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3416) The Difference it Makes
Philip Yancey’s book Reaching for the Invisible God (2000) tackles faith’s most difficult questions and issues. It is an honest book—honest about how challenging it can be to hold on to faith sometimes, honest about doubt, honest about faith’s disappointments, and honest about…
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3415) Extra Shirts and Shoes
“He would give you the shirt off his back.” That is what we sometimes say when we want to describe someone who is remarkably generous, willing to sacrifice even what they themselves are using, to help someone else in need. We know it is just an expression, not meant to be taken…
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3414) A Disappointed Monk (3/3)
(…continued) Martin Luther worked through his disappointment with the church by simply continuing to focus on God’s Word. He looked past all the abuses of the church, going deeper to find what was central to the Christian faith. He did not accept the church’s claim to have…
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3413) A Disappointed Monk (2/3)
Above: Martin Luther monument, Dresden, Germany ————- (…continued) Did Martin Luther find peace with God by becoming a monk? Not at all. Luther was an intense man, giving himself completely to his studies. What he saw in the church’s teaching and in his own reading of the Bible…
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3412) A Disappointed Monk (1/3)
John 3:16-17– (Jesus said), “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”…
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3411) Some Good Prayer Advice
“If You Feel Distracted in Prayer, Don’t Worry—It’s a Good Thing” By Joshua Rogers, September 24, 2018, at: http://www.joshuarogers.com ————————- So many times the same frustrating thing happens when I try to pray. “Heavenly Father,“ I say, but almost immediately I get…
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3410) Don’t Be Stingy
From: Stinginess and the Generosity of God, (10-21-26), by Randy Alcorn at: www.desiringgod.org ************************************* On a trip to Ukraine in 1991, my pastor friend and I spent the evening with a large family, feasting, singing hymns, laughing, and praising Jesus…
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3409) You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
Above: The last photograph Chris McCandless took of himself, probably a few weeks before his death. The note he is holding says, “I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all.” ———————————- In April of 1992, a healthy 24-year-old Chris McCandless…
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3408) The Good News is Life Isn’t Fair
Many people complain that life is just not fair. But actually, when you think about, that’s a good thing. The way to begin thinking about this is to ask ourselves what we had before God entered the picture; and of course, God entered the picture at the very beginning to […] The…
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3407) How Should God Use His Power?
From Salute to a Sufferer, by Leslie Weatherhead, Abingdon Press, 1962, pages 48-51. In this reading, Weatherhead discusses the age-old question of the goodness of God: IF God is All-powerful AND All-good, WHY is there suffering in the world he created? Weatherhead does not give…
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3406) Be Ye Doers of the Word
Adapted from a sermon illustration I recently heard: If I tell my daughter to do the dishes, what I want, is for her to do the dishes. But let’s say two hours later I look, and I see that she has not even filled the sink with hot water, and all the dirty dishes […] The post…
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3405) Tired
I did an internet word search of ‘tired’ and found these two comments: “I finally got a full eight hours of sleep. It took me four days… but, whatever.” “I’m tired. Not like sleep tired. Just tired of everything.” —————————- Vic and Lois were resting in their recliners after a…