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Pulled some good quotes (with some Dave sidebar notes in parenthesis) from Mike Woodruff's Friday e-mail. You can subscribe to his e-mails by clicking --> here <--

(1) When offered a choice between Heaven and Hell, people favor the first. When offered a choice between Heaven and earth, most choose the latter. Not Paul. He longed to leave this land of the dying and go to the land of the fully alive. Set your mind on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of the Father.

(2) I’m following Peter Kreeft’s lead in capitalizing the H in Heaven and Hell. In his 1982 book, Everything You Wanted To Know About Heaven, he argued that Heaven was not only a real place. It was more real than Peoria or Timbuktu. Indeed, he noted that in 1,000 years there is unlikely to be a Chicago, but there will be a Heaven.

(3) When the Fruit of the Spirit is present, groups—e.g., churches—can weather a lot of conflict. When they are missing, you get a Jerry Springer episode by another name. (Dave:  look 'em up in Galatians 5:22-23)

(4) Just 54 percent of U.S. adults now consume alcohol, the lowest percentage in 90 years.

(5) “Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” — Leo Tolstoy (Dave: See Exodus 23:2 and Matthew 7:13-14)

(6) “Groanings which cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused.” — Charles Spurgeon (Dave: See Romans 8:26)

(7) “Opportunity is missed by most people because it dresses in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas A. Edison (Dave: See Proverbs 10:4 and 14:26)

(8) "Everyone can be great because everyone can serve.” — MLK (Dave: See Mark 10:43-45)

(9) "Never miss a good opportunity to shut up." — Will Rogers (Dave: See Proverbs 17:28)

(10) "Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." — C.S. Lewis (Dave:  See the Chronicles of Narnia)