Exodus on Attitude

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John Fowles

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Genesis 29:15-30 , Exodus 32:1-8 , 1 Samuel 13:8-14, Luke 15:11-32 , James 5:7-8, Psalm 27:14

“He wanted Everest in a day; if it took two, he lost interest.”

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Taking Seriously the Possibility of God’s Guidance

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Dallas Willard

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Acts 8:26-40, Exodus 3:1-10, 1 Samuel 3:1-10, Genesis 37:5-11, Acts 9:1-19

Richard Attenborough’s movie Gandhi has a scene set in South Africa where the young Indian lawyer and a white clergyman are walking together on a boardwalk, contrary to South African law at the time. ...

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A Savior Who Was a Spitter

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Steve Arterburn and Jack Felton

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Genesis 2:21–23, Exodus 3:7–10, Isaiah 55:10–11, John 9:1–7 , Acts 10:34–35 , Psalm 19:3–4

Some time ago, I read about the work of a Wycliffe Bible translator in a remote village in Papua New Guinea. When the opening chapters of Genesis were first translated into the native language, the at...

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Let us pray for the whole people

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Zechariah 9:9, Isaiah 53:4-5, Exodus 12:21-23, Matthew 21:8-9, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Psalm 118:25-26

Pastor: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for everyone according to their needs. Holy Lord, all glory and praise are offered to You, for You are our Redeemer and King, o...

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Scripture Guide, John 6:24-35

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Allen Thompson

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John 6:24-35, John 6:23, 2 Samuel 11:26-27, 2 Samuel 12:1-13, Psalm 51:1-12, Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, Psalm 78:23-29, Ephesians 4:1-16

Ancient Lens What's the historical context? The Lakeside Community On the Sea of Galilee, it is not unusual to see from one shore to the other. It is essentially a lake, and as is often the ...

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11th Sunday after Pentecost

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Allen Thompson

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John 6:24-35, John 6:23, 2 Samuel 11:26-27, 2 Samuel 12:1-13, Psalm 51:1-12, Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15, Psalm 78:23-29, Ephesians 4:1-16

Ancient Lens What's the historical context? The Lakeside Community On the Sea of Galilee, it is not unusual to see from one shore to the other. It is essentially a lake, and as is often the ...

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Second Sunday after Pentecost

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Gabe Fung

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Mark 2:23-28, 3:1-6, Mark 2:23-28, Mark 3:1-6, Acts 12:12, Acts 12:25, Acts 15:37-39, Colossians 4:10, 2 Timothy 4:11, Philemon 1:24, 1 Peter 5:13, Mark 1:14-15, Mark 2:1-22, Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Exodus 34:21, 1 Samuel 21:1-6, Luke 11:37-54, Mark 2:1-17, Genesis 1:26-31, Genesis 2:1-2, Genesis 3:null, John 19:30

Preaching Commentary Context Authorship of Mark Mark’s account of the story of Jesus is commonly held to be the earliest of the four canonical Gospels. Early church tradition identifies the author...

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Maundy Thursday

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Allen Thompson

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Exodus 12:1-14, Psalm 31:9-16, Philippians 2:5-11, Mark 11:1-11

AIM commentary Ancient lens What's the historical context? Original Passover If you frequent any web sites that have thread or message board formats, you occasionally run into the acronym “...

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Tim Muehlhoff & Richard Langer

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Joshua 24:14-15, Daniel 1:8-21 , Exodus 1:15-21, Romans 14:5-6, Acts 4:18-20 , Psalm 15:1-2

We might say that convictions are firmly held moral or religious beliefs that guide our beliefs, actions, or choices.

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Interpretive strategies have gone through cycles

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R. C. Sproul

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Exodus 20:1–17, Genesis 22:1–14 , Micah 6:6–8 , Luke 10:25–37 , Matthew 5:17–20, Psalm 82:3–4

Interpretive strategies have gone through cycles of strict-constructionist (or Originalism) and broad-constructionist (or Living Constitution) perspectives. Originally the procedure of interpreting th...

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Daniel Kahneman

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Exodus 14:13-14 , 1 Kings 3:9-12, Isaiah 40:28-31, Luke 21:15, James 1:5, Psalm 119:105

A remarkable aspect of your mental life is that you are rarely stumped.

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Rick Warren

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Proverbs 14:30, Exodus 16:2-8 , 2 Chronicles 32:7-8, Matthew 6:25-27, Ephesians 4:31-32, Psalm 34:8-14

It’s not just what you eat that matters, it’s what eats you. You can have all the right macrobiotics and organic food, but if your body is filled with resentment, worry, fear, lust, guilt, anger, bitt...

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Certainty vs. Aiming at Confidence

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Travis Dickinson

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Genesis 15:1-6, Exodus 14:10-14, Job 1:42, Matthew 14:22-33, Psalm 23:

We should aim for rational confidence in these sorts of pursuits because certainty is a mere will-o’-the-wisp. Finite minds simply can’t pull it off. Though the distinction between aiming at certainty...

