The Root or The Fruit?
My home in Michigan was locked in the icy grip of winter. I, on the other hand, had happily escaped for a few weeks to the tropics. One free afternoon, I was making the rounds with a gardener friend. He...
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A Life Of Purpose Or A Noble Lie?
Some years ago, I was invited to speak at a girls’ school in the picturesque town of Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. I could tell the students were very sharp and fully engaged. As I presented to them the reasonableness of Christianity, there...
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The Better Missionaries
Under a cloudless azure sky, my friend Sandy and I were sitting in a 13’ Boston Whaler. It was riding on a gentle swell in the turquoise Caribbean, far out beyond sight of land. He and I had come to preach...
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The Scientist’s Greatest Discovery
I wouldn’t be surprised if my paternal grandfather had tartan blood in his veins. Scotland hardly appears on a world map, but, as he loved to tell me, Scottish influence in the world far outweighs its population or geography. Scotland has...
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Life Finds A Way
If you were going to write a poem about the wonders of our glorious springtime, here are some rhyming words you might find useful: sclerenchyma and parenchyma. Just kidding. Who writes poetry anymore? But if you’ve ever wondered at the amazing...
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God The Book Keeper
The Holy Bible is the only great book without a title. It’s so special it didn’t need one. “Holy” means “set apart” from every other book, since it’s the only one from heaven. “Bible” is just the Greek word BIBLION, which...
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Dead Right
James Calvert was born January 3, 1813, the son of a tenant farmer. As a boy, he was apprenticed to a printer, skills he later used in preparing the first Fijian Bible. When he, his wife Mary, and two others left...
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Those Paradoxical Christians
They say a paradox is truth standing on its head to attract attention. It’s defined as “a seemingly contradictory statement that is nevertheless true.” Listen to the accusation against some early followers of Jesus: “These who have turned the world upside...
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Imagine That!
Let’s get something straight. God gave us minds and expects us to use them. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) Some famous atheists have said that...
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