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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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451. PASS THE SALT

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John H. Krahn

... ," Jesus said, in effect, to them. Today’s Christian should pass the salt to an increasingly tasteless world. What the world needs is an ever-expanding number of salty characters - salty Christians who stimulate the spiritual appetites of everyone who comes into contact with them. Jesus Christ was no passive patsy. He engendered strong opinion during his lifetime. He was the salt of the earth, and people’s lives changed as they encountered his. Pass the salt! For God’s sake, pass the salt! Yes, for ...

452. TO LIVE IS CHRIST

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John H. Krahn

... people hold of Christianity is a bastardization of the real thing. Christianity is not something that happens to you, it is something you make happen. It is not a noun but a verb ... actively making an impact on the lives of those who come into contact with it. Most of the significant Christians have been strong people of great character. People willing to do what was right rather than what was expedient ... men and women who felt that living a meaningful life was more important than life itself. Those who ...

453. The Excitement of Meaningful Living

John 10:10 · Matthew 6:33 · Ephesians 3:20

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Robert G. Tuttle

... no one could go "ho-hum" through life. God has ordained that the abundant life has roots. It cannot be sustained without disciplines, and disciplines are made possible by grace. Some of these disciplines are: regular worship in the strengthening body of Christ; constant contact with the spirit, hope, and direction that we discover in Scripture; a life of openness to the presence of the living God in one’s own expanding, searching life of prayer. These are the terms. Pursue them; and now let the full life ...

454. On Being a Beautiful Christian

Mark 14:1-11

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Robert G. Tuttle

... same way that he won them, with the same spirit. If we have his spirit, we are drawing people to life. If we do not have his spirit, we are driving people away. Overtones can be beautiful. When I was a boy preacher I was thrown into contact with a beautiful Christian layman whom I shall never forget. He died when he was only forty years of age, but he lived, a tremendous life. He was a good man, a righteous man, able and successful, winsome, loving, caring - a true Christian. Other persons became Christian ...

455. The Agony and Ecstasy of Sight

John 9:1-12

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Richard Hoefler

... clay and here is Jesus creating new eyes for a blind man out of mud. One more thing needs to be noted about the method of the cure. Jesus touched the eyes of the blind man. As Redding points out, "Since he (Jesus) couldn’t have eye-to-eye contact with them, the treatment always included a touch or the traditional use of clay and spittle."11 Today, Braille is the way in which many blind persons can see by touching. In our miracle story the man born blind sees not by touching but by being touched. This was ...

456. The Post Launch Slump

2 Cor 8:10-11

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Robert Noblett

... be exciting. There are moments when it is going to be rote, when it is going to be as usual. What’s more I am sure it was no different for Jesus. Surely the continual testing by the religious establishment, the steady stream of energy sapping contacts with a variety of human needs and the seminars he held with his inner circle all went to create circumstances that were not continually upbeat. And with still others, zeal flags because all they ever really want in the first place is an arena for their ...

457. Dessert in the Desert

Deut 32:10-12 · Ez 37

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Robert Noblett

... on its spreading wings, the Lord kept Israel from falling. The Lord alone led his people without the help of a foreign god. (Deuteronomy 32:10-12 GNB) It is in the wilderness, as the recalcitrance of the children of Israel comes into contact with the affection and strength of God, that they shape their religious thought and practice. Commenting on this, biblical scholar John Bright writes "that it was during this period that Israel received her distinctive faith and became a people can scarcely be doubted ...

458. Converting the Converted

Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world." In Paul’s case, God used Ananias to bring Paul into the fold. Ananias was sent to Paul to baptize him. Repeatedly God uses someone to speak, contact, and to baptize a person into the Christian faith. It is generally the case that a person comes to Christ through another person. God needs you to bring others to Christ. You are his instrument. His midwife, to cause people to be born again of the Spirit ...

