(…continued) Armando Valladares, and many other prisoners in the Cuban prison on the Isle of Pines, were inspired and strengthened in their faith by another prisoner they knew only as “The Brother of Faith.” ‘The Brother’ was a Protestant minister who, in that ‘hell on earth,’ created a community of living faith in Jesus […]
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Thirty miles off the southwest coast of Cuba is the Isla de Pinos (Island of the Pines). On this island is the notorious ‘Presidio Modelo’ (Model Prison, pictured above) built in the 1920’s by the president, turned dictator, Gerado Machado. When someone asked the dictator why he had built it so big, he replied,
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John 13:1-16 — It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas,
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What made Abraham Lincoln the extraordinary man that he was? I believe there is an easy answer. He read the Bible. He not only read the Bible, he immersed himself in it, reading it over and over again, until his whole mentality, perspective on life, and language mirrored that of the Bible. His
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(…continued) One long ago writer who struggled with this issue was John Donne (1572-1631; pictured above). Donne lived during the reign of King James, the king who authorized the first official (and first legal) translation of the Bible into English (1611). William Shakespeare was also a contemporary. Excellent writing and eloquent speaking were much
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William Cameron Townsend “Cam” (1896-1982) graduated from high school in 1914. He went to college for a little while, but dropped out to become a Bible salesman. In 1917 his employer, the Los Angeles Bible House, sent him to sell Bibles in Guatemala. In his travels around Central and South America, he quickly learned
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By Eric Watkins (above), pastor of Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Marcos, California (from November 2023 Christianity Today) ——————————————– I was born outside the church—very far outside. Neither of my parents were Christians when I was a kid. We were a military family, my dad a Marine, and we bounced around several
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By Chuck Colson (1931-2012), December 24, 1997, at: http://www.breakpoint.org ————————————- I stood shivering in the autumn chill at the grave of Father Jerzy Popieluszko (1947-1984). Jerzy was a young pastor who once delivered the dynamic messages that stirred the Polish people to overthrow their Communist oppressors. His theme was always the same: The Christian
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–Mary Magdalene to Nicodemus in The Chosen ———————————– “I received a phone call from Ken Dahlberg,” I said to our church president, Tim. “Do you know him?” I asked. “Yes, I know Ken,” Tim replied. “He grew up in this town. We were friends and graduated together. He even
If only we could go back in time and share some wisdom with our younger selves. Today’s meditation is about one little girl who wrote some advice to her older self to be read ten years in the future. —————— On April 13, 2013 twelve-year old Taylor Scout Smith (2001-2014) wrote herself
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