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Of all the living things created by God, human beings are the only ones who bear His “image.” They are also the only ones who daily fight the battles between good and evil in themselves , sometimes winning for good, and sometimes losing. Plants and animals suffer, but they do not sin. God’s angels do…

Nicodemus, a Pharisee, came one night to visit Jesus. He said, “Rabbi,. We know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform the works that you are doing if God were not with him.” (John 3:1) Nicodemus was rewarded for his remark with Jesus’ words concerning the second…

Benhadad’s officers said to him, “The Israeli God is a god of the hills; that is why they won ( the battle) . But we can beat them easily in the valleys.” (1 Kings 20;23) The Lord’s message to Ahab, the King of Israel,was, “Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is the God of…

My brother once had an electric train when I was about seven years old and he was eleven. The train was set up in the basement on large sheets of plywood. It had multiple switches, and an ever growing “layout” that fascinated me. I wasn’t allowed to touch the train, but I often visited it…

Four cats, a mother and three kittens, have found our patio a place to rest, and since Jack started to put food out for them, to have at least one meal a day there. They are quite pretty cats, and very feral. They’re shy of us and run when they see us, but not so…

This is a true story. I once taught a Sunday School class of senior women, among whom were many saints who had experienced a great deal more of life in Christ than I had. In the spring of the year in the Houston area where we lived I enjoyed the honor of inviting them to…

Hope is a quality that lives shadowed by hopelessness in many corners of our world today. St. Paul assured the world that, along with faith and love, hope endures for eternity. (Corinthians 13:13) Hope motivates human beings to pursue the thing hoped for, and the Bible asserts that hope originates in God: “For I know…

When I got married my mother told me that sometimes I would hear myself say something that I didn’t usually say, but that Jack usually said. “Don’t be afraid,” my mother said, It’s simply that you share some of his character, as he will share yours. You haven’t lost yourself, but you have made room…

Easter brought us the sweetness of candy, of lilies, colored eggs, and family gatherings. Most of all it brought the knowledge that regrets for our sins have been washed away, and though we can remember them, they no longer have tags of sadness or disappointment , but they carry sign-posts of joy that Someone Else…

To the Lord’s people God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27) St Paul wrote these words to the church in Colossae, a place he had never visited. Paul himself was in prison in Rome awaiting his…