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John 14:5-14

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Leonard Sweet

... just might save the church. Introduction: The high fashion industry is organized according to houses. · House of Dior · House of Valentino · House of Versace · House of Givenchy · House of Gucci · House of Jean Paul Gaultier · House of Faberge · House of Ralph Lauren · House of Pierre Cardin For the hoi-polloi, the common people, there are surrogate fashion houses: like Martha's World at K-Mart, or Michael Graves at Target. "Michael Graves Targets Everyman." Companies are trying to become more like ...

2. The Path of Integrity

Drama

William Grimbol

... . What a horrible image ... what an absurd analogy ... what an offensive concept, to go through life needing only a pinch of leaven. Maybe if they could make it designer unleavened bread, then the idea might sell, it might have a viable market. Ralph Lauren unleavened bread. Pierre Cardin unleavened bread. Bill Blass unleavened bread. It just might work. READER 2 What Paul was trying to teach, was that Christ’s own life and ministry was a symbol of the unleavened life. Think about it ... the starkness ...

3. Rags and Robes

Micah 1:1-7; 2:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... and our money to homeless shelters and community food pantries - it means responding to homeless people as people, with a sincerity of interest and genuine concern. Unless we do, we shall ourselves wear rags spiritually and emotionally, even while wearing Ralph Lauren robes and Calvin Klein jeans. During a series of bitter textile factory strikes in the late 19th century, the Massachusetts sweatshop workers united themselves and their plea for decent wages and human dignity under one of the most compelling ...

4. Mixing Up the Old With the New

John 10:11-18

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

... the new and the past with the current must also have caused some eyebrows to be raised. Can you imagine what most conservative Christians today would say if some artist painted a portrait depicting Joseph in a pair of Gap jeans, Mary wearing Ralph Lauren blouse, and the magi in snappy suits from Armani?! There would almost surely be an outcry. You should not import the holy, sacred images of Scripture into a contemporary setting like that. It creates confusion, doesn't seem terribly respectful. And anyway ...

5. It’s Sunday…But Friday’s Comin’

Mark 11:1-11 · John 12:12-16

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Timothy W. Ayers

... story before and maybe you thought like I did that this is the exact opposite of the story of Good Friday. Because this was Sunday, Palm Sunday, and Good Friday’s coming. All the people were waving palms, throwing their cloaks, coats, wraps and Ralph Lauren sweaters on the pathway before Christ. It looked like someone had emptied the Salvation Army shed into the streets. People were cheering, “Hosanna, hosanna. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” The crowds ran to the palm trees and cut ...

6. The Secret Of Our Confidence

2 Timothy 1:11-12

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Bill Bouknight

... I was a college junior, just 19 years old. I was invited to be a summer pastor for a little church in Laurens, South Carolina. Their appointed pastor could not arrive until September. I was scared to death. Volumes could be written about what I ... has wonderful and mysterious ways of pulling us out of trouble and keeping us secure in him. For that I am so thankful. In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Journal, there is a tender section where Emerson reflects painfully on the tragic death of his little son, Waldo. In his ...

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