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God will take us through if we cooperate. In every situation, there is a right attitude that can be taken. At every turn there is a Voice saying, “This is the way; walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21). We do not have to work out the strategy of victory for every circumstance.
We have to choose once for all…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
God will take us through if we cooperate. In every situation, there is a right attitude that can be taken. At every turn there is a Voice saying, “This is the way; walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21). We do not have to work out the strategy of victory for every circumstance.
We have to choose once for all…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
"Jean Valjean, my brother, you no longer belong to evil. With this silver I've bought your soul, I ransomed you from fear and hatred, and now I give you back to God."
These are the words the kind bishop speaks to Jean Valjean at the beginning of the film version of Victor Hugo's literary classic,…
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I had to learn the hard way. When I went to the Philippines as a missionary educator, I was fresh out of graduate study. I was eager to share my biblical and theological knowledge with my Asian students who were preparing for ministry. But I soon discovered some of the "answers" I gave them didn't…
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I had the special opportunity to participate with members of my church in a Work and Witness trip to Kisvarda, Hungary. This was my first trip to Eastern Europe and it was overwhelming to meet brothers and sisters in Christ who are working to help a nation with such a rich heritage in both Catholic…
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Young adulthood has changed. No longer have most graduating college seniors successfully negotiated the journey of identity formation, knowing who they are and what they want to do for the rest of their lives. At the same time, college-aged (18-25) people are more removed from "adulthood" than…
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No two people witness events in the same light. Ask any police officer about accident reports—five witnesses will tell five different versions of the same event. The five groups of Palm Sunday witnesses 2,000 years ago had different perceptions when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey. The whole…
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My dog loves to play fetch. She will go get whatever you throw for her—balls, sticks, ropes, just about anything! She loves to run and retrieve these things and bring them back to me, but then she does this very human thing—something we often try to do with God—she plays tug-of-war with whatever it…
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Irving "Doc" Laird and his wife, Beverly, reside in Nampa, Idaho, near Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) where he taught religious education and special ministries for 30 years.
Known for his example of servant leadership, Laird enhanced his teaching for 17 years by inviting about a dozen…
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One Sunday afternoon many years ago, my wife and I asked our sons what they learned in Sunday School. With great animation they recited what their teacher had humorously said during Sunday School: “Dude, man, you got to have faith!” That has become one of our favorite sayings.
Faith. It is…