... glory days! Now there is something most of you probably missed in seeing that video. You thought the focus was on Hershel Walker, but the key to what you just saw was the offensive line. Not even Hershel Walker, the greatest college running back who ever lived, who happened to play for the greatest college football team, at the greatest university ... , p. 101. 6. Inspiring Quotations, compiled by Albert M. Wells, Jr., (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1988), p. 133. 7. Max Lucado, Just Like Jesus, p. 118.
... of us WOULD turn such persons away, but not God. "He who comes to me, I will not cast out." (Jn. 6:37) Max Lucado relates a touching, true story about a mother named Maria and her daughter, Christina. Maria and Christina lived in a poor village ... have to do to support herself in this cruel city Maria began with the bars, hotels, nightclubs, any place with a reputation for street walkers or prostitutes. She went to them all. And at each place she left her picture ” taped on a bathroom mirror, tacked to a ...
... forgiveness and grace are free for us, because they were pre-paid by Jesus Christ on a cross. That wonderful book by Max Lucado entitled, "No Wonder They Call Him Savior" would be worth its price if it contained nothing more than the story of ... that were unthinkable before. Knowing this, Maria began her search...bars, hotels, nightclubs, any place with a reputation for street walkers and prostitutes. At each place she left her picture--taped on a bathroom mirror, tacked to a hotel bulletin board, fastened ...
4. You Can Go Home Again
Luke 15:11-32
Illustration
Max Lucado
Longing to leave her poor Brazilian neighborhood, Christina wanted to see the world. Discontent with a home having only a pallet on the floor, a washbasin, and a wood-burning stove, she dreamed of a better life in the city. One morning she slipped away, breaking her mother's heart. Knowing what life on the streets would be like for her young, attractive daughter, Maria hurriedly packed to go find her. On her way to the bus stop she entered a drugstore to get one last thing. Pictures. She sat in the ...
