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A word of encouragement
A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg. One morning, they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet, family meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished-looking, white-haired man moving from table to table, visiting with the guests. The professor leaned over and whispered…
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Love God, hate sin
He was a scientist, a sculptor, an engineer, a painter, a philosopher, a musician and a man who historians say will never again be endowed with as many God-given gifts. One of his greatest works was that of the “Last Supper.” I am speaking of Leonardo da Vinci. This painting is a work of art…
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Why must we go through trials?
Trials and troubles are a part of life. The Bible says about mankind: “For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. John 15:20 says Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted…
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How to displease the Lord
Second Samuel 11:27: “But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.” This chapter tells us about the terribly wicked thing that David did. He saw a woman, sent for her and had sex with her. She was pregnant. He arranged to cover it up. When that did not work he sent a letter…
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Why attend church regularly
We know that in the last days evil will wax worse and worse. People will not want to hear the truth. They will not think that church attendance is necessary. Is it our fault? Are we not making the church attractive enough? Are we supposed to entertain people? We have several problems to blame for…
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An Old Way in the New Year
Jesus said in John 14:6, “I am the WAY, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me.” God said about Himself in Malachi 3:6: “Behold I am the Lord, I change not.” The Bible says about Jesus in Hebrews 13:8, “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and forever.” Part…
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The Christian’s hope
James W. Moore tells this story: Years ago a military airplane crashed at Sonderstrom Air Force Base in Greenland. Twenty-two people were killed. The runway and the nearby fields were strewn with bodies. It was a tragic and horrible moment. There was only one chaplain on the base at the time. And the entire burden…
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Christmas Grace
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? Here is a Christmas story as told by Philip Yancey in his book “What’s So Amazing About Grace?” Yancey tells the story of a prodigal daughter who grows up in…
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Many men of science, too few men of God
In 1948, at an Armistice Celebration (Armistice was the declaration of peace at the end of World War I), it was declared Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. So 11, 11 at 11. They did that symbolically because they felt that they were at the eleventh hour. They actually felt if the war continued, the whole…
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Never satisfied
Some people are never happy. A Jewish lady’s grandson is playing in the water. She is standing on the beach not wanting to get her feet wet, when all of a sudden, a huge wave appears from nowhere and crashes directly over the spot where the boy is wading. The water recedes and the boy…
