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Watch Your Step!
Once I was riding in a car driven by a funeral director. As he was about to pull out onto the street, some pedestrians started to walk in front of him. They saw him and abruptly stopped. He politely waited … Continue reading
Taking it Up a Notch
Several years ago, my wife was in the hospital for some surgery. Just before they wheeled her to the operating room, I leaned over and kissed her. One of the nurses observed, “You must be the husband.” I agreed that … Continue reading
Becoming Like Jesus
A teenage girl in the church I was serving was scheduled to have her tonsils removed, so I went to the surgery center to say a prayer for her and to wait with the family. Her grandfather and I were … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Humor
Tagged 2 Corinthians 3:18, anesthesia, illustration, Jesus, more like Jesus, surgery, transformed into his likeness
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Sad, You See
In Mark 12:18-27, the Sadducees came up with a quite improbable scenario in order to question the authority of Jesus. They asked Jesus who a woman would be married to in the resurrection if she had been married to … Continue reading
Cheerful Giver
Supposedly, there was once a little country church that called an emergency meeting to address the urgent need to do some maintenance work on their building. During the course of the meeting, a relatively wealthy member stood up and pledged … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Humor
Tagged 2 Corinthians 9:7, blessed, cheerful giver, help the poor, illustration, offering, pledge, share, spread the gospel, tithes
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Organized
Have you heard about the U.S. government’s plan to become more efficient? They are talking about combining the Department of Health and the Department of Education. Their motto will be—“We Will Inoculate No Child’s Left Behind”. Seriously, there are some … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Humor, Leadership
Tagged church, efficient, Exodus 18, government, illustration, Leadership, Moses, No Child Left Behind, organized, Romans 12:6-8
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Three Stages of Ministry
It has been said that there are three stages of ministry for a preacher in a local church, and a verse of Scripture that goes along with each stage. First comes the honeymoon phase. The preacher is new and exciting. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Humor, Leadership
Tagged changes, family of God, harmony, honeymoon phase, illustration, local church, ministry, preacher, stages of ministry, traditions
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God Loves Everybody
Dudley Rutherford My wife and I didn’t see them, but there were some protesters at the North American Christian Convention in Cincinnati yesterday. Some people from the Westboro cult (they are neither Baptist nor a church) were protesting the fact … Continue reading
How Is Your Vision?
An old Chinese proverb says: “If your vision is for a year, plant wheat. If your vision is for 10 years, plant trees. If your vision is for a lifetime, plant people.” It is good to learn from the past. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Leadership
Tagged church, eternity, future, illustration, Jesus, John 4:35, vision
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Diligent Leadership
Jim Tressel Jim Tressel has just resigned as head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. The embattled coach has stepped down in the midst of a continuing wave of accusations of NCAA violations and Tressel’s own failure to … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Leadership, Sports
Tagged accusations, church, coach, conflict, faith, illustration, Jim Tressel, leader, NCAA violations, Ohio State football team, religious, resigned, Romans 12:6-8
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