Think again...! :-)

Sat, 4 Jan 1997

Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list No. 348 Some 1996 jottings from many sources on my diary's THINK! page. Shalom! Rowland Croucher Director, John Mark Ministries - resources for pastors/leaders. (Bookroom, library, and worldwide F.W.Boreham Trading Post) Home Page: http://www.pastornet.net.au/jmm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + My job as chairperson is to get as quickly as possible from the beginning to the end, and your job is to stop me + No one can call you a pig if you fall into a trough; but they can if all you do is lie there and grunt + There are some cancers that can begin, grow, and kill you in three days + Non-assertive women are more likely to persuade men; but assertive confident women are more likely to persuade women + Don't be afraid to take a big step if it is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps (David Lloyd George) + The person who has great peace of heart pays no attention to either praise or blame (Imitation of Christ). But (Mark Twain): 'I can live for two months on one good compliment' + God is very big and humans very small and don't you forget it + If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing (Kingsley Amis) + Game played in sick churches: don't tell 'em what's on and then blame them for not coming + Many people would sooner die than think - in fact they do (Bertrand Russell) + Symptoms of a collapsing society: Breakdown in law and order; excessive interest in eroticism; excessive need for excitement; complicated structures for taxation and administration; excessive and pervasive boredom (Muggeridge) + There are essentially three groups of religions: secular - bounded by birth and death; cyclical - if you're good enough you'll eventually become nothing; linear - eg. Christianity, with the climax of the cosmos in Christ + None deserves their reputation, whether good or bad + God specializes in making weak vessels strong: it's called psycho- ceramics + Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future + I've often regretted my words, but never my silences + Do I love you because you're beautiful or are you beautiful because I love you? (Joe Aldridge) ____________________________ Clergy/Leaders' Mailing List (Moderated) This mailing list is open to all Christians via Internet e-mail and most fax destinations. Submissions welcome: clergy@pastornet.net.au To unsubscribe, e-mail to: clergy-request@pastornet.net.au with SUBJECT reading UNSUBSCRIBE Copyright: Postings may be re-sent ONLY with all copyright notifications intact. A PastorNET ministry: manager@pastornet.net.au

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