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Faith to Leave an Unresolved Problem Alone
Part 2 of 2 Jeremiah 28 It takes a lot of faith to do nothing (Abraham basically waited 24 years for a child)[1]. It takes a lot of faith to obey God and In part 1 we looked at (1) a young man who found himself divorced and without his infant son. He needed...
Faith to Leave an Unresolved Problem Alone
Part 1 of 2 It takes a lot of faith to do nothing (Abraham basically waited 24 years for a child)[1]. It takes a lot of faith to obey God and serve well (Timothy). And it takes a lot of faith to leave an unresolved problem to God and trust that He will solve...
The Right Time to Forgive Jack
Numbers 12 Jack was a beer-drinking, rotund, loud-voiced, taking-life-as-it-came guy. Married, with two kids, Jack lived life on his own terms. His brother attended the church I was pastoring, but Jack was an Easter and Christmas guy. Jack really...
Finding What You Are Looking For
A man had two sons whom he sent into a city. “Come back in three days and tell me what you found. We are considering moving to that city and I want to know what you think of it.” “Study the people . . . the traffic . . . the economy . . . the social...
Fragile
Six examples of fragile: In a glass-blowing showroom (above), I recall seeing signs that said, “Fragile. Don’t Touch!” Dainty little figurine dancers or delicate flowers in glass were indeed highly vulnerable. Signage screamed, “If you break it,...
STRENGTH TURNED TO – WEAKNESS
Example 1 of 3: General Douglas MacArthur General Douglas MacArthur had a great strength—he was a decisive, strong, skilled general of World War II and post-war governor of Japan (and by, extension, Asia). The book American Caesar presents MacArthur as just...
STRENGTH TURNED TO – WEAKNESS
Example 2 of 3: Peter You’ve met people who were so fastidious they had become prisoners of their own self-discipline and urge to organize. Others so spontaneous they do not plan. Suppose a bridge needed to be built some distance away, and we considered two...
STRENGTH TURNED TO – WEAKNESS
Example 3 of 3: Rebekah Rebekah (Genesis 24) was to figure large in the family of Jacob; hence in the whole book of Genesis. She was up for adventure. Asked whether she would go and marry a distant relative (pictured at left as Rebekah...
Beauty and the Beast
Esther 7:1-10 Queen Esther was beautiful. Scripture says she was “lovely in form and features” (2:7). When Esther walked into a room, heads would have turned. If she had lived today she would have been on every major magazine cover without the need of air brushing...
The Empire Strikes Back
Esther 8:1-9:17 On September 11, 2001, many of us became aware of the term, jihad. Segments of Islam declared a jihad, or “holy war,” against America. Within Islam, there is a debate over the use of this term – whether the Koran means it to be symbolic or literal....
