Life Without Jesus

3215) Someone Sees You

An old folktale.      Once upon a time a man decided to sneak into his neighbor’s fields and steal some wheat.  “If I take just a little from each field, no one will notice,” he told himself, “but it will all add up to a nice pile of wheat for me. ”  So he […]

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3210) Questions After 9-11 (3/3)

Matthew 11:28-30 – (Jesus said),  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” ————————-

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3209) Questions After 9-11 (2/3)

     (…continued) Billy Graham spoke at the National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. on Friday, September 16 (pictured above).  This inter-faith service was an awkward forum for a man so used to proclaiming the clear claims of Christ as THE Way, THE Life, and THE Truth (John 14:6).  Billy Graham’s

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3208) Questions After 9-11 (1/3)

I wrote this piece in 2001 as an article for the monthly newsletter of a Christian mission organization that I was working with at the time.  I hesitated to write it, but finally did.  The editor hesitated to publish it, and decided not to.  The time did not yet seem right.  I never did use

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3206) The Camels are on the Horizon

     The primary builder of modern Dubai, Sheik Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912-1990), was asked about the future of his country, and he replied, “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I ride a Mercedes… my son rides a Land Rover, and my grandson is going to ride a Land Rover…

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3201) Love and Power in Holy Week (1/2)

     Todd and Maggie had a big fight and broke up.  Todd, as always, had not been treating her very well, and Maggie told him she wanted to call it quits.  Todd wanted to get back together, but he wasn’t about to apologize, so he tried a different tactic.  He asked out Ellen, Maggie’s

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3179) Admiring Judas (2/2)

     (…continued)  Yesterday’s EmailMeditation told the story of Don and Carol Richardson’s mission work among the Sawi people of New Guinea.  It is one of the most amazing stories in the history of missions.  My brief account only begins to describe this powerful work of the Holy Spirit.  Today’s blog consists of three videos

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3176) A Prayer for Iran

“What Will War Bring to Iran?  Praying for a Country in Crisis” by March 5, 2026, by David Mathis, at:  http://www.desiringgod.org ——————————————————-      As the world watches Iran, Christians look on with another set of eyes.  Wherever we reside, we watch and pray with a spiritual vision that transcends natural concerns and our own

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3174) How to Ruin the World

My good friend Chris Brekke does a thrice-weekly on-line meditation, similar to these EmailMeditations.  His blog is called “Seasoned Hope” and can be seen at:  https://pcbrek2020.wordpress.com/ .  Today’s meditation is a repost of his March 2 posting.  Thanks, Chris! —————————————–      Hypothetically, in some dark reality, if you were a villain out to ruin

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3171) Is Anyone Else Out There?

“Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God”;  an article by Eric Metaxas , December 25, 2014, Wall Street Journal ——————————————–      In 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking: “Is God Dead?”  Many have accepted the cultural narrative that He’s obsolete—that as science progresses, there is less need for a “God” to explain

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