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Life Of Samuel
Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 8, 2003 (message contributor)
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1. Prayer Changes People
Contributed on Jan 8, 2003
The Life of Samuel, Part 1 of 5.
PRAYER CHANGES PEOPLE (1 SAM 1:1-22) Kurt Cobain, the founder and leader of the grunge band Nirvana, was the most acclaimed and creative singer of his generation. His parents divorced when he was eight and two of his father’s uncles committed suicide. Marriage and the birth of a daughter were ...read more
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2. Dare To Discipline
Contributed on Jan 8, 2003
The Life of Samuel, Part 2 of 5.
DARE TO DISCIPLINE (1 SAM. 2:12-36) The new millennium brought out the worst in parenting, and no parenting method was criticized more harshly than that of captured American Taliban, John Lindh Walker. When Lindh Walker was 10, the family from Washington State moved to socially liberal Marin ...read more
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3. Shape Up Or Ship Out
Contributed on Jan 8, 2003
The Life of Samuel, Part 3 of 5.
SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT (1 SAM. 3) As I was sitting in my van in a parking lot a month after my 42nd birthday, a strand of hair dropped onto my shirt before my very eyes. Instinctively I picked up the hair to see its color, length, and texture. Negative questions immediately arose: Is it gray? Am I ...read more
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4. Revive Us Again
Contributed on Jan 8, 2003
The Life of Samuel, Part 4 of 5.
REVIVE US AGAIN (1 SAM. 7) The closet thing to a revival I had experienced was at the youth fellowship in my home church. Seven of the twenty-something young people, including me, are in the ministry at the present. Five are pastors, one is a seminary lecturer, and one is an assistant pastor. ...read more
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5. They Love Me, They Love Me Not
Contributed on Jan 8, 2003
The Life of Samuel, Part 5 of 5.
THEY LOVE ME, THEY LOVE ME NOT (1 SAM. 8, 12:16-25) A joke on the management of cows has been circulating for many years under the subject “World Economics,” “World Politics,” or “World Ideologies”: Communism: You have two cows. The government takes both, milks them, keeps the milk, and gives you ...read more