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The Set Face -- Luke 9:51-56 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
"He set his face to go to Jerusalem." Looked at in one sense, that is a simple statement about physi
The Misdirected Tears -- Luke 23:26-31 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
Playwright Arthur Miller has a character in one of his plays say, "There are no unimportant tears."1
The Rejected Drug -- Matthew 27:32-37 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
"They offered him wine mixed with myrrh." It was a drug, provided by kind women, maybe the same ones
The Torn Curtain -- Matthew 27:45-54, Mark 15:33-39, Luke 23:44-49 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
Plagued on every side by loss, suffering, and sorrow, righteous Job cried out: "Oh, that I knew wher
The Unused Spices -- Matthew 28:1-10, Mark 16:1-8 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
Spices were important commodities in the ancient world.
The Misplaced Christ -- John 20:1-18 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
The various Gospel accounts of the first Easter bear similarities to each other, but there are also
The Idle Tale -- Matthew 28:1-10, Luke 24:1-12 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
On the tiptoe of expectation is hardly the way to describe the mood of the disciples on the first Ea
The Identifying Scars -- Luke 24:36-43, John 20:24-29 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
On his pilgrimage to the Celestial City, in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Faithful is overta
The Dispelled Doubt -- John 20:19-29 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
In Herman Melville's novel, Moby Dick, the men hunting the sperm whale have failed in their first at
The Propelling Word -- Matthew 28:16-20 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
On Christmas Eve of 1784, about sixty Methodist preachers met in a little church in Baltimore, Maryl
The Wasted Ointment -- Matthew 26:6-13, Luke 7:36-50 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
One of Abraham Lincoln's most famous speeches was his "House Divided" speech in which he declared th
The Sustaining Promise -- Matthew 28:16-20 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
Bishop William R.
The Pointing Table -- Luke 22:7-28, Mark 14:12-26, Matthew 26:17-30 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
Part of Jesus' last night with his disciples was spent gathered around a table.
The Saving Prayer -- Matthew 26:31-35 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
Once during Dietrich Bonhoeffer's pastorate in London in the 1930s, he was told that certain Roman C
The Betraying Kiss -- Matthew 26:47-50 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
On a television program prior to the 2000 presidential election, two female journalists were discuss
The Insulting Bonds -- Matthew 26:47-56, Mark 14:43-50 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
A part of Jesus' mission was "to proclaim release to the captives" (Luke 4:18), yet there came a tim
The Warning Dream -- Matthew 27:11-26 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
When all other voices were urging Pilate to crucify Jesus, one lone voice was raised in his behalf.
The Useless Water -- Matthew 27:11-26 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
The book of Deuteronomy records an interesting provision for a rite of expiation in case of an unsol
The Unwanted Cup -- Matthew 26:36-46, Mark 14:32-42, Luke 22:14--23:56 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
On the western slopes of the Mount of Olives, just outside Jerusalem, may be seen the lovely Basilic
The Twice-Traveled Road -- Luke 24:13-35 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
Two people, possibly a husband and wife, had been in Jerusalem during that tragic weekend when Jesus

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The Misplaced Christ -- John 20:1-18 -- Herchel H. Sheets -- 1993
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