In LEADERSHIP magazine Mark Tidd tells about an old man who came to the back door of a house some college kids were renting. The old man’s eyes were glassy and his furrowed face glistened with silver stubble. He clutched a wicker basket holding a few unappealing vegetables. He bid the students a good morning […]
The Success of the West
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Date: September 6, 2016
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In 2002, eighteen Western tourists visited one of China’s premier academic research institutes, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. They were astonished to hear their Chinese lecturer say, “One of the things we were asked to look into was what accounted for the success, in fact, the pre-eminence of the West all over the world…. […]
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The Story of Moishe Rosen
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Date: June 19, 2016
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Here is the story of a Jewish man, who wrestled with the claims of Jesus Christ. (The Story of Moishe Rosen) http://jewsforjesus.org/about/headquarters/moishe/testimony I wasn’t looking for Jesus or God or anything ontological. I kept my nose to the grindstone. My goal in life was nothing big: I wanted to earn a good living and be […]
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Are You Jesus?
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Date: May 16, 2016
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After the biggest meeting of his life went very well. Paul could not wait to tell his wife and boss. As he and his team rushed out of the NYC office building, they noticed a vacant cab – a rare sight during rush hour. Eagar to catch their flight home, the bolted toward the cab. […]
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Coming to Faith – Anne Lamott
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Date: April 17, 2016
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Anne Lamott’s Lily Pads Ann Lamott is a writer of books and magazine articles. Her best known book is Bird by Bird. In her latest book, she writes of her way to God. She begins this way: My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what […]
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Stewardship – It’s Ours
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Date: February 20, 2016
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When Carol and I were married, we each brought some material possessions into our new life together. I brought a savings account into our new life together; Carol brought her furniture, stereo system, dinner ware and other home furnishings. (I should let you know I brought furniture in too –comfortable furniture. I hadn’t considered whether […]
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Where is Baby?
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That’s the message of these stories: the people that nobody wants around, God wants. God wants you and me, and once we’re found, God is searching, searching, searching for one more lost person who needs to be saved. (Luke 15) Where is Baby? Thursday night, I helped get the kids ready for bed. Everything was […]
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Simple Faith
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Date: February 18, 2016
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Sermon Illustration #2— FAITH: Buried in an Avalanche June 15, 2013 – Mary Naegeli https://wordtolife.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/sermon-illustration-2-faith-buried-in-an-avalanche/ I was washing the dishes, listening to our local news radio station, when the news anchor started a phone conversation with Jeff Eckland, a skier who was caught in an avalanche at Kirkwood near Lake Tahoe. The news report had come […]
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[From Dww-work]… WHO’S YOUR FATHER? Fred Cradduck is the famous professor of preaching back in the east. One time he was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He went into a little restaurant and sat down. An older man came up and said, “Hi folks. Are you having a good time? Are you here […]
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Made to Soar; Raised to Cluck and Peck
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Date: November 7, 2015
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A young Native American found a Lone Eagle Egg that had been abandoned. To be helpful, the Native American placed it in a nest of a prairie chicken. The little Eagle grew up with the Prairie Chicks – clucking and pecking around on the ground. One day, as he was looking for food, something caught […]
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