Called Into Service
Every life will end in death. There are times when we may feel we will live forever. But, sooner or later, every person faces the inevitability of death. At the […]
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It Gets You Started
George and Marjorie were given a thirty-fifth wedding anniversary party. During the celebration, George was asked to share some of his thoughts about the long-lasting marriage. He began by going
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All You Need To Know
A grandmother was constantly trying to improve her little granddaughter’s vocabulary. She taught her some new words to use, and she also gave her advice on what words not to
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With Our Hands
Did you hear the story about the nine men and one woman who were being rescued at sea by a helicopter? While hanging on for dear life from a rope
They Will Not Fail!
The Gospels tell us that Jesus of Nazareth came among His people, loving them, healing them, bringing them the Good News of how much God loves them, and how they
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Constantly On The Watch
A retired couple were sitting in their “rec” room one evening. The wife was watching the nightly news on TV; the husband was reading a book on physiology. When the
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Coal Into Diamonds
In the last half of John’s Gospel, Jesus spends a lot of time in the upper-room, talking to His disciples, preparing them for what is to come: His death and
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Words And Music
Mark Twain had a bad habit of spicing his conversation with profanity. Twain’s wife, a delicate, refined woman, often became very upset by his rough language. She tried, in many
Wait Three Days!
In a cartoon called “The Family Circus,” two children have discovered their Easter baskets and are busily enjoying the contents. One of the children asks, “Who colored the eggs?” The
You Must Remember This
For many, Judas Iscariot has come down as the arch villain of all history. Shakespeare called him “that base Judean who threw away a pearl more precious than all his
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Betrayal, Or Loyalty?
Imagine what might have taken place if the twelve Apostles had submitted formal job applications to Jesus before they were chosen … The application might have been forwarded to a
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There Is No Death?
I’m going to tell you a “fish story.” It seems that some scientists decided to develop a fish that could live outside of water. They selected several healthy red herring
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A New Vision
In the later years of the Roman Empire, a group of pagans was being Baptized by immersion, in a river. They had expressed a desire to be Christians, but they
Going Someplace
The obstetrician was not at home … His five-year-old daughter answered the doorbell. “Is your daddy in?” asked the excited stranger. “No, he’s gone,” the little girl replied. “When will
A Change Of Heart
Many years ago, an American traveler secured a few grains of wheat from an Egyptian tomb. Those grains of wheat had been slumbering in that tomb for more than thirty
Always On The Job
In the First Letter of the Apostle Peter, it is written, “Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour”
What’s The Attraction?
There is in each one of us, the primitive fear of darkness. We can remember how it was when as little children, we were afraid of the dark. We had
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To Will One Thing
If you ever have traveled through the Middle East, you may have noticed that there are ostrich egg symbols hanging from the ceilings of most of the Christian Churches. The
What Is The Cost?
It was the last day before the football team of a large University was to play it’s biggest game of the season … Unfortunately, the head football coach had just
Talk To The Children
A mother and father purchased a child’s world globe for their five-year-old son. That evening, in the boy’s bedroom, the father used the globe to take his son on a
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