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Following Jesus? Wounds are assured. So is glory. Hast thou no scar? No hidden scar on foot or side or hand? I hear thee sung as mighty in the land, I hear them hail thy bright ascendant star; Hast thou no scar? Hast thou no wound? Yet, I was wounded by the archers, spent. Leaned
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Though he was fictional, the bishop in Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Miserables, was a masterful depiction of ministry. He held the pivotal moment in Hugo’s epic story of grace and salvation, and epitomized the influence of a man who, for the sake of Christ, was simply there… “M. Myriel [the Bishop of Digne] could be summoned at any hour to the bedside of the
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What will we do with eternity? More than we know, I’m sure. But perhaps the Apostle John gave us a clue. He ended his gospel with these words: “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books
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A dear friend, Ken Needham, recently suffered a heart aliment and cancer—at the same time. He’s fine now (bless the Lord) and he received a brilliant insight during his time in hospital… “…While the surgeons and most of the nursing staff were excellent, there were a couple of exceptions, people who had some knowledge and experience who “knew what was best
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To the 6,000,000 Jews murdered in the middle of the last century, we remember… MOURNER’S KADDISH Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world, which He has created according to His will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days, and within the life of the entire House of Israel,
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This is account may or may not be traditional, but it’s message couldn’t be truer nor the task more certain… “Little children, Love one another,” the aged John the Apostle taught his young disciples. “Why do you always say this one thing?” they asked. “It is the Lord’s command, and if it is done, it is enough…” he replied. Jesus’ command
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“Dear Lord, So far today, I’ve done all right. I haven’t gossiped, haven’t lost my temper, haven’t been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or over indulgent. I’m very thankful for that. But, in a few minutes, God, I’m going to get out of bed. And from then on, I’m probably going to need a lot more
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I think that I shall never see A Church that’s all it ought to be; A Church whose members never stray Beyond the Strait and Narrow way; A Church that has no empty pews, Whose Pastor never has the blues, A Church whose Deacons always deak, And none is proud, and all are meek. Where
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O, the grace of God that He would call us to serve Him—we undeserving, incapable, ignorant slaves of earth. Yet He calls us, and that is but a part of His great grace to us. Jonah was among the recipients of God’s grace in all its wonder, that He would use such as him. More wondrous still
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How is culture war be won? How is it lost? The answer for both is the same—the church. So how does victory come? One Boston professor nailed it… “America has the most wise and just and most Biblical and moral and constitutional foundation in the world—just like ancient Israel. America is one of the most
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Jay McCarl 