1564) Life Sentence

By Gene McGuire, Christianity Today, June 2017, pages 79-80.  Gene McGuire is the author of Unshackled: From Ruin to Redemption (Emerge Publishing).  He lives in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, where he serves…

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1506) Challenge Accepted

     The strongest argument for the Gospel of Christ is the personal testimony of someone whose life has been changed by it.  The changed lives of Christians does not…

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1440) A Verse to Build a Life On

Adapted from 100 Bible Verses That Changed the World, By William and Randy Peterson, pages 73-4, Revel publishing, 2001. ------------------------------      At age 22 William Penn had everything.  He…

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1433) In God We Trust

Bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814; painting by Peter Rindlisbacher ----------------------------      Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) is best known for writing the lyrics to "The Star Spangled Banner," our…

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1432) The Ragged Schools

     -----------------------------------------      Robert Raikes (1735-1811) was a newspaper editor in Gloucester, England.  His editorials often had to do with the problems of the poor children in that…

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