No!
Apparently Warren Buffet has a little black date book that he carries around. If you flip through it, you’ll find that the pages are practically empty.
“You’ve gotta keep control of your time,” Buffett says, “and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.”
Saying “No!”
When writer Eugene Peterson was a pastor, he made a discipline of writing “FD” into his appointment calendar three days a week. If someone
Venus!
On permanent display in the Musée du Louvre in Paris is what is perhaps the most well-known sculpture of the world, Venus de Milo. The marble statue is otherwise known as Aphrodite of Milos (Aphrodite is the Greek name for the goddess labeled Venus by the Romans). The work is likely to have been created in the 2nd century BC, and probably by Alexandros of Antioch, as an inscription on the plinth of statue (now lost) apparently asserted.
The image of the lady is renowned
Mark 7:1–30
Faith that produces obedience, not hypocritical allegiance to manmade rules, renders the disciple morally acceptable to God.
“The things which come out of one are the things that defile one.”
Mark 7:15
This pericope primarily deals with an issue of the “heart” (7:6, 19, 21): both purity and impurity begin “inside” (7:21, 23), not “outside” (7:15, 18). Jesus’ concern here is with moral purity—obedience to God’s commands. On the other hand, the Pharisees’
Home!
Dallas Seminary “lost” another one of its own last week.
Dr. Steve Strauss, Department Chair and Professor of World Missions and Intercultural Studies, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, after a year-long bout with cancer.
Steve once said: “Be prepared to pray any time, preach any time, and die any time.”
Here’s what Steve wrote to the Seminary community in April 2012, soon after his diagnosis:
God has already ministered powerfully to our family through this.
Giver!
Marie Antoinette (1755–1793) was the wife of Louis XVI and Queen of France. She, rightly or wrongly (probably wrongly, say modern scholars), symbolized everything that was wrong with the French monarchy, and helped focus public hatred upon that institution.
Her husband, the King, was deposed and the royal family imprisoned. Soon Marie Antoinette was herself tried—accused of everything from immorality and incest to corruption and treason—and finally found guilty for
Mark 6:32–56
Disciples commissioned by the divinely powerful Jesus are themselves divinely empowered by him to meet any need.
“You yourselves give them to eat!”
Mark 6:37
The crowds gathered are like “sheep not having a shepherd” (6:34), a proverbial metaphor in the OT, used of Israel in a leadership vacuum (Num 27:17; 1 Kgs 22:17; Ezek 34:5–6). This sets the stage for the leadership role disciples are directed by Jesus to play. But they have apparently given no thought to
Head!
Another case of a Frenchman and his head.
Henry IV (1553–1610) was the King of France from 1589–1610, the first French monarch of the House of Bourbon, and grandfather of Louis XIV (aka the “Sun King”).
Henry was a popular ruler, greatly appreciated by his people for his concern for their welfare: he promoted agriculture, drained swamps, encouraged education, built highways, promoted arts, etc. Apparently he’s the guy who gave rise to the phrase “a chicken in
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.