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August 16
JESUS the ULTIMATE HOME BUILDER: “I go to prepare a place for you” (Jn 14:2). Oliver Fisher Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1866. He made a fortune manufacturing and selling rifles. After he died of influenza in 1918, his wife Sarah moved to San Jose, California. Believing in spiritism, she sought out…
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August 16 Petition Mission
“Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth” (Rev 8:13). One hardly thinks of this as a petition, but it is. The word woe is an anglicized form of a Greek expression of grief, oo-ah’-ee! Can you hear it? It is a warning of coming wrath, mingled with sorrowful regret. Boyd Nicholson writes: “For…
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August 16
Hinduism, the indigenous religion of India, has 900 million adherents worldwide. Although there are many subdivisions, they generally believe in One Supreme Reality (Brahman) who is manifested in many gods and goddesses. They believe that humans are in bondage to ignorance and illusion, but are able to escape. The purpose is to gain release from…
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August 15
CHRIST’S DRAWING POWER: “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself” (Jn 12:32). It was prophesied by Isaiah concerning Christ: “There shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an Ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek” (Isa 11:10). What a picture!…
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August 15 Petition Mission
“Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor 9:15). François Coillard (1834-1904) was a French missionary of Huguenot descent who bravely labored for the Lord in southern Africa. Semoindji Stephen, a young convert from the Zambesi, traveled with him on one of his journeys to Europe. Once when they were visiting the Guinness…
