Learning from someone else’s mistakes Rev. Mike Ruffin Apr 24, 2018 Apr 24, 2018 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” (Matthew 16:26)kAm}@ @?6 H2D >@C6 AC6A2C65 E@ DA62< 23@FE G2?:EJ E92? $@=@>@?] w6 =:G65 2 =:76 492D:?8 2== E96 EC2AD E92E 9:D >@?6J 4@F=5 D6E 7@C 9:>] p7E6C 96 7:?2==J =62C?65 E92E :E H@F=5 86E 9:> ?@H96C6[ 96 HC@E6 2 3@@< 23@FE :E 2?5 42==65 :E “t44=6D:2DE6D”]k^AmkAmt44=6D:2DE6D >62?D AC62496C 2?5 3@J 5:5 $@=@>@? 6G6C AC6249 23@FE 9@H “H:?6[ H@>6?[ 2?5 D@?8” 2=>@DE 4@DE 9:> 9:D C6=2E:@?D9:A H:E9 E96 {@C5] x? 724E[ 96 C676CD E@ 9:>D6=7 D6G6? E:>6D 2D “E96 AC62496C”] xE’D 2 E:E=6 ?@E FD65 2?JH96C6 6=D6 :? E96 ~=5 %6DE2>6?E]k^Am kAm$@=@>@? H2D E96 D@? @7 s2G:5 2?5 HC@E6 E9C66 3@@<D @7 $4C:AEFC6i “$@?8 @7 $@=@>@?”[ “!C@G6C3D”[ 2?5 “t44=6D:2DE6D”] x? s2G:5’D @=5 286[ 96 2AA@:?E65 $@=@>@? 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