Philip Yancey’s book Reaching for the Invisible God (2000) tackles faith’s most difficult questions and issues. It is an honest book—honest about how challenging it can be to hold on to faith sometimes, honest about doubt, honest about faith’s disappointments, and honest about the failure of many Christians to hang on because of adversity […]
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Sometimes when faced with tragedy or trouble we comfort ourselves by saying, “Oh well, it could have been worse;” or, “At least it is not as bad as what happened to that family down the street;” or, we may say, “Being in the hospital was tough, but I saw there a lot of
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(…continued) I treasure the memory of those ‘coincidental’ meetings. And I look forward to many more meetings like that in heaven, when we will have a whole eternity to meet people from all over the world, and all across time. Just imagine the possible conversations: “Oh, you packed food for Feed My Starving Children?
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I Timothy 6:7 — For we brought nothing into the world, and it is certain, we can carry nothing out. —————– Two old friends were visiting. Tony said to Stan, “Why don’t you retire, Stan? You know your wife wants to do some traveling, you never have time for your grandchildren’s ballgames, and I
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John 14:1-3 — (Jesus said), “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place
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“No clue” is an informal idiom that signifies a complete lack of knowledge, understanding, or information on a topic. —————————– I’ve seen several YouTube videos of ‘person on the street’ interviews where people are asked the big questions of life. Random people are approached, the interviewer puts out the microphone, and asks, “Why
From A Sermon on Preparing to Die, by Martin Luther (1483-1546), Luther’s Works, volume 42, pages 99-100: Since everyone must depart from this earth, we must turn our eyes to God, to whom the path of death leads and directs us. Here we find the beginning of the narrow gate and of the straight path
I begin with the account of a deathbed conversation. I was not a part of this brief discussion, but recently heard about it from my friend Alan, who was there. Alan was visiting his old friend Ray. Ray had only a few days left to live. Ray was a Christian and said he
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Pictured above are William and Wilhelmine (Minnie) Kruse behind the counter of their store in Humboldt, South Dakota. Both were born in Germany; William in 1849, Minnie in 1851. Both immigrated to America as children with their parents. They were married in 1871. Along with their store, they also farmed. The 1915 census recorded
John Lewis Dyer (1812-1901; pictured above) was a Methodist circuit riding preacher in the 1800’s. These men went out to the very edge of the frontier to preach God’s word to the new settlers. There were no church buildings for the earliest pioneers, so these preachers traveled a wide circuit to meet with
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