... itself. Parenthood moves you from coasting in “Condition White” to living a “Condition Yellow” life. Long before Homeland Security instituted a color chart for national airport security alerts, Jeff Cooper devised a scale of “urban readiness,” of personal preparedness in all situations that he called the Color Code. Cooper suggests that there are four different levels of attentiveness, of mental alertness — white, yellow, orange, and red. As the colors intensify so does a person’s alertness ...
... third," he says. His brother says, "No way." Then he goes to Jesus to say, "Make him give me enough that I can barely live on. Make him cooperate with my desire to aggravate him." That's why Jesus says in response, "Man, you are trying to make me a judge and that is not my ... murky haze over the earth. Everyone who read that letter knew just how he felt about his sisters. No camouflage in Jeff. His life did not consist in the abundance of twilight activities or feelings. The gospel wants us to be rich toward ...
... and an enemy. In a war, it’s easy to tell who is on our side and who is not. But peace requires humility and communication and cooperation. It requires putting others’ needs before our own. The end goal in war is to conquer your enemy. The end goal in peace is to conquer ... -the-cheering-stopped. 5. “The unusual management style of one of the most highly rated CEOs in tech” by Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, August 10, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/08/10/the-unusual-management-style-of ...
... it before, but our Baptist friends have all the good stories about baptism. For example Pastor Jeff Walling tells about a lady who was baptized by immersion in a baptismal pool in her ... to live. 1. http://www.sermoncentral.com/illustrations/sermon-illustration-davon-huss-humor-baptism-6468.asp. 2. John Michael Talbot. Cited in Rodney L. Cooper, Holman New Testament Commentary, Mark: 2 (Kindle Edition). 3. Anthony T. Evans, Tony Evans’ Book Of Illustrations (Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2009). 4. http://www ...
