Correction
Proverbs 6:23 says, “For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life . . . .” Yet, at the time, correction never seems like the way to life; it seems like the way to discouragement. Harold Bullock has this to say about how…
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(Click here to listen) Mike Charko and Keith Shields (SOCAN 2012) (Rom. 8:19, 22; 2 Peter 2:19) I’m a new man a neon sign fleeting footsteps mark my time Pooling money worn out shoes a trusting spirit nothing to lose Waiting for the sons of God to be revealed Waiting for the Son to shine…
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In his book, Reason For God, Timothy Keller juxtaposes two quotes from H.G. Wells. Can we doubt that presently our race will more than realize our boldest imaginations, that it will achieve unity and peace, and that our children will live in a world made more splendid and lovely than any palace or garden that…
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Listen here. Read about how the song came to be here. Words and Music by Dan Haseltine, Steve Mason, Mark Odmark, Charlie Lowell©1994Bridge Building Music/Pogostick Music (BMI) Convinced of my deceptionI’ve always been a foolI fear this love reactionJust like you said I would A rose could never lieAbout the love it bringsAnd I could…
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Listen to this song here. My life is now in the hands of those who know my crime They stare at me with their hungry eyes Pious words from their lips hide a bitter rage We share a crime that’s now all mine Please let me live This just isn’t fair You are guilty like…
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I like this sentiment from the band “Warped 45s.” “Let my headstone be my favourite jukebox loaded with the songs of my friends. . . .Push B24 and sway barefoot on my grave.” – “Radio Sky” Would you be one of the ones who would come by and sway?
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“We must live what we talk, even in places where we cannot talk what we live.” – Willard, Dallas. Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2002, p. 231.
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John Robert Wilson (June 10, 1953 to February 4, 2011).The words I spoke at the funeral of my friend, John Wilson. 2 Timothy 2:11 and 12 says, “If we die with Jesus, we will also live with Jesus. If we endure hardship, we will reign with Jesus.” For the last couple of weeks, all of…
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As I work on a graduate course at Regent College I have been reading the works of Teresa of Avila. She was a remarkable person and one who always analyzed her experiences to see if they could be from God or from her own mind. This quote is from her and speaks to using all…
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The Pharisee sermon by Amos Nidiffe He also told this parable to some who trusted that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt.Two people went to church to pray, one an intellectual, the other a politician. The intellectual, standing by himself, was praying thus, “God I thank you that I am not like other…
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