   Once upon a time there was a single dad named Ernie, who had two kids in elementary school. His ex-wife had abandoned the family, was nowhere to be found, and contributed nothing. Ernie’s factory job paid the bills, but just barely. As long as there were no extra expenses, he was able to […]
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   Jesuit priest Pedro Arrupe (1907-1991) tells of visiting his brother Jesuits who were working in a desperately poor slum in Latin America.  During his visit he celebrated Mass for the local people in a small, decrepit building; cats and dogs wandered in and out during the Mass.  Afterward, Arrupe was invited to the
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   (continued…) There is not much to be known about Cain, but you do know quite a bit about yourself, and so now apply this lesson to your own life.  Do you think you would be qualified to make such a comparison between you and any other person on earth, no matter how well
1397) Paying Attention to What the Bible Doesn’t Say (b) Read More »
The above quote describes the only hope for those who insist on focusing on the bad memories. ————————- “REMEMBER THE BEST AND FORGET THE REST” Adapted from Rick Warren’s November 13, 2016 devotional blog ‘Daily Hope’ at:  www.pastorrick.com —————-    What do you remember about people — the good experiences or the bad experiences?
By Joshua Rogers, November 6, 2016 blog at:  http://www.joshuarogers.com ———————————    When I was little, our family hit hard times and we didn’t even have money for groceries.  I was just five years old, so I wasn’t sure what was going on — all I knew was that the cabinets were empty.  Â
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Above:Â July 4, 1939 —————————————– Three score and seventeen years ago today, Lou Gehrig delivered the ‘Gettysburg Address of Baseball,’ perhaps the most famous speech in all the years of the game. Â It was one of the most moving moments in sports history. Â It was his Farewell Speech at Yankee Stadium. Â After 2,130 consecutive games
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Pictured above: Auschwitz Concentration Camp —————————- The following three quotes are from Jewish survivors of  Nazi concentration camps.  They are quoted by Reeve Robert Brenner in his book The Faith and Doubt of Holocaust Survivors, pages 102-3. —————    “It never occurred to me to question God’s doing or lack of doings while I
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   One day, a professor entered the classroom and told his students he had a surprise test for them.  They all waited anxiously for the exam to begin.  The professor handed out the exams with the text facing down.  He then asked the students to turn over the papers.  To everyone’s surprise, there were
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I Samuel 18:5-9  —  Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army.  This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well.  When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine (Goliath), the women came out from all the towns
By Randy Alcorn, January 22, 2016 blog at: http://www.epm.org    No Christian should be a pessimist.  We should be realists—focused on the actuality that we serve a sovereign and gracious God.  But because of the reality of Christ’s atoning sacrifice and His promises, biblical realism is, ultimately, optimism.    If we build our
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