IPCC Life 8-25-08

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IPCC LIFE
Monday – August 25, 2008 Volume 19, Number 34
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A Christian Perspective on Today’s News and Culture
News and Views Seldom Seen Elsewhere
by Bishop Clyde M. Hughes

THIS WEEK’S NEWS AND COMMENTS:

* FUNERAL OF GLEN MASH
* TRINITY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF CHRIST
* THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA
* CHURCH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, September 17 - 19, 2008
* PRAYER REQUESTS
* WERE THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD THE TRUE PROPHETS?
* MANY BELIEVE GOD CAN REVIVE THE DYING
* CALIFORNIA OVERRULES DOCTORS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS
* REAL-LIFE RESPONSIBILITY, No-Spin at Joe Gibbs Racing
* HOLDING TO THE FAITH, Rescuing the Church from Captivity
* ANGELS, DECEPTION AND A CRY FOR BIBLICAL TRUTH
* REINVENTING MAN, Biotechnology and the Human Future
* SENTENCE SERMONS AND QUIPS

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FUNERAL OF GLEN MASH, 90, W. Jefferson, NC - Who was Glen Mash? Glen was 90 when he passed away last week. Up until his eighties, he worked full-time as a builder with legendary stories of how excellence was his hallmark for anything he put his hand to. Several churches in the area boast of his handiwork. He was also a family man. One of the most memorable spreads I have enjoyed was in his dining room after church on Sunday. His grown daughters joined their mother to create a feast worthy of any Thanksgiving celebration. To see their coordination of the event seemed to disprove the "two many cooks in the kitchen" concept, at least when the cooks had been given the foundations of a great family. His family readily impresses you as being of the top-drawer type. As a teen, his granddaughter was one of our first literature customers, as the church secretary, back in the 70's as we struggled the program it off the ground. He loved the Blue Ridge Worship Center, his church for many decades. As the patriarch of the church, he would relay to me, with pride, each planned improvement. Sketching out each idea and expecting the same quality of work from others as he would have expected from himself, he poured himself into the church. At times, he would share his concerns over the need of a pastor and other issues. He appreciated the IPCC and the people knew that. That, in itself, endeared him to me as much as my own family members. Every Christmas, he would send a gift box of special Ashe County Cheese of which I told my cheese-loving Wisconsin-bred son-in-law, "This is what real cheese is supposed to be." Although he left in his shadow an influenced world, the larger world would have been better had they known him. Although his name seldom made our news, he symbolized the silent strength of the IPCC and its churches. This type of a wise, mark of stability has been a shield of defense to many an otherwise vulnerable church and the lack of it key reason for their r ready demise. Former pastors Bud Shepherd and Fred Dixon officiated and I shared similar remarks to these.

TRINITY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, Columbus, OH - Linda and I visited the church on the north side of Columbus yesterday morning where Ed Hunt is the pastor. I was taken back by the thorough preparation of the Sunday School teacher. Please pray for Brother Hunt. He had a mild heart attack in May and was in the hospital several days last week with degenerated neck bones.

THE STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AMERICA - Yesterday, we attended the graduation of our fourth child-in-law to get their bachelor's degree. (The fifth is coming in about another quarter.) This graduation was at Ohio State University, the largest campus in America. Instead of a president, or other celebrity speaking, they had an insect professor to speak at their quarterly commencement. He was a very informative and interesting person with his lesson, with a giant insect perched upon his shoulder. It bugged me, you might say. But at the end, he challenged the graduates in code. He said he was not pleased with the direction of our country. That sounded like a blurb from the Democratic National Platform. He said we should spend our energy in beating our swords into plow shears, code for peace at any price. He said we should shun nationalism, the code for believing America is no better and probably less than most other countries. He said they should become citizens of the world, code for giving up our valued citizenship in the greatest nation on the planet. Here is a nice guy who can't refrain from bringing his ultra-liberal philosophies into a conversation about bugs. I suppose I started off in a bad mood when only about one-fourth of the heads of the 60 or 70 colleges in the university placed their hand over their heart during the National Anthem. About 1/3 of the graduates did. But, not-to-worry, an invocation was given to a nameless god out of respect for them multi-culturalism of the institution. It seems like the football sessions are the only classes where prayer would be allowed. And that will probably continue only as long as Jim Tressel continues to win. (See, now even you a rationale to pray for OSU Football.) Unfortunately, the high cost of education drives more of our kids to these government indoctrination centers and farther from God. At least Summa Cum Laude Scott has been a frustration to their efforts.

