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Luke 9:18-27

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... his faith was that he would be "raised" from the dead, and then the time would be at hand for his followers to open their mouths and tell the world what God had done for all people in Jesus Christ. In his book, Ambition: The Secret Passion, Joseph Epstein, editor of The American Scholar, discusses the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and points out that he went from early success to a second phase where he sold himself out to Hollywood, drank too much and spent too much, and died at forty-three. But after death ...

2. They Grow Up Fast

Luke 2:41-52

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Mark Trotter

... Father's business." It means to know that you are supposed to live a significant life. Your life is supposed to make a difference. It should make a difference that you lived. You should have the courage to take the risks that will make that happen. Joseph Epstein wrote a wonderful essay on the difference between role models and heroes. He said role models are people I am inspired to imitate. We talk about the importance of role models in our time, when there are classes of people, groups of people, who have ...

3. From Envy to Gratitude

Matthew 20:1-16

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J. Howard Olds

... what, and the grumbling and the griping happens. “How come I'm not making more than they are? I know I agreed to a denarius a day but, good Lord, a man works only one hour and he gets the same. There's something wrong with that." Joseph Epstein in his book on envy says academia is more heavily laden with envy than any other institution on earth. If you want to smell envy in the air, just visit Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. Will Willimon wrote his most recent book on the seven deadly sins, talking about ...

4. A Pep Talk for a New Year

Matthew 2:13-23

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... story: we can move forward in faith and confidence no matter how difficult our circumstances look because God is with us. Notice how Joseph responded each time an angel of the Lord came to him. He obeyed immediately. Even when he was afraid. Even when God’s ... -2020-serve-pandemic-time-capsule. 5. "How to Survive a Doomsday Cult" Slate interview by David Epstein with Hannah Stott and Michael Slate.com March 4, 2021, https://slate.com/transcripts/VmtWczRQTTgwYXdIZVNWOFJaM2lJN3JUYTU4bTgzK3dDbGJSeWt4NjcxTT0. In ...

5. Apples, Onions, and Cheese

Mark 7:1-23, Mark 7:24-30

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Lori Wagner

... as to appease the warring nation. And there are so many other Jews who married foreigners for these reasons and others: Abraham and Keturah, Judah and Bat-Shua, Joseph and Asenat, Moses and Tzipporah, David and Maacah, Ruth and Boaz, to name a few. So when the Shechemite asks Jacob for his daughter’s hand, Jacob agrees, ... Paradox of Biblical Intermarriage. Stanley Ned Rosenbaum. And The History of Judaism. Salo Wittmayer Baron. “Conversion History” by Lawrence Epstein. Myjewishlearning.com ***jwa.org

6. The Messed Up

John 4:1-26

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James Merritt

... whether DECCA would sign them or not and finally their manager got this now famous response. “Not to mince words, Mr. Epstein, but we don’t like your boys’ sound. Groups are out, four-piece bands with guitars particularly are finished.” That ... had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.” ...

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