All I Can Do Is Be Me -Whoever That IsBob Dylan Who are we? Do we follow the motivations of…
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu explains how love and forgiveness kept post-apartheid South Africa from tumbling into anarchy.
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Letter One
The Reawakening of Spiritual Reality
As I have thought perhaps more quietly than in previous days, it has seemed to me that in the past there has been a fallacy in my thinking.
Read more: Words Written to Friends: Selections From Letters by Francis Schaeffer
| King Solomon - rich guy with a lot of wives. |
This past week in The Story, we read about King Solomon! What a guy. He brought peace to his country, built God a beautiful temple, amassed a fortune, and, because he was so wise, created a body of literature any writer would envy. It's quite a story, Solomon's, but as I was reading all this I hit on this little nugget of information: "He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines..." Nice.
Yesterday Tom and I got some cul-cha. We saw Pina, a film about Pina Bausch, a German dancer/choreographer. And, weirdly enough, it was in 3D! Now, a lot of times, I think 3D doesn't add a lot to a movie - just makes it look dark. But this is one time that it really boosted the experience... It really showcased dance as the multi-dimensional art that it is.
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If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin
Read more: March 31 Devotional: Oswald Chambers (discernment)
Watch your step when you enter God's house. Enter to learn. That's far better than mindlessly offering a sacrifice, Doing more harm than good.
Don't shoot off your mouth, or speak before you think. Don't be too quick to tell God what you think he wants to hear. God's in charge, not you - the less you speak, the better.
The finished diamond is one of the most beautiful and desirable gems.
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As we abide in him and he abides in us, we are receiving his life rather than creating our own…
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Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows…
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It is doubtful if, in 1972, those attending one of Jim Cymbala's worship services in a run-down Brooklyn church imagined…
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There's a river of love that runs through all timeBut there's a river of grief that floods through our livesIt…
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I stutter when I tryTo speak the language of lifeI want to shout out loudBut I just cry insideSometimes it…
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On July 4, 2010, Jim Thomas was guest speaker at the Chapel Hill Bible Church. His sermon is a powerful…
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Walter Brueggeman gave a remarkable sermon at Duke Chapel on April 5, 2009 in which he discussed the importance of…
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Wright confronts the perspective that this world doesn’t matter, and that we live only to be in heaven. He shows…
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This is the second part of three talks by NT Wright at Harvard University in November, 2008 on the topic…
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Acts 2.1-21; John 7.37-39; a sermon at the Eucharist on the Feast of Pentecost, 11 May 2008, by the…
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Zechariah 9.9-17; Luke 19.28-48; A sermon for Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011, In the University Chapel of St Salvator, St…
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Amazing Grace is a historical drama about William Wilberforce who was elected to British Parliament at the age of 21…
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William Wilberforce's relentless campaign eventually led the British Parliament to ban the slave trade, in 1807, and to pass a…
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Grace, she takes the blame She covers the shame Removes the stain It could be her name Grace, she carries…
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The 2009 movie The Soloist is based on a book by the same name, written by Los Angeles Times columnist…
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