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August 10, 2012 · 6:09 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Words of Victory

There are always great human interest stories that come from the Olympic games.  And they’re not always the winners. Case in point:  John Stephen Akhwari.  In the 1968 games in Mexico City, Akhwari represented Tanzania in the marathon.

Due to the high altitude he developed leg cramps. Then at the 19 kilometer mark of the 42 km race, Ahkwari was bumped as runners were jockeying for position.  He fell hard to the pavement, wounded his knee and dislocated his shoulder.  But kept running.  Continue reading →

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August 3, 2012 · 5:54 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Words of Suffering

Two words.  Only one in the Greek language.  But powerful.  Penetrating. Expressive.  “I thirst,” said Jesus before he bowed his head and surrendered His spirit back to the Father.  Just two words.  But they speak volumes about the events that Friday afternoon on Calvary’s hill. Continue reading →

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July 27, 2012 · 6:02 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Words of Anguish

Strange. Startling.  Shocking.  All of these words and more describe this plaintive cry of Christ from the cross.  They are unsettling.  They confound us.  They even appall us.  What were they?  Continue reading →

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July 20, 2012 · 6:51 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Words of Affection

When you are suffering, where is your focus?  When you are in physical pain, what are your feelings?  When you are mistreated by others, how are you reacting?   Continue reading →

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July 6, 2012 · 6:39 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Words of Forgiveness

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him” (Jn 1:11).  Some of the saddest words in the Bible. 

 God became man.  He gave up the riches of heaven.  He humbled himself.  He lived among men.  As a man.  He was tired.  Hungry.  Thirsty. He suffered.  He was tempted. Yet without sin.  He was man.  Continue reading →

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June 29, 2012 · 5:41 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Anchor Points for Life.

                        Hurricane season is in full force.  I don’t expect it to affect us much in Kansas!  But I have friends and family in Florida, so I’ll still be alert to the forecast.  A good sailor will tell you, “Don’t tie your boat to the land.  You’ll regret it, if you do.  Your only hope is to anchor deep. Leave some slack in the rope.  And hope for the best!”  Continue reading →

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May 18, 2012 · 6:17 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! The Scars Tell The Story

 There is a scene in the movie Jaws, when they are out on the boat hunting for the killer shark. They’re chatting after supper and begin to compare scars and tell war stories

Each one is trying to out do the other with a scarier story and a bigger scar.  One guy says he cut his leg on a reef while scuba diving.  The second guy shows his scar when he was bitten by a shark.  Finally the third guy opens his shirt and points to his chest.  “What happened?  Did you have a bypass or something? They ask. Continue reading →

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May 11, 2012 · 6:38 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Overcoming Evil

Evil.  It was in abundance on that Friday in Jerusalem.  Evil hearts that killed Christ.  Think about it. 

The Pharisees and religious leaders hearts were filled with envy.   Pilate knew it.  He said so.  Evil plotting. Evil planning. Evil purposes.  These men were outwardly religious.  But inside they were corrupt. “ Whitewashed tombs,” Jesus called them.  Evil.  Continue reading →

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May 4, 2012 · 5:14 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! Atheists ‘Cross’ Over The Cross

Atheists are upset.  Again.  This time The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF)  has sued the town of Woonsocket, RI over a cross in the parking lot of the town’s fire department.  According to the Woonsocket Call Newspaper, as reported by the Huffington Post, the offending monument was unveiled in 1921 in memory of William Jolicoeur, a member of the American Continue reading →

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March 30, 2012 · 6:30 am

IT’S FRIDAY. BUT SUNDAY’S COMING! The Importance of the Cross

John Wooden, the  late, legendary basketball coach for UCLA always kept a cross in his pocket.  When asked why, he responded, “To remind me that there is something more important than basketball.”

I really enjoy the game of basketball, but I need to realize some things are more important.  I don’t want to be like the fellow who watched so much basketball that his wife said, “I think you love basketball more than me.”  To that he thought for a moment and responded, “Yes, Continue reading →

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