hope

374) The Easter Triumph– Now and Not Yet

From Let Me Tell You a Story, by Tony Campolo, copyright 2000     There are those who say that evil is so overpowering that our efforts to combat it are futile.  There are pessimists who contend that there is no way we can drive back the forces that seem to dominate our society.  I disagree! […]

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357) Two Sad Songs (and a little hint of hope)

     Norma Egstrom’s mother died when Norma was only four years old, and most of the rest of her childhood was spent with an alcoholic father and a cruel step-mother.  Norma sought refuge in music, working hard at developing her considerable talent.  As a teenager she changed her name to Peggy Lee (1920-2002) and

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335) Mere Words on a Page?

     Sarah Weinstein was 11 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked.  Sarah, an American, was living in the Philippines where her father was working.  Japan was on a mission to conquer and rule all of Southeast Asia, and now, since America’s Pacific fleet was destroyed at Pearl Harbor, an invasion of the Philippines

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246) Two Snowstorms

     Life is a struggle, Paul says in Ephesians 6, and we know what he means.  We face struggles with children and with parents, with spouses and bosses, with co-workers, employees, neighbors, and authorities.  There are struggles for health, struggles with finances, and struggles against despair, fatigue, and frustration.  We know the feeling.  To

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181) Fulfilled Hope

By Randy Alcorn, from his September 18, 2013 blog at http://www.epm.org      Hope is a much stronger word in the Bible than it is for most of us today.  The hope of deliverance and resurrection is based solidly on the promise of an almighty, truth-telling, covenant-keeping God who never fails and is never thwarted,

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