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Matthew 5:22; 28-30

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James Merritt

... today, meaning a sentimental emotion, some warm fuzzy feeling that is tolerant of everything and everybody. God is a loving God, but His love is a holy love. His love is a righteous love. His love is a just love. God is so loving that He does not want Scott Peterson to go to hell or Osama Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein. God Himself said in Ezekiel 33, "As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways, so they can ...

2. Hope for People Who Are Angry

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

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King Duncan

... by USA Today over the span of just a few months. “Bad tempers are on display everywhere,” wrote reporter Karen S. Peterson. And who can doubt that it is true? The media is constantly reporting incidents of road rage, airplane rage, biker rage, surfer ... and this is so unlike you.’ In spite of himself, Ken cracked up laughing and they hugged each other. Ken Blanchard writes, his “Scott never left his truck in the driveway again and I got better at reaffirming at the end of a reprimand.” Then Ken adds ...

3. The Incredibility of the Gospel

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

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Maxie Dunnam

... one man alive at that time who was the right man to preach on such an occasion. He was John Scott Ligette, then over ninety years of age. Ligette remembered hearing his mother telling her memories of having heard John Wesley ... of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” I like the way Eugene Peterson has paraphrased that: “God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He’s set us up in the Kingdom of the Son He loved ...

4. Ruth Meets Boaz

Ruth 2:1-23

Understanding Series

Michael S. Moore

... nativism of the concubine’s husband. To illustrate this in contemporary language, it is much easier for a white male judge, John B. Scott, to fine a poor black woman, Rosa Parks, for disorderly conduct (refusing to give up her seat to a white man) than it ... good deeds.” Anat’s wings are described in Gibson, Canaanite Myths and Legends, p. 132. 2:19 Where did you glean? Peterson (“The Pastoral Work of Story-Making: Ruth,” in Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work, pp. 97–105) argues that Naomi’s ...

5. Searching For Jesus

Luke 2:41-52

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King Duncan

... been heat in the pipes. The delay in taking action and completing that section was a costly one. The last words written in Sir Walter Scott's diary were, "Tomorrow we shall . . . " But there was no tomorrow for him. He died with good intentions to accomplish a certain goal “a goal ... this seems to be true. "In twenty-five years in the Army I have never seen so much spirituality," Col. Dave Peterson, chief to the nearly 1,000 chaplains for U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, said in a telephone interview from ...

6. “The Lord Most High Is Awesome, the Great King over All the Earth”

Psalm 47:1-9

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... , is a perfect selection for this Christian festival. The connection between the ascension of Jesus and Psalm 47 is rightly expressed by Scott Hoezee: “Jesus has ascended to God’s right hand and is, right now, the King of kings and Lord of lords; the ... over all the earth” (v. 2). That means that the most authentic thing we do is to worship the authentic God. Eugene Peterson looks perceptively at our world and observes: “We live in a pragmatic age and are reluctant to do anything if its practical ...

7. God on His Throne as the Sovereign Creator

Revelation 4:1-11

Teach the Text

J. Scott Duvall

Big Idea: The heavenly beings worship God as the sovereign Creator and Ruler of the universe. Understanding the Text Following John’s introductory vision of the risen and glorified Christ and his messages to the seven churches in 1:9–3:22, the scene shifts from earth to heaven in 4:1. This throne-room vision of Revelation 4–5 anchors the rest of the book. This vision first presents God as the sovereign Creator seated on his throne (4:1–11) before turning to Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, as the only one ...

8. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

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Thomas Peterson

(This sermon was preached at the Windsor, N.J. United Methodist Church on the occasion of its 150th Anniversary.) Sometime ago I discovered that God wants us to be happy. Happiness, I already knew, is no simple matter. The Bible teaches much about it, but the Beatitudes, to me more than any other text strike to the heart of the working ground for true happiness. “Blessed are those who….” is translated into “Happy are those who….” Now, a great deal has been said and written about the Beatitudes. So I ...

9. What Do We Do Now That We’re Happy?

Isaiah 62:1-12

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Thomas D. Peterson

There are a few times in our lives when long periods of planning and expectation are fulfilled. We cram months upon months with preparation. At last the coveted day arrives and our cup runs over. Weddings are such days. Long periods of activity go into getting ready. Each activity and emotion is carefully choreographed. When the day finally comes, the anticipation is so intense and the emotions so high that we expect life to go into overdrive. We will be lifted out of ourselves. A mysterious ingredient ...

10. Timebomb Parables

Matthew 21:33-46

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

Eugene Peterson suggested that parables are narrative time-bombs. These simple-looking stories lodged inside people's hearts and imaginations, slowly tick-tick-ticking away until finally, BOOM, they exploded into a new awareness when the real meaning behind Jesus' homely stories about farmers and seeds and sheep and bread-making finally sunk in. Well, if all of the parables were like narrative time-bombs, then I think it's fair to say the Parable of the Tenants was like a proximity-fuse grenade! In this ...

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