By best-selling author Lee Strobel with Boston College philosophy professor and author Peter Kreeft ———————– “Is God really ‘all-good’ as Christians believe?” Peter Kreeft was asked by Lee Strobel. “Good is a notoriously tricky word,” Peter Kreeft began, “because even in human affairs there’s such a wide range of meaning. But the […]
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By John V. Halvorson, How Long, O Lord?, 1986, pages 32-3 (paraphrased) Pete was the best mechanic I ever knew. He had worked at the same garage for fifteen years. Business had grown to the point that an additional mechanic was needed. The owner of the company hired Fred, a much younger man
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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 study, saw some boys in his garden stealing melons. He quietly arose, and walking into his garden, called out to them, “Boys, boys.” They immediately
“What do you mean it is going to take forty-five seconds to cook in the micro-wave? I want it now!” –Homer Simpson (above) —————- (…continued) ‘Instant gratification’ is what we might want, but seldom does it do us any good. Oftentimes, as it says in Romans five, it is suffering that produces strength
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A young woman in Los Angeles wrote her mother in North Dakota the following letter: Dear Mom, I know you haven’t heard from me for a while, and I have not been very good about returning your calls. I am sorry about that. I just got sick of you and dad
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The New Testament book of James has been a source of controversy ever since it was written almost 20 centuries ago. Martin Luther, for example, did not like it at all. When he published his first German translation of the Bible, James was not in its usual place right after the book of
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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 of the beheadings in Iraq, the Ebola epidemic, racial strife, airplanes crashed or missing, ongoing violence in Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and several African countries– it’s
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(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’ had become ‘Famous Jim Klobuchar,’ he still had a lot of straightening out to do. In one area of his life, he was a successful
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Jim Klobuchar was a newspaper columnist for the Minneapolis Tribune from the mid-1960’s to the late 1990’s. He is now 85 years old, retired, and living in the Twin Cities. His daughter Amy represents Minnesota in the United States Senate. Klobuchar has written many books describing his active life and many adventures. He
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The Amazing Story of Antoinette Tuff By Eric Metaxas, http://www.breakpoint.org , September 5, 2013 How do we respond when everything is on the line? In fear, or in faith? Or perhaps in a little of both? Well, one amazing story is getting national attention, and I want you to hear it.
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