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24, 2009 . It is added to
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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
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You want to know something? God has never used His version of “Thank
God it’s Friday” to stop working with you and me. We’ve certainly given Him enough reasons to
give up on us but He just keeps on keeping on.
Loving us when we are ungodly, recalcitrant, backpedaling spheres of
hope and hopelessness.
Oh, yes, we pass the humanity test with flying
colors. Ungodly actions and attitudes
come easy. The cross didn’t happen in a
vacuum nor human indifference nor any of the other do’s and don’ts we allow to
get out of whack. And then, God, with heavenly
understanding, says in so many words, “I forgive you anyway. It may seem one whale of a sacrifice to have
sacrificed my son for you, and it was, but I did it anyway.”
Pure and simple, God works by different parameters,
and that to our distinct advantage. We
humans lay down rules too often, rules such as “You be good to me and I will
probably be good to you. Otherwise,
don’t hold your breath.”
More
scriptural proof of the pudding, “…while we were still sinners Christ died for
us.” (Romans 5:8)
Why is it so
important to keep emphasizing the love of God?
Because “God IS love, and
those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.” (William Willimon “
“God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” (John 3:16)
This king-sized sacrifice,
king-sized gift, can’t be emphasized too greatly.
The love of God? It is so great we cannot grasp it. Indeed, were we to turn the oceans into ink
and the heavens above into parchment upon which to write, and turn every stalk
on earth into a quill pen, and make every man a scribe by trade, we could not
do justice to trying to explain the love of God. (rewrite of piece by Chaldee Ode)
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QUOTE ABOUT FALLING
IN LOVE WITH GOD
“To fall in love with
God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him,
the greatest human achievement.”
St.
Augustine
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Below is a quote from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book
THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Available on Kindle. Amazon.com, and many other sites
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
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
Lt.
Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury
College
"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 Lincoln Lincoln
Dr.
Donald W. Shriver
Emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York
"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 Lincoln Lincoln United States Lincoln America
Daniel Allen Butler, author
of "Unsinkable"; The Full Story of the RMS Titanic, The Lusitania
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Neil also writes for go60.us to check out his writings...
click on
"Voice" on the home page and then on the list of authors click
on Neil Wyrick
Recent articles Rev. Wyrick has written for this web site are:
REFLECTIONS
·
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
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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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Click on the URL below to WATCH NEIL IN
HIS WORLD FAMOUS ONE MAN DRAMATIZATIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN, CHARLES WESLEY AND MARTIN LUTHER
To
Order and Read
Neil's 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN
GO TO amazon.com
QUOTES ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL INSPIRING INFORMATIVE book
STILL RECEIVING RAVE
REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.
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