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1976. The Covenants of the Scripture

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Merrill F. Unger

... 20:1-26); the judgments (social) - (Exodus 21:1; 24:11) and the ordinances (religious); (Exodus 24:12-31:18); also called the law. It was a conditional covenant of works, a ministry of 'condemnation' and 'death' (2 Corinthians 3:7-9), designed to lead the transgressor (convicted thereby as a sinner) to Christ. Palestinian covenant, Deut 30:1-10: The covenant regulating Israel's tenure of the land of Canaan. Its prophetic features include dispersion of disobedience (Deuteronomy 30:1), future repentance while ...

1977. Believing What You Cannot See

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Richard Mayhue

Augustine said, "What is faith, unless it is to believe what you cannot see." This is the obvious description, but scripture has quite a bit to say about what exactly faith is: Definition of faith: Hebrews 11:1. Faith is derived from the Word of God: Romans 10:17 Faith's demand: Hebrews 11:6 Faith's design: 2 Corinthians 5:7 The dualism of faith: Hebrews 4:2 Faith's duty: Romans 1:17 live by it.

1978. Don't Wait Too Late

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Staff

... honey, I'm busy, go watch television." The most often spoken words in the American household today are the words: go watch television. If not now, when? Later. But later never comes for many and the parent fails to communicate at the very earliest of ages. We give her designer clothes and computer toys, but we do not give her what she wants the most, which is our time. Now, she is fifteen and has a glassy look in her eyes. Honey, do we need to sit down and talk? Too late. Love has passed by." The person who ...

1979. What Can You Bear?

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Charles Ryrie

... to God and thankfully confessing His name (Hebrews 13:15). In other words, our lips bear fruit when we offer thankful acknowledgement to the name of God. And this is something we should do continually. FIVE, we bear fruit when we give money. Paul designated the collection of money for the poorer saints in Jerusalem as fruit (Romans 15:28). Too, when he thanked the Philippians for their financial support of his ministry, he said that their act of giving brought fruit to their account (Philippians 4:17, KJV ...

1980. The Need For More

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Bill Hybels

... -dollar pile of assets. He wanted more fame, so he broke into the Hollywood scene and soon became a filmmaker and star. He wanted more sensual pleasures, so he paid handsome sums to indulge his every sexual urge. He wanted more thrills, so he designed, built, and piloted the fastest aircraft in the world. He wanted more power, so he secretly dealt political favors so skillfully that two U.S. presidents became his pawns. All he ever wanted was more. He was absolutely convinced that more would bring him ...

1981. Human Image-Bearers

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James Packer

... God's claims on us must be taken with total seriousness. No human being should ever be thought of as simply a cog in a machine, or mere means to an end. The assertion points also to each man's true destiny. Our Maker so designed us that our nature finds final satisfaction and fulfillment only in a relationship of responsive Godlikeness which means, precisely, that state of correspondence between our acts and God's will which we call obedience. Living that is obedient will thus be teleological progressively ...

1982. One Act At Time

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Robert P. Dugan, Jr.

... in Williamsport, Lisa wanted to begin a prayer club. When officials refused her that right, she took them to court. With the help of Sam Ericsson and the Christian Legal Society, she won. Her victory in court then prompted legislators to design and sign into law the Equal Access Act. The lesson is simple. One high school student, faithful to her convictions, moved Congress to act. In a similar situation, Bridget Mergens of Omaha, Nebraska, ultimately forced the Supreme Court to vindicate her religious ...

1983. Between Two Sentences

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Klyne Snodgrass

... pass sentence on Fred Palmer, a decorated Vietnam veteran who was found guilty of burglary. The crime was caused partly by involvement with drugs and alcohol. Indiana law required a sentence of ten to twenty years for Palmer's offense. However, new regulations designating a lesser penalty had gone into effect eighteen days after Palmer's arrest. To complicate matters, Palmer had become a Christian in jail and seemed to have changed. Should the judge sentence Palmer, a man who had never been in jail, to ten ...

