In 2013, my wife Joanie and I got some unsettling news. Our daughter Amy, expecting her first child, was going into labor – and it was seven weeks before her due date. Our first reaction was to panic. Then we realized we needed to stay calm and trust the Lord. We prayed…
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Whenever you go to a doctor for your annual check-up, he or she will often begin to poke, prod, and press various places, all the while asking…
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The story is told of a British politician who took his 8-year-old daughter on a tour of London. They came to Westminster Abbey…
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A young boy, on an errand for his mother, had just bought a dozen eggs. As he walked out of the store, he…
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A little boy visiting his grandparents was given his first slingshot. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit his target…
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A young man was once determined to win the affection of a beautiful lady who refused to even talk to him. He decided that the way to her heart was through the mail, so he began writing her love letters. He wrote a love letter every…
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In Ernest Gordon’s famous book Miracle on the River Kwai, he tells the story of captured soldiers who had been forced by their Japanese captors to labor on a jungle railroad…
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The famous 19th century missionary to China, Hudson Taylor, once shared some powerful words that apply well to the situation we’re facing in our world today…
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Little 5-year-old Johnny was in the kitchen as his mother made supper one evening. So she asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup…
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Recent studies have shown that people who practice their faith regularly may be getting some health benefits: A study conducted by sociologists at Purdue University found that…
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