1285) Not Fair?

From The Clergy of America: Anecdotes, 1869, pages 169-170      A sermon illustration from a New England minister in the 1700’s. --------------------------      A clergyman sitting in his…

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1010) Instant Gratification (2/2)

"What do you mean it is going to take forty-five seconds to cook in the micro-wave?  I want it now!" --Homer Simpson ----------------     (...continued)  'Instant gratification’ is what…

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949) Lost

By Lutheran pastor David G. Johnson in The Road Once Traveled, 1991, pages 67-71      The three of us, Bob, John, and I, were so intent on following a…

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648) How About Some Good News?

As we begin another year, Philip Yancey reminds us: Grace hasn’t vanished. Posted January 15, 2015, at:  www.christianitytoday.com       After listening to several dark reviews of 2014; recapped news…

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273) Pursued by Grace (part two)

     (continued...)  “If you don’t straighten out, Jimmy, God will deal with you,” Grandma Klobuchar would always say.  Many years later, after grandma was long dead and ‘Little Jimmy’…

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