I know a guy who watches the stock market closely. Now, I know that there are many people today that are watching the market closely, but …
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Why Read the Bible?
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 …
Read More »Respect for Life
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 …
Read More »Tithing In the New Testament
Question: Can you show me where in the New Testament tithing is stipulated for Christ’s followers? Response: First, on what basis would one attempt to …
Read More »Today is a Gift
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 …
Read More »Anger and Sin
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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I’m tempted to write my first novel. Based on a scene that could be right out of a hit movie. People eat up this stuff …
Read More »Above the Discouragement
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 …
Read More »From Sin to Grace
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 …
Read More »To Be Forgiving
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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