... was Jesus. He lived by divine appointments. He only said what he heard the Father saying and only did what he saw the Father doing. At his best Jesus was a mimic. I suspect that the only true place of leisure is in the center of God’s will. Jesus had neither a watch nor a day planner. He moved at the speed of walking and talking and took his cues from on high. The right time for Jesus to withdraw was when he heard that John had been arrested, and when the time to begin preaching the kingdom arrived, he ...
... a husband, or a wife, or mother, or a father, or a child, it is to bring glory to God. How do you do that? Here is what Jesus said, "I brought glory to you here on earth by doing everything you told Me to do." (John ... Dane Bernbach BBDO Foote, Cone & Belding J. Walter Thompson Did you get any of these right? Do you recognize any of them? If you didn't then I can assure you everyone on that list could not be happier. You see, advertising agencies don't exist to make a name for themselves, they exist to make a ...
... every loyal Dane would do the same. The next day in Copenhagen, almost the entire population wore armbands showing the star of David. The Danes saved 90% ... . See Him in His dad’s workshop that first day, reaching for His father’s tools, tears streaming down His face--and just a kid. "Ever had no place to sleep? ‘Foxes have holes and birds of the ... . 1. From a sermon by Don Friesen, Ottawa Mennonite Church 2. Contributed. From the Internet. Source unknown. 3. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. Source: ...
... significance for the story John is about to relate. It was Jacob's well, which means it went back to ancient Israel. Yes, the Samaritan woman even refers to it thus: "... our father Jacob, who gave us ... and faith would have been a consolation so far from home; but no, the Holy Danes and the Happy Danes each considered themselves the better ... groceries for lunch when they stopped dead in their tracks. John reports that "they marveled that he was talking with a woman." No one asked, "Why are you talking with her ...
... world" (John 1:29b). The image of the lamb would take on a new meaning as would Passover when on the night of the Passover Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper. Jesus, the unblemished lamb, would be sacrificed for the sins of the world and be a ... a fine of $2,230, and six strokes of a split bamboo cane. Caning in Singapore consists of six lashes on the bare buttocks with a water-soaked rattan rod wielded by a martial-arts expert. The lashes can tear the flesh, bloody the buttocks, and leave scars. The father ...
... gospel. John begins his gospel saying that "In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God." Note. With God. Not with us. But the transition, the condescension, the incarnation, is in view by verse 14: "The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. " Emmanuel. God with us. It all started with Isaiah's message from God. Our acquaintance with Isaiah 7: 14 is, for the most part, as a Christmas snippet ...
... sex hormones, and made a person incredibly irresistible! Now there's a report from Copenhagen, that the Danes have a diet craze on their ... a day of fasting. Why? Because something tragic had happened. And when something tragic happens, only the careless and the cowardly and the callous are unmoved. No man is an Island, said John ... that?! The very son of God, fasting in order to get in touch with his own father! And Paul and Barnabas were fasting and praying, and the whole congregation at Antioch with them, in ...
... is credible to us because we believe in God as a Father. We believe that God created personality and can, and will, preserve ... Danes began, back in 1924, and carrying on a great program from year to year that will expand, from time to time, to show our concern for the sacredness of human life that has reached those golden years. In John Masefield’s play, The Trial of Christ, Procula, Pilate’s wife, is deeply disturbed by the crucifixion of Jesus. Finally, a Roman centurion, Longinus, comes to her with a ...
... behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek. He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium." Now Paul had a vision ... a goal of getting the people out of Egypt. Joshua had a goal of getting the people into Canaan. David had a goal of building God's temple. Jesus had a goal of paying for our sins. Paul had a goal of winning the prize. Years before rising to national prominence as the head coach of Notre Dane ...
10. We Hold These Truths to Be Self-evident
John 18:28-40
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John A. Dane
I don’t know who first uttered these words but they set forth a terribly important bit of wisdom: If there is nothing above us we will be consumed by all that is around us. Our nation’s Founding Fathers recognized its truth when they wrote: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Our human dignity, rights and freedoms come to us not from ...