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Billy D. Strayhorn
... important to us. The Voice of the Shepherd Protects Us. And by listening to The Voice of the Shepherd, He helps us choose. About 4 years ago, Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, offered WGN Chicago Radio sports-talk host David Kaplan $50,000 to change his name legally to "Dallas Maverick." When Kaplan politely declined, Cuban sweetened the offer. Cuban would pay Kaplan $100,000 and donate $100,000 to Kaplan's favorite charity if he took the name for one year. After some soul searching, and ...
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King Duncan
... golfer and caddies, or a behind-the scenes tour of Conan O’Brien’s show with Conan himself as your tour guide. In the past, CharityBuzz has offered exclusive experiences like dinner and courtside tickets to a Dallas Mavericks game with Mark Cuban, attending a Hollywood movie premiere with Denzel Washington, a private meeting with soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo before one of his games. You can even bid on a personalized lullaby sung to you by the children’s musical group, The Wiggles. (1 ...
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James Merritt
... Cuban, Alfredo Duvergel, 15 to 5. His coach and father told him his only hope was a knockout. Thirty-six seconds into that last round, as the Cuban was wading in to finish him off, he sent a right hand that landed flush on the cheekbone and nose of that Cuban ... words what the entire book of Joshua is all about: claiming Canaan. Now there is a misunderstanding about Canaan. Many have marked Canaan as a picture of heaven. Our songs have contributed to this misunderstanding. For example: "I am bound for the ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... and win ten persons to Christ. When he’s done that, he can come back and talk about ministry. I put that passion of the Cuban church alongside the fact that 95% of North American Christians will not lead a single person to Christ in their lifetime and I cry, “Lord, help ... That’s the “end” we must keep in mind. Both mainline and evangelical churches have missed this to a marked degree. Forgive my blatant generality – but register the truth that is here. The liberal mainline church pays little ...
5. Sandbox First, Soapbox Second
Mark 1:29-34, Mark 1:35-39
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Leonard Sweet
... cut off from all outside influences and are genuinely alone? Actual aloneness is about as available as imported glacier water, volcanic artesian water, and Cuban cigars. It is a commodity you can get — but only at a very high price. So why is it so many of us ... get out of town” he would be compelled to have risen early and wandered far. This is only one of three instances where Mark describes Jesus being in prayer (see also 6;46 and 14:32-42). Jesus’ solitary sojourn for this time of prayer reflects his ...
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King Duncan
... , the writer encourages us to “throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and . . . [to] run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” That’s the first thing we need to see. The heroes of the Bible were not perfect, but God did not ... of the 1904 Olympic Games. There was a representative of Cuba in those games. His name was Felix Carvajal. Felix was a Cuban postman who decided that his duties as a mailman had prepared him for the Olympic marathon race. Since Cuba had no ...
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Larry Powell
... gin provided all the farmers, compliments of Garrett's Snuff. "Hey, I had more than that," I informed him after seeing the weight he had marked by my name. "No you didn't, big boy," he assured me. "That little poke won't hold much anyway." I knew better. There must have ... fifty-block area, voodoo is practiced regularly. Another cult has at least 10,000 followers. They are, of course, Cuban-Americans who have brought their religion with them - another grim reminder that we are not in total control. Monumental ...
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Raymond Gibson
... cross when the sun dimmed and death’s dark hell approached and he cried out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34). There were those moments when Jesus knew the turmoil of heart which we feel today as we, too, seek to be faithful, to ... in our congregation shared a letter with me which she had received from a Christian friend who lives in Florida, near where the Cuban refugees are flooding ashore. Part of that letter included these words: As I write you tonight, I must say that I have ...
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King Duncan
... that. He resolved to put her away quietly. Joseph's emotions remind me of something that happened to Mark Maurer of Hilton Head, South Carolina. For some reason Mark was in the doghouse with his wife. He wanted to make amends so he ordered her some flowers ... love and trust. How fortunate people are who experience that kind of relationship. Some of you are old enough to remember the Cuban missile crisis some 35 years ago. A story in the New York Times gives us an interesting footnote to that crisis. "Some ...
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Robert Bachelder
... of rich and poor nations do not reveal striking differences in self-reported happiness. Egyptians are as happy as West Germans. Cubans are as happy as Americans. The things of this world are powerless to bring us happiness. Worse still, they may even ... , though, must have thought to himself: What will happen to this poor man if I do not help him? This, I think, is the mark of people who lay up treasure in heaven. They are willing to risk themselves for others, even as God himself became vulnerable by taking ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... the story of a fellow preacher who visited Cuba over a decade ago. He was driven from the airport by a young Cuban minister who had just graduated from the seminary. Most of the clergy in that country fled during the oppressive persecution of Castro, ... new student. It wasn’t long until his attitude and his grades began to improve dramatically. He finished fifth grade with high marks and Miss Thompson knew he’d be a good student from then on. Well, seven years later, Miss Thompson received a letter ...
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