http://www.truthin2010.org/debtclockwidget.swf
12 Mar
The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinion of any man. —R.A. Torrey
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
11 Mar
By Tom Sowell
Occupy Wall Street by Thomas SowellBy Dr. Thomas SowellThe current Occupy Wall Street movement is the best illustration to date of what President Barack Obama’s America looks like. It is an America where the lawless, unaccomplished, ignorant and incompetent rule. It is an America where those who have sacrificed nothing pillage and destroy the lives of those who have sacrificed greatly.It is an America where history is rewritten to honor dictators, murderers and thieves. It is an America where violence, racism, hatred, class warfare and of murder are all promoted as acceptable means of overturning the American civil society.It is an America where humans have been degraded to the level of animals: of defecating in public, having sex in public, devoid of basic hygiene. It is an America where the basic tenets of a civil society, including faith, family, a free press and individual rights, have been always rejected. It is an America where our founding documents have been now shredded and, with them, every person’s guaranteed liberties.It is an America where, ultimately, great suffering will come to the American people, but the rulers like Obama, Michelle Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, liberal college professors, union bosses and all other loyal liberal/Communist Party members will live in opulent splendor.It is the America that Obama and the Democrat Party have now created with all the willing assistance of the American media, Hollywood, unions, universities, the Communist Party of America, the Black Panthers and numerous anti-American foreign entities.Barack Obama has brought more destruction upon this country in three years than any other event in the history of our nation, but it is just the beginning of what he and his comrades are capable of.The Occupy Wall Street movement is just another step in their plan for the annihilation of America.“Socialism, in general, has a record of failure that’s so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”Dr. Thomas Sowell (A National Humanities Medal Winner)– The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are out numbered by the people that vote for a living.….very well said.HAVE A GREAT ELECTION DAYBe a responsible voter!
27 Feb
ACT Educating America about the EVILS of Islam-yes it’s Radical
I listen to Bridgette last night at First Baptist Naples, it was an eyeopener, people in America, its time to wake -up before it’s too late. Check out her message on her website, and then take action, get involved before it’s too late.
Welcome to for http://www.actforamericaeducation.com America Education
I grew up in Lebanon when Islamic militants, in league with Palestinian followers of Yasser Arafat, tore our beautiful country apart.
As a result, from age 10 to 17 I lived in a bomb shelter beneath my family’s bombed out home.
I know what Islamic terror is. I have lived through it. And after 9/11, I made a promise to myself that I would do whatever I could to ensure that radical Islam and the terror it produces would not do to my adopted country, America, what it did to my country of birth.
This is why I founded ACT! for America Education (formerly known as American Congress for Truth) in 2002.
It didn’t take me long to realize that America is not only threatened by radical Islam, Islamic terror, and “cultural Jihad.” We are also threatened by a festering political correctness that is unwilling or unable to identify and define the threat we face.
If we don’t win the war against Islamofascism other issues won’t matter at all.
- We won’t have an economy to worry about.
- We won’t have equal rights for all.
- We won’t have our cherished freedom.
- And we will live under Shariah Law.
Lest you be tempted to think this is an exaggeration, consider this.
There are dozens of terrorist sleeper cells in cities throughout America.
Hundreds of mosques and madrassas (Islamic schools) in America house materials that call for Jihad against non-Muslims and the overthrow of America’s constitutional system of government, to be replaced by Islamic Shariah law.
Numerous cities in Great Britain have officially recognized Shariah law and Shariah courts, creating a dangerous precedent for other Western democracies. In fact, there is at least one instance in America where a court referred a dispute between Muslims to an “Islamic court.”
Shariah-compliant financial products are now offered by numerous American financial institutions.
22 Feb
Read the bible, believe it, and America may be restored! (and stop the mass killing of the baby human)s
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land
If a politican is for Abortion, THEY CALL IT PRO CHOICE, BUT IT IS THE MURDER OF BABIES, WATCH HOW THEY VOTE NOT WHAT THEY SAY-THEY WILL ALL SAY I’M PRO-LIFE, BUT I CAN’T IMPOSE MY VALUES ON OTHERS, DO NOT VOTE FOR THEM. AND THEY ARE MOSTLY DEMOCRATS! iF WE STOP THIS MASS MURDER OF BABIES IN AMERICA, REPEAL ROE V WADE, REPENT, GOD WILL BEGIN TO RESTORE AMERICA. UNTIL WE AS AMERICANS REPENT OF THIS GREAT SIN, AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE IN EVERY AREA OF AMERICAN LIFE. GOD WILL, AND IS JUDGING US FOR THIS SINCE IT WAS PASSED IN 1973, WE HAVE KILLED check the facts at http://www.abort73.com/
5 Jan
Jan. 11 1906- Happy Birthday to my Dad
My Dad-who went to be with the Lord in 1998 at the age of 91, was a wonderful example and a great role model to me. A Christ follower and a man with a passion for fasting and a strong committment to prayer. Thank you God for this man Olin Lingle my Father.
28 Dec
Christmas 2011
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. Luke 2:20
Heavenly Father, life just on the other side of Christmas day feels quite different to different people. For some of us, this was the “greatest” Christmas ever—in terms of caring relationships, incredible “eats”, thoughtful gifts, and above all, profound gratitude for the indescribable gift of your Son, Jesus. But for others of us, it was a really difficult day of palpable tensions, dashed hopes, and brokenness abounding. For still others, it was the first Christmas with an empty chair where a loved one used to sit, or a day spent all by ourselves with underscored loneliness.