CHURCH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, September 17 - 19, 2008 at Pigeon Forge, TN – Ministers have received their brochures by now. We can tell you that the speaker for the Leadership Track will be Stan Toler, one of the most prominent leadership teachers on leadership in America. The speaker for the Women's Track will be Cathy Payne, who spoke at our campmeeting a few years back. The event is one of the greatest values I have seen in teaching events. That, coupled with being in the Smokies during the fall and vacation activities available makes it a very enticing trip. It is jointly sponsored by the Church of God of the Mountain Assembly, Congregational Holiness Church, the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, and the IPCC. We have merged the Young Leaders Retreat with the Leadership Conference for stewardship purposes and to expose those leaders to the great teaching there.

Although the chairing of the meeting rotates, for consistency, registration is handled each year by the PFWB. To register or for more information, you may reach Cathy at (910) 892-4161 or cathmozi@instrstar.net. You may reach her by mail or phone at Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, PO Box 1568, Dunn, NC 28335-1568. It is important that you promptly register to avoid the 10% sales tax on the room and a new city tax on top of that.

PRAYER REQUESTS – Jane Auxier, Robert Beasley, Leva Bloomfield, Julian Boyce, Mary Jane Bradshaw, Robert & Thelma Cannon, Sally Dooley, Clifford and Eunice Edwards, Pauline Ferguson, JoEllen Keeton, Richard Kuhn, Kermit Gardner, Edith Greet, Former General Overseer and wife Tom and Hattie Grinder, Lucille Hardeman, Stella Hargrave, C. Evelyn Mangum, Alma McCarty, Annie Miller, Gladys Miller, and Lucy Winslow.

We need to be much more serious as we pray for the children and grandchildren of our ministers who are ill, have fallen away, or have been the recipients of a host of sorrows from the typical plight of living in a very difficult world. Whether their own fault or simply becoming a victim of poor decisions of others, these can sap the life and spirit from each of us, none of us are ever exempt. Let us also pray that parents can see their grief limited to concern for the child rather than second-guessing their childrearing efforts. As always, pray for our missionaries and national workers around the world.

WERE THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD THE TRUE PROPHETS? – Days have passed since Todd Bentley of the explosive Lakeland Revival stepped down while announcing his separation from his wife. So now we hear that the Board of Directors has now announced, "We have discovered new information revealing that Todd Bentley has entered into an unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff. In light of this new information and in consultation with his leaders and advisors, Todd Bentley has agreed to step down from his position on the Board of Directors and to refrain from all public ministry for a season to receive counsel in his personal life." Visit freshfire.ca/ for a more complete update from the Fresh Fire Ministries Board of Directors. The AG distributed a startling warning on revival just days earlier, advising Pentecostals to discern the spirits and not be swept off their feet by claims of amazing signs and wonders. Immediately chastised, I’m sure, by the hyper-spiritual as crusty old anti-spiritual has-beens, the AG feared its people, ministers, and churches once more would be duped by high sounding claims of the greatest move of God ever. Amid claims of great healings and numerous instances where the dead was said to have risen, was the questionable behavior and appearance of Bentley with his studding, tattoos, and hallmark “Bam!” to indicate a “gotcha” moment as if God Almighty would have to stoop to obey a command lifted from the pages of a Batman comic book. When will we ever learn? Perhaps it was too much acclaim too soon. Their overseer told me he knew Jim and Tammy as dirt poor kids who could not handle wealth and fame. There were other signs that Bentley was not stable. Many ignored those signs in lieu of a “great anointing.”

