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How to Live a Powerful Life
An energetic and somewhat ornery little boy once tried to get his mother to give him some money in exchange for his good behavior. His mother answered, “Why can’t you be like your father and be good for nothing?” Nobody … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Humor, Leadership, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged Acts 20, humble service, living a powerful life, perseverance, spiritual growth
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Time to Celebrate!
Jean Fleming wrote the following in Discipleship Journal: “Recently something rapturous happened a few spaces down the church pew from me. The pastor announced that a young boy in our congregation named Crockett had given his heart to Christ that … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Humor
Tagged celebration, illustration, Jean Fleming, Luke 15, rejoicing in the presence of the angels, salvation, worship
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Working Together
CBS radio newsman Charles Osgood told the story of two ladies who lived in a convalescent center. Each had suffered an incapacitating stroke. Margaret’s stroke left her left side restricted, while Ruth’s stroke damaged her right side. Both of these … Continue reading
Leading from Strength
President Theodore Roosevelt’s policy for leading the United States was described in his famous line, “Speak softly, but carry a big stick.” That’s a far cry from current President Joe Biden’s promise that the United States would lead “not by … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Culture, Current Events, Leadership
Tagged carry a big stick, foreign policy, Joe Biden, Romans 13:1-7, Theodore Roosevelt
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What You Don’t Know
Years ago a friendly exterminator patrolled some neighborhoods in Chicago, peddling what he called “the Mississippi stuff.” The Mississippi stuff was a pesticide he had bought hundreds of gallons of in the South, and it really did the trick on … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Leadership, Uncategorized
Tagged faith, false doctrine, false teachers, illustration, Matthew 7:15, truth, wolf in sheep's clothing
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Loyalty of the Architect
When it was built for an international exposition years ago, the structure was called monstrous by the citizens of the city, who demanded it be torn down as soon as the exposition was over. Yet from the moment its architect … Continue reading
Destructive Power
A computer virus on the loose is a computer user’s worst nightmare. Once a computer is infected, the damage can be devastating. A virus can destroy everything in a computer’s memory. It may take some time for the destructive power … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Communion Meditations, Leadership
Tagged 1 Corinthians 5, church discipline, computer virus, illustration, sin
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Preach the Word!
The word “preaching” has some negative connotations in our culture today. When one spouse nags the other, or when a parent chastises a child, they are said to be “preaching”. “Preaching” is a word sometimes used when someone goes off … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Leadership
Tagged 1 Corinthians 1:21, 2 Timothy 4:2, Acts 8:4, evangelism, preach the word, preaching
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Skipping Work
A hospital worker in Italy has been accused of skipping work…for 15 years…with full pay! It seems that this “worker” started ditching work. Then his manager retired and his ongoing absence was never noticed by her successor, nor by human … Continue reading
Walk with Me
“I’d rather one walked with me than merely show the way.”—Edgar Guest There are a number of people who point us in the right direction, and they are quite helpful in getting us started on the straight and narrow way. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Leadership
Tagged 23rd Psalm, discipleship, Edgar Guest, illustration, mentoring others, quote, setting an example
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