1520) Just Let God
An often quoted definition of faith is to “Let Go and Let God.” That is to say, let go of your fears and your worries and have the faith…
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1520) Just Let God
1513) Don’t Bother God
------------------------- AN OLD STORY: A caravan settled for the night, and the servant tending the camels came to report to the chief. “Are all the camels…
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1513) Don’t Bother God
1453) God’s Justice (part two of two)
A Jewish legend, translated from a small volume published in 1929, Judische Legenden, as told by Else Schubert-Christaller; printed in The Plough Reader, Summer 2001 (adapted). ------------------------------------------ (...continued)…
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1453) God’s Justice (part two of two)
1452) God’s Justice (part one of two)
A Jewish legend, translated from a small volume published in 1929, Judische Legenden, as told by Else Schubert-Christaller; printed in The Plough Reader, Summer 2001 (adapted). ------------------------------------------ Rabbi…
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1452) God’s Justice (part one of two)
1434) Like Who?
By Joshua Rogers, posted March 14, 2017 at: www.joshuarogers.com ------------------------------ My wife and I did not intend to have another year of sweeping changes in 2016. We never do.…
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1434) Like Who?
1365) Harmless Superstitions?
-------------------- From The Continuing Story of Manuel, by Hugh Steven, 1987, Credo Publishing Corporation, (pages 40-44). Manuel Arenas (1932-1992) was born into the Totonac tribe of Indians in eastern Mexico.…
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1365) Harmless Superstitions?
1284) Morning and Evening Prayer (jb8)
From A Diary of Private Prayer, 1949, by John Baillie, Church of Scotland pastor and theologian, (1886-1960); containing a morning and evening prayer for thirty-one days (adapted). ------------------------ MORNING PRAYER (Twenty-ninth…
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1284) Morning and Evening Prayer (jb8)
1229) Afraid of the Dark
By Jonathan Parnell, posted February 9, 2013 at: www.desringgod.org My oldest daughter isn’t sleeping well. It’s the dark. From fear of what might be under her bed, to…
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1229) Afraid of the Dark
1107) Trusting in Another
The Lutheran preacher and poet Gerhard Frost once illustrated what it means to trust God by telling a story about a friend’s family. The friend was married and…
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1107) Trusting in Another
1094) Letting Go
Matthew 6:25-34 -- (Jesus said), "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is…
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1094) Letting Go