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Gary Carter is in the baseball hall of fame. He was an all-star catcher 11 times. He died at age 57 from a malignant brain tumor. You can find these words on his Gary Carter Foundation website. “The Baseball Hall of Fame is something every player dreams about, but being a member of God’s Hall of Fame…

Angela Boneva is living in limbo. For years she, and the U.S. government, thought the Bulgarian-born 34-year-old was an American citizen. But, when she went to renew her passport in 2003, the State Department reportedly told her something terribly different. Boneva's father was born in Indiana, and the…

Quote from Norman Cousins: "Death isn't the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live..." Incidentally...one persons tombstone read, "Died at thirty. Buried at sixty." Don't allow that to happen to you.

MISTAKES After the city crew accidentally demolished a five-car garage, Linda Stango, the Community Development Commissioner for Rochester, N.Y. said, “We just misidentified which building it was.” —NEWSWEEK, September 22, 2003, p. 21 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson My grandfather taught me to measure…

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…

Paradise Created (Genesis 1-2) Paradise Lost (Genesis 3) Jesus Paradise Restored (Revelation 21-22)

This is a sermon that focuses in on the promise of heaven. It places the promise of a new heaven and a new earth in the context of THE STORY of Scripture. Texts referenced: Genesis 1-3; II Corinthians 5.1-4, 8; Philippians 1.21; Revelation 21-22 Context: Sunday AM, January 6, 2008 @ CCC (2 days after…

Can My Vote Be Biblical? Jesus Christ is Lord. That confession is centra! to Christian faith. As Christians we deny our faith whenever we fail to acknowledge Jesus as Lord in every area of our lives - personal, social, religious, economic, political. But how can Christ be Lord of our politics? That is…