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“In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.” -Job 12:10 You are a member of the human race. That numbers you as one mere person among a vast cloud of innumerable people constituting an entire population which includes every era from Adam and »

“And He said to her, ‘For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.’ And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.” -Mark 7:29-30 Too many are offended so trivially these days. This is an era of offense. »

“God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” -1 John 4:16 Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love and romance and, of course, sell lots of cards, flowers, and candy. My wife and I were engaged on the day before Valentine’s »

“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He departed and went out to a desolate place, and there He prayed.” -Mark 1:35 The other day my wife said to me, “I wish we could return to the pre-technology life. Things were really easier then, though »

“Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.” -Proverbs 14:29 “Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.” -Proverbs 16:32 The recent helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven other men, women, and children »

“For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from His sight, but all are naked and »

“In an instant, in the twinkling of an eye…” -1 Corinthians 15:52, Luke 16:19-31, and Luke 23:43 Take one final breath, and no more air fills your lungs. What then? What is the next thought, next sight, next feeling, if there is one, or is there just nothing? With no »

“But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” -Hebrews 5:14 The American G.I. Rifleman Doug Hester tumbled out of the beach landing craft with his fellow Infantry soldiers into the same path of three »

“And behold, the star they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother, and »

“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are »

“For God alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation…For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from Him.” -Psalm 62:1,5 I have always been drawn to the story of the Christmas carol “Silent Night.” This was further enhanced by my visit »

“Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life…Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. Greet Urbanas…Greet Stachys…Greet Apelles…” and on and on; in this passage of Romans 16:1-23, Paul speaks of thirty-three different fellow workers of his to greet. Tonight, the »