Father, my prayer today is for all of us, no matter what yesterday was like. For even our best days are in need of the gospel, and none of our worst days are beyond the reach of the gospel. We always have more of your grace than we’re aware of and we need more than we realize.
When the shepherds left Jesus’ manger, they were still shepherds. They still couldn’t worship at the temple; they still couldn’t give testimony in a court of law; they still were stereotyped as thieves by many in their community. A five-star inn in Bethlehem didn’t suddenly open up for Joseph and Mary the day after Jesus was born. She wasn’t spared any of the normal chaos and pain of birthing and afterbirth. Angels didn’t begin showing up as round-the-clock nurses.
Father, thank you that we’re Christians, not Gnostics. We don’t have to pretend about anything. Christmas isn’t a season in which we’re supposed to be transported into a super-spirituality, rising above reality. The gospel isn’t about denial but is about learning to delight in you, no matter what’s going on. We praise you that Jesus came into a real world where everything is broken, but he did come to make all things new, starting with us.
Please give each of us the special and the common grace you gave the shepherds. Let us hear and let us see more of Jesus, even if we remain “shepherds” the rest of our lives. Father, enable us to glorify and praise you in every season and situation of life. We are a people of hope, not hype, and everything you tell us in your Word will come to pass. Our past is forgiven, our present is in your hands, and our future is looking really good. This is good news for shepherds and kings alike. So very Amen we pray, in Jesus’ faithful and loving name.
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1 Nov
Maybe it’s time we woke up and invited GOD back into our lives?
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees… I don’t feel threatened.. I don’t feel discriminated against.. That’s what they are, Christmas trees.
It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn’t bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it’s just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren’t allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that’s a sign that I’m getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it’s not funny, it’s intended to get you thinking.
Billy Graham’s daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her ‘How could God let something like this happen?’ (regarding Hurricane Katrina)… Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.. She said, ‘I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we’ve been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?’
In light of recent events… terrorists attack, school shootings, etc.. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O’Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn’t want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock’s son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he’s talking about.. And we said okay..
Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with ‘WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.’
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world’s going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send ‘jokes’ through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing yet?
Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you’re not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit.
If not, then just discard it.. no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don’t sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.
My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,
Ben Stein
30 Oct
Articles,blogs,books,videos,etc. | Jerry Lingles’ favorite web resources, articles,
Back in Black: A Deficit Reduction Plan
Dr. Coburn’s plan to reduce our nation’s long-term deficit saves roughly $3 trillion from entitlements, $3 trillion from discretionary and other accounts, $1 trillion in defense, $1 trillion from ending some spending in the tax code, and about $1 trillion in interest costs. This plan would gradually reduce the size of government by about 25 percent and balance the budget within ten years.
click on link below
http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/legislationissues?p=KeyIssues
27 Oct
Obama and Dems Pelosi,Barney Frank, Shumer,Reid, and the gang want to keep spending!
America is borrowing 4 billion @day
2 million every minute
we owe 15 trillion
Hope and change has turned into redistribute, borrow, spend, class warfare, kick the dems (Democrats) out in 2012! –J. Lingle
24 Oct
Monday Oct. 24, 2011
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
20 Oct
Born-again believer will vote for Romney without fear !
You don’t have to agree with the LDS faith to support Gov. Romney. If the Romneys agreed with my religion, they would be conservative Assemblies of God. If we believed theirs, we’d be Mormons. There’s nothing wrong with definitively saying that there are religious differences between the two. There obviously are, and you don’t have to defend Mormonism to pull the lever for Gov. Romney.
So, to all of my evangelical friends out there, I know where you’re coming from. I understand that your hesitation comes from a well-meaning desire to protect the gospel and to honor God in all aspects of your life. However, God has something to do with salvation, can safeguard the integrity of the gospel without our feeble, frequently self-righteous help, and wouldn’t hang the validity of Christianity on whether or not we voted for Mitt Romney for President.
If you still have questions, or are concerned about his track record on abortion, gay marriage, or Romneycare, please visit www.EvangelicalsforMitt.org, where we have sorted through the issues so you can make an informed decision in 2012.
The stakes are big this election cycle, so let’s get it right. (PLEASE- we cannot do 4 more years)
19 Oct
Mormons and Evangelicals
I bet if Mitt Romney is the Republican candidate for President most evangelicals will swallow the lump in their throat and vote for him. It doesn’t surprise me that evangelicals would vote for a Mormon any more than that they’d vote for a divorced man (Reagan) or a Catholic (Santorum) or an adulterer (Gingrich). Christians have always been able to vote for non-Christians (or bad Christians) for political office.
Indeed it is only a recent phenomenon to even have a “real” evangelical running for President. Until recently evangelicals had to choose the best from among the non-evangelicals. I remember when Jimmy Carter testified that he was a “Born Again Christian” the media scurried around to figure out what that meant. The next night, a New York newscaster reporting something like, “We have researched this term and we have found that it is not an uncommon experience for people in the south to have an emotional encounter with God that changes their life.” Really?
Maybe Romney won’t get the nomination, but if he does I’m thinking this week about what that might mean for the Mormons and evangelicals There are maybe 12 million Mormons in the world with about 6 million living in the USA. This is a big “denomination” (or cult or religion, whatever you wish to call it). The Methodists are only about a million larger. And Mormons are growing fast, Methodists are declining. Mitt Romney is a “good Mormon” too. He hasn’t taken the country-before-religion pledge like John Kennedy did when people questioned if he would obey the Pope over the people. Romney is a faithful Mormon.
