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Campus Counselor Shares Professional Frustrations
In the book Unprotected, an anonymous campus psychiatrist writes:
Radical politics pervades my profession, and common sense has vanished. Dangerous behaviors ...
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A Mother's Lesson in Prayer
Author Brandon O'Brien writes in "His Name Was Tim”:
His name was Tim, and he was the bane of my existence. I can't remember now any ...
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Behold and Be Still
Two commands direct us from the small-minded world of self-help to the large world of God's help. First, "Come, behold the works of the Lord." ...
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Facing Possibility of Death, Man Goes on Spending Spree
John Brandick, a 62-year-old British man, was told he would succumb to pancreatic cancer within a year. Thinking he only had that single year to live, ...
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Tithing Illustration Using Apples
Texts: Exodus 23:16, Exodus 23:19, 2 Chronicles 31:5
Principle: We should give God the first and best of all that we have.
Objects: 9 red apples, 1 Golden ...
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Fake Paintings Send Message of Caution
Scotland Yard recently conducted a private exhibition of forged paintings for art dealers. The objective was to send a warning to their select audience ...
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Dealing with Difficult People
Don't say, "That person bothers me." Think: That person sanctifies me." —Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei
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Advice for Handling Criticism
In his book Confessions of a Pastor, Craig Groeschel offers some advice on how to handle critics:
It's a fact that "hurt people hurt people." ...
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One Way to Love God
There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and for Him, and to follow, with a generous self-abandonment, ...
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Amish Continue to Show Forgiveness
On October 2, 2006, Charles Roberts walked into an Amish schoolhouse, dismissed all but ten young girls, and proceeded to shoot them before fatally shooting ...
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