January, 2018

• 3 January

  Who Am I? Why Am I Here?

  

  In my conversations with people about the Christian faith, I often point out that Christianity is the only worldview that answers two of the biggest questions in life in a such a way that it elevates mankind to the heights of excellence. These two questions we all ask ourselves at ...

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• 1 January

  Honoring Our Parents Will be Rewarded

  

  In the television drama The Waltons, grandparents Zeb and Esther lived with their son, daughter-in-law, and seven grandchildren as the family struggled in the grips of the Great Depression.  The family had little in the way of worldly goods, but they had a bond of love and support for one ...

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December, 2017

• 25 December

  Simplicity: A Gift from God

  

  In our family there are many stories and memories  about Christmases past.   With my father now gone, I  remember these treasured tales with the start of every holiday season. Born just three months before the stock market’s  great crash in 1929, my father spent his early years on a northern ...

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• 20 December

  Joe, Don’t You Be No Fool!

  

  This is a story/poem of Christmas redemption. Merry Christmas to all of you! The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. (Psalm 14:1)   Joe, Don’t You Be No Fool! Joe is a fool that ...

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• 19 December

  Oh Jerusalem, The City of the Jews

  

  Jerusalem is mentioned throughout biblical history, often being referred to as the “city of God,” or the “Holy City.” Jesus entered this city victoriously while people waved palm branches. Christians celebrate this event on what is called “Palm Sunday.” For thousands of years Jerusalem has been associated with the Jewish ...

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• 18 December

  Our Gift to the Unbeliever

  

  “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” Charles Dickens Charles Dickens was born into an impoverished English family in 1812. One of eight children in the Dickens Family, his father was a naval clerk who fancied becoming a rich man. It was a dream ...

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• 12 December

  What We Need Right Now

  

  Love came down from Heaven on Christmas Day! “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man which is in heaven.” (John 3:13) God’s condemnation of fallen man, His charge against him, is this: “And this is the condemnation, ...

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• 11 December

  Nellie’s Gift

  

  No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13   Christmas is that time of year when we extend our hearts to the less fortunate in our communities, often helping strangers in tangible and loving ways. It is also a time ...

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• 4 December

  Believe in the Unseen

  

  Virginia’s question was an honest one: “Is there a Santa Claus?” The editor of the New York Sun during that Christmas season in 1897 was tasked with answering the young girl so influenced by her doubting friends that she had been compelled to put the question to her local newspaper. ...

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November, 2017

• 27 November

  Will The Real “Babylon” Please Rise?

  

  Years ago there was a television program called “To Tell The Truth.” There were three contestants. The host related a story that was true of only one of them. A panel of four celebrities had to figure out by asking questions who the correct person was. It was a big ...

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