“Take up your cross and follow me,” Jesus says. Three of the four gospel writers record this statement, Matthew twice. (Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23, Matthew 10:38 and 16:24) What does he mean? Growing up on the farm fifty years ago, a neighbor referred to her husband as her “cross to bear.” He didn’t go to …
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No “Face Control” at the Gates of Heaven
"Money, looks, and attitude are all weighed and ranked IN A FEW SECONDS, along with a sense of whether you belong." "Barbarians at the Gate," New York Times Style Magazine, Travel Fall, 2009 pg 66. It's called "face control." When you present yourself at the door of many Moscow nightclubs, you are met by a …