... men did not know that a well-known film star was in their midst. After several hours of sloshing through the wetlands, a young private recognized the actor who had made so many successful films. Seeing the stunned look on the private’s face, Ford assured the young man that, indeed, he was the same Glenn Ford from the movies. The private smiled a mile-wide grin and said, “Well, don’t that beat all! You’re just one of us, ain’t you?” (3) And that’s how God came to us in Jesus, just as one of us ...
... :30 p.m. Friday when they stopped at the service station to refuel. "We normally have a head count, but this time we didn't," Glenn Payne said. "We were tired." After leaving the service station, Kris Payne drove while her husband and the children dozed. Kris talked to her son ... you open your heart and let him come in and reside today? 1. W. Herschel Ford, SIMPLE SERMONS FROM THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, Zondervan. 2. Contributed by Wade T. Burton. 3. William Barclay, THE MIND OF ST. PAUL, (New York: Harper ...
... or judgmental or intolerant. John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. There is an old story of a machinist years ago at the Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit who became a Christian and was baptized. He decided he needed to make restitution for some parts and tools ... page 137. 6. Anthony T. Evans, Tony Evans’ Book Of Illustrations (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2009). 7. Pastor Glenn Schwerdtfeger, http://maynardav.org/sermons/BaptismSermon.htm. 8. Don Hawks, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/why-we- ...
Submarine accidents are rare. Successful submarine rescues, unfortunately, are rarer still. The complex variables of depth, pressure, temperature, and time conspire to doom most trapped sailors. During one celebrated rescue attempt a message could be heard reverberating through the hull of a downed sub. It was tapped out in code from the inside, metal clanging against metal: Is there any hope? At the beginning of the twenty-first century the world is waiting for an answer to that question. Opinion guru ...
