“This little book of Habakkuk is like the morning newspaper.” Said my friend Lena.
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„Necazul cu unele biserici este că ei cred că predicatorul este un soi de locomotivă bisericească, care va pufăi și va trage grămada de oameni spre glorie”. Spunea marele evanghelist Billy Sunday.
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After a long winter, I opened the shed. It was peppered with something resembling seeds. Except these “seeds” would only fertilize the ground they’d be planted in. If you get my drift.
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“The trouble with some churches is that they think the preacher is a sort of ecclesiastical locomotive, who will snort and puff and pull the whole bunch through to glory”. Would say Billy Sunday in his revivals.
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“It takes hard work to rest.” I read this line in the book Crazy Busy and thought: “work” and “rest” are like two bickering sisters. The Mary and Martha of the grammar world. They must not sit together. It creates controversy. I’ve never heard a sermon suggesting “work” is the answer to “a heart at rest”.
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A man entered a village and asked a gal in her wisdom years, “Ma’am, can I find Christians in your village?”
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Blue Bloods is a detective show wrapped around a devout Catholic family. Head of the household is Commissioner Frank Reagan, starring Tom Selleck and his moustache.
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Several times a year my husband and I have a how-are-we-doing-honey talk to evaluate our marriage. Regular self-tests are good in school, in relationships, but crucial for the health of our faith.
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I ain’t Scrooge. But Christmas is over.
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“I can’t stay silent
Though they want to keep me quiet…”