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The story of the life, death, and resurrection of the Messiah, the Son of God, and the church His apostles began at the Day of Pentecost, is the greatest story ever told.
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Today, as I was walking along the way, I saw her again. Yes, there she is — I saw her yesterday, too. And perhaps, almost certainly, I will see her tomorrow. She’s always somewhere. She...
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Have you ever wondered why what calls itself the church today bears little or no resemblance to the church you can read about in the book of Acts? Or have you ever wondered why so much blood has been...
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Dear Grateful Dead Heads: I just wanted to write you a little love note, that is, a note about love. We in the Community love you and we understand some of the thoughts and feelings you might be...
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The story of the life, death, and resurrection of the Messiah, the Son of God, and the church His apostles began at the Day of Pentecost, is the greatest story ever told.
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Historians say that at the end of the first millennium, people huddled in the churches waiting anxiously for the sounding of trumpets and the return of Christ. One monk wrote that the decades...
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As you can see, Colossus confidently stands upon the earth, unchallenged and undefeated. What does this statue mean, and why is it composed of different metals? This statue is from a dream that the...
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As you can see, Colossus confidently stands upon the earth, unchallenged and undefeated. What does this statue mean, and why is it composed of different metals? This statue is from a dream that the...
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This is the story of the last week leading up to the crucifixion of Yahshua, his resurrection, and the phenomenal effect of the first public proclamation of his radical message by his disciples on...
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"You won't believe the great bus we've found!" This statement began a segment of my life that I had no way to see coming, but want to share with you now that it is well underway. I...
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In 1987, a young man named Daniel from one of our communities began to talk about the Grateful Dead scene and how he felt that there were many there who were searching for life. At first we didn...
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Man's fascination with ships and the sea is almost as old as mankind itself. Just the sight of a tall ship entering the harbor stirs the imagination and compels even the timid landlubber to...
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In the middle of a fallow field owned by Farmer Brown there was once a large anthill, teeming with burly red ants. Highly intelligent, sophisticated creatures they were, maintaining a modern...
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The lone violinist stood in the dark hall. In his hand was a beautiful and finely-crafted instrument. Slowly and sadly, he raised the instrument to his chin and lifted his bow. His mournful melody...
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"Through the ages of human history, in hundreds of different languages, these Through the ages of human history, in hundreds of different languages, these three tiny words have held great sway...
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Make believe game with make believe rules. That's what society was to me. Greed, violence, pollution-control, peace-protests, dating, love, the American Dream. I was sick of playing headgames and...
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Are you interested in prophecy about the end of the world?
Judging from the headlines of the tabloid newspapers at the grocery store, somebody
must be. They regularly feature headlines of doom and...
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The early '70s would not have been such a special time in the Chattanooga area without The Yellow Deli. Remember those luscious fruit salads, great sandwiches, fresh salads, and homemade desserts?...
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Could it be possible — a brotherhood of man? Go back… way back… before, before, before, all the pain and bloodshed on this earth. Go back to tranquility, to peace, to love. Where...
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Have you ever wondered why the church today is not the same as it was when it first began?
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My gaze is fixed on
the horizon, as the
sun disappears into the
sea. The sunset is quite
stunning tonight, setting
the evening sky ablaze
with vivid hues of orange
and red and purple.
Slowly the...
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Does anybody really know? “The Wall” reaches deep into the inner turmoil of a person in life – what do I do, how do I deal with the struggle, people, with relationships? It touches...
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The man walked up and greeted someone who was sitting at the bus stop, and the person said “hello” back. In an effort to be social, the man continued to talk. However the one sitting down...
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Despite the obvious inability
to produce a tangible body, the
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But where are they now? Some would like to think they are at a big party in the sky. Some say, “Heaven must have one hell of a band.” Some may hope for an eternal life full of “sex...
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In the Vine House days , during the waning of the “Jesus Movement” of the ’70s,1 following Jesus seemed hip2 enough. That was in the beginning, but that was because many of us had...
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One who was willing to do the Father's will. A semi-fictional tale of our heroine, Lindsey. Follow her life struggles as she encounters a group of believers living as the early believers in the book...
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This paper is a collection of articles written over the last several years. The topic of them all is The Man. These articles bring to life the most difficult thing to imagine in the whole universe,...
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The Greek philosopher Socrates had a strong sense of the value of a virtuous life. In his old age, he was tried and judged worthy of death for his deeply held convictions, and for expressing them...
