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A New Life for a New Year
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I Read more
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Christmas Bells from Cannon Shells
On Christmas Eve, the throngs jamming the streets of Saigon will have a temporary reprieve from the staccato of machine gun fire, and bursting of cannon shells. Instead, the night air will be filled with the melodies and carols of Christmas. Saigon’s Roman Catholic cathedral will have strange bells to ring out the joyous message Read more
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Reflections On Being a Saint
There is a marvelous description of God, in the Book of Deuteronomy Chapter 32 verse 11: “Like and eagle that stirs up its nest that flutters over its young spreading out its wings catching them bearing them on its pinions.” The picture that the verse presents is really this. The mother eagle builds a nest Read more
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Discovering the Gifts of God within Us
The saddest thing in life is to feel we have no gifts, or the gifts we have are slowly oozing out from our grasp. We all know our “Dear Friend” who intrudes obnoxiously into every conversation and sets himself up as somebody he really isn’t. The gifts he gives, the contributions he makes, are most Read more
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The Manager is the Message
Ralph W Sockman once said: “The hinge of history is on the door of Bethlehem’s stable.” This statement almost blows your mind with its possibility. Today, I would like you to go with me and make the hinge squeak and open the door to explore these possibilities. First of all, I liked the article in Read more
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Christmas is in Future Tense
Christmas can never live in past tense. Advent means “the coming” and is in the future tense, which represents the set of mind of the Christian. Advent is not a return to the manger and to stay there. The manger is the place where we find our bearings to begin our pilgrimage. We are on Read more