459. This Grace In Which We Stand by Dr. Gene E. Bartlett

Romans 5:1-11

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Leonard Mann

... If it had been by an intellectual system, some of us would not find our way. If it required a specific artistic sensitivity, some would find their way, but some wouldn’t. If it came only by some mystic sense that could know the presence of God by direct contact, some of us never would have access. But everyone can say, I met a man! "The word was made flesh and dwelt among us." III. Now that comes to a very practical point, I think. It is possible that this will be only another occasion when it is business ...

460. It Is Really Something New by Dr. Frank Bateman Stanger

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Acts 17:16-34

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Leonard Mann

... catch something of its spirit. I was in Montgomery, Alabama, during the bitter days of the racial crisis. Everything was quiet. The few people on the streets hurried from one store to another trying to accomplish their errands as quickly as possible and with as few contacts as possible. It was quite evident what was the tense spirit of that city during those days. Last summer my wife and I walked again the streets of beautiful Berne, Switzerland. To us Berne is as lovely a city as the Old World offers. We ...

461. Keeping Our Promises

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Harold Warlick

... the most gripping moments of the movie, Sir Thomas stands defiantly before his adversaries and proclaims, "When a man takes an oath, he holds himself in his own hands like water, when he opens, all that he has and all that he is slips away." The more contact I have with people, the more certain I am of the validity of that statement. Certainly one of the most important things a parent can teach a child is to keep his word - to keep his promises. An upsetting experience for me is encountering people who do ...

462. What Gives You Away?

Judges 12:1-7

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Barbara Brokhoff

... , true story is told of an incident in the life of Billy Sunday, the flaming evangelist of another generation. He met a man in one of his meetings, liked the man, found him to be a truly dedicated Christian, and some months later wanted to contact him, only to realize he had forgotten the man’s name. Billy Sunday remembered only the place from which he had come. So Billy Sunday addressed a letter to him, and the envelope read only: "God’s Man, Adrian, Michigan." When the postmaster in Adrian, Michigan ...

463. The Little Miracle Before The Big One

Luke 22:47-53

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Barbara Brokhoff

... with his sword, and lops off the ear of the slave of the high priest. Peter was not trying to get at Malchus more than any of the others, he is simply slashing, swinging, stabbing in desperation - anything to protect Jesus. So when the sword makes the critical contact with Malchus, his right ear is severed from his head. Now Jesus has another job to do - he must correct the mistake made by one of his own men - for one of his enemies. This is the only biblical account that we have of a healing following an ...

464. For Those in Church: Joy and Service

Matthew 23:1-39

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... I am," or judging others or condemning them in a self-righteous attitude; but it is in helping our fellow humans. That’s what greatness really is. William Barclay writes in his Daily Study Bible, "When that great modern saint Kagawa first came into contact with Christianity, he felt its fascination, until one day the cry burst from him: ‘Oh, God, make me like Christ.’ To be like Christ, he went to live in the slums, and when he himself was suffering from tuberculosis. Cecil Northcott in Famous Life ...

465. The Embalmed Come Alive

Luke 24:36-49

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Louis H. Valbracht

... power of the Holy Spirit working in the parents and sponsors who brought them! They were acting in faith, inspired by the Spirit, and through that Sacrament, that child, born into a sinful society with all of its bent toward a sinful life, completely out of contact with the God who had created it, was placed back into a Father-son relationship with God once more. That little child became a part of the fellowship of the Church of Jesus Christ and became part of our responsibility as a family of that church ...

466. Salvation as Personal Experience

Romans 9:30--10:21

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T. A. Kantonen

... demonstration of the Spirit and power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of God" (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). Faith is essentially the new life, with new insight, courage, and strength, resulting from the rich personal contact with God provided by the Spirit who makes "God in Christ" an experienced reality. The Spirit frees from sin and death (Romans 8:13), brings about a filial relation to God (Romans 8:15-16), intercedes and inspires prayer in the hearts of believers (Romans ...

467. The Evangelism Of Emphasis - 1946

Matthew 5:1-12

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Kent Moorehead

... so completely to the personal influence of Jesus Christ that his life will be both revolutionized and empowered. Delivered from self-centeredness and inner conflict, he is given a new sense of adequacy. Enmity, suspicion, and fear which corrupt his social contacts give way to good will, trust, and courage. He begins to realize what it is to live - more abundantly. He becomes aware of an ability to tap spiritual resources with which evil social situations may be disinfected, political corruption abated ...

