Seattle Seahawks Linebacker Derick Hall was born at 23 weeks. He had no heartbeat and doctors gave him a one percent chance of survival. But his mom refused to take him off life support. Now he is a Super Bowl champion. After the victory, Derick Hall reflected on the moment using a word that has […]
By Johann Gerhard (1582-1637), a German Lutheran pastor and professor of theology. Â He wrote dozens of books, including Sacred Meditations, a collection of 51 meditations published in 1606. Â This piece was taken from the chapter 38 of that book. ———————————— Â Â Â Consider the misery and brevity of this present life, so that you may
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   Are you a loser? If you believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, Ted Turner would say you are. Do you remember Ted Turner?    Multi-billionaire Ted Turner was a major player in the business, sports, and entertainment world in the 1980’s and 90’s. He was an early visionary and
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   Sigird Undset (1882-1949) was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.  Her parents were atheists, but still they had her baptized in the Lutheran church because it was customary in that day, whether or not the parents had any faith (sometimes that happens yet today).  She spent
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Ephesians 6:13a:  “…Put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground…”  (see Eph. 6:10-18 below)    Paul begins this section with these words:  “Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power;”  and then says, “Put on the full
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Painting above: The Ferryman by Eric Money (1946-2003) ———————– A philosopher was being ferried across a big river in a small boat.  He asked the boatman, “Do you know any philosophy?” The boatman replied, “No, I do not.” “That is most unfortunate,” said the philosopher, “for that means you are missing out on a third of your
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   In Ephesians 5:20 Paul tells us to “always and for everything give thanks to God the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (RSV).  Always?– and for everything?– give thanks?  Is that what you always do?  Or, are you perhaps the type of person who always and in everything, can and
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By Janie B. Cheaney, posted September 30, 2019, at http://www.wng.org , the website for World news magazine ————————————– I don’t envy others their big houses or frequent vacations (or not much!). Here’s what I do envy: Those grandparents who get to visit their grandkids more than twice a year. Living less than a day’s drive—say,
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By Randy Alcorn, posted September 25, 2019 at http://www.epm.org . Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries, and the author of over fifty books, including several books on happiness. In the late 1990s, Martin Seligman, the president of the American Psychological Association, noted psychology’s emphasis on the negative side of life, including
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By Greg Morse, posted March 26, 2019 at: http://www.desiringGod.org    “I have nothing to show for my life,” he said.    “No career. Few friends. No spouse. No financial future. Nothing. I’m enslaved to debt, struggle with childhood sins, and have little left to hope for. Don’t hear me say something I’m not,
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