It is this Good News that saves you. —1 Corinthians 15:2 Gospel means—and is—“Good News.” But before there is good news, there is bad news. The bad news is that we are sinners: transgressors and trespassers; derelicts and deadbeats; reprobates and renegades; frauds and phonies. No one […]
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Even in old age they will still produce fruit. —Psalm 92:14 In Illinois, citizens 87-and-older are required to take a driving test every year to keep their driver’s license. Lois Paulson passed hers with flying colors. She’s 105. “I
Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought. —Romans 12:3 A significant portion of my time is spent working with words. So, when I read, I notice misteaks in grammar and spelling. (Caught it, didn’t you?) My judgmental reaction is to frown when I spot composition
Examine me and know my heart. —Psalm 139:23 Thurman refused to have physical exams—said if something was threatening, he didn’t want to know about it. He’s no longer with us. I have several friends who bought the farm sooner than they had to. They weren’t opposed
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Give me neither poverty nor riches. —Proverbs 30:8 Ernie was rich. “Wealth scares me,” he said. He cited Luke 18:25, the Lord’s warning about it being hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of God; and Luke 16:19ff, the story of the rich man and
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Do you really think you can find someone or something to compare to Me? —Isaiah 40:25 I watched as hundreds of handsome youngsters swarmed out of Klein High School as the school day ended—all of them, it seemed, staring
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When I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. —1 Corinthians 13:11 When your friends have a new baby they send you pictures, right? If not, the grandparents will. The baby is beautiful, but have you noticed that unless she’s sleeping, she’s crying? There’s no such thing as a “minor
The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways. —Proverbs 14:8 By now I should have learned these two things: 1) I can’t control the attitude of another person; 2) I am the only person who can control mine. Sarah Trimmer believes her happiness is her responsibility.
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Your ways [are not] my ways. —Isaiah 55:8 Naaman was the big shot Syrian Army commander. He had a chestful of medals. He also had leprosy. His wife’s servant girl said there was a prophet in Samaria who could cure him. So off he went, with
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For them to hear about the Lord, someone must tell them. —Romans 10:14 William Carey, widely recognized as “the father of modern missions,” went to India in 1793, and spent the rest of his life there, translating scripture and founding the first degree-granting theological university in that country. When Carey felt called to
