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3701. The Coveted Compositions

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... as Pachelbel, Froberger, Bohm, and Buxtehude. He wanted to borrow the book, but for some reason his brother refused. Perhaps brother Johann Christoph was reserving those pieces for his own study or performances and didn't want the talented youngster in his home to perfect the works first. Johann Sebastian clearly coveted his brother's book, however, and in the middle of the night, when everyone else in the house was asleep, he crept down to sneak the anthology from the cabinet. He took it to his room and ...

3702. A Forty-Year Desert Tour

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... -year detour in the desert. That detour was due to their deplorable lack of faith in God's conquering power. On the other hand, there were those who may have thought they were being detoured by God, but who later found they were on God's perfect road of blessing all along. Consider: Moses was detoured into submission. Those forty years in the wilderness tending sheep were not a waste, but actually a training ground for tending Israel later on. The desert experience took all the trust in the arm of flesh out ...

3703. What Might Have Been

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Joeseph Stowell

... than his socialistic ideals. He met Christ, and his heart was changed. Upon leaving prison he wrote to a friend who had helped him grow in Christ, "To believe that there is nothing more beautiful, more profound, more sympathetic, more reasonable, more manly and more perfect than Christ. And not only is there nothing but I tell myself with jealous love that there can be nothing. Besides, if anyone proved to me that Christ was outside the truth and it really was so that the truth was outside Christ, then I ...

3704. Treat Your Neighbor As Yourself

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Thomas a' Kempis

... of others, whatever they are; for you also have many failings which must be borne by others. If you cannot make yourself be as you would like to be, how can you expect to have another person be to your liking in every way? We desire to have others perfect, and yet we do not correct our own faults. We would allow others to be severely corrected, and will not be corrected ourselves. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no case do we want to be restrained. And so it appears that we seldom ...

3705. The Varsity Challenge

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It wasn't like Scott Kregel to give up. He was a battler, a dedicated athlete who spent hour after hour perfecting his free throw and jump shot during the hot summer months of 1987. But just before fall practice everything changed. A serious car accident left Scott in a coma for several days. When he awoke, a long rehabilitation process lay ahead. Like most patients with closed head injuries, Scott balked ...

3706. Small Startings

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Warren Wiersbe

... school, God blessed his ministry of the Word. He was invited to preach in obscure places in the country side, and he used every opportunity to honor the Lord. He was faithful in the small things, and God trusted him with the greater things. "I am perfectly sure," he said, "that, if I had not been willing to preach to those small gatherings of people in obscure country places, I should never have had the privilege of preaching to thousands of men and women in large buildings all over the land. Remember our ...

3707. Fear of God: The Zeal Will Get You

John 2:17

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David McCullough

... , very excited, he told her to stop. The line was from the Book of John, 2:17: "And his disciples remembered that it was written, 'The ZEAL of thine house hath eaten me up.'" People are still justifiably afraid to come near the "zeal" of the Lord, for they are perfectly aware it could "eat them up" if they aren't one of His. Our Lord is good, but He isn't safe.

3708. Something by Tolstoy

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... young Brodzky went to college, his father fell ill and died. The son returned home, buried his father, and married his love. Then the couple moved into the apartment above the bookstore, and Brodzky took over its management. The life of books fit him perfectly, but it cramped her. She wanted more adventure and she found it, she thought, when she met an agent who praised her beautiful singing voice and enticed her to tour Europe with a vaudeville company. Brodzky was devastated. At their parting, he reached ...

3709. Better Than Revenge

Proverbs 15:1

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... away wrath." No, he wouldn't mail the letter. Maybe the man was right. English was not his native tongue. Maybe he did need further study in it. Possibly this man had done him a favor by making him realize he did need to work harder on perfecting his English. Kudar tore up the letter and wrote another. This time he apologized for the previous letter, explained his situation, and thanked the man for pointing out his need for further study. Two days later he received a phone call inviting him to New York for ...

