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It’s good that people are once again talking about the right to life. Another great moral issue of our times has dominated the conversation this year, and it seemed that the discussion about abortion was being neglected. Planned Parenthood has … Continue reading
Not Sentenced
A Georgia man was caught stealing 84 eggs from the nests of loggerhead sea turtles. This happened while he was on probation for an earlier conviction of committing the same crime. Lewis Jackson was sentenced Wednesday to return to prison … Continue reading
Love Is a Choice
Liam Hemsworth, a 25-year-old Australian actor, and American singer Miley Cyrus were engaged to be married, but broke off the relationship in 2013. Hemsworth explained why he has no ill feeling towards Cyrus: “You fall in love with who you … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Culture
Tagged Bible, Ephesians 5:25, greatest commandments, illustration, Liam Hemsworth, love, love is a choice, marital love, Miley Cyrus
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Still the Same
Sometimes it can be discouraging to consider the negative changes that we have witnessed over time. Speech habits have changed a lot in my lifetime. Vulgar language seems to be everywhere now—on television, in music and in the conversations that … Continue reading
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A young boy came home from school with a stuffed animal. His father asked him where the toy came from. He answered, “I won it at our class Valentine party.” “How did you win it?” the father asked. “Well,” he explained, … Continue reading
Watch Your Language!
Several years ago, a local disc jockey played a Charlie Daniels song, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, on his live radio show. The DJ didn’t realize that he had inadvertently put on the uncensored version, the one that uses … Continue reading
Get Real!
A man applied for a job at a zoo. The human resource manager explained that the zoo’s gorilla had died, and it was cheaper to hire someone to wear a gorilla suit than to buy another gorilla. Since he was … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Humor
Tagged authentic, Ephesians 4:25, hypocrisy, illustration, man in a gorilla suit, pretending, telling the truth
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Very Efficient
In his book, Eats with Sinners, Arron Chambers shares the following story. A construction worker accidentally shot a nail into his hand with a nail gun. Fortunately, the construction site was right across the street from the hospital, so the … Continue reading
Mixed Message
I have my car radio programmed to a station that used to play contemporary Christian music. The station recently changed their format. They still play an occasional Christian song, but they mostly play contemporary secular songs. This gives the listeners … Continue reading
Living in the Light
Our church recently began to have two Sunday morning worship services. The early service starts at 9:00am. I had not preached at that time of day before, and it was interesting to notice how brightly the sunlight shines through the … Continue reading
