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Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

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Lori Wagner

... death shall bring it.” If you add up the numerical data given in the chrono-genealogy of Genesis 5, you will see that Methuselah lived until the year of the Flood. (See, e.g., Spirit of Prophecy, v. 1, p. 170: “Methuselah, the grandfather of Noah, lived until the very year of the flood; and there were others who believed the preaching of Noah, and aided him ... 2015. https://christianthought.hbu.edu/2015/03/16/locusts-and-honey/ ***For more on locusts, see The Lord and the Book by William McClure Thompson.

2. “The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Lack Nothing”

Psalm 23:1-6

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C. Hassell Bullock

... under symbols and metaphors, while other psalms recount the story in historical language (e.g., Ps. 106:7–8). Verses 2 and 3 share two verbs for “guide” (nhl ... nights and down the days; I fled him, down the arches of the years.” And then Thompson completes his poem with these words: “I am He Whom thou seekest! Thou dravest love from ... writing. En route, however, he stopped to spend the night in Geneva. When William Farel, a leader of the fledgling Reformation church in Geneva, heard that Calvin ...

3. The Days Are Coming

Jeremiah 33:14-16

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King Duncan

... Thompson recalls how her cast mates in a stage play of “The Wizard of Oz” tried to improvise when the set machinery didn’t work. Thompson was playing the role of Glinda, the Good Witch, who is supposed to descend to the stage in a large bubble. As Thompson ... a blind eye to injustice, even to benefit from it. Rev. Thomas G. Long writes, “Righteousness is not a sweet virtue that everybody in the world ... as the first Black child to integrate the William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. Photos show ...

4. The New-Covenant Blessings: Peace and Hope

Romans 5:1-11

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C. Marvin Pate

... For Paul, those blessings are here now in Christ for those who believe in him. 2. The term prosag?g? (NIV: “access”) in 5:2a probably has two backgrounds. The first may be cultic, in terms of the ... which he initiates. Poetry: “The Hound of Heaven,” by Francis Thompson. Thompson (1859–1907) was a poet and essayist who struggled throughout his ... is the basis of the Trinity’s relationship. Book: The Shack, by William P. Young. This best-selling novel (2007) has captured Christians’ imagination in ...

5. A Word to the Wealthy

Mark 10:17-30

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King Duncan

... month on wine, and even paid $3 million to blast the ashes of the late journalist Hunter S. Thompson out of a custom-made cannon. (4) Of course, as we often say, this is a free ... It’s a serious question. Now you and I will never be as wealthy as Johnny Depp or William Randolph Hearst, but the same principles apply to the use of our financial resources as it did to ... pp. 2-3. 2. I have misplaced the source of this illustration. 3. G. Krause, “Rent-a-family.” Cited in 600 minutes with God: 200 Devotionals ...

6. Behold The Man Who Takes Away Sin

John 1:29-34

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

G. K. Chesterton was once asked the question, "Why did you join the church so late in life?" He answered, "To get rid of my sins."1 That ... would endure.5 In that faith we will know we are in the hands of a forgiving God, held up by a transforming friendship, led forward on an exciting adventure. 1. George Thompson, "Kissing The Joy," Pulpit Digest, Harper, San Francisco, May-June, 1992, p. 22. 2. Harold Kushner, Who Needs God, Summit Books, New York, 1989, p. 75. 3. George Wesley Buchanon, "Wandering Toward ...

7. Thanks for the Memories

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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Eric Ritz

... and actions. The Old Testament lesson from Deuteronomy 26:1-11 is thought by the German Biblical scholar, G. Von Rad, to be one of the earliest known "creeds" of the people of Israel. It was recited ... them is grievous unto us." Remembering is not intended to paralyze us, but to free us. Dr. William Hinson, tells the story of his brother-in-law who took piano lessons as a youngster, practicing ... Thompson of Waynesville, N.C. 3. Cokesbury Bible, RSV version, pg. 1063. 4. Cokesbury Bible, RSV version, pg. 178-179.

8. Overcoming Envy

Matthew 20:1-16

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... possessed. It happened at a conference where he and another great preacher of the day, G. Campbell Morgan were both preaching. Morgan was drawing much larger crowds than Meyer was. ... Digest USA). 2. (New York: Quill, 1984), pp. 2-25. Cited in Doug Sherman and William Hendricks, How to Succeed Where It Really Counts, (Colorado Springs, Colorado: NavPress, 1989), pp. 28- ... to Do While You’re Waiting for Your Breakthrough by Heather Thompson Day. 5. 1000 Windows: A Speaker’s Sourcebook of Illustrations, edited ...

9. Sent From The Mountain

Matthew 28:16-20

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William G. Carter

There is nothing like taking part in a worship service with 17,000 people. If you are surrounded by a choir that large, all of the hymns sound in tune. With that many people gathered to pray in the same place at the same time, you have no doubt God will hear somebody in the crowd. And when a super-charged speaker stands up to challenge people to follow the commandments of Christ, the group dynamics of such a huge crowd ensure that someone, somewhere, is ready to answer the challenge. That was the case in ...

10. On Being Lifted Beyond Ourselves

Romans 8:18-27

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Robert G. Tuttle

The Scripture for this ninth Sunday after Pentecost is very strange. I quote from the NEB: "In the same way the Spirit comes to the aid of our weakness. We do not even know how we ought to pray, but through our inarticulate groans the Spirit himself is pleading for us, and God who searches our inmost beings knows what the Spirit means, because he pleads for God’s own people in God’s own way." Let’s face it, our hope lies in a dimension beyond the human. If we do not acknowledge the supernatural, we are ...

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