It’s the empty boxcars that make the most noise. My old country preacher dad always said for everything God has, the devil has a counterfeit. Did great things happen under Bentley’s leadership? From my boyhood days growing up in tent meetings I learned that God does not withhold His blessings from people who put their trust in Him even if they have been motivated to do so under charlatans in white suits. I’ve also learned that someone with a funny accent or half way across the country is no more likely to be an instrument of God than a praying pastor up the hollow in a little clapboard church house. The Reformation was supposed to have taught us about the Priesthood of Believers. We no longer need to go to Rome, to a priest, or to a big name Charismatic leader to hear from God. The most expedient route for that is skid marks before our family altar. Call me unspiritual. You’ll have to get in line for that. But deep abiding stability, not flamboyancy is what always will bring the ship into dock. - CMH

MANY BELIEVE GOD CAN REVIVE THE DYING (Pastor’s Weekly Briefing) - There is widespread belief that God can reverse a desperate health situation such as reviving dying patients, according to a survey in Monday's Archives of Surgery. Fifty-seven percent said God's intervention could save a family member even if physicians declared treatment would be futile. When asked to imagine their own relatives being gravely ill or injured, nearly 20 percent of doctors and other medical workers said God could reverse a hopeless outcome.

CALIFORNIA OVERRULES DOCTORS RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS (Pastor’s Weekly Briefing) - The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously this week that doctors could not withhold elective procedures from homosexuals based on their religious convictions. Justice Joyce Kennard wrote that two fertility doctors who refused to artificially inseminate a lesbian have neither a free speech right nor a religious exemption from the state law prohibiting businesses from discriminating based on sexual orientation. The law was originally intended to prevent restaurants, hotels and other public services from refusing to serve customers because of their race, but was expanded to include age and sexual orientation. In 1999, Guadalupe Benitez, a lesbian who lives with her partner, met with Dr. Christine Brody at North Coast Women's Care Medical Group in San Diego County because of having difficulty getting pregnant as a result of irregular ovulation. Intrauterine insemination was discussed but Dr. Brody told Benitez that her religious beliefs would preclude her from performing the procedure for an unmarried woman. She also explained that, while her colleague Dr. Douglas Fenton had similar religious objections, she could refer her to another doctor who would be able to do the procedure. Benitez did see another doctor and eventually became pregnant and has subsequently given birth to three children. Nevertheless, Benitez sued the two doctors and the North Coast Women's Care Medical Group in 2001, claiming that she was discriminated against because of her sexual orientation and that California law should also apply to doctors. Her attorney, Jennifer Pizer, compared the situation to the civil rights era when a doctor may have said "I don't treat black patients, but I will refer you to someone who will." The Medical Group is expected to appeal the ruling.

REAL-LIFE RESPONSIBILITY, No-Spin at Joe Gibbs Racing (Chuck Colson, Breakpoint) - You may have seen ads for an insurance company touting its commitment to responsibility. They feature people doing the right thing, such as returning lost property and helping strangers, simply because it is the right thing to do. The ads have struck a nerve with the public—probably because personal responsibility is not one of the defining traits of our age. There is another, equally important, aspect of good character and responsibility: that is, owning up to your mistakes and transgressions. Happily, there are real-world examples of this kind of responsibility in, of all places, the race track. Earlier this year NASCAR ordered one team to reduce the horsepower generated by its engines in an attempt to make races more competitive. That team had won more than half of the races this season. Compliance with the order was determined by what is known as a "chassis dynamometer" test—or "dyno test" for short. In the competitive world of auto racing, where money, prestige, and pride are always on the line, such an order does not go down very well. Mechanics and technicians who have spent countless hours perfecting their cars might resent this attempt to level the playing field. They might even put a kind of moral spin on the issue: It is "unfair," maybe even "un-American," to "punish" excellence in this way. So it comes as no surprise that someone might try to disobey the order while appearing to be in compliance by fooling the dynamometer. And that is exactly what happened: During "chassis dyno" tests after a recent race in Michigan, NASCAR inspectors found that the team's mechanics had rigged the cars to appear as if they were in compliance when they were not. In other words, they cheated.
While the cheating is not surprising, the name of the team is: Joe Gibbs Racing. It is surprising because Gibbs is an outspoken Christian who has gone into prisons with me. I know Joe well and respect his character and integrity—they are unimpeachable. That is why I was not surprised at what followed: While neither Joe nor his son J. D. had any clue as to what their employees were doing, they took "full responsibility" for their employees' actions. Joe said that the incident "goes against everything we stand for as an organization." He added that "we will take full responsibility and accept any penalties NASCAR levies against us." That's it: no evasion, no excuses, no spin. It stands in marked contrast to the evasions and "damage control" we hear and read about all the time. People caught breaking the law or behaving badly blame everything from dyslexia, their disadvantaged upbringing, and even acid reflux for their failings. When they do acknowledge fault, they seek to mitigate their responsibility by citing "extenuating" circumstances—or, as we see with politicians, regularly they call sin just a "mistake." It is not just celebrities and politicians. Americans talk about responsibility, but we are all-too-eager to pass the blame along, especially if there is punishment involved. That is why I so admire Joe Gibbs's willingness to take his punishment without qualifiers. Joe and family are not only doing the right thing, they are setting a real-world example for the rest of us to emulate. Thank you, Joe, for your Christian witness and teaching the rest of us a lesson.

