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The Effects of Gossip
A lady once went to talk with her minister about her troubled conscience. After some discussion, he said that her problem was gossip. She quite often maligned people behind their back, which is clearly prohibited in Scripture. “What can I … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Leadership
Tagged conflict, gossip, illustration, misuse of the tongue, Proverbs about the tongue, remorse, repentance, sin
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Permission
I have a friend—let’s call him “John Doe”—who told me the following story. John Doe went into the woods behind his house to do some deer hunting on his property. As he approached his deer stand, he saw that a … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Communion Meditations, Humor, Prayer
Tagged approaching God, Hebrews 4:16, illustration, knowing God, pretending, throne of grace
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Maybe It Does Matter!
While driving through the south, we saw a sign for a restaurant that was called “It Don’t Matter”. It didn’t take long to figure out the purpose for this strange name. Often times when we are out with family or … Continue reading
Let Us Pray
A city-slicker went to the countryside to visit his cousin, who owned and operated a farm. When they sat down to the table for dinner, the farmer bowed his head and gave thanks for the meal. His sophisticated relative said with … Continue reading
Choose the Good Path
A man and his son were climbing a mountain. They came to a place where the climbing became quite difficult, to the point of being dangerous. Any misstep at this point could spell disaster. The father stopped to consider which … Continue reading
The Agony of Fatherhood
A young father-to-be was pacing back and forth, wringing his hands in the hospital corridor while his wife was in labor. He was tied up in knots of fear and anxiety, and beads of perspiration dropping from his brow revealed … Continue reading
Train Approaching!
A few days ago I was picking raspberries near the railroad track behind my house when I heard a train approaching. I wasn’t able to move very far away from the tracks, so I was close enough to sense the … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Communion Meditations
Tagged evil, godlessness, punishment, repentance, Romans 1, sin, train, wickedness, wrath of God
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Don’t Play Around with Snakes!
Milo Sutcliffe and his wife, Jennifer, were working in their yard in Corpus Christi, Texas on May 27 when they encountered a four-foot-long rattlesnake. Milo cut off the snake’s head with a shovel, but when he bent down to pick … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Current Events
Tagged devil, illustration, James 4:7, rattlesnake, resist the devil, Satan is a serpent, sin, snakebite, submit to God
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That Ugly Tongue
For some time now, we have had a beef tongue in our freezer. My wife was reluctant to cook it, much less consume it. OK, she outright refused! Since I am a thrifty (miserly?) person, I was hesitant to throw … Continue reading
