2503) Another Way

By Philip Yancey, posted October 22, 2020, at: www.philipyancey.com Again and again this year, scenes of racial injustice have played out before our eyes. African Americans insist that such incidents…

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2501) Trying to Be Happy

Harold Kushner (1935), When All You Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough, 1986, pages 22, 23…59:      America's Declaration of Independence guarantees every one of us the right to the pursuit of…

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2500) This Present Life

By Johann Gerhard (1582-1637), a German Lutheran pastor and professor of theology.  He wrote dozens of books, including Sacred Meditations, a collection of 51 meditations published in 1606.  This piece was…

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2499) 503 Years Ago (2 of 2)

 Martin Luther (1483-1546), at the age of 43 --------------------    (…continued)  But one piece of Luther’s work is still read by millions– his Small Catechism.  Luther would have approved of this wide…

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2497) “Much Obliged, Lord”

“We should devote 364 days a year to being thankful and set aside only one day for grumbling and complaining.” ————————      Fulton Ousler (1893-1952) was a journalist, author…

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2496) Conversations on Eternity

Selections from The Clergy of America: Anecdotes, (1869)      I was once called upon, says the Rev. Trefit, some years ago, to visit an individual, a part of whose face had been…

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2495) Commandments and Prayers

Different wording and numbering, but the same basic commands. ——— Prayers by Martin Luther (1483-1546), adapted from Luther’s Prayers, translated by Charles Kistler (1917) ——— (1st commandment)  Eternal God, you ask that…

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