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Episode 3: Her Name Is Sally “Do you do this hangover thing very often?” “First time. The very first time. And, last time. The very last time. Never again…” I mumbled. “Oh. If you had told me, I could have got you just the right thing. We have two or…
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Chapter 4, Verse 16 “As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.” What makes their boasting so arrogant? Their ignorance of the future is a good place to start. Arrogance and ignorance are not a good combination. When we humans start planning the future we have…
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Ignoring the Wonderful Story One thing that has not changed a great deal over the ages is the proclivity of mankind to ignore the love of God and its subsequent grace. Again and again the Bible relates the unwillingness of the human race to obey God and receive His blessings.…
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Chapter 4, Verse 15 “Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’” Instead of saying what we are going to do, we need to say what we want to do and will do if God permits. Notice that James not only includes…
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Episode 2: Those Beautiful Eyes Vinyl covered booths lined one wall and old solid wooden tables filled the middle space. A counter with five or six stools ran down the other side of the room bordering the kitchen area. There was an empty two-seat booth, so I sat down there,…
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Chapter 4, Verse 14 “…yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” Two great thoughts from James in this verse. First of all we have no idea of the future fortune of…
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Wonderful Story of Love “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be…
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Chapter 4, Verse 13 “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’” James appears to be addressing the well to do, the up-and-coming business class and not necessarily the rich. He…
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Chapter 4, Verse 12 “There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?” We are not in charge of our brothers and sisters. Their eternal destiny is not our decision. God is the only one who…
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Idaho Love Story by Philip Dampier Episode 1: The Power Pole-A Trusted Friend I was standing on the fire escape platform at the back side of The Owyhee Hotel in downtown Boise, Idaho. I was on the fourth floor of a five-story building holding on to the railing of the…
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