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A Sandwich with Money in the Gospel of Mark
If you have read the Gospel of Mark, you may well have noticed examples of what scholars call “interpolations” or, more playfully, Markan “sandwiches.” These are sections...
Who Is My Friend?
We all remember the story of the teacher of the law who asked Jesus, “Who is my Neighbor?” This was the question that prompted Jesus to reply with the Parable of the Good Samaritan – showing...
Striving Together
By John Teichert“Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand...
Did God Create Borders?
By Philip W. Shields Any of you who have travelled abroad realize you have to go through Customs, have a passport, in some cases show your visa as well, declare your purpose for coming into...
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Some Days We Soar: Words of Encouragement for the Christian Life has always been one of our most popular free e-books, with a huge number of copies having been downloaded. The book is a practical...
Empathy: The Virtue You May Be Neglecting
The word empathy doesn’t appear in most translations of the Bible (although the concept is certainly there), so we don’t tend to think of it as a powerful biblical idea like faith,...
Time to Pay Attention!
Most of us at some point in our lives have experienced parents, elementary school teachers, driving instructors, drill sergeants, or others saying “Pay attention!” If we heard...
Humility, Dependence, Exaltation, Repeat!
“The Bible … has rhythms. If we examine the people who did great works for God, most of them underwent a similar pattern. God humbled them, taught them the...
Making Gratitude Last
It’s a peculiar aspect of human nature that we remember the bad things that happen in our lives so much better than we remember the good things. We may remember painful events from years ago...
A Story of Strength, Loyalty, and Kindness
If you have read the biblical book of Ruth, you probably think you know it well. But whether you have read it once or many times, we think you will find a lot more in this beautiful story with the...
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Two Views of Life
Christian Living in an Increasingly Polarized Age By R. Herbert Conservatives and liberals? There have probably always been two ways to look at life. We only have to look back to New Testament...
