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A Risk Worth Taking

March 15 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

G.A. Studdert-Kennedy’s marvelous poem, The Gambler, describes the Roman soldiers who were gathered around the Cross as Jesus was dying: And sitting down they watched Him there, The soldiers did; There, while they played with dice, He made His sacrifice, And died upon the Cross to rid God’s world of sin. He was a gambler, too, my Christ, He took His life and thr...

If Kangaroos Could Talk

March 8 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

Several years ago Paul Harvey told of an experience the Italian team had when they were racing in the America’s Cup. The race that year was held in Australia. On one of their days off, the Italian team decided to rent a Jeep and go into the outback to enjoy the scenery and see if they could get a glimpse of a kangaroo or two. The team had been completely outfitted by the Italian designer...

Daring to Be Different

March 1 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

The desire to be accepted by the group is what causes us to make bad decisions and participate in actions that are both counter-productive and destructive. God’s Word challenges us to “not be conformed to the world, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind, that we may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2). Conformity is alw...

Sin Is More Than a Sickness

February 23 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

Karl Menninger, dean of American psychotherapists, wrote a very interesting book several years ago entitled Whatever Became of Sin? He contends in the book that the disappearance of the concept of sin during his long lifetime had produced a corresponding malaise in society that resulted in a definite decline. You would expect a book with this thesis to be written by a theologian, not a p...

Why Stay in the Barnyard?

February 15 2010 by D.E. Parkerson

There is an old Norwegian tale about a boy who found an egg in a nest one day while he was walking in the woods. He took it home and placed it with other eggs under a goose. The egg hatched out a freakish creature! Its’ deformed feet — unwebbed and with claws — made it stumble as it tried to follow the little geese around the barnyard. Its’ beak was pointed and twisted, not flat. Instead...

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	It’s Not Too Late by Milton A. Hollifield Jr. (From the EDT)
	They Won't Help Me by Jennifer Shore (Answering the Call)
	Church (Family) Member by Shane Nixon (The Way I Hear It)

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