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My dog and I were witnesses to the funniest sight the other day: A squirrel, running in place! We were just recovering from a 15 cm snow fall the day, and it was -20° C. The roads hadn't been cleared yet, and anyone who's run in ankle-deep snow knows that it is...
The plan was in place, and as the three of us exited the farmyard on horseback, I was ready to spring the surprise. "Where are we going?" asked my boys. "Left or right?" "Let's go left," I said, smiling to myself over the grins that would soon appear on their faces. I...
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me'” (John 14:6). "But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people. For to you is...
"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, 'Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.'" (Matt 2:1,2) During the...
". . . Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross,...
Why do we go through trouble? It's a question that we all ask. Especially when we are in the midst of it! It's also a question that has been addressed in hundreds and thousands of sermons, sermons that made perfect sense when you hear them. But somehow, when you in...
"Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened...
In Gen.1:3, it is stated: “God said, ‘let there be light’ and there was light.”; Gen.1:6: “God said, let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”; Gen.1:7: "And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which...
“The peace of God, which passeth all understanding.” (Philippians 4:7) I dreamed it was the day of resurrection. My Mother and Father came up from the grave as I had known them but with a spirit of youthfulness and anticipation. They looked about them for their own...
He was learning woodwork and he wanted to make a present for his grandad. Grandma suggested he make a wooden footstool exactly like the one she used. She said grandad would like it and he would use it all the time. Carefully they drew up a plan of the measurements,...
We don't tend to hear very many sermons or object lessons on Isaac. Abraham, yes, and Jacob, but I can count the number of lessons based on Isaac that I have heard or read in my lifetime on one hand, and still have a finger or two left over. But this doesn't mean that...
It can be quite a shock to jump from reading the Old Testament to reading the New. If you read through the books of Moses, you will discover rules--very specific rules!--for everything. Take Deuteronomy 10, for example. Here you will find specific rules for where and...
A quick shower, and …uh-oh, it was already time for my guest to arrive. “Well, no time for make-up now, “ I said, out loud, to myself. Then, “That’s OK. It’s Sandy; it’ll be all right.” It’s OK to be ourselves with a good friend. In fact, it is a great blessing. You...