La promessa della gloria (Luca 9:26-35)

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Prima che Gesù portasse tre dei suoi discepoli sul Monte della Trasfigurazione, disse loro cose che non volevano sentire. Disse che sarebbe stato respinto dalla nazione e ucciso (Luca 9:22). Poi, disse loro che se volevano seguirlo, avrebbero dovuto rinnegare ciò che desideravano e prendere la croce: li stava chiamando a soffrire con lui. A
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Truth from the Mouth of a Fool 

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The book of Proverbs calls a person who lives an immoral life a fool. Both believers and unbelievers can be fools.  I recently read a quote attributed to someone who falls into that category. Mae West, an actress who lived before my time (perhaps some folks who are even older than me will remember her!),
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The Unknown Steward

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Vincent van Gogh was practically unknown during his lifetime. His brother Theo was his greatest supporter. Vincent and Theo both died in 1890. Theo’s widow, Johanna, was left with an attic filled with Vincent’s paintings which, at that time were worth very little money. But like her husband, she thought Vincent had been an artistic
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