2 Samuel on Salvation

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Julie Canlis

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2 Samuel 9:6-13, Exodus 4:22-23 , Romans 8:14-17, Ephesians 1:3-6, Psalm 68:5-6

Adoption … is not the cause merely of a partial salvation, but bestows salvation entire…

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Randy Alcorn

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John 21:15-19, Jonah 3:4, 2 Samuel 12:1-4, Mark 10:17-22, John 8:1-11, Titus 2:11-12, Ephesians 4:15

If we minimize grace, the world sees no hope for salvation. If we minimize truth, the world sees no need for salvation.

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Randy Alcorn

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John 21:15-19, Jonah 3:4, 2 Samuel 12:1-4, Mark 10:17-22, John 8:1-11, Titus 2:11-12, Ephesians 4:15

If we minimize grace, the world sees no hope for salvation. If we minimize truth, the world sees no need for salvation.

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Church, we are Easter people

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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2 Samuel 12:13-14 , Isaiah 1:18 , 1 John 1:8-9, Luke 18:9-14, Acts 2:38, Psalm 96:1

Pastor: Church, we are Easter people living in resurrection victory. Along with the Psalmist, we worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. We declare His glory in the midst of His people. We p...

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Sixth Sunday in Lent, Liturgy of the Palms

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Heather Ghormley

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Mark 11:1-11, Mark 14:, Mark 15:, Mark 8:32, Mark 9:32, Mark 10:37, Zechariah 9:9, Genesis 49:11, Mark 1:1, Mark 5:7, 2 Samuel 7:12-16, 1 Kings 1:38, Revelation 4:8, Psalm 146:2-8

Lent 2021: A 40-day Heart Restoration The Triumphal Entry Bonus Content: Video prep session with Heather Ghormley on Mark 11:1-11 . Passcode: 0DU^5?GZ AIM Commentary Ancient Lens What can w...

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Scripture Guide Mark 11:1-11

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Heather Ghormley

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Mark 11:1-11, Mark 14:, Mark 15:, Mark 8:32, Mark 9:32, Mark 10:37, Zechariah 9:9, Genesis 49:11, Mark 1:1, Mark 5:7, 2 Samuel 7:12-16, 1 Kings 1:38, Revelation 4:8, Psalm 146:2-8

Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? Connecting the Triumphal Entry and the Passion At last we come to Jerusalem. On this sixth Sunday of Lent, lectionary-following congreg...

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The Psalmist declares: Praise be to

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Richard Herman

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Psalm 95:1-2, Luke 2:8-20, Acts 16:25-34, 2 Samuel 6:12-15, Colossians 3:16-17, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 103:1-2

The Psalmist declares: Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens, our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death. Therefore, Come let...

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The Greatest Promise in History

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Nancy Guthrie

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Genesis 3:15, Genesis 22:18, 2 Samuel 7:12-13, Isaiah 9:6-7, Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2, Habakkuk 2:3, Isaiah 40:31

When someone promises us something wonderful, we can hardly wait for that promise to be fulfilled. If the promise is something good, we want it now! We really don’t like to wait. And yet the very best...

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Third Sunday of Easter

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C. Hassell Bullock

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Psalm 4:, Matthew 5:43-45, 2 Samuel 19:15-30, Numbers 6:4-9, Isaiah 65:24, Psalm 76:10

Preaching Commentary A Psalm of Trust Psalm 4, the lectionary psalm for this third Sunday of Easter, follows a psalm of lament (Psalm 3) in which David bemoans his political enemies, who included h...

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Scripture Guide Psalm 4

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C. Hassell Bullock

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Psalm 4:null, Matthew 5:43-45, 2 Samuel 19:15-30, Numbers 6:4-9, Isaiah 65:24, Psalm 76:10

A Psalm of Trust Psalm 4, the lectionary psalm for this third Sunday of Easter, follows a psalm of lament (Psalm 3) in which David bemoans his political enemies, who included his own rebellious son A...

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Ash Wednesday

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Jin Cho

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Psalm 51:1-17, Psalm 51:1-17, Psalm 51:null, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:17, Romans 6:4, 2 Samuel 12:null

Lent 2021: A 40-day Heart Restoration The Broken Heart Bonus Content: Video prep session with Jin Cho on Psalm 51 . Password: Bn*=61p! AIM Commentary Introduction Ash Wednesday Ash Wednes...

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Scripture Guide Ephesians 4:25-5:2

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Ephesians 4:25-5, 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33, Psalm 130:, John 6:35, 41-51, Ephesians 5:1-2, Acts 9:4

Taking Off the Old Clothes and Putting on the New Our passage continues Paul’s teaching on “the putting off of the old self” (anthropos) (of sin, corruption, and death) vs.22 and putting on the “new ...

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Adapted from Psalm 91

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Psalm 91:, Deuteronomy 33:27, Psalm 27:5, Matthew 4:6, 2 Samuel 22:3, Isaiah 25:4, John 10:28-29

Leader: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, People: I Will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Leader: For he...

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Scripture Guide, Psalm 51

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Jin Cho

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Psalm 51:, Psalm 51:1-17, Psalm 51:, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:17, Romans 6:4, 2 Samuel 12:

The Broken Heart Bonus Content: Video prep session with Jin Cho on Psalm 51 . Password: Bn*=61p! Introduction Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of p...

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Scripture Guide, Psalm 51:1-17 (Guide A)

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Jin Cho

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Psalm 51:1-17, Psalm 51:1-17, Psalm 51:null, Romans 6:23, Romans 5:17, Romans 6:4, 2 Samuel 12:null

Introduction Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent: a time of penitence, fasting, and prayer, in preparation for the great feast of resurrection. The season of Len...

