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<DIV><FONT size=4>...private ethic given to the disciples and covered by the
exhortation, "love one another." For Jesus, the practical outworking of love is
constantly expressed in the terms of inclusion. A disciple is to include a
brother, or sister, by forgiving them and accepting them, welcoming them. The
rationale for this ethic lies with the way God in Christ treats the repentant
sinner. As God wholly forgives and accepts us, so we must wholly forgive and
accept the one who bears the image of Christ. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.lectionarystudies.com/studyg/sunday26bg.html"><FONT
size=4>http://www.lectionarystudies.com/studyg/sunday26bg.html</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Rev. Bryan Findlayson</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jesus neither needs nor wants bouncers guarding the door to
the grand feast he is initiating. Nevertheless, Jesus is not blurring the lines
between believers and unbelievers. Rather, he displays and commands a generous
openness to those who believe in him and are doing powerful deeds in his name,
yet for reasons undefined have not joined the main body of
disciples.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=3428"><FONT
size=4>http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=3428</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Stephen Fowl, 2006</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>e.g. giving a cup of cold water. Somehow demonstrating in the
process that we're doing it in his Name. Not by preaching it. By doing it. (Not
setting up a committee to do it, either!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/marginallymark/MMK93850P16.html"><FONT
size=4>http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/marginallymark/MMK93850P16.html</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Brian McGowan</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Many people believe that the time of casting out demons is
behind us. They would preach that these simple country folk believed in
demons and therefore, they had to be healed of them. They believe that
demons are merely the conjectures of a primitive mind.</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoBodyText><FONT size=4>I would contend that this distant,
laissez-faire attitude towards Satan’s labor is in itself evidence of just how
effective demons are in our contemporary era. It is as though the church
sleeps while the lives of children and families are destroyed by the very
animate demons of alcohol, drug addiction, pornography, systemic violence
(disguised as justice), and a media barrage that glorifies sin in all its
forms.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText><FONT size=4>The United States incarcerates more youth per
capita than any other country in the world and anyone who has spent time in our
jails or on our streets would be intentionally blind not to see the influence of
the demonic on the shattered lives of our young men and women
today.</FONT></P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Neurologists increasingly speak of neural pathways; cognitive
trails formed largely in adolescence that we use habitually as mental shortcuts
in the face of complex situations. For example, some people learn early in
life to turn their stress into prayer while others turn it into alcohol, rage,
or drugs. You can change these pathways by persistently forming new,
habitual responses to stress but first you have to recognize the unhealthy
paths. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://onefamilyoutreach.com/bible/Mark/mk_09_38-50.html"><FONT
size=4>http://onefamilyoutreach.com/bible/Mark/mk_09_38-50.html</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Jerry Goebel: 2005 © </FONT><A
style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single"
href="http://onefamilyoutreach.com"><FONT
size=4>http://onefamilyoutreach.com</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>The cause of Christ is not served by rejecting other ways to
God. The cause of Christianity is not helped by those who claim that no real
good can happen beyond the boundaries of one's denomination or persuasion. We
can all take pride in the good done by our community without denigrating the
good work of those who are "not one of us."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><A
href="http://www.bible.claret.org/liturgy/daily/sundays_pierse/cycleB/B_26thSunOT.htm"><FONT
size=4>http://www.bible.claret.org/liturgy/daily/sundays_pierse/cycleB/B_26thSunOT.htm</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Gerry Pierse</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>9:48 "where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched." Unlike
9:44 and 9:46, this verse is original. This verse was an adaptation of Isaiah
66:24</DIV>
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<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" class="indent italics">"And
they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled
against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and
they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh." (RSV)</P>
<P style="FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in" class=indent>The worm referred
to the nature decay process of dead bodies. Those who rebelled against God would
suffer unending decay and fiery punishment.</P></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.word-sunday.com/Files/b/26-b/A-26-b.html">http://www.word-sunday.com/Files/b/26-b/A-26-b.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Larry Broding</FONT></DIV>
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