264) New Year’s Eve/Day Prayers
By Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Almighty and most merciful God, who hast not yet suffered me to fall into the Grave, grant that I may remember my past life, as…
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264) New Year’s Eve/Day Prayers
263) Forgiveness is Costly
By William Barclay (1907-1978), The Daily Study Bible: Here is the eternal principle: Forgiveness is a costly thing. Human forgiveness is costly. A son or a…
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263) Forgiveness is Costly
262) Who Am I?
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1939), Letters and Papers from Prison, pages 346-7, edited by Eberhard Bethge, copyright 1953, SCM Press, Ltd. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a young theologian of great promise.…
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262) Who Am I?
261) Irish Blessings and Biblical Benedictions
May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine warm on your face, The rain fall softly on your fields;…
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261) Irish Blessings and Biblical Benedictions
260) Child-like Faith
(See Mark 10:13-16) When I was a child I was often told that children were to be seen and not heard. The disciples would have agreed. In Mark…
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260) Child-like Faith
259) What I Believe About God
By Danny Dutton, Chula Vista, California, when he was eight years old One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes them to take care of…
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259) What I Believe About God
258) God’s Perspective on the First Christmas
From ' Sermon for Christmas Day'; Text: Luke 2:1-14; by Martin Luther (1483-1546) ...Behold how very ordinary and common things are to us that transpire on earth, and…
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258) God’s Perspective on the First Christmas
257) For You (part two)
(continued...) There is another word in the Christmas story that can serve as an illustration of the meaning in the words ‘for you.’ The word 'manger' is used…
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257) For You (part two)
256) For You (part one)
The angel said, “Today... there has been born for you a Savior” (Luke 2:11). The Christmas story is, of course, a very nice story. A young couple named…
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256) For You (part one)
255) Ben Hur
By Don Sweeting, from his December 19, 2013 blog at www.donsweeting.wordpress.com Sweeting serves as the president of Reformed Theological Seminary (Orlando, Florida) It always intrigues me that…
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255) Ben Hur