3710. The Song That Saved a Soldier

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K Hughes

... began to sing...'Let him sing his song to the end,' I said to myself, 'I can shoot him afterwards. He's my victim at all events, and my bullet cannot miss him.' But the song you sang then was the song you sang just now. I heard the words perfectly: 'We are Thine; do Thou befriend us. Be the Guardian of our way.' Those words stirred up many memories. I began to think of my childhood and my God-fearing mother. She had many times sung that song to me. When you had finished your song, it was impossible for ...

3711. A Telegram From Heaven

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... wrote a telegram begging you to come, but I tore it up. I didn't sent it." "That may be," said Rader, "but your message came by way of Heaven." Paul Rader found his friend under deep conviction of sin and he pointed him to Christ as a perfect Savior. That man accepted Christ and his heart was filled with joy. "Rader," he said, "did you ever see the sky so blue or the grass so green?" Rader replied, "Sometimes we sing" 'Heaven above is softer blue, Earth around is sweeter green; Something lives in every hue ...

3712. Floodlight Ministry

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James Packer

... the building on which the floodlights are trained. The intended effect is to make it visible when otherwise it would not be seen for the darkness, and to maximize its dignity by throwing all its details into relief so that you can see it properly. This perfectly illustrated the Spirit's new covenant role. He is, so to speak, the hidden floodlight shining on the Savior. Or think of it this way. It is as if the Spirit stands behind us, throwing light over our shoulder on to Jesus who stands facing us. The ...

3713. Anything For a Friend

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... into the house and stacked them by the fireplace. A little girl recognized him and later revealed his identity to the lady. The next morning the embarrassed woman went to see Mr. Washington in his office at the Institute and apologized profusely. "It's perfectly all right, Madam," he replied. "Occasionally I enjoy a little manual labor. Besides, it's always a delight to do something for a friend." She shook his hand warmly and assured him that his meek and gracious attitude had endeared him and his work ...

3714. A Quiet Heart

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Andrew Murray

Humility is perfect quietness of heart. It is for me to have no trouble; never to be fretted or vexed or irritated or sore or disappointed. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when ...

3715. Have a Sense of Humor

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... sense of humor. Note the inappropriate or funny things people say or do in public, and draw parallels between those silly behaviors and your own. Positive humor goes beyond mere criticism to a recognition of our common plight as less-than-perfect human beings. Include in your regular reading diet published collections of wit and humor, humor columnists, comic strips, and stories by writers with a well-developed sense of humor. Occasionally do something harmlessly absurd and totally out of character for your ...

3716. Eyes of Sea Gulls

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Oscar Hammerstein II

... of the statue with as much care as he had devoted to her face and her arms, and the torch and everything that people can see as they sail up the bay. . . When you are creating a work of art, or any other kind of work, finish the job off perfectly. You never know when a helicopter, or some other instrument not at the moment invented, may come along and find you out.

3717. Dime a Dozen

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James Dent

... , we have more than we will ever use." A little later, the Cuban passed around fine Havana cigars. He took a couple of puffs of his and then tossed it out the window. "I thought the Cuban economy was suffering," the businessman said. "Yet you threw that perfectly good cigar away." "Cigars," the Cuban replied, "are a dime a dozen in Cuba. We have more of them than we know what to do with." The American businessman sat in silence for a moment. Then he got up, grabbed the lawyer and threw him out the window ...

3718. What Is a Christian Leader?

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... to start putting Scripture references under my signed name in books I have written. I would surely sign more Bibles, which I find a curious practice since I didn't write that Book." Thomas wonders if we have reversed things. God's strength is made perfect in weakness. "In a church I once attended, there was a man of tremendous faith. His wife is an alcoholic, His daughter has psychological problems. He was often poor in health. Yet, week after week, he never complained. He always smiled and asked me how ...

3719. Forced To Fit

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Richard J. Foster

... home on the bus, another passenger noticed his odd appearance and asked if Hans the tailor had the suit. Receiving an affirmative reply, the man remarked, "Amazing! I knew that Hans was a good tailor, but I had no idea he could make a suit fit so perfectly someone as deformed as you." Often that is just what we do in the church. We get some idea of what the Christian faith should look like: then we push and shove people in to the most grotesque configurations until they fit wonderfully! That is death. It ...