1984. Monster Rehab

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... miracle workers — they are all crowned with “saintliness.” Yet headliners are almost certainly out of the running for “sainthood.” Jesus did not call for great leaders. In fact, in today’s gospel text Jesus specifically rejects any special designations among his disciples. There are to be no “rabbis,” no “fathers,” no “instructors.” Read that in the twenty-first century as no “Reverends,” no “Bishops,” no “Dr./Professors.” Instead Jesus calls for a community of what? Of ...

1985. Resist the Shortcuts

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Philip Yancey

... and in a sense, human nature needs problems more than solutions. Why are not all prayers answered magically and instantly? Why must every convert travel the same tedious path of spiritual discipline? Because persistent prayer, and fasting, and study, and meditation are designed primarily for our sakes, not for God's. Kierkegaard said that Christians reminded him of schoolboys who want to look up the answers to their math problems in the back of the book rather than work them through...We yearn for shortcuts ...

1986. Long-Term Learning

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Elden M. Chalmers

... problems on tests should check their diets it's recommended they cut out all sugar and make sure they're getting enough vitamins. You won't believe the difference it makes in your grades. We have two memory processes in our brain. Our short-term memory is designed to handle details we need for a brief time, but don't want to clutter our minds with forever. Facts we want to remember indefinitely are processed in the area of the brain set aside for long-term memory. To send material to the long-term segment ...

1987. Rethink the Market

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... contemporary industry, the Xerox Corp. shows this principle in action. Xerox successfully pioneered the copy-machine industry by leasing copiers at a "per copy" price rather than selling machines outright. They correctly saw the market was for copies, not machines. Four Implications: We must constantly evaluate customer needs; We must design products to meet specific needs; We must redesign products as needs change; We must delete products that no longer meet customer needs.

1988. Fine China

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... fine quality. To generate revenue and provide employment on his estate, he built a pottery at the village of Belleek in 1857. The unusually fine clay yielded a porcelain china that was translucent with a glass-like finish. It was worked into traditional Irish designs and was an immediate success. Today, Belleek's delicate strength and its iridescent pearlized glaze is enthusiastically purchased the world over. This multimillion-dollar industry arose from innovative thinking during some very anxious times.

1989. Living On God's Time

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The purposes of God often develop slowly because His grand designs are never hurried. The great New England preacher Phillips Brooks was noted for his poise and quiet manner. At times, however, even he suffered moments of frustration and irritability. One day a friend saw him feverishly pacing the floor like a caged lion. "What's the trouble, Mr. brooks?" he ...

1990. A Little Privacy Please

Mark 6:30-56

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Charles Swindoll

... of mice. His name? Dr. John Calhoun. His theory? Overcrowded conditions take a terrible toll on humanity. Dr. Calhoun built a nine-foot square cage for selected mice. He observed them closely as their population grew. He started with eight mice. The cage was designed to contain comfortably a population of 160. He allowed the mice to grow, however, to a population of 2200. They were not deprived of any of life's necessities except privacy no time or space to be all alone. Food, water, and other resources ...

1991. The Hour of No Interruptions

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Staff

... at HBD including the principals, may communicate with anyone else inside or outside the office. "Basically, we're sitting at our desks for that hour," says Desmond, who makes allowances for emergency phone calls. "We try to focus totally on our clients' designs." Initially, HBD's 25 employees balked at the concept. "Management had to explain that this was not a response to bad work habits. It was a vehicle to make us concentrate even more rigorously," says Desmond, although he now concedes that quiet hour ...

1992. The Story of Sarah's Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10

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Max Lucado

... and put them to work. For the next thirty-eight years, craftsmen labored every day, twenty-four hours a day, to build a mansion. Observers were intrigued by the project. Sarah's instructions were more than eccentric ... they were eerie. The design had a macabre touch. Each window was to have thirteen panes, each wall thirteen panels, each closet thirteen hooks, and each chandelier thirteen globes. The floor plan was ghoulish. Corridors snaked randomly, some leading nowhere. One door opened to a blank ...

1993. Carry Some Quiet

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There's no music in a rest, but there is the making of music in it. In our whole life-melody, the music is broken off here and there by 'rests,' and we foolishly think we have come to the end of the tune. Not without design does God write the music of our lives. It is ours to learn the tune, and not be dismayed at the rests. They are not to be slurred over, not to be omitted. They are not there to destroy the melody, not there to change the keynote. If we sadly ...

