By Randy Alcorn (pictured above with his daughter Angela), November 6, 2015 blog at:  www.epm.org    Some years ago, I sat with my daughters at a father/daughter banquet at our church.  Someone at the table asked my youngest daughter, Angela, what I’d done that made the biggest impression on her.  I had no idea […]
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“If you are going to say the R-Word, I hope you say “Respect.” By Lutheran pastor and author Walter Wangerin (1944-2021), in Christianity Today, Â page 66, August 10, 1984. Â (Notice the date of this article. Â Wangerin now objects to the use of the ‘R’ word, and it is no longer used; but it was commonly
 Above: Joseph Receives his Brothers, by Gustav Dore  (1832-1883) ——————    (…continued)  Sold by his brothers into slavery, Joseph is carried away to Egypt.  There, he spends many years as a slave, and then, in jail after being falsely accused of a crime.  He, of all people, could blame his misery on his childhood;
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Painting above: Joseph’s Coat Brought to Jacob, Giovanni de Ferrari, 1640 ********************************   My Grandfather’s Son is the autobiography of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.  Justice Thomas was raised by his grandparents, and his story reminded me of the Old Testament story of Joseph.  Both were raised by flawed, but powerful and good men.
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   The story of Mother’s Day begins in the 1850’s with what was called “Mother’s Work Day.”  This wasn’t an annual holiday, but was a regular, frequent day of Christian service to neighbors in need.  Ann Reeves Jarvis organized the day as a time for the Christian women of Grafton, West Virginia to get
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   What if God’s commandments are not just arbitrary rules from which we can pick and choose as we, in our infinite wisdom, think best?  What if God’s Law really is the key to how life is best lived?  What if the traditional family really does work best?  But it is science, and not
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      Russell Saltzman has been a newspaper reporter, a congressman’s press secretary, and deputy secretary of the state of Kansas.  Since 1980 he has been a Lutheran pastor, serving parishes in Missouri, Nebraska, Illinois, and South Carolina.  From 1991-2007 he was the editor of Forum Letter, an independent Lutheran publication of the American
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By James Dobson, Love for a Lifetime: Building a Marriage that Will Go the Distance, 1987, pages 115-117 (a book of advice for newlyweds). Â Â Â In August, 1977, my wife and children joined me on a trip to Kansas City, Missouri, for a short visit with my parents. Â We enjoyed several days of family
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By John Stonestreet, at http://www.breakpoint.org , December 11, 2013   True stories are always full of both ugliness and beauty, and this one is no different.  A married woman is sexually assaulted in California and becomes pregnant.  Compounding her pain, her husband gives her an ultimatum:  Abort this baby, or I’ll divorce you.  That’s
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By James Dobson, p. 295, Night Light, Multnomah Press, 2000.    Think about the people you love.  Have you thanked them recently for what they mean to you?  If the Lord called you home this evening, would you feel satisfied that you had told them everything you needed to say?    In the last
