... hero? THERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE HEROES IN OUR WORLD. There ARE people who live courageous lives, compassionate lives, meaningful lives. Senator Barbara Jordan was such a person. Jordan had a trail blazing career as the first woman and the only black person so far to represent the state of Texas ... THAT HONOR GOD (Elgin, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co., 1990). 7. C. Neil Strait, PASTOR . . . BE ENCOURAGED (Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1996). 8. Max Anders, Jesus (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995), p ...
... Bible is like a stream that flows from Eden, then on to the Red Sea where God saved the children of Israel, then to the Jordan where Jesus was baptized, and on to the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus called his first disciples, and then into our lives as we ... God's leading? Many of us need to go to our knees more often than we do. I read a humorous item recently about Neil Marten, a member of the British Parliament. Marten was once giving a group of his constituents a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament. ...
... pin-striped wizards are finding the only ones left with the Midas touch are making mufflers. Two-trillion. Wow. Mike O'Neil of Kalam, Washington, is a heavy equipment operator. A little while back, he ran his bulldozer right over his own car ... would make either one of them big time losers, if anyone cared to think that way. But no one does. Do you remember that Michael Jordan Nike commercial a couple of years ago showing this nine-time All-Star, four-time MVP, two-time Olympic gold medalist, this once-in-a- ...
... . He says to the Church, you are to go out in faith, like those lepers. And you come back in thanksgiving. One of Neil Morgan's columns this week in the Union-Tribune was about fall in San Diego. He wrote of it eloquently, describing what it is ... named Elisha, who can heal him. He goes to Elisha, humbles himself, asks to be healed. Elisha says, "Go jump in the river (the river Jordan, that is), seven times and you will be healed." He does it, and he is healed. Now get this. He comes back to Elisha, ...
... was one bad dude. He was King Kong and the Terminator rolled into one, only with an attitude. He made Shaquille O'Neil look like a little boy. No wonder the Israelites were shaking in their shoes. Every morning for forty days, the Philistines came ... he went and confronted the Philistine warrior, Goliath. It was Gumby verses Godzilla. It was like MacCauley Culkin challenging Michael Jordan to a game of basketball for the NBA championship. Goliath was both amused and offended. There was Goliath decked out ...