By Chuck Colson (1931-2012), for the Breakpoint radio program, December 25, 1995. Chuck Colson served as special counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969-1973. He spent nine months in prison (1974-75) after pleading guilty to charges of obstruction of justice. Colson’s life fell apart during the Watergate investigation, and during that time gave his life […]
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From Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God, by Tony Campolo, 1997, pages 273-4: (…continued) Some years ago my wife and I had a stopover in Honolulu on our way home from a preaching mission in Australia. We had just enough time to take a walk along Waikiki Beach. On our walk
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In 1997 Tony Campolo wrote Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God. In the book, Campolo discusses several areas in which Christians could be better witnesses to their faith in Jesus Christ by thinking clearer and presenting the Gospel in a more responsible way. In this interesting conclusion to the book (pages 271-274), he offers these additional thoughts.
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Years ago when my kids were at home and would tell me their troubles, I’d listen sympathetically. I would give them whatever advice I could come up with at the time, and then I’d say, “And don’t forget, as the Bible says, suffering builds character, so in the long run all this trouble
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From a sermon by Dwight L. Moody: I thank God my salvation don’t rest upon my feelings. I thank God my hope is not centered on my feelings. If it was, it would be a very treacherous thing. I would be very hopeful one day and cast down the next day. I would
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All but one of the seven parables in of Jesus in Matthew 13 begin with Jesus saying, “The Kingdom of heaven is like…”; and then it is compared to a field full of weeds, or a mustard seed, or yeast, or a hidden treasure, or a pearl of great price. As we hear
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From The Clergy of America: Anecdotes, pages 28-30, 1869, J. B. Lippincott Publishers, Philadelphia About a half century ago a Christian church was organized in a small town in Virginia. For some years it flourished, but after a while the pastor died, some of the members moved to different parts of the country,
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By Frederick Buechner in Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC’s of Faith, (HarperOne, 2004). To have grandchildren is not only to be given something, but to be given something back. You are given back something of your children’s childhood all those years ago. You are given back something of what it was
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Above photo: Martin Luther’s Pulpit in the Castle Church, Wittenberg, Germany Luther’s tomb is at the base of the pulpit ************************** O Lord, you see how unworthy I am to fill so great and important an office. Were it not for your counsel, I would have utterly failed in it long ago. Therefore, I call
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By Bob Andrews, in the February 1992 World Mission Prayer League Newsletter. Andrews served as the General Director of the Minneapolis based World Mission Prayer League from 1985-1987. About three years ago I slipped into a meeting of Twin Cities pastors to hear a well known theologian speak on the topic, Preaching Christ
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