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Peter Leschak and Marshall Cook

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Exodus 35:30-35, Genesis 41:14-39 , Proverbs 8:22-31 , Matthew 14:28-31, Luke 10:38-42 , Psalm 1:1-3

The truly inventive state of mind approaches the plane of consciousness you’d hope to attain if you were driving down an icy highway and skidded into the path of an oncoming truck ... concentration is...

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Viktor E. Frankl

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Genesis 39:9, Exodus 20:3, Deuteronomy 6:20-21, Matthew 4:4, Hebrews 11:24-26 , Psalm 78:4

Man is pushed by drives. But he is pulled by values.

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Don’t Forget What Your Body Communicates

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Alexandra Kuykendall

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Communication

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Matthew 11:28-30, Isaiah 41:10, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 46:1, Exodus 14:14, Genesis 1:27

Nonverbal communication can make a huge difference in how a question is received. Only 7 percent of what we say is conveyed through words, 38 percent through vocal element (tone), and the remainder th...

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Judgment and Joy Don't Go Together

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Jacob Traeger

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Philippians 2:14-16, James 5:9, Numbers 14:27, 1 Corinthians 10:10, Luke 5:30, 1 Timothy 2:8, Exodus 15:24, Luke 6:37, Matthew 7:1-5, 1 Corinthians 5:12

Judgment and joy don’t go well together – no, judgment leads to grumbling. I’m sure you’ve met people in your life who are hard to please – maybe even your parents, or your boss. People for whom n...

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Maya Angelou

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Genesis 4:6-7, Exodus 32:19-20, Job 5:2, Ephesians 4:26-27, Hebrews 12:15, Psalm 37:8

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

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Aldous Huxley

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Genesis 28:10-17, Exodus 3:1-6, 2 Kings 6:15-17 , Luke 24:13-32, 1 Corinthians 13:12, Psalm 119:18

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

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Fleming Rutledge

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Isaiah 6:1-10, Exodus 33:18-23, Daniel 10:5-9, Luke 24:13-35, Matthew 16:13-17, Psalm 146:8

Any manifestation that reveals Jesus’ true identity occurs because the power of God is at work upon the eyes, ears, and hearts of the recipients

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Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus

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Richard J. Mouw

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Micah 6:8, Exodus 23:2–3, 6, Proverbs 31:8–9, James 2:12–13 , Luke 6:36–37, Psalm 103:8–10

Christian civility does not commit us to a relativistic perspective. Being civil doesn’t mean that we cannot criticize what goes on around us. …Civility is a different matter, though. I can treat ...

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Frederick Buechner

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Isaiah 40:28-31, Exodus 3:1-6 , Habakkuk 3:17-19 , Mark 1:14-15, Romans 8:38-39, Psalm 8:3-4

Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is gooder than we ever dared hope, and that to believe in that good news, to live out of it and toward it, to be in love with that good new...

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James Houston

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Luke 5:8-10, Revelation 1:17-18 , Psalm 104:1-2, Job 38:4-7, Exodus 19:16-19 , Isaiah 6:1-5

Awe encourages us to think of God as a transcendent presence: someone outside and beyond our own small concerns and our own vulnerable lives. Awe opens us up to the possibility of living always on the...

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Is our Capacity Set?

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John C. Maxwell

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Ephesians 3:20-21 , Exodus 4:10-12, 2 Kings 4:1-7 , Isaiah 54:2-3 , Matthew 25:14-30 , Psalm 23:1-5

Too many people hear the word capacity and assume it’s a limitation. They assume their capacity is set—especially if they’re beyond a certain age. People give up on the idea that their capacity or the...

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Jodi Picoult

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Exodus 1:8-22, Job 1:13-22 , Isaiah 40:28-31, 2 Corinthians 4:7-10, Matthew 11:28-30 , Psalm 55:22

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.

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Tim Muehlhoff & Richard Langer

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Exodus 32:1-35 , 1 Samuel 25:2-35, Proverbs 18:2, Mark 3:1-6, James 1:19-20, Psalm 119:66

First, we do not believe that strong convictions cause incivility. Instead, we believe poorly formed convictions cause incivility.

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Source Unknown

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Genesis 4:3–8 , Exodus 32:19–20 , Proverbs 14:29, Matthew 5:22, Ephesians 4:26–27, Psalm 37:8

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything onto which it is poured.

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Henry Ward Beecher

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1 Peter 2:2, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, Genesis 37:50, Exodus 3:11–12 , Isaiah 40:29–31 , John 15:1–5, Romans 5:3–5, Psalm 1:1–3, Luke 2:40, 52; 1

Christian character is not an act but a process, not a sudden creation but a development. It grows and bears fruit like a tree; it requires patient care and unwearied cultivation.

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Author

Marcia Falk

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Exodus 33:18-23 , Job 38:1-11, Isaiah 55:8-9 , 1 Corinthians 13:12, Mark 8:22-26 , Psalm 9:1-4

All images are necessarily partial.

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Pragmatism vs. the Pursuit of Truth

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R. C. Sproul

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Exodus 1:15–21, Daniel 3:16–18 , 1 Kings 3:16–28 , Matthew 4:1–11, Galatians 1:6–10, Psalm 73:

Pragmatism may be defined simply as the approach to reality that defines truth as “that which works.” The pragmatist is concerned about results, and the results determine the truth. The problem with t...

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