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Humanity is being stewed... but the damage is gradual and hardly perceptible. Just like FROG STEW, the frog doesn’t know he’s gonna get cooked when he jumped in that pot of water, because...
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Our communities do not exist for mere idealistic purposes. Our purpose is to put an end to the cancer of selfishness that is destroying the human race. This life of sharing all things in common makes...
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What lies on the other side of this life? Life is like a brief candle, a vapor, that passes away before we know it. Contains The Wall, Death is a Fisherman, There I Stood, I was Afraid of the...
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Have you ever wondered why the vast majority of Christians don’t keep the Sabbath, even though it is one of the Ten Commandments? Does it really matter to God which day His people honor above...
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The year was 1976. Kirsten was a rebellious seventeen-year-old Californian who had just run away from home. She hit the road, hitchhiking across the country, looking for love and a place to belong....
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As I watched the unthinkable horror of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon unfold, I found myself thinking back to the previous night’s much smaller, yet still...
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Does it make any difference to you, rich as you are, that the very Word of God incarnate spoke these words as a woe, to “scare the hell out of you” (if I may be so brazen)? Then what will...
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In 1776 Thomas Paine published the single most important pamphlet of the Revolutionary War period named, simply, Common Sense. Although the struggle for our nationIn 1776 Thomas Paine published the...
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Well, it wasn't actually the gospel that was stolen. The gospel was lost. But it was the word “gospel” that was stolen and applied to a message that is not the gospel. What passes for the gospel...
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We are members of a new society, a new social order. The peace that reigns in our midst is not due to laws and law enforcement. We do not do things out of obligation, but because we choose to. In...
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Imagine… somehow you find out what day you are to die. You mark it down on your calendar and you begin to make your plans accordingly. What would you do differently, now that you know? How...
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Our community started out about thirty years ago in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It began with a couple who had childlike hearts. They had come to realize the great love that the Creator of all things had...
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Many people have
looked for a place
to live out what was in their
hearts. Oh, so many have to come to
the shores of this land looking for that
place where they could actually live
the life of freedom...
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Back in the early
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A young man was recently visiting one of our communities. He was a seeker and was involved in many activities, looking for peace and for a purpose for his life. He finally found the true purpose for...
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A radio personality described his experience of having viewed an uncut private screening of the Hollywood blockbuster The Passion of the Christ before its public debut. He said that he was speechless...
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In the middle of a fallow field owned by Farmer Brown there was once alarge anthill, teeming with burly redants. Highly intelligent, sophisticatedcreatures they were, maintaining amodern civilized...
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We are members of a new society. It is a different kind of society, one in which no one is despised or unimportant, no one lonely or unwanted. The strong are not exalted and the weak are not...
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In our communities, weddings are joyous occasions, not
only for celebrating the marriage of our friends, but also for
remembering many of the promises made by God to His people.
For each time a man...
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It was a hot, sunny day as Andrew walked along the dusty road toward Jerusalem. A few steps ahead of him walked his father, head gray with age yet still very strong. It seemed a bit strange to...
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The early ‘70s would not have been such a special time in the Chattanooga area without The Yellow Deli. Remember those luscious fruit salads, great sandwiches, fresh salads, and homemade...
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In 1822, the German composer Franz Schubert began his Symphony No. 8
in B minor, completing two movements and an apparent study of a third
before he died. It is perhaps his best-known and cherished...
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As a boy growing up in New England,
my childhood was very peaceful. Nature
was my playground, and daydreaming
was my favorite pastime. As I saw the
seasons come and go, I couldn
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Our Master called many men to come to His side: Andrew and Peter came
when they met Him by the Sea of Galilee; James and John were mending nets
with their father Zebedee; and Matthew was collecting...
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After sunset, when evening had come, Jesus was reclining at a table with His twelve disciples. It was a very special meal, but unbeknownst to them, it would be their last together. They shared sweet...
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As I walked down Hollywood Boulevard, I couldn’t help counting the bronze stars embedded in the sidewalk, each with the name of a famous star of the entertainment world.
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In 1776 Thomas Paine published the single most
important pamphlet of the Revolutionary War period
named, simply, Common Sense. Although the struggle
for our nation
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In 1776 Thomas Paine published the single most
important pamphlet of the Revolutionary War period
named, simply, Common Sense. Although the struggle
for our nation
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It was fall, 1977. The wind blew wildly across the campus. Trees bent over horizontally to the ground. Waves washed over the bridge in the little pond beneath my dormitory. I felt my arms seem to...
