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Matthew 14:22-36

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Leonard Sweet

British naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace was without peer in the 19th century except for one name: Charles Darwin. One of Wallace’s most astute observations about nature has gotten totally forgotten in the whole debate over the “survival of the fittest.” Wallace made a surprising discovery about the saving nature of struggle. One day Wallace was observing moths struggling to hatch out from their cocoons. One of the larger insects seemed to be having a particularly hard time getting out. After hours ...

2. Stronger after the Struggle

Matthew 14:22-33

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Leonard Sweet

British naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace was without peer in the 19th century except for one name: Charles Darwin. One of Wallace's most astute observations about nature has gotten totally forgotten in the whole debate over the "survival of the fittest." Wallace made a surprising discovery about the saving nature of struggle. One day Wallace was observing moths struggling to hatch out from their cocoons. One of the larger insects seemed to be having a particularly hard time getting out. After hours of ...

3. On Staying Awake

Luke 12:35-48

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Wallace H. Kirby

... been "... no striking discovery" announced to the group in that year. Oh yeah...? Among those who had delivered papers to this society during the year were Alfred Russell Wallace and Charles Darwin! Both of them outlined their revolutionary theories on biological evolution. The intellectual history of mankind took a gigantic leap on the truths of Wallace and Darwin, but Thomas Bell missed it all. He was intellectually asleep and thought that nothing vital had happened in that cozy little group. How we miss ...

4. Persistence In Prayer

Luke 18:1-8

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King Duncan

... may seem not desirable in themselves, and in our foolishness of judgement we would walk always in the sunshine; but our heavenly Father knows what is best for us, and He would never send the clouds were they not for our good.” Alfred Russell Wallace, a prominent scientist once observed a monarch butterfly trying to get out of its cocoon and wrote this about it: “It struggled, pushed and pulled for a long time until finally its body emerged fully. The butterfly rested momentarily, fluttered its wings ...

5. Asleep During the Big Moment

Eph 5:14

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Wallace H. Kirk

... of information concerning natural history. As he was writing his annual report, he said that there had been "no striking discovery" announced to the group in that year. Oh yeah? Among those who had delivered papers to this society during the year were Alfred Russell Wallace and Charles Darwin! Now what ever you might think about evolution both those presentations outlined revolutionary theories on biological evolution. The intellectual history of mankind took a gigantic intellectual leap on the theories of ...

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