The comparison game
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The comparison game

Michael J. Brooks Comparisons can be instructive and memorable. Jesus often used comparisons in teaching.  For example, he taught about two sons, two builders and two men who died, only one going to the “bosom of Abraham.”  In Luke 18 he taught two parables that demonstrated important principles in prayer. Both feature comparisons that show…

The vision thing
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The vision thing

Michael J. Brooks I’ve never forgotten where the Apostle Paul had his famous Macedonian vision after Dr. Bryan asked this on a test in New Testament class and I hadn’t a clue…but Dr. Luke states clearly that he was in Troy—the city made famous by the beautiful Helen whose “face launched a thousand ships,†according…

Using the cell phone wisely
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Using the cell phone wisely

Michael J. Brooks | Guest Columnist It was a story from “The New York Post†last spring that I pondered and saved. The headline proclaimed, “City removes last-standing public payphone from NYC street.†The accompanying picture showed the removal of a telephone counter, not the old-fashioned telephone booth in which Superman changed clothes. It used…