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“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 6:23 On May 2, 1962, a dramatic advertisement appeared in the San Francisco examiner that said, I don’t want my husband to die in the gas chamber for a crime he did not commit. […]

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:10 Charles Dickens drives home a profound truth in a scene from his famous novel, A Christmas Carol. Confronted one night by the ghost of his crooked business partner – and warned […]

“From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” – Ephesians 4:16 There was a team of engineers who did an experiment in a wind tunnel to determine why geese fly in a “V” formation. In the experiment, […]

“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” – Romans 12:10 There was a woman who always went to a certain post office in her town because the postal employees there were just so friendly. One year just before Christmas, she walked in to buy a book of stamps, and the […]

“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.” – Psalm 100:1-3 Michael Green tells the story of a young […]

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” – John 13:34 Despite his busy schedule, Abraham Lincoln often visited wounded Civil War soldiers in hospitals across the Union. On one occasion, he walked in to see a man who was near death. “Is […]

“If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.” – 1 Corinthians 3:15 Chuck Swindoll tells the story of a fighter pilot shot down by enemy fire during World War II… At treetop level he lost part of his stabilizer, a […]

“Remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.” – James 5:20 In 1994, The New York Times reported that graffiti from the 1800s was discovered by workers renovating the Washington Monument. It was quite a different tone from much of […]

“After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.” – 1 Samuel 18:1 The world-renowned psychologist, Sigmund Freud, died at the age of 83, a bitter and disillusioned man. Though he was one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Freud had little compassion […]

“O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you. My soul thirsts for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” – Psalm 63:1 A shopper approached the perfume counter at a department store and asked the saleswoman, “Do you still have Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion?” […]