HOLDING TO THE FAITH, Rescuing the Church from Captivity (Chuck Colson, Breakpoint) - A few months ago, the Pew Forum released its survey of the religious landscape in the United States. Among other things, they found that 57 percent of evangelical Christians—those who follow Jesus and read the Bible—agreed with the following statement: "Many religions can lead to eternal life." I want you to think about the staggering implications of what you just heard; I will repeat it: 57 percent of Bible-believing evangelicals believe that many religions can lead to eternal life. Incredible. Jesus Himself made His own position clear: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Me" (John 14:6). Either Jesus was right, or He was wrong. What Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Hindus say about the person of Christ cannot be reconciled. They are conflicting truth claims. They may all be false, but they cannot all be true. This is called the law of non-contradiction—going back to Aristotle: If proposition A is true—that it conforms to reality—then proposition B, making a contrary claim, cannot be true as well. But if nearly six out of ten evangelicals do not believe the most basic tenets of the faith, no wonder the Church is losing its influence in culture. Because what we believe affects how we live.

The same poll shows that 84 percent of evangelicals believe in "absolute standards of right and wrong." But when asked to "delineate these standards," nearly 40 percent say they rely on "practical experience and common sense." It is like the Book of Judges: "Every man did what was right in his own eyes." There is a remedy for this—a remedy that an Augustinian monk by the name of Martin Luther discovered back in the sixteenth century. The Church in Luther's day wallowed in its own corruption, sold indulgences, and refused to allow people to read the Bible in their own language. Luther compared the state of the Church to the Babylonian exile of Judah, when God punished the Jews for disobeying God and worshiping false idols. So what did Luther do? He went back to the teaching of the apostles, the faith entrusted to the saints once for all. He studied the works of the ancient Church fathers, who wrote at a time when the Church's faith was marked by unity. He studied the early councils of the Church. In short, he recovered the orthodox faith. This led to a Reformation, transforming not only the Church, but Western society and culture as well. This is what I am trying to do in a new book titled The Faith: Given Once, For All. I have gone to the sources that Luther did, the early Church fathers. I have listed the essentials of the faith that all true Christians have always believed—the minimum, irreducible, non-negotiable tenets of Christianity, without which one cannot be a true Christian and the Church cannot be the Church. I am convinced that this is what people need to defend and live the Christian faith in these extraordinarily challenging times. And that is why I am devoting an entire week of "BreakPoint" to discussing it. At my age, 76, I have one burning desire: that is that the rest of my life be used to advance God's kingdom—and to see a new Reformation come, just as Luther did, that reforms the Church and the culture. So, I hope you will read The Faith—and learn how to equip the Church to know what it believes, why it believes it—and why it matters.

