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1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... his conviction that the Corinthians had not entered into a kingly reign, as the initial word for indicates. He offers a stark contrast between the apostles’ plight and the arrogant, boastful claims of the Corinthians. By naming the apostles together, Paul disallows any ... are absent. As a stern parent facing rebellious, unreasonable children, Paul threatens parental discipline: Shall I come with a [rod], or in love and with a gentle spirit? The questions are posed to the entire community, not merely to ...

2. Job's Reply to Bildad

Job 9:1–10:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... but whether God knows that Job is righteous! The effect of the heavenly scene (chs. 1 and 2), then, is to draw a stark division between the reader (who is privy to the secret meeting between the Satan and God) and the human characters of the ... “(battle) club,” see Num. 24:17; Judg. 5:14; 2 Sam. 23:21; Isa. 14:29. Isa. 28:27 seems to refer to a “rod” used for agricultural purposes. 9:35b For further discussions of the various interpretations of this verse see Clines, Job 1–20, pp. 220–21; Rowley ...

3. Christian Success and Christlikeness

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

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Preben Vang

... (Matt. 10:24–25). The experience of (post)modern Western Christians seems, like that of the Corinthians, to stand in stark contrast with this perspective. Cultural pressures may make us adore those who are willing to suffer for others, but personal suffering ... who truly belong to God’s kingdom evidence God’s presence; their pride is in Christ, not in themselves. 4:21 with a rod of discipline, or . . . in love. Paul now turns his reminder in verse 15, that they have a multitude of tutors (paidag?gos) ...

4. A Call to Arms

Exodus 17:8-16

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James Merritt

... and a Hur. Moses got tired. He got weary. He needed men to come alongside of him to hold up his hands as he held up the rod of God. Not everybody can be a Moses or a Joshua or a Billy Graham. As a matter of fact, not one out of a million will ... are no match for Amalek without Jehovah Nissi, the Lord your banner. The good news is, Amalek is no match for Jehovah Nissi. Here is the stark-naked truth. Either you conquer Amalek or Amalek conquers you. It is a fight to the finish, and it is a fight to the death. ...

5. Love In Action

1 John 3:11-24

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King Duncan

... cove where the fisherman stopped the boat and cut off the motor. The stranger wondered where the man's fishing equipment was. He had no rod and reel. All the stranger saw was a small net and a rusty tackle box. Slowly the man pulled the tackle box over to himself ... Many of us are so into ourselves that we have lost the ability to truly love others. We need to see our own unworthiness in stark contrast to God's great love for us. Then we can properly love ourselves. That is why that even in this season when we ...

6. John 20:19-31

John 20:19-23

Sweet

... is a “low” excitement Sunday, and a much lower attendance Sunday for most churches today, this week’s gospel text starkly reminds us just how “low” Jesus’ disciples were on Easter Sunday itself. Despite Mary Magdalene’s astonishing report to the ... the primacy of the Acts Pentecost event, often use linguistics and logic in ways that make a rubber band look like a rod of re-bar. The least convoluted understanding of John’s description simply accepts that the gospel writer did not know of the ...

7. It’s Complicated

Galatians 2:11-21

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Leonard Sweet

... that the previous covenant, the Torah itself, was no longer being used as a divine measuring stick but a beating rod. Instead of a labyrinth of ritual laws and strict regulations, the life and death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ ... actions of Christ — loving and giving himself up — that brought about Paul’s transformation. Finally Paul makes a startling and stark declaration. To those who still argued for a form of justification or righteousness achievable through the law, Paul asserts that ...

8. Mission and Rejection in Galilee

Mark 6:14-29, Mark 6:7-13

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Grant R. Osborne

... likely allusion to Esther 5:2–3, where Xerxes, the Persian king, promises Esther “up to half the kingdom.” The contrast is stark, however, as Esther saves her people from death, whereas Salome, prompted by Herodias (6:24), will ask for the death of John ... New Testament. In Acts hostility and suffering are everywhere. In Acts 4–5 the disciples are arrested twice and beaten with rods the second time, but they respond with joy “because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the name” ( ...

9. “You Are My Son; Today I Have Become Your Father”

Psalm 2:1-12

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C. Hassell Bullock

... to distinguish Yahweh from the gods of its world, who reproduce like humans. 2:9 you will break them with a rod of iron . . . pottery.7 The verb “break” assumes one Hebrew root (r‘‘), while the alternate reading “rule” (see NIV footnote) ... anointed. It is both history and parable. What happened in David’s time is history, and as parable it presents the stark opposition to God that characterizes all humanity (Acts 4:23–31). Robert Rosenblatt wrote an article in Time (“What Really Matters ...

10. Déjà Vu or Divine Revelation?

Luke 23:35-43

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King Duncan

... warring clans trying to claim the throne of a fictional world called Westeros. In the show, the noble, heroic character of Ned Stark falsely believes his honorable character is sufficient to allow him to prevail in a wicked and power-hungry kingdom. One of his ... www.rd.com/culture/bizarre-royal-family-perks/. 4. “A Policeman’s Bear Hug Stops a Suicide Bomber From Killing More” by Rod Nordland and Fahim Abed, New York Times, Nov. 16, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/world/asia/kabul-explosion- ...

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