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In 1776 Thomas Paine published the single most
important pamphlet of the Revolutionary War period
named, simply, Common Sense. Although the struggle
for our nation
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In 1776 Thomas Paine published the single most
important pamphlet of the Revolutionary War period
named, simply, Common Sense. Although the struggle
for our nation
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My ship was coming. Next month the tour began. I was getting excited, as always, because the tour meant fun. But it was more than just fun. There was more ate stake for me because I was so...
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Destiny is like destination. It is the place where a person arrives at the end of a journey. When you walk towards a specific destination, each step you take brings you closer to where you are going...
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He has done it all .
His life stretches
from the beginning
of everything in
the Village, through the folk
scene, the radical sixties, the
peace movement, rock and roll,
the self-searching seventies,...
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One day, you wake up in jail. It's the darkest, blackest, gloomiest jail you've ever seen in your whole life. You can't imagine how they build cells where no light can creep in. It's so dark you can'...
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Faith. What is
it?
Can it be measured? Can you
buy it in a bottle?
Can you read it in a book? Or hear it in
a song?
Faith is said to be
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Is the Indian guru the way to true enlightenment, sitting on a little blanket surrounded by starry-eyed devotees, all hoping to disappear into selfl essness? When a star implodes, it becomes a black...
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I need a hero. I need someone I want to be like. You may think I'm crazy, but I'm not. You may be thinking, "Why don't you be yourself?" It's because everyone's "self" is molded by their environment...
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The tape deck is playing, as usual. But this time the sound of the electric instruments and drums encroaches upon my recent experience of whispering trees and singing birds. My friends, sitting in...
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I'm so thankful to the God of heaven of all he is and all he does. Has it ever been throughout the history of this planet, that someone loved him with all his heart, and devoted his life to being...
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Have you ever wondered why there are forty or fifty churches in the same city? Isn't there supposed to be just one? That's how it once was, a long time ago. And here's what happened
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"Grateful" is such a wonderful word. Just the sound of it makes you feel good. Think back to a time when you were very young, when you were just learning how to swim. You got in too deep and you were...
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It was fall, 1977. The wind blew wildly across the campus. Trees bent over horizontally to the ground. Waves washed over the bridge in the little pond beneath my dormitory. I felt my arms seem to go...
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It was like we were all in an airplane sitting on the runway, and everyone on board was getting high waiting for the airplane to take off. We were high on the Summer ofLove, the end of the war, the...
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You may have heard this story. It comes from a Greek mythology. Sailors on a ship are approaching and island in the distance. They begin to hear women's voices singing a sweet song. It's so...
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Seeds are one of nature's most amazing miracles. Locked within a tiny speck of protein and starch lies a complete blueprint for the life of a growing plant. All the information about what it will...
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It was as if we were all in an airplane sitting on the runway and everyone on board was getting high waiting for the
airplane to take off. We were high on the Summer of Love, the end of the war, the...
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It was as if we were all in an airplane sitting on the runway and everyone on board was getting high waiting for the airplane to take off. We were high on the Summer of Love, the end of the war, the...
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Isn
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In the midst of all the confusion, hy
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Like a baby eagle set free to fly, we found it liberating to just be “simple believers” who could daily live out our faith, rather than trying to spend our time trying to justify the...
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During the mid-1800s, thousands of prideful, independent
pioneers pushed past the natural boundaries of the Mississippi River
and the Rocky Mountains seeking gold, adventure and the hope of a
better...
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...Alice found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a
row of lamps hanging from the roof. There were doors all round
but they were all locked, and when Alice had been all the way
down one...
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Many of us have experienced some tragic circumstance at one time or another in our lives — some great and some small. The woman in the song describes the personal tragedy of her house burning...
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We just passed a century that could be classified as the century of dictators, and
someone had to pay the price to restrain unbridled oppression and to preserve a world
that was worth living in....
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Meet Ed. Ed is a leafcutter bee. Leafcutter bees are very
similar to the common honeybee, yet they have very different
habits. Leafcutter bees are solitary bees, meaning they don
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We are members of a new society. It is a different kind of society - one in which no one is despised or unimportant, no one lonely or unwanted. The strong are not exalted and the weak are not...
