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    Lesslie Newbigin
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    Micah 6:8, Isaiah 1:17, Amos 5:24, Proverbs 21:15, Psalm 33:5, Isaiah 61:8, Psalm 106:3, Zechariah 7:9-10, Psalm 82:3, Jeremiah 22:3, Hosea 12:6, Deuteronomy 16:20, Jeremiah 7:5-7, Matthew 23:23
    If we acknowledge the God of the Bible, we are committed to struggle for justice in society. Justice means giving to each his due. Our problem, as seen in the light of the gospel, is that each of us o...

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    Erich Fromm
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    Matthew 14:28-29, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Psalm 33:3-6 , Genesis 12:1-4, Exodus 31:1-5 , Isaiah 43:19
    Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

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    A King Sat on the Rocky Brow (Summit)

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    Lord Byron
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    Scripture
    Exodus 14:, Daniel 5:, Isaiah 40:22–24, Luke 1:51–52, Revelation 18:, Psalm 33:16–17
    In this poem by Lord Byron, the poet re-imagines the ancient battle of Salamis, in which Xerxes, king of Persia was defeated by a Greek coalition in 480 B.C. The poem highlights how quickly the fortun...

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    Second Sunday after Pentecost

    Author
    Rachel Clark
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    Matthew 9:9-13, Romans 4:13-25, Genesis 12:1-9, Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26, Psalm 33:1-12, Isaiah 55:8-9, Luke 10:null, Exodus 34:6
    Preaching Commentary The Touch of Jesus The highlighted texts from Matthew 9 include Jesus’ call of Matthew, the tax collector, as well as two accounts of healings (the woman with the discharge of ...

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    Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

    Author
    Bud Thoreen
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    Scripture
    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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    L. J. Suenens
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    Scripture
    Hebrews 11:1, Romans 5:3-5, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 15:13, Isaiah 40:31, Proverbs 23:18, Psalm 33:22
    Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.

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    True Justice is Love

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    John M. Perkins
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    Scripture
    Romans 3:25-26, Zechariah 7:9, Hosea 12:6, Psalm 33:5, Isaiah 30:18, Jeremiah 9:24
    For decades I’ve tried to meet people where they hurt. I’ve preached and desired to see “justice for all,” and I still fervently believe in it. God loves justice and wants His people to seek justice (...

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    A Sturdy Hope

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    Paul David Tripp
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    Titus 2:13, Romans 15:13, Isaiah 40:31, Psalm 33:18, Hebrews 6:19, Jeremiah 29:11
    Everyone wants it. It’s the thing that fuels what we do. It’s the thing that stimulates courage and perseverance. It’s what gets you through the tough times and keeps you from quitting. It’s hard to b...

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    Ancient Creation Accounts Were Functional, not Material

    Author
    The Pastor's Workshop
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    Scripture
    Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:14, Psalm 33:9, Isaiah 45:18, John 5:17
    John Walton argues in The Lost World of Genesis One that rather than concerning material creation, the creation account in Genesis one concerns functional creation, because that is how ancient reade...

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    Three Men Argue About the Oldest Profession in the World

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    Source Unknown
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    Isaiah 45:18, Proverbs 3:19, Psalm 33:6, Genesis 2:21-22, Genesis 1:1-2
    A physician, a civil engineer, and a politician were arguing about what was the oldest profession in the world. The physician remarked, “Well, in the Bible, it says that God created Eve from a rib tak...

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    Author
    John Hall Wheelock
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    Scripture
    Psalm 33:8, Isaiah 6:1-8, Matthew 17:1-9, Exodus 3:1-6, John 15:13
    Love so great, is to be half afraid— It is like looking at the sun That blinds the eye with truth.

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    Author
    Jen Wilkin
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    Scripture
    Zephaniah 3:5, Micah 6:8, Proverbs 21:3, Psalm 33:5, Jeremiah 9:24, Isaiah 61:8, Psalm 89:14
    The Scriptures find the justice of God a virtue to be extolled, not a blemish to be concealed.

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    Norman Cousins
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    Scripture
    Psalm 62:5-6, Romans 15:13, Psalm 33:20-22, Isaiah 40:31, Romans 5:3-5, Proverbs 17:22
    The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient's hopes are the physician's secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any pre...

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    Author
    Robert Ingersoll
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    Scripture
    Psalm 33:18, Jeremiah 17:7-8, 1 Peter 1:3, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:22-23
    Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

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    Author
    R. W. Church
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    Scripture
    Jeremiah 29:11, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:21-23, Psalm 33:18, Psalm 71:14, Zechariah 9:12
    Hope, never destroyed, however overthrown, never obscured even amid the storm and dust of ruin, is the prominent characteristic of the Old Testament.