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Synonyms: roundabout route, indirect route, circuitous route, scenic route, tourist route, diversion, bypass, alternative route, digression, deviation, byway, bypath

Antonyms: direct route

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1. Lateral Thinking

John 4:5-42

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Maxie Dunnam

... the problem head-on. Take detours, moving latterly, or even sometimes ...

2. Thinking Out of the Elevator Box

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Brett Blair

... for solutions. We should try "detours and reversals," anything that will ...

3. The Creeping Vine

1 Cor 1:23

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Michael P. Green

... about anything. Man’s philosophical detours affect how the gospel is ...

4. A Change In Direction

Matthew 28:16-20

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Brian L. Harbour

... now life gave him a detour. What would he do? As ... situation, and God transformed his detour into a main thoroughfare of ...

5. The Old Man and the Gulls

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Paul Harvey

... . But there was an unexpected detour which would hurl Captain Eddie ...

6. Forgiven and Pardoned

Matthew 5:1-12

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Don Mallough

A young employee secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars of his business firm's money. When this action was discovered the young man was told to report to the office of the senior partner of the firm. As he walked up the stairs toward the administrative office the young employee was heavy-hearted. He knew without a doubt he would lose his position with the firm. He also feared the possibility of legal action taken against him. Seemingly his whole world had collapsed. Upon his arrival in the office ...

7. A Forty-Year Desert Tour

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Detours, when we get off the ... us to be detoured. One of the longest detours of all time ... a forty-year detour in the desert. That detour was due to ... have thought they were being detoured by God, but who later ... all along. Consider: Moses was detoured into submission. Those forty years ... (Exodus 3,4). Paul was detoured into learning. "I went into ... trained for service. Philip was detoured from many, to one. He ... soul. Enoch and Elijah were detoured into heaven (Genesis 5:24 ...

8. The Scenic Route

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The really happy man is the one who can enjoy the scenery when he has to take a detour.

9. Look Back to the Past

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Staff

... faithfulness. We see only the detours and the dangerous path. But ...

10. Ant Following

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Michael P. Green

... —no wasted energy, no unnecessary detours. There is a lesson in ...

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Synonyms: roundabout route, indirect route, circuitous route, scenic route, tourist route, diversion, bypass, alternative route, digression, deviation, byway, bypath

Antonyms: direct route

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1. Lateral Thinking

John 4:5-42

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... the problem head-on. Take detours, moving latterly, or even sometimes ...

2. Thinking Out of the Elevator Box

Illustration

Brett Blair

... for solutions. We should try "detours and reversals," anything that will ...

3. The Creeping Vine

1 Cor 1:23

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... about anything. Man’s philosophical detours affect how the gospel is ...

4. A Change In Direction

Matthew 28:16-20

Illustration

Brian L. Harbour

... now life gave him a detour. What would he do? As ... situation, and God transformed his detour into a main thoroughfare of ...

5. The Old Man and the Gulls

Illustration

Paul Harvey

... . But there was an unexpected detour which would hurl Captain Eddie ...

6. Forgiven and Pardoned

Matthew 5:1-12

Illustration

Don Mallough

7. A Forty-Year Desert Tour

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8. The Scenic Route

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The really happy man is the one who can enjoy the scenery when he has to take a detour.

9. Look Back to the Past

Illustration

Staff

... faithfulness. We see only the detours and the dangerous path. But ...

10. Ant Following

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... —no wasted energy, no unnecessary detours. There is a lesson in ...

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