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You know the commandments,
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In 1971, Look magazine proclaimed, “Jesus is rising in California!” The Jesus Movement, as it was called, was heralded as the beginning of a radical shift in the hearts of America’s...
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In 1971, Look magazine proclaimed, “Jesus is rising in California!” The Jesus Movement, as it was called, was heralded as the beginning of a radical shift in the hearts of America’s...
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In 1971, Look magazine proclaimed, “Jesus is rising in California!” The Jesus Movement, as it was called, was heralded as the beginning of a radical shift in the hearts of America’s...
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I remember growing up in Haifa. It was a busy, prospering city. Not long after our family got established there, my father took us to see his friends at Ga'ash, the kibbutz he had founded. It was...
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Salvation
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As I walked down Hollywood Boulevard, I couldn
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For forty years, the
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Stop. Look around you and think for a moment. If you
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Have you heard about the radical
new movement that
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Back in the ’50s and the ’60s, through the radio waves, could be heard the soothing melody and the romantic lyrics of the song, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing. Its poetic lines enunciate...
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It was as if we were all in an airplane sitting on the runway and everyone on board was getting high waiting for the airplane to take off. We were high on the Summer of Love, the end of the war, the...
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Unlike the sun, which is promised to shine as long as the earth endures, the light of revelation from God was only given to the humble, the ones willing to do His will. Such was Peter when he...
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The beautiful poetry of the Psalms, echoed in Paul
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The apostle Paul was trying to help us see that the
things in the world around us
reveal important aspects of what is unseen, but still very real. There are a host of
diseases to which we, animals,...
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Just like the cuckoo laying its eggs in the
tepid warmth of an unguarded nest, so Satan
planted the seeds of a self-exalting religious
hierarchy among the growing apathy of the
early church. The...
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Most Christians today ha ve no idea that the basic tenets of their faith, religious practice, and doctrine come from the integration of the church and state during the reign of the Roman Emperor...
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Like a healthy plant, they produced this fruit through
responding to the light, as the
Apostle John spoke of repeatedly in his
first epistle:
He who loves his brother abides in the
light, and there...
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They call it the epistle of James. It is found near the end of the New Testament. Tradition says the author was
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He put His love (i.e., His Spirit) in our
hearts so that we could love one another the
same way He loved us. So to proclaim this good news
as a witness or testimony to the nations means not just
to...
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After the First Century, right doctrine became
the litmus test for faith instead of loving
as Christ commanded. Late in the first
century, Jude urged the believers to
contend for the faith delivered...
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Well, lately, the rage has been
none other than
huitlacoche (pronounced, wheat-la-CO-chay). This South
American delicacy has been
popping up in all the upper-
echelon restaurants. The rich, nutty...
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In the early church, it was the time of transition from the fervor of the first days, as seen in the community in Jerusalem described in Acts 2 and 4, to the complacency and worldliness a generation...
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Why are we (mankind) existing today? Or are we? Who really knows? Why are we going shopping in the malls today to buy clothes? To look pretty… impressive… but for whom, if we don’...
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There I sat in the balcony as the instructive words of the
Reverend echoed faintly in the recesses of my mind. The previous
minister had been with us for as long as I could remember, but fell
into...
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Placid? Placid means
not easily upset or excited,
calm and peaceful, with
little movement or activity.
It is synonymous with quiet,
calm, tranquil, still, peaceful,
undisturbed, equable,
unexcitable...
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My message to you was
sparked by an encounter
I had with a sweet, young
black mother with dreadlocks. She
had the cutest little baby girl on
her lap. The father of the child was
a Rastafarian. The...
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The appointed time has come. No longer strangers, no longer rootless
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The democratic candidate, Al Gore,
assured voters that he
would help fight the
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Every year at Christmas time more than two billion people celebrate the coming of this mysterious man called Jesus, but hardly anyone has a clue about why he came. Christmas carols play in the...
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Because of the never-ending examples of injustice in the world we are reminded of our need to be changed into loving people. This is the first step, to declare war on our own selfish tendencies.
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Finding ourselves in a situation where all our great
wisdom and technical achievements seem to only get
us more deeply entangled, we have one thing which we
can all fall back upon. It is the
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We are a messianic community and by community we do not mean a town or locality. Nor do we mean a loose association of individuals living near one another. And we surely do not mean a religious...
