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1. The Christian Shema: Loving God and Neighbor

Mark 12:28-34

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Grant R. Osborne

... and seemingly contradictory way to explain the world.”8 We must understand what we believe and not shy away from boldly proclaiming biblical truth. Loving God with all your heart History: The name “Benedict Arnold” is synonymous with “traitor.” What many people do not realize is that Arnold was an important member of George Washington’s Continental Army and was critical to the success at Valley Forge. He was even wounded in the leg as he fought against the British army. But in May 1779 ...

2. Faith isn’t Easy - But it Works!

Genesis 12:1-8

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Barbara Brokhoff

... , "I found within myself all I need and all I ever shall need. I am a man of great faith, but my faith is in George Gordon Liddy. I have never failed me." Because of his part in the wrong-doing that unsettled our nation, we would have problems having faith in ... presence of God in our lives. I have a special "Missouri friend," Dr. Arnold Prater, who loves God as deeply as anyone I know. One morning, in a phone call, I said to him, "Arnold, how are you?" His answer was a gem. He responded, "Oh, I’m fine ...

3. You Can Be Forever Young

Genesis 25:1-11

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Michael B. Brown

... To my children I am old. To my father I am just a boy. When I look in the mirror, I just see a member of the George Foreman generation. We're not getting older; we're getting better. Bifocals because "it's time"? Bah! Humbug! As much as anything else I suppose it ... the regular PGA and often larger. And the players, from the "youngster" Nicklaus to Chi Chi Rodriguez to Miller Barber and Arnold Palmer are still shooting below par. There is a great lesson to be learned by observing life and the people who enjoy ...

4. The Art of Living Until

Matthew 24:36-51

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Leonard Mann

... So I think I will choose the Christian apocalypse, the one which has redemption in it. The late great historian Arnold Toynbee made this same choice. In his monumental work, A Study of History, Professor Toynbee describes the barbarian overthrow of ... effort becomes a part of an ultimate victory. In our resting we can know there is a place to let down with confidence. Dr. George MacDonald told of a fox hunt in which the hounds pursued their prey until he climbed to a high ledge overlooking the valley below. ...

5. Remember Lot’s Wife

Luke 17:20-37

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Don Yocom

... our goal, too. Over the present mountains of testing, there is triumph. A victory awaits the conqueror, so keep on struggling. Dr. George Crane told a story about two frogs that fell into a crock of buttermilk in a farm milkhouse. One frog gave up ... it will become clear to us what God wants of us. Some things cannot be hurried, but take a lifetime. A noted psychologist, Dr. Arnold Gesell of Yale, took 300,000 feet of film over a period of time in one person’s life covering infancy to mature adulthood. ...

6. A Strategy For Status Seekers

Luke 14:1-14

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King Duncan

... a telegram from Booth who was unable to attend because of illness. The message consisted of only one word: "Dear Delegates-Others". (signed) George Booth." Mother Teresa is another person who has discovered the real source of contentment in this world. One day she was visiting ... life for. Your life. And always remember, greatness belongs to those who serve. 1. Arnold J. Glascow in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 2. Dr. Eugene Brice 3. Michael Scrogin, PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHRISTIAN LIVING (Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1985 ...

7. Bad News, Good News

Luke 24:13-35

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King Duncan

... are important factors. But who can deny that something is happening to us as a people? Among the Aranda Aborigines of Australia, the anthropologist George Peter Murdock noted early this century, it was common for a woman to breast-feed her neighbor's child while the neighbor gathered ... SUPERMAN SYNDROME (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995), p. 133. 6. Arnold Prater, THE PRESENCE, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993), p. 13. 7. Bruce Larson, THE PRESENCE, (HarperCollins Publishers, 1988), ...

8. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

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Phil Thrailkill

... the highway of history, so many civilizations, having looked at other civilizations that refused to dim the lights, and they decided to refuse to dim theirs. (The historian Arnold) Toynbee tells that out of the twenty-two civilizations that have risen up, all but about seven have found themselves in the junk heap of destruction. It is ... the Mount (Columbia, SC: USC Press, 2004), 88-93. 11. For a critique of GroupThink, see George Hunger III, Christian, Evangelical & Democrat (Nashville, TN: Abington, 2006).

9. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

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Phil Thrailkill

Arnold Palmer once played a series of exhibition matches in Saudi Arabia. The king was so impressed that he proposed, in good Middle ... asking and keep on seeking and keep on knocking and not to be satisfied with the status quo. To pray is to change because it invites God into every situation, especially the smallest, as George McDonald wrote, “Anything large enough for a wish to light upon is large enough to hang a prayer on.”8 There is nothing too little not to pray about; after all, everything in our ...

10. Righteousness Exalts a Nation - The Fourth of July

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James McCormick

... patriotic feelings are not enough. Loving your country is not enough. It takes more than that to be a good citizen. George Bush loves his country. John McCain loves his country. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton love their country. So do Kim Jong ... Independence when I insist that we love our nation best when we make it subservient to the best that we know. Arnold Toynbee, a respected historian has said, “Nations, cultures, and empires are never destroyed from the outside, but destroy themselves. Their self- ...

11. Mission and Rejection in Galilee

Mark 6:14-29, Mark 6:7-13

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Grant R. Osborne

... we give ourselves fully and completely to continue the work of Jesus in this world in and through the Holy Spirit. Depending on God and not on ourselves Biography: George Mueller. Mueller was a highly effective evangelist and philanthropist in nineteenth-century England. He is credited not only with founding a number of orphanages but also with being an ... regardless of the price you might be asked to pay? Consider reading from John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs or from Duane Arnold’s Prayers of the Martyrs.

12. Séance in Endor: Bad News from Beyond the Grave

1 Samuel 28:1-25

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... that has consistently marked individuals throughout history, is that they completely miscalculate the consequences of their actions. Columnist Arnold Beichman once pointed out in a commentary in the Washington Times that Hitler misjudged Winston Churchill and ... the United States by surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. And Saddam Hussein miscalculated and ignored the intelligence that said President George W. Bush would go to war. Hussein apparently felt that all this was a gigantic bluff. Certainly some of these ...

13. For the Love of God Is . . .

1 John 5:3-4

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Billy D. Strayhorn

An eight-year-old little boy by the name of Arnold wrote a letter to his pastor: "Dear Pastor, I know God loves everybody but he never met my little sister."(1) Sometimes kids say the funniest things. And sometimes in the midst of that humor, there's a message from God. I think the message is about love. Love happens to be the most talked about and discussed topic of all time. Not counting songs like, "Beans In Your Ears" or George Thorogood's "Get A Haircut and Get A Real Job" or Johnny Cash's "A Boy ...

14. Bringing Love Close

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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George Paul Mocko

What John 3:16 is to Christianity, Deuteronomy 6:4-5 is to Judaism. "Hear O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might." These are the words of the Shema, and as the words that follow indicate, the first words committed to memory by a Jewish child; the words that appear on the mezuza on a Jewish doorpost; the words that appear in the phylacteries worn by the pious on wrist and forehead. The Shema is the ...

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