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The Sure Way To Forfeit Forgiveness!

February 11, 2023 by Dan Gulley

        A grudge was apparently held by Mark Twain when he wrote about someone who died: “I did not attend the funeral, but I wrote a nice note saying I approved of it.” Twain’s words remind us it is easy to “nurse a grudge.” But nursing a grudge is never easy on […]

The Atheist, the Bear, and the Voice From Heaven

February 8, 2023 by Jonathan Anderson

You’ve probably heard the story about the atheist professor who was walking through the woods one day, admiring the accident of evolution. He looked at the trees and the flowers; he observed the rivers and the animals, and he marveled at the magnificence of evolution. All of a sudden, he heard a rustling in the […]

A Church of Velvet and Steel!

February 3, 2023 by Dan Gulley

A very unusual tribute was paid to Abraham Lincoln by American poet and biographer Carl Sandburg. He wrote, “Not often in the story of mankind does a man arrive on earth who is both steel and velvet, who is as hard as rock and soft as drifting fog, who holds in his heart and mind […]

The law dog and the grace dog

February 1, 2023 by Jonathan Anderson

Have you ever seen a person with a big dog on a leash that’s dragging the person around? Or maybe the person is having to drag the dog? That is the way a lot of us are living our Christian lives; we’re trying to follow Jesus while living on a law leash. For many of […]

The Greatest Text Ever Sent!

January 26, 2023 by Dan Gulley

 Texting is all the rave these days. But you have to be careful to send the message you really want to send, especially if your phone has autocorrect. For instance, someone observed that thanks to autocorrect, 1 in 5 children will be getting a visit from Satan this Christmas. Some other wag texted, “The guy who […]

The American Experiment

January 26, 2023 by Jonathan Anderson

One of the great experiments in regards to nationality is the American Experiment. The American Experiment is unique because of its intentionality to bring people from all walks of life, from every nation, under the banner of a single flag and purposefully invite people to our country from all kinds of other nations who would […]

Heirs, Not Spares!

January 20, 2023 by Dan Gulley

The ire of many British people has been stoked to red-hot intensity of late, since the release of (former) Prince Harry’s book “Spare” (January 10, 2023). The title is a provocative reference to the notion that as the second child in line to the British throne, Harry was a “spare,” able to inherit the throne […]

The Hanging Tree

January 20, 2023 by Jonathan Anderson

Maybe you’ve seen the old Western movie with Gary Cooper called The Hanging Tree. In the movie, Gary Cooper plays a doctor who saves people’s lives. In one scene, a young man gets shot; he’s dying. Gary Cooper rushes in to perform surgery and he pulls out the bullet and is able to save the […]

Top Five Regrets of the Dying

January 12, 2023 by Jonathan Anderson

A few years ago, a hospice nurse named from Bonnie Ware shared the five most common regrets expressed to her by her patients at the end of their lives. Here they are: “I wish that I would have had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life that others expected of […]

The Best Book in the World!

January 12, 2023 by Dan Gulley

Millions past and present refer to the Bible as “The Good Book.” America’s first vice-president and second president, John Adams, paid an even greater tribute to the Bible when he observed, “The Bible is the best Book in the world.” Many, of course, would      disagree, some of them on the flimsy basis that […]

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