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Anecdotal Story 1/28/2024
Asking Too Little Scripture References: Numbers 24:6-9; Galatians 5:1 Trusted with one of the most prestigious positions in the United States military, the sergeant served in counter-intelligence, infiltrating the Soviet Union’s KGB spy network. He personally handled several double-agents, who … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 1/27/2024
All I Have is Yours In one of Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman’s meetings a man arose to give the following remarkable testimony: “I got off at the Pennsylvania depot as a tramp, and for a year I begged on the … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 1/21/2024
Let’s See . . . Was It . . . Scripture References: Judges 10:17, 11:13-27; John 8:40 When William the Conqueror came ashore at Pevensey in England, he slipped and fell forward to the ground. A bad omen, his men … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 1/20/2024
The Matterhorn Fly Up on the lofty snow-clad mountains of the Matterhorn, there is a tiny fly. If it is caught and placed under a pocket magnifying glass you would be awed by the wondrous works of God that can … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 1/14/2024
Quick to Take Offense Scripture References: Leviticus 18:4-5; 1 Timothy 1:9-10 British Loyalists bristled at the clamorous American appeal to law and the rights of free men. However, with more law commentaries ordered from England than any book but the … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 1/13/2024
Correct Balance In His providence, God knows how much joy and sorrow, how much pleasure and pain, how much prosperity and poverty is proper for His child. He knows the correct balance of sunshine and storm, the precise mixture of … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 1/07/2024
The Saving Grace Scripture References: Job 8:21; John 20:20 When he and his companions talked about the prison sentences they had received, they found themselves laughing hilariously, Solzhenitsyn wrote. It cleansed them. It was the salvation of their bodies. Laughter … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 1/06/2024
Enter the Hen in the Roof John Brentz, a friend of Luther, and one of the stalwarts of the Reformation, incurred the hatred of Charles V who made many attempts to kill the minister. Hearing that a troop of Spanish … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 12/31/2023
The Worth of a Kudo Scripture References: Judges 6:12, 14; Luke 7:48, 50 Abba Eban, the Israeli statesman, impacts the twentieth century as one of its most eloquent speakers. From his earliest days he developed a skill generally lost to … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 12/24/2023
Limitations of Knowledge Scripture References: Genesis 11:1-4; Acts 17:21 We know that the remarkable Inca culture began about 850 B.C. We also know they abandoned their cities 2,300 years later—but not why. We know they split granite blocks, hauled them … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 12/17/2023
An Uncontrolled Vice Scripture References: Hosea 8:2-3; Mark 1:15; Luke 12 A pretty young woman worked as a security guard for a major retailer in an upscale shopping mall. When police searched her home and garage, they found items worth … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 12/10/2023
A Deathless Kingdom Scripture References: Isaiah 62:2; Matthew 16:18 Before falling into disuse and disrepair, the church along route 22, constructed in 1794, had hosted up to five hundred worshipers each Sunday. When citizens of the community learned that a … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 12/03/2023
A Fertile Race Scripture References: Genesis 9:1, 7; Mark 6:3 No one can doubt our proclivity to procreation. On his world cruise, Magellan’s men found one Spice Islands sultan who had fathered 526 children. Another had sired 660. These figures … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 11/26/2023
Cast Your Bread Scripture References: 1 Kings 17:1-6, Luke 8:1-3 Herman Brown went into business in 1909, building roads in the Texas Hill Country. He worked hard and faithfully, becoming a foreman and then a contractor. Political patronage and legal … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 11/19/2023
In a Fiery Kiln Scripture References: Jeremiah 4:19, Acts 26:23 Nemesis was the goddess Greeks assigned to visit the good fortunes of men with the reverses their sins demanded. From the cradle to the grave, humanity lives in a fiery … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 11/12/2023
Nature’s Purifiers Scripture References: Psalm 90:3, 10; Luke 1:13; 2:36-37 They lie on each side of the spinal column, at the back just above the waist. Shaped like the bean named after them, they cleanse the blood of poisons, regulate … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 11/05/2023
Juvenile Precocity Scripture References: 1 Kings 3:7; Mark 14:51-52 The violinist played from memory Bernstein’s “Serenade for Violin and String Orchestra,” with the maestro himself conducting. Suddenly, her E string snapped. She calmly borrowed the Stradivarius of the concert master … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/31/2023
Power To Keep The Law That’s Given Ludwig Nommensen, a pioneer missionary to the Batak tribesmen, was told that he could stay for two years, during which time he studied the customs and traditions that ruled the people. At the … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/30/2023
“Go Easy!” My six daughters sometimes gather around me, telling me how they need shoes, money for music lessons and for many other things. Sometimes I have been compelled to say, “Go easy! I am not made out of money. … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/27/2023
God’s Superlatives Writers are supposed to avoid superlatives. The textbooks tell us that authors who use extreme adjectives like “fabulous,” “magnificent,” and “splendid” are usually overstating the case. These graphic superlatives are to be reserved only for occasions that actually … Continue reading →
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