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Centenarians are very rare. Living a hundred years should be considered a miraculous event in this era. With the junk food, cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, and hands-free everything that this world is offering, we’re a heart attack away from our graves. But living long isn’t a far-fetched fantasy; it’s possible. ...

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands. This is the right thing to do in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be gentle to them.  Children, obey your parents in all things. This pleases the Lord.  Fathers, do not nag your children. If you are too hard to please, ...

“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall … ” (2 Peter 1:10). You know that feeling when the alarm rings and inwardly you groan? It seems like you just laid down five minutes ago. ...

What we encounter in daily living—family, work, church, community, challenges—provides the material for spiritual transformation.  The natural life is ours to transform into spiritual—through obedience to the will of God! “The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.” 1 Corinthians 15:46 Salvation is the ...

How could we have known what was coming?  That hot July day in 1978 held  blue skies, dotted only with wisps of cloud. Everything was quiet–a peaceful summer’s day.  We played in the neighborhood from early morning. Just after lunch, a neighbor spotted the funnel cloud in those otherwise blue ...