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The world recently marveled at photographs from the surface of Mars. The eye-popping images represented an impressive combination of vision and technology. During the long traverse through space, the vessels carrying the Mars rovers experienced many course adjustments to insure pinpoint accuracy…
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The value of a college education is well documented. In addition to the increased knowledge and personal satisfaction obtained through education, surveys show that a U.S. college graduate (when compared with a high school graduate):
Earns nearly twice as much in their lifetime
Has better health…
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My friend Peg fell in her apartment hurting her right leg badly several weeks ago, and was hospitalized with serious complications. A tiny lady of 92, I became acquainted with her when we ate together at the retirement facility. I liked Peg. Perhaps it was her New England accent, her interesting…
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In the November/December 2007 issue of Holiness Today, the article about C.W. Ruth by Stan Ingersol stimulated my memory to the degree that I began to jot down some notes about some of my early days.
My father was a medical doctor, well known in the Northwest, and my mother was a registered nurse…
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Stéphane Tibi (ST) is from Paris, France. His wife, Sandra, is Swiss but has lived in many Near Eastern countries. While completing his MDiv degree at Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS), he worked in what was World Mission Literature (WML). After being involved in pre-field training at in Kansas…
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I recently read that currently 2.2 billion people worldwide identify themselves as Christians. That is an impressive number, especially considering the many Christians that have previously walked this earth and have gone on to glory in the last 2,000 plus years. However, one must remember that even…
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I've heard people say that the last thing a fish will notice is the water in which it swims. We never give much attention to this kind of saying until we find ourselves to be fish out of familiar water! At such a moment, we start to wonder if it just might be true that we are more defined by our…
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Many good stories have sequels. The greatest story ever told is the story of the Incarnation—"The Word became flesh" (John 1:14). The sequel to this story is the exact opposite—"The flesh became Word." The Incarnation of the Son of God has already occurred once and for all. But the sequel is still…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
Many good stories have sequels. The greatest story ever told is the story of the Incarnation—"The Word became flesh" (John 1:14). The sequel to this story is the exact opposite—"The flesh became Word." The Incarnation of the Son of God has already occurred once and for all. But the sequel is still…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
I've heard that the most difficult Christian walk is that of the adult who grew up in the church. This truth is so pronounced in my own life that I hesitate even to discuss it, for fear that my own children may choose to follow my path. While teaching our children the ways of Jesus and helping them…