Posts Tagged ‘Boldness’
Boldness Before the Perishing
Many years ago, I arched more than a few eyebrows (no surprise) when I preached a sermon that didn’t just hint at or suggest, but outright stated that there is something we can do to hasten the return of Jesus. To some, the audacity of such an idea was borderline blasphemous. But for those who occasionally pray,…
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“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.” – William Henly1 The pull-quote above comes from the 1875 Victorian era poem Invictus by the English poet William Ernest Henley. It was written while he was hospitalized with a diseased right foot, having already lost his left leg when it was amputated below…
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Courage Demonstrated In Acts chapter fourteen, the apostle Paul is embarked with Barnabas on the first of his three missionary journeys. Paul and Barnabas are in the region of Lycaonia, an area in Asia Minor to the north of the Taurus Mountains. There they are preaching in the cities of Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. If…
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