... Spaeth,"Going for the Guinness," WORLD PRESS REVIEW, August 1995, p. 19. 2. Vernon Howard, INSPIRE YOURSELF (Grants Pass, OR: Four Star Books, Inc., 1975), p.32. 3. Robert B. Cialdini, INFLUENCE (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1984), pp. 185- 186. 4. Daniel R. Butler, Leland Gregory and Alan Ray (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1995), pp. 120-121.
... , but different. All joined to one another and to the world for whom Christ died by an amazing love that longs to call all of the world's people to become one in Christ Jesus our Lord. 1. Daniel R. Butler, Leland Gregory and Alan Ray, (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1995), pp. 6970. 2. BOTTOM LINE PERSONAL, a newsletter Cited in THE PROGRESSIVE, FORBES, May 18, 1995, p. 30. 3. THE PRESENCE, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993), p. 101. 4. "Izzy and the party people," by Maria Mallory with Erica ...
... came upon them. You and I need to learn to wait on God and to learn to trust that God's silence is not God's absence. 1. THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 1998 (Dublin, NH: Yankee Publishing, Inc., 1997). 2. Daniel Butler and Alan Ray, WANTED DUMB OR ALIVE (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1996). 3. Lawrence O. Richards, THE 365-DAY DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY (Colorado Springs, Colo.: Chariot Victor Publishing, 1990), p. 817. 4. Benjamin Hoff, THE TE OF PIGLET (A Dutton Book, 1992), pp. 96-97. 5. Barbara Brown Taylor ...
... of your sin. Begin living like Jesus. 1. What God Wants to Know by Bruce Larson, Chapter 4 - "Who Will Go for Us, " p. 47. 2. Lewis B. Smedes. A Life of Distinction (Colorado Springs, CO: Shaw Books, 2002), pp. 121-122. 3. Daniel Butler and Alan Ray, Wanted Dumb or Alive: 100 New Stories from the Files of America's Dumbest Criminals (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1996). 4. Put Your Best Foot Forward by Jo-Ellen Dimitrius and Mark Mazzarella, Scribner, New York, 2000, p. 49. 5. Peter Lewis. The Lord's ...
... your sins and open yourself to the reign of Christ in your life? Be as smart as this thief and take that important step today. 1. Eugene M Donaghy, http://www.eugenemdonaghy.co.uk/jokes1.htm#joke20. 2. Daniel Butler and Alan Ray, Crimes and MisDumbMeanors (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998), pp. 16-17. 3. Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004. 4. http://www.sumcnj.com/sermons/srm2003/Sermon07.13.03.htm. 5. Manfred Schreyer, http://www.spiritrestoration.org/Sermons/2003 ...
... that Bishop Onesimus and the runaway slave were one and the same man. (7) “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me . . .” Won’t you open your heart to Christ’s amazing grace today? 1. Daniel Butler and Alan Ray, Wanted Dumb or Alive: 100 New Stories from . . . (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1996). 2. From E-Meditation: Love and Forgiveness: 2/14/. 3. “Christians Worldwide Mourn Ex-KKK Turned Evangelist,” CBN.com, October 28, 2014, https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2014 ...
... , Joseph believed in God’s promises and surrendered himself to God’s will. And all those years later, he could look back and see how God had turned his troubles into triumphs. Rev. Alan Cross tells about a couple in his church who serve as an example of faithful, joyful obedience to God in all circumstances. Ray and Ruth Bozeman have been happily married for over 60 years. During that time, they have raised two children, worked up into their 80s, traveled across the U.S., served on multiple mission ...
... , and nuclear terrorism are popping up all over the place. The future seems to stand or fall on the basis of what Alan Greenspan utters or on the forecasts of the latest stock market analyst. Some people say their prayers before they go to sleep at ... like being awake during those precious few minutes before dawn. The sky is still dark, but you are confident that the sun's first rays will eventually begin coming over the horizon. You are confident that in the next hour a new day will finally come. And there is ...
... home, Robert Strand tells a story from the ministry of Reverend Jess Moody of California. A member of Moody's church named Arthur Ray Ebersol had drowned. The paramedics were working over his body. The frantic father was begging the paramedics and the boy for a sign ... 4. Everyday Miracles: The Inner Art of Manifestation (New York: Bantam, 1996), p. 50. Cited in Seven Miracles of Management by Alan Downs, Prentice Hall Press, Paramus, N.J., 1998, pp. 125-126. 5. New Leaf Press, Green Forest, AR, 1997. 6. Dean ...
... below. And here I stand as pure as a prayer, Incredibly clean, with virtue to spare, The godliest man I know.....! (CAMELOT by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, New York: Random House, 1961, pp. 29-30) But, as we all know, in Lancelot’s case, his ... does he? Not according to the Bible. Wealth isn’t bad - not unless it becomes an end in itself. The founder of McDonald’s, Ray Kroc, was asked by a reporter what he believed in. “I believe in God, my family, and McDonald’s.” he said. Then he added ...
... found in Genesis 2, a passage of Scripture acclaimed as one of the world's greatest "masterpieces of poetic imagination" (Alan Richardson). v.5: Here the curtain opens onto the desert, a landscape the Hebrews of 3000 years ago knew better than ... its force felt in the church, it is today. We now know not only how vast a galaxy is (a galaxy is so big that a light ray takes 100,000 years to go from one side to another - traveling at 186,000 miles per second). We now know that God created thousands, even millions ...
... found in Genesis 2, a passage of Scripture acclaimed as one of the world's greatest "masterpieces of poetic imagination" (Alan Richardson). v.5: Here the curtain opens onto the desert, a landscape the Hebrews of 3000 years ago knew better than ... its force felt in the church, it is today. We now know not only how vast a galaxy is (a galaxy is so big that a light ray takes 100,000 years to go from one side to another - traveling at 186,000 miles per second). We now know that God created thousands, even millions ...
If I Take the Wings of the Morning Barbara's first hint of trouble came with coughing and pain in the chest. The X-rays and following biopsy confirmed the worst fears and marked the beginning of her long slide toward death. "Lung cancer," said the doctor. "We'll remove the lobe immediately and follow with radiation." But it was not to be that easy. The surgeon found a fibrous tissue intertwined through the chest cavity making removal of the lung impossible. The tumor itself was removed as well as possible ...