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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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Below
the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN
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WANTED....HOUSEKEEPING SUPREME
The
French philosopher, Alexis de Tocqueville speaking about the affect of Christian worship and involvement
with the moral principles of our Lord said the following about what made
America great...by eluding to how it can lose its greatness.
He wrote, "
“Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity
of morals amongst all.”
And warned...
“Men cannot abandon their religious faith without a kind of aberration of
intellect and a sort of violent distortion of their true nature"
With those thoughts in mind...read the
following story...and let it impact upon you however it will...however you let
it.
A minister making his afternoon calls
called upon a young woman in the hospital. whose first child had just been
born.
As he entered the room she was propped up
in bed writing a letter. "Come in" and her smile was one of contentment
as she said it."
Continuing, she commented, "I am in the midst of housekeeping and I want your
help."
The minister wondered what on earth she
meant since he had never heard of housekeeping in a hospital.
She went on to explain, "I've had a wonderful opportunity to just lie here
and think and I've decided I've got some things I need to straighten out."
She put down her pencil and pad, folded
her hands and continued. "Ever since I was a little girl, I hated any sort of
restraint. I always wanted to be
free. When I finished High School I took
a business course and got a job because I wanted to be on my own.'
Before Joe and I got married, we used to
say that we would not be slaves to each other.
And afterwards our apartment became headquarters for a crowd just like
us.'
We weren't really real bad but we do
pretty much as we pleased and we did push the envelope."
She paused for a moment and her lower lip
quivered for a moment. "God didn't mean much to us...we ignored Him. We were young and independent and well...we
were free and independent.'
When I found
out we were going to have a baby...I was afraid."
She paused again and looked puzzled, "Isn't it funny, the things you used to think?"
For a moment she had forgotten the
minister was there...she was speaking to the old girl she had been.
"Where
was I? Oh, yes, well things are
different now. I'm not free any more and
I don't want to be. And the first thing
I must do is to clean house. See this
house-keeping list."
She picked up the piece of paper she had
been writing on. "It's for a very important purpose. When I take Betty, my new wonderful little
babu girl home..back to our apartment...it will be her home...not just mine and
Joe's.'
And it isn't fit for her now. Certain
things will have to go...for Betty's sake.
I've got to houseclean my heart and mind.'
I'm not just myself anymore...I'm Betty's
mother. And that means I need God. I need Him for Betty and me and Joe. I can't do my job with Him. Will you please pray for us?"
And the minister
looked at her and he thought of all the mothers throughout the land...mothers
in tiny apartments and on lonely farms....mothers in large suburban
homes...mother and fathers and children...generations upon generations reacting
or responding to a call from on High...or ignoring that call.
Housekeeping
with a holy purpose...or no housekeeping at all.
QUOTES ON
LIVING A RIGHT AND RIGHTEOUS LIFE
"Blessed is the man that
trusted in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a
tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the
river... (Jeremiah 17:7-8)
"Live in such a way you would not be
ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." Will Rogers
"Reputation is what you are supposed
to be. Character is what you are. Author Unknown
"Always put of until tomorrow what
you shouldn't do at all." Morris
Mandel
"Conviction is worthless unless it
is converted into conduct." Thomas
Carlyle
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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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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 ENTITLED
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
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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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