MOORE AND MOORE    (continued…) In the year 2000, 22-year old Wes Moore achieved the pinnacle of academic success.  He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, the most prestigious post-graduate scholarship in the world.  He was given two full years, all tuition and living expenses paid, to study anything of his choosing at the oldest […]
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     THE GOOD SAMARITAN’S CHOICE (Verse 34b:  …He put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.)    What was it that made the Good Samaritan stop and help that poor beaten man on the side of the road (Luke 10:25-37)?  The Bible does
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By Amy Morsch as told to Dean Nelson at: Â www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/ Â Amy Morsch is a senior at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. Â Â Â There’s no way you can properly prepare for Calcutta. Â Even the billboard on the highway going into the city makes you wonder what you’ve gotten yourself into. Â It says, “Welcome to
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Pictured above:   The Good Samaritan by David Teniers the Younger  (1610-1690) ****************************************** By William Willimon, The Last Word, Abingdon Press, 2000, pages 49-52. *******************    We were coming out of the diner, my friend and I, he a preacher and I one too.  Heading down the street toward our churches, we
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   Kay Adams (See Meditation #458, A Lesson from Mama), along with her work for two presidential administrations, has been active in the Pro-Life movement.  She has spoken and debated in many different settings, and oftentimes the crowd has been unfriendly.    Once during an abortion debate, a woman in the audience angrily
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By Aristides in APOLOGY, 137 A. D.; from The Early Christians: In Their Own Words (ch. 3, #24); Selected and Edited by Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935).  Reprinted from http://www.bruderhof.com.    It is the Christians, O Emperor, who have sought and found the truth.  We have realized it from their writings; they are closer to the truth
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      By the age of 30, Albert Schweitzer was already a world-renowned organist and expert on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.  I don’t know much about music history, but it is said that his work changed the course of world-wide organ studies and performance.  Also by the age of 30, that same
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Albert Schweitzer;Â Theologian, Musician, Medical Missionary ———— Constant kindness can accomplish much. Â As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. Do not let Sunday be taken from you. Â If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan. Example is leadership… Â Example is not the main thing in influencing
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A Stout Faith:  The Guinnesses of Ireland Adapted from a March 17, 2014 article by John Stonestreet posted at http://www.breakpoint.org    Today is St. Patrick’s Day (posted two days ago)…  and I’d like to tell you a story about something genuinely Irish that may surprise you.  I’m referring to Guinness stout beer.  Very few of
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Today’s meditation is from the beginning of my 2013 Palm Sunday sermon. Â Â Â Â Â A while back I saw a movie with the interesting title Machine Gun Preacher. Â The movie is based on the true story of Sam Childers who grew up in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and there, got into all kinds of trouble
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