... difficult hands and who bring victory out of circumstance that would defeat many others. Some of you know the story of Terry Fox. Terry Fox was just nineteen years old when, in 1976, he contracted bone cancer. His right leg was amputated just a few months later ... and each of us has the opportunity to share in God's good work. 1. Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Express. Cited by Rick Broadhead, Dear Valued Customer, You Are a Loser (Kansas City: Andrew McMeel Publishing, 2004), pp. 134-135. 2. "A Handful of Nails ...
... this room today with more anxiety than gratitude and you do not even see the contradiction. Rick Majerus, the much respected but somewhat portly basketball coach compares his worries to the economy: "Hey, my hairline is ... heart had time to mellow. Thanksgiving, 1968, came. My spirit had begun to soften and my ears were open and once again I was thankful. No more fox hunts for me, but I was home from the hospital with my family. After dinner, in our usual tradition, Dad stood up, and through his tears ...
... this stranger is, the risen Christ. But Cleopus and company don't. "Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and have no access to FOX or CNN?...Are you the only one who does not know about Jesus in whom we had such hopes?" And then they prattle on ... . But don't forget to keep your eyes open no matter where you might be. In his wonderful book Open Secrets, Rick Lischer, who teaches preaching at Duke Divinity School, tells about his experiences as a newly ordained Lutheran pastor in southern Illinois, including ...
... Will Smith, Linkin Park, Bon Jovi, Dave Matthews Band, and Sarah McLachlan. But behind the Live-8 stage there were the likes of Rick Warren, Chris Tucker, Jars of Clay, Maria Bello, Melissa Fitzgerald and Reverend David Beckman of Bread for the World. From a global ... new world was this one: "Doctrine divides/Service unites." Whether doctrinally you followed Luther, Calvin or Wesley, Knox or Fox, those who clasped hands and walked together in action to serve the needs of others found they could accomplish ...
... preparations was salt in their own emotional wounds. It is significant that they laid him in a borrowed grave. Jesus said on one occasion, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head” (Luke 9:58). He owned no property ... is brighter than it has ever been before. 1. John A. Huffman Jr., http://www.preaching.com/sermons/11600669/. 2. Rick Renner, Paid in Full (Teach All Nations Publishers, 2008). 3. Alain De Botton, Status Anxiety (Vintage). 4. Dr. Dan L. Flanagan ...
