... ? We spend our whole lives pursuing dreams and goals. The aim ...
2. Pursue A Good Name
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Michael P. Green
Rabbi Simon said, “There are three crowns: the crown of [the study of] the Law, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of royalty, but the crown of a good name surpasses them all” (Mishnah Avoth 4.13).
3. Pursued by the Atoning Love
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Editor James S. Hewett
One evening a woman was driving home when she noticed a huge truck behind her that was driving uncomfortably close. She stepped on the gas to gain some distance from the truck, but when she sped up the truck did too. The faster she drove, the faster drove the truck. Now scared, she exited the freeway. But the truck stayed with her. The woman then turned up a main street, hoping to lose her pursuer in traffic. But the truck ran a red light and continued the chase. Reaching the point of panic, the woman ...
4. Merciful Anger
Matt 21:18-22; Mark 11:12-19
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James Packer
... foresaw the problems of being pursued by a huge crowd of ...
5. Caesar's Ransom
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Staff
... was gather a fleet and pursue the pirates. They were captured ...
6. Unanimously in Disagreement!
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Charles Swindoll
... idea, Disney usually didn't pursue it. Yes, you read that ...
7. Number One on the List
Mt 6:31-34
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Brett Blair
... Jesus Method: Trust in God; pursue what is Good, and don ...
8. Child-rearing and Discipline
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Rebecca Lamar Harmon
... classic illustration of one who pursued discipline early in a child ...
9. Conquering the Highest Peak
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Robert Jastrow
... .… Now we would like to pursue that inquiry farther back in ...
10. You Don't Give a Damn
Luke 4:14-30
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James Garrett
... of ministry he came to pursue. It is to be a ...
11. Our Midian Moment
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Staff
... message God spoke to Moses: Pursue the high goal, and I ...
12. The Strawberry
Jeremiah 8:4--9:26
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Staff
... hope of escape from the pursuing tiger. Fortunately for the monk ...
13. Liberty and Civility - Sermon Starter
Galatians 5:1-15
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Brett Blair
... not set at liberty to pursue selfish ends. Our independence should ...
14. A Dramatic Career Change
Mark 1:14-20
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Scott H. Bowerman
... gutsy, courageous career change to pursue his passion of fishing. As ...
15. Help in Facing Our Fears
Mark 1:21-28
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Leslie Weatherhead
... got up and faced the pursuing horror. It stopped. So he ...
16. Heavenly Bread and Earthly Bread
John 6:51-58
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Alex Gondola
... of something else. We may pursue the material when what we ...
17. Battle Hymn of the Reformation
Luke 8:26-39
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Brett Blair
... . He was often, he felt, pursued and tormented by Satan and ...
18. We Want to Be in Charge
Luke 9:57-62
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Maurice A. Fetty
... my father, seek my pleasure, pursue my happiness, build my nest ...
19. Workaholism
Luke 10:38-42
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Michael Parker
... "feverish ardor" with which "Americans pursue their own welfare," and "this ...
20. Do You Call That Nothing?
Luke 18:1-8
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Staff
... French Jesuit scholar Claude Fraguier pursued a case at law for ...
21. Scratch the Surface
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J.M. Boice
... famous too. She wanted to pursue a stage career in New ...
22. More Than Love
Colossians 2:13-14
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Dave Johnson
... after us in Christ. He pursued us even to the desolate ...
23. Revenge or Love
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Frederick Keller Stamm
... and her brother who were pursued down the street by a ...
24. Boredom
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
... . What challenging ideas have you pursued lately? What probing possibilities for ...
25. IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS
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John H. Krahn
... will we must pursue our Christianity as we pursue any other worthwhile ... his love. We do not pursue God in order to have ...
26. Catching the Kingdom
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
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Russ M. Locke
... ," says Dale Oldham, "we have pursued the Kingdom of God in ... long as we have been pursuing the Kingdom, but most of ...
27. Protective Passion
Luke 13:31-35
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Glenn E. Ludwig
... compels him to do. He pursues his flock with a passion ...
28. Oppression and Liberty
Psalm 100:1-5
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Brett Blair
... , liberty, and a chance to pursue happiness. To many in the ...
29. BE EASTER PEOPLE
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John H. Krahn
... the worshiping community is to pursue a weakening faith. It is ...
30. Faith and Expectation
Acts 1:1-11
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Larry Powell
... commanded you." However, they should pursue their tasks of soul-winning ...
31. In Search of Self
Judges 2:6-3:6
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Larry Powell
... of ourselves. We will not pursue that observation here, but will ...
32. And Their Eyes Were Opened
Luke 24:13-35
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Larry Powell
... . Off on our own journeys, pursuing some goal or objective, totally ...
33. A Real Christian
Matthew 23:1-12
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... woman finally set out to pursue her calling. As the pastor ...
34. Like the Cry of a Mother
Luke 13:31-35
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Glenn E. Ludwig
... compels him to do. He pursues his flock with a passion ...
35. A Commitment That Is Entire
Matthew 13:44-46
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Leonard Mann
... committed to practicing; anyone who pursues a goal must be committed ...
36. If-By-Whiskey Speech
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While pursuing a story about equivocation in ...
37. Death: The Hell Club
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Paul Lee Tan
... the same pleasures they had pursued in life. There was a ...
38. Finish the Lord's Work
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... and with unfaltering zeal you pursue that great purpose of your ...
39. Daily Diligence
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Martin Luther
Let ministers daily pursue their studies with diligence and ...
40. Sacrificial Love and Hedonism
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Editor James S. Hewett
... to love himself preeminently and pursue his own pleasure constantly. Nowhere ...
41. Enlightened Affliction
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Malcolm Muggeridge
... and not through happiness whether pursued or attained. In other words ...
42. Comfort Zone
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Paul F. Rack
... in his own mind, not pursue the most comfortable path, but ...
43. The Beginning of Wisdom
Prov 9:10
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... :10). We may, like Ismael, pursue all the knowledge of the ...
44. God Calls Heathens
Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
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Angela Akers
... for God.’ ‘But Barkley,’ Jay pursued with a light behind his ...
45. Our Misguided Goals
John 1:19-34
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William J. Kemp
There's an emptiness in pursuing anything less than God's ... culture has taught us to pursue goals that do not bring ...
46. Parable of the Road Signs
Matthew 12:38-45
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... signs they passed. Each was pursuing the pattern he had chosen ...
47. Historic: The Declaration of Independence
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Staff
... train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces ...
48. God's Unforced Love
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Staff
... response, he woos us, he pursues us, he urges us, but ...
49. Out with the Old Rules
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Staff
... , but rather is a goal, pursued rationally and with calculation as ...
50. A Familiar Voice
John 10:4
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Michael P. Green
... make up their minds to pursue them—and all because his ...