It is said that on his retreat from Greece after his great military expedition, King Xerxes boarded a Phoenician ship along with a number of his troops. But they were hit by a terrible storm…
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Winston Churchill quite often exemplified integrity and respect in the face of opposition. During his last year in office, he attended an official ceremony…
Read MoreThe Power of Forgiveness in Marriage
My wife, Virginia, and I have been married for 62 years! And in that time, I’ve become convinced that marriage is perhaps our most important human institution, mirroring as it does the relationship between Christ and the church (Ephesians 5:25-33, John 3:29). But marriage is also the place where sin and doubt can have the […]
Read MoreThe best news you’ll ever hear
A farmer went to meet with his banker and announced that he had some bad news and some good news. “First, the bad news… I can’t make my mortgage payments…”
Read MoreWhat makes you uncomfortable?
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, “Does this hurt?”…
Read MoreThe importance of giving substance to your faith
A young boy, on an errand for his mother, had just bought a dozen eggs. As he walked out of the store, he tripped and dropped the sack, breaking every egg he had bought…
Read MoreLiving in the freedom Christ has given you
A little boy visiting his grandparents was given his first slingshot. He practiced in the woods, but he could never hit his target. As he came back to Grandma’s backyard…
Read MoreHow to love others with the love of Christ
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…
Read MoreHow to overcome fear in your life
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. But he didn’t want to…
Read MoreHow you can avoid the trap of false teaching
Chuck Swindoll tells a story about how years ago a man went into a fried chicken place and bought a couple of chicken dinners for himself and his date. But instead of chicken…
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