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There was something in the air… something like hope, like electric excitement, a vision of a better life, a new society, we called it the Woodstock nation. That summer, the image of the earth...
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Most of us children of the ’60s came from middle class American families with middle class American roots and middle class American values ingrained in us since childhood. When the time was...
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I was born in Manhattan to parents who were determined
to overcome the devastation that occurred in their own
families because of the depression. My small family lived
in a beautiful brick house my...
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Have you ever wondered why the initial effect of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost was speaking in other tongues? Could it have been that God had something really important to...
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friends. Some of us were successful in what we did, and some of us were failures beyond hope. We came from everywhere and we have done everything trying to make sense out of our lives. But no matter...
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America at one time was viewed as a "Promised Land" by multitudes of people who were longing to escape the oppression and bondage of tyrannical kings and dictators. They were looking for a nation...
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The New Israel, or the New Sons of
Jacob, is an alliance of twelve tribes.
Joshua 2 shows the tribes of old Israel
gathered one last time under their
great commander, Joshua. No longer
would his...
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Thousands of years ago a man sat near his tent deeply burdened in his heart. It would not have been obvious why to others, since he seemed to have all that anyone could desire. Yet he lacked the one...
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From the big box retail stores in suburbia to the new mega-churches that are beginning to dot the American landscape, from the barroom to the ballroom, from sea to shining sea, regardless of race,...
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I need a hero. I need someone I want to be like. You may think I'm crazy, but I'm not. You may be thinking, "Why don't you be yourself?" It's because everyone's "self" is molded by their environment...
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Happiness found here? Be honest! You say this is the life, This is really the way to live. It feels good. I've got all I need. I haven't found anything better. Most people I snow are doing these...
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? Return to Eden! Live off the land! Don't eat the animals! Get back to the garden! the expressions have practically become the battle cries of the Woodstock generation. As we have journeyed through...
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It has been reported that a strange thing has been happening among the young people here, A group of these unusual young people have been gathering in a small old house in East Ridge.
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It has been reported that a strange thing has been happening among the young people here, A group of these unusual young people have been gathering in a small old house in East Ridge.
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The cause at hand is a very important one. You can decide to either accept or reject the evidence. Either way you need to weigh the facts well, your decision will affect your whole life.
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The younger generation in America, more than any one prior to this time, has been preoccupied with "getting it all together." Immeasurable amounts of time and energy have been spent talking about...
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There seem to be more and more people today who have bought Satan's phony bill of goods, which is the use of philosophy and psychology as a means of coming to a knowledge of God. This false bill is...
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A litmus test is a test in which a single factor is decisive in proving the presence or
absence of something.
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"What does this idle babbler wish to say?" Two thousand years ago a crowd of curious Greeks uttered these words as they took a man named Paul to the local soapbox, a place called the Areopagus, to...
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In the truth that we all know, there is something deep in the heart of every person that longs to make a covenant with another person. A blood covenant is the closest, most enduring, most solemn and...
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This paper is a collection of articles written over the last several years. The topic of them all is The Man. These articles bring to life the most difficult thing to imagine in the whole universe,...
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It was old now, and its shriveled inside pinched and scratched his stinging face. But as he glanced in the full-length mirror, he could see its outside still peacefully smiling exactly that way....
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Have you ever wondered why the church today is not the same as it was when it first began? The first few chapters of the Book of Acts are filled with the wonder and excitement of the vibrant life of...
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Where do we go from here? Rarely has there been so much controversy and emotion generated over a religious movie. Some are outraged by the movie’s violence, while others wholeheartedly embrace...
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Four hundred years ago, across the vast Atlantic, something was stirring in the hearts of a handful of men and women, which would permanently mark history. Though they were not the noble or...
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"It
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Even as a young child I saw hypocrisy and compromise everywhere I look: the Roman Catholic church, the public school system, the U.S. Government. At an early age I began to reject the society in...
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We live in an age of oppression — physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. We are oppressed from without and within. Screaming out for justice in an age of supreme injustice on all sides...
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There is nothing more exciting for a true believer than to look back in the scriptures and see how prophecy was fulfilled. It gives credence to God and His witness. One of the most exciting...
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We are members of a new society. It is a different kind of society, one in which no one is despised or unimportant, no one lonely or unwanted. The strong are not exalted, and the weak are not...
