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... , death may be deliverance from a tortured existence. But as good as life is and can be here on earth, it is just possible that it will be better - as hard to imagine as that is - than it can possibly be here and now. The last words which Gerhard Frost spoke to his wife were: Thank you for letting me die. Forgive everything. Remember the best. Those who knew him realized that he spoke them, not merely because he was about to be relieved of pain, nor that he did not love life dearly and hated the thought ...
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Arley K. Fadness
... was Miss Prunty, Miss Olson, and Mrs. Watts. Later I was schooled and nurtured in a Christian high school, two colleges, and two theo­logical seminaries. One of my favorite teachers was professor, preacher, poet, Dr. Gerhard Frost, who taught us seminarians the importance of the teaching ministry in catechetics class. Dr. Frost once said, "The art of teaching is the art of getting out of God's way. The best teacher is he who most truly transports each indi­vidual into the presence of God. God-centered ...
3. Appointed and Sent!
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
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Arley K. Fadness
... " and sent them ahead of him in pairs, he said, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest" (v. 2). It is a great honor to be so trusted to be sent! Gerhard Frost, my poet professor and seminary teacher, recited this one day in catechetics class: The Sent One I remember being sent; it made me ten feet tall. How dignifying to walk in borrowed presence down that winding road to the country store. I carried a note, not in ...
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... is coming. We have the Word of God and that is sufficient. In his wisdom, the Lord has chosen not to reveal the future to satisfy our curiosity. He assures us that we do not have to face the future alone, for he is beside us. Gerhard Frost has written the following words as a simple reflection of his faith. I Will Remember Morning has broken, long shadows are receding; time for today’s resolution: With the Spirit’s help I will remember that the toughest, most resilient and tenacious, most stubborn and ...
5. Standing in Awe
Isaiah 6:1-13
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Roger Prescott
... is something worth looking at but the moment when we are capable of seeing." - Joseph Wood Krutch** "It is when we mistakenly pursue the unusual and sensational in our quest for fulfillment that we rush past the true meaning of life." - Gerhard Frost*** *The Christian Century, January 4-11, 1984, p. 15. **The Desert Year. ***Blessed is the Ordinary, Winston Press, 1980, p. 1. God is revealed in the small, entrancing surprises of nature. Somewhere Helen Keller says: "Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I ...
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Roger Prescott
... ? But how can one pass through a one-store town, its only dog, a Springer spaniel, sitting forlornly in the cold? I guess I didn’t pass through; I just sped by. I’ve been thinking: Why wasn’t I born a Springer spaniel in Bennetville? - Gerhard Frost* (*Blessed is the Ordinary, Winston Press, 1980, p. 23.) Well, not quite like Bennetville! 3. God will reign supreme The main point of today’s narrative is to point to the stability and security of David and his kingdom. From our view it appears that God ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... all night in a hut on the mountain, looking after the sheep, and each day I would wake to pray before dawn in all weathers – snow, frost, and rain. I remained as a slave in Ireland for six years. One night when I was asleep. I heard a voice speaking to me. It ... shall know that there has been a prophet among them." In my study of Ezekiel I came upon the Old Testament scholar Gerhard Van Rad. He says that more than any other prophet, Ezekiel is influenced by the priestly religious life of Israel, and indeed ...
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