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What does perfection require? In bowling it means a score of 300, making 12 consecutive strikes. There is a higher level of perfection in bowling though, it is a perfect series, or three scores of 300 in a row. Bill Fong was on his way to that kind of perfection. Walking to the line with his bowling…

Most people believe they are good people, with high standards and better than average character. They also believe they have a satisfying lifestyle and an ethic. According to a poll taken by the Josephson Institute of Ethics, 92% of American High School students actually say they are satisfied with their…

World Magazine interviewed journalist Bill Moyers in a recent issue. When asked about his faith, Moyers mentioned growing up in a Southern Baptist Church and said; “Someone recently asked me what the moment was when I became a Christian. And I told them, I never did become a Christian. I can’t turn the…

Shakespeare When they lived in New York City, the Turners went to Broadway plays whenever they could fit them into their busy schedules, but their real passion was attending off Broadway productions of Shakespeare. These productions are an acquired taste, but one the Turners had acquired. Some of the…

A Georgia farmer, ragged and barefooted, was standing on the steps of his tumbledown shack. A stranger stopped for a drink of water and just to pass the time of day he asked: "How is your cotton coming along?" he asked. "Ain't got none," replied the farmer. "Did you plant any?" asked the stranger. "Nope,"…

Too Afraid to Plant Contributor: Jeff Strite in You Can't Reap them All A Georgia farmer, ragged and barefooted, was standing on the steps of his tumbledown shack. A stranger stopped for a drink of water and just to pass the time of day he asked: "How is your cotton coming along?" he asked. "Ain't got…

When I Say Im A Christian (Poem) Woman; Heart; Chrisitan; Humility; Devotion; Perfection; Lost; Found; 'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.' When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not shouting 'I'm clean livin'' I'm whispering 'I was lost,…

We are imperfect people leading imperfect lives in an imperfect world. We see evidence of this imperfection everyday in the mirror: whether it’s a receding hairline, wrinkles on our face, or the five pounds we’ve wanted to lose. We are reminded of this imperfection periodically on the roadways: we get…

There was a certain Professor of Religion named Dr. Christianson, a studious man who taught at a small college in the western United States Dr. Christianson taught the required survey course in Christianity at this particular institution. Every student was required to take this course his freshman year,…

John Piper, pastor and author, defines a holy ambition as something that you really, really, really want to do—and that God wants you to do also. Some people would call this passion, but it’s passion under the lordship of Jesus Christ. What’s yours? Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books,…

I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore I am perfect.

As one education expert put it, “Out current ceiling for students is really much closer to where the floor ought to be.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books, Portland, OR. Page 36

For all of us, expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. In the words of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” Harris, Alex & Brett, Do Hard Things, Multnomah Books, Portland, OR. Page 41