A Stout Faith: The Guinnesses of Ireland Adapted from a March 17, 2014 article by John Stonestreet posted at http://www.breakpoint.org Today is St. Patrick’s Day (posted two days ago)… and I’d like to tell you a story about something genuinely Irish that may surprise you. I’m referring to Guinness stout beer. Very few of […]
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Today’s meditation is from the beginning of my 2013 Palm Sunday sermon. A while back I saw a movie with the interesting title Machine Gun Preacher. The movie is based on the true story of Sam Childers who grew up in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and there, got into all kinds of trouble
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July the 14th, 1861 Washington DC My very dear Sarah: The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days– perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.
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Tim Hansel, in his book Eating Problems for Breakfast (p. 194-5), has a humorous and fictional letter to Jesus regarding the search for the twelve apostles. He imagines that Jesus hired a management consultant firm to evaluate his choices for the twelve, and this letter summarizes their opinion about who would and would not be
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By James Dobson, p. 295, Night Light, Multnomah Press, 2000. Think about the people you love. Have you thanked them recently for what they mean to you? If the Lord called you home this evening, would you feel satisfied that you had told them everything you needed to say? In the last
Jack Welch is the retired CEO of General Electric. He is one of the top executives ever to run a major company and has made hundreds of millions of dollars. He is incredibly brilliant, an excellent leader of other people, and a top-notch manager. He is someone who seems to know everything, and
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For several years Ben Stein wrote a biweekly column called “Monday Night at Morton’s.” Morton’s is a famous chain of steakhouses known to be frequented by movie stars and famous people from around the world. Ben Stein knew many of them and would write about his visits with them at Morton’s. In July
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Today’s meditation is again from the book “Sometimes Miracles Hide” by Bruce Carroll (see meditations #39 and #40). It is another of the letters that Carroll received from someone with a handicapped child. Dear Bruce, My life is in your song. When I first became pregnant, I had no idea what the Lord
From Nightlight:A Devotional for Parents, by James and Shirley Dobson, Multnomah, 2002, pp. 214-215. We do want to be effective parents. There is so much to teach our kids, and so little time. But as we struggle and strain to bestow wisdom on the next generation, we might also pause to consider how
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The following piece entitled The Little Way of Ruthie Leming was written by best-selling author Eric Metaxas for the May 7, 2013 Breakpoint message http://www.breakpoint.org — a ministry of Prison Fellowship. As a journalist and cultural commentator, my friend Rod Dreher seemingly had it all. In addition to his strong Christian faith, Rod
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