Trusting Christ when it means rejection

At his father’s funeral, American track and field star Carl Lewis placed his 100-meter gold medal from the 1984 Olympics in his father’s grave…

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Can you trust the mediator?

A folk story is told of the bandit Jose Rivera who became notorious in several little towns in Texas for robbing banks and businesses. Finally a Texas Ranger caught up with Jose…

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What baggage are you carrying?

Many Christians today treat their spiritual life like motor homes. You see, the motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of our normal life on wheels…

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How to avoid being tempted to sin

Picture yourself walking on a set of train tracks when a train starts coming at you from behind. If the train engineer sees you on a track, he or she will blow the whistle…

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How to persevere through any trial

As a young man, film director Robert Flaherty spent many months in the far north looking for iron ore and cod. He found neither, but he did shoot 70,000 feet of film in his travels…

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Where to unload life’s heavy burdens

In his famous book, ‘Believe and Belong,’ Bruce Larson tells how he helped people struggling to surrender their lives to Christ…

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How you can be set free from sin

Canadian journalist Thomas Costain described the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth-century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was commonly called…

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How do you feel about change?

In his book, ‘Holy Sweat,’ Tim Hansel recalls how a close friend of his was asked back to his forty-year high school reunion. For months he saved to take his wife back to the place…

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How to recognize truth in the midst of lies

One of the most elaborate hoaxes in broadcast history was an April Fool’s joke played on the British Broadcasting Corporation’s current affairs program ‘Panorama’…

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How to emotionally open yourself to God

Tears are a fundamental aspect of the human condition. Christian author Calvin Miller writes in his book, ‘The Valiant Papers,’ on crying…

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