But what is there to fear in that? That he will banish alcohol from the While House like Carter did? Banish coffee, Coke and Pepsi and all other caffeine drinks too? Would he tell youth they shouldn’t have sex before marriage and they should dress modestly? Would the Mormons channel millions of dollars to fight for traditional marriage like they did with JimGarlow’s California Proposition 8? Gee, are these things evangelicals would worry about. I bet most evangelicals will eventually become supporters of Romney if he is the Republican nominee. In fact, I think the more evangelicals find out about Mormonism’s practices the more they’ll like them. The practices, that is. Sure, they won’t like Mormonism’s theology, but face it, most evangelicals have long ago concluded “Theology doesn’t matter” or “we’re all really saying the same thing anyway.” I bet evangelicals will conclude that Mormon’s “have extra beliefs” like they eventually concluded about Roman Catholics’ veneration of Mary or Purgatory. I think evangelicals will swallow their (theological) objections and admire the practices.
drurywritings.com
15 Oct
Steve Jobs
The Real Tragedy Of Steve Jobs‘ Death
Yesterday we heard the sad news of Steve Jobs’ passing. Any death has a tinge of sadness but none as much as the death of a person who is without Jesus. From all accounts Steve Jobs was a wonderful man who led a good life. His work reflected his intelligence and passion. His life reflected his Buddhistbeliefs. He had no great passion for money but instead a desire to do something different in the world, to leave a mark:”Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful … that’s what matters to me.” 1.However, for all his brilliance, talent, innovation, and money the fact is he died. What has any of these things done for him? None of it went with him. He arrived in the world naked and he left the same way. In a century no one will remember anything about him except for maybe his name in a text book. No one will remember the specifics of his life other than maybe the information condensed in a history book. No one will even care how much he enjoyed the wind in his face or how he chuckled at his children’s laughter or how his face lit up as his wife walked into the room. No one will know or care about the little things that made him Steve. But Jesus did.
Jesus knew and cared about every detail of his life as he does for our lives. He cared about his worries and fears. He cared about his dreams and desires. He cared about his loves and losses. Jesus loved Steve Jobs as much as he loves you and me, as much as he loves every breathing person on this planet. Right now Jesus’ heart is breaking over Steve because he died and was lost. For all that made him great he was still a man lost in darkness.
The world celebrates the brilliance and success of this man but the world is not wise. You will hear lots of great tributes about this man and his compassionate heart but the world does not understand wisdom. You will hear Christians lifting him up and hoping for some special favour for this creator of the iPod, iPhone and iPad, but they are immature in their wisdom. What after all are those devices compared to eternity? The world looks and celebrates but the world itself is lost:
Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a “fool” so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”; and again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.” (1 Corinthians 3:18-20)
There are many “wise” people who are facing a very dark and cold grave thinking they have lived a brilliant life only to face a tragic death. Don’t get caught up in the thinking of this world. Jesus taught us that there are two roads, one narrow leading to life and one broad leading to destruction. There is a hell and it is a terrible place to be. There is no second chance after death, no purgatory:
Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment. (Hebrews 9:27)
Doesn’t your heart break over the lose of this beautiful man? Well there are hundreds of thousands of beautiful people being lost to death and sin every day. That is the work we have been appointed to, the work of the Kingdom in this world, the Kingdom that is forcefully advancing. We are called to the brilliant life of service, presenting Jesus to a world bent on destruction. We are called to suffer for the name of Jesus as we reach out to all those shrouded in darkness. We can’t afford to see another soul lost as we have seen with Steve Jobs. We must press on with the message of the wisdom and power of God, Christ crucified. We should be spurred on by Jesus’ love, compelled to glorify Jesus so that the world will see, believe and be saved. That is the purpose of our living. So let’s go!
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/oct/06/steve-jobs-apple-cofounder-dies
http://pastorpaulvbsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/real-tragedy-of-steve-jobs-death.html
7 Sep
Union boss Hoffa is afraid of losing his power! (and your union dues)
In introducing the President, Teamsters President James Hoffa represented precisely what I was talking about as he declared war on concerned independent Americans and on the freshman members we sent to Congress last November by saying, “Let’s take these son-of-a-bitches out!”
What I say now, I say as a proud former union member and the wife, daughter, and sister of union members. So, as a former card-carrying IBEW sister married to a proud former Laborers, IBEW, and later USW member, please hear me out. What I have to say is for the hard working, patriotic, selfless union brothers and sisters in Michigan and throughout our country: Please don’t be taken in by union bosses’ thuggery like Jim Hoffa represented yesterday. Union bosses like this do not have your best interests at heart. What they care about is their own power and re-electing their friend Barack Obama so he will take care of them to the detriment of everyone else. - Sara Palin
9 Aug
A prayer for gospel parenting
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Ps. 127:1–3
Heavenly Father, it is a liberating joy to address you today as the architect and builder of your own house—including the household of faith and our children’s place in your family. No one loves our children more than you. No one has a greater investment in their future than you. No one can teach us to parent them like you.
As I look back over the years of my pragmatic parenting, I’m saddened, for there have been consequences. But I’m also gladdened, for you’ve always been faithful to your covenant love, even when I was overbearing and under-believing. The move from parenting by grit to parenting by grace has been a fitful, but fruitful journey. Take me deeper; take me further.
