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Grandparents Praising God!
“… telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.” (Psalm 78:4b) As grandparents, one of the best things we can do for our...
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Follow Your Heart?
If there is one theme in so many movies and novels today, it is that one is only truly free when he or she “follows her heart”. In Deuteronomy 29:19 God says, “he blesses himself in his heart, saying,...
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Do You Believe in Germs?
We know that germs exist. We know they can make us sick. So we wash our clothes, our dishes and our hands. We don’t want any one else’s germs so we turn away when someone sneezes. We hope no one...
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Being “White” in Philadelphia
I was driving down Germantown Avenue one hot summer night. Lots of people were out on the sidewalks and streets. As far as I could see, I was the only “white” person. I stopped at a traffic light...
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Hate Homosexuals? NO!
Why do some people hate homosexuals? I have never understood this. Back in the 1950′s I grew up in the city of Bayonne, N.J. I remember boys talking about hurting such people. They often used...
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What Parenting Teaches Us
Being a parent teaches us to to be less selfish and more loving. Our investments in the lives of our family members develop an ability to care about people outside of ourselves. “Where your treasure...
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Jonah was Patriotic
Jonah didn’t like Ninevites. He had reason to hate them. They had done horrible atrocities to his people. But then God told the prophet Jonah to go and preach that in 40 days Ninevah would be...
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John the Baptist
John the Baptist was not a Baptist. He was a Jew. He was the greatest of the prophets. He was sent to turn the hearts of fathers to their children. His own father was a Jewish priest who had...
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Bible Suicides
Saul committed suicide with a sword. Judas killed himself by hanging. The Philippian jailor was about to commit suicide when Paul counseled him not to. What did Paul say? How should we handle...
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Music Brings Us Together
Two families came together today in Lynchburg, Va. where we were celebrating the college graduation of our beloved daughter. What a combination of cultures: Haiti and Pennsylvania, old and young,...
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Atomic Water
Growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, in the 1950′s and 60′s we lived under the threat of atomic warfare. Nikita Kruschev was banging his shoe at the United Nations nearby, Russian missiles were being...
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Is it right because it is legal?
People who call themselves progressives want to make “progress” by legalizing sodomy, theft (socialism and gambling), sorcery (cannabis), adultery, fornication and prostitution. Is this progress? Is it...
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Hooked?
We took four small children fishing today. We dug worms from our compost, got the fishing rods ready and rode to the lake. We dangled our bait and the fish nibbled at it and then some got caught and...
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Mowing Grass and the Christian Life
I was mowing my shaggy looking grass today. Now it looks neat and tidy. What does mowing my grass contribute to my spiritual life? Well, first of all there is what theologians call the “cultural...
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One Person at a TIme
God is at work around the world. He is bringing individuals to Himself, one person at a time. Often by guiding a person to read the Bible. As they read, they begin to understand who God is and the...
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Loving the Way God Loves
Many of us love those who love us. But Jesus said we should love our enemies. Listen to His radical message: Luke 6:27–39 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate...
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Building a Family One Day At a Time
A family is a slow project. When I met a lovely young girl forty-two years ago I didn’t realize that our friendship would blossom into a family of twenty-two wonderful people. Our six beautiful...
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Do You Know God?
Daniel 11:32b-33a says: “The people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits. And those of the people who understand shall instruct many” Do you know God? If so, you have an...
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Husbands like Jesus
In Ephesians chapter 5 we learn that husbands are to love their wives as Christ loves the Church. How does Christ love the Church? He gives His life for her. He listens to her. He provides for her....
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Doctrines of Demons
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience...
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