Pleasing God
A woman who had no religion, decided to read the New Testament and investigate the claims of Christianity. A few months later, having been favorably impressed, she decided to join […]
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One Day At A Time
A mother was telling her little girl about life on the farm when she was growing up. “I had great fun on the farm,” she said. “I had my own
A Learning Experience
A small boy, walking down the street one bright summer day, spotted a copper penny glistening at his feet. He picked it up and clutched it protectively. He felt a
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We Thank Thee Lord!
Nature has many remarkable ways of illustrating the growth process. In the case of the Chinese bamboo tree, for instance, the seed is planted, watered, fertilized, and for the first
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Unnecessary Gentleness
In a world where Bad Deeds are celebrated And good ones are relegated To page 49 of the paper, Where first place goes to “push and shove” And the cost
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If I Have Not Love
“I don’t want the city to come into my Church and I don’t want my Church to come into the city,” wrote a woman to her pastor… I want to
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Love Is The Sweetest Thing
Long before Jesus’ coming, ancient peoples had been using the skins of animals as liquid containers. In Palestine these containers usually were made from goat skin. The skin was stripped
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Lay The Bright Temptation Down
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus moves from the banks of the Jordan River (scene of His baptism) into the dry, barren, lonely wilderness. He had heard His Father’s voice from
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Celebrate Life!
Many mythical years ago, word went out that within sixty days, the southern tip of Florida was about to fall away and be covered by fifty feet of water. What
Outrageously Happy!
There is a “Peanuts” comic strip in which two of Charlie Brown’s little friends are engaged in a serious discussion about life. One says to the other, “Life is peculiar.
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Strike A Blow
A very dignified, austere European theologian always began his lecture series on the “Incarnation” with the same line. He would look out at his audience and say, “I feel like
The Creator’s Envoys
From the “good old days” in an oil-rich Texas boom-town, comes the story of a local tycoon who presented his fellow citizens with a beautiful park-site with a large lake
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A Genuine Bell-ringer!
Last year, a story came over the news wire services about a man residing in the city of Greenville, South Carolina who had died. After his burial, a letter from
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The Place That Really Matters
Someone has written a little tongue-in-cheek piece about living our lives in reverse. “Life is tough,” it begins… It takes a lot of your time, all your weekends, and what
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He Cannot Be Bought
The story is told of a man who dreamed that he saw Our Lord tied to a whipping post while a soldier scourged Him unmercifully. He saw the whip in
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Eternity Is In The Air
Last year, a woman contributed the following real-life anecdote to the New York Times weekly “Metropolitan Diary” column: Dear Diary: It was a day when the threat of rain hung
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Light Up The World
Due to the vast television coverage of last year’s campaigns for the U.S. Presidency, even the very young became familiar with the images and the rhetoric of the leading candidates.
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Infinitely Precious
“Do you ever have dreams?” asked the psychiatrist. “Yes,” the patient replied, “I had one last evening. I dreamed I was watching a terribly boring play. And when I awakened,
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He’s Already There
Several years ago, the newspapers ran a story about a desperate prisoner in Australia who successfully carried out his plan to escape from the county jail. He managed to do
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Absolutely Right!
Several years ago, a “Special Assistant” to the United States Secretary of the Treasury was addressing a highly sophisticated audience of economists on an extremely dry subject. Halfway through the
