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    6 Amazing Bible Stories to Strangely Warm Our Hearts
    6 Amazing Bible Stories to Strangely Warm Our Hearts
    6 Amazing Bible Stories to Strangely Warm Our Hearts
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    6 Amazing Bible Stories to Strangely Warm Our Hearts

    By Rev. James W. Moore

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    In this 6-session study, Dr. Moore uses key scriptures that distinctively shape us as United Methodists. Each session also lifts up and uses core terms and life application topics taken from the Wesley Study Bible to help you grow as a faithful follower of Jesus as you practice your faith in everyday life. Study questions are included at the end of each chapter for private devotion or small group study.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateMay 1, 2011
    ISBN9781426731181
    6 Amazing Bible Stories to Strangely Warm Our Hearts
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    Rev. James W. Moore

    James W. Moore (1938–2019) was an acclaimed pastor and ordained elder in The United Methodist Church. He led congregations in Jackson, TN; Shreveport, LA; and Houston, TX. The best-selling author of over 40 books, including Yes, Lord, I Have Sinned, But I Have Several Excellent Excuses, he also served as minister-in-residence at Highland Park United Methodist Church.

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      6 Amazing Bible Stories to Strangely Warm Our Hearts - Rev. James W. Moore

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      Abingdon Press

      Nashville

      6 AMAZING BIBLE STORIES TO STRANGELY WARM OUR HEARTS

      Copyright © 2011 by Abingdon Press

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed to Permissions, United Methodist Publishing House, P. O. Box 801, Nashville, TN 37202-0801, or emailed to permissions@umpublishing.org.

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Moore, James W. (James Wendell), 1938-

      6 amazing Bible Stories to strangely warm our hearts / James W. Moore.

      p. cm.

      ISBN 978-1-4267-1589-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      1. Christian life—Methodist authors. 2. Christian life—Textbooks. 3. Bible— Textbooks. I. Title. II. Title: Six amazing Bible Stories to strangely warm our hearts.

      BV4511. M66 2011

      248.4'87—dc22

      2011004791

      All scripture quotations are taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Excerpts taken from The Wesley Study Bible © 2009 by Abingdon Press; Joel B. Green and William H. Willimon, General Editors. Used by permission.

      11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20—10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      For June,

      every day a

      miracle

      CONTENTS

      Introduction: How to Read the Bible

      1. Amazing Power of Love

      1 Corinthians 13:1-7

      2. Amazing Marks of Christ

      Galatians 6:11-18

      3. Amazing Discipline

      Matthew 21:6-17

      4. Amazing Faith

      Daniel 6:19-23

      5. Amazing Church

      Romans 12:1-2

      6. Amazing Surprises

      Genesis 28:10-17

      INTRODUCTION

      HOW TO READ THE BIBLE

      Some years ago, I had a youth minister on my staff named Tim, who was quite a character. He and his family were a situation comedy looking for a place to happen. A case in point is what happened to them one Friday evening. They returned home late to discover that their dog, Dallas, had somehow gotten through the backyard fence and was lost somewhere out there in the neighborhood. Good father and dog lover that he is, Tim dutifully went out into the night in search of Dallas the dog.

      As he walked the streets of Houston at 1:00 a.m., calling, Dallas! Dallas! a Houston police officer thought he sounded strange and looked suspicious. He stopped Tim and asked him who he was and what he was doing. Tim explained, and the police officer was most sympathetic. After getting a description of the dog, the police man promised Tim that he would watch for him as he made his patrols through the neighborhood.

      Tim continued the search a little while longer with no luck and finally gave up for the night, went home, and went to bed. But at 3:30 a.m., the front door bell rang loudly. Tim sprang out of bed and ran to answer the door in his T-shirt and boxer shorts. It was the police officer, who said, Tim, I think I found your dog. Come quick. Get in the squad car and let's check it out.

      Tim ran out in his T-shirt and boxer shorts and jumped into the police car, and off they went. Sure enough, it was their dog, Dallas. They caught him, put him in the police car, and headed back toward home. Suddenly, the radio in the police car crackled, and a dispatcher told the police officer to go as soon as possible to an address on Riverview Drive to investigate a disturbance there.

      Hey! Wait a minute, said Tim. That's my house. That's my address.

      The policeman called the dispatcher and asked the nature of the problem at that residence. The dispatcher said, A lady called and said her front door bell rang at 3:30 a.m. Her husband went to answer it and never returned. She said she heard the front door slam, and she thinks her husband has been kidnapped—in his underwear!

      We can never master the Bible; we can only be mastered by it and the One it reveals.

      Now, I told you that they are a situation comedy looking for a place to happen. Soon everything was cleared up and straightened out. And as they say, All's well that ends well. But there is a point here worth noting, namely, this: sometimes we can get so mixed up. Things can get so complicated for us. Even when our intentions are the best, we can get confused and mixed up.

      It's true in our life experiences, and it is also uniquely true with the Bible. We can get so confused and perplexed about the Bible. We can get so mixed up by people who claim to know the Bible. This is especially true if we don't know what the Scriptures are or how to approach them. The truth is that very few people really know how to read the Bible. Some, in desperation, have turned to the Scriptures for strength, for comfort, for answers, for the word of life—only to come up empty because they don't know how to find its treasures. You see, the person who is looking for a way to master the Bible in three easy lessons will always be disappointed.

      In the first place, we can never master the Bible; we can only be mastered by it and the One it reveals. In the second place, the Bible is so immeasurably rich that the human mind cannot possibly embrace it all in a few feeble attempts.

      How do we read the Bible so that it really comes alive for us?

      So the question is this: How do we read the Bible so that it really comes alive for us? How can we let its great truths touch us, inspire us, stretch us,change us, and warm our hearts? How can it bring us to a deeper relationship with God and a deeper understanding of God and what he means life to be? How do we read the Bible without getting bogged down, lost, discouraged, or confused?

      We joke a lot about the Bible and our lack of knowledge regarding it. Remember the one about the college student who was asked on an exam to name the four Gospels. He answered Jesus, Moses, Buddha, and Confusion.

      Or how about the little boy who was asked in Sunday school to draw a picture of something in the biblical account of the Christmas story. He turned in a picture of an airplane with four heads in the cockpit. When the teacher asked about it, he explained that it was Mary,

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