You’ve rescued me from parental “ring in vain”—assuming a burden you never intended parents to bear. Father, only you can reveal the glory and grace of Jesus to our children. Only you can give anyone a new heart. You’ve called us to parent as an act of worship—to parent “as unto you,” not as a way of saving face, making a name for ourselves, or proving our worthiness of your love.
18 Jul
Becoming Men
We’ve all heard people say that God wants us “on fire” for Him. Maybe your youth pastor has talked about being “sold out” for Jesus or a conference speaker has challenged you to serve God with “total abandon.”
We’re used to that kind of talk. It’s almost cliché.
But has anyone ever told you that God commands you to do hard things? For some reason that sounds more extreme. Being “on fire” or “sold out” for God sound like positive emotional states where nothing can really get to us. Even serving God with “total abandon” doesn’t make us feel uncomfortable as long as we leave it general and vague. But “do hard things” sounds so — well, hard.
We don’t like hard things in our society, especially as teens under the influence of the Myth of Adolescence. We avoid hard things as much as possible. Unfortunately (or should we say, fortunately), there’s no avoiding them in the Bible.
http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2007/12/why-do-hard-things-part-one/
Like this:
10 Jul
Chartiable giving and our debt problem
These are a few stats that I found particularly interesting…
- Americans give $300 billion to charities each year.
- There are 973,354 public charities in the US who collect more than $1.3 trillion dollars – more than the US government collects in taxes!
- The wealthiest 10% of Americans account for 25% of all charitable giving.
- When calculated as a percentage of income the poorest people become the most charitable.
- Those who earn less than $20,000 become twice as charitable as those who earn $100,000 even though they donate one fourth as much.
- Conservatives are more likely to give than Liberals.
- Religious people give more to secular causes than secular people do.
Imagine if you had a severe debt and spending problem:
- You had $60,000 of income coming in ($5,000 per month inflow)
- Meanwhile, you were spending over $100,000 per year ($8,333 per month outflow)
- This would be a shortage of $40,000 per year or $3,333 per month
Could you not find $1,500 or $125 per month to cut?
Most of us could easily find $1,500 a year of waste in our budgets: Eating out too much, movies, videos, cable TV, phone bills, etc. The truth is if we were forced to find savings, we would do all we can to salvage our finances and avoid bankruptcy. Why can’t our fearless leaders do the same?
So how bad is our debt problem?
In order to see if our problems are solvable, we need to dissect our shortages. As of June 1st, 2011 our total outstanding Treasury debt stood at $9.7 trillion. That is a HUGE number, but that is not the total debt! We have to add another $4.6 trillion of “intra-governmental holdings” otherwise known as “IOU’s” placed in the Social Security bucket.
That means the total Federal government debt is $14.35 trillion!
How in the world can we pay this off? Assuming our leaders got serious, I know this is a pretty BIG assumption, it would still take over 20 years to pay off this debt WITHOUT adding any new debt and assuming the U.S. used 1/3rd of its current revenue to pay toward its debt.
If we look at the current situation, we see the U.S. will take in approximately $2.173 Trillion in 2011 according to the OMB. Yet there is a current deficit of $1.65 trillion per year. So even if we solved the current deficit, we would still need to live off 2/3rds of our tax revenues in order to pay off the current debts within 20 years! If our leaders can’t agree on $50 Billion, how will they find nearly $2.5 trillion per year? Sorry for the poor grammar, but “it ain’t happening!”
Quite the uphill battle!
It would take at least 20 years to pay off the Federal government deficit IF we balanced budgets from 2011-2032, and the Federal government devoted one-third of its total revenue to paying off our National debt!
In order to fight a battle, we need to bring the right weapons and game plan. Right now, we are bringing a shovel to a gun fight. We keep digging a hole, hoping we can find a place to hide. Hiding won’t win the battle!
The reality is that even if we just protected Social Security and pay interest on our current debt that would eat up $900 billion or nearly 62% of our $1.45 trillion budget. That would leave only $550 billion a year for the military, Medicare, Medicaid, mandatory and discretionary expenditures, infrastructure, NASA, the FBI, Homeland Security, and every other expense! This would mean we would need to CUT EVERYTHING by 80% to balance our budget and free up enough cash to pay off our debt off within 20 years.
http://christianpf.com/can-the-u-s-solve-its-debt-problems/ click here to read more
8 Jul
Thriving at College-(every teenager should read this book before they graduate High School )
Surviving vs. Thriving
You’ve heard the statistics: 80% of Christians fall away from their faith during college. Watch out for the party scene. Don’t run with the wrong crowd. Don’t experiment with drugs. Don’t cut class. Don’t flunk out. Don’t get pregnant. Don’t get someone pregnant. I don’t know about you, but when I went to college, it seemed so many of the messages were well-intended warnings of what terrible dangers awaited me away from home. The goal, it seemed, was survival.
But deep down, I think many Christians know that merely surviving college is too low of a goal. College doesn’t have to be a time in which followers of Jesus barely eek by. I Timothy 4:12 tells us, “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”
Grandparents – buy this book for all your g-kids before High School Graduation!!-J. Lingle
This book covers most if not all the concerns every parent and grandparent, has about their high school graduate heading to college. I have 3 grandsons in high school now, with 4 more on the way and I will make sure each one has a copy of this book before they graduate high school. -Jerry Lingle
7 Jul
What would it mean to waste my life?
Only one life,
’Twill soon be past;
Only what’s done
for Christ will last.
