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How God Plays Favorites
One of the most moving poems you’ll ever read is “Charge of the Light Brigade” by Tennyson. It memorializes the bravery of six hundred English soldiers who, because of poorly communicated orders, went up against a horde of Russians with no hope of victory at the Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War in 1854.
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Test Time!
Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. James 1:2-3 NASB There’s a scene at the end of one of the Harry Potter movies when the headmaster announces that all finals have been cancelled. Of course everyone gives out a massive…
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On Goats and Sheep
Have you ever tried to help an animal, but because it didn’t understand, was hurt and afraid, it wouldn’t let you? Animals often don’t understand when we’re trying to do what’s best for them. And because they don’t understand, they fight.
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My Not Needed Place
One afternoon not long ago, my son was in a bad mood for some reason and he decided to go hide in my closet. I found a piece of paper taped to my closet door and it said: My not needed place (Do not disturb please just knock) Also my not loved place
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Alive Again
When Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:3 that we must be “born again,” he wasn’t talking about a need for a little updating, like a house with peeling wallpaper and furniture that was stylish thirty years ago. Someone who is in sin is dead. Spiritually dead. Like Marley. Dead as a doornail.
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What Did You Expect?
We love conquering heroes, and we may wish we could be like them. But most of us know deep down we cannot be like them, no matter how hard we try.
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This Could Be Your Lucky Day
Many Christians will say they don’t believe in luck or that anything happens by accident. Many of the things in life that seem to be coincidence or happenstance are in truth carefully orchestrated by God to bring about His will. But Solomon did say that “time and chance happen to [us] all,” (Ecclesiastes 9:11). I…
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The Value of Sadness
I recently sat in on a children’s class in which the teacher asked if sadness is a good thing or a bad thing. Interesting question, don’t you think? Most of us would say it’s bad, but she said it is neither good nor bad. She pointed out that sadness is often prompted by our love…
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Women Can Be Jerks Too
What we women in modern times have done through feminism is sort of collectively rage against all of the mistreatment of women throughout history. And even if our husbands are basically good fellas and have never laid a violent hand on us, we have now been empowered by the cultural trend to lash out over…
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