... ranger slipped in and managed to get the drop on Jorge. With a pistol to his head, he said, “I know who you are, Jorge Rodriguez, and I’ve come to get back all the money that you’ve stolen from the banks of Texas. Unless you give it to me, ... suffered before.” You see, that’s something new - a Savior who voluntarily suffers. God alone knows all that he did on the cross. But Paul was certain and so can we be - that the curse of condemnation that belongs to us was taken by Christ. My mind and my heart ...
... you, on the Day of Judgment you will render account for every careless word you utter." And the apostle Paul admonished Timothy, "Avoid godless chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge." We need to control the tongue ... behind the stone. Tell him quickly before he kills me!" The translator turned to the Texas Ranger, and said in perfect English, "George Rodriguez is a very brave man. He said he is not afraid to die." Communication is so important -- and to really communicate, we must ...
... he will find all of the money I have stolen." The Texas ranger said, "What did he say?" The translator with a shrug of his shoulder said, "Jorge Rodriguez is a brave man. He said, ‘Go ahead and shoot big mouth, I'm not telling you where the money is.'" What you don't know can kill ... Lord Jesus Christ, is because they insist that a human righteousness is all that is needed to be right with God. Paul said of them in Rom. 10:3, "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own ...
... In matters of the heart, Judith Viorst distinguishes between infatuation and love. She writes, "Infatuation is when you think he's as gorgeous as Robert Redford, as pure as Solzhenitsyn, as funny as Woody Allen, as athletic as Alex Rodriguez and as smart as Albert Einstein. Love is when you realize that he's as gorgeous as Woody Allen, as smart as Alex Rodriguez, as funny as Solzhenitsyn, as athletic as Albert Einstein and nothing like Robert Redford in any category but you'll take him anyway." Paul Pearl,
The Island of Rodriguez in the Pacific Ocean, not that far from Zanzibar, has mainly managed to stay out of the notice of history, if history ... ." Calling upon the example of Job, Anna differentiates between a God who sends suffering and one who permits it. "No matter what happens to us, we are within his loving care. Our Lord suffered. Paul's thorn in the flesh was never taken away. We may suffer. If we trust him, the suffering will never be useless." And then there's this: "No one is ever useless to God. ...
... say, "Give me a break." What kind of person is Christ seeking--wimps for Jesus? Then we turn to Paul's words in I Corinthians, the first chapter. They are just as discouraging to those who believe that life is about power and accomplishment. Paul writes: "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath ... . 3. "What an Honor" by Dr. Robert R. Kopp, Dec. 17, 2000 p. 7. 4. "Dennis Rogers: A Modern-day Samson," by Richard Rodriguez, PENTECOSTAL EVANGEL, May 19, 1996, p. 16.
