But it was Just a Seed!
The mysteries of the seed have always intrigued me. There, latent in a little bit of tissue, is the life of a great tree. Seeds that lie dormant for many years often keep this potential and, when planted, send down...
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Aunt Elsie and the Gederite
She was a real caricature! Any artist would have delighted to pull out a pencil and sketch her. Little and old--well, she was in her 80's--rather a long nose and a somewhat pointed chin. She wore an old, oatmeal gray overcoat,...
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Sweet Water Spring
I suppose we've all had to learn the hard way that we carry a potent force with us everywhere we go. Some of the time it lies there inert, seemingly harmless. As harmless as a venomous snake in the grass,...
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The Lordian Feast
"The Lord's Supper"--these words occur at the conclusion of 1 Corinthians 11:20, and refer to one of the three symbolic ordinances given to the Church in the New Testament. I would like to ask you to consider what I believe...
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Geometry of a Circle
When I was a boy, we always sat in a circle to remember the Lord. Or at least they sat in the circle--I was not in fellowship so I sat "at the back" with those who had not been received...
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Christ the Perfect Man
The Lord Jesus, when here on the earth, was the only perfect Man this world has ever seen. He was all and always perfect, under the eye of God and before men--perfect in thought, perfect in word, and perfect in...
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The World-Wide Search
It is God the Father of whom the Lord speaks to the Samaritan woman--the One who is God in nature and Father in relationship. The name Father seldom occurs in the Old Testament and is never there in the New...
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What to Do About it?
I have never read Looking Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, but there is a line from it in one of my books of quotations. Harry Tugman (whoever he is) is asking Luke where he is presently stationed. The response goes...
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Construction of a Sheepfold
If the lambs are asking, "Where are the shepherds?" the elders aren't doing their job. Elders should be there, vigilant, looking out for the welfare of the flock. Who are the Shepherds? How do you recognize a shepherd? Paul gave us a...
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