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How Important Is One Person? Have you ever felt, "What's the use? Alone, I can't make a difference!" According to Solomon, the wise man of old, two are better than one:
"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him; a threefold cord is not quickly broken." (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)
In general, two are better than one, and three together are even stronger. Still, one person, in many venues, can make a difference. Among millions of citizens, for example, it is easy to be immobilized by the belief that one person cannot settle the matters of state or dramatically affect the national course of events. History proves otherwise. More >>
They Feared Him, Mark 11:15-18
Jerusalem merchants had set up their businesses in the temple. When Jesus saw them, He drove them out saying, "Is it not written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have made it a 'den of thieves.'" When the scribes and chief priests heard it, they considered how they might destroy Him.
It is a marvel how men sometimes arrive at the course of action they choose. More >>
2010 Czech Trip, Charlie Brackett
I am writing this in Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport, waiting for Delta's flight to Amsterdam. My destination, if the Lord wills, is Prague by air and then Brno in the Czech Republic by bus. I am filled with gratitude to the Czech brethren for graciously providing the opportunity; to the North Terrace church of Christ in Chattanooga and a few individuals who have generously provided the funds; to my wife, Maria, who uncomplainingly manages alone to keep things together at home while I am on the other side of the world (this time for five weeks - boy, do I miss her!); and to our Lord whose cause for the souls of men is so compelling as to move all of us to stretch ourselves. We are richly blessed, and humbled by His goodness.
This trip, several public lectures have been scheduled in four Czech cities: Brno, Ceske Budjeovice, Litomysl and Prague. And, there will... More >>
You may be only one, feeling all alone, but if you are on God's side, you are on the side of victory, an unconquerable majority. Challenge yourself for Him today!
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