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KNOWINGLY KNEELING IN A CRISIS

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Daniel 6:1-10, Daniel 6:20-22


Title: Knowingly Kneeling In a Crisis
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: Daniel 6: 1-10, 20-22

Thanksgiving Sermon

Dan 6:10 KJV - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

I - The Dangerous Dilemma That Daniel Faced (1 - 9)

II - The Daring Decision That Daniel Forged (10)

III - The Delightful Deliverance That Daniel Found (20 - 22)

IV - The Dynamic Diagram That Daniel Fancied

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Hush Puppies

Are you familiar with the brush-suede shoe called Hush Puppies? It was popular when I was a kid. The brand was all but dead until late 1994. Sales were down to 30,000 pairs a year, mostly sold in backwoods outlets and small-town family stores. Wolverine, the company that makes Hush Puppies, was thinking of phasing out the shoes that made them famous.

But then something strange happened.

Two Hush Puppies executives, at a fashion shoot, ran into a stylist from New York who told them the classic Hush Puppies had suddenly become stylish in the hip clubs and bars of downtown Manhattan. They were selling out in resale shops. People were going to the Ma and Pa stores and buying them up.

In the fall of 1995 things began to happen in a hurry. One fashion designer used the shoe in his spring collection. Another designer used the shoes in her show. A third designer in Los Angeles put a twenty-five-foot inflatable basset hound on the roof of his Hollywood store, gutted a gallery next door, and turned it into a Hush Puppies boutique.

In 1995, the company sold 430,000 pairs of the classic Hush Puppies; the next year they sold four times that, and the year after that still more, until Hush Puppies were once again the main shoe of the young American male. How do you explain this kin ...

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