Friday, April 19 2024 - 10:33 AM

Life Applications

Why Read the Bible?

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He was born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov but renamed himself Maxim Gorky. (“Gorky” in Russian means “bitter.”) In one of this famous writer’s best plays, The …

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Respect for Life

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Several years ago, I was privileged to be able to walk among the graves of American soldiers in Normandy, France. You have undoubtedly seen pictures …

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Today is a Gift

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Only one thing is for sure—now! Yesterday is a distant memory, and tomorrow may never come. Today is here. That is not to say you …

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Anger and Sin

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I was nearing a toll booth at a turnpike off-ramp. I wasn’t trying to be rude, but I unintentionally cut in front of another car. …

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Above the Discouragement

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Martin Luther, that great reformer whom God used to bring light to His people and understand the Bible more clearly, was severely oppressed by Satan …

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From Sin to Grace

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Apart from God’s regenerating power, we have no choice but to sin. We don’t have to practice to be good at it; it just comes …

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To Be Forgiving

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The apostle Paul said, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other as in Christ God forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32). That’s an interesting …

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Accepting Outcasts

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“Christians should be more like drug addicts.” My husband told me this during one of our family devotions. I had that thought in the back …

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