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This Butterfly Thrives in Fire

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Isaiah 43:2, Malachi 3:2-3, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Isaiah 48:10, Hebrews 12:11

The St. Francis Satyr is a tiny butterfly on the endangered species list. This butterfly only lives on the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina. Before heavy conservation efforts took place, the...

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G. K. Chesterton

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Romans 8:24-25, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Hebrews 6:19, 1 Peter 1:3

Hope is the power of being cheerful in the presence of circumstances we know to be desperate.

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Fire Renews Life

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Mia Levetan

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Isaiah 43:2, Malachi 3:2-3, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Hebrews 12:11, Isaiah 48:12

As a non-farmer, I understand that it is a healthy process of the natural order for burning to happen. Burning must happen in order for new life to flourish. It seems counterintuitive that a fire, whi...

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When Fire Makes Things Grow

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Ryan Bundrick

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1 Peter 1:6-7, James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Hebrews 12:11-13, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Zechariah 13:7-9, Daniel 3:, Isaiah 48:10

Trivia time! What natural disaster is the most destructive to a forest? Chances are that the first thing that comes to mind is a forest fire. After all, fire is pure destruction to plants. What possib...

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Scripture Guide, Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9

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Jacob Traeger

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Hebrews 4:16-18, Hebrews 5:7-9, Hebrews 4:14-16, Hebrews 5:7-9, Leviticus 16:, Hebrews 10:1, 20

Note: These two passages are typically read together on Good Friday, as they pull together the themes of Jesus as priest and sacrifice. Ancient Lens What's the historical context? The Great...

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Jürgen Moltmann

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Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 5:7-9, Isaiah 53:1-12, 1 Peter 4:1, 1 Peter 3:18, Matthew 27:57-75, Matthew 28:, Mark 14:43-65, Mark 15:, Luke 23:26-56, John 19:1-37, 1 Peter 2:24, Romans 8:3

A God who cannot suffer is poorer than any human. For a God who is incapable of suffering is a being who cannot be involved. Suffering and injustice do not affect him. And because he is so completely ...

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Scripture Guide, Psalm 22 (Guide B)

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Scott B. Bullock

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Psalm 22:, Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:34, Hebrews 2:12

Ancient lens What’s the historical context? A Structured Complaint The Psalmist organizes his complaint against God in three sections. The first two sections dramatize the complaint (vv. 1-11 and...

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Psalm 22 | Feeling Forsaken by God

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Scott B. Bullock

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Psalm 22:, Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34, Hebrews 2:12

Ancient lens What’s the historical context? A Structured Complaint The Psalmist organizes his complaint against God in three sections. The first two sections dramatize the complaint (vv. 1-11 and...

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Good Friday

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Eunice McGarrahan

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Hebrews 10:16-25, Isaiah 52:13-53:12, John 18:1-19:42, Psalm 22:, Isaiah 52:13-15, Isaiah 53:1-12, Philippians 2:5-11, Isaiah 1:4, Isaiah 53:11-12, Acts 8:26-40, Isaiah 53:null, Romans 7:24

Preaching Commentary Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? Israel’s State of Mind The Book of Isaiah is a remarkable accounting of the history of the relationship people o...

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Living and present Lord (Extended)

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Richard Herman

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Hebrews 12:1-2, Matthew 6:33, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Psalm 34:17, John 14:27

Prayer of Adoration Living and present Lord: You often surprise us, coming when we least expect it; or, You simply fold back the curtain to show us You’ve been there all along to give us hope and to ...

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Scripture Guide, Hebrews 2:10-18

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Scott B. Bullock

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Hebrews 2:10-18, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 7:26-28, Philippians 2:5-11, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 7:26-28

Will the Real Jesus, Please Stand Up? Quite a few years have passed since I sat through a systematic theology class and had the professor pitch a variety of difficult to hit balls at us regarding the...

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First Sunday after Christmas

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Scott B. Bullock

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Hebrews 2:10-18, Hebrews 2:10-18, Isaiah 63:7-9, Matthew 2:13-23, Psalm 148:, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 7:26-28

Preaching Commentary Will the Real Jesus, Please Stand Up? Quite a few years have passed since I sat through a systematic theology class and had the professor pitch a variety of difficult to hit ba...

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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

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Bud Thoreen

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Isaiah 1:1, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, Isaiah 1:1, 10-20, Luke 12:32-40, Psalm 33:12-22, Isaiah 6:1-13, Isaiah 9:2-7, Isaiah 11:2-9, Isaiah 38:1-9, Isaiah 49:1-7, Isaiah 50:4-9, Isaiah 52:13-15, Isaiah 53:1-12

AIM Commentary Ancient Lens “ What’s the historical context?” Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled A contemporary commentator ends each daily program with these words, “Let not your hearts be trou...

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Scripture Guide, Revelation 1:4-8

Author

Bud Thoreen

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Revelation 1:4-8, Exodus 3:14, Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:3, Revelation 22:13, Ephesians 6:12

Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? A Letter to Real People In the understanding of, and preaching on, any section of the Revelation of John , it is critical to know that t...

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Good Friday

Author

Scott B. Bullock

Scripture

Psalm 22:null, Hebrews 10:16-25, Isaiah 52:13-53:12, John 18:1-19:42, Psalm 22:, Mark 15:34, Matthew 27:46, Psalm 30:5

Preaching Commentary What is “Good” about Friday? For the work-a-day world in the United States of America, Fridays are good. TGIF, “Thank God It’s Friday!” is an interjection we use to convey reli...

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Second Sunday of Easter, Revelation 1:4-8

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Bud Thoreen

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Revelation 1:4-8, Revelation 1:4-8, Acts 5:27-32, John 20:19-31, Psalm 118:14-29, Exodus 3:14, Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:3, Revelation 22:13, Ephesians 6:12

Preaching Commentary Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? A Letter to Real People In the understanding of, and preaching on, any section of the Revelation of John , it is ...

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Scripture Guide, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

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Bud Thoreen

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2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1, 2 Corinthians 4:13-18, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Acts 9:1-18, Hebrews 12:2, Psalm 116:null, Romans 12:2, Colossians 3:9-10

Notes on the Passage Besieged from All Angles: The context of this passage is best summed up with the words recorded throughout the letter: Trouble, Distress, Suffering, Hardship, Death at work, Ja...

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Second Sunday after Pentecost

Author

Bud Thoreen

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2 Corinthians 4:13-5, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1, 1 Samuel 8:4-11, (12-15), 16-20, (11:14-15), Mark 3:20-35, Psalm 138:, 2 Corinthians 4:13-18, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 4:7-12, Acts 9:1-18, Hebrews 12:2, Colossians 3:9-10

Preaching Commentary Besieged from All Angles The context of this passage is best summed up with the words recorded throughout the letter: Trouble, Distress, Suffering, Hardship, Death at work, Jar...

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What the Incarnation Means

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Dorothy L. Sayers

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Isaiah 53:3-5, Hebrews 4:15, Philippians 2:6-8, Matthew 8:20, John 1:14

The incarnation means that for whatever reason God chose to let us fall . . . to suffer, to be subject to sorrows and death—he has nonetheless had the honesty and the courage to take his own medicine....

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