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1. Cut Your Losses!

Mark 9:42-50

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King Duncan

... fingers and sticky shoes ” they'll get you every time. (4) That little narrative is contained in the book AMERICA'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS. In Orlando, Florida a suspected Colombian drug kingpin who had eluded authorities for two years was caught at Universal Studios ” for shoplifting souvenirs. Amazing! A drug kingpin arrested for shoplifting! A few years ago a presidential debate with more than 100 million viewers watching was held up for twenty seven minutes ” twenty-seven minutes that the President ...

2. Christian The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... explained, "You’re king for a moment or even two. And you can be that again and again." Another user says, "Cocaine is ego food. It feeds the ego like nothing I’ve ever seen in my life." A third drug addict claims, "I wanted to feel like a kingpin, the life of the party. You get to feeling you are bulletproof." Still another drug user reports, "The cocaine high is the way you would feel if you did something with your life. You think, for the first time in a long time, I’ve really got myself together ...

3. Happiness Is ... the Kingship of Jesus

John 18:28-40

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James W. Robinson

... would have been physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. His will would have been broken, and he would have been ready to make any confession or concession to escape further harm and humiliation. Jesus could easily have taken that route, for Pilate was the kingpin of the local Roman operation, and in a position to call the shots as to whether Jesus lived or died. But, oddly, the scene in the praetorium leaves us with the distinct impression that Jesus, not Pilate, was in control of the "trial ...

4. Riff-Raff

Mark 2:13-22

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David E. Leininger

... think they are aggravating or intimidating, especially if they call us for an audit, but we do not hate them. The host of this party must be someone completely despicable. Instead of a revenuer, this large and expensive home belongs to the biggest drug kingpin in Miami. His bodyguards stand at the perimeter of the property, cradling AK-47's in their arms, watching carefully as people arrive. A liveried butler ushers the guests into an elegantly furnished hall where our host welcomes and chats with one after ...

5. Be Prudent or Productive?

Matthew 25:14-30

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Leonard Sweet

... what he has given them in the hope that they will be able to increase its value, add to its numbers. The master advocates risky behavior, and rejects the “safe” approach that is offered by the third servant. America considers itself the kingpin of capitalism. Our economy is built on the give-and-take between supply and demand, entrepreneurial endeavors and market responses. But, truth-be-told, for the last forty years we have increasingly been trained to be just one thing...consumers. The most recent ...

6. The Infiltrator

John 10:1-21, John 10:22-42

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Lori Wagner

... the big reveal happens at a “wedding,” at which those who are corrupt are arrested and “cast out.” The one question throughout the movie is a haunting one: Who are the infiltrators? The American agents who infiltrated the unknowing world of drug kingpins? Or the bank officials and international corporate bigwigs who pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes for years laundering dirty money through some of the largest and most respected global banks. The same question comes up in John’s scripture for ...

7. Courage to Break

Luke 4:1-13

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Lori Wagner

From 2009-2013 television viewers couldn’t wait each week to watch an innovative, if disturbing, show called “Breaking Bad.” The storyline followed an ordinary chemistry teacher turned villainous meth kingpin. The idiom “breaking bad” which comes from a southern expression for “raising hell” seemed to suggest within the series the contagion of “hellishness” that Walt brought to everyone around him, including his family. All this resulted and escalated from one initial choice. Choices – ...

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