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3278) Jesus is Everything

 Malcolm Muggeridge  (1903-1990) English journalist, author, media personality, satirist      “I may, I suppose, pass for being a relatively successful man.  People occasionally stare at me in the streets– that’s fame.  I can fairly easily earn enough money to qualify for admission to the higher slopes of the Internal Revenue– that’s success.  Furnished with […]

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3270) Meeting Jesus on a Greyhound Bus

By Eric Watkins (above), pastor of Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church in San Marcos, California (from November 2023 Christianity Today) ——————————————–      I was born outside the church—very far outside.  Neither of my parents were Christians when I was a kid.  We were a military family, my dad a Marine, and we bounced around several

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3262) Different

–Mary Magdalene to Nicodemus in The Chosen ———————————–           “I received a phone call from Ken Dahlberg,” I said to our church president, Tim.  “Do you know him?” I asked.           “Yes, I know Ken,” Tim replied.  “He grew up in this town.  We were friends and graduated together.  He even

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3237) Still Interested in Jesus

By Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston, May 3, 2026, at:  http://www.foxnews.com .  Johnston is an associate pastor for apologetics and cultural engagement at Prestonwood Baptist Church, Plano, Texas.  His book The Jesus Discoveries (Bethany House, 2026) is a New York Times bestseller. ———————————-      Here is what you are supposed to believe about America in 2026:

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3232) “In Jesus’ Name”

     A few days ago, Emailmeditation #3228 told the story of William and Wilhemina Kruse, South Dakota pioneers, who lost nine children to diphtheria in 1894.  Upon reading it, my friend Tim emailed to tell me that the story was very personal for him.  He sent me a brief account of his family faith history. 

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3218) Something Beautiful for God (2/2)

     (…continued) Jesus calls ‘blessed’ those who serve him in this life.  Look at Jesus’ examples of serving others: giving a thirsty person something to drink, offering food to a hungry person, giving clothes to the needy, and visiting the sick and those in prison.  Simple things.  Common, everyday acts of kindness.  People do them

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3217) Something Beautiful for God (1/2)

Matthew 25:31-46: 31 (Jesus said), “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on

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3210) Questions After 9-11 (3/3)

Matthew 11:28-30 – (Jesus said),  “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” ————————-

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3209) Questions After 9-11 (2/3)

     (…continued) Billy Graham spoke at the National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. on Friday, September 16 (pictured above).  This inter-faith service was an awkward forum for a man so used to proclaiming the clear claims of Christ as THE Way, THE Life, and THE Truth (John 14:6).  Billy Graham’s

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3208) Questions After 9-11 (1/3)

I wrote this piece in 2001 as an article for the monthly newsletter of a Christian mission organization that I was working with at the time.  I hesitated to write it, but finally did.  The editor hesitated to publish it, and decided not to.  The time did not yet seem right.  I never did use

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