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Did Jesus Die on the Cross, or, did He Flee to Japan and become a Rice Farmer?
In northern Japan, on a mountain surrounded by rice paddies, a monument to Jesus has been erected. Japanese legend (mythology would be a more appropriate word) tells an amusing story of Jesus leaving Jerusalem before Hi… -
Teach Us To Number Our Days -- Interesting Illustration for Use with Youth
Assume you wish to impart to your youth the desire not to waste time on frivolous activities and desire for them to begin to consider, on their own, how they might deliberately use their time wisely (Ephesians 5:15-16, P… -
Why Do Adults Attend Sunday School?
Reposted March 23, 2007 Note: This blog posting has been updated to correct a substantive definitional error I made. Even in its corrected form, I suspect that some will continue to find the topic indigestible. My apol… -
Letting the World Define the Mission -- A Strategy of Failure
In my many years of working in Fortune 500 companies, a marketing saying was frequently used to justify many product decisions: “Let the market tell you what to do.” Also known as “Give the people what they want.” That… -
Amazing Grace -- One Christian’s Movie Review
Many decades before Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the USA via presidential edict, England was brought to the point of social outrage and shame such that their parliament voted to abolish the slave trade throughout … -
Here’s Mud in Your Eye
Many of the expressions we use today have a known modern meaning, we just forget where they originated. For example, “Here’s mud in your eye,” is a glib, if not popular, toast when drinking alcohol. It means, “To your …
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