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This is written in the hope that it will liberate people to know the true
character of the Creator of mankind. Almost everyone has heard of
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This paper is written in the hope that it will liberate people to know the true character of the Creator of mankind. Almost everyone has heard of "heaven and hell", but the good news we...
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I was pretty dull to the universe before
that night as I lay on my back in the middle of the
tennis courts on campus. I had always thought of the
stars as points of light in something called the sky...
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“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not carry...
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You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Life on earth is certainly a great struggle. The tiny chick struggles to peck its way out of its shell. The butterfly wrestles persistently to break free of its cocoon. The salmon rushes upstream,...
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What was once a humorous bumper sticker on granddad’s RV, has now become a frightening reality — we’re spending our children’s inheritance. Driven by our desires for wealth,...
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These are noble words, and
nothing could be closer to the
heart of the Creator than to
have a holy nation that matches that
description. Indeed, the Law and the
Prophets, and the Savior who came
to...
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When the smoke clears, and
the thunderous roar of
the crowds and amplified
music fades from your ears, you find
yourself back in your regular pedestrian
life. In the coming days the
electrifying...
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Our nation is in desperate
need of revival!
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These are noble words, and
nothing could be closer to the
heart of the Creator than to
have a holy nation that matches that
description. Indeed, the Law and the
Prophets, and the Savior who came
to...
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Peter knew just what message and what life the angel was talking about. It was the life that was in
his Master Yahshua* that he and so many others were now sharing in the Community of Jerusalem.
The...
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You
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The Christian media is becoming increasingly obsessed with anticipating the second coming of Christ. Harold Camping, who for 50 years has answered listeners’ Bible questions on his well-known...
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The valley was long an broad. The bones were very dry. The one who brought me out here, the Eternal One, said to me, "Can they live? Can these bones live?" I answered, "Only you know, Oh Master, only...
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The vision on the cover from the book of Revelation is a vision of a people. Though it is first seen in heaven, the reality of that vision will also appear on earth. The woman represents Israel, a...
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The scientist had a group of test rats in a cage. The rats were all hungry
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Does it make any difference to you, as rich as you are, that
the very Word of God incarnate spoke these words in Luke
6:24 as a woe, to
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We , as a people, are on the most difficult trail in the history of human
sojourners on earth
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Have you heard about the radical new movement that’s going on? People of different backgrounds and races from all over the world are leaving everything behind to form tight-knit communities....
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The Encyclopedia Britannica clearly describes the churches of today, with their system of clergy and laity.
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The noise of the crowd began to die down as He stopped and got off the donkey He had been riding. Everyone became still. All eyes were on Him as He stared into the distance. The evening sun made...
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I always believed that there was a God who was aware of me.
I knew that He made the mountains and the trees, and the
incredible universe all around me. I believed that He knew me, and
all the things...
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The noise of the crowd began to die down as He stopped and got off the donkey He had been riding. Everyone became still. All eyes were on Him as He stared into the distance. The evening sun made...
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The noise of the crowd began to die down as He stopped and got off the donkey He had been riding. Everyone became still. All eyes were on Him as He stared into the distance. The evening sun made...
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Society breaks down as individuals ignore their conscience, like the man in the story on page. Today, many basic foundations of a healthy society have already been destroyed. You can’t even...
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The professional pew-sitter holds punctuality records
for being in the same spot at the same time every Sunday
morning. He follows the accepted code of conduct. He is wellgroomed,
well-dressed. He...
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The Founding Fathers who created
the American system of government
understood well the lessons
of history, from the early days of
the Crusades through the Inquisition,
the Reformation, and into 16th...
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The Master and Savior we know said that He alone has all authority in heaven and on earth. Since He had all authority on earth, He assumed the right to direct the lives of all those whom He called....
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It was as if we were all in an airplane sitting on the runway and everyone on board was getting high waiting for the airplane to take off. We were high on the Summer of Love, the end of the war, the...
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Crowds filled the streets of the small mideastern
village. The faces in the narrow
streets were those of men weary from
long journeys and strained to the
breaking point by the politics of the
day....
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Four hundred years ago, just across the sea, something was
stirring in the hearts of a handful of men and women
which would permanently mark history. Though they were not
the noble or noteworthy of...
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The Almighty, YHWH, is called Father. Why? Adam
is called the
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The Passover was always a very wonderful family time since
the days when the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
happened. It has been celebrated faithfully for centuries by
people thankful for their...
