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The Power of Words

As an American, we often hear about the free speech we enjoy as a legal right in this country. Indeed, I think it is one of the greatest…

Fooling Yourself

What kind of smarts do you need to be a Christian? Business acumen? Academic acclaim? Skills based on physical work and experience? Charisma and people skills? Empathic emotional…

Rights turn into Wrongs

Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some…

Needful Wisdom

Proverbs are not just spiritual wisdom for the individual. The nature of the wisdom of the Bible in that book and else where is always reflecting on the…

Money or Time

Did you ever notice that the words we use to talk about time and money are the same? Our culture makes those two things have a very similar…

Value

What does it mean to value something? How do you treat something that is valuable? We provide care and protection for the things we think are valuable. We…

Hope is a Higher Perspective

Humor me for a second: let’s make a bet. I bet you a nickel that Kennedy beats Nixon in the 1960 election. Silly thing to say, right? For…

Walk in the Way of Love

What “little” sins do we excuse? I’m not talking about in other people; the Bible accounts for that as something we handle with prayer (1 John 5:16). I’m…

Give Up

“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? Jeremiah 32:27 I can tell you with some confidence, knowing nothing about your situation, that…

Going Alone

At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that…