John 12:1-9 (3) During Oliver Cromwell’s reign as Lord Protector of England, a young soldier was to be executed. His fiancé came to plead his case. Her efforts to spare the life this young man seemed to be futile. Oliver Cromwell turned a deaf ear to her requests and the execution plans continued as planned. […]
Mark 1:40-45 (41) Was it a word of dubious doubt? Was it a word of hesitant hope? Was it a word of pliant permission? “If thou wilt, thou canst . . .” Can the sun rise in the east each morning? Can a tornado devastate a sleeping town? Can a shark bite off a swimmer’s
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Deuteronomy 10:12-15 (12) Alma grew up in our church. Her grandfather was one of the founders. The church bore his last name. She seldom missed a service. Tragically, in spite of her exposure to the gospel she had never been saved. I prayed for her often. I visited her regularly. Numerous times I explained the
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USDAgov / Foter.com / CC BY 1 Cor. 15:35-45 Our government just keeps on giving! They seem to want to raise people from the depths of their current circumstance. This was evidenced a few years ago when a letter appeared in the national news that had been sent to a deceased person by the South
Rennett Stowe / Foter.com / CC BY 1 Cor. 15:22-28 (23) Three months before his death, president Andrew Jackson wrote a letter headed, “Hermitage, March 27, 1845” in which he said, “I have prepared an humble depository for my mortal body beside that wherein lies my beloved wife, where, without any pomp or parade,
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Grant MacDonald / Foter.com / CC BY-NC 2 Cor. 4:7-14 (14) In “The Body,” Chuck Colson recounts that on May 1, 1990 at Moscow’s Red Square the usual procession of military might was being paraded before the throngs of people. Tanks, missiles, and troops passed before the Communist party elite. It was a demonstration of
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jimmywayne / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND Acts 13:26-33 (30) [30] But God raised him from the dead:. An interesting history surrounds the grave of Abraham Lincoln. In 1776 thieves exhumed the casket in an attempt to steal his body for ransom. The plot was foiled when the thieves were unable to manage the 500 pound,
Ezekiel 33:30-33 (31) Covetousness might be called “the sin that is most ignored.” The tenth commandment is the one that is normally skipped. Charles Haddon Spurgeon said of the thousands he had seen saved he never heard someone say they were saved from the sin of covetousness. LaSalle was a famous priest of the middle
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Luke 12:22-28 (24) There are times when it feels like we are in a pressure cooker situation. The lid is sealed. Life’s situation is heating up. The pressure is becoming unbearable. The Word of God reminds us repeatedly that God will never leave us or forsake us. He is with us in our times of
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Tony Fischer Photography / Foter.com / CC BY John 5:19-23 (21) In the last days of the Civil War, the Confederate capital, Richmond, Virginia, fell to the Union army. Abraham Lincoln insisted on visiting the city. Even though no one knew he was coming, slaves recognized him immediately and thronged around him. He had liberated