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Tag Archives: illustration
Guardrails
The highway department recently put in a much-needed guardrail along a stretch of road near our house. My wife asked me if I had noticed it. I had not, even though I had driven by there a couple of times … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Communion Meditations, Leadership
Tagged Acts 20:7, God's protection, Guardrails, Holy Spirit, illustration, influence, Scriptures
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Tasting Good!
In a recent Zits comic strip, a conversation between teenager Jeremy and his father went like this: Jeremy: “Oh, great. We’re out of milk.” Dad: “There’s still plenty of skim milk.” Jeremy: “Oh. Okay…In that case, we’re just out of … Continue reading
Remembering Him
University of Kentucky offensive line coach John Schlarman died Thursday at the age of 45 after a two-year battle with cancer. The Wildcats wanted to pay a special tribute to their coach, who also played football for Kentucky from 1994 … Continue reading
Dirty Jobs
Mike Rowe is probably best known as the host of the television show “Dirty Jobs”, which aired for several years on the Discovery Channel. Rowe would travel to various places to give viewers a glimpse of what it is like … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Leadership
Tagged Dirty Jobs, example of Jesus, foot washing, humble service, illustration, John 13, Mike Rowe
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Empathy
Millions of Jeopardy fans are mourning the loss of the television show’s beloved long-time host, Alex Trebek, who passed away a few days ago after a valiant battle against pancreatic cancer. Trebek seemed to have been born for the role … Continue reading
Making Progress
I have always liked the message that I saw on a T-shirt years ago—“Be Patient with Me! God Is Not Finished with Me Yet!” We Christians are indeed all works in progress. We never will reach perfection, therefore there is … Continue reading
Maintaining Standards
I just read an interesting analogy about maintaining standards, and I’d like to share it with you. It was a social media post that used an example from the sports world. In baseball, home plate is 17 inches wide. In … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Communion Meditations, Culture, Leadership, Sports
Tagged 1 John 2:15-17, God's standards, home plate, illustration
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His Blood Be on Us
Yesterday I wrote about how Caiaphas unwittingly prophesied that Jesus would die so that people could be saved. Another prophecy that was uttered unbeknownst to the speakers is found in Matthew’s gospel, where Pilate is trying to resist the Jews … Continue reading
Jesus Would Die for Them
I enjoy reading those passages of Scripture where people utter prophetic statements without realizing it. One such passage is John 11:49-52—“Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, ‘You know nothing at all! You … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Communion Meditations
Tagged Caiaphas, death of Jesus, illustration, John 11, plot to kill Jesus, prophecy, salvation
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