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...years ago and has been "praying Jabez" as a kind of evangelical mantra ever since. What he appears to have found most attractive is the prayer's expansiveness. Evangelical life abounds in thou shalt nots and stresses humility before God. By contrast, Jabez's demand that the deity "bless me indeed" seems buoyant and liberating. Reading the volume's back-cover blurb ("Do you want to be extravagantly blessed by God?"), one might even imagine that Wilkinson is selling Prosperity Theology, a widespread if superficial gospel that amounts to praying for dollars. This turns out not to be the case...
...hard to believe, given the book's use of loaded catchwords and concepts. And with some 20 million evangelicals in the country, it is also moot. Says Carolyn Henninger, a bookstore owner in Gainesville, Ga.: "Jabez has changed my life. I had never prayed for the Lord to bless me, to enlarge my territory. It's phenomenal that people I show the book to come back in and buy extra books they're sharing." Henninger has sold 2,300 copies, and says, "I hope I never...
...first panic attack in 1959. Within weeks, I wouldn't leave the house, and I thought I was the only person in the world with this fear. It was 10 years before I heard the term agoraphobic, and another 10 before people started talking about panic attacks. God bless the researchers who have removed the stigma of this living hell and given sufferers their life back. With the help of new techniques and drug therapies, I went back to college, and have just received a B.A. in English. Next year, I will fly across the country to hold my grandchild...
...even now that the recording companies have muzzled Napster, their real solution is nowhere in sight. Computer nerds, bless their souls, seem to have an unyielding desire to boast their virtual manhood. Encryption codes will be broken; system will be beaten. Gnutella, for example, is a small, mysterious little file sharing program that has no central servers to blame and will probably allow piracy to thrive as long as the Internet exists. No one can stop the wave...
This speech was a true redemption of Bush's horrible inaugural address, during which even former-President Bush, whom the press has ludicrously decided to dub "poppy," appeared to nod off every few seconds when he wasn't being woken up by applause lines like "Thank you, and God bless America...