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Fare Thee Well Barnabas

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           The Carpenter’s tools held a conference with Brother Hammer presiding over the conference. During the conference several suggested that he leave the meeting because he was way too loud. Bro. Hammer replied, “If I have to leave the workshop, Brother Screw must go also. You have to turn him around and around again and again to get him to accomplish anything.” Bro. Screw spoke up, “If you wish, I’ll leave, but Bro. Plane must leave too. All his work is on the surface and his efforts have no depth at all.” Bro. Plane retorted, “Bro. Rule will also have to withdraw, for he is always measuring folks as though he were the only one who is right.” Then Bro. Rule complained about Bro. Sandpaper. He said, “You ought to leave too because you are so rough and always rubbing people the wrong way.” Then in the midst of the conference the Carpenter walked in. He put His apron on and went to the work bench to construct a pulpit. He used the hammer, screw, p...
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The Jerusalen Council

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  Years ago a youth worker in an ethnic community attended a church. Being a creative young man, he decided he would show the youth group a simple black-and-white missionary film. That film projector had not been off an hour before a group of the leaders in the church called him in and asked him about what he had done. They asked, "Did you show the young people a film?" In all honesty he responded, "Well, yeah, I did."   "We don't like that," they replied. Without trying to be argumentative, the youth worker reasoned, "Well, I remember that at the last missionary conference, our church showed slides--" One of the church officers put his hand up signaling him to cease talking. Then, in these words, he emphatically explained the conflict: "If it's still, fine. If it moves, sin!" You can show slides, but when they start movin', you're gettin' into sin (C. Swindoll, The Grace Awakening). In Acts 15 we read that som...
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