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1. Desire Obscures Knowledge

Luke 16:19-31

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John G. Lynch

Many years ago a missionary returned from India. He noted a big difference between the Jewish-Christian religious tradition and that of the Hindus. The Hindu scriptures encourage the stifling of all desire. The god Krishna says, "Kill the enemy menacing you in the form of desire. Desire obscures knowledge like dirt in a mirror."

2. Desires Bring Hope

Luke 16:19-31

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John G. Lynch

An old man died in a Manhattan brownstone some years ago. No one in the neighborhood knew much about him. Some neighbors thought he was odd and eccentric. Most ignored him altogther. Just a silly recluse, they said. When he died the newspapers sent a reporter to his brownstone home. Inside they found newspapers and magazines stacked to the ceilings. Narrow corridors wound in a maze throughout the ...

3. Hate Your Mother And Father?

Luke 14:25-35

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John G. Lynch

For many years American children sat down after supper each evening to snap on their radio dials. Sometimes they heard a sepulchre, Peter Lorre voice from a man named Raymond tell them about the "Inner Sanctum." On those nights America's children were scared. On other nights they waited with untrammeled glee until a man named McGee opened a closet door and years of clutter crashed to the living ro...

4. Tell Me About the Spitfires!

Luke 10:38-42

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John G. Lynch

During World War II the Royal Air Force flew Danny's favorite plane of all time: the Spitfire. Watching those things fly all over the RKO newsreels the young boy came to believe they were dauntless. If a pilot flew a Spitfire, Danny thought, he would always hit his target, and he would always return home. One day the British Consul from Minneapolis came to Danny's town to visit. Danny's dad was c...

5. The Better Part

Luke 10:38-42

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John G. Lynch

6. The Narrow Gate

Luke 13:22-30

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John G. Lynch

One long, shadowy afternoon, when the light was more smoke than light, a young American of Russian descent wandered along a canal in Leningrad, searching for the Palace of Prince Yarosof, where the monk Rasputin had been killed. Leningrad in winter is not a cheery place. The sun rises late in the morning and sets about 4 p.m. Daylight, always weak and wintry, never rises above a sinister haze. In ...

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