AFRAID
I was all alone. I lived with four other guys in a huge, old house just off the campus of Baylor University, but I was the only one home. I must have been twenty-one or twenty-two – a grown man, practically a college graduate – but I was afraid. There was usually a surplus of noise in the
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Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2008
Stumbling Block of Envy
When I was a few months from graduation from seminary, the church I had attended during college had a position open and I was very interested in it. The pastor had become a spiritual mentor to me, and I was hopeful for the opportunity to work with him.
When we met to
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Church Of God
Contributed by Myron Loss on Jun 9, 2006
Fanny Crosby was blind since six weeks old and saw her sickness as a gift from God. “O what a happy soul I am! Although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I will be. How many blessings I enjoy that
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Steve Smith on Dec 23, 2006
My wife Debbie, told all the family that instead of giving her a Christmas gift this year that she would prefer that we take whatever amount of money we were going to spend on her and spend it on someone in the hospital or the nursing home.
In fact, every Christmas Day, she and the kids bake up
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Baptist
Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 25, 2009
William Reid recognized how far our thankfulness falls short. He wrote, "Forgive us, Lord, for shallow thankfulness, For dull content with warmth and sheltered care, For songs of praise for worldly wealthiness, While of your richer gifts we’re unaware" (Christians Worship, 482:1, "Forgive
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Lutheran
God doesn't want you giving to His Church out of mere obligation or duty...any more than you'd want someone tossing a gift at you with a sneer: "You always give me stuff, so I know if I don't give you something
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Contributed by Rob Short on Apr 7, 2001
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In 1994, two Christian missionaries answered an invitation from the Russian Department of Education to teach morals and ethics in a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls who had been abandoned, abused, and left in the care of a government-run program were in the orphanage.
It was nearing
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Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 7, 2025
[099]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GLORIOUS TRUTHS FROM ROMANS
Romans is the most doctrinal book in the Bible so it would be impossible to cover all the points in a poem. I am currently working through Romans in a commentary –
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Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 15, 2009
WHOM GOD LOVES, HE CHASTENS
George MacDonald was a 19th century orator and story-writer who C.S. Lewis once called his master as relates to story-telling and relating truth through fantasy.
One of MacDonald’s short stories was titled, "The Gifts of the Child Christ." The main character of the
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Orthodox
Contributed by Allen Calkins on Nov 24, 2009
Over three decades ago, Dr. Gary Chapman authored a marriage enrichment book that has become a classic in the field. It has helped millions of married couples draw closer to one another by giving them the tools they need to express their love for one another in the “love language” their spouse
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Baptist
Jim Burns wrote in CHRISTIANITY TODAY, “Compassion is one of the most important character traits we can nurture in our children. Yet our culture encourages selfishness. If we want our children to develop servant hearts, we need to give them opportunities to serve. Fortunately, teenagers are usually
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Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 15, 2001
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Robert C. Shannon in James W. Cox, The Minister’s Manual, 1995, p. 347
Celsus was the first great skeptic. He once asked, "What has Jesus given to the world that that no one else has given?" Someone answered, "Himself!" Yes, that’s Jesus’ magnificent, stunning gift to the world. He gave
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