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• SPIRITUALLY MOULDED OR MOULDY
• SO WHO NEEDS THANKSGIVING
• ARROGANCE AND HUMILITY (Continued)
• HOW TO LESSEN ANXIETY

       To view Rev. Wyrick in 4 of his highly acclaimed One Man Dramas  ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN CHARLES WESLEY, MARTIN LUTHER (NBC Special) click on the link below

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        Below the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN...AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM AND ON KINDLE

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The prophet Micah many many calendars ago asked the question, "What does the Lord request of me?"

       And if you have not asked the question you are missing the point of living?  For you are a magnet to which hundreds of people attach themselves.

       Watch your movement and moments to stay in touch with how they are supposed to act, "What is the common denominator of behavior?" in a sense they are asking.

       The question not being asked "What does the Lord request of me?"  No, not that question often enough.

       It happens all the time...all the magnets called mankind attaching each other to each other and not often enough to God.

       So then "What does the Lord request of you?

       And there is an answer waiting for you, "“To do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)

              Do you speak up for having the 10 commandments carved on the court house building?  Are they carved as deeply on your heart.

       You speak out against abortion?  How strongly do you speak out for programs that help those little ones once born in poverty to have food put upon their tables or the chance for a good education for their heads.

              Justice and mercy and kindness are an ongoing extension program or they are empty words.

       Justice demands that we walk in two pairs of shoes...our own and that of a needy neighbor.

       Read the Bible, beginning with the holiness

code from Leviticus 19. “You shall love the stranger, the alien, as yourself. You were strangers yourselves.”

       Why?

       “I am the Lord your God.” “When you harvest your fields, don’t pick up all the grain. Leave something in the harvest. There are poor people, strangers, leave something.”

       Why?

       “I am the Lord your God.” “You will not give deference to the rich, or to the poor, but you’ll be right and fair in all your dealings.”   

       Why?

       “I am the Lord your God.” “You’ll not put a stumbling block in the path of the blind, you will not curse a person who is deaf.”   You shall make the church accessible for all people.

       Why?

       “I am the Lord your God.” “You’ll love your neighbor as yourself.”

       Why?

       “I am the Lord your God.”

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QUOTES ON DOING RIGHT

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. ~ Erica Jong

 

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Below is a quote from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

      It is little wonder that once the war was over, wretched memories fed anger loud and long.  Neither side could be proud of some things that happened during the war or at their many prison camps.  The meanness in some men had multiplied.  They felt their uniforms allowed it.

Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was officially known, in southwest Georgia is remembered as one of the worst. 

By the end of the war, it had held 50,000 prisoners on a piece of land no larger than twenty-six acres. 

Some men had called pits in the ground their home.  During its short fourteen-month existence, 13,000 soldiers who had survived in battle died in captivity under the most terrible conditions. 

When the war was over the superintendent was hanged.

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      WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK

       "Positive, powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understanding and appreciation of Lincoln while revealing the Divine source of his strength."

       Lt. Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)

       "The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln is an extremely well written book that investigates what might be termed the spiritual side of President Lincoln. It's both scholarly and very readable. I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of the President and with an altered and enlarged vision of the man:'

       William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer; author of Blood and Guile, and Wild Thorn

       "Wyrick has authored a wonderful examination of the spirituality of one of American history's most devoutly religious leaders...a pleasant and readable book that has a rich depth of information."

              Maynard Pittendreigh Presbyterian minister

        "When it comes to invoking religion in support of any of their decisions, politicians need to sit at the feet of Abraham Lincoln. Reinhold Niebuhr once called him 'America's greatest theologian.' Why so great? Because he invariably distinguished between human works and the works of the Almighty. As Wyrick says, 'He wore the mantle of humility easily: because he was more impressed with what God was doing in the world than with what he, president of the United States in the midst of an awful crisis, was doing. That is why in his last major speech he distinguished between both human causes in the Civil War and the Almighty's 'own purposes.' Lincoln would have agreed that it is better to leave God-talk out of politics than to decorate human proposals with divinity. This is a book for our American time. Through his careful study of Lincoln's career, Wyrick compels us to remember that piety belongs in politics only when piety transcends politics."

       Dr. Donald W. Shriver

       Emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Author of An Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics

        "V. Neil Wyrick's fine work allows the reader to appreciate Abraham Lincoln's Christian commitment and his prophetic role in American history. Should have a wide readership."

       James H. Smylie Professor of Church History (Ret.) Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia

       "Neil Wyrick's The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln should be read by anyone attempting to understand the man who was probably the most complex person to ever hold the office of president of the United States. Dr. Wyrick is intent on demonstrating that the spirituality so often expressed in Lincoln's writings and speeches was not merely lip service to a Deity, but rather expressions of a profound faith in a real God. It was this faith that provided the wisdom, compassion, insight and sometimes steel that Lincoln would need in full measure as he led the United States through the Civil War. Dr. Wyrick's clear and unpretentious style of presentation is very much in keeping with the character ofhis subject, and in so doing, Wyrick makes his point very well that Lincoln, his beliefs, and the faith that formed them, are as relevant to a troubled America in 2004 as they were in 1863."

       Daniel Allen Butler, author of "Unsinkable"; The Full Story of the RMS Titanic, The Lusitania and The Age o f Cunard

       

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Recent articles Rev. Wyrick has written for this web site are:  REFLECTIONS

·         Many Kinds of Slavery - But Are They Not All Very Much The Same? (July 2012)

·         Here Comes Summer (July 2012)

·         Spring (May 2012)

·         Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow (April 2012)

·         Wayward and Windy (April 2012)

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      Some of the sermon titles posted recently on Wyrick's Writings

• LEISURE, A BLESSING OR A CURSE ( Continuation)
• SPIRITUALLY MOULDED OR MOULDY (Continuation of Ser...
• CHRISTIANITY BY REFLEX
• LEISURE, A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
• SPIRITUALLY MOULDED OR MOULDY

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BELOW ARE MORE QUOTES FROM NEIL'S RECENTLY POSTED SERMONS on Wyrick's Writings

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A QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS POSTED ON MY OTHER BLOG WYRICK'S WRITINGS ON SUNDAY APRIL 15. ENTITILED

 

       Two stores faced each other across a very busy street.  Their owners were in constant competition with each other.  One day, the owner of one store put out a sign that read – If you want it, we have it!

Almost immediately the other owner put out a sign –If we don’t have it, you don’t need it!

 

      

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       To Order and Read Neil's 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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       QUOTES ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL INSPIRING INFORMATIVE book

       STILL RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.

      

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