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Biblical Persons And Virtues
Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 11, 2012 (message contributor)
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1. Price Of Pride--The Example Of Joab
Contributed on Jul 11, 2012
The career of Joab helps us understand how to temper pride with humility, and what happens when we don't.
The Price of Pride–the example of Joab 2 Sm 3:39 “the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. The Lord requite the evildoer according to his wickedness!” These words of David refer principally to a man named Joab, general of David’s army. David himself was a warrior. ...read more
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2. Giving God The Best
Contributed on Oct 16, 2021
In everything we do, worship, service, outreach, we always give our best because the Father gave us His best, Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit.
Monday of 29th Week in Course We celebrate here the one who died for our sins and was raised by the Father for our justification. The celebration of the Eucharistic sacrifice turns us into the opposite of the miser remembered in the Gospel, whom Joachim Jeremias believes was a real person whose ...read more
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3. Like Paul And John We Are Prophets
Contributed on Jun 20, 2023
Restoring the prophetic voice.
Solemnity of John the Baptist 2023 St. Paul knew how to approach the Jews and the Gentiles who had an interest in the Jewish faith as he went through Asian Minor and Greece to spread the Gospel of Christ. So we see him in today’s story from Acts coming to the local synagogue on Shabat, Saturday. ...read more
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4. In The Land Of The Blind, The Open-Eyed Get Beaten Up
Contributed on Jun 23, 2023
Our Western world is suffused with moral and intellectual darkness; it’s like nearly everyone is blind, or walks around with an eyepatch over both eyes.
Friday of the 11th Week in Course 2023 I had for about nine years the privilege of leading a Christian secondary school. One of the skills we taught in our writing classes was, as in many schools, how to write a resume for college applications. And, as principal, I got to read very many resumes ...read more
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5. Lie, Cheat, Steal And Pay
Contributed on Jul 4, 2023
Jacob will have to leave his family and himself get cheated in a foreign land before he will be fit to return home.
Saturday of the 13th Week in Course 2023 Back about sixty years ago, when I was growing up, there was a TV ad for some political candidate that had the opponent’s picture on the screen, interpreted by a loud voice-over yelling “LIE, CHEAT, STEAL.” The approach was hokey and original for our ...read more
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6. Teacher, Do You Not Care If We Perish?
Contributed on Jun 19, 2024
If I have done no evil, nothing but good, Lord, why am I being punished?
Twelfth Sunday in Course 2024 Psalm 107, which we prayed as our response to Scripture today, is what we call a todah song. When an Israelite had a big problem, like being thrown into prison because of a minor offense, or being about to drown as the boat is foundering in a storm, he would make a ...read more