... important to this university, you as an English teacher or a very good basketball player?" "Not long after the third incident, Jan Kemp was demoted and then she was dismissed by the University. She was so devastated by this treatment that she attempted to take ... my heart, and a vision of what Jesus could do with the poor of London, I made up my mind that God would have all of William Booth there was. And if there is any power of the Salvation Army today, it is because God has all the adoration of my heart, all ...
... from tapping, but my heart will keep on swinging in four/four time. * You can even stop my heart from ticking, but the music of the saints shall never cease.[5] After all, there are times when words are not enough. 1. Kemp P. Battle, Great American Folklore (New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1986), p. 281. 2. Kathleen Norris, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography (New York: Tickner & Fields, 1993), p. 91. 3. http://www.gavinbryars.com/Pages/jesus_blood_never_failed_m.html. 4. http://www.opuszine.com/album_reviews ...
3. Our Misguided Goals
John 1:19-34
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William J. Kemp
There's an emptiness in pursuing anything less than God's call. Darrell Bock is one of those baby boomers who has entered mid-life. A teacher at Dallas Theological Seminary, he writes in Christianity Today how as a young, idealistic man, headed for seminary, he thought being a successful Christian meant "being a winner for God, taking control, and doing all I could for his kingdom...The essence of our spirituality was to do all we could for God in the 40 or so years we had." Now, at mid-life, he has ...
When we perceive our existence as a call from God rather than as a search for self we free ourselves from the maelstrom of self-oriented ambition and find our ultimate purpose in life.
