... . Merrill C. Tenney, NEW TESTAMENT TIMES (Grand Rapids, Mich.: William 4. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1965), 182. 5. Bruce Larson, THE COMMUNICATOR'S COMMENTARYLUKE (Word, Inc., 1983), 73. 6. Max Anders, Jesus, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995), p. 184. 7. By John Trent, about his mother. Compiled by Kathy Collard Miller and D. Larry Miller (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Starburst Publishers, 1996), 93-94. 8. THE COMMUNICATOR'S COMMENTARY, p. 45. 8. TODAY IN THE WORD, October, 1990, p. 28.
... . 3. "What's in a Name?" by Hanoch McCarty, A 4TH COURSE OF CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Hanoch McCarty, and Meladee McCarty (Deerfield Beach, Florida: Health Communications, Inc., 1997), 103-108. 4. GOD'S VITAMIN "C" FOR THE SPIRIT compiled by Kathy Collard Miller and D. Larry Miller (Lancaster, PA: Starburst Publishers, 1996).
... ), p. 49. 5. "In Praise of Black Mothers," by Laura B. Randolph, May 1998. 6. Dennis Prager in GOOD NEWS, July/Aug, 1993, quoted in CHRISTIANITY TODAY, Oct 25, 1993, p. 73. 7. Dave Barry, Book of Bad Songs. 8. "The Mommy Report," Sept. 1996, p. 62. 9. Kathy Collard Miller and D. Larry Miller, GOD'S VITAMIN "C" FOR THE SPIRIT (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Starburst Publishers, 1996), pp. 108-111.
... is not simply good advice. That is a command from God. 1. John Kramp, Getting Ahead by Staying Behind (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1997), p. 137. 2. Source unknown. 3. Jim Reapsome, Homemade. 4. Homemade, June, 1987. 5. Kathy Collard Miller and D. Larry Miller, God’s Vitamin “C” for the Spirit (Lancaster, PA: Starburst Publishers, 1996). 6. PreachingNow Vol. 3, No. 7, February 17, 2004. 7. Jerry Ruff, http://www.sumcnj.com/sermons/srm2003/Sermon07.13.03.htm. 8. Medical Economics (March 22 ...
... Harper and Rowe, 1971), p. 33. 3. John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew (Doubleday, 1991), p. 320. 4. Pastor Tim Zingale, http://www.dodgenet.com/~tzingale/sermonb/2adventsermon.html. 5. In God’s Vitamin “C” for Men, compiled by D. Larry Miller (Lancaster, Pa: Starburst Publishers, 1996), pp. 67-68. 6. http://www.lectionary.org/Sermons/McLarty/Matthew/Matt%2001.18-25,%20FaithfulJoseph.htm. 7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_are_the_World. Cited in Eddie Jones, My Father’s Business: 30 Inspirational Stories ...
... , “Why not make it 33 years?” The reason he was willing to add three years to his sentence was that 33 was Larry Bird’s jersey number. Amazingly, the judge granted Torpy’s request. However, after serving the first few years of his sentence, Torpy wasn ... billboards to Mother Teresa’s honor all over that vast sea of poverty the world calls Calcutta. “Her sermons,” says Miller, “. . . were not reputed to be great. It was her life that called for transformation and conversion.” (8) I hope, as ...
... managed this life I’ve given you.” How would you answer? Have you been a wise manager of this life God gifted you? Dan Miller is a career coach and best-selling author. He tells of receiving an application for coaching services from a 40-year-old teacher who wrote on ... security or respect, we will fail to fulfill the purpose God made us for. In his book Shattered Dreams, psychotherapist Larry Crabb writes, “The highest dream we could ever dream, the wish that if granted would make us happier than any ...
... , a more desperate feeling than having one of your children become critically ill? Is there ever a time darker than that? Albert Miller is a Lutheran pastor in Houston, Texas. His son, Dale, had been killed in an automobile accident. Now one day a colleague ... responded: "I'm the coach, and I will call the plays." Then Jones turned to the other players and said: "Get the ball to Larry, and get out of his way." (5) That is basically our message for today. When those times of terror come ” when it seems the ...
... Barrie's example as well. Barkley says he's no role model. In fairness to Charles, another basketball great, Larry Bird, said essentially the same thing. Bird said that children's parents ought to be their role models. Unfortunately, many ... in Nickerson, Kansas, a blunt man called out, "No use runnin', kid. He's gone." Smith's father was a skilled mechanic and flour miller, and was highly respected in their little village, so every business in town closed down for his funeral. The day after the funeral, ...
10. The Road to Success Is Bumpy
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Dan Miller
You may have heard the story of how Walt Disney arrived in Los Angeles with forty dollars in his pocket and experienced bankruptcy multiple times before Mickey Mouse arrived to save the day. Mr. Disney and never-say-die entrepreneurs like him recognize that three steps forward and two steps back still have a net result of one step of progress. Michael Bloomberg (former mayor of New York City), Larry King (former talk show host), Bernie Marcus (Home Depot founder), and even Rush Limbaugh all got fired along ...