1. Adventist Review, ISSN 0161-1119, (c) April 5, 2001, http://www.adventistreview.org/. 2. Paul Decker in “Do We Have ... The Common Life (Nashville: W Publishing Group 2005). 6. Reverend Alisdair Smith, http://www.cathedral.vancouver.bc.ca/news_info/sermons/2005_0925.htm. 7. ...

11. Beware! Angels

Matthew 1:18-25

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Will Willimon

... recognized as symbolical. Those of Dante are the best. Before his angels we sink in awe." -- C. S. Lewis, Introduction to The Screwtape Letters. ----------------------------------------------------------- ''....In the early 1970's, when Billy Graham decided ... rather than the pathway of materialism,' as Kay Martin Curry, founder of Twenty-eight Angels, Inc., hopes. But my march through the thickets of contemporary angelology makes me agree with Maurice Smith, who sees the interest in angels as 'not ...

12. Enduring

Mark 13:1-31

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Warren Thomas Smith

"But he who endures to the end will be saved." (v. 13) We regard this chapter as the Little Apocalypse - a section that refers to the conclusion of history, similar to what we read in Daniel and Revelation. It is a grim piece, uncomfortable, unsettling. It may have been written as a warning of the impending fall of Jerusalem, which indeed took place in A.D. 70. Why would this passage be incorporated in Mark? Why not omit such jarring predictions? In truth, most of us do not care to be troubled about ...

13. Incalculable Riches by Bishop Roy C. Nichols

Ephesians 3:1-13

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Leonard Mann

In Ephesians, Chapter 3 and verse 8, Paul says, "To me, least of all the saints, is given the grace to preach the unsearchable riches of the gospel of Jesus Christ." One of our modern translations renders the text thus: "the incalculable riches." I like that better, because it expresses the vastness of the gospel, rather than its "mystery." Paul was sharing this testimony with the members of the churches of the city of Ephesus. They knew him well; for he had first preached in their midst and nurtured them ...

14. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

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Richard Hasler

Professor Robert Paul and his family had just returned to Hartford Seminary from a trip to the Rocky Mountains. As a doctoral student in church history studying with him I had always been stimulated by his lectures and seminars. Now, I was anxious to talk with him and with his gracious and perceptive wife, Eunice, to get their impressions of the trip. Paul, a native of England, was ecstatic about the natural beauty of America, but he also was appalled by the lack of appreciation for what he called “a sense ...

15. Habakkuk

Habakkuk 3:1-19

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Warren Thomas Smith

Gratitude is one of the noblest words in the English language. It pictures us at our best. Conversely, ingratitude reveals a person at his or her worst. "How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!"2 lamented King Lear. Thoughtful people everywhere, of all ages, faiths, and cultures have extolled gratitude. Let us think of gratitude as it relates to our American Thanksgiving. For most of us, Thanksgiving means eating. First we stuff the turkey then we stuff ourselves. We go to a ...

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