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Matthew 5:9

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Wallace H. Kirby

... and why he killed. He left tantalizing and chilling notes on the scene of his crimes. He wrote one to a newspaper reporter. "Sam’s a thirsty lad. He won’t let me stop killing until he gets his fill of blood." Some guessed that the killer ... he is a member. He may know that something needs to be done to rectify the situation. He may also know that any step he takes to mend it may involve difficulty and problems which will not be pleasant to face. He may decide to do nothing and to say nothing for the sake ...

2. Defeat in Battle with Edom

Psalm 60:1-12

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... their battle lines (Hb. prṣ, contrast 2 Sam. 5:20). You have shaken the land echoes the older songs celebrating Yahweh’s coming to save and the earth’s shaking in response (Judg. 5:4; Ps. 18:7; cf. 1 Sam. 14:15)—except this time he appears and ... Hb. text. Included in the complaint against God are two petitions that Yahweh reverse the damage he has caused (restore us and mend the land). Closing this section are petitions that he take a more proactive role: Save us and “answer” (Hb. ʿanēnû, Kethib ...

3. David Spares Saul’s Life

1 Samuel 24:1-22

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... wept aloud. This expression elsewhere describes a response of extreme sorrow (Gen. 21:16; 27:38; Judg. 2:4; 21:2; Ruth 1:9, 14; 1 Sam. 11:4; 2 Sam. 3:32; 13:36; Job 2:12).4 On at least one occasion feelings of guilt appear to be present (Judg. 2:4), but by itself ... made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight (played by Richard Farnsworth) from Laurens, Iowa, to another town in Iowa, Mount Zion, to mend the relationship with his 75-year-old brother Lyle, from whom he has been bitterly estranged. Alvin’s legs and eyes ...

4. To Elders and Young Men

1 Peter 5:1-11

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... of Jewish Social Life, p. 282. 5:1 Elders are frequently mentioned; e.g., in Jewish communities: Exod. 3:16; Lev. 9:1; Num. 11:24; 1 Sam. 4:3; Ezek. 8:1; Matt. 26:47; Acts 4:5); and in Christian fellowships: Acts 15:2; 1 Tim. 4:14; Titus 1:5. The ... ; 3:9; 5:10. Restore (katartizein): This word ranges in meaning from mend, furnish completely, complete, to set right (as a bone). The word is used in Mark 1:19 of James and John mending their nets in preparation for further service. Make you strong (stērizein): ...

5. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

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James Merritt

... our sin debt to God, to someone else's sin debt to us, it's like comparing a mountain to a molehill. The old evangelist, Sam Jones, once said: "I haven't anything in this world to forgive. I will never get mad with any man unless he treats me worse ... just simply said, "Sister, I love you. Would you please forgive me?" Both of those sisters began to weep and cry, and a relationship was mended. Dr. Peale said when she hung up the phone, for the first time in four years, the itching was gone and so was the fever ...

6. The Charge Against Israel

Hosea 4:1-19

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... in the OT of Yahweh’s salvation; that is, salvation is having room to live, being set in the wide space of responsible freedom (cf. 2 Sam. 22:20, 37; Job 36:16; Ps. 31:8; 118:5; 119:45, 96; Isa. 33:21). Thus, Israel, here called Ephraim, is just to ... of this oracle, and it is a theme that Hosea will develop further in chapter 5. The Israelites are unable to repent and mend their ways. They can not relinquish their worship of the baals and obey the covenant commandments of their God. They are slaves of ...

7. God’s Saving Righteousness and the Restoration of Israel

Romans 3:21-31

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C. Marvin Pate

... Theophilus Msimangu, a priest, says, “The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that they are not mended again.” In Too Late the Phalarope (1953), likewise set in South Africa, the protagonist, Pieter van Vlaanderen, is a ... confirmed by his choice of the word “establish” (hist?mi), which is used in the LXX for establishing the covenant (Deut. 28:69 [29:1 ET]; 1 Sam. 15:13; 2 Chron. 35:19a), including the new covenant (Jer. 42:14, 16 [35:14, 16 ET]). In other words, for Paul to say in 3 ...

8. Blood: Right and Wrong Uses

Leviticus 17:1-16

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... the ram- or bull-headed god Khnum, the patron god of potters. Banebdjedet or Banedbdjed was a ram god of Lower Egypt at Mendes. In Greece there was the goat-footed god Pan, whom the Greeks later identified with the Egyptian god Min. Idolatry was a ... :24–26 envisions various altars of stone besides the tabernacle’s altar (cf. Deut. 27:1–8; Josh. 8:30–31; Judg. 6:24; 1 Sam. 7:17; 14:35; 1 Kings 18:30). Could meat be slaughtered and eaten anywhere even by the ceremonially unclean (Deut. 12:15, 21–22), ...

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