What would it mean to waste my life? That was a burning question. Or, more positively, what would it mean to live well—not to waste life, but to . . . ? How to finish that sentence was
the question. I was not even sure how to put the question into words, let alone what the answer might be. What was the opposite of not wasting my life? “To be successful in a career”? Or “to be maximally happy”? Or “to accomplish something great?” Or “to find the deepest meaning and significance”? Or “to help as many people as possible”? Or “to serve Christ to the full”? Or “to glorify God in all I do”? Or was there a point, a purpose, a focus, an essence to life that would fulfill every one of those dreams?
IF WE REJECT HIM, WE REJECT GOD
Jesus is the litmus test of reality for all persons and all religions. He said it clearly: “The one who rejects me rejects him who sent me” (Luke 10:16). People and religions who reject Christ reject God. Do other religions know the true God? Here is the test: Do they reject Jesus as the only Savior for sinners who was crucified and raised by God from the dead? If they do, they do not know God in a saving way.
That is what Jesus meant when he said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). Or when he said, “Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him”
http://dwynrhh6bluza.cloudfront.net/resources/documents/1593/dwyl_full.pdf?1281039660
20 Jun
Crazy Love
Author: Francis Chan
•It is important that we not measure our spiritual health by the people around us, who are pretty much just like us.
•What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. Tozer
•On the average day, we live caught up in ourselves. On the average day, we dont consider God very much. On the average day, we forget that our life truly is a vapor.
•Too much of the good life ends up being toxic, deforming us spiritually. David Goetz
•Has your relationship with God actually changed the way you live? Do you see evidence of Gods kingdom in your life?
•The goals of American Christianity are often a nice marriage, children who dont swear, and good church attendance. Taking the words of Christ literally and seriously is rarely considered. Thats for the radicals who are unbalanced and who go overboard. Most of us want a balanced life that we can control, that is safe, and that does not involve suffering.
•Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church as long as it doesnt impinge on their standard of living.
•Lukewarm people tend to choose what is popular over what is right when they are in conflict. They desire to fit in both at church and outside of church; they care more about what people think of their actions (like church attendance and giving) than what God thinks of their hearts and lives.
•Lukewarm people dont really want to be saved from their sins; they only want to be saved from the penalty of their sins. They dont genuinely hate sin and arent truly sorry for it; their merely sorry because God is going to punish them. Lukewarm people dont really believe that this new life Jesus offers is better than the old sinful one.
•Lukewarm people are moved by stories about people who do radical things for Christ, yet they do not act. They assume such action is for extreme Christians not average ones.
•Lukewarm people rarely share their faith with their friends, neighbors or coworkers. They dont want to be rejected, nor do they want to make people uncomfortable by talking about private issues like religion.
•Lukewarm people gauge their morality or goodness by comparing themselves to the secular world. They feel satisfied that while they arent as hard core for Jesus as so-and-so, they are nowhere as horrible as the guy down the street.
•Lukewarm people say they love Jesus and He is, indeed, a part of their lives. But only a part. They give him a section of their time, their money and their thoughts, but He isnt allowed to control their lives.
•Lukewarm people love God, but they do not love Him with all of their heart, soul and strength. They would be quick to assure you that they try to love God that much, but that sort of devotion is not possible for the average person; its only for pastors, missionaries and radicals.
•Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money and energy they are willing to give.
•Lukewarm people think about time on earth much more than they think about eternity in heaven. Daily life is mostly focused on todays to do list, this weeks schedule and next months vacation. Rarely if ever do they consider the life to come. Regarding this, CS Lewis writes, If you read history you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
•Lukewarm people are thankful for their luxuries and comforts, and rarely consider trying to give as much as possible to the poor. They are quick to point out, Jesus never said money is the root of all evil, only that the love of money is. Untold numbers of lukewarm people feel called to minister to the rich; very few feel called to minister to the poor.
•Lukewarm people do whatever is necessary to keep themselves from feeling too guilty. They want to do the bare minimum to be good enough without requiring too much of them.
o They ask How far can I go before its considered a sin? instead of How can I keep my body a temple of the Holy Spirit?
o They ask, How much do I have to give? Instead of How much can I give?
• Lukewarm people are continually concerned with playing it safe; they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living keeps them from sacrificing and risking for God.
•Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so they never have to. They dont have to trust God if something unexpected happensthey have their savings account. They dont need God to help themthey have their retirement plans in place. They dont genuinely seek out what life God would have them livethey have life figured and mapped out. They dont depend on God on a daily basistheir refrigerators are full and, for the most part they are in good health. The truth is, their lives wouldnt look much different if they suddenly stopped believing in God.
•Lukewarm people probably drink and swear less than average, but besides that they really arent all that different from your typical unbeliever. They equate their partially sanitized lives with holiness, but they couldnt be more wrong.
•Jesus call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a Christian without being a devoted follower is absurd.
•Gods definition of what matters is pretty straight forward. He measures our lives by how we love.
•What are you doing right now that requires faith?
•Obsessed: to have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic.
•People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly, without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back.
•People who are obsessed with Jesus arent consumed with their personal safety and comfort above all else. Obsessed people care more about Gods kingdom coming to this earth than their lives being shielded from pain or distress.
•People who are obsessed with Jesus live lives that connect them with the poor in some way or another. Obsessed people believe that Jesus talked about money and the poor so often because it was really important to Him.
•Obsessed people are more concerned with obeying God than doing what is expected or fulfilling the status quo. A person who is obsessed with Jesus will do things that dont always make sense in terms of success or wealth on this earth.
