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Letter and Spirit
An old Calvin and Hobbes comic strip showed Calvin’s mother telling the grubby youngster to go and get into the bathtub. The next frame showed a grinning Calvin sitting in the empty bathtub fully...
The Whole Armor of God Part 2: The Meaning of Paul’s Analogy
Centurion with Metal Armor “Put on the full armor of God … with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the...
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Getting Christianity Right: Finding the Balance We All NeedBy R. Herbert In our Christian lives we often come face to face with moral choices, options, and “grey areas.” Getting Christianity...
A New, Free, Christian e-Book App for Your Phone or Tablet!
A New, Free, Christian e-Book App for Your Phone or Tablet! Completely free for download and use – with no annoying ads, hidden charges, or upgrade requests – this new Christian e-book app can...
Between Seeing and Doing
“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good … she took some and ate it…” (Genesis 3:6, emphases added).And so began the story of human gratification – a pattern that is repeated...
Ten Centurions
When we think of Roman centurions and the Bible, we invariably think of Cornelius – the Roman commander who was the first Gentile to be converted – or perhaps the centurion whose servant Jesus...
Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees
A number of years ago, a cartoon had the unlikely subject of a group of fleas sitting in what appeared to be a large pillared lecture hall, listening to an impassioned speech from a flea behind a...
A Free New E-Book: Lessons from the Lives of the Twelve Disciples
Instead of focusing on the stories we know well about Peter and the other leading disciples and what may be unfounded legends and traditions regarding the others, whenever possible this book, by R....
At His Right and Left Hand
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said … “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory” (Mark 10:35–37). People will go to great...
Damaged But Not Destroyed
“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed” (2 Corinthians 4:8–9). There are two ways we can...
No Complaints
Complaining is one of the most deeply ingrained of all human traits. The biblical story tells us that the first man Adam and his wife Eve both complained immediately something went wrong (Genesis...
Do We Need to Forgive Someone Who Is Not Sorry?
This is a difficult question for many people who want to do the right thing, but realize that the Scriptures themselves may not seem to be clear on this point. Yet after the basic fact that we...
