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A Productive Operation; Meeting God's Expectation · Matt · We must not be surprised that our Lord suddenly changed from discussing His return as it relates to Israel to His return as it relates to the church. It is not uncommon in Scripture for a speaker or writer to change emphasis right in the middle of a sentence.[1][1] The Church Age occurs in a time period...

PERSECUTION · Matt 5:11–12 · For two Iranian women Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirzadeh spent 259 days in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison last year accused of anti-government activity, apostasy, and propagating Christianity—all crimes punishable by death. Under pressure to recant their Christian faith their response was, “We love...

SERVICE · 2 Thess 3:13 · Mervyn Salmon, a choir member at St Cuthbert’s Church in Wells, Somerset, may hold the record for longest continuous service. When he joined the choir, 70 years ago, “King George VI was on the throne, Winston Churchill was prime minister, and Adolf Hitler stood towering over Europe.” Today, at age 78,...

ANGER · Eph 4:26 · “The Gulf of Mexico is not the only place blowout preventers fail,” according to Jeffrey Kluger in Time Magazine. Time, July 5, 2010, p. 13 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell That is certainly the truth. We all need a blowout preventer on our temper. Sometimes they fail under stress. Our...

EVANGELISM · Luke 15:7 · Richard Lucas, driving his bus in Buffalo, noticed smoke coming from the back of a house alongside his route. He stopped his bus, leaving the passengers; he ran to the house and began banging on the door. The people inside the two-family home, all of whom had apparently been asleep, stumbled out, just...

LEGALISM · John 14:13–14 · Uh-oh! What happens when you pray facing the wrong direction? Muslims are supposed to pray facing the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It must be very important to pray facing the right direction. So what if you have been praying for years facing the wrong direction? The highest Islamic council in...

GRACE · Rom 5:8 · A homeless man in New York City recently got more than he asked for, when an advertising executive handed him an American Express Platinum Card when he asked for spare change. 32 year-old Jay Valentine said he has been homeless for a few years, after he lost his job at a real-estate company that had...

MISTAKES · 1 John 1:8–9 · Automobile manufacturer Toyota has recently taken a big hit after recalling millions of cars worldwide over concerns of faulty accelerators. After months of investigation safety officials say they have not found any problems other than concerns the manufacturer expressed. Their research found that in...

PARENTING · Deut 4:9 · An Alaskan couple has proven they take their passion for parenting seriously. In 2000, Kathy and Tom each had successful careers, two houses, cars, and motorcycles. They were also raising three kids. Instead of adding family dinners and game nights to their schedule, the family sold everything and lived...

EVANGELISM · Matt 5:14–16 · When Swedish designers proposed building an almost invisible environmentally friendly tree house, most of the people who heard the idea thought it could only be generated within a computer, and if it were built, would be dangerous for birds. Recently architects Tham and Videgard, completed one unit of...

PURPOSE · Eph 1:11 · A type of ultra-strong glass developed years ago has waiting a long time to find a useful application. The Corning Company developed what they call Gorilla glass in 1962. Though the product showed promise, the company could not find a viable commercial use for it. The formula sat in a laboratory until...

CALLING · Rom 12:6–8 · 22 year-old Christopher Wuebben recently lost his job as a paramedic. While delivering pizzas to make ends meet, Wuebben displayed his true talents when he saved the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest just as his pizza was delivered. When he drove up to a home in suburban Denver, Wuebben heard...

PROVISION · Ps 41:1 · A family facing foreclosure and the possible loss of their family home can say their home was saved through the provision of a fictional superhero. As the unidentified family was preparing to move, they began searching for extra boxes to use. In one box they found several old comic books, one of which...

FEAR · Rom 1:16 · As police in Michigan were investigating two shootings in a neighborhood, they discovered representatives of a local church had already planned to be in the area, talking with people, praying, and handing out literature. First Baptist Church in Bridgeport Michigan had picked that area in an effort to...

SCRIPTURE · Isa 55:10–11 · A lot of research is going into understanding who is using Apple’s new iPad computer. One of the surprising finding indicates the demographics for the computer platform are expanding beyond an urban, liberal, and fairly non-religious base. For the first time, a Bible has broken into the top 10 highest...

SERVICE · 2 Thess 3:13 · According to a lament by a letter writer in USA Today, not only is employment tough to find during this recession, it is even hard to find a place to volunteer. USA Today August 16, 2010, p.8a Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell Many Baby Boomers have reached the age where they are no longer...

EVANGELISM · 2 Cor 6:2 · Some messages can wait, others cannot. Before he died, in 1910, Mark Twain wrote a 5000 page autobiography. However, he left instructions that the book was not to be printed until 100 years after his death. In the fall of 2010 the first of three volumes is due to be published. http:www.amazon.comAutobiography-Mark-Twain-Vol-1dp0520267192ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1282083352&sr=8-1)...

SCRIPTURE · 2 Tim 2:15 · I push myself to read. When I get to the end of the year, I check to see if I made my goal of one book per week over the 52 weeks. A few years I made it, more years I did not. I used the excuse, being a busy pastor left little time for reading. Well, I used that excuse until I read about George W. Bush....

SCRIPTURE · Ps 1:1–3 · “Read your Bible. Read it every day. Read it through in a year.” We have all heard and probably made these exhortations to scripture reading. To me it is always heartening to discover another person who keeps good on the reading of scripture. In Stephen Ambrose’s book on building the Transcontinental...

REST · Exod 20:8–11 · During the 19th century when Americans set out to build a transcontinental railroad, congress set the rules up as a race. Both companies, the Union Pacific from the east and the Central Pacific from California, raced to lay as much track as they possibly could. As they pressed across the mountains and...

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