Contributed by Steve Malone on May 15, 2001
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THE STORY IS TOLD OF A FATHER OF 5 WHO CAME HOME WITH A TOY, HE SUMMONED HIS CHILDREN AND ASKED WHICH ONE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE PRESENT. "WHO IS THE MOST OBEDIENT, NEVER TALKS BACK TO MOM AND DOES EVERY THING HE OR SHE IS TOLD TO DO?" HE
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Contributed by Nathan Parker on Mar 10, 2007
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Life Examples: Jacob: Wrestling with God (Gen. 32:24-32)
The story of Jacob alternately comforts and confounds. For while we could look upon many of his decisions with contempt-and even wonder why God would so favor such a man-it equally reassures us to realize that the God who extended grace to
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Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 30, 2023
Not, I’ll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee;
Not untwist - slack they may be - these last strands of man
In me or, most weary, cry I can no more. I can;
Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be.
But, ah, but O thou terrible, why wouldst thou rude on me
Thy wring-world
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Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Oct 13, 2023
The great preacher Charles Spurgeon interprets part of Micah’s prophecy to refer to pre-New-Testament sightings of Jesus. He gives the examples of Abraham, Jacob, Joshua, and the three heroes of Babylonian Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
Observe for a moment here, that each of these four great
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