Above: Robertson and Muriel McQuilkin ————— Adapted from an article at:  www.familylife.com    They met as students at Columbia Bible College.  Robertson McQuilkin remembers sitting behind her in chapel, watching Muriel Webendorfer run her “lovely, artistic fingers” through her “lovely, brown hair.”  As they began spending time together, he discovered Muriel was “delightful, smart, […]
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   (…continued)  Margaret was crushed.  She could not believe what she was reading.  She did not know what she would do or how she could tell the children.  For days she could not talk to the children about it.  Finally one of the children said, “Mommy, is something wrong?  Did something happen to Daddy?
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I CORINTHIANS 13  If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do
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   (…continued)  At 7 o’clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops.    Jim was never late.  Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always
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The Christmas story has inspired a million more stories. Â One of my favorites is The Gift of the Magi, a 1905 short story by O. Henry. Â The story of the birth of Jesus is a story of God’s love and sacrifice. Â O. Henry tells this wonderful story of love and sacrifice in a marriage. Â Most
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“If you are going to say the R-Word, I hope you say “Respect.” By Lutheran pastor and author Walter Wangerin (1944-2021), in Christianity Today, Â page 66, August 10, 1984. Â (Notice the date of this article. Â Wangerin now objects to the use of the ‘R’ word, and it is no longer used; but it was commonly
From a column by Andree Seu, World magazine, November 1, 2008, page 87, referring to a conversation she was told about. ———————- Â Â Â “Is your husband an enemy?” Elisabeth Elliot said to me. Â “Does your husband feel like your enemy?” Â Â Â “Yes.” Â Â Â “What does the Bible say about how to treat
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Today’s meditation is another gem from C. S. Lewis. Â It is brief, but gives one enough to think about for the rest of the day. Â Who do you love? —————————————- There are two kinds of love: Â we love wise and kind and beautiful people because we need them, but we love (or try to love)
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(continued…) Mark 12:41-44:  Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury.  Many rich people threw in large amounts.  But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny.  Calling his disciples
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Abraham Lincoln in 1858, age 49    Abraham Lincoln and a friend were talking about a third person that both knew, but neither was fond of.  Lincoln said, with his usual wisdom and kindness, “I do not like that man. I must get to know him better.” That is a profound and thought-provoking statement;
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