(…continued) We all approach life with a “worldview;” which is our ‘philosophy’ of life. How we understand the world and everything in it, will, in a big way, determine how we will live our lives. Every world-view has to answer four basic questions: #1) How did we get here?; #2) Why is everything such […]
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I asked Google: “What are the prospects for college graduates who have majored in philosophy?” Google sent me to an article that contained a quote by comedian Conan O’Brien. In his 2011 Dartmouth College commencement address he said this: “Parents… If your child majored in philosophy, you have good reason
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From Lewis’s letters: I had a tooth pulled out the other day, and came away wondering whether we dare hope that the moment of death may be very like that delicious moment when one realizes that the tooth is finally out. ————————— If we feel we have talents that don’t find expression in our ordinary
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Wisdom from the writings of Gerhard Frost (1909-1987). Frost was a Lutheran pastor, poet, and seminary professor. ******************** Where forgiveness and salvation are at stake, I must not consult my fluctuating feelings. When I say this, I am reminded of my childhood days along the banks of a little local stream, the Riceford
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Here are some quotes and short pieces from my recent reading that made me stop and think. Perhaps something here might do the same for you. **************************** I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but
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God never made a promise that was too good to be true. — Dwight L. Moody A guilty conscience is a great blessing, but only if it drives us to come home to God, from whom we can receive the forgiveness of our sins. — John Stott If any man thinks ill of you, do not be
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(…continued) William Willimon was, for many years, the chaplain at Duke University. He got tired of seeing eighteen-year-old college students who thought they already had it all figured out. He also got tired of hearing professors tell their students that all they had to do was ‘think for themselves.’ The kids had been
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Mark 6:30-34… 53-56 — The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
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By Paul Harvey, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1992 ***************************** We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I’d know better. I’d really like for them to know about hand-me-down clothes and homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf. I really would. My cherished grandson,
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From a July 2024 sermon. This is how the Rapidan Dam area used to look (photo above)… A few weeks ago, after a six-inch rain south of Mankato, the already flooded Blue Earth River increased to 36 times its average flow. The news was that the Rapidan Dam might fail. And though the
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