FOUND GUILTY

Is there enough evidence to find you guilty? Years ago an excellent public speaker challenged a large audience with this profound statement. If it were a crime to be a Christian would you be found guilty? Not guilty shouted the atheist! Not...

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DOING NOTHING IS DIFFICULT

Coach Jim Harrick delights in saying, "I am doing nothing today and I won't start until noon." As my wife Susie recovers from a car accident that resulted in a broken sternum, which has rendered her helpless, we are doing...

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FORGIVENESS FRIDAY

Forgiveness is a get-out-of-jail-free card or 50-million-dollar lottery ticket winner.  Who wouldn't want that?  Nevertheless, to effectively fathom the principles of forgiveness, it is necessary to understand unforgiveness and its brutal consequences.  First comes sadness, disappointment, hurt or mistreatment.  These...

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REFRESH TO BE REFRESHED

A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. - Proverbs 11:25 Racketball, handball, and squash initially are very difficult games to play until you learn a critical skill. Unlike all other ball games, these games you let the ball go by and then play them off...

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WHOSE TRUTH?

Is it God’s truth, her truth, his truth, their truth, my truth or is it your truth? These questions though confusing are not meant to confuse. The intent is to bring enlightenment to the difficult dilemma of truth finding and truth...

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PRACTICE GRATITUDE

"As medicine is to the body, gratitude is to the soul." For the past six months, Words of Hope with Fred Crowell has been a source of joy and thanksgiving to me. Knowing God and enjoying him forever is my...

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VISION CARRIES CONVICTION

Encourage children to dream big dreams; train them the life skills to make their dreams and visions come true. The creative gift, imagination, separates the human mind from every other creature on the planet. Imagination births vision. The more crystal...

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FASCINATION WITH PEOPLE’S BEHAVIOR

"Nothing on Earth is more interesting than studying the way people act." - Fred Crowell I marvel at the skill level people master.  Bob and Kwan dazzle me as I watch them work on watches and clocks.  At Jewelry Design Center I...

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SATISFIED WITH GOOD THINGS

Join me in a walk through this five star Psalm. I wonder what was happening in King David's dramatic life when he wrote the 103rd Psalm. From a theological perspective it is brilliant. Psychologically, David provides wise counsel. Literary critics find creative genius...

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LIGHTS ON FULL BEAM

“Start living instead of dying.” -S. Crowell Lights ON living is a moment by moment decision. Today's modern cars are designed to take human error out of driving. Automatic headlights are just one of many examples. Driving a vehicle in...

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