Steven on April 1st, 2009

Shakespeare stated in As You Like It this often-repeated phrase: All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts This analogy to life fits the way that we often live. It’s not that I necessarily […]

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Steven on February 25th, 2009

Many of the songs from the Jesus movement had themes that came out of stories from the Bible. But there are few writers who did this as well as Don Francisco. He had a way of taking a passage from the Bible, putting the story in lyric form, and singing it with such passion that […]

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Steven on October 29th, 2008

In my last post, I discussed the way Jesus had an influence on the people he met, an influence that made them give up everything and follow him. Some of the people in Israel in Jesus’ day got a chance to actually meet him, and hear his call. And ever since the day the resurrected […]

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Steven on October 27th, 2008

Imagine being there at work, doing what you do every day. Same old routine as always, same people, same activities. And then someone comes up, and tells you to follow him. You’ve never met this person before … and yet, not only do you decide to do what he said, but you leave your job […]

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