Ears to HearChurch Publishing, Inc., 2003 - 154 pages |
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... moved to the Diocese of Northern Indiana in 2000. Above all , I am grateful to Sylvia , Gregory , and Sharon : My calling as husband and father is a training ground for all the rest . It is there , in my family , that I meet Jesus most ...
... moved to the Diocese of Northern Indiana in 2000. Above all , I am grateful to Sylvia , Gregory , and Sharon : My calling as husband and father is a training ground for all the rest . It is there , in my family , that I meet Jesus most ...
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... move to a new city and start " looking for a church , " they are doing more than mere comparison shopping . Although they may not know the vocabulary , they are answering God's call to community . God's call comes to us in many ways ...
... move to a new city and start " looking for a church , " they are doing more than mere comparison shopping . Although they may not know the vocabulary , they are answering God's call to community . God's call comes to us in many ways ...
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... move to northern California , " Tom said . I looked at Tom and Eileen across my desk and wondered if he were joking . Tom's face was serious enough , but I couldn't imagine that he meant what he had just told me . " Really , now . What ...
... move to northern California , " Tom said . I looked at Tom and Eileen across my desk and wondered if he were joking . Tom's face was serious enough , but I couldn't imagine that he meant what he had just told me . " Really , now . What ...
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... move prompted me to ask myself a question . Does God challenge people to take risks ? Does he ask people to leave behind everything safe and secure and to follow blindly without a hint of a destination ? Most Christians would agree that ...
... move prompted me to ask myself a question . Does God challenge people to take risks ? Does he ask people to leave behind everything safe and secure and to follow blindly without a hint of a destination ? Most Christians would agree that ...
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... moved the family to Haran in northwest Mesopotamia — not Ur , certainly , but at least it was within Ur's cultural orbit . In time , though , Abraham remembered God's words to him . " The Lord had said to Abram , ' Leave your country ...
... moved the family to Haran in northwest Mesopotamia — not Ur , certainly , but at least it was within Ur's cultural orbit . In time , though , Abraham remembered God's words to him . " The Lord had said to Abram , ' Leave your country ...
Contents
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Gods Call to Ordinary People Bezalel and Oholiab | 38 |
The Fear of Gods Call Joshua | 47 |
Called by a Community Deborah | 56 |
Gods Call and Our SelfImage Gideon | 64 |
An Unlikely Call David | 82 |
Call Forwarding Elijah and Elisha | 91 |
Called in Brokenness Hosea | 100 |
Gods Intrusive Call Amos | 109 |
Called in Holiness Isaiah | 117 |
When a Call Becomes a Burden Jeremiah | 126 |
Restoring a Lost Call Zerubbabel | 135 |
Called by Circumstances Esther | 145 |
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