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Frederick C. Edwards
... he went on ahead, Elisha stayed close at hand. Almost at the last minute the old prophet asked Elisha what he wanted from him before he departed. Elisha’s answer was "a double portion of your spirit." Now while the request was a compliment to the old prophet, in the end Elisha apparently did not receive that "double portion," but he received something else, and perhaps something more important. As they were walking along suddenly a chariot and horses of fire came between them, and Elijah was swept up in ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... it. Yet, the very policy that he had prohibited, he now practiced. This should not surprise us. How often have you exempted yourself from something you knew you shouldn’t do? You know you shouldn’t drift through a stop-sign. You know you shouldn’t double-park. But when you do these things, it’s different - it’s excusable. Often, at a basketball game, you have seen large signs on all sides of the field-house: "No Smoking." Yet the air was blue with smoke! Everybody assumed the signs were for the ...
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Thomas D. Peterson
... but he had come to a crisis in his life. One day he visited his pastor, seeking some avenue out of his difficulties. During this visit he met and accepted Christ. His life was turned completely around, and he came to see his former self as a "double deckle edged phony." His house was turned into a haven for runaways, and he and his family reached out to serve the needs of others. Wherever possible he would give his testimony. When I knew him this testimony had become well-honed. I could anticipate the next ...
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Charles L. Koester
... cultivate love by constantly giving in as the best known possible solution. But it does not work. They are really not being honest, frank, and sincere with themselves. Life for them becomes misery. Real love escapes them. Resentment has killed it. We all know the double-talker. Says one thing to one person, says the exact opposite to another. A few doubletalkers may pride themselves on seeing both sides of a situation. Actually, they lack the real love and courage to deal with what is the truth. In it all ...
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E. Jerry Walker
... , looked over the mob that had assembled on the parade ground. All right, he thought. We’ll put it to the test. In a loud voice that all could hear he said, "I find no crime in this man." A roar burst from the mob. Arms were flung high, fists doubled, shaking in protest. Pilate was not oblivious to the subtle smirk on the faces of the priests. Now there could be no doubt. They were out to get him. If he released the man, charged with treason, he’d hear from Rome. If he condemned him - he might touch off ...
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George Bass
... took us from the beginning of agriculture, 12,000 years ago, up until 1975, when we were four billion people (globally), to produce 3.3 billion metric tons of foods. With population growth the way it was in ’75, it will take us forty years to double our population from four billion to eight billion. That means to keep the situation from getting worse, we would have to increase again as much in forty years as we were able to achieve slowly in 12,000 years." In less than a decade, Borlaug notes, population ...
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Daniel G. Mueller
... . People even say about their children, "The kid knows more than I do; I never knew that when I was her age!" Do you know that since the beginning of recorded history the accumulation of all our knowledge has doubled six times? And it is projected that in the next fifty years it will again double 32 times? I’ve heard it said that unless people continue to learn regularly in their field of expertise, in just eight years their knowledge will be completely outdated. We know much more now. Some of our new ...
108. Struggling with God
Genesis 32:22-32
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David E. Leininger
... . It would take seven more years of labor for our hero to get Rachel. But Jacob is a person who proves the old adage that you do not want to wrestle with a pig - both of you get dirty and the pig likes it. Jacob proceeded to outdo his double-crossing uncle by conning him out of most of his livestock and finally sneaking off with, not only both of Laban's daughters, but just about everything else in those tents that was not nailed down, even the household gods. Our boy, Jacob! By this time, twenty years had ...
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David E. Leininger
... that the Starr report so graphically chronicles), the man would have to marry the girl with no divorce ever allowed, a "life sentence" for both.(1) It would not matter that the fellow might be already married and have a Hillary at home; polygamy was OK. Double standard? Absolutely. I am not defending that view; I am simply stating the facts as they existed. Basically, the Jews looked upon adultery as a crime against property. A wife was the property of the husband; chances are he had paid her father for the ...
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David E. Leininger
... planned to be in that group but word had come that his Mom had passed away suddenly in Pittsburgh - it was an aneurysm, they said - and he had grabbed a last seat on the chopper. Her funeral would be held when he got home. It became a double funeral. Sgt. Bucklew is survived by a devastated wife and two young sons - one age eight, one just four. The helicopter pilot, 1st Lt. Brian Slavenas, a 30-year-old National Guard officer from Illinois, also died as he landed the flaming aircraft just seconds after the ...
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David E. Leininger
... 40 percent as much as the wise, five-talent guy. Perhaps the master thought the one in the middle had some potential, but he was not considered likely to be a standout performer. And what did the two-talent servant do with his two talents? He doubled them, and wound up returning four talents to the boss. His performance was, proportionately, on a par with that of the five-talent servant. He did just as well as the shining-star example in the parable. Frankly, although the parable does not say it, I suspect ...
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King Duncan
... if Jesus Christ was sliding into second base, he would knock the second baseman into left field to break up the double play. Christ might not throw a spitball, but he would play hard within the rules."(5) Interesting. Is that how you ... help but be most impressed by, of all the recent crime stories, this one, also from Oklahoma: Sue Norton's parents were brutally killed in a double murder, and the murderer is on death row. And Sue Norton is fighting hard to get his sentence changed to life in prison. Why? If ...
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King Duncan
... with four holes left on Sunday, Sarazen took the ring out of his pocket. He gave it a rub for good luck before playing his second shot to the 15th green. Then he proceeded to put the ball into the hole with a 4 wood for his famous double eagle. His friend later confessed that the ring never belonged to Benita Juarez at all. It was just something he picked up from a street vendor. The pervasiveness of superstition to control human destiny was brought home to us as a people quite starkly when it was revealed ...
