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Honesty
A young lady was sunbathing on the beach when a little boy in his swimming trunks, carrying a towel, came up to her and asked, “Do you believe in God?” She was surprised by the question but she replied, “Why, yes, I do.” Then he asked her: “Do you go to church every Sunday?” Again,…
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Not a failure
I cried at work the other day. Jordan*, one of my favorite patients, was having a cavity filled. (She used to get super nervous but has conquered that fear.) As she smelled laughing gas, we caught up. I asked how her current activity at school was going. It had just ended, and she was glad…
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Keeping Sound Counsel
BY GREG CRUM “Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.” I Corinthians 15:33-34 Here in I Corinthians we read an admonition and an encouragement. The encouragement? To spread the personal knowledge of God! The…
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No Slackers
A large company, feeling it was time for a shake-up, hired a new CEO. This new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers. On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that…
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Through the Red Sea
It’s a spectacular true story. When we step into the Israelite’s sandals, applying it to our lives, we gain insight and encouragement from the book of Exodus. The people of Israel came out of Egypt after 430 years of slavery. Their fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, great-great-grandfathers, and so on and so on for centuries had all…
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The concept of grace
Quoting from “The Concept of Grace” by Charles Stanley: “One of my more memorable seminary professors had a practical way of illustrating to his students the concept of grace. At the end of his evangelism course he would distribute the exam with the caution to read it all the way through before beginning to answer…
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The Illusion of Lack Part 2
“O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.” Psalm 34:9-10 Here’s a headline for you—There is No Lack in God’s Kingdom! Think about the obvious for…
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Working with Samaritan’s Purse
Here in the mountains, we are deeply grateful for volunteers who come to the aid of our flood victims. People from all over the U.S. are temporarily laying down their daily lives to feed, mud out, clean up, tear out, and rebuild for those who were affected by the river flood a few weeks ago.…
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The foundation
Did you know the following verses from the book of Luke (6:47-49) have a lot to do with what we believe about the first three chapters of Genesis? “Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: “He is like a man building a house,…
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Standing firm
A few nights ago, our dog Dixie got the zoomies. She raced around in circles as far as the leash would allow. I wasn’t worried. Standing on the porch, I had a two-hand hold on it. Wasn’t gonna let her get away again. (Last time had me running down the road in my housecoat.) Typically,…
