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Anecdotal Story 6/23/2024
Not to Erase the Good Scripture References: Ezekiel 18:21-22; Colossians 3:13 A couple enjoyed a wonderful twenty—year marriage. Compatible in every way, it seemed the perfect match. When he died, the widow proved inconsolable. Her life had come to an … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 6/22/2024
Remodeling Frederick’s Music Several years ago a group, called the New Friends of Music, produced the first performance of Musical Masterpiece by Bach, in Town Hall, New York. There is an interesting story behind this composition. Frederick the Great of … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 6/16/2024
Even They Scripture References: Joshua 7:2-5; 1 Corinthians 10:12 George Morar made his first parachute jump in Korea when his plane went down behind enemy lines. It saved his life. In 1983 he made his last jump from a small … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 6/15/2024
Best In Earthen Vessels Rabbi Joshua, who lived in the time of the Emperor Trajan, was as ugly as he was learned and wise. So swarthy was he of complexion that he was nicknamed “The Blacksmith.” The children used to … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 6/09/2024
Not That at All Scripture References: Job 42:6; 2 Corinthians 7:8-10 Columbus’ fortunes plummeted after his first voyage. When he returned under fire from his second, he decided that pride had led God to frown on his achievements. To curry … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 6/08/2024
Gnome Preacher Sometime ago a great religious leader came to our state capital to speak at the YMCA. He had a terrific reputation as an evangelist, and to entertain him his sponsors called on me and said, “Governor, would you … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 6/02/2024
Only a Few Scripture References: Psalm 18:1-3, 16-17; Romans 8:17 Forty-six percent of actors and actresses live in Los Angeles and 36 percent in New York. In 1982 they earned an unevenly distributed $459 million. More than 81 percent of … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 6/01/2024
Pencil-In-the-Hand Illustration One evening Lord Radstock was speaking at a meeting in Woolwich, and afterwards nearly missed his train home. He had just time to jump in as the guard blew his whistle. But a young army officer had followed … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 5/26/2024
In His Mind Scripture References: Nehemiah 4:6; Colossians 3:9-10 “Bat,” or “Roman Nose,” as the whites called him, stood six feet three inches. He claimed to possess great medicine in a headdress he wore in all battles. It repeatedly protected … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 5/25/2024
Jesus and I Dan Crawford, the successor to David Livingstone, carried a copy of the New Testament in the pocket of his jacket. At the time of his death someone found the following verses penned on the flyleaf of that … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 5/19/2024
Each Person Needs Scripture References: Jeremiah 2:35; 3:13; Mark 10:13-17 While his studies led Nicolaus Copernicus from a geocentric to a heliocentric perception of the universe, he retained an unaltered personal faith in God. And, in a spiritual humility many … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 5/18/2024
“O God, Help!” – Spurgeon God’s strongest saints realize their weaknesses, and appeal to Him for strength. One Sunday morning, as Charles H. Spurgeon passed through the door back of the pulpit in the Tabernacle, and saw the great crowd … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 5/12/2024
Not Able to Forget Scripture References: Genesis 9:15-16; 2 Corinthians 1:8-9 He stormed ashore on Utah Beach, June 6, 1944, a young infantryman, alert and frightened. In the village of Sainte Mere Eglise, he blundered into a German patrol and … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 5/11/2024
God Took Enoch One Sunday School instructor was determined to repeat “And Enoch was not, for God took him” until even the dullest student would understand it. On a review Sunday he asked the class to state exactly what was … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 5/05/2024
A Mother’s Memory Scripture References: Joshua 22:21-28; John 11:51-52 In 1961, a seventeen-year-old runaway who was serving time in a reform school surrendered the son born to her there. In 1980 she began a determined effort to find the boy … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 5/04/2024
God Will Make an Impression When Robert Morrison, the first missionary to go to China, disembarked from his ship in a Chinese port, the captain sneeringly said, “So you think you are going to make an impression upon China.” Morrison … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 4/28/2024
Harmful If Swallowed? Scripture References: Micah 2:11; John 5:39-40 The prescription a doctor scribbles should help our body’s immune system fight off disease. Improperly taken, or taken with the wrong food and drink, however, it can be more harmful than … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 4/27/2024
Booth Disregards Doctor’s Advice Before William Booth became a minister, he conducted religious services in small country places as a lay preacher. And he had the poor in his heart and work, even as a teenager. At seventeen he was … Continue reading →
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Anecdotal Story 4/21/2024
Never Reach the Goal Scripture References: Ecclesiastes 12:12; John 15:2, 7 Robert Hutchins wrote that school systems usually take for granted that learning stops after formal education. That is unfortunate, he wrote, “because most of the important things that human … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 4/20/2024
Tennat’s “Dumb” Sermon The Rev. William Tennat, of New England, once took much pain to prepare a sermon to convince a celebrated infidel of the truth of Christianity. But in attempting to deliver this labored discourse he was so confused … Continue reading →
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