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Robert Hurtgen

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Robert Hurtgen is a husband, father, minister and writer. Read more of him at robhurtgen.wordpress.com.

No one really wins with a forfeit

Saturday, April 25, 2009

In the course of any given day there is a tremendous amount of background noise bidding for our attention. When everyone wants everything from us, is it possible to pour out our lives and not be depleted? In the New Testament Jesus was delivering some news that those who were closest to him did not want to hear. He turned to address them and then spoke to the crowd that was pressing around them all saying, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?" (Mark 8:36)

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