“…from Heaven comes the Savior we are waiting for…and He will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of His glorious body” (Philippians 3:21). Hilda, a woman who had lived all of her life…
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“…let your love for one another be real and from the heart” (I Peter 1:22). Some years ago the late humorist Erma Bombeck wrote: It gets tougher and tougher to sell my husband on the…
“They were all astonished and praised God, and were filled with awe, saying ‘we have seen strange things today’” (Luke 5:26). Albert Einstein tells us that the work of the true scientist begins, not in…
“If you read my words, you will have some idea of the depths that I see in the Mystery of Christ” (Ephesians 3:4). Oh the wonder of it all Oh the wonder of it all…
“You have seen done among you all the things that mark the true apostle... the signs, the marvels, the miracles” (II Corinthians 12:13). “There is an indispensable, happy little word being elbowed out of Christianity,”…
“How awe-inspiring this place is!” (Genesis 28:17). A little girl was traveling on a train with her father. As she looked out the window, she saw many things that excited her. “Look daddy,” she would…
“…if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God …and it will be given to him” (James 1:5). In an ancient legend, a young eastern king desires to be a good and wise…
“They will all be taught by God” (Jn. 6:45). At the conclusion of the first lecture in a college philosophy course, the professor asked for questions. “What is the difference between learning and wisdom,” a…
“…if any one of you thinks of himself as wise…then he must learn to be a fool before he really can be wise” (I Corinthians 3:18) A young man finished college with a degree in…
“Husbands love your wives and treat them with gentleness” (Colossians 3:19). On her twenty-fifth wedding anniversary Abigail Van Buren, ran the following letter to her husband in her syndicated “Dear Abby” column: Dear Mort: Today…
“God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong” (I Corinthians 2:27). Columnist Erma…
“Happy the peacemakers: they shall be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9). It was early in the Vietnam War, and an American platoon was hunkered down is some rice paddies, in the heat of a…
“Peace I leave with you” (John 14:27). Perhaps some of you remember the story of King Henry and Queen Eleanor of England. They loved each other dearly. As young persons they enjoyed life together with…
“For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his…
“It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35). Dale Galloway, in his book “Dream a New Dream,” tells the story of a young man who teaches us all a lesson in the…
“The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul” (Acts 4:32). A husband and wife went fishing together one afternoon. As they prepared to cast their lines out into the stream, the husband said…
“As each one has received a special gift, employ it in one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (I Peter 4:10). In the famous story by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the Little…
“The blind recover their sight, cripples walk, lepers are cured, the deaf hear, dead men are raised to life, and the poor have the Good News preached to them” (Matthew 11:5). In one of the…
“…and he went away, to go from victory to victory” (Revelation 6:2). In a fairytale called, “The Hobbit,” all “hobbits” live very dull, docile, dreary lives. They eat six meals a day and they love…
“Praise the Lord in song, for He has done excellent things; let this be known throughout the earth” (Isaiah 12:5). There is a story about the great composer, Johann Sebastian Bach that might need to…