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By Randy Alcorn at: http://www.epm.org ——————-      You may have seen the “otter video” that’s gotten a lot of traction on Facebook.  There’s a spiritual lesson here, I think.  If you haven’t seen it, here’s this four-month-old pet otter who (for some reason) is being introduced to water for the first time.  Please don’t get […]

From “Another Chance to Be Afraid– and Trust God,” By Rachel Pieh Jones, April 13, 2015, at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2015/april/another-chance-to-be-afraid-and-trust-god.html —————– Kenyans gathered to remember those who were killed in the Garissa University College attack. ————————–      On this past Maundy Thursday, students at a university in Garissa, Kenya gathered to pray before class.  Others crammed

                (…continued) Jesus said, “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”  Free from fear, for one thing.  The truth of God’s Word does indeed speak to all of our fears.  In fact, one of the most often repeated phrases in the whole Bible is that

           Are you afraid of snakes?  How about mice, or bats, or spiders?  If you are, you probably do know that here in Minnesota it is quite irrational to fear any of those things.  We have no poisonous snakes or spiders in this area, and while mice or bats may carry

     I once heard of a church called the “Community Church of Joy.”  Churches used to be named after saints, like St. John’s or St. Paul’s; or, after our Lord, like Christ Lutheran, or Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.  But it’s a relatively recent development to name a church after an emotion.  There is nothing