“God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.”
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Telling the Story Better Than Jesus
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithIn Revelation 22:18-19, the Apostle John gives a stern warning about changing his writings; it’s the “go-to” passage about altering God’s Word. Though preaching professor Dr. Fred Craddock was familiar with this passage, it still didn’t stop him from “tweaking” one of Jesus’ stories to make a point.
It proved to be a memorable experience….
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Hans Kung on Legalism
by davidrsmithby davidrsmith“The finer the net is woven, the more numerous are the holes.”
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Philip Yancey on the Law
by davidrsmithby davidrsmith“You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it.”
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Donald Barnhouse on Hypocrisy
by davidrsmithby davidrsmith“You see, if God acted in the same way today that He did in the fifth chapter of Acts, you’d have to have a morgue in the basement of every church and a mortician on the pastoral staff.”
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Seeing Clearly
by davidrsmithby davidrsmithFrom their quiet kitchen nook, Mr. and Mrs. Caplin spent several consecutive days watching a young family move into the house behind their own. The elderly couple liked what they saw in their new neighbors; Mr. Caplin admired the younger family’s work ethic while Mrs. Caplin approved of their frugality represented by the clothesline they’d strung between two trees.
But it wasn’t long before that same clothesline became a source of serious discontentment.