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Broken Things

God uses broken things. Broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the ...


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Babe Ruth: Hero

Babe Ruth had hit 714 home runs during his baseball career and was playing one of his last major league games. The aging star was playing for the Boston ...


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Churches Converted to Mosques

Number of London churches converted to mosques in the last 20 years: 400


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No Excuses

In his book with Ken Blanchard, Everyone's a Coach, Don Shula tells of losing his temper near an open microphone during a televised game with the ...


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Career from an Eternal Perspective

Career successes and failures--which look so huge in my day-to-day life--take on a much smaller look from an eternal perspective.


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John Mark, First Gospel Writer

Was Mark one of the first people in history to be raised in a Christian home? His mother's home in Jerusalem, where Mark was likely born and raised, ...


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What Went Wrong?

In the pastor's office: "Brother Helvey is here with the black box from last night's sermon to see if we can find out what went wrong." ...


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Failure Late in Life

It's scary to realize that most of the people who failed in Scriptures failed in the second half of their lives.


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The Cause of Doubt and Discouragement

Two weeks ago I met with a man with whom I had graduated from seminary. He said, "Paul, I left seminary, and for two years I had a youth ministry. ...


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