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Isaiah 11:1-9

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... that in this version of the prophecy, it is not the lion that shall dwell with the lamb. Rather, it is the wolf. The lion is with the calf…."and the fatling together" (whatever the fatling is). Except recent Hebrew scholarship suggests a mistranslation here ... fascinates biblical scholars and theologians, but is of lesser interest to congregants. Concerning Isaiah 11:6-8 of R. B. Y. Scott writes: "The state of peace and well-being to follow is symbolized by the idyllic picture of wild beasts and dangerous reptiles ...

2. Jesus, The One And Only

Philippians 2:5-11

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James Merritt

... , and half dog. As a puppy, White Fang was treacherously abused by his cruel master. He was kicked, beaten, and half starved to death. After several years of abuse, he found his way to a new master named Weeden Scott. In the story of White Fang there is a tremendous section where the wolf-dog undergoes an amazing transformation from an old life to a new life. It is as if that great animal had a change of heart. You see, White Fang was very fond of chickens and on one occasion he raided a chicken-roost and ...

3. The Other Ninety-nine

Luke 15:1-7

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John G. Lynn

... off. They did not leave the flock. They were driven out. Jesus, going after them, did not leave the 99 in the sheepfold where the wolf could not enter in. Nor did he secure them in a rich pasture. He abandoned them in a desert where wolves ran wild and no ... who sometimes plays with us in a friendly manner to tease us. At such times Luther liked to read, pray and sing psalms. When Scott came back to Linda, they prayed together. She took her son in her arms and held him so tightly he felt she would never ...

4. A Perfect World

Isaiah 11:1-16

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King Duncan

... vision: "A shoot shall come up from the stump of Jesse," he writes, "from his roots a Branch will bear fruit." Then he adds, "The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat . . . ." Why will all this occur? Because "the earth will be ... has heard in 23 years on the force. The police investigated and later that day, Greene, 33, and her boyfriend, Christoper Scott Davis, 21, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit first degree murder. (3) A perfect world? No, not yet. We ...

5. Why Did I Do That?

Romans 7:7-25

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King Duncan

... familiar with Jack London's classic story, WHITE FANG. White Fang is half dog--half wolf. After living in the wild, he is domesticated and learns to live among people. White Fang was very fond of chickens. On one occasion he raided ... , his master's voice would stop him. In this way he learned what his master wanted--he had learned to ignore the chickens. Weeden Scott's father argued that you "couldn't cure a chicken killer," but Weeden challenged him and they agreed to lock White Fang in with ...

6. Guidance for a Time of Chaos

John 16:5-16

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King Duncan

... enormous influence over the reading habits of millions of people. No, Perkins wasn’t an author. He was the top editor at Charles Scribner’s Publishing Company for some years. He served as personal editor for F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby), Ernest Hemingway (For Whom The Bell Tolls), Thomas Wolfe (Look Homeward, Angel), as well as for less famous authors such as those who wrote The Yearling, From Here to Eternity, etc. Max Perkins could take a manuscript of a thousand pages and tell a given ...

7. In Search of Jesus

John 6:16-24

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King Duncan

... has been said that we can live many weeks without food, a few days without water, but not an hour without hope. Dr. Harold Wolfe, a professor in the medical school at Cornell, did a study on the effects of hope on the human body. Here was his conclusion ... Jerry Fuller, http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-ad03-fuller.php. 2. Synthesis, Sept. 2003. Cited by Dr. W. Scott Dillard, http://wicomicoparishchurch.tripod.com/sermons/id7.html. 3. Phillip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, ...

8. Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus

Matthew 14:13-21

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King Duncan

... Up for Others” by Marina Khidekel, Thrive Global, Sept. 9, 2019, https://thriveglobal.com/stories/compassion-empathy-emotional-intelligence-anecdotes-stories/. 4. “Heisman winner's speech leads to over $260,000 in donations for families in poverty” by Elizabeth Wolfe and Saeed Ahmed, with contributions from Phil Gast, CNN, December 16, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/us/joe-burrow-heisman-speech-athens-county-fundraiser-trnd/index.html. 5. “How Charity: Water's founder went from hard-partying ...

9. A Sure Path to the NFL

1 John 2:28--3:10

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King Duncan

... Ability to ‘commit to a character’ a must” by Sonja Haller, USA Today, Published March 21, 2019. 2. By Natalie Wolfe, “From obsessive to downright crazy, these are fans that took things too far,” https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity ... Press, 1987), 9. Cited by Rev. Joe Evan, http://day1.org/3039-its_coming. 4. “Three Stories of Gratitude and Powerful Love” by Scott Isay From the book Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps, Published in ...

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