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 […]
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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,
Age Of Anxiety
The well-known contemporary poet, W. H. Auden, was one of the first to call our period in history “The Age of Anxiety.” Since that time, others have picked up on
There’s A New World Coming
There is a wonderful story about a man who bought a used suit of clothes at the Good Will Industry store. In one of the pockets he found a fifteen-year-old
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On The Edge Of Darkness
We follow our Lord to the foot of the Cross and find ourselves standing on the edges of darkness-the darkness of the Crucifixion. It is a darkness so deep that
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Hard Rain Falling
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son? What did your hear, my darling young one? Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world Heard ten
Go Down Death
The disciples of Jesus went to the tomb by dawn’s early light where they experienced the Resurrection. They were in the depths of despair because of the events of the
What Difference
The deepest and most serious drama in the life of every one of us is the decision we make on whether to say “Yes” or “No” to God. At a