•A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the sin of pride is always a battle. Obsessed people know that you can never be humble enough, and so they seek to make themselves less known and Christ more known.
•People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people.
•People who are obsessed with God are known as givers not takers. Obsessed people genuinely think that others matter as much as they do, and they are particularly aware of those who are poor around the world.
•A person who is obsessed thinks about heaven frequently. Obsessed people orient their lives around eternity; they are not fixed only on what is here in front of them.
•A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.
•People who are obsessed are raw with God; they do not attempt to mask the ugliness of their sins or their failures. Obsessed people dont put it on for God; He is their safe place where they can be at peace.
•People who are obsessed with God have an intimate relationship with Him. They are nourished by His Word throughout the day because they know that forty minutes on Sunday is not enough to sustain them for a whole week, especially when they will encounter so many distractions and alternative messages.
•A person who is obsessed with Jesus is more concerned with his character than comfort. Obsessed people know that true joy does not depend on circumstances or environment; it is a gift that must be chosen and cultivated; a gift that ultimately comes from God.
•A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the best thing he can do is to be faithful to his Savior in every aspect of his life, continually saying Thank You! to God. An obsessed person knows there can never be intimacy if he is always trying to pay God back or work hard enough to be worthy. He revels in his role as child and friend of God.
•Ive made a commitment to continually put myself in situations that scare me and require God to come through. When I survey my life, I realize that those times are the most meaningful and satisfying of my life. They are times when I truly experienced life and God.
•The world needs Christians who do not tolerate the complacency of their own lives.
•Daniel Webster once said The greatest thought that has ever entered my mind is that one day I will have to stand before a holy God and give an account of my life. He was right.
more book notes by Scott Lingle
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20 Jun
Fathers Day- April 19 2011
Children growing up without dads, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, are more likely to be delinquent and twice as likely to end up in prison.
How ironic then, that in our zeal for lifestyle validation, we have, in the words of author Cathy Young, “Proclaim[ed] the fatherless household to be just another wonderful addition to the mosaic of diversity.”
I well remember the idea of the expendability of fathers being touted in the ’70s by radical feminists such as Shulamith Firestone. What was regarded then as fringe political theory – like countless other counterculturisms – morphed in less than a generation into mainstream thought. Which goes a long way to explaining why two-thirds of today’s divorces involving children are initiated by mothers.
But should we be surprised? Times have certainly changed. Surveys show that today’s men are more inclined to stay in a troubled marriage for the sake of the children. Perhaps they remember something many seem to have forgotten: the worth of a father.
Having lost my own at an early age, I didn’t know the worth of a father either – not until I could see it up close and personal in the joyful well-being of my daughters who are growing up with one now.
And so, on this Father’s Day I’m thinking that dads do so much more than we give them credit for, so much more than we can measure. And even though I don’t have one myself, I still mean to celebrate Father’s Day.
And so should we all: Celebrate the valiant men who’ve learned to change diapers and burp babies and throw baseballs and help with homework and tough it out, no matter what.
Celebrate the men who ignore the world’s urgings: “Follow your dreams.” “If it feels good, do it.” “Have it your way.”
Celebrate those faithful ones who keep their commitments and give their wives and children the security of knowing they will never leave.
Let’s face it, being a dad can be a drag. No one issues you a uniform, salutes when you enter the room, or rewards you with a chestful of medals. Fatherhood is hardly a life of adventure – no Agent 007 or Indiana Jones. Quite the contrary. Throughout the entertainment world, since Archie Bunker, fathers have been largely portrayed as hopeless and self-centered fools.
But a dad who has conquered himself and his all-too human selfishness is more handsome to behold than any matinee idol, his story more compelling than any movie plot.
18 Jun
Don’t Retire; We Need You
You may have heard that retirement can kill you. Men and women die of boredom, for lack of intellectual challenge, or from the deafening silence that can accompany a spouse’s death. Depressed saving accounts may represent another motivation to stay gainfully employed. Even if times were better, you might simply prefer staying active in your career, maintaining a position of influence that you’ve worked hard to reach.
It is lawful to seek fruitfulness with one’s skills and talents. Yet there are better reasons than financial stability and longevity for remaining engaged with the world. There is the unique opportunity to reap eternal dividends by investing in younger Christians. “Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life” (Prov. 16:31). Years lived to the glory of God produce practical, biblical wisdom and unshakable confidence that God’s nearness is better than a large house and a picket fence, that the awaiting joys of heaven are better than any earthly promotion, and that drawing closer to God amidst painful trials is both tougher and more joy-filled than caving in to spiritual complacency.
http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/dont-retire-we-need-you/
13 Jun
Ten Questions to Ask yourself when your feeling stressed out about your job, wife/husband kids, inlaws, outlaws, etc.:
1. Do I trust my boss and coworkers?
2. Do I find myself attacking other people whom I perceive may be more skilled than me?
3. Do I have anything going on in my private life that, if it became public, would be grounds for serious reprimand or termination?
4. Do I have a “calling” in this job and do I value it over my perceived gifting?
5. Would I do business, shop, or purchase items from this company if I didn’t work here?
6. Do I always have to be right or am I willing to have others step into my particular area and point out blind spots and shortcomings?
