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Leonard Sweet
... into the Scriptures you discover a new source of traction. Bible study is not an exercise for kids in Sunday school. As we wade through the deepest puddles in life, it is the words of our ancestors we recall, the prayers we prayed, the stories of ... am I. Neither are you. Neither is any of us. (Martha Beck, Expecting Adam [London: Piatkus, 2004], 317, as referenced in John W. De Gruchy, Confessions of a Christian Humanist (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006), 5-6. You can sizzle-when-it-drizzles; you can live ...
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Wayne H. Keller
... 1:1-18, using selected passages to drive home the reality of Christ, the living Word. Response "O Come, All Ye Faithful," John Francis Wade (c. 1740-1743); trans. Frederick Oakeley, 1841; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906. CELEBRATING THE ACT OF FORGIVENESS Introduction to the Act of Recognizing Our Humanity From W. H. Auden's Christmas Oratorio, "For the Time Being," is this remark of one of the characters: "I like committing crimes (sins). God likes forgiving them. Really, the world is admirably arranged ...
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Stan Purdum
... we learned a little about Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, John Edwards. One of the things we heard was that the Edwardses had a lost their son, Wade. At sixteen years of age, this promising young man was killed in an auto accident ... s name, we find meaning and purpose, and even the strength we need for whatever comes next. 1. By D. W. Cordes and N. J. Doherty. 2. A. Kingsley Weatherhead, Leslie Weatherhead: A Personal Portrait (Nashville: Abingdon, 1975), pp. 244-245 ...
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King Duncan
... concerns a time when he was baptizing new converts in a river. He would wade out waist-deep into the water and call out for new Christians to come ... about thirty years of age, he hears a call in his heart and he answers that call by being baptized by John. And as he comes out of the water he has a climactic experience. The heavens open and he sees the ... p. 193. 2. Contributed by Eric Hulstrand, Binford, North Dakota. 3. James W. Moore, STANDING ON THE PROMISES OR SITTING ON THE PREMISES (Nashville: Dimensions ...
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Richard Gribble
... God Restores Hope In 1935 Bill W. and Dr. Bob lived on the ... trust were rewarded with the renewed health of his son. Jesus' action is more than a miracle; it is an act of hope. John says that Jesus realized that the people of Galilee would not esteem him. Yet, the Lord returned to the area of his ... provision of water is brought to mind in today's first reading from the prophet Ezekiel. The Prophet is asked to wade in the water. As it rises he begins to see the power that is present in the stream that becomes a ...
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Eric Ritz
... once said, "The Bible is like a stream in which elephants must swim and lambs may wade." This is especially true of this passage. As a Boy Scout, I twice had the privilege ... found in Paul''s ancient writing that we read today and the experience of John Howard Griffin are EMPTYING and IDENTIFYING. When we can identify with another, we know ... mind, attitude, and example of Christ, the Lord, rather than Caesar, the King. Warren W. Wierbse writes, "It would be worthwhile to contrast Christ''s attitude with that of ...
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J. Howard Olds
In John Updike's novel, Rabbit Run, Harry and Janice, the ... bases loaded, two outs and the pitcher throws in a strike,— that is a good delivery. A good delivery is a word spoken on a Sunday morning to someone wading through despair. I pray Sunday after Sunday, Lord, help me hear your words and not just say my words. That is a good delivery. What is it you want God ... Forget (New York: Harper and Row, 1984) 2. James W. Moore, Some Things Are Too Good Not To Be True (Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1994)
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James W. Moore
A few years ago Mark Trotter told a true story about a man in New York City who was kidnapped. His kidnappers called his wife and asked for $100,000 ransom. She talked them down to $30,000. The story had a happy ending: the man returned home unharmed, the money was recovered, and the kidnappers were caught and sent to jail. But, don’t you wonder what happened when the man got home and found that his wife got him back for a discount? Calvin Trillin wrote about this incident. He imagined out loud what the ...
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James W. Moore
A few years ago Mark Trotter told a true story about a man in New York City who was kidnapped. His kidnappers called his wife and asked for $100,000 ransom. She talked them down to $30,000. The story had a happy ending: the man returned home unharmed, the money was recovered, and the kidnappers were caught and sent to jail. But, don’t you wonder what happened when the man got home and found that his wife got him back for a discount? Calvin Trillin wrote about this incident. He imagined out loud what the ...
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