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Mark 1:21-28

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Robert J. Elder

... , and decided to set as his life's goal the ridding of slavery from every Quaker home. Now, lots of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century people became involved in this issue on one side or the other, each claiming authority for their position. But this was John Woolman's method: he did not launch a protest movement or organize a political party or seek to force others to his way of thinking through legislation. He simply got on his horse and set out to visit every Quaker homestead along the Eastern seaboard ...

2. Proper 22

Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, Lamentations 1:1-22, Psalm 137:1-9

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William E. Keeney

... two weeks later was signed into law by the Crown. After that Wilberforce worked until 1824 for the full emancipation of the slaves. In March of that year he addressed Parliament on behalf of freedom and left Parliament the following year. B. John Woolman (1720-1772) was a Quaker and an abolitionist. He helped lay the spiritual foundation for the abolition movement. He was convinced that the slaveowners suffered as much from slavery as the slave. He tried to appeal to the conscience of the owners. Largely ...

3. Make Way For Poets Of The Heart

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James Angell

... the discipline for discipline's sake? That sounds hostile. And shouldn't be - after my own spirit-shaping experiences of reading (in addition to Seven-Story Mountain), Thomas Kelly's Testament Of Devotion, John Woolman's Journal, Luther's A Simple Way To Pray, The Ladder Of Devotion by Caspar Calvor, the writings of John Watson, the Scriptures themselves. My inner life has been made indescribably rich by encounters with God in places other than a room full of pews. Yet there is a connectionalism here that ...

4. The Wise Men: Going Home Another Way

Matthew 2:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... during Christmas, is going through the mail to gather all the greetings from friends, far and near. Most meaningful are the personal notes added to the cards. That is how it happened - you remember to Peter, James, and John: He came to them while they were fishing and to Matthew as he collected taxes. John Woolman, a tailor, was sewing buttons on a suit when God spoke to him. He came to a journalist, well-known for his disdain of religion as he held his firstborn son in his arms and was overwhelmed with ...

5. The Meek

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John A. Terry

Psalm 37:1-11Matthew 5:1-12 This is not the beatitude of anyone claiming "I am the greatest." In fact, like all the other beatitudes, we have to wonder how practical these words are. What business could survive being meek? This is not a slogan you are likely to find above the door to the Stoc_esermonsk Exchange on Wall Street. Meekness will not win the play-off series between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls. We tend to think of the meek as the casualties, not as the winners. "Miserable are the ...

6. The Meek

Psalm 37:1-40

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John A. Terry

This is not the beatitude of anyone claiming "I am the greatest." In fact, like all the other beatitudes, we have to wonder how practical these words are. What business could survive being meek? This is not a slogan you are likely to find above the door to the Stock Exchange on Wall Street. Meekness will not win the play-off series between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls. We tend to think of the meek as the casualties, not as the winners. "Miserable are the meek, because they get trampled upon." ...

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