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In the late nineteenth century, a controversy erupted among scholars about a brand-new invention. For decades, students had used pencils in doing their note-taking and their exams. But in 1880, […]
In the late nineteenth century, a controversy erupted among scholars about a brand-new invention. For decades, students had used pencils in doing their note-taking and their exams. But in 1880, […]
Thomas Wolfe, one of America’s literary giants, believed that the experience of loneliness was a necessary condition of creative living. In his book, “The Hills Beyond,” he wrote of his
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When we read the Bible story of our “First Parents” living in the Garden of Eden, we can see that Adam and Eve had an ideal marriage. For example, Adam
The central figure in a little fable called “The Magic Eyes,”1 is the local baker–a self-righteous, uptight little man named “Fouke.” His wife, Hilda, a warm, outgoing person, loved Fouke
During World War I, the famous U.S. pilot, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, was flying a special mission to the Pacific Islands. His plane crashed, and Rickenbacker and his crew were lost
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Jesus’ warning of things to come begins to sound like the litanies we hear on the Eleven O’clock Nightly News. “These things are bound to happen,” Jesus says, “but do
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There was a certain bishop who loved to play golf. He carried his golf bag in the trunk of his car, always ready to get out on the course should
It has been said that nothing in the entire Biblical Message is more thoroughly resisted and rejected by modern man than its insistence on the need for repentance. All the
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The disciples must have been shocked when Jesus told them that the Jewish Temple would be destroyed. Begun forty or more years before and still unfinished, it was already in
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Most of us do a great deal of judging. Some of us have embraced it as a way of life. We do it with our tone of voice, with the
On one of his many American concert tours, the great Polish pianist, Ignace Paderewski, received a visit from an ambitious young woman. The woman told the famous musician that she
Loren Eisley was a naturalist and an anthropologist. One day, while making some observations in a small glade, he leaned against a stump and fell asleep. He said he was
If ever a person had reason to be bitter and unforgiving, it was Jesus during the last week of His life. Clearly, His intense agony in the Garden of Gethsemene
A prominent theologian was about to deliver a lecture on a very difficult subject. He started off by saying, “I feel like a mosquito in a nudist colony. I look
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During his 30-year ministry, a certain pastor became known far and wide as an effective preacher: a spellbinder. Each week he would finish writing his Sunday sermon on Wednesday, and
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How does the Holy Spirit help us in times of need? The Advocate works like this … A young Armenian girl named Elizabeth Caraman saw Turkish troops arrest her father
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Little Johnny was very upset with his brother, Willy. Before he said his night prayers, Johnny’s mother said to him, “Now I want you to forgive your brother.” But Johnny
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We have gathered in Jesus’ Name and, truly, He is in the midst of us. He is here to help us deepen our relationship with God. He is here to
The scene is an ice cream parlor. The characters are two large turtles and a small one. Each of the turtles orders an ice cream sundae. As they wait for
A second-grader came home from school and announced to her mother that she would never have to go to school again. To prove her point she gave her mother her