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New wave of
higher education
Back-to-school
is looming in the air for most people right now. From buying up
crayons and pencils for the youngsters to packing up that
college-bound youngster of yours for the first time. And when a lot
of us take time to think about the hustle and bustle of preparing
for school this time of year, those are the situations we normally
think of first.
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Reaching New
Heights
So, what’s the point? Many of us are trying to
do too much on our own strength and ability. We have failed to join
ourselves with God and allow Him to take us higher than we could
ever go on our own.
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Lincoln
Christian Church's VBS raises money for 'Together for Lincoln'
Lincoln
Christian College welcomes new faculty for 2008-09 Academic Year
Lincoln Christian College is pleased to
announce new additions to the faculty.
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Don’t
Preach to Me!
A
preacher once asked comedian and actor George Burns for advice;
“You’re so good with audiences, Mr. Burns, and you hold their
attention so well. Do you have any advice for a preacher?” He
answered, “My advice is to have a good beginning, and good ending,
and then keep them as close together as you can.”
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What is Together for Lincoln?
Together for
Lincoln is a partnership consisting of over 15 area churches who are
committed to work together to share the love of Jesus Christ by
serving our community. Our first day of service will be on Sunday,
September 28, 2008. On that day, we will send dozens of teams into
the community to do everything from building wheelchair ramps for
individuals to visiting members of our community who are in the
nursing home. The day will conclude with a community worship
gathering in the evening.
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Praise God
For What He Does
Ephesians 5:19-20 says we are to “speak
to one another with songs, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make
melody in your hearts to the Lord, always giving things to God the
father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” We
praise God for His works.
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Fire
There’s
something about fire that mesmerizes us, attracts us, draws us in.
Its raw power and energy has amazing potential to be used for
good—to heat our homes, to give us light, to cook our food, create
spaces where we tell stories and connect with each other—and also to
destroy as it consumes whatever we throw into it. It’s untamed, we
can’t understand it, and it carries the potential to break out into
something so totally beyond us. It’s a thing of awe, a thing of
terror, a thing of beauty and a thing that has often inspired
worship.
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Understanding where our uniqueness is from
We desire old, vintage, nostalgic
things’ they’re things we want. I love the look of old movie
theaters, the smell of old books, the glimmer of classic cars, the
design of old posters and the simplicity of a boy shooting his eye
out in A Christmas Story.
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Cleaning House
I
talked with a friend this week about an opportunity she had to help
a guy clean his house. It may not sound that monumental, except his
house hadn’t been cleaned for SEVEN years. Something had happened,
and his life as he had known it ended. Maybe something died, or
shut down, but stuff started to pile up—garbage, dishes, papers,
clothes—until it felt overwhelming. His friends didn’t know how bad
it had gotten, he hadn’t shown them, or maybe they just never
stopped by. My friend was the first in a long time. They spent six
hours cleaning, just so they could clear a path so the appraiser
could walk through the house. It’s not finished, and there’s a
whole lot more to do, but it’s a start.
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Do You Really Want To Know The Truth?
I
had spoken at a family conference
and explained and illustrated Bible truths about how a
parent can “turn around” a rebellious teen.
-- A man came up to me and
said, “How did you discover such amazing truths?” I replied,
“The Bible is the mind of man’s Creator revealed to man. In
the Bible God gave to man every key truth man would need to
live human life. Our difficulty is in receiving and
believing ALL of those truths. But each truth we believe
opens up another set of truths. And each one of those opens
up another set, etc. etc.”
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Lincoln Churches Come Together in Action
Community
action of some kind is commonplace inside most
churches. But for the first time in Lincoln, 11 churches --
and that number is anticipated to grow to more than 15 --
have banded together to create the campaign "Together for
Lincoln." This unified action will involve all participating
churches being committed to working together to serve the
community, from building wheelchair ramps to visiting the
homebound.
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Living With Regret
By Ronald K. Denlinger
An error in
judgment can result in a lifetime of regret. It isn't
required that there be any intentional harm to another in
order for us to carry sorrowful thoughts about our actions.
Each of us looks back at things we've done, and we wish for
just a moment in which we could have made a different
decision. If only we had thought more carefully about the
potential consequences. If only we had taken a slightly
different course.
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