3720. Lordship of Christ

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Charles Hodge

... name of God, and the substitute for Jehovah, a name the Jews would not pronounce. It is in this sense that Christ is 'the Lord, the Lord of Lords, the Lord God'; Lord in that sense in which God alone can be Lord having a dominion of which divine perfection is the only adequate or possible foundation. This is the reason why no one can call him Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. It is a confession which implies the apprehension of the glory of God as it shines in Him. It is an acknowledgement that He is God ...

3721. Til the Last Breath

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... in which I am engaged and my courage does not falter. I know how American civilization leans upon the triumph of the government. I know how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing, perfectly willing, to lay down the joys of this life to help maintain this government and to help pay that debt. "Sarah, my love for you is deathless. It seems to bind me with many cables that nothing but Omnipotence can break. And yet my love of country comes ...

3722. A Map of the City

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Gary Smalley & John Trent, Ph.D.

... study the map. And wanting to make sure his men read it carefully, he hurriedly gave them a test covering the major landmarks and enemy strongholds. Just before his platoon moved out, the officer graded the test, and with minor exceptions every man earned a perfect score. As a direct result of having that map to follow, the men captured the city with little loss of American lives. Nearly thirty years after this military operation took place, an army researcher heard the story and decided to base a study on ...

3723. My Faithful Friend

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... went into the forest. His faithful friend understood, and that's exactly what he did. He stayed. A fire started in the woods, and they were seperated. Soon the blaze spread to the spot where the dog was . . . "staying." He didn't move. He stayed right where he was, in perfect obedience to his master's word. With tearful eyes, the dog's owner said, "I always had to be careful what I told him to do, because I knew he would do it."

3724. All That God Intends

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James Packer

... God can literally do anything? No, that is not the meaning. There are many things God cannot do. God cannot do what is self-contradictory or nonsensical, like squaring the circle. Nor (and this is vital) can God act out of character. God has a perfect moral character, and it is not in him to deny it. God cannot be capricious, unloving, random, unjust, or inconsistent. Just as God cannot pardon sin without atonement, because that would not be right, so God cannot fail to be faithful and just in forgiving ...

3725. Stormy Surroundings

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Berit Kjos

Long ago a man sought the perfect picture of peace. Not finding one that satisfied, he announced a contest to produce this masterpiece. The challenge stirred the imagination of artists everywhere, and paintings arrived from far and wide. Finally the great day of revelation arrived. The judges uncovered one peaceful scene after another, while the viewers clapped ...

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3701. The Coveted Compositions

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Staff

3702. A Forty-Year Desert Tour

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3703. What Might Have Been

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Joeseph Stowell

3704. Treat Your Neighbor As Yourself

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Thomas a' Kempis

3705. The Varsity Challenge

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3706. Small Startings

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Warren Wiersbe

3707. Fear of God: The Zeal Will Get You

John 2:17

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David McCullough

3708. Something by Tolstoy

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Staff

3709. Better Than Revenge

Proverbs 15:1

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3710. The Song That Saved a Soldier

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K Hughes

3711. A Telegram From Heaven

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Staff

3712. Floodlight Ministry

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James Packer

3713. Anything For a Friend

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3714. A Quiet Heart

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Andrew Murray

3715. Have a Sense of Humor

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3716. Eyes of Sea Gulls

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Oscar Hammerstein II

3717. Dime a Dozen

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James Dent

3718. What Is a Christian Leader?

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3719. Forced To Fit

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Richard J. Foster

3720. Lordship of Christ

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Charles Hodge

3721. Til the Last Breath

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3722. A Map of the City

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Gary Smalley & John Trent, Ph.D.

3723. My Faithful Friend

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3724. All That God Intends

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James Packer

3725. Stormy Surroundings

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Berit Kjos

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