The Way Is Difficult
“Dying is a very solitary thing!” someone has written. In that very insightful statement, we come close to one of the basic teachings of the New Testament-about life, about death, […]
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Why Starve To Death?
In order to follow Jesus’ counsel and build your house-your life-on solid rock, you must enter into two different kinds of experience. First, there is the once-and-for-all experience of letting
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To Make Us Real
Once upon a time there was a little boy who received a velveteen rabbit for Christmas. The rabbit was fat and bunchy. His coat was spotted brown and white. He
No Loophole
Everything in life that has meaning and value is rooted in God’s Grace. In the New Testament, St. Paul begins all his letters by reminding the people to whom he
Courage My Friend
In a book called “The Cloister and the Hearth,” by Charles Reade, two men are shown back-packing their way across Europe during very dangerous times. One of them constantly tries
Catch Another Butterfly
The stars were there for wishing And the wind was there for kites And the morning sun was there for rise and shine But I wonder … What happened to
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A Time To Be Born
As we enter into a new year it is comforting to know that the stars are in our favor. This, as you know, is the dawning of the Age of
Keep Working On Love
There is an amusing story of a woman who one day decided to read the New Testament and investigate the claims of Christianity. Several months later she was baptized. Immediately
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Let Your Soul Catch Up!
A little boy was playing with his toy “Construction Kit.” His father noticed that the boy was building something with great care. “What are you building?” the father asked. The
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Stop Cheating Yourself!
It sounds incredible, but it really happened: A man walks into a doctor’s waiting room. He has an appointment. What he sees takes him by surprise. All the other patients
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Who Is Your Savior?
When a man died and appeared before Saint Peter at the Heavenly Gate, Peter could not find anything in his files to indicate that the man was scheduled to arrive
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To See The Light
There is within each of us a deep, almost primitive fear of the darkness. You remember how it was as little children when we were afraid of the dark and
The Happiest People In The World
One night, the Six O’clock News financial reporter said, among other things, “The stock market gained today, and the value of the dollar is up.” Hearing this, a seven-year-old asked
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A Simple Test
When John the Baptist “appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,” he announced the imminent coming of the Lord Jesus in these words:
Give Everything You Have
A fifteen-year-old lad returned home from a rock concert. “How was it?” his grandfather asked. “It was great!” the boy replied. “You would have hated it.” The boy’s twelve-year-old sister
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They Are Inseparable
From the very beginning Jesus clearly stated that His call to us to follow Him and His appeal to us to transform our lives are inseparable. To follow Jesus is
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A Light To The Nations
God had called the People of Israel to be a “Chosen People,” not in the sense of privilege but in the sense of responsibility. It all started when God said
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Moment Of Truth
In the Manchester Art Gallery in England there is a painting by Spencer Stanhope entitled, simply, “Eve.” In it the serpent is whispering ideas into Eve’s ear. You can tell
All His Ministers
Peter, James and John saw a mysterious but glorious vision of the Lord on the Mount of Transfiguration. The light cast by this vision was intense-“dazzling as the sun the
Tears Of Joy
In order to understand what this verse is about, we have to go back to the time of Christ and realize that one of the most serious problems any sincere,
