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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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Food For Thought 10/26/2023
“According To,” Not “Out To” The apostle Paul puts it: “According to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7). Thank God, He did not say “out of His riches,” which would be like a millionaire giving $1.00 in the offering … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/25/2023
What We Have In Christ A love that can never be fathomed; A life that can never die; A righteousness that can never be tarnished; A peace that can never be understood; A rest that can never be disturbed; A … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/24/2023
Native Chief Gives “Fine Mat”! Dr. D. I. Vanderpool, general superintendent of the Nazarene Church, was in Samoa on a mission for his denomination when he was made the recipient of what is known as a “Fine mat” and was … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/23/2023
Pyramid Of Provisions Many have gazed in wonder on the pyramids in Egypt. Some have admired displays of gymnastic pyramids. Here are samples of Scripture Pyramids that the believer can contemplate with wonder and admiration: Glory. Weight of glory Eternal … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/20/2023
His Sheep Am I The Alberta Department of Agriculture’s Pest Control Branch is carrying out an experiment on a sheep neck collar designed to prevent coyotes from killing sheep. The collar is made of leather and covered with sheep skin … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/19/2023
Churchill Takes Wartime Chance At a meeting in London, Winston Churchill gave the story of his escape from a South African military prison in Pretoria. Churchill told how, after wandering in the region round Pretoria for two or three days, … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/18/2023
What England Did For One Subject The King of Abyssinia once took a British subject named Cameron prisoner and incarcerated him in the high fortress of Magdala. No cause was assigned for his confinement. When Great Britain found out, she … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/16/2023
David Brainerd’s Badge To Indians Tomahawks in hand, the Indians crept toward the strange tent. As they cautiously peered under the flap, their intention to kill was forgotten. There, in the center of the tent was a man on his … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/13/2023
Her Hiding Place In the best-selling book The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom tells of the tense times in Holland during the German invasion. One particular night she tossed restlessly in her bed while war planes growled overhead, shattering the … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/12/2023
Engine Was Neatly Balanced On the Southern road between Atlanta and Birmingham, an engine of a passenger train jumped the track just before it ran on to a high trestle. The engineer slapped on his emergency brakes and reversed his … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/11/2023
Engine Simply Stopped A sergeant-major, converted some time ago in a Salvation Army hut while on duty in the Middle East, had charge of the locomotive which ran between Cairo and Haifa. After his conversion he made it a practice, … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/10/2023
Strange Clouds Over Kokura Newscaster Paul Harvey told radio listeners the following remarkable story from World War II: From the island of Guam one of our mighty bombers took off for Kokura, Japan, with another deadly cargo. The sleek B-29 … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/09/2023
Lynx Did Not Spring Rev. Francis E. Clarke, founder of Christian Endeavor, told of a young man, out in the Maine woods with his camera for a pleasant outing, who stopped at the entrance of a cavern on a rocky … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/06/2023
Gun Didn’t Fire On Church Officials At the Vermont Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., the offering was taken and the dedicatory prayer was given, then a robber came forward and took it. The church officers followed him out and … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/05/2023
When Every Choir Member Was Late On March 1, 1950, in Beatrice, Nebraska, the pastor went to church that Saturday afternoon to prepare for the evening choir practice. Most choir members would arrive between 7:15 to 7:30 PM. He then … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/04/2023
The Lion Sermon There is a curious service held in an old church in the city of London. On October 16th, every year, is preached in St. Catherine Church, Leadenhall street, what is called the “Lion Sermon.” It has been … Continue reading →
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Food For Thought 10/03/2023
A Touch On His Shoulder On February 26, 1844, occurred one of the major disasters in the history of our navy. The Princeton, the most powerful warship of that day, commanded by Captain Stockton, was taking members of Congress and … Continue reading →
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