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Like a lot of other people, I have vilified a woman over a long period. Somewhere along the track, she was said to be a really nasty person. A lot of people have talked about her both in print and on radio and I have sat in audiences where she was described as the...
"Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known." (1 Corinthians 13:12) “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” In the Disney children's...
I had to get a new pair of eyeglasses recently. Stigmatism had started to mix with my nearsightedness making things a little bit blurry with my old prescription. Also I had to finally give in to another sign of my aging body and get my first pair of bifocals. It has...
"Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming." (Matt 25:13 NKJV) My husband's voice sounded strained over the speaker of my cell phone: "We need to live every day as if it's the last one before we leave for Europe." I...
"Then the Lord said, 'Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote, Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously...
After having gleaned lessons from the "Negative events" of two action packed Books of Joshua and Acts in the previous part of the Series, today in the concluding part of the same we come back to the positive lessons to be learnt from these two glorious Books......
On a war memorial in a small country town there are two names that are dear to me. They are the names of my brothers and there is a small cross beside one of the names. The names have been there for a number of years but today, when all our values and ideals are being...
"He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God." (Mic 6:8, NET) My first born son is mentally handicapped, yet in so many...
Today’s lesson from Christmas Carols takes us to the classic song, "Little Drummer Boy". "The Little Drummer Boy," originally known as "Carol of the Drum," was written by Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. It was recorded in 1955 by the Trapp Family Singers, and was...
Last week, in TRUE DOCTRINE, Part 2, we saw that doctrine is indeed very important to God, so important that it is mentioned 37 times in the Bible. Yet despite this, it is doctrinal beliefs that drive Christians apart, that disrupt the unity that Jesus wants us to...
In the past two lessons on VICTORY IN TROUBLES, we've seen that God asks us to blindly trust Him that everything will work out for the best, and that when we completely surrender a problem to Him, His peace is ours and the solution is sure. But oh, that is soooo hard...
"...rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer..." (Romans 12:12) The year was 1981, and it was my first trip to Europe. I had taken the ferry from England to Belgium, and I was on my way via train to Munich, Germany. I spoke only one...
Last week, in Wilderness Instructions, Part 12, we learned that the elaborate framework for the tabernacle in the wilderness is to be a reminder to us that Jesus' gift on the cross has formed the framework upon which hangs every hope of salvation, every hope of...