7. Am I constantly telling others how tired I am?
8. Do I get angry when I do not receive the recognition and praise I think I deserve?
9. Am I honestly giving my best effort?
10. Would my coworkers say that I am an example of humility and patience? Hurting people hurt people. Healthy people help people. Look for ways to encourage others daily. Speak the truth in love. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of His body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
Ephesians 4:15-16 (NLT)
3 Jun
lavish love and extravagant goodness
“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”—the things God has prepared for those who love him—these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. 1 Cor. 2:9-10
Heavenly Father, this passage will always come close to overloading and frying the circuit-board of my imagination. That you chose to be so generous is one thing, but that you chose a people like us to be the recipients of your lavish love and extravagant goodness, that’s quite another thing.
It was while we were still sinners that you sent Jesus to die for us, and it is while we are still sinners (though wondrously justified) that you keep promises that are simply “off the charts.” How we praise, adore and worship you, in response to everything you’ve already done for us in Jesus, and will continue to do throughout eternity! Surely, there is no god like you. All other wanna-be gods are simply “empty nothings.”
As I try to wrap my heart around the enormity of your promise, I reach for things I have already experienced in life that are magnificent—things that I’ve profoundly enjoyed. I have seen the Swiss Alps 8 times and would gladly settle for Switzerland being the new heaven and new earth. I have heard great symphonies and choirs; Paul McCartney and my grandson call me “Papa”; cascading waterfalls and great waves crashing on many of your beaches in the world.
And as the Spirit has helped me, I have spent a lot of time “conceiving” the wonders of the world to come, as you describe them in Revelation 21:1-22:6. Quite honestly, I’m a satisfied man if I’m anywhere close to being right about the “things you’ve prepared for those who love you.” Yet you tell us, we’re like infants trying to imagine glory. What you have prepared for us supersedes our most faithful exegesis of your Word, our wildest dreams, deepest longings, and greatest hopes. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
We are those who love you only because you first loved us by giving Jesus as our substitute, by his life of perfect obedience and his propitiating death on the cross. It is because of you, Father, that we are in Christ Jesus, “who has become for us wisdom from God–that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption” (1 Cor. 2:9). By the power that raised Jesus from the dead, free us to love you more and more and more. In Jesus’ name we pray with grateful hearts and refueled expectancy. Amen
25 May
Happy Birthday to my wife & best friend
Happy Birthday to my wife and very best friend for the past 48+ years! I love sharing life with you, I love knowing that we have and will make it through whatever life brings with a deep abiding love. I cherish you, you are the love of my life. Thank you for living out 1 Cor. 13 in our 46 years of married life. -Jerry
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
22 May
A Prayer of Hope for Times of Spiritual Warfare – Heavenward by Scotty Smith
A Prayer of Hope for Times of Spiritual Warfare – Heavenward by Scotty Smith
via A Prayer of Hope for Times of Spiritual Warfare – Heavenward by Scotty Smith. We will overcome, not by our muscle but by your mercy—by the sacrifice of your blood and our grateful testimonies to your glory and grace. Indeed, Jesus, may the Spirit declare the gospel so loudly in our hearts that it literally drowns out Satan’s constant protestations of our guilt. Indeed, how can I, how can we keep from singing? “Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing, were not the right man on our side, the man of God’s own choosing. Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He. Lord Sabboth, his name, from age to age the same, and He must win the battle.”
18 May
YouTube – Can Born Again Justified Christians Lose Their Salvation? (Dr. John Piper)
YouTube – Can Born Again Justified Christians Lose Their Salvation? (Dr. John Piper)
via YouTube – Can Born Again Justified Christians Lose Their Salvation? (Dr. John Piper).
16 May
Ben Stein: The ‘Arab Spring’ Is a Fraud | The Blaze
Ben Stein: The ‘Arab Spring’ Is a Fraud | The Blaze
via Ben Stein: The ‘Arab Spring’ Is a Fraud | The Blaze.
Even the blind can see what is coming. Those who refuse to recognize coming Caliphate are complicit or are so mentally deficient that they need a guardian.
There have been those on the left who claim that American’s are stupid and here I must agree but the all voted for the guy in office….
11 May
Setting The Record Straight | Committee On The Budget
Setting The Record Straight | Committee On The Budget
Additional false charges about The Path to Prosperity:
MYTH: This budget ends Social Security and Medicare.
FACT: This budget saves and strengthens Social Security and Medicare. The Path To Prosperity makes no changes to these programs for Americans 55 and older. The government guarantee remains in place for both of these programs. It protects both of these programs for those 55 and older and saves them so they can provide benefits to future generations of Americans when they retire. This budget spends more each year on Social Security and Medicare. Additional support would be provided to those with low-incomes and poor health. Failing to act – as the President’s budget does – would mean the end of these programs as we know them. Without action, the Social Security Trustees report that beneficiaries will either see a 22 percent benefit cut or a corresponding hike in payroll taxes. Similarly, the Trustees for Medicare say that “Without corrective legislation, therefore, the assets of the trust fund would be exhausted within the next 7 to 19 years.”
Additional Questions on The Path To Prosperity’s Plan to Save Medicare
MYTH: The budget cuts benefits for low-income individuals on Medicaid.
FACT: The Path to Prosperity strengthens the Medicaid program by converting the federal share of the Medicaid payment into a block grant – just like the government did with welfare in the late 1990s. The initial allotment would be exactly as much as the states are receiving to pay for Medicaid today, and it would grow every year to account for inflation and population. This would allow states to tailor their programs to their low-income populations, allowing states maximum flexibility to focus their benefits on the specific needs of the state.
2 May
Justice for 911 attacks!!! Osama is now at the real judgement seat-say hello to Hitler!
