When I asked my lovely wife whether she would buy a used toothbrush, I got the totally expected response, “Eeew! Gross…” And I’ll bet most folks would chime in with a similar opinion. We certainly wouldn’t want a stranger’s dirty past making its way into our mouths. But I ask you, isn’t that sometimes what […]
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Another story that’s not mine. My wife forwarded this to me in an email, and I wanted to share it in case you’ve never seen it. Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband’s employer’s home. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend..
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I didn’t write this, and wish I could credit the original author. It is quite good, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Each December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations – extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even
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We don’t have an assurance from God that we’ll win every battle. After all, even Christ Jesus hung on the cross and died there. One could argue that the “cross” won the battle on that one. But there is so much more to the story. God could have never shown His glory and ultimate authority
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You turn on the TV or radio, or pick up a newspaper or magazine, and you would think that Thanksgiving would be an inappropriate holiday this year with economic turmoil, global unrest, and pandemic outbreaks of the swine flu. But those, as important as they are to the news media, are just temporary side issues
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I stayed home from church this morning. It was hard, because I couldn’t really rationalize missing this time of fellowship with my brothers and sisters in the Lord. After all, the Bible instructs us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:25). In church, there would be singing, rejoicing, praising, and worshiping. The
Dark waves swelled like a great black claw, ravaging the small craft, threatening to capsize it as each oscillation crested across the bow. The cruel wind thundered in their ears and bit savagely into their flesh as the disciples fought against the storm, battering their oars against the unrelenting sea, struggling to reach the far-off
Every Christian knows it’s sinful to be an idol worshiper, putting false gods in a higher position than the one true God. But many do not realize the spiritual danger of being an “idle worshiper” and not acting on the gifts and callings God has placed upon our lives. Although we are saved by the
