... pets eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Point. Counterpoint. You can see a smile spread across Jesus’ face. It was not often that he met his match in a theological argument, and this by a woman, and a Gentile at that. Speaking of household pets, Pastor Denn Guptill tells a delightful story about a pet in his family when he was growing up a mutt named Spike. He said his Dad always bragged on how good Spike was. Spike would never take any food that he hadn’t been given. As an example ...
2. Why 153 Fish?
John 21:1-14
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Brett Blair
... got 16% that’s 25 fish, and the other five got 10.5 % each or 16 fish. You see we can get so caught up in really trivial stuff and miss the point that we need to be obedient to Christ, today. Adapted from the sermon "Live for Today" by Denn Guptill, 1999.
... to sing as we walk through life: “Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on. Hold my hand, lest I fall. Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.” 1. MONDAY FODDER, http://family-safe-mail.com/ 2. Denn Guptill, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/forget-it-denn-guptill-sermon-on-new-years-day-100382.asp?page=3. 3. Mikey’s Funnies, subscribe at http://www.mikeysfunnies.com/sub/index.html. 4. Peter L. Steinke, Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What [Kindle ...
... . Yes, indeed. And "God bless us, everyone." Amen! 1. Quoted by Carlos Wilton in "The Immediate Word" commenting on the texts for today, via internet, http://www.csspub.com/tiw.lasso, the source for several streams of thought herein. 2. Denn Guptill, "But First You Obey," sermon, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermon.asp?SermonID=57613&ContributorID=1399 3. Henry G. Brinton, "Faith and Numbers," The Washington Post, 10/10/99, p. B2 4. Elizabeth O'Conner, Letters To Scattered Pilgrims, (San Francisco : Harper ...
