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Something Bugging Me

Last night I sat on the second row at a middle school basketball game. The game was a blowout, so the people in my area found something else to occupy our attention. Someone pointed out that there was a live … Continue reading

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All My Bags Are Packed

Jim Denison remembers something remarkable that happened while he was serving as a missionary in East Malaysia. At the end of a worship service at a small church, a teenage girl came forward to announce her decision to accept Christ … Continue reading

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Constant Reminder

Kelly Carr, editor of the Lookout magazine, writes about a friend of hers who visited with a minister toward the end of summer. Entering the office, he noticed a decorated Christmas tree in the corner. When asked about the tree, … Continue reading

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By Grace

Someone once explained the grace of God by telling the following story: Suppose you lived in a place where a king ruled the land. Now suppose that you rebelled against the king. In response to your rebellion, the king sent … Continue reading

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Hard to Go to Hell Here!

Several years ago I heard someone talk about an evangelistic organization in Ohio whose motto was something like this—“Let’s make it hard to go to hell in Ohio!” I like that philosophy. We should do everything we can to keep … Continue reading

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Safe

A group of botanists were searching for rare plants that grew in the mountains of the Scottish Highlands. They asked a local boy if he would allow them to lower him in a basket over a high cliff so that … Continue reading

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Accepting the Facts

In the movie “A Few Good Men”, Tom Cruise played the part of a prosecutor who was trying to pry the truth out of Col. Nathan Jessup, played by Jack Nicholson. Finally, Nicholson uttered what would become one of the … Continue reading

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Choose Carefully

Danny Clark is a highly regarded quarterback from Akron, Ohio. Clark, a 6-foot-4, 230 pound high school senior, grew up rooting for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was elated when the Buckeyes recruited him, and he committed to Ohio State … Continue reading

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Curing All Disease

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife, Priscilla Chan, recently announced that they will spend $3 billion over the next decade in an effort to “cure all diseases in our children’s lifetime.” They plan to bring scientists and engineers … Continue reading

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Eventual Winner

Darwin Day, 70, of Grand Prairie , Texas, was cleaning his house and found a complete collection of Topps baseball cards from 1957-58. Along with the cards was a contest. There was no deadline for the contest, so Day filled … Continue reading

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