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During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key, an
American lawyer, took a drinking song that had been
written in Britain in the late 1700s and put verses to it,
inspired by the patriotic courage he...
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She knows that her affairs are going well;
her lamp does not go out at night.
She sets her hands to the distaff, her fingers grasp the spindle.
She holds out her hands to the poor, yes,
She opens her...
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Most people hear about St. Patrick
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Before the founding fathers set their determined feet upon the decks of the Mayflower they were set
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The roots of today
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Charles Dickens wrote A
Christmas Carol in 1843.
This popular book had an extremely
powerful infl uence in undermining
opposition to Christmas, in England
and New England. Dickens switched
the focus...
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The man who is called Saint Patrick has become one of the most
widely known fi gures of the early history of Europe. But for all his
celebrity, his life remains somewhat of a mystery. Many of the...
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Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been
produced by His hand that made all things from nothing, and
gives being to all things that are. And as one small candle
may light a thousand, so...
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serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:28
You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I
was born, and for this cause I came into the world,
that I should bear witness of...
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Rosh HaShanah is a time to consider our
ways, looking back at the past year and
honestly planning the changes necessary to
resolve our former mistakes. Many examine
past deeds and try to make amends...
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"Unless a seed falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it will bear much fruit." John 12:24 How odd that from death comes life
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Long ago, the Almighty, creator of all things,
communicated to humans in a very few words
the most important things that they would need
to know in order to live the kind of life that would be
the...
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In the same way that the wise brown bear eats his
fi ll before he crawls into his winter cave, so all creation
makes its own particular preparations for the season
that is to come.
Nestled in the...
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This eventful birth in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago has
changed the course of history on this planet.
The tiny child born that starry night
has shaken the earth! The virgin
Mary gave birth in a stable...
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Easter is for many the happy day of celebrating the
Messiah
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The children
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Late, so late,
you heard me
crying. Your
hands came to
me though you
were so tired.
Your love and
comfort soothed
my anxious soul
and all my aches
and pains. You
did not think
of your own
weary body...
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The little ones
must understand.
The Almighty
emphasized in the
Torah that the
children cannot
be expected to
participate in
Pesach as only
a
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Rosh Hashanah is known as the
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"I am Patrick, a sinner, most unlearned,
the least of all the faithful
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Of late, many would contend that it is not politically correct to even
mention
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But if we can just get back to the Source
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When the Messiah rose early on the first
day of the week, He appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, out of whom He had driven
seven demons. She went and told those who
had been with Him, who were mourning...
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How can we help but SALUTE
the mother to whom we owe our very
existence?
The thought that at
one time each and every
one of us sat in waiting
inside the womb of our
mother is something
few of us...
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So begins the famous work written by the hand
of the famous St. Patrick called,
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Stories of the first Thanksgiving are many and
varied. But for an accurate account,
we should go to the writings of one who actually attended.
In 1622, their
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So, who was this
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One of the most curious parts of the
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The resurrection of our Savior
means the promise of new life to all
of us. The grave could not hold Him
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Leaving is so hard,
kneeling down,
gazing with wonder,
upon my two small children.
One three, one six,
both innocent.
Leaving is so hard,
when you know you haven
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The word
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The vast and unfathomable truths of
life can be understood best by looking
intently at the tiniest of creations. Scientists
have noted that the order of the universe can
be understood by analyzing...
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The Pilgrim Fathers we all admire so greatly were men of
high aspirations. They were trying to get their religion
to return to what they termed
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Have a heart... When faced with a rather
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Actually, how empty this planet would be without
mothers! But more than just passing on physical life
to us, Mother gives the warmth that makes the light
of the family hearth continue to burn...
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The first Thanksgiving was
celebrated in Plymouth colony,
New England, less than a year after
the colonists had settled in America.
The first dreadful winter there had
claimed about half the members...
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The sweet celebration of the death and resurrection
of our Savior is held in springtime when the Passover
celebration of old Israel was also taking place. Since
the crucifixion of the Son of God...
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Have you ever wondered why the church today is not the same as it
was when it first began? The first few chapters of the Book of Acts are
filled with the wonder and excitement of the vibrant life of...
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We are members of a new society. It is a different kind of society — one in which no one is despised or unimportant, no one lonely or unwanted. The strong are not exalted and the weak are not...
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