Pilate, he begged
«Pidió el cuerpo de Jesús.»
When others abandoned, he went to Pilate and
begged the body of Jesus.
Dr. Aaron Greeley
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How can I live in this mess?
«¡Que un desorden!»
We have a choice
Dee Bowman
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The Anonymous Man of Mark 14
«El joven las anónimo en Marcos 14»
He was the last to flee, apparently following
the arrested Christ from a distance.
Dr. Aaron Greeley
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When Good People Do Bad Things
«Cuando las buenas personas hacen las cosas malas»
“A master pianist may hit a wrong note,
but everyone still knows him to be a good pianist.“
James Sanders
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Nowhere left to go
«No saber ya qué hacer»
“Do you understand, do you understand,
dear sir, what it means to have nowhere left to go?”
James Sanders
Traducido por E. Spencer
Para los Recién Convertidos
For the recently converted—
Si alguno está en Cristo, nueva criatura es
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Bible Comments: blessed be the tie
«El cordón que se une» —
You cannot lose what you do not have—
Joe Fitch
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The Lion
«el León de la tribu de Judá ha vencido»
“Will the others see you too?” asked Lucy.
“Certainly not at first,” said Aslan. “Later on, it depends.”
“But they won’t believe me!” said Lucy.
“It doesn’t matter.”
James Sanders
Pontifex
«Un arco inviolado»—
An inviolate arch, a journey from one destiny to another destiny
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The Presence of God
«Creo; ayuda mi incredulidad»—
“Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief”
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Pray for us
«El que haga volver al pecador, salvará de muerte un alma»—
“He which converteth the sinners, shall save a soul from death”
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Life in the Wilderness
»Por lo cual quedaron postrados en el desierto«—
Going nowhere, going in circles
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Sunday Morning coming down
Los sueños desapareciendo de ayer—
There’s nothing short of dying
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Bible Comments: Going away Sorrowful
«Se fue triste, porque tenía muchas posesiones» —
All these things I have done—
Joe Fitch
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Acting like a lawyer
Desempeño como un abogado—
Watching TV judge shows,
Judge Quentin Tolby
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Visions in the night— drama
Mirando en las visiones de la noche—
The dramatic element in apocalypse genre
Traducido por E. Spencer
Life’s Course Is Invariable
«El curso de la vida es invariable» —
We travel through life only once.
James Sanders
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To Dream the Impossible Dream
«Para soñar el sueño imposible» —
This is my quest— to follow that dream
James Sanders
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From the Bench: trial in absentia
El juicio en ausencia—
You may have rights, but you have to show up,
Judge Quentin Tolby
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Bible Comments: Fishing All Night
«Toda la noche hemos estado trabajando» —
We have toiled all the night—
Joe Fitch
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich
La muerte de Iván Ilich
It was as though he were listening to the voice of his soul.
James Sanders
Traducido por E. Spencer
The Lord of hosts knows how
Porque de Jehová es la batallao
The battle is the Lord‘s—
Aaron Greeley
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Let us focus on this moment
Concentrémonos en este momento—
Thoughts on the Lord’s Supper.
Reg Bruce
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Los requisitos indispensables en Tito
Qualifications for Bishops
Por esta causa te dejé en Creta—
Roberto Spencer
Luis D’or: el final
Luis D’or: the end of his story
La distancia entre el amor y el odio, es solo un pas—
Edmundo Spencer
Music in Worship
«Usted preguntó por espagueti; el camarero le dio espinaca en vez» —
You asked for spaghetti; the waiter gave you spinach—
Eric Sanders
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Fraught with Emotion
«El amor de Dios nos viene como el amor de un padre» —
The love of God comes to us as the love of a father—
James Sanders
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Days of Thy Youth: lucky for us
«Demasiado del riesgo ser el riesgo» —
Too much of chance to be chance—
Josh Sanders
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From the Bench: do you take this woman?
Del matrimonio y la pena—
We should never enter into a marriage contract without a great deal of thought,
but you can never be for sure.
Judge Quentin Tolby
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Luis D’or: la continuación
Luis D’or: a short story continued
El padre de Águeda también
le advirtió a Luisde su gran error—
Edmundo Spencer
Bible Comments: bring with you words
«Tomad con vosotros palabras» —
Words sound almost trivial,
and yet—
Joe Fitch
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Luis D’or: un cuento
Luis D’or: a short story
Pero por supuesto que sí Apá,
contestó Luis muy entusiasmado—
Edmundo Spencer
Requisitos de los obispos
Qualifications for Bishops
Pero es necesario que el obispo sea—
Roberto Spencer
Misplacing God
Prioridades equivocadas—
Build God’s house first,
before you build yours.
Michael Baxter
Traducido por E. Spencer
Our Speaking & Our Doing
Nuestra Oratoria & Nuestra Obra
We say more than we mean.
