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I Like Some Of What Edwene Gaines Writes About ... PRO
Contributed by Don Hawks on Sep 30, 2007 (message contributor)
I like some of what Edwene Gaines writes about although I do not agree with all her views on spirituality. But I have learned enough from her writings that I decided not to be bothered in areas where I disagree. I find her life story and spiritual journey though to be compelling.
Years before she became a notable speaker and minister, as a single mother Edwene Gaines was raising her daughter in abject poverty. Overwhelmed and terrified, she turned toward her faith for reassurance, sustenance, and finally for direction.
In the midst of her poverty, Edwene Gaines feeling hopeless decided to open her Bible and here is the passage she turned to, Malachi 3:10:
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.
What seemed impossible at the time, she did anyway. She gave 10% of every cent that came to her. Gaines herself began the journey into...
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Singer Sheryl Crow Said Recently, In A New York ... PRO
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 4, 2007
Singer Sheryl Crow said recently, in a New York Post interview: “I believe in God. I believe in Jesus and Buddha and Mohammed and all those that were enlightened. I wouldn’t say necessarily that I’m a strict Christian. I’m not sure I believe in heaven.” Sheryl Crow is where many people are ...read more
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Counting The Cost - Paying The Price By Bobby ... PRO
Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
Counting the Cost - Paying the Price by Bobby Welch-----Bakari was born and grew up in a Muslim tribe near the Indian Ocean in Southern Kenya. On a Wednesday night last March, Bakari was persuaded to attend a Baptist church. Bakari was only willing to go to a church because of personal illness, and ...read more
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How Do You Expect Me To Believe In God," Asked ...
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 4, 2007
“How do you expect me to believe in God,” asked Woody Allen, “when only last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of my electric typewriter?” There are many people like Woody Allen who focus on the annoyances of life rather than wonderful things of life. It always seems that the troubles of ...read more
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Good Is The Enemy Of Great. And That Is One Of ...
Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 4, 2004
“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don’t have great schools because we have good schools. We don’t have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because ...read more
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Dallas Willard, In His Book The Spirit Of The ...
Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 4, 2007
Dallas Willard, in his book The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives, writes, “Spirituality in human beings is not an extra or ‘superior’ mode of existence. It’s not a hidden stream of separate reality, a separate life running parallel to our bodily existence. It does ...read more
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