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Second Sunday after Pentecost
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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, 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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Scripture Guide, 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
Author

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 of Easter, 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
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, Revelation 1:4-8
Author

Bud Thoreen
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Scripture

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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Paul David Tripp
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Jeremiah 1:7-8, Hebrews 13:21, Deuteronomy 31:8, Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Isaiah 41:10
God never calls you to a task without giving you what you need to do it. He never sends you without going with you.
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Author

G. Campbell Morgan
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2 Timothy 3:12, John 15:18-19, Matthew 5:10-12, 1 Peter 4:12-14, James 1:2-4, Romans 8:31, Acts 14:22
If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.
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Scripture Guide, Galatians 6:1-16
Author

Darren Pollock
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Galatians 6:1-16, 1 Corinthians 9:24-26
A Tough Way to Start Ministry You don’t have to spend much time on Twitter or Facebook to be reminded that schadenfreude (taking joy from another's misfortune) is alive and well. Depending on w...
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Author

Jack Hyles
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- Adversity
- Prosperity
A friend cannot be known in prosperity. An enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.
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Author

Charles F. Stanley
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2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Isaiah 41:10, Romans 8:28, James 1:2-4, Psalm 34:19
Adversity is always unexpected and unwelcome. It is an intruder and a thief, and yet in the hands of God, adversity becomes the means through which His supernatural power is demonstrated.
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Scripture Guide Ephesians 6:10-20
Author

Gabe Fung
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Ephesians 6:10-20, John 8:44, 2 Corinthians 11:14, 1 Peter 5:8, Colossians 2:15, Ephesians 1:19-20, John 4:4, Matthew 16:18, Romans 16:20
Audience Paul’s letter to the Ephesians was probably intended for wider distribution and use among the various churches around Ephesus. As such, there is no particular crisis or pressing issue being ...
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Author

Robert Ingersoll
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Romans 13:1, Deuteronomy 8:17-18, Matthew 20:26-28, 2 Samuel 23:3-4, Daniel 4:30-37, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Proverbs 29:2
Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test.
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Author

Oswald Chambers
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[If] your imagination of God is starved then when you come up against difficulties, you have no power, you can only endure in darkness.
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The Importance of Becoming Antifragile
Author

Uche Anizor
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a best-selling statistician, argues that it is not even mere resilience we need, but what he calls antifragility . He groups things into three categories. First, fragile...
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G. K. Chesterton
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Romans 8:28, 1 Kings 20:28, James 4:6, Psalm 121:1-2, Habakkuk 3:19, 2 Corinthians 12:9
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Author

Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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- Adversity
Scripture

1 Peter 4:12-13, Matthew 5:10-12, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Timothy 1:7, Proverbs 29:25, James 1:2-4, Galatians 1:10
Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity. Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual.
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R. Alan Culpepper,
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The dangers and hardships for the faithful are real indeed. Truth is tested and faith is confirmed not in idle speculation but in the crucible of adversity. Those who wish to find a more vibrant relig...
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Author

John of Kronstadt
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- Adversity
- Spiritual Battles
Our faith, trust, and love are proved and revealed in adversities.
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Author

William Shakespeare
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Scripture

Job 23:10, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Genesis 50:20, Isaiah 45:3, Psalm 119:71, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Romans 8:28
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
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Scripture Guide James 3:13-4:3; 7-8a
Author

Bud Thoreen
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James 3:13-4:3; 7-8a, James 3:13-18, James 4:1-3, 7-8, James 1:16-27, Galatians 5:22, Proverbs 1:7, Psalm 37:4, James 4:3, Philippians 2:1-5, Psalm 121:null, Psalm 30:null, Jeremiah 11:18-20, Psalm 54:null, James 1:16-27, Galatians 5:22, Proverbs 1:7, Psalm 37:4, James 4:3, Philippians 2:1-5, Psalm 121:null, Psalm 30:null
James' Intent James, the brother of Jesus, the leader of the earliest Christian church in Jerusalem, writes this letter to scattered Jewish believers who were going through very difficult times. ...
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Author

Charles F. Stanley
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James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 34:19
Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that...
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Hardships Force our Roots to Go Deep
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Our Daily Bread
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Colossians 2:6-7, 2 Corinthians 4:16-17, Ephesians 3:17-18, Isaiah 58:11, Romans 5:3-5
A. Parnell Bailey visited an orange grove where an irrigation pump had broken down. The season was unusually dry and some of the trees were beginning to die for lack of water. The man giving the tour ...
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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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Author

Thomas Watson
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- Prosperity
- Adversity
People are usually better in adversity, than prosperity. A prosperous condition is not always so safe. True, it is more pleasing to the flesh - but it is not always best. In a prosperous state, there ...
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17th Sunday after Pentecost
Author

Bud Thoreen
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Scripture

James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a, James 3:13-18, James 4:1-3, 7-8, James 1:16-27, Galatians 5:22, Proverbs 1:7, Psalm 37:4, James 4:3, Philippians 2:1-5, Psalm 121:null, Psalm 30:null, Jeremiah 11:18-20, Psalm 54:null, James 1:16-27, Galatians 5:22, Proverbs 1:7, Psalm 37:4, James 4:3, Philippians 2:1-5, Psalm 121:null, Psalm 30:null
Preaching Commentary James' Intent James, the brother of Jesus, the leader of the earliest Christian church in Jerusalem, writes this letter to scattered Jewish believers who were going through...
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The Newspaper Ad
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John 15:18-20, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Luke 14:27-28, Revelation 2:10, Philippians 1:29, Hebrews 11:35-38
Early in the 20th century a London newspaper carried an advertisement that read: “Men wanted for hazardous darkness, and constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success...
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Scripture Guide, Galatians 3:23-29
Author

Darren Pollock
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Galatians 3:23-29, Galatians 3:null, Romans 3:20, Revelation 5:null
The Law The ambiguous place of the law in Christian thought can be seen historically in battles between antinomians and legalists, each side finding New Testament support, and the present text would ...
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One Mark of Resilience
Author

Eric Greitens
Keywords
- Adversity
Scripture

Proverbs 15:1, Lamentations 3:27-28, 2 Timothy 2:23-24, Proverbs 17:27-28, James 1:2-4, Philippians 2:14-15
Many of life’s annoyances just have to be ignored. That doesn’t mean that we suppress, ignore, or deny every pain. Serious pain has to be confronted. But one mark of resilience is learning to tell whi...
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Author

Theodore Roosevelt
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It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
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Scripture Guide, Luke 4:14-21
Author

Mark Brewer
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Scripture

Luke 4:14-21
A Tough Way to Start Ministry In this captivating passage Jesus’ new followers discovered early on this was not going to be a ‘pleasure cruise.’ Jesus’ inaugural ‘sermon event’ back home in Nazareth...
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Author

Jerry Bridges
Keywords
- Adversity
- Questioning God
Adversity is hard to endure, and can even be harder to understand. If God were really in control, why would He allow the tragic auto accident or crucial job loss? How could He permit cancer in a loved...

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