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Introduction
  • I Peter 4:10-11
    • What do we mean when we say … ?
    “Lord willing”
    • James 4:13-15
      • “Pastor”
      • Ephesians 4:11 – Only occurrence of the term in the Bible.
      • The term refers to a shepherd or elder.
      • I Peter 5:1-2
      • Pastor and preacher are two different roles.
        • “Promised Land”
        • Genesis 12:7
        • Hebrews 11:9
          • “Lord’s Supper” / “Communion”
          • I Corinthians 11:20-26
          • I Corinthians 10:16
            • “The inspired writer …”
            • II Timothy 3:16
            • We usually mean that the writer was inspired by God.
            • I Thessalonians 2:13
            • I Corinthians 2:13
              • Jargon or insider language
              “Gospel meeting”
              “Go forward” and “invitation song”
              • Acts 2:37
              • James 5:16
                • “Local church” and “universal church”
                • Ephesians 5:23
                  • “liberal church”
                  • II Corinthians 9:13
                  • If it means generous, every church should be liberal.
                  • If it means loose with the scriptures, no church should be liberal.
                    • “institutional” vs. “non-institutional”
                    • How is the church’s money to be used? Institutional churches take the position that the local church’s money can be used to fund orphan’s homes and missionary societies. Non-institutional churches take the position that these institutions should not be funded with money from the church, although individuals can certainly contribute to them as they wish.
                      • “marriage, divorce, and remarriage” and “Scriptural marriage / divorce”
                      A number of cultural sayings come from the Bible:
                      • “wash my hands of this” – Matthew 27:21
                      • “writing on the wall” – Daniel 5
                      • “by the skin of your teeth” – Job 19:20
                      • “apple of my eye” – Deuteronomy 32:10
                      • “wolves in sheep’s clothing” – Matthew 7:15
                      • “go the extra mile” – Matthew 5:41
                      • “eye for an eye” – Exodus 21:24
                      • “fall from grace” – Galatians 5:4
                      • “forbidden fruit” – Genesis 3
                      • “spare the rod, spoil the child” – Proverbs 29:15
                      • “a little birdie told me” – Ecclesiastes 10:20
                        • Some sayings sound like they’re in the Bible, but they’re not.
                        • “Cleanliness is next to godliness.”
                          • Ancient Babylonian or Hebrew proverb that was revived during the Victorian era.
                          • “God works in mysterious ways.”
                            • Not an exact quote from the Bible. Compare Isaiah 55:9.
                            • “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.”
                              • Compare II Thessalonians 3:11; I Timothy 5:13.
                              • “This too shall pass.”
                                • From an English poem called “Deor’s Lament.”
                                • “God helps those who help themselves.”
                                  • From Aesop’s Fables: “Hercules and the Wagoner”
                                  • “Good things come to those who wait.”
                                    • From a poem by Violet Fane in 1892. The original wording was “all things come to those who wait,” but it got changed over time.
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