We fail to hear what we should—
James Sanders
Traducido por E. Spencer
Crane: Mrs. Hooper’s Chicken
El pollo de la Sra. Hooper
There simply were no other towns.
Crane was situated in the middle of nowhere—
James Sanders
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When the Clouds Come
La hora antes del amanecer—
For all sad words,
of tongue and pen, the saddest are these—
James Sanders
Traducido por E. Spencer
Where God Is Found
Donde el Dios es encontrado—
The world searches for God in public opinion ,
but never in an ignored setting such as a manger in Bethlehem.
Fulton J. Sheen
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Great Expectations
Grandes Expectativas—
Not exactly,
what I had been expecting.
Dusty Travis
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Bible Comment: we know the verses
Sabemos los versículos—
The Pharisees could cite Scripture,
but they did not know the Lord.
Joe Fitch
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La Borrachera
Drunkeness: a commentary
Pero por la mañana,
Un historia muy diferente—
James Sanders y Roberto Spencer
The Passion of Christ
La Pasión de Cristo—
The suffering of Christ
should compel us to live for God.
Ken Mann
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¡Sigamos el ejemplo! “¿Qué haremos?”
Let us follow the example!
Debemos preguntar.
Debemos obedecer—
Roberto Spencer
From the Bench: orders of protection
de la Judicatura—
Order of Protection have little protection.
She had an Order of Protection against the man who killed her.
Judge Quentin Tolby
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Quiet Writings: fatal assumptions
Suposiciones fatales—
We are made in the image of God,
but we are not God. . . .
Dan Shipley
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Bible Comment: everything’s changing
Todo está cambiando—
The more things change,
the more they remain the same.
Joe Fitch
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Of dog and family
De perro y familia
Who teacheth us more than the beast of earth,
and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Aaron Greeley
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The Love of a Cat
El amor de una gata
God grants us life,
and sometimes the love of cat —
James Sanders
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Overcoming the World
Venciendo el mundo
In every thing give thanks,
for this is the will of God. —
James Sanders
Bible Comment: enemies of little ones
Hacer un problema más difícil—
Some will have to explain to God,
what they did and why.
Joe Fitch
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The Beatutitudes: the hunger for righteousness
Las Bienaventuranzas: hambre y sed para justicia
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you“
Roberto Spencer
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Quiet Writings: influence of harbored sin
Albergar el pecado—
We may excuse, or even ignore,
but if we do not acknowledge. . . .
Dan Shipley
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Eating Together: its importance
No sólo de pan vivirá el hombre
When the table is full of love,
neither the amount nor the quality of food matters.
Dr. Aaron Greeley
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Stealing by Law
Robar por ley
Some courses of action are wrong even to consider,
Merely to pause over them is evil—
James Sanders
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Bible Comment: give me or make me
Déme o Hagame—
The slogan,
for the down hill road to ruin.
Joe Fitch
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Bread and Wine Making
La mesa del Señor
Why would God want us
to eat and drink as a memorial?
Aaron Greeley
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When people are down
Cuando las personas están deprimidas
Misfortune reveals who we are, and
reveals who are friends are—
James Sanders
Traducido por E. Spencer
Knowing the value of nothing
El valor de nada
I undervalue what I possess ,
I attach a higher value to things that are not mine—
James Sanders
Traducido por E. Spencer
From the Bench: control
de la Judicatura—
If you really love something, turn it loose.
If the love is real, it will return.
Judge Quentin Tolby
Unforgettable Mr. Vern
Inolvidable Mr. Vern
What makes life viable?
The selfish and the irritable never really live —
James Sanders
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The Table of the Lord
La mesa del Señor
Why would Jesus want us
to eat and drink in remembrance of him?
Aaron Greeley
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La Obra de Evangelismo de la Iglesia
The Work of the Church in Evangelism
The most noble of all work,
To listen to God and speak on his behalf—
Fernando H. Coronado
My Trip to Georgia
Mi viaje a Georgia
And I was unknown by face
to the churches . . .
Roberto Spencer
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Ahoy: do something with your life
Nada, no hizo nada con su vida
He could not point to anything substantial ,
anything he had built with his own hands—
James Sanders
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The Beatitudes: the persecuted
Las Bienaventuranzas: Los perseguidos
“And he that taketh not his cross,
and followeth after me, is not worthy of me“
A Physician Looks at the Death of Christ
Un médico mira la muerte de Christ
Pulmonary Embolism
Undoubtedly, Virchow’s triad was at work —
Dr. Aaron Greeley
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I lost my mate
Perdí a mi esposa en el divorcio
Experience drove home what I already knew
I did not want this. —
Jimmy Tuten
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Lolita and Chico
Lolita y Chico
»Y si un hombre ofreciera
todos los bienes de su casa a cambio del amor,
de cierto sería despreciado.« —Cantares 8:7
Edmundo Spencer
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