... love and compassion to everyone we meet. Don’t go through life believing that the secret to life is locked up somewhere with no key available for the likes of you and me. There is a key. His name is Jesus. 1. Adapted from Alan Smith, www.cruciformcoc.com. 2. Adapted. Cited by The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon, http://day1.org/948-go_for_the_gold. 3. Source: Michael Lindvall. Cited by Doug King, http://www.westminster‑ bflo.org/sermonrepository/aug1703.pdf. 4. (New York: First Anchor Books, 2012), pp. 1-2 ...
... of Jesus Christ. 1. Associated Press, 1996. All Rights Reserved. 2. Copyright 2012, Al Keeney by way of “Christian Voices” (ChristianVoices@att.net). 3. (Chosen Books, 1976). 4. Adapted from Gary Collins You Can Make A Difference (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992), p. 259. 5. Contributed. Source: Attributed to Alan Smith.
... you to a task, He will be with you and will always give you what you need to fulfill that task. 1. John Ortberg, Soul Keeping (Zondervan, 2014), pp. 98-99. 2. Sent by Mary Sutherland MONDAY FODDER, http://family-safe-mail.com/. 3. Alan Smith @Thought-For-The-Day. Join-thought-for-the-day@hub.xc.org to subscribe. 4. http://www.stmatthews-bowie.org/Worship/Sermons/2006/sermon_08_13_06.asp. 5. From https://www.anniearmstrong.com/field/. 6. Dan Miller, No More Dreaded Mondays (New York: Broadway Books, 2008 ...
... hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Amen. 1. From a sermon by Alan Smith, Cruciform Church of Christ, Spring Lake, North Carolina, www.cruciformcoc.com. 2. http://sttheresegarfield.org/Pastor/Pastor.php. 3. Tony Campolo, Stories that Feed Your Soul (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2010). 4. Wayne Jackson, https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/681. 5 ...
... different. We should be forgivers. In a televised debate with the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the outstanding trial attorney and Harvard Law professor Alan Derchewitz once made the statement that as a Jew he does not have to turn the other cheek. And that is true-- ... accidentally killed their son. In fact, the first question they asked when Ron walked through the door was, "Do you know how Mr. Smith is doing?" They had been praying for him all night. (5) There are people like that in this world. They forgive those ...
... her by the Wicked Witch of the East. She caused a series of accidents followed by a succession of replacement operations by a tin-smith until the woodman was all tin. He was convinced that without a "heart" he couldn't care for anyone. The Cowardly Lion was ... world. " . . . thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins." Indeed he shall! 1 Alan M. Dahns, EMOTIONAL INTIMACY (Boulder, Co.: Pruett Publishing Co., 1972). 2 I am indebted to Pastor Kent Raddatz, Immanuel-Wilson ...
... Holy Spirit 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 ...
... after it happened. The event occurred in 1964, and it wasn't until the 70s that he wrote about it, and then only because Adam Smith mentioned it in his best-selling The Powers of the Mind. Because of the attention he received, Cousins decided he would tell what happened in his ... . Second, to stop all drugs and to take massive doses of vitamin C. Finally, to be allowed to view comedy films. Alan Funt was a good friend of Norman Cousins, and he supplied hours and hours of old video tapes of "Candid Camera" ...
... I guess it just seemed to him that he had told that joke before. (1) What is déjà vu, and why is it such a common experience? Alan Brown, a psychology professor from Southern Methodist University, wrote an article in Scientific American magazine detailing a few of his theories for why up to 70% of people ... Bantam Books), 1996. 6. https://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/the-shrewd-steward-tim-smith-sermon-on-parable-shrewd-manager-204259?ref=SermonSerps. (J. C. Ryle, Foundations of Faith [Bridge Publishing]).
... woodwork. The church sanctuary cleaning event began on Saturday at 9:00 a.m., and they were promptly finished and cracking a twelve-pack open by noon. In my youth then, I often asked myself, “What would Jesus say?” Amen. 1. R. Alan Culpepper, Interpreting Biblical Texts: The Gospel and Letters of John, (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1998). 2. Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of John, (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998). 3. Gail R. O’Day, and Susan E. Haylen, Westminster ...