Bill is one of those guys that you don’t forget…nay, that you cannot forget…that your subconscious, even, refuses to loosen your memory of. Bill is infectious. ’Tis why standing over him while he peacefully lay on his deathbed, in the presence of his wife, his daughter-in-law, and me (the least of all in the moment) was so […]
“What color are you?” “Huh? What do you mean?” my son responds. He looks down at the skin on his hand and then back up at me with a quizzical look on his face. “I don’t mean your skin color…I mean your personality,” I say, laughing. We had just finished eating dinner; my wife had
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TODAY’S VERSE:Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.What do you think of when you hear the word “CHRISTmas”? Do you think of a decorated tree with presents
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The older I get, the more I find myself reading the labels on the back of food packaging. When I was younger and presuming invincibility, I would poke fun at those who used to do this. Now, here I am, looking down my nose, underneath my prescription glasses, trying to read all of the fine
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“Don’t judge me!”Have you ever noticed when a person is caught in a sin, they often respond this way? When on the receiving end of such an exclamation, you often find yourself with your hands in the stick-‘em-up position, saying something like, “Whoa, don’t kill the messenger!” A sinner’s conscience prompts a multitude of defenses
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Skeptics love to point out that man wrote the Bible. In many ways, they rest their caps and their arguments against true faith in Jesus Christ on this very supposition. Me? Well, I guess I’m a bit like the apostle Peter, the one who relished the fact that every last bit of his confidence, spanning
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TODAY’S VERSE:Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;”As we continue our study on Christianity vs. Religion in prep school, we are learning about the real differences between these two ways of approaching God. Religion says, “I don’t need a savior, I can earn my way to Heaven” because it
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Testimony– a: a solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness under oath in response to interrogation by a lawyer or authorized public official; b: firsthand authentication of a fact: evidence; c: an outward sign Synecdoche – a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (such as fifty sail for fifty
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If you believe that eternal life exists in the Lord God, and also in His saved children, and that Heaven exists (ref. John 1:4; 17:3), then you must ponder what it takes to partake in these things for all of eternity (ref. Matthew 25:46). I think it’s fair to say that this question is on the minds
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The world says that man is inherently good; therefore, it must be some external force that corrupts him, making him less than his true self. The Bible says that man is inherently bad, and the only remedy is from God. These are diametrically opposed systems of thinking, and one brilliant way in which Satan deceives
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