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I've heard that the most difficult Christian walk is that of the adult who grew up in the church. This truth is so pronounced in my own life that I hesitate even to discuss it, for fear that my own children may choose to follow my path. While teaching our children the ways of Jesus and helping them…
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A famous NFL coach once told his players, “Fatigue makes cowards of us all!” It’s true that staying in shape and mentally sharp can pay off late in the game when both teams are getting tired.
Late in the game is just when Satan attacks. When Satan attacked Jesus in the wilderness during his forty…
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Kim Lundell is the Korean mission director under USA/Canada Mission/Evangelism. She pastors the Walnut, California, Blessing Korean Church of the Nazarene outside Los Angeles. Her husband, Peter, pastors Walnut Community Church of the Nazarene.
Q. How long have you lived in the U. S.?
A. About…
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I once heard a comedian say that nearly everything will be instantaneous in the future. According to this humorist, our food will be prepared in milliseconds, our transportation will be almost as fast as we can imagine our destination, and our food preparation will make microwaves look like…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
I once heard a comedian say that nearly everything will be instantaneous in the future. According to this humorist, our food will be prepared in milliseconds, our transportation will be almost as fast as we can imagine our destination, and our food preparation will make microwaves look like…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
“Magic mirror on the wall–who is the fairest one of all?” Those of us who grew up with Disney movies as our mainstay recognize these words to be those of the Evil Queen in Snow White (1937), who expects the mirror to answer that she (the queen) is the fairest of them all. When she does not get her…
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The emergence of female preachers was one of the 19th century holiness revival's more significant features. And a clear line runs directly from the revival's origins to the Southern ministry of Mary Lee Cagle, the West Texas District's prime founder.
The line begins with Phoebe Palmer, New York…
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My daughter, Cherokee, is a heart thief. She possesses hearts, old and young, that she has stolen with her tender disarming smile and her buoyant personality. My heart is one of her captives.
She is not only a heart thief, but is also a survivor, a miracle, a teacher, and a joy. On planet earth…
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I could not understand why a man was on the roof of my truck, hanging upside down in the window, and telling me not to move. I also wondered why all the windows were open in the cold blowing snow. Then it came to me: I had hit black ice, and my truck had fish-tailed. Actually, I was the one upside…
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I started my day by cleaning the large windows in my study. That is necessary to clarify what I see out the windows as I write. If only I were as diligent in cleaning the windows of my soul. Then I could truly see what's there, without the clutter.
All of us have an inner voice and wrestle with…