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Rickover’s Interviews His interviews were legendary. Rickover always wanted to cut through glib, rehearsed answers to get a look at the person underneath. He especially wanted to know how candidates would act under stress. On occasion he had them sit in a chair with the front legs sawed off an inch or two shorter than … Continue reading “Rickover, Hyman”

What Is It is no wonder that in 15 years of asking high school students throughout America whether, in an emergency situation, they would save their dog or a stranger first, most students have answered that they would not save the stranger. “I love my dog, I don’t love the stranger,” they always say. The … Continue reading “Right”

Quotes •      To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one’s voice. – Ambrose Bierce •      What will it profit a man if he gains his cause, and silences his adversary, if at the same time he loses that humble tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and to which … Continue reading “Right, being in the”

One of the greatest challenges confronting believers today is to communicate the message of Christ in terms that everyday people can understand. Words like “Righteousness” (Rom. 1:17) have become unrecognizable to many in our culture, and even to many in the church. Yet it’s hard to talk about the gospel—and virtually impossible to understand Romans—without … Continue reading “Righteousness”

Dialed the Wrong Number Pastor Don Baker relates a story of Rev. Tom Erickson: The public Library has a system called “Dial-A-Tale.” Anytime a young child wants to hear a fairy tale, he can call the number and a voice comes on reading a short fairy tale to the listening young ear. However, the number … Continue reading “Rights”

Just Like Dad Maybe my father could have been a successful major-league catcher if he hadn’t injured his shoulder. We’ll never know. Coming up through the minors I heard a lot of stories about frustrated fathers pushing their sons to achieve something they never did. But Senior wasn’t that way at all. One of his … Continue reading “Ripken, Cal, Jr. and Sr.”

Taking a In Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft, Thor Heyerdahl tells how he and a crew of five crossed the Pacific Ocean from South America to the South Pacific Islands on a crude raft of balsa logs bound together with hemp rope. During the three-month journey in 1947, they had little control of the … Continue reading “Risk”

Quotes •      Cotton Mather prayed several hours a day for 20 years for revival. It came (the Great Awakening) the year after his death. •      William Wilberforce fought for 55 years to abolish slavery in England and the British Empire. It came as he lay on his deathbed. •      Did you hear about the guy … Continue reading “Results”

Promise of a Some have argued that the doctrine of a bodily resurrection was unknown to the Israelites of the Old Testament. In fact, this denial was a cardinal doctrine of the sect of the Sadducees at the time of Christ (Matthew 22:23). Our text, however, makes it clear that this promise has always been … Continue reading “Resurrection”

Intensive Training Georges Clemenceau was twice the prime minister of France, and played a major role in the treaties that concluded WWI. At the Versailles conference, Clemenceau was on his way to a meeting with President Woodrow Wilson’s adviser when he was shot at by a young anarchist named Emile Cottin. As Clemenceaus’s car sped … Continue reading “Retailiation”