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No division, no subtraction
BY JACK WARD A Baptist Pastor had a dream and found himself fully dressed, holding a Bible, at the gate of Heaven. As he was about to enter, he heard so many people crying and wailing in hell. He went to the gate and met the Gatekeeper. “Who are those crying?” he asked the Gatekeeper.…
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The mark of Jesus
BY JACK WARD Issac Butterworth tells this story. One time there was a man in my church, the owner of a local business and a highly intentional Christian. The apostle Paul once said of himself that he bore “on [his] body the marks of Jesus” (Gal. 6:17). Well, this man bore the marks of Jesus…
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‘Preacher says the Bible is not the word of God’
BY JACK WARD Several years ago, Alexander J. Barron, a licensed Missionary Baptist preacher, decided that the Bible is not the word of God, but that is OK; he will continue to preach it. He says, “I believe in preaching the word of God. I believe in the saving of souls from the clutches of…
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‘Through the Gates of Splendor’
BY JACK WARD One of the most influential Christian women of the 20th century, Elisabeth Elliot, has died. Elliot, the Christian author and speaker whose husband, Jim, was killed during their short-lived but legendary missionary work among unreached tribes in eastern Ecuador in the 1950s, passed away Monday, June 15, at age 88. She wrote…
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A treasure inside
BY JACK WARD As Postmaster, I was in the package delivery business for 37 years. People either love or hate getting packages. But almost always they contain a treasure inside. The No. 1 phrase I have heard when someone gets a package is “I don’t remember ordering anything? Should I open this?” They act scared…
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Wear his coat well
BY JACK WARD Many years ago, an evangelist named Jakov arrived in a village in Serbia. He met an elderly man there named Cimmerman, and Jakov began to talk to him about the love of Christ. Cimmerman abruptly interrupted Jakov and told him that he wished to have nothing to do with Christianity. He reminded…
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Trust in God
BY JACK WARD Psalm 7:1: “O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.” Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy…
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The strength to do what He requires
BY JACK WARD Many people have told me over the years that they would become a Christian if they could live it. I understand that people don’t want to start something they know they cannot finish. And I understand that everyone knows that we cannot be perfect. But I ask: Who is able to live…
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Code Red
BY JACK WARD Pastor Bruce D. Weaver and his wife drove to pick up their son from Vacation Bible School. The sky was growing dark and there was a storm watch in effect, but no rain was falling yet. The theme of their upcoming Vacation Bible School was Noah’s ark and the flood, so he…
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‘What’s So Amazing About Grace’
BY JACK WARD Why would God go to all the trouble to endure our bad choices and our flagrant sinning in order to have a relationship with us? Hear the story of the lost son from the modern setting as told by Philip Yancey in his book “What’s So Amazing about Grace.” Yancey tells the…
