... its first relentless assault on the race. There was "brother trouble" when Cain killed his brother Abel. In Genesis 4: 7, we have this stark warning: "Sin is crouching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it." So, the story is simply told, ... talent...and must be measured by unequal standards." Dunning is right in particular -- but there's also a general truth that transcends the Pete Rose saga. It has to do with who we are intended to be as persons -- children of God. And the story of our ...
... own death by crucifixion. While it is possible to romanticize the cross today, the analogy of cross to discipleship would have been stark and sobering for Jesus’ hearers.3 Matthew 16:24–26 will repeat and elaborate on the ideas of following Jesus, carrying one’ ... attempt to bring the gospel to the Huaorani tribe in eastern Ecuador. Before leaving on their mission, the five missionaries (Pete Fleming, Ed McCully, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, and Jim Elliot) sang the hymn “We Rest on Thee.” The lyric ...
