How God Measures Our Success
Hey everyone, I thought you might enjoy this entry in my Quiet Time Journal from my devotion this morning. I am going through 1 Corinthians. Today’s passage was 12:4-6. The theme of today’s quiet time study is that the same God works through each of our individual gifts to accomplish His purpose. An excerpt is below. Thanks! ~ Dwayne What God said to me: You cannot please me more than to do what I have gifted you and intended for you to do. Man looks at various ministries and automatically assumes one is more important and...
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Here is a powerful and simple dramatic sketch written by Dwayne that will work great for your Easter worship service. This 2-minute sketch works for any size congregation. It is taken from Luke 24:1-9 and builds up to a contagious shouting throughout the entire congregation of the words, “He is risen!” This dramatic scripture reading works great after a familiar and powerful resurrection praise song like “Because He Lives” or “My Saviour Lives.” You only need three people for this sketch. One main...
read morePraise Him In the Economic Storm
October 7, 2008 Tonight I tried my best to listen attentively to the presidential debate. I thought both Senator McCain and Senator Obama did a fairly good job presenting their views in a convincing manner. Many of the questions were on our economy, of course. I can’t say I was particularly entertained by the debate, nor was I supposed to have been. It wasn’t designed to be entertaining. But I can’t say I was encouraged by their responses either. And you know, I was really hoping I would be. After all, it feels more...
read moreC.S. Lewis’ Prophetic Words Speak to Our Economic Woes
The following is a quote from C. S. Lewis’ book, Mere Christianity (HarperCollins, 1952). It needs no preface or explanation… There is one bit of advice given to us by the ancient heathen Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by the great Christian teachers of the Middle Ages, which the modern economic system has completely disobeyed. All these people told us not to lend money at interest; and lending money at interest — what we call investment — is the basis of our whole system…Three great...
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