For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. — Romans 1:16 One foggy night in London many years ago, a poor man shuffled into a quaint little music shop on the edge of […]
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My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. — John 10:27 An old golfer was standing in front of the first tee box, ready to take his shot. The hole was a tough one, surrounded almost completely by water. And the golfer was wondering if he should use an old […]
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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. — Romans 12:1 The chaplain walked in and saw the soldier lying on the bed. The news was bad. His leg had been terribly […]
Read MoreHow to find joy in every circumstance
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! — Philippians 4:4 The famous English architect Sir Christopher Wren was supervising the construction of a beautiful new cathedral in London. A local journalist thought it would be interesting to interview some of the workers, so he went to the site and found the […]
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But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. — Job 23:10 A man named Ed was sitting out in his backyard one day and he began to notice the poor condition of his wooden fence. Most of it was sun-bleached gray, and the parts […]
Read MoreHow you can rejoice in the midst of loss
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. — Colossians 3:1-2 One night in December of 1914, a fire in West Orange, New Jersey, claimed Thomas Edison’s manufacturing facilities […]
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Read MoreCan fear be a good thing?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. — Proverbs 1:7 A woman visiting the Toronto Zoo years ago lost her hat at the tiger enclosure. It had fallen between the outer fence, which keeps the people out, and the inner fence, which keeps the tigers in. […]
Read MoreWhere to turn with life’s tough questions
For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. — 1 Corinthians 13:12 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was a doctor who became very interested in the use of ether to […]
Read MoreIs the Christian life an easy life?
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.” — Luke 9:23-24 Clarence Jordan, the author of The Cotton Patch […]
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