1994. Sovereignty and Free Will

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A.W. Tozer

... please; but all the while the great liner is carrying them steadily onward toward a predetermined port. Both freedom and sovereignty are present here, and they do not contradict. So it is, I believe, with man's freedom and the sovereignty of God. The mighty liner of God's sovereign design keeps its steady course over the sea of history."

1995. The Penguin Regimen

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Craig Brian Larson

... gravity, the muscles of the body begin to waste away, because there is no resistance. To counteract this, the scientists prescribed a vigorous exercise program for the cosmonauts. They invented a "penguin suit," a running suit laced with elastic bands. It was designed to resist every move the cosmonauts made, forcing them to exert their strength on a regular basis. We often long dreamily for days without difficulty, but God knows better. The easier our life, the weaker our spiritual fiber, for strength of ...

1996. How Big of a Risk Would You Take?

Matthew 25:14-30

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King Duncan

... have, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." This is quite a remarkable parable. So many of Jesus’ parables come from real life situations. They are designed to make us think. Notice, first of all, that the third servant who took his master’s gold and buried it in the ground did so because he was afraid. That’s a common experience fear. I wonder how many of us fail to be the people ...

1997. Tear On the Dotted Line

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I like the story of the defense contractor who designed a revolutionary new aircraft. It was a fantastic plane. The only problem with it was that every time it got into the air, the wings broke off next to the fuselage. The engineers were baffled as to how to solve this problem. Finally they listened to a janitor in the ...

1998. The Alimony Check

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... tells that his youngest brother for some time made his living selling printed checks for their depositor's use. Some of them were personalized to the point of printing the picture of the individual on the check rather than some scenic portrait of floral designs or backgrounds. His brother tells of a certain bank where the most unusual order was placed. It seems that one man wanted a very special picture printed on his checks. He was from California where the divorce laws require the payment of alimony as ...

1999. Too Polite for Words

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Nicholas D. Kristoff

... if there are no jerks in Japan. But the Japanese language is just not made for sniping at people. Guess what Japanese drivers say to each other after a car accident. They say: "I'm so sorry." The Japanese language is simply not designed for hurling invective at one another. Take the vicious Japanese insult "kisama," which is deeply offensive. It means: "Your honorable self." That's right. Instead of using all kinds of obscenities, the Japanese insult each other by frowning and growling: "Your honorable self ...

2000. The Invention of Velcro

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... subsequent fall from fashion favor, has forced the disintegration of Acrylic society. It is the same old story. We have seen it on every nature program on Channel 9. First come the explorers, then the traders and the missionaries. Finally, the designers and consultants, leading to the complete ruination of a noble people, the destruction of habitats and the extinction of their denizens." (Bruce Skagen, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, 13 May 1984, Cited in Tom Sine, Why settle for More and Miss The Best?, Waco ...

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1976. The Covenants of the Scripture

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Merrill F. Unger

1977. Believing What You Cannot See

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Richard Mayhue

1978. Don't Wait Too Late

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Staff

1979. What Can You Bear?

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Charles Ryrie

1980. The Need For More

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Bill Hybels

1981. Human Image-Bearers

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James Packer

1982. One Act At Time

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Robert P. Dugan, Jr.

1983. Between Two Sentences

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Klyne Snodgrass

1984. Monster Rehab

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1985. Resist the Shortcuts

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Philip Yancey

1986. Long-Term Learning

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Elden M. Chalmers

1987. Rethink the Market

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1988. Fine China

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1989. Living On God's Time

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Staff

1990. A Little Privacy Please

Mark 6:30-56

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Charles Swindoll

1991. The Hour of No Interruptions

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Staff

1992. The Story of Sarah's Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10

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Max Lucado

1993. Carry Some Quiet

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Staff

1994. Sovereignty and Free Will

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A.W. Tozer

1995. The Penguin Regimen

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Craig Brian Larson

1996. How Big of a Risk Would You Take?

Matthew 25:14-30

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King Duncan

1997. Tear On the Dotted Line

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1998. The Alimony Check

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1999. Too Polite for Words

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Nicholas D. Kristoff

2000. The Invention of Velcro

Humor Illustration

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