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Living A Life On Loan

John Killinger Enjoying a Life on Loan First air date March 21, 1999 – Program #4221 —————————————————————————- —- Congregational clergyman and author, Dr. John Killinger, is from Williamsburg, Virginia. John has had a distinguished career in the ministry as a pastor, seminary professor, and prolific author. Today, he wears several hats: he is President of […]

Living Confidently

Richard Foster Living Confidently in God First air date January 16, 2000 – Program #4315 —————————————————————————- —- Dr. RICHARD FOSTER is a writer, teacher, and church renewal expert. Well-known for his best-selling book, Celebration of Discipline, Richard’s several books on spiritual development have become modern-day devotional classics. He’s a three-time winner of the prestigious Gold […]

Life Isn’t Fair, Thank God (John Claypool)

John Claypool Life Isn’t Fair, Thank God! First air date January 30, 2000 – Program #4317 —————————————————————————- —- Fr. JOHN CLAYPOOL is Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and made his first appearance on 30 Good Minutes in 1978. A native of Kentucky, John was ordained in the Southern Baptist denomination in […]

The Hope That Comes From Faith (Campolo)

Tony Campolo The Hope that Come from Faith First air date November 7, 1999 – Program #4313 —————————————————————————- —- Dr. TONY CAMPOLO is a Professor of Sociology and Director of the Urban Studies Program at Eastern College in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He is founder and President of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, […]

Repentance And Hopefulness (John Claypool)

John Claypool Repentance and Hopefulness First air date January 24, 1999 The Rev. Dr. John Claypool is Rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama. John made his first appearance on this program in 1978, and has been a regular speaker almost every season since then. A native of Kentucky, John was ordained in […]

Psalm 37 – Trust, Wait, Look

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-225 Sunday 19 Nov 2000 Reading: PSALM 37 – TRUST, WAIT, LOOK (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) We live in a world in which the wicked may often seem to ‘flourish like a green tree’ (v 35). ‘Lord, help me to trust your just rule.’ ‘Heaven for sparrows and Christians […]

God And Man, And The Simpsons

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-229 (Apologetics & Social Issues) by Terry Mattingly The King James Version of the Bible is a masterpiece of the English language and one of the cornerstones of Western Civilization, as we know it. So sociologist John Heeren perked up when he was watching The Simpsons and heard a reference to a […]

Psalms On Sundays: 38 – A Severe Mercy

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 0-230 Sunday 26 Nov 2000 Reading: PSALM 38 – A SEVERE MERCY (From ‘Encounter with God’ Bible Reading Notes) If we fall away from God, total honesty will be our first step back: ‘All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you’ (v 9). The […]

Fathers In Their Generation

Rev. Mark Trotter First United Methodist Church of San Diego (619) 297-4366 Fax (619) 297-2933 “THE FATHERS IN THEIR GENERATION” The Wisdom of Sirach 44:1-15 Psalm 42 Hebrews 12:1-2, 7-17 This is the third Sunday in June. I am usually not here on this Sunday, because it is during this week that the sessions of […]

The Bible Jesus Read (Yancey)

Philip Yancey The Bible Jesus Read First air date March 26, 2000 – Program #4324 —————————————————————————- —- PHILIP YANCEY is an author and editor-at-large for Christianity Today magazine. Philip is an eight- time winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award, given annually by the Evangelical Christian Publisher’s Association. Some of the books include Where Is […]