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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There Is No Greater Love!
A well-known preacher was invited to deliver a sermon in the chapel of a college for the deaf. He described it as a “Preacher’s paradise, because you get two laughs
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The Beauty Remains
A little boy wrote a letter to God which began with a question: “Dear God, are you real? Some people don’t believe it. If You are, You better do something
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The Turning Point
A high-ranking Military Chaplain once introduced a standard Bible Study Curriculum for children in military families. However, the continuity of the Course was often interrupted by the moves from base
The Sign Of The Cross
Philip, an eight-year-old, was considerably backward for his age. For this reason, he wasn’t fully accepted by his Sunday School classmates. Philip didn’t choose to be different, of course. Like
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A Bunch Of Bugs?
In one of Gary Larson’s “Far Side” cartoons, a group of insects are gathered together at a party. One of the bugs is saying to another, “Think of it, Ed!
Thank God!
When Jesus of Nazareth began His public ministry, immediately the question was raised, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Soon, some of His neighbors were so disturbed by the things
What You Have To Do
She was a nobody. You would not recognize her name. You have never met her before. She lived in a faraway place in Africa. She died today — distantly, isolatedly,
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What’s In It For God?
Have you ever wondered what kind of man Judas was? Have you ever wondered what he looked like, who his friends were, what his personality was like? He has been
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The Best Possible Glimpse
I paid a dime for a package of seeds. The clerk tossed them down with a flip. “We have them assorted to every man’s needs,” he said, with a smile
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Your Free Faith Response
A young woman named Mary who lived in the village of Nazareth was confronted by an angel of the Lord. The angel told her that she was to become the
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What Makes Life Worthwhile?
In a moving scene from “The River,” Jean Renoir’s beautiful film of India, a crippled American soldier is outraged over the cross he has been given to bear. In his
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The Company Of The Elite
In our ordinary language we tend to label things in a way that implies sameness. Yet, “We live in a world in which no two things are alike in all
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Where Are You Going?
When he was eighty-eight years old, the late Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once found himself on a train. When the conductor came by, Justice Holmes couldn’t find his
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Birmingham Or Calvary
A poem by Stoddard Kennedy compares Jesus’ coming to the modern city of Birmingham in England with Jesus going to Calvary: When Jesus came to Calvary they nailed Him on
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He Loves Me!
he father of three children was doing his best trying to mediate the usual family quibbling around the dinner table. Fast losing patience, he banged his fist on the table
Are You There?
There is the story of a woman who died and went to Heaven. She was greeted at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter, who said, “Before you enter, I must
What You Have To Do
She was a nobody. You would not recognize her name. You have never met her before. She lived in a faraway place in Africa. She died today — distantly, isolatedly,
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Up A Tree?
Knowing that He would be put to death in a few days, Jesus said to two of His disciples: Now My soul is troubled. What shall I say: Father save
There Must Be A God!
Do you remember the Old Testament story in which the prophet Jonah becomes angry with God and ends up in the belly of a huge fish? The story begins when
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