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THE MIDDLE C OF LIFE You and I need a middle C. Haven't you had enough change in your life? Relationships change. Health changes. The weather changes. But the Yahweh who ruled the earth last night is the same Yahweh who rules it today. Same convictions. Same plan. Same mood. Same love. He never changes.…

In the motion picture “Tooth Fairy,” Derek Thompson is a dream killer. Derek’s own dreams faded long ago. Though he was drafted to play in the National Hockey League, Derek was injured and assigned to a minor league team. He was never able to get back to the NHL, and acquired the nickname, “Tooth Fairy”…

| In my experience, signs follow decisions. The way you overcome spiritual inertia and produce spiritual momentum is by making tough decisions. And the tougher the decision, the more potential momentum it will produce. The primary reason most of us don't see God moving is simply because we aren't moving.…

PERSEVERANCE The Energizer Bunny first appeared in commercials in October 1989. Two decades later, the pink bunny pounding on a drum, wearing sunglasses and flip-flops has kept “going and going and going.” The symbol of battery maker, Energizer Holdings has become so famous that “The Energizer Bunny”…

Routines Today as I arrived in the office, to my utter delight, I was greeted by four tickets to the Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals game on July 23rd. My Uncle Bobby, who pastors the Praise Assembly of God in Pueblo, Colorado, mailed them to me as a gift. Life doesn't get much better than this!…

Bible Trivia Have you ever played Bible Trivia? I've played it twice--the first and the last time. My father and I, both pastors, were on a team against my sister and my mother. Our team took a real drumming. I'm not a good loser, I tell people it is because I've not had much practice at it, nevertheless,…

There’s a familiar old story that’s told about a tightrope walker who did incredible stunts. All over Paris, he would do tightrope acts at tremendously scary heights. Then, he would do it blindfolded, then he would go across the tightrope, blindfolded, pushing a wheelbarrow. As the story goes, there…

A wise old gentleman retired and purchased a modest home near a junior high school. He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace and contentment then a new school year began. The very next afternoon three young boys full of after-school enthusiasm came down his street beating merrily on every…

Music Lover? The small son said that he didn’t believe their neighbor knew much-about music because he suggested cutting open the drum to see what was inside. The Public Speaker’s Handbook of Humor, page 191

PERSEVERANCE Seo Sang-moon failed 271 times, but on his 272nd attempt, he passed the academic part of the South Korean driving test. Sang-moon will turn 70 soon and is discussing with his wife what kind of car they should buy. "Driving seems a bit hard, But after trying 271 times to pass the oral exam,…

PROCLAMATION By the time the new Miss America, Erika Harold won the title of Miss Illinois; she had presented the abstinence message to more than 14,000 young people. Since 1900 Miss America and the affiliated state pageants have required contestants to adopt an official “platform” issue. As Miss Illinois,…

\\ CQDaily for July 28, 2007 Doth not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Doth not the thunder praise Him as it rolls like drums in the march of the God of armies? Do not the mountains praise Him when the woods upon their summits wave in adoration?…

“MYSTERY OF REBIRTH” “Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.” Psalm 110:8 “It is asked, where are they to come from? how are God’s people to be brought? what means are to be employed? how is it to…

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's acclaimed series "Band of Brothers" retells the heroics of Easy Company during World War II. After the success of the Normandy invasion, Easy Company is deep in enemy territory. They spend a cold night hunkered down in a low trough, recuperating from a skirmish with the…

The first rays of the morning sun roused me from a deep sleep. Rolling over and using my pillow as a shield from the early morning intruder, I was determined to get more sleep. But the unyielding light had already stirred my consciousness. My garden! Yes, that’s right. I remember now, I had planted my…

parables, etc. "... he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 RS.V. a monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 7, Number 8 October / 1987 FOR PASTORS WHO ARE GETTING TOO BIG FOR THEIR BOOTS During a flight between New York and Chicago the captain announced over the…

Changing Culture- Tim Keller Some seem to have risen to the challenge of effective ministry in a changing culture. Who can we learn from? I am actually a bit reluctant to lift anyone up high as a shining example—including Redeemer Presbyterian. Let me put it like this: John Stott at All Souls Church…

able border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt'> ! The Two Babylons or The Papal Worship Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife By the Late Rev. Alexander Hislop First published as a pamphlet in 1853--greatly expanded in 1858 Contents Introduction Chapter…