468. To Bethlehem and Beyond

Luke 2:1-7

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Leonard Mann

... like the shepherds, we need to arise and go - in mood and spirit - to Bethlehem. I have tried to say that we need to learn the language in which God is speaking there. And why do I say these things? Because there at Bethlehem God has established Contact Point One, and we need to meet him there. Changing the figure from that of the military to that of the ocean voyager, there at Bethlehem God has made his first landfall. In the momentous divine incursion into our world, there at Bethlehem are seen the first ...

469. I know You by Name

Exodus 33:12-23

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Jon L. Joyce

... I was." Here is the cry that comes out of our crowded ghettos everywhere: "I wish you knew who I was," - the cry for recognition of our individuality and our personhood. Norman Cousins puts it this way: "Impersonality is epedemic. It is almost as though we feared contact, almost as though the soul of man had become septic. If a man becomes ill, he hardly hangs up his hat in the doctor’s office before he is placed before a whole battery of machines and testing devices. The traveled road is not between the ...

470. Please Pass The Salt

Matthew 5:13-16

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Bill Bouknight

... says that we practice "frog evangelism." That is, we sit in our churches waiting for someone to come within our range. Statistics show that a new Christian is effective in reaching non-Christians for about two years. But after that, he doesn't have any meaningful contacts with non-Christians anymore. What a shame! Dear ones, our task is not to preach each morning at the office or to reprimand pagans or to collar folks on the corner and ask them if they are saved. Our task is to live our faith so vibrantly ...

471. The Unknown Hero

Mark 10:46-52

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Bill Bouknight

... by their love for Christ and his people. Your mission field is that network of persons with whom you have credibility. That includes family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. Studies have revealed that the average united Methodist has a meaningful contact with eight unchurched persons per week. We earn the right to speak about our faith by demonstrating three vital characteristics: reverence, integrity, and concern. The absence of anyone of these three will nullify our spiritual influence. If someone ...

472. The Sabbath - Delightfully Different

Exodus 20:1-21, Mark 2:23-3:6

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Bill Bouknight

... boss of Chick-fil-A. You can tell what makes Cathy tick by observing a plaque in his office which states his corporate goal: "To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us; and, to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A." As you know, the fast-food business is highly competitive. But don't look for Chick-fil-A restaurants to be open on Sundays. They are not. Cathy has heard all the arguments for staying open seven days a week. But he replies, with a ...

473. Honoring Parents

Exodus 20:1-21, Matthew 15:1-20

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Bill Bouknight

... part of honoring parents that is earned. Parents who rear their children with discipline, fairness, and integrity win the prize of respect. On the other hand, it is very hard to respect someone who has been unprincipled. A twelve-year-old girl named Sally lost her contact lenses on the way to school. Her mother told her, "We'll just report to the insurance company that they were stolen. That way, they will pay for them." She added, "It's alright, Sally, everybody does it." When Sally was nineteen, a college ...

474. God Got Personal

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James Bjorge

... Moses descended the mountain with these mandates from a holy God. The people trembled for now they heard from a prophet that which was in part written on their hearts. They knew then what the Lord requires of people. He seemed very impersonal. The contact was directive and corrective. There was no warm touch at that moment. History bears the footprints of God marching on. His hands seem to have been molding and making something for someone. But it was difficult to determine just what was happening and where ...

475. Christmas Concern

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James Bjorge

... to weep for himself or in a desire for sympathy ... but he cried for others as he entered into their lives. So, hurting people felt comfortable with Jesus for they sensed that he hurt with them. The woman at the well knew her sin. She shunned the contact with people who made her despise herself all the more. But as Jesus chatted with her, he gave her something she hadn’t possessed for a long time ... her respect ... a new feeling ... a cleanness on the inside. Jesus could have just condemned the woman and ...

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