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January 17
CHRIST the ALTOGETHER LOVELY ONE (Song of Sol 5:16): This world, though fallen, still catches us by surprise with its beauty. Who can capture in words the blazing hues of the autumn foliage somehow painted on the leaves by the pale fingers of the frost? But surely there are more beautiful sights than this! Earth is…
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January 17 Petition Mission
“Making mention of you always in my prayers…that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus” (Phm vv 4-6). Rodney (Gypsy) Smith was born in a Romani tent in Epping Forest, northeast of London. He never attended one day of school,…
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January 17
When I look over an audience and think of the misery that you and I do not see, that He does see, I think I understand what it means, “When He saw the multitude, He was moved with compassion” (Mt 9:36). We ought to have more compassion. How many times I have had to upbraid…
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God and Taekwondo
It’s 8600 miles as the crow flies from Montevideo, Uruguay to Little Rock, Arkansas. Assuming crows fly that route. But God brought a man that far for a reason very different from the one he thought he was there. (repost) […]Read More… from God and Taekwondo
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January 16, 2026 — Job’s Beautiful Daughters
“Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised” (Prov 31:30, BSB). Highlighted in the list of Job’s blessings we have the birth of three daughters. Of the ten former and ten latter children, these are the only ones named. There must be a good reason. “He also…
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January 16
CHRIST’S NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME (Php 2:9). Early Christians often referred to “the Name” as though the word stood for the Lord Jesus Himself, as if there was no other name that mattered. We read how they preached concerning the Name, though forbidden to speak to anyone in this Name. Yet speak they must, “for…