A Lesson on Salt
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” ...
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That’s Great!
Row upon row: From one seed, how many kernels does the average ear of corn contain? About 800, but some can go as high as 1000. That’s a 100,000% return! It wouldn’t have looked like much to a casual glance. Twelve...
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Pre-Marital Counselling
While it is a great privilege as a shepherd to be called on to perform a wedding, it is also a solemn responsibility from the Lord to teach the couple and shepherd them in His paths of truth. Pre-marital counselling...
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More Golden than Gold
Private property seems ingrained in the fiber of our civilization. The power which comes to a man from his possessions can, of course, be abused, like any other kind of power. Yet even this abuse, though it shows that the...
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Ever-Bearing Varieties
I am not a young man anymore. According to the stats, two-thirds of my life is gone. And as we are aware, life doesn’t always work according to statistics. But I do know that three of my four grandparents were...
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Who Speaks for God?
A war is about to begin. King Jehoram of Israel is going to war with the king of Moab. He sends to Jehosh-aphat, king of Judah, and urges him to join with him in the battle. They decide to invade...
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The Soft Touch
“If a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness” (Gal. 6:1). Confronting another person about sin is not easy. Sometimes it’s downright frightening! I once had to approach a...
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The Case of the Missing Hymns
Our reservoir of hymnody is both vast and deep. And the number of the hymns is matched, in most cases, by a richness of thought and beauty of expression that stirs the spirit and fills the mind with the most...
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