Today is a day to honor our mothers. It used to be taken for granted that being a mother was in and of itself a worthwhile use of one’s time and a valuable contribution to society. That belief is no longer held by many people. Many women now work outside the home, and […]
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The following piece entitled The Little Way of Ruthie Leming was written by best-selling author Eric Metaxas for the May 7, 2013 Breakpoint message http://www.breakpoint.org — a ministry of Prison Fellowship. As a journalist and cultural commentator, my friend Rod Dreher seemingly had it all. In addition to his strong Christian faith, Rod
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In our post-Christian society we hear much about the failures of Christianity. The late Christopher Hitchens even wrote a book entitled How Religion Poisons Everything. I am a pastor, I have studied Church history, I have for four decades followed closely the news of the church in the world today, I have served
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“God is always watching over you,” my Sunday School teachers told me. This is one of the very first things we learn about faith, along with “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” These are basic, simple truths of the Christian faith, and they are not just for
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A while back I read a very boring book that was written by a most interesting man. I had heard much over the years about a Japanese Christian named Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960), and when I ran across a book by him in a used book store I picked it up. The Law of
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Today’s reading is from a blog that I follow. Author Randy Alcorn shared these thoughts yesterday from his Eternal Perspectives Ministries website and blog ( http://www.epm.org ). His words remind me of an old German proverb which says, “It takes strong shoulders to bear good times.” Dwight L. Moody once said, “We can
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The following article entitled The Jackie Robinson Story was written by author Eric Metaxas for the April 15, 2013 Breakpoint reading ( http://www.breakpoint.org / a ministry of Prison Fellowship). The words are famous even among those who know little about baseball: “I’m looking for a ballplayer with guts enough not to fight back.”
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From C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity: Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. For moods will change, whatever view your reason takes. I know that by experience. Now
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By Thomas Dorsey (1899-1993); Guideposts magazine, October 1987 Back in 1932 I was 32 years old and a fairly new husband. My wife, Nettie, and I were living in a little apartment on Chicago’s South-side. One hot August afternoon I had to go to St. Louis, where I was to be the featured soloist at a
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