     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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      At the very center of the Christian faith is God’s love.  Jesus said, “A new command I give you:  Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this, all will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”  Later, the apostle John
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Above:Â Illustration of Jacob’s dream of ladder to heaven. ***************** By Bob Paulson for Decision magazine, copyright 2014. ————————————– Â Â Â Saeed Abedini, who is serving an eight-year sentence in a brutal Iranian prison for his Christian faith, came to Christ at age 20. Â A devout Muslim at the time, he had found a Bible
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   Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) was a German businessman in the 1930’s.  In many ways he was a most despicable man.  He did not like Adolph Hitler, but eagerly joined the Nazi party when he saw that it could be very good for business.  He was raised a Catholic, but never went to church unless
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   “I hardly had a drink in years,” said a man from New Orleans who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.  “But right after the hurricane hit, I started drinking again.  Now, if I stop drinking, the pain becomes so great it is unbearable.  I am scared because I don’t have any identity anymore.”  He
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 By Christy Heitger at:  www.christianitytoday.com/iyf/ (stories of faithful living for youth) My stomach dropped when I saw Phil walking toward me in the cafeteria. “Please tell me he’s not coming to talk to me,” I whispered to my friends Lena and Alyssa. “No such luck,” Lena replied.  “In fact, he looks like he’s on a
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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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