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Agreeing with God’s Words

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Richella J. Parham

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1 John 1:9, Romans 10:9-10, Hebrews 4:14, Matthew 10:32, 2 Samuel 12:

I missed that confession is not just a commandment, not just one of the “steps to salvation”—it is a means of God’s grace. The word confess, which means to assent or agree, is the English translation ...

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Eugene Peterson

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2 Samuel 11:12, Exodus 2:23-25, Jonah 1:4, Isaiah 43:25, Micah 7:18-19

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

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Phillip Yancey

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John 21:15-19, 2 Samuel 12:1-13, John 8:1-11, Luke 15:11-32, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5:20-21, Luke 15:7

Repentance, not proper behavior or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue.

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Jesus, we receive your blessings and

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Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

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Psalm 51:10, Ephesians 4:23-24, 2 Samuel 12:1-14, John 7:37-38, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 5:3-4, Psalm 51:10

Jesus, we receive your blessings and pray for the Holy Spirit to make them real in our lives. Renew a right spirit within us, a poor spirit, a spirit that knows our deep need of your grace and deliver...

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May the Lord watch you from on high

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Dustin Ray

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Psalm 18:16-19, Exodus 14:13-14, Luke 15:4-6, Isaiah 43:1-2, 2 Samuel 22:20

May the Lord watch you from on high and draw you out of many waters. May He rescue you from every enemy. May He set you in broad places and rescue you because He delights in you.

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The Covenants of Scripture

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Merrill F. Unger

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Covenant

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Hebrews 13:20, Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:14-19, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:20-9, Genesis 9:5-6, Genesis 12:1-3, Galatians 3:16, John 8:56-58, 2 Corinthians 3:7-9, Deuteronomy 30:1-10, Deuteronomy 30:1, 2 Samuel 7:4-17, Luke 1:31-33, Acts 1:6, Revelation 19:16, Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, Hebrews 8:8-12, Galatians 3:13-20

Eternal covenant, Heb 13:20—The redemptive covenant before time began, between the Father and the Son. By this covenant we have eternal redemption, an eternal peace from the ‘God of peace’, through th...

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O God, whose glory it is always to have

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Acts 2:, John 16:8, Isaiah 40:8, 2 Samuel 12:1-13, Psalm 51:17

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who have gone astray from your ways, and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast the unchan...

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Fourth Sunday of Advent

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Scott B. Bullock

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2 Samuel 7:1-11, Psalm 89:1-4, Psalm 89:19-26, 1 Samuel 4:, Micah 5:2, Psalm 127:1

Advent 2020: Tear Down the Heavens God Builds the House Updated & expanded for 2023 AIM commentary Ancient lens What's the historical context? The Ark of God The ark of God tra...

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Fourth Sunday of Easter

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Geoff Helton

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John 10:11-18, John 9:null, Genesis 4:2-4, Numbers 14:33, 1 Samuel 16:11, 2 Samuel 5:2, Isaiah 56:11, Zechariah 10:2, Jeremiah 23:1-2, Jeremiah 50:6, Zechariah 10:2-3, John 10:11-18, Ezekiel 34:11-16, Psalm 23:, Luke 15:1-7, Matthew 18:12-14, John 13:1, John 15:13, John 9:34-35

Preaching Commentary Context Signs and Dialogue There’s a reoccurring pattern in Johns’s Gospel in which Jesus performs a sign, which is followed by dialogue and then commentary from Jesus that pr...

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Psalm 46:1, 11, Psalm 46:1-3, 7, John 16:33, Matthew 8:23-27, 2 Samuel 22:2-4 , Isaiah 41:10-13

Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. Pastor: God is our refuge and strength, People: a very present help in trouble. Pasto...

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Holy redeemer, we come before you in

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Austin D. Hill

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Psalm 95:6-7, 2 Samuel 6:12-23, Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 6:5-6, Psalm 51:16-17, John 4:23-24

Holy redeemer, we come before you in repentance. For we get so caught up in discerning who is worshiping you correctly that we forget to worship you ourselves. Fill us with your Spirit so that we migh...

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Scripture Guide, 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16

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Scott B. Bullock

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2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, 1 Samuel 4:11, Psalm 89:3-4, Luke 1:31-33, Matthew 2:null, Micah 5:2, Psalm 127:1, Mark 1:14

Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? Ark of God The ark of God traveled with the people of Israel on their journey through the wilderness, accompanied them on their conques...

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Blessed is She

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Sarah Bourns Crosby

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Genesis 18:9-14, Genesis 38:26, Joshua 2:11-12, Ruth 1:16-17, 2 Samuel 12:, Luke 1:13-14, Luke 1:30-33

For Those Who Still Hope I am Sarah Bitter and barren Burnt out by this promise that never came Worn out from waiting Laughing to hide the aching Longing for these empty arms to hold a baby B...

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James Merritt

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Grace

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Matthew 1:, Luke 1:26-38, 2 Samuel 11:12, Ruth 1:4, Joshua 2:

Through Jesus’s family tree, God puts his grace on display. God is reminding us that he can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves: pick up broken pieces and put them together, take broken lives an...

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Scripture Guide, John 6:1-21

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Allen Thompson

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John 6:1-21, 2 Samuel 11:1-15, Psalm 14:, Ephesians 3:14-21, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Psalm 145:10-18

Ancient Lens What's the historical context? A New Kind of Feast A mountain, a gathering of thousands, and a great feast make for a classic ancient worship scene. Add in the frequency of loca...

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