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Mark 13:32-37

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King Duncan

... you can! A man named John Hakel says his three-year-old daughter looked at a calendar and asked him, "Daddy, how many BE GOOD days until Christmas?" (1) Why would a three-year-old be asking that? "œHow many BE GOOD days . . ." I wonder. Supermodel Christie Brinkley has fond memories of her grandmother Mamie Cecil Bowling. Her grandmother often took care of Christie and her brother, Greg. But when the children became too much for her, Christie's grandmother had a unique way of taking a break. She would put ...

2. What's Really Important

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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King Duncan

... to one makeup artist, "It smells pretty bad, but it removes puffiness." (1) These are the tricks used by Miss America contestants to make them look good. Someone has collected some relevant statistics. According to this survey: There are 3 billion women who don't look like supermodels and only 8 who do. Marilyn Monroe wore a size 12. If Barbie were a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions. The average American woman weighs 144 lbs. and wears between a size 12 and 14. One out of ...

3. Full Body Scans or Re-spect Spectacles

Romans 13:8-14

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Leonard Sweet

... the reason a lot of people refuse a full body scan isn’t because a stranger will get an embarrassingly good look at our body. It’s because we are afraid that a stranger will think we don’t look good or snicker at our looks. Supermodels and body-builders don’t have any qualms about showing off their bodies. It’s those of us who are lumpy, bumpy, flabby and dumpy, or pot-bellied and saggy bottomed, who worry about being revealed without the comforting camouflage of clothing. However much the airport ...

4. Without the Mask

2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2

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Mary Austin

... shine out. The glory of God shone out from her, for the people who remembered to look. We’re all like that. We may not look like much in a world obsessed with movie stars and full of admiration for athletes. To my knowledge, none of us are tech billionaires, supermodels or Wall Street wizards. But we have all the spark and talent that God gave us, on the inside. We have all our hard-won wisdom under the surface. We all have a little bit of God’s glory in us. We reflect the glory of Jesus, our redeemer ...

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