... low! A Christmas crèche is worthless without the figurine of the Christ child. That’s the centerpiece, the most important part. Suddenly, Roberta realized that she was just like that Christmas crèche. She was going through that whole Christmas season without making Jesus the centerpiece ... news of that year was not the battles that were fought, but the babies that were born: William Gladstone, for example, one of the finest statesmen that England ever produced. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the extraordinary ...
... for all eternity for some thoughtless words? Gracious! Does the punishment fit the crime? Listen to that wise old New Testament scholar, William Barclay: All these gradations of punishment are not to be taken literally. What Jesus is saying here is this: "In the old ... Quoted by Peter J. Blackburn, http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/pblackburn/sermons/pbcomm06.htm 4. William Barclay, The Daily Study Bible, CD-ROM edition (Liguori, MO: Liguori Faithware, 1996) used by permission of Westminster/John Knox Press 5. Psalm 14:1 6 ...
... man. He was so nice, but you found out he became a transvestite, moved to another city and changed his name from Robert to Roberta. And what about your friend at the club? He shot and killed himself last month. Why suicide?\n All of these people are manifesting ... to "put on the new nature, which is being renewed ... after the image of its creator" (Colossians 3:10). If you had William Shakespeare inside you, you could write some fine plays. If Winston Churchill could live in you, what speeches you could make! ...
... and do in its worship, witness, fellowship, and service was infused and informed by evangelism. I like Archbishop William Temple's definition of evangelism: “Evangelism is the winning of persons to acknowledge Christ as their Savior and ... it was by reading the book. Let me read you one of the stories. “I shall never forget Easter Sunday 1992 – the day that Roberta Langella gave her dramatic testimony, as I recounted in chapter 3. A homeless man was standing in the back of the church, listening intently ...
