Luke 23:32-43 — Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with Jesus to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And […]
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An article by Joel Belz in World magazine, July 18, 2009 (with slight editing). Note that this article was written sixteen years ago, so the dollar amounts have increased significantly; but the issue is the same, the debate has continued, and we are all sixteen years closer to the time that each of us may
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The 1984 movie “Places in the Heart” ends with a wonderful image of heaven. The movie is set in a small town in Texas in 1935, in the middle of the Great Depression. It begins with the accidental killing of Sheriff Royce Spalding, a good man with a wife and two
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Ecclesiastes 7:10 says, “Do not ask, ‘Why were the old days better than these?,’ for it is not wise to ask such questions.” Do you ever ask that or wonder that? Do you, perhaps, as the question implies, just take for granted that things were indeed better in the ‘good old
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(…continued) Doug and Gary were having coffee on a Monday morning. Doug said, “I was trying to find something on the radio on my way to the golf course yesterday, and I happened to run across one of these hellfire and damnation preachers. I kept listening just for laughs, but it turned out
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With such huge swings in the stock market every day now, we could all become billionaires in no time at all– if only we were able to look into the future. That would never work, of course, because if we could all look into the future, there would be no such thing as
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(…continued) And now people, I will come closer home to you still. Death has given its warnings to all of us. What about those lungs that are so soon exhausted of their breathing if you travel up a flight of stairs to your bed? And why is it you need those glasses for
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Above image: Spurgeon preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London. ************************ (…continued) 4) Next, let us observe the terrors which surround Death. To the wise, dying is a solemn thing. It always gives some trembling to the flesh, some quivering to the human frame, to think of breathing out my soul, and launching
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By Rev. Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), widely known as the “Prince of Preachers,” pastor for 38 years of the Metropolitan Tabernacle (Baptist) in London; from a sermon given March 18, 1860 (edited and paraphrased from the original). ——————————— Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end. — Deuteronomy
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Funeral for a young man killed after a driver did not stop for a red light. Just ten days ago today, Rick woke up to a normal morning on a normal day. He dressed for work, had breakfast, kissed Kathy good-bye, got in the car, and headed to the office. He had a green
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