Hot Dog Hallelujahs

When asked what they wanted to learn in fifth grade catechism, one petite ten-year-old girl said, “We want to learn how to pray, Teacher.” Jimmy sneered. “Everyone knows how to pray. You just memorize a bunch of words.” “That’s one kind of prayer, Jimmy,” I said smiling. Eager to share what I’d been learning, I […]

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Musings on the Lord’s Prayer Part II

In the previous post, I shared some of my musings from personal life and study of the Lord’s Prayer, recorded in Matthew Chapter Six. Picking up the passage at verses 11-13, I discovered some powerfully personal issues facing me. Give us this day our daily bread God’s daily provision for His people began 4000 years […]

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Musings on the Lord’s Prayer Part I

Staring up at the beautiful bookmark displayed as the Sunday School teacher challenged our second grade class, I resolved to earn the colorful treasure by the following Sunday. I’d ask my mother to help me as soon as I got home. I couldn’t read many of the words without help, but I memorized each word […]

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Allegory of Jesus pouring water from Jar

One Quart Low On Grace

Everyone told me that God’s grace is sufficient for each day; but when the clock read 6:30 in the morning and my tank had already run dry, how could I get through one more hour, let alone the rest of the day? I thumbed through the box of Bible cassettes, searching for the one labeled […]

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu re Israel’s Heroes: Past and Present

Israel’s Heroes: Past and Present

Twenty-five hundred years ago, a Persian viceroy arranged for the total annihilation of all the Jews in the 120 provinces under the king’s authority. What had these thousands of people done to him? Absolutely nothing. Truth be told, only one Jewish man had been in a position to personally offend Haman. He refused to kneel […]

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