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Osama is now standing at the judgement seat- (no virgins) instead -say hello to Hitler, Stalin, Pol pot, Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong, lake of fire or Hell as it is otherwise known in THE Holy Bible. King James Version.
THANK YOU ALL UNITED STATES MILITARY SERVICE MAN AND WOMAN. AS AN AMERICAN I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU-jERRY lINGLE
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27 Apr
If I were a Nazarene
If I were a Nazarene I’d try to Merge with the Wesleyans
If I were a Nazarene I’d try to get my denomination to merge with the Wesleyans. Here’s why:
1. Low Taxes. Wesleyans have low district, educational and denominational taxes—usually about 10% combined—and there’s talk of lowering it even more next summer. If Nazarenes joined the Wesleyans they could keep more of their own money locally.
2. Localism prevails. Among Wesleyans the local church really is at the top of the food chain—not the district or denomination. Wesleyan pastors have more power than DSs or GSs; pastors dominate Wesleyan boards and committees and as speakers at all conventions all the way to the top—if I were a Nazarene pastor I’d want to get in on this.
3. Pension is funded. Wesleyans don’t tax this generation to pay for the previous generation’s retirement, but actually save all pension money pastors put in to pay that individual pastor’s pension. If I were a Nazarene I’d want to merge to get in on this sound plan.
4. Mega church friendly. Wesleyans like churches in the thousands and the denomination pretty much lets these church do whatever they want. Beyond that, Wesleyans have a tax cap—after a certain point churches don’t pay a cent of taxes on the rest of the money they receive. If I were a Nazarene mega church pastor I’d want to get in on this.
5. Conservative Doctrine. It’s no secret that Wesleyans are considered a tad bit more doctrinally conservative than Nazarenes—so even if I were the tad bit more liberal Nazarene I’d figure that there was safety in that solid conservatism—comparatively, that is.
6. Catholic-spirited. Wesleyans aren’t very denominational. They are sort of an undenominational movement that seldom even mentions their name—even in local church names. Wesleyans show up in force at Catalyst and other conventions and seldom push to have a “Wesleyan edition” of whatever is the latest craze—they are always cooperating with other denominations. If I were a Nazarene I’d like that.
7. Fewer General Superintendents. Many Americans wonder why a denomination needs a bunch of GSs when the whole USA only has one President. Wesleyans have only three GSs, but they are probably headed next summer to reduce that to one. If I were a Nazarene I’d want to promote that idea and doing it by merger would be the easiest way.
8. JoAnne Lyon. If I were a Nazarene I’d be pushing merger with the Wesleyans just to get JoAnne Lyon. I don’t think Nazarenes can get her any other way.
9. World Hope. Through the innovative leadership of H C Wilson and JoAnne Lyon Wesleyans founded World Hope—a NCO that is not owned by the church but works parallel with it. If I were a Nazarene I’d want to merge, not just to get this connection with World Hope, but to design a common denomination that had this kind of global and generous-spirited approach to things—founding things you don’t have to control.
10. Wesleyans have the name Wesleyan. If I were a Nazarene I’d want to get a better name now that the denomination has grown up. I’d want a name that was more respectable, more decent—something like “the Wesleyan Church” or “the Wesleyan Methodist Church” and Wesleyans own the rights to both of those names. (Wesleyans also own Pilgrim Holiness, but we’d give that to the Nazarenes for free.)
Those are the reasons I’d want to marry the Wesleyans if I were a Nazarene. That is, unless the Nazarenes insist on remaining single.
So, what do you think?
The discussion of this column is on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=161502633
As a former Wesleyan and a former Nazarene – I totally agree with Keith on a sweet and loving merger between these two bodies of believers.-Jerry Lingle
Keith Drury April 19, 2011
www.TuesdayColumn.com
26 Apr
Sowing Seeds of Kindness
Sowing Seeds of Kindness
Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Galatians 6:9-10
25 Apr
Easter Sunday April 24th 2011
Had a great time with all the family on Easter Sunday April 24th 2011. Thank you Lord for the blessings of my wonderful family. Jeff & Tracy and Jordan, who is 17,and thinking about what Universities to check-out. Connor, 14, Melany, 7. Scott & Linda and Tyler, who just turned 16 in Feb. and can’t wait to get his drivers license. Ryan, 13, Kyle, 10, and Macy, 3. And my beautiful wife Marsha, who the Lord has blessed my life with for 46 wonderful years. I am BLessed beyond my dreams, so grateful to God for ALL these blessings- THANK you Jesus Christ the Lord and savior of my life for 50+ years! Thank you Jesus for laying down your life and taking it up again-Happy Easter everyone.
24 Apr
Glorious Day – an Uplifting Christian Music Video
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22 Apr
Chuck Colson relocates to Heaven April 21, 2012
Posted by Jerry Lingle in Current events. Tagged: Breakpoint Commentary, Charles Colson, God, Prison Fellowship. Comments Off
Combined with his faithfulness to his wife, Patty, and the example he has left to his children and grandchildren and the readers of his many books and listeners to his radio commentary “Breakpoint,” what better legacy could one leave?
His life told the story of redemption and God’s grace – plus decades of service to those in prison and their families.
He is sure to hear those words I long to hear someday: “Well done, my good and faithful servant.”
We will miss This humble servants 2-minute warnings-thank you Chuck!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Colson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0mk16wNfs&feature=youtu.be
http://www.colsoncenter.org/topnews/entry/44/19244
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