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over 50 years of Rev. Wyrick's ministry. Below...other recent Sermon Titles
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...AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM AND ON KINDLE
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About 4 years ago, Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas
Mavericks, offered WGN Chicago Radio sports-talk host David Kaplan $50,000 to
change his name legally to "Dallas Maverick."
When Kaplan
politely declined, Cuban sweetened the offer. Cuban would pay Kaplan $100,000
and donate $100,000 to Kaplan's favorite charity if he took the name for one
year.
After some soul
searching, and being bombarded by e-mails from listeners who said he was crazy
to turn down the money, Kaplan held firm and told Cuban no.
Kaplan explained:
"I'd be saying I'd do anything for money, and that bothers me. My name is
my birthright. I'd like to preserve my integrity and credibility."
Which is a call to
every human being.
"Am I for
sale? Is my name for sale?" Oh rest assured, the Devil is trying to buy
it every day.
And people sell their souls to the devil all the time.
It is a journey
from morality to immorality to amorality and when it happens...across the
stretches of eternity I think a host of angels weep.
Because God wants us to be His obedient and guided by
wisdom children...and who wants to walk in the way of the fool or as Proverbs
1:7 "The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools
despise wisdom and instruction."
Allow me to make the point of God's caring...
Bishop Gerald Kennedy once told about a
young girl who lived in an apartment in a big city, and after supper in the
summer the children on the block gathered in the streets to play.
But after a while one would say that she
had to go home because her mother told her to be in before eight o'clock.
Or a father would whistle and a boy would
have to leave.
A mother would call and others would have
to go. The girl said, "They would all go. It would get dark and I would be
there all alone, waiting for my father or my mother to call me in. They never
did."
But yes...again...God does call you. And when you or others do not
answer...because "you" or "they" ...feel burdened by
God's commandments...
it does well to remember they are
restrictions of love because He knows that sin scars and tears at the tissue of
tomorrow.
Yes...love...the love of your Christ
and mine can merge His teachings until we are one with our Savior...and every
day becomes a sunrise instead of a descent into darkness.
QUOTES ON GOD'S LOVE
Some
of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. ~Garth Brooks
God
is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul. ~Jean Paul Richter
All
are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
~Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, 1734
Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.
~Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, 1734
Remember
this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to
give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light,
the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is
also the case when people withdraw from God. ~Augustine
There
are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done,"
and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
~C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, 1943
Been
taken for granted? Imagine how God feels. ~Author Unknown
If
Creation were a crime, would not God be the prime suspect? ~Robert Brault,
No
pillow so soft as God's promise. ~Author Unknown
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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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