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The War Within

  In the fall of 1992, Leadership magazine took the unprecedented step of rerunning an article, this time under the heading “Leadership Classics.” It appeared on the tenth anniversary of the article’s original publication, along with the report that this piece “generated more mail than any other, and was rated by our readers among the most helpful ever.” Its title: “The War Within: An Anatomy of Lust.” Its author: “Name Withheld.”1

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A Weak-Kneed Nation

 15b They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless . . . 20 Therefore the LORD rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence. 2 Kings 17:15b, 20 (NIV)

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Samurai Servant—Niijima Jo (1843 – 1890)

  In 1874, Niijima Jo graduated from Andover Theological Seminary.1 Ten years earlier he had left Japan, intrigued by Western civilization and its philosophical foundation: Christianity. After being educated at Amherst College and Andover Seminary, U.S.A., he was ready to evangelize his native country: “I will go back to Japan and persevere to turn the people to Jesus from Devil.”2

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Marriage Is Not God’s Answer to Loneliness

  In one of my favorite cartoons (given me by a fellow minister) a group of cavemen stand on the top of a cliff. One has just been hurled over the edge. As he falls, the leader turns to the group and asks, “Now, is there anyone else here who feels their needs are not being met?” As pastors, we are under insidious pressure to show people how their needs can be met. Perhaps nowhere more so than in the expectations which are promoted of sex and marriage.

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