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King Duncan
... put up a rope if a large crowd was expected, and any ball hit into that area was ruled a ground-rule double. When Ty Cobb was managing the Tigers and a power-hitting team was visiting, he would have the grounds crew set up temporary bleachers, ... turning balls that might otherwise have been home runs into ground-rule doubles. And if the crowd wasn’t large enough to justify putting up the seats, Cobb would have the ground crew sit in those ...
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King Duncan
... rich? In 1986 the Roper polling organization asked Americans how much income they would need to fulfill all their dreams. The answer was $50,000. By 1994 the “dreams-fulfilling” level of income had doubled, from $50,000 to $102,000. (3) Probably, if the same poll were taken today, the figure would have doubled again. WE ARE A NATION OF STRIVERS. Our nation was built on the belief of self-determination, on pulling yourself up by the bootstraps. The Europeans kept score by tracing their lineage to royalty ...
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King Duncan
... able to keep up. After all, experts tell us that the current generation of people living right now has witnessed and participated in more change than any 10 previous generations combined. You've heard that, at present, human knowledge doubles every two years. It is estimated that knowledge will double every seventy-three days by the year 2020. Half of what you learn today will either change or no longer be relevant in five to seven years. One source noted that there was more information produced in the 30 ...
117. Tongue-tied By Three Zeros
2 Corinthians 13:11-14
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Siegfried S. Johnson
... to hobble timidly into a corner spouting a thousand apologies for even bringing the subject up. You've heard some of the illustrations I've heard (and used) to explain the Trinity. When I stood back to look at them, they sound as inadequate as "The Double Oh's" or "The Zilches " or "The Aughty Aught Aughts." There's St. Patrick's Cloverleaf image of the Trinity. One clover--three leaves. Then there's the egg: one egg, three parts--shell, white, yolk. Then there's the H2O analogy. Water in three states ...
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King Duncan
... ? We are not. In 1957 thirty-five percent of Americans told "The National Opinion Research Center" they were very happy. By 1991, our per capita income had already doubled and yet only thirty-one percent said they were very happy. And the trends continue. "Judged by soaring rates of depression, the quintupling of the violent crime rate, the doubling of the divorce rate, the slight decline in marital happiness among the marital survivors, and the tripling of the teen suicide rate, we are richer and unhappier ...
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King Duncan
... ! Surely part of Abram's discomfort was a realization of his own mortality. Author Maya Angelou wrote something I thought was interesting. She said, "I realized when I was about 20 that I would die . . . It so terrified me that I double-locked the doors; I made certain that the windows were double-locked--trying to keep death out--and finally I admitted that there was nothing I could do about it. Once I really came to that conclusion, I started enjoying life, and I enjoy it very much." (2) We don't know how ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... , “I would get a nice polite handshake. But then when the mediator would go on and say, ‘Mr. McConnell is the brother of Bishop Francis J. McConnell,’ I would get another much more forceful handshake. All my life I have been the victim of the double handshake.” I imagine that Andrew had the same problem. “This is Andrew Bar-Jona.” “How do you do?” “Andrew is the brother of Simon Peter.” “Oh! How do you do!” Andrew always played second fiddle to his more famous brother, and believe me ...
121. What It Takes to Do the Job
2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2
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Paul E. Robinson
... the Lord. People see through that. But if whatever we do this Lent to improve our health, our faith, our self esteem -- whatever -- is not just for ourselves alone, but also for the purpose of witnessing to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, if what we do this Lent has this double purpose, then perhaps it will also draw from us a double effort, and we and those who come in contact with us will be doubly blessed.
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Maxie Dunnam
... woman turned to her husband and said, show him the tooth dear. In confession, our focus moves from God to ourselves. And in confession we take the responsibility for ourselves. The human journey to spiritual wholeness is double way. It is a journey to self, and a journey to God. The truth is that the double way is really one way. The journey to self and the journey to God are one in the same. So, in prayer, we connect adoration, our movement to God, with confession, our examination of self. Confession is ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... You might want to sing it note for note. Don't Worry Be Happy. In Every life we have some trouble,When you worry you make it double.Don't worry Be Happy. Ain't got no place to lay your head,Somebody came and took your bed. Don't worry Be Happy The ... the song with which we began is not as superficial as it first sounds: "In every life we have some trouble, when you worry you make it double. Don't worry Be happy!" Do we need to rehearse? You don't have to worry if you live in the light. You don't have to ...
124. Proper 28
Judges 4:1-24, Matthew 25:14-30, Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3
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John R. Brokhoff
... more or less ability than another person. God gives each a gift according to each one's ability to use it. In the last analysis, however, we are all equal in being accountable for whatever gift we have. 4. Enjoy (vv. 21, 23) When the servants doubled the money they received, they received a reward. They were commended and invited to enter the joy of the master. What is the greatest reward for Christian service? There is nothing better than to share the joy of the Master's presence - a presence of approval ...
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Leonard Sweet
... the race to decode the human genome is not over. It's only just begun. The stockpile of information waiting at the end of that genetic rainbow is golden and alluring. But like the rainbow's pot of gold, it also comes ensnared with dangers and delusions. The DNA double helix spiral is being unraveled by a team of international researchers who are posting their results on the Web as they go along. The human genome has been sequenced: a string of 3 billion A's, C's, G's and T's that constitute the code – the ...
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