ANGELS, DECEPTION AND A CRY FOR BIBLICAL TRUTH (J. Lee Grady) - Weird teachings about angels have become the norm in some charismatic circles today. It’s time to demand sanity on the subject. At a growing Brazilian church in Boston, a pastor told his congregation he was having regular conversations with an angel. Weeks later he set a chair on the stage for the heavenly visitor, whom he said was attending Sunday services even though no one could see him. The pastor eventually wrote a book containing messages he had supposedly received from the angel. The man’s teachings became so bizarre that he was eventually removed from his denomination for promoting heresy. That scenario may seem extreme, but it is one example of widespread emphasis on angels and angelic encounters in the charismatic movement today. In the case of the Brazilian church, the pastor went off the theological deep end and his church became a cult. It remains to be seen what will happen in other sectors of our movement as leaders promote teachings about angels that range from the mildly weird to downright wacky: “It remains to be seen what will happen in other sectors of our movement as leaders promote teachings about angels that range from the mildly weird to downright wacky.” * Evangelist Todd Bentley, leader of the Lakeland Revival, stirred up interest in angels when he wrote about Emma, a female angel he said wears a long white dress, floats above the floor and resembles Kathryn Kuhlman. * A young evangelist who was preaching in Canada last spring held up a jar with a feather in it and told the congregation it belonged to an angel who visits him. He said the angel was coming to the service to release riches and healing to those who wanted prayer. * Leaders of the prophetic movement often speak of angels that bring healing, wealth or special anointings. Some have described angels as tall as skyscrapers while others say they have seen tiny angels the size of insects. One prophet spoke of angels who are sleeping inside the walls of churches. Another segment of believers claim that the glowing circles of light that often show up on photographs are angels in the form of “orbs.” With such exotic teachings on the rise, we desperately need some biblical guidelines. If you believe everything you hear these days, angels can be huge, tiny, spherical, male, female, feathered or non-feathered. What’s next? Yipping dog angels? Mermaid angels with fins? Court jester angels with bells on their hats? Since my earliest days in the charismatic movement I was always taught that the Bible is our guidebook for doctrine and practice, and that the early church's experience in the Book of Acts should be a pattern for us. This would direct us to assume that if a spiritual experience is not in the Bible, then it should not be considered normative for us today. When I look at what the New Testament teaches us about angels, and specifically what the book of Acts shows us about them, here’s what I find:

Angels who looked like men told the early disciples that Jesus would return one day (see Acts 1:11) Angels are actively working behind the scenes to minister to the saints, especially to offer protection (see Acts 12:7-11) In one case an angel directed Philip where to preach (see Acts 8:26) Angels sometimes appeared in visions to give instructions, as one did for Cornelius (see Acts 10:3,7,22) An angel came to Paul to strengthen him and to assure him that he would preach to Caesar (see Acts 27:23-24). If we look at Paul’s epistles, we find only a few references to angels—and most are actually warnings to the early church about a wrong emphasis on angels:
Paul warned the Galatians that false angels can bring deception (see Gal. 1:8) Paul warned the Corinthians about "angels of light" that are messengers of Satan (see 2 Cor. 11:14) Paul warned the Colossians about misguided people who worship angels and deceive people with their emphasis on mystical experiences that are rooted in their hyperinflated egos (see Col. 2:18). The book of Hebrews was written to a group of Christians who were considering going back to Old Covenant worship. In the first chapter the author makes it clear that angels have a lower place in God's economy when compared to Jesus Christ. Many Bible scholars believe the readers of this epistle were being tempted to go back to an Old Covenant paradigm in which angels played a more significant role. The author of Hebrews warns these believers to focus their attention instead on the Son of God, who is more glorious than angels. We can make some basic assumptions about angels in the New Covenant era:

1. Angels help the church fulfill its mission, and they protect and guide the saints. Every one of us has probably experienced the activity of angels in our lives—often without knowing it because they are usually invisible.
2. Angels sometimes intervene with directive messages. But there is no case in the New Testament church in which an angel gave his name or brought attention to himself.
3. Angels don’t teach or explain doctrine. In our movement today, some leaders have suggested that certain angels (such as “Winds of Change”) have arrived to usher in new movements. Emma has been described as a "nurturing angel" who brings a prophetic movement. But nowhere does the Bible suggest that angels bring moves of God. Jesus commissioned the church to advance the kingdom by preaching the gospel. Angels know this and they are expecting us to do our job.
4. Angels don’t bring healing. The New Testament church was commissioned to bring healing “through the name of Jesus,” and Jesus was always the focus for anyone who was healed miraculously. The story of the Pool of Siloam falls under the Old Covenant system, since this phenomenon occurred before the ministry of Jesus. And when Jesus came to that pool He proved to be a better solution to those who waited for the stirring of the waters.
5. Angels look like people, and in every case in Scripture they appeared to be male. However, in some cases their appearance was frightening because they carry with them the glory of heaven and the fear of God.
6. False angels preach a different gospel. One of the devil's strategies is to send counterfeit angelic messengers who bring teaching that is contrary to biblical truth.

