Jay McCarl
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Someone OFFENDED You?
“Followers of Jesus are not fearful people. Followers of Jesus are not angry people. Followers of Jesus are the least offendable people in the world because they are not of the world. When did so many followers of Jesus forget this, I wonder, and why?” —JRM
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The Grave-Diggers of Reason
“All the Dachaus must remain standing. The Dachaus, the Belsens, the Buchenwalds, the Auschwitzes—all of them. They must remain standing because they are a monument to a moment in time when some men decided to turn the earth into a graveyard—into it they shoveled all of their reason, their logic, their knowledge, but worst of…
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His Unquenchable Fire
I sometimes think about the cross And shut my eyes and try to see The cruel nails, the crown of thorns And Jesus crucified for me; But even could I see Him die, I would but see a little part Of that great love, which like a fire, Was always burning in His heart. —Bernard…
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Here is Your Epitaph
“He never went off subject.” —Journalist Tom Brokaw, of Billy Graham No one had to ask what his subject was—when you heard the name Billy Graham you knew it was, without apology, Jesus. Let me meddle a minute… When others say your name, what do they think of? What do you aspire to be known for?…
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A Prayer to Be Like Jesus
Lord help me live from day to day In such a self-forgetful way That even when I kneel to pray, My prayer shall be for others. Help me in all the things I do, To ever be sincerely true, And know that all I do for you Must needs be done for others. Others, Lord,…
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Perfect Recklessness
“He made us the lamps of His light, not the salesmen and customers of His fire. He fits no category, exceeds every attribution, defies all literary description. He is immeasurably more than the object of our study—He’s the subject of the universe itself. He is “the superlative of everything good you choose to call Him”,…
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The World’s Best Leaders
“The leaders God chooses are often more broken than strong…more damaged than whole…more troubled than secure. God’s greatest leaders do not rise up from a bed of roses; they rise from beds of nails.” —Scott Sauls Abraham, Moses, Jacob, Deborah, Gideon, Ehud, Joshua, David, Elijah, Peter, Paul, you. There. Your excuses just evaporated. Go give ’em…
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What’s on Your Bucket List?
“What pain to find your life-work to be a lot of wood, and hay, and stubble that will blaze furiously, and die out in ashes! You know what I mean: so much time spent in planning frivolous amusements for the people, so much talent expended in teaching that which is not the gospel, so much…
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Holding Hands in the Dark
“As the rain hides the stars, as the autumn mist hides the hills, happenings of my lot hide the shining of Thy face from me. Yet, if I may hold Thy hand in the darkness, it is enough; since I know that, though I may stumble in my going, Thou dost not fall.” —Alistair Maclean Walking in faith—not always fun, but always mighty. Always. —j
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