384) Stand Your Ground
Ephesians 6:13a: “...Put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground...” (see Eph. 6:10-18 below) …
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384) Stand Your Ground
383) A Few Old Stories
From The Clergy of America: Anecdotes, 1869, J. B. Lippincott Publishers, Philadelphia A young man who had graduated at one of the first colleges in America, and was…
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383) A Few Old Stories
382) G. K. Chesterton on Gratitude
One of my favorite things about G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) is his gratitude for every day and every good gift of God. He writes about ordinary life in a way…
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382) G. K. Chesterton on Gratitude
381) Keeping Watch (part two of two)
(...continued) “Be on guard, be alert,” says Jesus, “for you do not know when that time will come... what I say to you I say to everyone-- Watch!”…
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381) Keeping Watch (part two of two)
380) Keeping Watch (part one of two)
For years Mick has smoked three packs of cigarettes a day. Now, when he comes up the basement stairs he has to stop and catch his breath even…
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380) Keeping Watch (part one of two)
379) On Forgiveness (part two of two)
by C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses, 1975 edition, pages 121-125. (...continued) The second remedy is really and truly to believe in the forgiveness…
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379) On Forgiveness (part two of two)
378) On Forgiveness (part one of two)
By C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses, 1975 edition, pages 121-125 We say a great many things in church (and out of church too) without…
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378) On Forgiveness (part one of two)
377) Are You ‘Good at Religion’? (part two of two)
(...continued) There are those who are like John, ready and willing to believe, and have believed all their life. And there are those more like Thomas, hesitant, doubting,…
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377) Are You ‘Good at Religion’? (part two of two)
376) Are You ‘Good at Religion’? (part one of two)
There IQ tests to measure your intelligence quotient, which is how you compare to others in the ability to think and comprehend and figure things out. There is…
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376) Are You ‘Good at Religion’? (part one of two)
375) Watergate and the Resurrection
By Charles Colson (assembled and edited from several sources). Colson served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969-1973. In 1974 he was convicted for his involvement in the Watergate…
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375) Watergate and the Resurrection