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| John Claypool |
| | Program # 4809 |   | "The Creative Power of Kindness"
Topic(s): Kindness
Jesus’ response to the woman caught in the act of adultery is a classic example of the transforming effect of an act of merciful kindness. Jesus’ kind words gave her a new hope for living life differently in the future. |
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| | Program # 4703 |  | "Ambiguity and Gratitude"
John 6:1-14
Topic(s): Gratitude/Thanksgiving
Faced with diificult circumstances, the choice to choose gratitude over resentment is the most creative and life-giving option. |
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| | Program # 4609 | | "Hopeful Coping With Grief"
John 14:1-6
Topic(s): Suffering/Grief, Death
Developing the theme that death and birth are two sides of the same coin. We "die" to what has already served its purpose so as to be "born" to the next level of God's everlasting purpose. Every exit is also an entrance. |
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| | Program # 4523 | | "The Worst Things Are Never Last Things"
Hebrews 10:35
Topic(s): Evil
Throughout the Bible, the seemingly worst things do not defeat the ingenuity of our "Alchemist God," who can bring good out of horrible evil. |
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| | Program # 4424 | | "A Taste For The Other"
Ephesians 2:13-18
Topic(s): Loving Self/Others, Inclusivity/Diversity
Claypool suggests that when we see the world through eyes softened by the heart, we see others not as enemies but as worthy of our deepest affection. |
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| | Program # 4317 | | "Life Isn't Fair, Thank God!"
Matthew 20:1-16
Topic(s): God, Grace
Life is a gift from the hand of God and not something we earn. Grace is showered in disproportinate amounts, and not in relation to what we deserve, thank God! |
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| | Program # 4216 | | "Repentance And Hopefulness"
Topic(s): Hope
We all face the threat of being overcome by despair. Claypool believes that "what breath is to our physical bodies, hope is to our spirit." Repentance and hopefulness are at the core of the mystery of God. |
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| | Program # 4114 | | "When The Bible Becomes Your Bible"
Topic(s): Suffering/Grief, Gratitude/Thanksgiving, Death
Painful loss of a loved one can leave us angry and in despair, unless we are able to remember that the person we lost was a gift from God, given to us for a time, but belonging always -- and primarily -- to God. |
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| | Program # 4024 | | "Easter And The Fear Of Death"
Topic(s): Easter, Fear, Death
Lazarus returned from the dead realizing that death is but a portal through which we enter everlasting joy. Jesus rose on Easter Sunday to abolish death and left us with the words "Be not afraid." |
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| | Program # 3919 | | "First Class Jesus Style"
Topic(s): Obedience, Loving Self/Others
To be "first class" usually neans to be privileged and removed from menial tasks. According to Jesus, a first class human being is willing to serve, to do what has to be done, no matter what the circumstances. |
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