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Luke 3:21-38

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King Duncan

... that the water from the great flood was receding. When the dove returned in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth (Genesis 8:11). The dove, then, was a symbol of hope and ... what the ring does do is serve as a sign that she is married. Many times when you see a guy talking to a girl,” Evans continues, “you will see his eyes go south as he is looking at the left hand to see whether or not she has already been spoken ...

2. Getting The Proper Nourishment

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... you will happen upon a tree in that generally barren land, a tall tree, a leafy tree an oak, an almond, an olive, or a fig tree and you would know that somewhere closeby there is lifegiving water. (3) The difference between a shrub and ... its lifegiving waters. How sad it is that so many of us have ceased going to the Word to drink and be refreshed. Colleen Townsend Evans tells about a moving dream a friend recounted to her. The dream began in a great, open room, filled with distraught and sorrowful people. ...

3. Casting Out Demons

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Or a fear is what you make it, It isn't the fact that you have fear that counts But only, how you take it. Or, as Oliver Wendell Holmes put it: "When a resolute fellow steps up to that great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised ... in the mirror ignores you. "You had your picture taken beside a tree and everyone admires the tree." One applicant, Evans said, claimed that the government returned his taxes unopened. Another lamented that all of his mail was addressed to " ...

4. Tastes Great, Less Filling - Sounds Good, Not True

Proverbs 23:29-35

Sermon

James Merritt

... , Alcohol: the Beloved Enemy (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1980). 3 Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World (Nashville: Oliver Nelson, 1985), p. 29. 4 See Richard Land, "Alcohol: Some Sobering Facts," Light, September/October, 1994. 5 Bottom Line ... Publishers, 1992), p. 107. 9 Ronald Schiller, "Why Americans are Drinking Less," Reader's Digest, n.d., p. 48. 10 Mike Evans, The Return (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1986), p. 219. 11 And; House and Durham, p. 107. 12 Tom Strode, "Alcoholism ...

5. A Bethany Blessing

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... shortly after they were born. Or the sanctuary at St. Andrews UMC, in Arlington where my grandsons Zach and Nate were baptized. And where Evan will be baptized. Then there's Glen Lake Camp where I've encountered God in so many different ways both through my own experiences ... the very first Palm Sunday parade there in Bethany. He made the ride down Palm Sunday road on the Mount of Olives which ended with His entrance into the Temple. We know that was the first step toward his betrayal, arrest and crucifixion. ...

6. Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Ephesians 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... Studia Evangelica 2 (1964), pp. 676–80. 1:13 G. Fitzer, “sphragis,” TDNT, vol. 8, pp. 939–53; P. W. Evans, “Sealing as a Term for Baptism,” The Baptist Quarterly 16 (1955–56), pp. 171–75; J. Ysebaret, Greek Baptismal Terminology ( ... Paul’s theology, cf. J. D. Hester, Paul’s Concept of Inheritance. Scottish Journal of Theology Occasional Papers No. 14 (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1968), esp. pp. 90–104; D. R. Denton, “Inheritance in Paul and Ephesians,” EQ 54 (1982), pp. 157–62 ...

7. Jesus Proclaims Judgment on the Temple and the Nation

Mark 13:1-31

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... Insights 13:1 What magnificent buildings! Proceeding through the East Gate of the temple on the way up to the Mount of Olives, a disciple looks back in wonder. Even the Romans recognized the Jewish temple for its beauty (Josephus, J.W.6.267). The ... of Jerusalem, but this is also apocalyptic imagery pointing beyond to “the great tribulation” period in Revelation 7:14. As Craig Evans says, the swiftness and suddenness do not apply well to the events of the Roman invasion, for this occurred in Palestine ...

8. Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

Luke 22:39-46

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

The Passover meal is now over. In this section we see Jesus’ ministry come to an end with his betrayal and arrest. The moment of testing for Jesus and for his disciples is now at hand. The section under consideration consists of three parts: (1) Jesus’ Prayers on the Mount of Olives (vv. 39–46); (2) Jesus’ Betrayal and Arrest (vv. 47–53); and (3) Peter’s Denials of Jesus (vv. 54–62). Luke has derived his material from Mark 14:32–50, 53–54, 66–72. 22:39–46 As has been his practice (see 21:37) Jesus went … ...

9. The Triumphal Entry

Luke 19:28-44

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

This section comprises four parts: (1) the Triumphal Entry (vv. 28–40), (2) the lament over Jerusalem (vv. 41–44), (3) the Cleansing of the Temple (vv. 45–46), and (4) a summary of Jerusalem’s reaction to Jesus’ teaching in the temple area (vv. 47–48). The journey to Jerusalem is finally concluded. Now we see Jesus presenting himself to the Jerusalem religious establishment as the first phase of passion week. But before Jesus will be arrested (22:47–53), he will have a brief teaching ministry in Jerusalem ...

10. Signs of the End of the Age

Luke 21:5-38

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

21:5–7 The Lucan eschatological discourse differs from its Marcan source in one major way: The “end” (see v. 9) refers not to the return of the Son of Man, but to the destruction of the temple. This can be seen most clearly when one compares the question of the disciples in Mark 13:4 with the Lucan version of the question in 21:7. In Mark the disciples want to know two things: When the temple will be destroyed, and when the end will come. (In Matt. 24:3 it is even more explicit: when will the temple be ...

11. David Flees

2 Samuel 15:13-37

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

Absalom’s Rebellion Begins: Within these chapters there is an interest in the concept of loyalty: loyalty moving from David to Absalom; the loyalty of Ittai, Zadok, and Abiathar to David; Ahithophel’s disloyalty and Hushai’s apparent disloyalty; Shimei’s loyalty to Saul and the ambiguity of Ziba’s position. Behind this is the conviction that although human loyalties may be unpredictable and unreliable, God’s loyalty can always be trusted. 15:13–23 Although David had had no suspicions concerning Absalom’s ...

12. David and Ziba

2 Samuel 16:1-4

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

13. Shimei Curses David

2 Samuel 16:5-14

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

14. Peter Disowns Jesus

Luke 22:47-53

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

22:54–62 Significantly Luke omits Mark’s reference to the disciples’ flight (14:50), but he does go on to narrate Peter’s three denials. Perhaps nowhere else in the gospel tradition does the careful reader encounter more discrepancies in matters of detail and chronology than in the account of Peter’s denials and Jesus’ trial. (For a discussion of the problems pertaining to Jesus’ trial see the commentary on 22:63–23:25 below.) Peter’s denials present the greatest difficulties, as illustrated by the ...

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