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Stories to amuse, provoke thought, or provide a laugh...

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Violinist Scans the Audience for His Master Teacher

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In his book What God Thinks When We Fail , Steven C. Roy tells a fictional story about a young violinist who lived in London many years ago...
Monday, October 07, 2013

The Variety of Food Points to God's Goodness

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Think of your favourite food. Steak perhaps. Or Thai green curry. Or ice cream. Or homemade apple pie. God could have just made fuel. He cou...
Sunday, October 06, 2013

Smart vs ??

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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day - Samuel Goldwyn -
Saturday, October 05, 2013

Smart vs Wise

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A smart man only believes half of what he hears; a wise man knows which half - Jeff Cooper -
Friday, October 04, 2013

Smart... or wise?

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A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how t...
Thursday, October 03, 2013

An Umpire Claims, "I Wrote the Rulebook"

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A number of years ago, when I was playing in a friendly men's softball game, the umpire made a call that incensed our coach. My coach d...
Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Community

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Community as a spiritual discipline is the effort to create a free and empty space among people where together we can practice true obedien...
Tuesday, October 01, 2013

A Moral Test

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Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Father Takes a Needle for His Fearful Son

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Recently I was sitting in a doctor's office with one of my young sons, and the nurse wanted to draw blood from him for a test. As you ca...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Young Man Reaches Conclusions About His Same-Sex Attraction

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Wesley Hill writes movingly about growing up in a Christian home and being taught biblical views on sexuality. And yet, Hill writes, ...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Brazilian Leader Provides a Lesson on Friendship

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Americans are good at many things, but being friends and sharing life is not one of them. Our iconic figures—the cowboy, the police detectiv...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Mowing His Front Lawn

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One day, shortly after joining the PGA tour in 1965, Lee Trevino, a professional golfer and married , was at his home in Dallas, Texas mowin...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

True Faith Is Like Grabbing a Rope from Our Rescuer

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Philosopher Nicholas Beale and scientist John Polkinghorne use the following story to illustrate the nature of biblical faith: A phil...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Christian Leader from Asia Critiques Our View of Suffering

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Ajith Fernando, a Christian leader from Sri Lanka who ministers to the urban poor, writes: The church in each culture has its own spe...
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