There are many flaky, weird and foolish concepts being circulated in our movement today that must be corrected. If we don't hold tightly to Scripture, we might unknowingly give birth to a cult that could bring great damage and division to churches worldwide. It’s time to get back to the Bible!

REINVENTING MAN, Biotechnology and the Human Future (Chuck Colson, Breakpoint) - If you have been watching the Olympics, you cannot help but be awed by the strength, speed, and skill of Olympic athletes. Take Michael Phelps, the phenomenal American swimmer who took gold in event after event. Or Dara Torres, a 41-year-old American swimmer who bested much younger athletes, winning a silver medal. These men and women have spent years training, strengthening, and perfecting their skills and their bodies. As much as we applaud their accomplishments, we marvel at their effort. Now, imagine not long from now, watching an Olympic games featuring athletes who never had to train like Phelps and Torres have. Instead, their skills and physique were planned before their birth, enhanced through nanotechnology. The games would be called the "Bio-Olympics," in which competitors have artificially enhanced features, like superhuman strength and speed. Sound like science-fiction? It's not. Not long ago the President's Council on Bioethics wrote about such a possibility. We talk often on "BreakPoint" about bioethics, especially when it comes to cloning, embryo-destructive research, genetic engineering, and so forth. But science is bringing even greater ethical dilemmas right to our front doors now. As my friend Nigel Cameron points out in the latest issue of BreakPoint WorldView magazine—which, by the way, you can subscribe to for free at BreakPoint.org—science is moving beyond improving or fixing humanity, to remaking humanity. Thanks to genetic, robotic, information, and nano technologies—collectively known by the ironic acronym GRIN—mankind is poised for what some call "engineered evolution." Nigel warns that the very technologies that can "help us restore function to the disabled and fight disease, can also be used to bring in the 'Brave New World'—in which what it means to be human, made in the image of God, is fundamentally lost." Not only will the results of this "evolution" be unprecedented, but so will the speed at which it happens. "Pain vaccines," "memory pills," and "gene doping," which may turn even the scrawniest kid into a Hercules, are being tested as I speak. But who will enjoy the fruits of such enhancements? As Nigel writes, developments in "blending human nature and machine nature through such means as the implanting of brain chips for memory, skills, or communication . . . could compound both the intelligence and the wealth of a small segment of society." This could lead "to a new feudalism, in which power of all kinds is concentrated in the hands of 'enhanced' persons." This raises unimaginable ethical problems, and Christians must be engaged in the debate. As Nigel writes, "At the heart of the agenda for the 21st century lies the need to build a policy framework in which ethical principles set the ground-rules for our use of these new powers." We must, he says, "secure human nature from commodification." I could not agree more. Humans and human nature are not commodities to be manipulated, bought, and sold. In the rush to "make life better and easier" by "improving" the human body, we cannot allow human life to become less human.

SENTENCE SERMONS AND QUIPS - Dieting advice: Never eat more than you can lift.

If we’re going to be successful, we have to get rid of excuses for why we can’t win. – Lou Holtz

I can name you the head coach, but I can’t name you the leader. Titles come from above. Leaders are selected by those under you. They will follow you if you have a vision and a plan. - Father Hesburgh at Notre Dame to Lou Holtz

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die. - Douglas MacArthur

It’s critical to have goals in life, and to work as hard as you can to achieve those goals, but in the end, the Lord works in mysterious ways. Hard times will come. They always do. But when it happens, remember that deep faith, hard work, and an unwavering commitment to your goals will turn today’s tragedy into tomorrow’s triumphs. - Lou Holtz

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact. - Norman Vincent Peale

Execution is about paying attention to details. If a team looks sloppy in the huddle, it will look sloppy during the play. - Lou Holtz

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. - Vince Lombardi

If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans for the future.

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