... his passing, and a London newspaper proclaimed a great truth. The paper carried a picture of the pulpit of the church where Dick Sheppard preached, St. Martin’s in the Field. A soft light shone down on the reading desk where there was an ... Jesus Christ. First, let’s get a perspective on the yearning for immortality that is ours. Most of us are like Woody Allen. Now I don’t quote Woody Allen as a great theologian, but most of us are like him, he said he didn’t want to achieve immortality through his ...
... his passing, and a London newspaper proclaimed a great truth. The paper carried a picture of the pulpit of the church where Dick Sheppard preached, St. Martin’s in the Field. A soft light shone down on the reading desk where there was an ... Jesus Christ. First, let’s get a perspective on the yearning for immortality that is ours. Most of us are like Woody Allen. Now I don’t quote Woody Allen as a great theologian, but most of us are like him, he said he didn’t want to achieve immortality through his ...
... between the third and fourth fingers of each hand, and between his first and second toes. While a small crowd formed, Reverend Dicks remained on the cross for ten minutes, lecturing about crime and morality. “I would like to say from this cross that I’m ... Pequot Press, 2003), p. 135. 2. http://www.gotquestions.org/Book-of-Isaiah.html. 3. Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen, The One Minute Millionaire (New York: Harmony Books, 1990). 4. Sermon Fodder, http://www.sermonfodder.com. 5. Pastor Ian Hussey, ...
... Feet?" Or are you like Edwin Carp one of the fictional characters from radio days brought to light by the old TV sitcom the Dick Van Dyke Show. In episode 89, Season 3, Rob comes up with the idea to bring back some of the old radio stars and ... show just won't make. He finally agrees and this is one of the poems he recites on air in the show. FEET by Scoutmaster Allen A Poem glorifying the pedal extremities. You need feet to stand up straight with, You need feet to kick your friends, You need feet to ...
... who perceive their presence. So, I say it again, blessed are the believers. OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR DOUBTS. All of us do. Woody Allen is right. Faith would be easier if God would show Himself by depositing a million dollars in a Swiss bank account in our ... our Lord, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." 1. Jerry Kramer with Dick Schaap, DISTANT REPLAY, (New York: G.P.Putnams Sons, 1985). 2. Milo O. Frank, HOW TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS IN 30 SECONDS OR ...
... . They kept their gaze fixed on Christ. Wrangler or Strangler? May we keep our eyes fixed on him as well. 1. Is There Life After Stress? James W. Moore. Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1992, p. 63. 2. W. Allen Wentz. The Upper Room. March/April 1992, p. 65. 3. Dick Cupp, Winchester, IN. 4. Signs and Wonders. Richard B. Wilke, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989, pp. 91-92. 5. Peculiar Speech. William H. Willimon. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1992, p. 73. 6. Denis Waitley, Timing ...
... someday for sexual sin. People talk, husbands hear, pregnancies happen, diseases spread, and guilt festers. As I was writing this chapter this week, Dick Morris, a Chief Advisor to the President of the United States, accustomed to walking the hallways of highest power, was brought down by ... . 6 Stuart Briscoe, Choices of a Lifetime (Wheaton, IL.: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1995), p. 95. 7 Allen Ginsberg, Sandra L. Hanson, and David E. Myers,: "Responsibility and Knowledge: Their Role in Reducing Out-of- ...
... to swallow Jonah." This was a God-prepared fish. May I just go a step further. I not only believe that Jonah was swallowed by a great fish, but if God told me to swallow Moby Dick, I wouldn't argue, I would get out the tartar sauce! What happened was simply this: Jonah got a whale house for a jailhouse; spent three nights on a foam blubber mattress; and then was spit ... listen and do what He says. God will give you the victory and He will get the glory. 1. Bruce Nash and Allen Sullo, The Sports Hall of Shame.
... Joseph with him. They came just within sight of the Promised Land, and in a handoff more gracious than the demise of Allen Trammell, Moses passed the torch of leadership to a new coach, Joshua…then he disappeared into the mountain wilderness to his ... marking the path right here, right now. I've come this far by the grace of God, and I have confidence to trust him for the future." Dick Wills, in his book Waking to God's Dream, says that our prayers should not ask God to bless what we are doing. He says that' ...
... 21:3). But particularly in the Prophets, to do justice and righteousness is the Lord’s expectation of all Israel. Leslie Allen observes, “the phrase justice and righteousness’ is the comprehensive definition of Israel’s social ethics given by Amos and Isaiah” (Ezekiel ... In the heavens I am a wild bull; in the land . . . I am a lion; in the homeland . . . I am king” (M. B. Dick, “The Neo-Assyrian Royal Lion Hunt and Yahweh’s Answer to Job,” JBL 125 [2006], p. 244). 19:7 He broke down their ...
... the Philistines came out and challenged the Israelites. "Where's YOUR champion? Where's YOUR warrior?" And then they'd laugh. The Israelites sat in their tents and shivered in fear. They remind me of a poem I heard on the old Dick Van Dyke show. The poem was entitled "FEET:" by Scoutmaster Allen. A Poem glorifying the pedal extremities. You need feet to stand up straight with, You need feet to kick your friends, You need feet to keep your socks on, And stop your legs from fraying at the ends. You need feet ...