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Luke 16:1-15

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King Duncan

... . By his own admission, he wasn’t strong enough to dig, and he was ashamed to beg. What was he going to do? He hatched himself a plan. He would call in his master’s debtors and discount their debts, thereby making friends for himself that might do him ... not get into action even to help themselves. They have to have someone else motivate them to do what they know needs doing. Pastor Richard Stetler tells about two men whom he calls Jim and Bob who worked in the same division at AT&T Wireless. Both of these ...

2. Determined Discipleship

1 Timothy 6:11-21

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King Duncan

... and yearling heifers in the back of a Chevrolet Chevette. That meant loading a cow of up to 600 pounds through the rear hatch of a tiny, tiny car. You have to admire their determination. Those rustlers were willing to work hard for what they stole! ... said to win a Nobel Prize was no big deal. But to win it with an I.Q. of 124 that was something." (2) That is something. Richard Feynman did not let an average I.Q. hold him back. He took hold of the opportunities that life presented him and gave his best. He ...

3. A Higher Calling

Mark 1:14-20

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King Duncan

... then there are about forty percent who are of the hatched, matched and dispatched variety. That is, they are here when they need to be baptized, married and finally buried--hatched, matched and dispatched--but they couldn’t be much more ... are familiar with the name Charles Colson. Chuck Colson was, at one time, a power player in Washington politics, a member of President Richard Nixon’s inner circle. He was one of Nixon’s most enthusiastic “hatchet men.” Those who knew him best described him as a ...

4. The Resurrected Jesus Is Vindicated by God and Given All Authority

Matthew 28:1-10, Matthew 28:11-15, Matthew 28:16-20

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Jeannine K. Brown

... (cf. 21:23; 26:3, 47; 27:1, 12). They bribe the soldiers to falsely attribute Jesus’ missing body to a plot hatched by his disciples. 28:15 And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day. With this comment, Matthew ... 9 Jesus, as universal king and Lord, promises his presence to his followers and is worthy of their worship. Quote: Richard Fox provides an interesting, alternate perspective on the commonplace question “What would Jesus do?” Evangelical Protestants like to ask ...

5. Acceptance: The Keynote

Ruth 2:1-23

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... the saints proclaim: "Those whom God hath joined together let not man put asunder!" In When Love Unites the Church, Richard M. Lawless, a Roman Catholic who married an Episcopalian, says, "From couples like ourselves is coming an important force for ... provides a prelude to a wider and more optimistic view of Christ and his church. We are brought to one closing thought. An Anglican, Edwin Hatch, gives to us its shape. In 1878 he wrote: Breathe on me, breath of God; Fill me with life anew, That I may love what ...

6. Hill Climbing

Psalm 121:1-8

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King Duncan

... Buttons was exaggerating, of course. But it does seem sometimes that, when times are bad, problems just keep coming. Former President Richard M. Nixon wrote a book titled Six Crises. One day when he was autographing Six Crises at a bookstore, he asked ... some 30 years ago titled, Are You My Mother? Some of you probably grew up with this book. It’s the story of a baby bird hatched while its mother is away searching for food. When it realizes that “mom” is missing it sets off in a quest to find her. On the ...

7. Waking the Giant

Acts 2:1-13

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King Duncan

... Prayer was at the heart of the church’s life from the very beginning. It reminds me of a comment that Lawrence O. Richards once made. He noted that sponge diving is a major business in his area of the country. Divers are attached to an oxygen line ... giant when we recapture our original purpose. What is our purpose? Someone has said the church is a place where people are hatched, matched and dispatched that is, where people are baptized, married and buried. Is that our purpose? I don’t think so. David ...

8. Week Four Of Lent

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Richard Gribble

Monday Week FourIsaiah 65:17-21John 4:43-54 God Restores Hope In 1935 Bill W. and Dr. Bob lived on the fringes of society. They were drunks spending their nights and many days drinking away the cares of life. Both men needed someone who could help them to regain their dignity and self-worth. They found that special person in each other. The story of the sobriety and recovery to productivity of these two men is the story of the beginnings of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), an international organization which ...

9. Week Two Of Lent

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Richard Gribble

Reflections:Week Two Of Lent Monday Week TwoDaniel 9:4-10Luke 6:36-38 The Compassion Of God Joseph Girzone, the popular author, tells the following story in his parable Joshua And The Children.1 Over a hundred years ago in France, a butler attached to a wealthy family knew where the family kept all their money, hidden in a vault underneath their chateau. The butler methodically plotted to kill everyone in the family and steal the money. One night when everyone was asleep, he crept into the house and first ...

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